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  • ABC Announces Fall 2011 Schedule
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    Posted May 17th, 2011 at 1:00 pm 1 Comment »
    Ahead of its up-fronts ABC canceled six underperforming shows and picked up the highly anticipated remake of Charlie's Angels. Now the network has laid out their entire schedule for the fall which will include a comedy block on Tuesday anchored by Tim Allen's return to primetime in the comedy Last Man Standing. MONDAY 8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” 10:00 p.m. “Castle” TUESDAY 8:00 p.m.  “Last Man Standing” 8:30 p.m.  “Man Upââ...
  • Miramax Signs Streaming Deal with Netflix
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    Posted May 16th, 2011 at 3:00 pm 2 Comments »
    Netflix continues to beef up its streaming library even as they start to bring in their own original programming. Miramax has signed on with a multi-year agreement to have their content made available on Netflix's Instant Streaming service beginning in June. That will bring films such as Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, Pulp Fiction, Bad Santa, Kill Bill, and Scream which are among the 83 to have been produced by Miramax to date....
  • Fox Announces Fall 2011 Schedule
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    Posted May 16th, 2011 at 2:45 pm No Comments »
    Fox made some of the most significant moves ahead of their up-fronts by cancelling half of their scripted programs and picking up some highly anticipated pilots. Now they have laid out their full schedule for the upcoming television season. FALL 2011 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE MONDAY 8:00-9:00 TERRA NOVA (new) 9:00-10:00 HOUSE TUESDAY 8:00-9:00 Glee 9:00-9:30 NEW GIRL (wt) (new) 9:30-10:00 Raising Hope WEDNESDAY 8:00-9:30  The X Factor Performance Show (new) 9:30-10:00 I HATE M...
  • NBC Announces Fall 2011 Schedule
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    Posted May 16th, 2011 at 8:35 am 1 Comment »
    After having made their cancellations and renewals over the weekend, and the biggest news actually being not picking up Wonder Woman for pilot, NBC has released their fall schedule. Chuck which comes back for a fifth and final season with a 13 episode run moves to Fridays. The Firm will come in mid-season for an uninterrupted 22 episode run. NBC FALL 2011-12 SCHEDULE (New programs in UPPER CASE) MONDAY 8-10 p.m. – The Sing-Off 10-11 p.m. – THE PLAYBOY CLUB TUESDAY 8-1...
  • Trailer for Fright Night
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    Posted May 15th, 2011 at 12:35 pm 3 Comments »
    The first trailer for the upcoming remake of the 1985 film Fright Night has arrived. The story centers on a teenager (Anton Yelchin) who figures out his neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire but no one will believe him. Fright Night is slated to release on August 19th. Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all—he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed...
  • ABC Cancels Six Shows; Picks up Charlie’s Angels Remake
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    Posted May 13th, 2011 at 1:15 pm 1 Comment »
    ABC has joined NBC and Fox in making official cancellations and pick-ups for the fall television season. Low rated shows V, No Ordinary Family, Brothers and Sisters, Off the Map, Detroit 1-8-7 and Mr. Sunshine have all gotten the ax while Happy Endings and Shark Tank were spared with renewals. The network will be bringing to series the highly anticipated remake of Charlie's Angels (starring Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor, Annie Ilonzeh, and Robert Wagner) and also have six other ...
  • NBC Makes Their Programming Moves
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    Posted May 13th, 2011 at 12:00 pm No Comments »
    NBC is the next in line following Fox in their announcement of plans for the upcoming broadcast season. Of note are the cancellations of The Event and Law & Order: Los Angeles, along with the renewals of Harry's Law, Parenthood, and Chuck - which will get a fifth and final season with a 13 episode run. Word still hasn't come down on the comedy Outsourced which is considered to be on the bubble and more likely to be canceled than not (update: its cancelled). The Office, Parks and Recre...
  • Fox Cancels Half Its Scripted Programs
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    Posted May 11th, 2011 at 1:00 pm 4 Comments »
    Fox has canceled five of its scripted series and though there are no big surprises it was not anticipated that all five would get the ax. The Christian Slater comedy Breaking In is gone despite decent ratings having largely benefited from having American Idol as a lead-in. The other four all had poor ratings and though several were highly regarded the network couldn't hang on to them at their current ratings levels. Dramas The Chicago Code, Lie to Me, and Human Target along with the comedy T...