NBC Picks Up "Biggest Loser" For 4th Season

NBC has announced that they have picked up its weight loss show "The Biggest Loser" for a fourth season. The current third season of "The Biggest Loser" ends on a two hour finale on December 13th.

"3lbs" Pulled From CBS Schedule

CBS has pulled their new medical show "3lbs" from the schedule effective immediately and has let to announce its cancellation. Variety is reporting that the show will not be returning. so far 8 episodes have been produced. The show has had low ratings for all three episodes shown so far with a 7% viewer ship between 18-49 and ratings have been sliding.

"Jericho" First Half Of Season Ends Tonight

Tonight on CBS at 8pm is the first half season cliffhanger episode of "Jericho." The show won't return until the new year on February 14th where they will have a recap show of the first 11 episodes. The next new show after tonight will be on February 21st which will show you what happened the day before the bombs went off.

"Big Day" Premieres On ABC At 9pm

"Big Day" is a show which is about a young couple and all the craziness that goes on leading up to their wedding. The couple Alice and Danny have to deal with there loopy family politics as well as crazy friends and relatives as the big day gets closer while still trying to say focused on each other. Click on the title to be taken to the "Big Day" website for more info.

Gabrelle Anwar To Co Star In "Burn Notice"

The USA Network has announced that British actress Gabrielle Anwar will co-star with Jeffrey Donovan in their new drama pilot "Burn Notice." She will play the ex of a blacklisted special ops agent played by Michael Weston. Production on the pilot is set to begin on Tuesday in Miami.

QVC Celebrated 20th Birthday On Black Friday

On Black Friday November 24th QVC the television shopping channel celebrated its 20th birthday. The channel has shipped close to a billion packages to 35 million customers since its debut in 1986. The channel now reaches 90 million homes in the United States and another 70 million in Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.

"The Real Housewives Of OC" To Return In Jan

Bravo has announced that their popular docudrama show "The Real Housewives Of Orange County" will return January 16th at 10pm, the show will return for an eight episode season. The shows viewers have a median age of 34.4 which is youngest for any show on the network. The show also attracts an upscale viewership which makes it popular with advertisers.

Saturday Night Double Feature On Universal HD

If you want to stay up late tonight watching movies and have the cable channel Universal HD I might have a solution for you. The channel is showing two movies starting at 10pm Eastern as part of its "Saturday Night Double Feature." The first movie is "About A Boy" starring Hugh Grant and the next movie is the Oscar nominated film "Babe."

Simon & Simon Marathon On Sleuth

Today beginning at 12pm eastern on the cable network Sleuth is a mini marathon of the 80's "Simon & Simon." The marathon concerning the two detective brothers will run for four hours and is a fun show if a little cheesy.

Canada's Top Sitcom Coming To US

Canadian broadcaster CTV has exported Canada's top homegrown sitcom "Corner Gas" to the United States. The show will be shown on the cable superstation WGN beginning in 2007 in the 70 million homes WGN reaches on cable or satellite. The show has been running for 4 season with 88 episodes available to be shown.

CBS Deal With YouTube Helps Ratings

Since CBS added a branded channel on YouTube on October 18th television ratings for two of its shows that have clips on there have gone up. The "Late Show With David Letterman" is up 5% and the "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" is up 7%. To me this makes perfect sense has funny clips that you see from talk shows make you want to watch the whole show on television.

NBC Orders More Scripts For 30 Rock

NBC has announced that it has ordered 3 more scripts of its struggling new show "30 Rock." This follows last months order for 3 additional scripts now bringing the total to 6 additional scripts. Last week the show was moved from Wednesday to Thursday with a 40 minute episode and the show averaged 5.2 million viewers which is not good. It seems that NBC is willing to do whatever it can to help this show and it will be interesting to see how long the patience with this show lasts.

"3lbs" Tonight On CBS At 9pm

Tonight on CBS's interesting medical drama called "3lbs" Hanson and his staff deal with a pregnant woman that has a brain tumor. The treatment for the brain tumor will threaten the life of the unborn baby. Hanson tells the pregnant lady that the radiation treatment will probably kill the baby. Instead she agrees to risky brain surgery that will buy her time. This is an interesting show and reminds me a little of "House" on FOX. To see this episode of "3lbs" its on tonight at 9pm on CBS.

OJ Book and Television Special Cancelled

On Monday afternoon, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairmen, announced the cancellation of OJ Simpson's book “If I Did It” and the television specials to promote the book. 12 Fox Affiliates had said they would not air the special and Borders Book Stores had previously announced that they would donate any profits made from the book to charity.

FOX Renews "Til Death" & "Standoff"

FOX have announced that they have ordered six more episodes of their hostage drama "Standoff" as well as nine more episodes of there comedy "Til Death." Both shows are doing okay in the ratings with modest audiences. "Til Death" which was heavily promoted stars Brad Garrett who played Raymond's brother in the hit CBS show "Everybody Loves Raymond." The fact that "Til Death" has been picked up is one good sign for a network that has had a trouble in launching comedies since "That 70's Show" left the air.

"Hells Kitchen" Chef Opens NYC Restaurant

Gordon Ramsey the cranky British chef from the FOX reality show "Hells Kitchen" now has a tougher assignment the opening of his first restaurant in the US. He plans to open his first restaurant in the highly competitive restaurant environment of New York. The restaurant will be called "Gordon Ramsey at the London" and will be located in the London Hotel in New York which explains the name.

ESPN Now Offering Podcasts Of Some Shows

ESPN has announced that they are now offering podcasts of some of its radio shows. The shows include "The Michael Kay Show" from New York and "The Big Show with Mason and Ireland" from Los Angeles; Also included is shows from ESPN Desportes its Spanish language network. the shows are available on the ESPN.com website and also the ITunes site.

"Al Jazeera" English Service Starts Today

The new English language news service from "Al Jazeera" starts broadcasting today. The controversial Middle East broadcaster starts service although without coverage from one major cable or satellite company in the United States though. Variety reported on Monday that talks with Comcast for carriage had broken down. Outside the United States things have been going better for the fledgling network and it will be available in 80 million homes. Im sure over time they will work out deals in the US but im sure no major company wants to be the first to announce carriage of the network because of the anti American tone on the original Arab service.

NBC To Offer Video Podcasts Of News Shows

NBC has announced that they will make "NBC Nightly News" and its Sunday talk show "Meet The Press" available as video podcasts: The shows will be available for free from Itunes, this follows a similar move by ABC to offer a video podcast of "World News Tonight" in a 15 minute format last January.

Production Begins On "The Dresden Files"

Production began this month on the Sci Fi Channels new supernatural detective show called "The Dresden Files." The show is starring Paul Blackthorne of 24 and Deadwood and is set to premiere on the channel in January of 2007. The series is based on on a series of best selling novels by Jim Butcher.

"Jericho" Number 1 Show On CBS Inner Tube

The post nuclear drama "Jericho" on CBS is the most watched show on its internet service Inner Tube according to CBS.

"Justice" Pulled From FOX Schedule

FOX has announced that they have pulled its struggling new legal drama "Justice" off the schedule. The show was given a chance in two different time slots but still hasn't found an audience. Last weeks airing had 5.9 million viewers which was about half of the viewers who watched "Prison Break" which was the show on right before. FOX announced that they will run repeats of its popular medical show "House" for the next two weeks in "Justice's" former slot.

Ed Bradley Tribute Tonight On "60 Minutes"

Tonights "60 Minutes" on CBS will be a tribute to long time correspondent Ed Bradley who died of leukemia on Thursday. The hour long tribute will feature interviews with close friends as well as a solo with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. The tribute will also include clips from some of Ed Bradley's over 500 stories for "60 Minutes" as well as a profile by Lesley Stahl.

Canceled "Smith" To Be Shown Online

The canceled CBS show "Smith" is resurfacing this time on the internet on CBS's Inner Tube service. CBS will air the four remaining original episodes as well as the first three episodes shown on the network. The shows producer Warner Bros has also made the show available to buy via download on Itunes, AOL and Amazon.

CBS To Provide Online Content For "Jericho"

During the time that "Jericho" takes a 10 week intermission after November 29th, CBS has announced that they will provide original content, recaps, sneak previews and interactive elements on the CBS Innertube "Jericho" website. CBS will also continue to stream all episodes of "Jericho" to date on its Innertube website.

American Idol Will Return On Jan 16th 2007

When "American Idol" returns to FOX in a couple of months it will have a four hour premiere which will be spread over two nights beginning January 16th 2007. This edition which will be season six comes on the heals of huge numbers for season five last year; in which the show averaged over 30 million viewers which propelled FOX to the number spot in young adults.

"Jericho" 1st Half Season Ends Nov 29th

CBS has announced that "Jericho" will continue until November 29th with no repeats and then the first half of the season will end with a cliff hanger episode. The second half of the season will return on February 14th with a recap episode of the first 11 shows and then an all new episode will be on February 21st with a look at "Jericho" the day before the nuclear bombs went off.

Struggling "Studio 60" Gets Full Season Pick Up

NBC has announced that they are ordering an additional nine episodes of their struggling show "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" which will make a full season of twenty two episodes. The show which is one of the most expensive to produce has struggled from the start with the last episode only getting 7.7 million viewers in its Monday 10pm time slot. The audience it does get is said to include a large percentage that make over $75,000 per year which is attractive to advertisers so maybe that is a reason that NBC is standing behind the show for now and giving it every chance.

"60 Minutes" Ed Bradley Dies At 65

Ed Bradley the award wining journalist of CBS's "60 Minutes" has died of leukemia at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Ed Bradley was a part of "60 Minutes" for 26 years and broke many racial barriers at CBS News.

Sci Fi Channel Home For Wrestling?

The Sci Fi Channel has added a new live ECW wresting show every Tuesday night at 10pm. To me it seems a little weird to add a wrestling show on a channel where all the other programming is science fiction. I guess they are trying to tap in to the young male audience that watches the Sci Fi Channel.

"Suite Life" To Be Back For Third Season

"The Suite Life Of Jack & Cody" has been renewed by the Disney Channel and will be back for a third season and will resume production in January. The show is one of the most popular shows on the Disney Channel and is a comedy about two identical twins that live in a fancy hotel in Boston.

PBS To Air Ken Burns "The War" In Sept 2007

PBS has announced that they will air a new seven part epic documentary from Ken Burns about World War II in September of 2007. The documentary called simply "The War" will have vivid eyewitness accounts of life on the front lines during the war. It will also showcase the life of the people left behind in the United States while their fathers, sons and brothers were gone. The narration of the documentary will be by some of Americas greatest actors such as including Tom Hanks and Samuel L Jackson.

40th Country Music Awards Tonight On ABC

After being in New York last year the CMA or Country Music Awards return to Nashville tonight on ABC at 8pm. The leading nominees are Brooks & Dunn as well as Brad Paisley although probably lots of eyes will be on Sara Evans who is going through a messy divorce with another country singer Keith Urban. Sara Evans dropped out of "Dancing With The Stars" a few weeks ago because of the divorce and is up for female vocalist of the year.

NBC Moves NFL Game To Night Again

When NBC got its NFL contract for NFL football on Sunday nights it negotiated in a clause where it can switch games from Sunday afternoon to Sunday night. The first game to be switched is this weekends Chicago Bears at New York Giants. Now NBC has used that clause again and will switch the November 19th game of the San Diego Chargers at the Denver Broncos from an afternoon game to a 8:15pm EST start. This flexible schedule in the NBC contract is a big plus for them and it means they can switch games with the best match ups to its broadcast.

Coal Miner Couple Gone From Amazing Race

On last nights Amazing Race on CBS the coal mining couple from Kentucky's luck finally ran out. David and his wife Mary were marked for elimination for a second time which meant they either had to finish first or they would have a 30 minute penalty during which time the other teams could past them. They finished next to last and had to wait during which the team behind them finished causing them to be eliminated. The beauty queens our my favorites and last night they came in first and look tough to beat although things can change often in this show.

Happy Hour: FOX Drops Sitcom to Save The O.C.

FOX has a problem. The recent World Series was lowest-rated in history. FOX's new shows (Justice, Standoff, Til Death and Happy Hour) have returned to lower viewer numbers than their averages before the World Series. As well, the fourth season premiere of The OC drew a paltry number of viewers, pitted up against CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and..
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Alabama Band Member Joins "Nashville Star"

Country music great Randy Owen has joined the USA Network country talent show "Nashville Star" as a judge. Randy will join Blake Shelton and Anastasia Brown as judges with Jewel hosting the show which returns January 11th at 10pm. This season will be the fifth season of this popular cable show which will continue to be broadcast live from the Acuff Theater in Nashville.

"The OC" Struggles In Its Premiere

Thursday nights premiere of "The OC" struggled in the ratings with only 3.4 million viewers. Worse in some ways that the low rating was the 3% share in the critical 18-49 age group which is not good for a show that used to dominate the teen market. Last season which was down from its highs the show was still getting 6 million viewers on average and a 7% share in the critical 18-49 age group. FOX had put the premiere episode on My Space before the premiere to boast the show but it doesn't look like it worked. The end of "The OC" may be close which is a shame because I enjoy the show, but last season the show got so unbelievable it made it hard to watch.

Fox Pulls New Game Show "Rich List"

After a single airing on Wednesday night FOX has pulled its new game show "Rich List" from its schedule after a single airing. The show went up against "Lost" and "Criminal Minds" and 4 million viewers tuned in. FOX has not announced if the show will be back or if its been canceled.

TV Land Offers Star Trek Episodes On Internet

As part of the celebration of the original "Star Trek" coming to TV Land, the cable channel is offering free streaming episodes of some of the most popular shows on their website through November 6th. This is the first time ever that episodes of the show have been available for free on the internet. The series debuts in its regular 11pm slot on TV Land on November 20th. Click the title of this story to be taken to the TV Land website.

Two Cable Systems Add Mountain West Sports

Saratoga Cable in Utah and Project Mutual Telephone in Utah have just added "Mountain West Sports" to their systems. "Mountain West Sports" is a regional sports channel that shows college sports from the "Mountain West Conference." The channel is now on 136 cable systems served by 15 separate cable providers in Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Dish From Bravo's "Top Chef" Added To Menu

TGI Friday's the restaurant chain was featured in the last episode of Bravo's "Top Chef" and the winning entree from the show will be served in their restaurants.

Coming Soon: HBO Online

Thanks to the popularity of You Tube, all kinds of shows are popping up on the Web. Conspicuously absent from that list: Home Box Office, who has been less-than-amicable to down loaders. But, that won't be true for long. HBO is planning significant online and mobile offerings, and executives are currently in the process of hashing out the details.
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Katie Couric plunge continues at CBS

Her average audience of 7.3 million viewers left the "CBS Evening News" 1.1 million behind ABC's second-place "World News." It was the biggest gap between the two broadcasts since the week of Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Media Research. NBC's "Nightly News" led the way with 8.9 million viewers last week.
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Madonna To Appear On Dateline Tonight At 10

Madonna is on NBC's "Dateline" tonight at 10pm for a interview. In the interview Madonna discusses things about her that have been in the news recently such as her adoption of a Malawi boy as well as her use of a cross in her concerts.

"Jericho" Town Resident Returns With News

A member of the town returns to "Jericho" with news from outside of the town. Gary Anderson shares all the horrible things he has seen in his travels. Jake tries to negotiate with Jonah Prowse who wants one of his gang charged with stealing horses and food released. This sounds like another interesting episode of "Jericho" which can be seen tonight at 8pm on CBS.

Fixing "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip"

Recently rumors have swirled on the internet that NBC plans to cancel "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip." If this is not true I think NBC needs to do somethings to improve the show and make it more interesting. First of all the acting on this show is very good and the drama on the show is well written thats not where the problem lies on this show; The show is set around a the production of a television show and that is where the problem lies. The "fake show" is not funny which means the whole show is dragged down. So either you need to bring in comedy writers to improve that part or find some other way to change it. The show within a show has been done so well in the past by shows like "The Gary Shandling Show" or "Larry Sanders Show" or even in "Murphy Brown" so it can be done and done well. Unless they can make the "fake show" funny or at least interesting this show could be in trouble.

Al Jazeera English Channel To Launch Nov 15th

The English language version of Qatar based "Al Jazeera News Channel" is set to launch on November 15th. The original Arabic language version of the network is very popular in the Middle East although its coverage has often been criticized in the United States as anti American or anti western. The new channel will broadcast from Doha, Qatar as well as from broadcast hubs in London, Washington and Kuala Lampur.

Tom Brokaw Returns To NBC For Elections

Tom Brokaw former host of "NBC's Nightly News" will return to the network on November 7th for NBC's coverage of the mid term elections. Tom Brokaw will join his successor on "Nightly News" Brian Williamson as well as Senior Political Analyst Tim Russert. The show will originate from NBC Rockefeller Plaza headquarters in New York.

Bob Barker To Retire After 50 Years On TV

Bob Barker the host of "The Price Is Right" on CBS has announced he will retire in June after 50 years of television. Bob Barker has been host of the popular CBS game show for 35 years which is an amazing length of time. CBS has said they have a prime time special already in the works celebrating the shows longevity and Bob Barkers 50 years on television.