Saturday, December 23, 2006

"King Of Queens" Royal Reign Is Ending

CBS has announced that the current season of "King Of Queens" is to be the last season. The show now in its ninth year is the longest running sitcom on television, the show got that title last year after Will & Grace and That 70's Show left the air. "King Of Queens" nearly didn't get renewed for this current season but in the end CBS gave it a 13 episode commitment.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

ESPN Acquires Stake In Arena Football League

ESPN has announced that it has acquired a stake in the Arena Football League and will televise 14 games in a new Monday night slot from March to June.

Time Warner Being Sued By Yankees Television

Time Warner who already is in a fight with the NFL has been sued by the Yankees Entertainment Sports Network over underpayments to the tune of $1.5 million according to Reuters and other sources. This is just another distraction for the management of Time Warner Cable.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

PBS Tries Out 3 Shows On Internet First

In an interesting move PBS has announced that they will premiere three shows on the internet to decide which one will be debuts on television. The shows will be available on pbs.org for streaming or on the Itunes music for free download. The shows are "Wired Science," "Science Investigators," and "22nd Century."

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Christmas Fun On "How I Met Your Mother"

On tomorrow nights episode of "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS they are having a Christmas themed episode. Marshall is about to dive head long in to Christmas, then Ted calls Lilly the worst name possible and she is forced to retaliate. This show has a very able cast and is consistently one of the best written comedy shows on television.

Stripper Pole On Tonights "The Class" On CBS

On tomorrow nights "The Class" on CBS at 8:30pm Yonk gives Nicole a stripper pole as there anniversary present. Lina sees the gift as a way for Richie to show how sorry he is for lying to her, not the kind of stripper I want to see but oh well.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Star Trek: Voyager to be aired regularly on Spike TV starting December 18th

Spike TV will be having a Star Trek: Voyager marathon starting December 18th showing the episodes from 8AM-5PM everyday (check their website) to kick off their syndication of the show.
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

All "Heroes" Episodes Now Online

Previously when you visited the NBC website you could only stream the most recent episode of its popular show "Heroes" but now they have every episode available to watch. So if you are a fan and missed an episode or want to see what you have been missing nows the chance.

Monday, December 04, 2006

"Real World 18" Debut Has Lower Ratings

The latest installment of MTV's "Real World" the 18th installment this time set in Denver debuted to lower ratings. The show debuted with 1.56 million viewers in its new Wednesday night slot compared with 3.33 million viewers of the last edition which was set in Key West, Florida. The last edition was on Tuesday nights so maybe some of the audience missed the debut although MTV did do heavy promotion of the new time. The next few weeks will be interesting because MTV repeats the show often so we will see if other viewers get hooked or if this long time hit show is drawing to an end. This show was reality tv before that term even existed and I hope the show survives.

EuroNews To Be Shown Nationwide In US

EuroNews the European news channel has been picked up by the satellite provider Dish Network so now the channel has national coverage in the United States. Previously the channel was only available on CableVision in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The channel is also available in six languages on the service.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

"Britain's Next Top Model" To Air On CW

"Britain's Next Top Model" is to be shown on the CW Network in two shows showing the best of the British version of the show.

"30 Rock" Picked Up For Full Season

NBC announced on Friday that it is picking up its comedy show "30 Rock" for a full season. The show struggled at first but since moving to Thursday nights it has shown a 25% increase in its ratings in the 18-49 age group. Apart from the move, NBC has done things such as giving away a free episode on Itunes which seems to have helped too.

Friday, December 01, 2006

"Battlestar Galactica" Moving To Sundays

Beginning January 21st the Sci-Fi Channel is moving "Battlestar Galactica" to Sundays at 10pm from its present Friday night slot. The slow has seen lower ratings this year and this is seen as a move to help the show out.