Mike Judge's The Goode Family Moves to Comedy Central
Mike Judge The Goode Family endured a rocky first season with ABC, thanks at least in part to the show’s controversial premise, which chronicles the life of a hyper-liberal family that failed to resonate with television viewers.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsFlashForward Goes On Hiatus Until March
Another ABC series will join V in ducking out of January and February’s ratings race as the Winter Olympics looms ahead. New mystery thriller FlashForward won’t return to primetime until March 4, where it will finish its remaining 13 episodes uninterrupted.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsFive Reasons Why Modern Family is Television's Best New Comedy
ABC's charming mockumentary-style series is hilarious. Here's why... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBarry Sonnenfeld Brings Funny in Farsi to TV
ABC has ordered a pilot based on author Firoozeh Dumas’ 2003 award-winning memoir Funny in Farsi.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsABC's V on Hiatus Until 2010
ABC’s rebooted and dolled-up sci-fi drama V debuted to an impressive audience of 14.3 million viewers on Nov. 3, and despite the criticisms about mediocre writing and humdrum story lines, it still kept 10.7 million viewers for its second week—not half bad for a show still in its infancy. Still, these numbers aren’t enough to make the network rethink the series’ preemptive hiatus, one that’s been planned from the beginning. After next week’s fourth episode, V‘s alien visitors won’t be returning to primetime until March 2010.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsRoland Emmerich Plans to Bring 2012 to TV
Roland Emmerich’s much-anticipated (and sometimes maligned) disaster flick 2012 hasn’t even come to theaters yet and already there are talks of it being adapted for the small screen.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsFall Guide to Good TV: V
Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC, beginning Nov. 3ABC’s remake of the 1983 miniseries stars Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell as an FBI agent who sees through the aliens’ friendly posture toward Earth’s inhabitants. While scientists led the fight against the aliens in the original series, religion gets a turn this time with Father Jack Landry (Joel Gretsch) joining the resistance. ... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesFall Guide to Good TV: Flash Forward
Thursdays at 8 p.m. on ABCThe premise—everyone on earth blacks out for two minutes and 17 seconds, experiencing a vision of their lives six months in the future—sounds more clever than compelling, but the plot delivers the kind of brain-stretching drama that made Lost famous. And in a fall lineup packed with new procedural cop/doctor/lawyer shows, we'll give it bonus points for originality.... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesFall Guide to Good TV: Cougar Town
Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. on ABCSeinfeld won’t be the only Must-See reunion this fall, as the Friends cast will be dropping by Courteney Cox’s new sitcom. We were initially worried that this was a reality show inspired by 30 Rock’s “MILF Island,” but it’s actually pretty funny thanks to creator Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City). Cox plays a 40-year-old divorced mom re-entering the dating world. Her son Travis (Dan Byrd) sums it up best: "I wish she didn’t have to say exactly what she’s thinking the second she thinks it." ... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesFall Guide to Good TV: Modern Family
Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on ABCThis offbeat half-hour mockumentary looks at the extended family of patriarch Jay, played by Married With Children’s Ed O’Neill. Much of the humor is supplied by Jay’s uptight son Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Mitchell’s flamboyant partner Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) with their “sports-guy chest bump” and prepared speech for anyone who dares judge their adoption of a young Vietnamese girl.... read more
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