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Pop Culture Curmudgeon, May 21. Special Upfronts Edition.

Jennifer Roland — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:23:08 +0000

A day late, but I hope not a dollar short. I postponed this week’s roundup so I could take the time to find all of the upfronts info and preview videos I could.

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Will Hulu Be the Death of TV?
A look at the effect Hulu may have on the networks. I think the day will come that we watch our shows direct from the studios, but it will be a long time.

More Americans Are Paying for Television
See, the death of cable television isn’t as imminent as some of us might hope.

Supernatural

Supernatural Episode Recap: Two Minutes to Midnight
Karla Petersen’s take on the season finale. It was very emotional, and if it had actually been the season finale, I would have cried through the whole thing. Because I knew it wasn’t the end, though, I found it a little heavy-handed and manipulative. And, it all seemed to come together too easily.

Supernatural: Super-serious
A fan’s take on the finale and the plans for season six.

Supernatural Season Finale Recap: Nothing Ever Really Ends, Does It?
The Entertainment Weekly take on the episode.

Supernatural Finale Justifies Our Lovefor an Absent God
And, Mo Ryan’s review.

CW Stars Jensen Ackles and Danneel Harris Tie the Knot
People reports on the Ackles-Harris wedding. I wish the happy couple all the best.

CW Moves Supernatural to Fridays for Fall
We’ll be watching our show one day later next season. How do you feel about the shift? I’m okay with it because it frees up the extremely full Thursday at 9 slot. Perhaps I’ll actually watch The Office again.

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Upfronts Preview: What Will the 2010-2011 TV Season Bring?

Jennifer Roland — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:10:13 +0000

I love upfronts. I am always excited to see which shows will return in the coming year and what new shows the fall season will bring. I read upfront previews as soon as I get notification of their posting.

The major networks have their upfronts next week. So, check here and Twitter for info about the pickups and drops.

ABC: May 18. I’ll be looking for something to fill the midweek doldrums. I can’t keep watching 90210 forever, right? I’m also interested in how they replace Lost.
CBS: May 19. I’m only marginally interested in this, mainly because I don’t watch a lot of shows on CBS. Hubby is all about Hawaii Five-Oh remake, but I really only care if How I Met Your Mother will return.
CW: May 20. Will the CW replace it’s ailing scripted series with more reality crap? I hope not. I’d love to see them honor the W in their name and bring back the types of shows that made the WB awesome. Life Unexpected had that potential, but it hasn’t lived up to it so far. I’m not sure Nikita will be the show that will make me love the CW like I loved the WB.
Fox: May 17. Again, not really that interested. I watch Glee, but nothing else Fox offers appeals to me. Besides, if I like it, they’ll cancel it unceremoniously because it doesn’t live up to the ratings of American Idol. (I know this won’t happen for a long time, but I’d love to see them dump the long-past-its-prime karaoke competition.)
NBC: May 17. NBC is the network I care about. Will they bring back Chuck? It looks good (according to Ausiello), but I don’t want to assume the best and be shattered by the worst. Will they have anything else interesting to watch? Love Bites and Outsourced have potential, but I’m waiting to see more on them and the other pickups before I make my decisions about which shows to watch.

Of course, I’d also love to see the networks realize that sometimes shorter seasons mean better shows that people care about watching. I don’t think a six-episode season is quite enough, but 13 has proven to be good for the creative development of a show. Look at Glee. The first 13 episodes of the season were focused and interesting, even though the show had that stupid fake pregnancy storyline. I still enjoy the show, but the episodes after the first 13 have meandered a little and haven’t been as good.

And, here’s a good discussion of the actual purpose of the upfronts (to sell advertising) and the outlook for this year.

What are your hopes and dreams for the 2010-2011 TV season?

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Two More Links

Jennifer Roland — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:40 +0000

Here are two links I forgot to include when I was pulling this week’s roundup together.

Ugly Betty: ABC Cancels the Struggling Show
I knew the decision to shift this show from timeslot to timeslot this season would be the death of it. ABC always seems to do this with shows they don’t understand how to handle. Anyway, this early announcement will give the producers time to craft a satisfying resolution to outstanding storylines.

All-Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
Go to this post the next time you see story after story about how the latest blockbuster has broken all box office records. Considering the constant increases in movie ticket prices, of course the newer movie will gross more. However, when you adjust for inflation, Gone with the Wind (one of my favorite movies) is still the box office champion.

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Pop Culture Roundup, January 28

Jennifer Roland — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:31:05 +0000

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Fox, ABC Give out Pilot Orders
The Hollywood Report describes a couple recent pilots ordered by ABC and Fox. ABC ordered a comedy based on an Israeli show (because that worked so well for CBS ad The Ex-List), and Fox ordered a show about a police psychologist turned bounty hunter. Not sure I’m up for either of these shows.

Sundance, the Gifting that Keeps on Giving
It’s always funny that the wealthier you are, the less stuff you actually have to buy. Find out just a little bit of the free stuff Sundance attendees were lapping up.

Special Focus on the iPad

As if there is any pop culture story other than the unfortunately named iPad. Here are some links.

Supernatural

Supernatural Episode Recap: “Sam, Interrupted”
Read TV Guide’s synopsis of last week’s episode.

Supernatural: Two Clips from Episode 12, “Swap Meat”
A couple fun previews for tonight’s episode.

Fight the Apocalypse
Play the online Supernatural game.

Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles Do Not Have Twitter, Facebook, Etc.
The boys confirm that all social media accounts in their names are fakes.

Supernatural Spinoff in the Works
Will you watch it, though?

Supernatural Drinking Bingo
This looks like a way fun drinking game.

Drinking with the Stars: Supernatural’s Misha Collins
Speaking of drinking, Korbi Gosh (from Zap2It) takes Misha Collins out for drinks and some questions.

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Valentine’s Day Gifts Inspired by the Men of Chuck
This is quite the collection of potential gifts for your man. Personally, I dig Awesom’s vegan soap and Jeffster’s Employee of the Month runner up shirt.

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Some of Our Favorites Return

Jennifer Roland — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000

By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Lauren Graham is joining the cast of NBC’s Parenthood.

You may also have heard that Matthew Perry is coming back to network television with a show for ABC and Amy Sherman-Palladino is writing a series for HBO.

I was happy to see Jenna Elfman, Courteney Cox, and Dan Byrd back on TV this fall, even though I’m not watching Accidentally on Purpose and Cougar Town is a DVR-only show.

What actors do you want to see back on TV?

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No More Life for Mars

Jennifer C. Rodland — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:57:02 +0000

ABC has announced that it is canceling Life on Mars, but that it will air the series finale to give fans closure.

Read more about it in the Ausiello Files.

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