Castle, Cupid, The Unusuals get premiere dates on ABC
Three new dramas will be joining the ABC lineup: Castle on Monday, March 9 at 10:00 p.m.; Cupid on Tuesday, March 24 at 10:00 p.m.; and The Unusuals on Wednesday, April 8 at 10:00 p.m.
CASTLE
Wildly famous mystery novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion, Desperate Housewives), who is bored with his own success, learns that a real-world [...]
ABC goes nuts, axes Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money
ABC will not be ordering any new episodes of its sophomore shows Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone, the network confirmed earlier today.
The unlucky trio chalked season lows among adults 18-49 (1.8 rating each) this week, which finally sealed their fate after several weeks of speculation and uncertainty. The cancellation will leave all [...]
Kyle XY, The Secret Life of the American Teenager return to ABC in January
Following the network’s celebrated “25 Days of Christmas” programming event, ABC Family will start the new year strong by bringing back two of its hit original series this January.
The break-out summer hit “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” returns on a new day (Monday) with twelve all-new one hour episodes beginning Monday, January [...]
Lost to return for its fifth season on January 21
“Lost” is returning to its original home – Wednesday nights – for its fifth season.
Rumblings of the move began this morning after a Twitter account credited to ABC Inner Circle posted: “HOT HOT HOT! This JUST in….LOST will return Wednesday, January 21st at 8/7c!!!!!”
Said claims were subsequently confirmed to the site by network sources this [...]
Rob Thomas’ Cupid goes into production
Production has begun in New York on “Cupid,” a new romantic dramedy coming to ABC this season.
In “Cupid,” Trevor is a larger than life character who may or may not be the Roman god of love, Cupid. Trevor insists that he was sent to earth to bring couples together. As fate would have it, he [...]
Disney-ABC offers first look at Legend of the Seeker
Action-adventure fans can enjoy a first look of the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series “Legend of the Seeker” before its November 1st premiere weekend. Beginning today, Disney-ABC Domestic Television is offering an extended preview of the nationally-syndicated series as a free download, exclusively available on the iTunes Store.
The free download, entitled “Legend of the Seeker: A [...]
Most popular primetime shows now available in HD on iTunes
The most popular shows airing on all four major television networks – “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” from ABC, “CSI” and “CSI: Miami” from CBS, “Bones” and “Prison Break” airing on FOX, and “Heroes” and “The Office” from NBC Universal – are now available in HD in the iTunes store, Apple announced today.
“We’ve got an incredible [...]
Netflix to stream hit Disney and CBS TV series
Netflix, Inc. has announced two new agreements with the CBS Television Network and Disney-ABC Television Group. The agreements will allow current episodes of several popular TV shows to be streamed at Netflix.
Netflix members now have instant access to a library of 12,000 choices on their computers and TV sets.
The CBS shows to be [...]
New television shows in the fall season – hits and misses
In the aftermath of the writers’ strike and fewer pilots being developed this year, the major networks are launching only 13 new shows this season, which is half as many as a year ago.
Experts at the independent media buying agency TargetCast tcm believe that the fall season may lack any breakout hits.
“We are facing an [...]
ABC picks up five new series
ABC has picked up five new series for the 2008-09 season: dramas Castle, Cupid and The Unusuals and comedies Better Off Ted and Single with Parents.
“It was worth taking the time to go through the pilot process to really do it right. We’re excited about these series and feel they’re perfect additions to our [...]
