Misc. TV Thread

[DanOregon]

Word came down today that ABC has whacked Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money.

I'll miss Daisies for Kristin Chenowith alone and it was different. Eli Stone was hit and miss and Dirty Sexy Money lost its fastball this year, but its always nice to see a Baldwin with a tranny and Donald Sutherland at work.

Good news is that Life has received a full season pickup by NBC.

 

[BYH]

Yet Kath and Kim continues its reign of terror on NBC.

 

[imjustagirl]

Word came down today that ABC has whacked Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money.

I'll miss Daisies for Kristin Chenowith alone and it was different. Eli Stone was hit and miss and Dirty Sexy Money lost its fastball this year, but its always nice to see a Baldwin with a tranny and Donald Sutherland at work.

Good news is that Life has received a full season pickup by NBC.

GODDAMMIT!

I live for Pushing Daisies! How will I get my Lee Pace fill now?

And Chi McBride is AWESOME on that show.

 

[Killick]

Dammit. Really pissed about Eli Stone, but puzzled by Daisies. At least with Stone, they tried it out in a couple of different spots.

Did ABC even try Daisies at any other time slots? You'd think they'd give a critically acclaimed property that courtesy at least, but I don't think they did.

Well, at least Life survived.

 

[imjustagirl]

I only caught one ep of Eli Stone, but all I kept thinking was "THAT'S Angelina Jolie's first husband? Really?"

Well, that and the fact Victor Garber is one of my old-man crushes.

 

[Irishcheesehead]

DAMNIT! I enjoyed watching Dirty Sexy Money. Turns every week. I guess I can't expect much from a network that gave us Cavemen.

 

[mike311gd]

I just bought Season 7 of Scrubs and watched it in two days; it's only 11 episodes. I can't wait for the new season to start.

 

[Songbird]

No one has said much about Curb Your Enthusiasm this season.

And what about Californication?

Two best shows on TV.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Fired!

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Fired!

I couldn't believe that.

Of course, I've not watched DOOL in many years. But I always liked knowing I could flip it on and still see Doc and John Black battling the DiMera clan.

 

[DanOregon]

Yeah, I was surprised at that as well, apparently soap operas are going the way of other long-cherished media.
But I can't believe DOOL would dump those two - especially the way it came out. Do they think more people will watch now? or just that it will be cheaper to produce?
Hell, they were/are that show.

 

[BYH]

Exactly what I was thinking.

If you have to make budget by firing the two most recognizable characters, why even bother? Nobody's tuning in to watch Nick turn into a psycho. [/stuck watching this **** with my wife on TIVO]

Though Alison Sweeney seems to wear less clothing by the day, which is nice. I think they should just ditch her wardrobe.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

From what I read, it was a pure cost-cutting move. But it makes zero sense to keep the younger actors on the show, when the demographics identify more with the older characters.

Are Bo and Hope still on there? I know Jack and the lovely Jennifer have left the show.

 

[DanOregon]

And I know this is kind of off-topic but rule 1 in business is protect your "brand." I don't know what DOOL is without these two.

But then again, newspapers not only haven't been protecting their "brand," they've been whacking away at the very reason people pick up a specific paper for years.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Hilarious that DOOL resurrected and doubled this thread.

Didn't some evil guy on that show wear an eye patch for awhile? Because a guy in an eye patch on a soap opera = villainous gold.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Hilarious that DOOL resurrected and doubled this thread.

Didn't some evil guy on that show wear an eye patch for awhile? Because a guy in an eye patch on a soap opera = villainous gold.

Yes, and they even called him Patch.

But he eventually became a good guy, joined the ISA, fought Stefano, was dead, buried and rose from the grave to return to the show.

 

[DanOregon]

Flippin' around tonight and caught the David Foster special on PBS. If you grew up in the last 20-30 years, you'll probably enjoy the show. Incredible line-up, Katherine McPhee, Brian McNight. I know the guy gets a lot of crap for the work he does with Celine Dion, Michael Buble, Josh Grobans and Kenny Gs of the world (they all show up), but the guy's resume is amazing. He's had a hand in a hell of a lot of songs that surprised me. Boz Scaggs, "Look What You've Done to Me," Earth Wind and Fire's "After the Love Has Gone," The Tubes "She's a Beauty," Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real," Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart," and others.
Didn't realize actress-model Sara Foster is his daughter or that one of his first projects was a teen brother group called The Keane Brothers. Even odder, one of the brothers now does the music for CSI and the other brother wrote "Will You Still Love Me" for Chicago.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Dirty Sexy Money is a great show... What an absolute travesty that it's getting canceled.

You put any show other than Grey's Anatomy up against any of the CSIs or Criminal Minds and it's going to lose.

I'm guessing this has more to do with a really expensive cast than anything else.

 

[Kato]

So Scrubs is jumping over to ABC. Does anyone remember any other well known shows that switched networks mid-run? I'm trying to think but can't come up with any off the top of my head.

 

[bagelchick]

Oh my god, the Keane Brothers?!?!?! I am dating myself, but I was probably around 10 years old when my parents took us to see them in concert at the Holiday House in Monroeville. I remember Terry Bradshaw and Jo Jo Starbuck were there....I think I got their autograph in my little autograph book. I just went to their web site and I definitely had their first two albums, from 1977 and 1979....yikes!

Thanks for bringing them up and letting me take that trip down memory lane.....it was fun to see those old pictures of them and learn about what their doing now.