Boom.
I gotta agree with Joey on this one - the third season of Happy Endings has been thoroughly mediocre, and with just a few quality episodes and hemorrhaging ratings, I wouldn’t count on it coming back. TBS can’t be counted on to snatch up the crumbs of networks, and the newest season of Cougar Town isn’t even coming back to rave reviews.
I may be the nerd who obsesses over ratings/TV schedules, but this article from Vulture is pretty spot on. The two-nights-a-week move is NOT a good sign for either show, and fans may have to just accept the most likely scenario here - ABC just isn’t that invested in giving this show a happy ending.
Nashville has plenty going for it: The music is legitimately good; Connie Britton is the world’s best human; and even though the dialogue is a little clunky, the stories seem to work. Britton plays Rayna, a country-music legend whose star is fading, thanks in part to the rising fame of Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere), who’s trying to woo away Rayna’s bandleader, Deacon. But the show does have one lingering problem: The male characters are extremely hard to tell apart. Everyone is too generically handsome and southern! So we’ve assembled this handy guide to which male character is which on Nashville.
Vulture will never understand how much I love it. Especially since they’re obsessed with all of the same shows as I am.
From the pilot alone, it’s tough to get a read on where Nashville could go, but I hope it never loses its serious-yet-relaxed vibe. After I watched the first hour, I didn’t feel as if I’d seen a new series but instead one that had been around for years and that I’d just now discovered. It feels lived-in, confident. That’s a good sign.
Cannot fucking wait for this premiere tonight.
COUNTRY STRONG: THE SHOW!
Patience, Iago. Patience…
Just because a show features marginalized groups doesn’t mean it’s doing a good thing
Whenever I see people talking about how good Glee is for disabled people, I get so mad that I genuinely debate eating my own shoes because it would be more productive than arguing with people about it.
Featuring queer/disabled/other marginalized groups =/= respecting them
This is one of the problems I have with Modern Family, which gets thrown an inordinate amount of kudos for having gay characters featured prominently and sympathetically. That doesn’t change the fact that half their lines are jokes about gay stereotypes.
Couldn’t agree more - it’s why I continue to tell people that Glee and Modern Family are shows that I can’t stand. They deal with tired and damaging stereotypes of gays, people of color, immigrants, and people with disabilities. Just because you have a token minority character does NOT mean you’re respecting that character or their community.
Ryan Murphy and Steve Levitan have built their shows on tokenism and nothing more. The only problem is that Hollywood and America are stupid enough to eat it up and pat themselves on the back for their “progressive” beliefs.
(via bjcg-nofriends)
My world is whole again. Cougar Town finally has an official return date!
Now Vulture hears the Cougar Town star and Dancing with the Stars hoofer have landed another half-hour project, this time at ABC. Written by Rob Sheridan (Mad Love), the single-camera comedy is
tentatively called Heart Attack Grillpresently untitled, and, based on ABC Studios’ official description of the project, we’re kind of convinced Arquette just decided to borrow a bit of Monica Gellar’s backstory for inspiration. The official logline: “After transforming into a ‘skinny girl’, a former overeater navigates working with her ex in a diner that caters to people who love to eat.”
Just like Vulture points out here, this sounds strangely familiar given a certain character Cox used to portray. Doesn’t mean I won’t watch it, given the right cast.
Ok, people, let’s just be brutally honest here.
Dave = Ross
Max = Joey
Penny = Phoebe
Jane = Monica
Brad = Chandler
Alex = Rachel
They switched out the sibling relationship of Ross and Monica for Jane and Alex. Also, the Joey/Chandler roommate story was swapped for Dave/Max.
Now - any questions?
Holy shit you guys, Two and a Half Men scored 20 million viewers last night, including a 7.2 rating for those aged 18-49. This is insane for most any show, especially a Monday night sitcom. CBS has other reason to celebrate - 2 Broke Girls is performing well (11.6 million viewers and a 4.5 share in the demo) and How I Met Your Mother had great numbers for its sixth season (10.5 million, 4.4 share).
In other news, Terra Nova was weaker than expected, The Playboy Club is tanking quickly, and while Fox technically won premiere week, most stories are focusing on how its premieres are ratings disappointments.
Source: NY Mag
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