http://behindthescreensblog.com "Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. " - Martin Scorcese Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some hopeful fans are calling the two Wednesday episodes of Scrubs a "Comedy Wednesday" tryout, a more likely scenario is that these episodes are merely being burned off.   Now, ABC.com is calling next week's episode the "Series Finale." It is entirely possible this was a typo, though given its performance the ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/03/11/has-abc-canceled-scrubs/ 24 is three things: Expensive, Aging, and trending downward in the ratings.  So it should come as a surprise to no one that Fox is about to let the clock run out. Enough of the clock wordplay, however, it's time to get serious.  Fox and 24 star Keifer Sutherland have been ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/03/10/8-is-enough-for-24/ CBS announced today it is ordering a second season of Undercover Boss in what is likely the least-surprising news of the season.   No official mention of how many episodes or how they will manage to slide CEOs into their own companies without being noticed this time around. Here is the press ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/03/09/undercover-boss-renewed/ Lie To Me finally returns to finish season 2, but is it a burn-off?  Normally, it seems that when a show is picked off the lineup after a fall run and then banished to the summer doldrums, it would appear that way.  In this case, however, I think it has ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/03/09/fox-announces-summer-schedule/ Fringe fans can breathe a sigh of relief, for now, as Fox has picked the show up for a full 22 episode 3rd season. You may recall that after Fringe faltered a bit in the ratings after moving this fall to Thursdays at 9 opposite powerhouses CSI, Grey's Anatomy, and The ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/03/09/fringe-renewed/ Fox, which was burning off Past Life during Fringe's winter hiatus and opposite the olympics, decided three episodes (including one in the plum post-Idol) slot was enough. After squandering its lead-in (a Bones repeat) for the past two weeks and thus dragging down Fox's Thursday averages, the network has pulled the ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/02/19/past-life-canceled-yawn/ The CW joined the early renewal bandwagon today by announcing the green-lights for its top-rated (by their standards) series. 90210, America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, and Vampire Diaries will all be back next fall, meanwhile the fates of One Tree Hill, Smallville, Life Unexpected, and Melrose Place are less ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/02/16/cw-hands-out-early-renewals-none-of-them-unexpected/ NBC has unveiled it's new primetime lineup that will premiere after the Olympics.   Now, instead of having "The Jay Leno Show" in primetime, NBC can be ignored with more "Trauma" in primetime.   Here's the full schedule as most television viewers won't even see it come March. Monday 8 - Chuck 9 - Trauma ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/01/14/nbcs-leno-less-primetime-schedule/ Conan O'Brien has finally come forward with his intentions: He won't be following Jay Leno anymore.  And who could blame him? Following last week's announcement that NBC would be abandoning its catastrophic decision to strip "The Jay Leno Show" in primetime after only a few months due to overwhelming pressure from ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/01/12/conan-to-nbc-pluck-you/ ABC did not announce an early renewal for "Castle" as it did for "The Middle," "Modern Family," and "Cougar Town," but it did something almost as good: It announced a sequel to the hit novel "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle.  The second book by Richard Castle will be released in ... http://behindthescreensblog.com/2010/01/12/heat-wave-sequel-coming-in-september-season-3-of-castle-imminent/