Not only did Drew Barrymore star in the big screen version of Charlie’s Angels, she also produced it. Now Variety is reporting that Drew Barrymore is looking to bring it back to the small screen and ABC is interested in helping her do it. The negotiations are still in the early phase and I hope it stays that way because what made the show so good was the cheese factor it had going for it. The show never took itself seriously and I am sure if ABC updated it, they would want to make more real. But if they considered having fun with it, I might be OK with it as long as they don’t cast Hilary Duff in Farrah Fawcett’s role. Can’t you see them doing that?
And BTW my sentiment about remaking TV shows is the same as for movies, when will Hollywood come with original ideas again and stop destroying shows like Kolchak the Nightstalker???
ABC has cancelled Hank and they will not be airing any more episodes according to The Live Feed. Believe it or not this is only the second show to be cancelled this season, the only other one to bite the dust was The CW’s The Beautiful Life. Although NBC’s Trauma and ABC’s Eastwick did not get any additional episodes ordered, their networks are still airing all of 13 episodes that they ordered. The only shows still waiting to hear if they will get any additional episodes ordered at Fox’s Brothers and CBS’s Three Rivers and I am really hoping both get more episodes because I love them both.
Now back to Hank, this is Kelsey Grammer’s second consecutive failure. His last show Back to You did not come back to Fox. BTW did anyone watch Hank? I never got Kelsey Grammer, so I never watched it, and since it got cancelled I guess I am not the only one.
UPDATE:The Hollywood Reporter says that Fox will not order any more episodes of Dollhouse. But before all you Dollhouse fans freak out too much, they will air all 13 episodes and Joss Whedon promised it would be a satisfying end for y’all!!!
ABC has decided not to order any more episodes of Eastwick starring Lindsey Price and Rebecca Romijn, but they have decided to pick up 5 more episodes of theforgotten with Christian Slater according to James Hibberd. To be honest I am surprised by their decision because both shows were doing equally bad as in both have been beaten by The Jay Leno Show more than once, so I thought that both would get the ax after their 13 episode order. Guess I was wrong and guess that means that ABC doesn’t have much to offer up during the mid-season except for Lost. In fact their mid-season got even slimmer because James Hibberd added that Let’s Dance is making like Jewel and not dancing. The show that was suppose to be hosted by Kathy Griffin was pulled two weeks before it was suppose to air because they had problems casting the show. I wonder what that means for the next season of Dancing with the Stars, does that mean that ABC has run out of celebrities who want to dance? Maybe Rebecca Romijn can do it, she has a lot of time on her hands now that show was cancelled and her husband, Jerry O’Connell is a stay-at-home dad.
I am huge fan of the original V, so much so I spent Sunday watching the original miniseries re-air on SyFy for 11 and a half hours. So when I heard that ABC was remaking V, I was less than enthused. That was until I saw the pilot. The episode blew me away and I have been waiting almost two months for this show to start up, so I could watch the series play out.
There are elements from the original V in this one. Like spaceships hovering over major cities throughout the world. Also The Visitors say they are here to help us with medical advances and they need something from us to ensure the survival of their planet. Oh and the most important thing that is still the same is under their skin lives a lizard.
While those are the same things, there are changes and some of them are reversals of which sex plays certain roles. In the original V, the spokesperson was a woman and this time it is Scott Wolf so not sure how that will change things up. But the big one that was changed is the teen recruiter is a female and the human is a guy. In the original V their relationship lead to the human girl getting pregnant, so I can’t wait to see who will get pregnant in this version…that is if anyone gets pregnant? After all we did learn from Alien Nation that alien men can have babies, so maybe on V the human male can get pregnant?
This updated version of V starts off so much faster than the original one and the special effects are flawless. Seriously V is the most exciting drama to come to TV this season and you don’t want to miss out on any part of this show. So make sure to watch it tonight on ABC at 8p!
UPDATE: Some bad news coming out about the show today, according to James Hibberd V is changing up their show runners. That is never a good sign for any show. Especially since ABC split V’s airings to air 4 episodes now and the remaining ones to start up again in March. Plus it was widely reported that ABC put the show on a production hiatus because they didn’t like where it was going. Like I stated above I loved the pilot and I really hope this show does well because it is the best drama ABC has on their air right now. Their veterans are going to hell in a handbasket. Seriously when was the last time there was a watchable episode of Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice or Ugly Betty? I sure as heck can’t remember why I am still watching any of those shows.
ABC has picked up FlashForward for a season. You didn’t need to black out for 137 seconds to see this coming, the show and its ratings keep better by the week! Now I wonder if April 29, 2010 will really play out on that day, or will they will wait until May sweeps?
The show is ABC’s first new drama to get the full season pick up, it joins Modern Family. Cougar Town and The Middle who go the full season order last week!
ABC has picked up 3 of their 4 (Modern Family, Cougar Town and The Middle) new Wednesday comedies for a full season. While it is no surprise that critically acclaimed Modern Family and the hysterical Cougar Town were picked up, I find it interesting that The Middle was in the mix. Either way it is great day for sitcoms because up until this season it looked they might be on the way out. But Modern Family and Cougar Town have really helped to re-ignite the comedy fire and I hope that we will be getting more of them instead of less. Seriously who isn’t enjoying the 9p hour on ABC? Modern Family is just brilliant, while Cougar Town is a laugh riot!!!
The lone comedy not picked up is Kelsey Grammer’s Hank, guess his Frasier days are long over.
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David Arquette brought his awwwdorable daughter Coco to set of her mom, Courteney Cox’s new show Cougar Town and she has her own director’s chair there. Looking at her sitting the chair, it almost seems like a natural career move for her in the future. Plus look at the way she is telling her ‘rents where the cameras are. She is so a director-in-training, don’t you think?
I just love how cute the Arquette family is! They just seem so lovey dovey even after 10 years of marriage!!!
BTW Cougar Town premieres on ABC on September 23rd at 9:30p!
So on Saturday night at the Melrose Place launch party, I was positioned next to my favorite TV host Rossi Morreale on the red carpet. I love Rossi’s hosting skills on the hit ABC summer show, so I couldn’t resist asking him about Dating in the Dark that is airing its season finale tonight at 9p. What he told me learned from doing the show where each week 3 men and women literally have a blind date, really made him respect him more and gave more insight how impactful the show really is. Dating in the Dark was a great experiment of how important looks are when it comes to starting out a relationship that I really hope that ABC brings it back for a second season because we need to learn so much more from this original reality show. That and we need more Rossi Morreale on TV!!!
Tonight is the series finale of a true gem of a show that not enough of you were watching. Eli Stone will be saying goodbye to his visions after a season and a half and I am sincerely going to miss them. This was a show that made you feel better after watching it and I am going to miss that feeling.
So even though it is the last episode, tune in to Eli Stone tonight on ABC at 10p to find out why it is such a shame that ABC didn’t believe in this show.
5 months after Duran Duran’s John Taylor’s Samantha Who? episodes were suppose to air on ABC, they are finally seeing the light of TV starting tonight at 8p! Can I tell you I had the same reaction as Dena did when I met John Taylor! I was a Nick Rhodes girl until I met them and ever since it has been John Taylor all the way!!! He just gets better with age! Can you believe he just turned 49 on the 20th?
Thanks to Christina Applegate for Tweeting the shameless plug on Twitter. I am still so mad that ABC didn’t pick up this cute funny show.
