ABC has today unveiled its 2013/14 fall schedule, which includes Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Resurrection, Trophy Wife, Revenge, Modern Family and Castle.
As we revealed with yesterday’s scorecard roundup post, fan favourites such as The Bachelor, Castle, Dancing with the Stars, The Middle, Modern Family and Revenge will all be returning for the 2013/14 fall season.
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It’s that time of the year when series creators have no nails left because of the frustrating wait to see if their show has been given the boot or if it has at least one more year left.
Over in camp ABC, it seems more renewals have taken place than cancelations – which can only be a good thing.
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It is most definitely a busy period for US Television with commissions, series renewals an of course, those unlucky few that come to the end of their lives.
It has today been confirmed that Happy Endings will not be returning for a fourth season on ABC, however, the network has renewed 11 other series’ ahead of its Upfronts presentation next week.
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American Idol stole the rating last night with over 10 million viewers tuning in for the semi-final performance show. Meanwhile, Supernatural didn’t fare too well with only 2 million tuning in.
American Idol topped last night’s ratings for FOX with 10.80 million viewers which was miles ahead of The Voice’s audience figures.
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In the announcement of the annual Primetime Emmy Award Nominations, there was good news for British shows as Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Luther all feature heavily.
Downton Abbey has 16 nominations as it features for the first time in the Drama Series category, there are also nods for cast members Hugh Boneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle and Jim Carter as well as creator Julian Fellowes who is nominated for Best Dramatic Writer.
Sherlock’s Scandal in Belgravia episode features in the mini-series category, and has 13 nominations including recognition for both Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Sherlock faces competition from Luther while its Lead Actor Idris Elba is up against Cumberatch in the Best Actor in a Mini-Series award. Read more & comment »
A couple of US TV shows as well as some live extravaganzas headline this week’s big TV preview.
The Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1, Sat, 8pm)
After two nights of watching increasingly barmy semi-final acts, which saw us say goodbye to some of the wackiest songs, it’s time for Saturday’s main event namely. If, like me, you’re having a Eurovision shindig then you’ll want to pace yourself as there are plenty of boring Balkan ballads littered among the headline-grabbing acts which will drag your evening down. In terms of UK viewers the evening may peak early on as Englebert Humperdink, or #TheHump as idiots are now calling him, is performing his gentle love song ‘Love Will Set You Free’ in the first position. Will that count against him in the final voting? Only time will tell however it’s quite clear that our country will probably never win this thing again. Along the way we also have the Turkish man-boat, the Russian Grannies, the Ukrainian Samantha Mumba, the Swedish girl getting pelted by snow and of course the unstoppable force that is Jedward. Though Eurovision isn’t always great its camp value shines through and if you don’t take it too seriously you’re always guaranteed to have a good time.
American network giants, ABC, have today announced the renewal of Dancing With The Stars, The Bachelor and Shark Tank, fans will be pleased to hear.
According to reports from Deadline, the three popular shows will be joining the slate of new season programming from the network, despite Dancing With The Stars reaching its lowest premier figures when its latest season, season 11, began in March, and its latests cycle going head to head with The Voice, with The Voice beating its rating figures significantly on several occasions.
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ABC, the Network giants behind the US remake of classic Brit sitcom, Only Fools And Horses, have reached out to fans to help name the new show.
In a post on the Modern Family page on the social networking site, Facebook, fans were asked to vote on two possible names for the remake, with the choices being Only Fools and Kings of Van Nuys.
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It’s welcome back to the Dunphys, Pritchetts and Pritchett-Tuckers as MODERN FAMILY returns for what promises to be an even more laugh-filled season from Friday 23 September at 9.00pm on Sky 1 HD.
Sometimes a show comes along that just gets everything right, and, after two seasons, Modern Family is still that show. Impeccably cast and boasting 24-carat comedy gold writing, it swings from the slapstick – Phil and that step – to the stingingly sharp, and is more than a dab hand at scenes filled with dewy-eyed poignancy.
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Mitchell and Cameron have a big decision to make this week, and it turns out to be much harder than they thought.
Television’s best double act are looking to assign legal guardians for Lily in case anything happens to them, so they set about secretly assessing their family members. Hard to please, Mitch and Cam aren’t overwhelmed with the results of their sleuthing: they catch Jay administering Manny with a dose of his patented tough love formula, and find out that Clare has been taking Luke to a child psychologist about his development, or lack thereof. They’re by no means the perfect parents, but perhaps that’s the point…
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‘Modern Family’ and ‘Glee’ were honoured at last night’s Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awards.
The hit US TV shows were jointly named Best Comedy Series for their portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues (LGBT) and ‘Glee’ co-stars Chris Colfer and Mike O’Malley accepted the prize alongside Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Bowen and Ariel Winter.
According to GLAAD, the prize is handed out to those who increase visibility and understanding of the LGBT community.
James Marsden has has reportedly agreed to guest star in an episode of Modern Family.
The 37 year old actor is best known for playing the superhero Cyclops in the three X-Men films, and for his roles in other movies such as Superman Returns, Hairspray, Enchanted, and 27 Dresses.
TV Guide report that he will appear in a single episode, playing a neighbour of Cameron and Mitchell. The gay couple will get visibly excited when Marsden’s character strips down to his bare chest in the street.
David Beckham has admitted that he is a huge fan of funny TV shows Glee and Modern Family.
The football star revealed that he and wife Victoria enjoy watching Glee and told E! online:
Glee creator Ryan Murphy, seems to have hit out at Modern Family bosses for failing to write any gay kisses into their scripts.
The hit ABC comedy features a homosexual couple, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), who are married and have an adopted daughter, however the pair have not yet shared a kiss on screen.
Actress Julie Bowen has revealed that she was “totally petrified” about meeting Minnie Driver on the set of hit US comedy, Modern Family.
Julie, who plays Claire Dunphy in the show, apparently first met Minnie when she had a cameo role on the comedy.
Julie told the PA, “I was totally petrified, and obviously she comes on set and is such a ballsy, fun, cool girl and within three minutes I was like, ‘I can’t believe I was scared of her, she’s just awesome’.
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