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More pilot and casting news from the major networks
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, FOX, Celebrities, The CW, Documentary  Courtesy of The HollywoodReporter, here's some pilot and casting news from the major networks:
First of all, the FOX drama pilot NSA Innocent is now Company Man, and has cast Jason Behr in the lead as a man hired by the NSA to spy on his own company. Annie Wersching of General Hospital will play his wife. Heather Locklear has been cast in the title role for the ABC comedy pilot See Jayne Run, about a tough career woman trying to balance work and motherhood. ...
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Top Model's marriage under a microscope
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, The CW, America's Next Top Model  There is a fine line between completely deluded and a wicked gut instinct.
Many women have problems distinguishing between the two when it comes to analyzing the relationships of themselves and others. Thank god we have the cameras on 24/7 on America's Next Top Model to further investigate this.
On reality shows there seems to be a bully mentality, where the majority of the cast members focus on one person of interest to berate and mentally annihilate. On America's Next Top Model, this...
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America's Next Top Model: The Girl Who Takes Credit
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Animation, The CW, America's Next Top Model  (S08E06) Renee was playing some serious mind games with the large figured models this episode when she dropped the comment saying "there would never be a plus-sized model on the cover of Vogue."
The worst part is, Diana and Whitney seemed to have consumed the bait as they both performed pretty poorly this week. Renee is either utlizing a very clever strategy or she's just plain rude and happens to be the beneficiary of the results. I'd be willing to wager on the latter. I'm seriously running out of ways to call Renee evil and we're only...
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More folks join new pilots
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Celebrities, The CW, Pickups and Renewals  Sorry, gang, I've been away for awhile so everyone stand back while I dump a big pile of casting news all over the floor (try not to get any on you):
John Michael Higgins will star in the new ABC comedy pilot The Thick of It, and by "new" I mean it's yet another remake of a British sitcom. It's being helmed by Arrested Development creator and will also star Oliver Platt, Alex Borstein (Family Guy) and Michael McKean. The pilot is being directed by Christopher Guest. Also, on ABC, Mark Moses of Desperate Housewives...
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Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Baseball
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Everybody Hates Chris, The CW  (S02E18) This wasn't the funniest episode of Everybody Hates Chris, but I did like how it explored the dynamic between Chris and his father.
Kurt Vonnegut once told McSweeneys that a male writer should never write about his father: "you learn about life by the accidents you have, over and over again, and your father is always in your head when that stuff happens." Continue reading Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Baseball
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Talk Talk: Quentin Tarantino, Rainn Wilson, Joss Stone, Newt Gingrich
Filed under: ABC, NBC, Cable, Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, PBS, Celebrities, The CW, Comedy Central, Talk Show  Charlie Rose: Newt Gingrich and Bill Bradley - The Daily Show: Senator John Kerry
- The Colbert Report: John Perry Barlow
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Will Ferrell and Kings of Leon
- Jay Leno: Quentin Tarantino, Pete Rose, and Mika
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Andy Dick, Ivanka Trump, and Nas (repeat - wait a second, they're showing this for the third time in a month??)
- Tavis Smiley: Ice Cube and Eddie Glaude
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Smallville: Combat
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Smallville, The CW 
(S06E17) You know you're in for a very special Smallville when it starts out with a WWF-style cage match, an extremely gratuitous shot of some very large boobs, and an all-out brawl between Clark and a Zoner who seems stronger than he is. It's like a Bizarro world version of the show starring everyone's favorite Kryptonian. Zowie.
Basically, it's Fight Club meets Smallville meets ... well, Superheroes Gone Wild. Toss in Lois chomping at the bit for a story, and you've got half the makings...
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Supernatural: Heart
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Supernatural, The CW 
(S02E17) I was looking forward to this episode for two reasons, only one of which panned out. First, like Dean said, "Werewolves are badass." From American Werewolf in London right up to the recent Dresden Files episode "Hair of the Dog," I like stories involving werewolves. "Heart" can now take a well deserved spot in that long line of lycanthropic entertainment.Continue reading Supernatural: Heart Other Reality Shows, OpEd, The CW, America's Next Top Model  (S08E05) I mentioned that I thought the title to this week's episode was in reference to Renee. I know, it wasn't too much of a stretch considering she is the body in the house who could most benefit from an attitude adjustment.
Turns out my premonition was right. Renee made a concentrated effort to be nicer to the girls in the house this week. Sure the drawing she lovingly gave Jael looked liked it was doodled by a mentally challenged chimpanzee with no arms, but it was a move in...
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Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates DJs
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Everybody Hates Chris, The CW  (S02E17) Remember when I said I couldn't review this show anymore? Well, I have the CW again, so it's all good. Hopefully it won't be removed from my cable again.
My love for this show may have just increased ten fold. This episode was not only well-written and well-acted as usual, but it actually contained a reference to Night of the Lepus, probably the best movie ever made about gigantic killer bunnies. I'm not sure I believe Chris' real father actually had an irrational fear of rabbits, but it provided a nice B story about how...
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