TV Squad

• CSI: NY is not a history program
  

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI: New York

  That's the finding of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, ruling against the producers of CSI: NY who claimed that the show could be considered "a critically-acclaimed look at forensic policing in post-9/11 New York City."

  The show has been airing on Canada's History Television channel and the commission says that the producers (Alliance Atlantis) have to take it off the air by January 1 (the producers have to take it off the air? Can't the channel just not show it?)

  In other news, Pussycat Dolls Presents is not educational television, and Weeds is not a health and exercise show.

  Industry, The Amazing Race, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Medium, Everybody Hates Chris, Criminal Minds, America's Next Top Model, Jericho, NCIS, Awards

  Each year, television production studios send out oodles (that's the word I use when I don't have an exact figure) of DVDs to voters for Emmy awards. This year, CBS Paramount Television went green with its Emmy campaign. It's all explained on this website, but CBS has essentially decided to save the planet by not creating a bunch of DVDs that will just...
  



• The Upfronts: CBS
  

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, Shark, Upfronts

  CBS is on a good run, being the most watched network for the last five years, but they have taken a bit of heat for the formulaic way they have gone about doing it. Not arguing with success, the whole family of CSIs, and their crime based cousins, will be back, but the network is trying to branch out with some edgier programming. Most notably, Swingtown, Viva Laughlin, and Moonlight.
  
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• MSNBC wants what to be canceled?
  

  Filed under: Programming, OpEd, 24, CSI: New York, ER, Lost, The Simpsons

  Before I begin I just want to let you know that I am just the messenger, and that all replies of outrage should go directly to Andy Dehnart at MSNBC. See, Andy writes the weekly '5Top' column at MSNBC's website and this week he focuses on the top 5 shows that should be canceled. Now, you would think that a list such as this would contain shows such as According to Jim, The War at Home, or Meet the Press. This one actually contains none of...
  




• Six TV doctor cage-matches I'd like to see
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI, CSI: New York, ER, House, Nip/Tuck, The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, TV Squad Lists

  Welcome to TV Squad Lists (formerly 'The Five'), a feature where each blogger has a chance to list his or her own rundown of things in television that stand out from the rest, both good and bad.

  I'm honestly not even sure how I came up with this, but there are a ton of medical dramas and comedies on TV. That means there's a lot of TV doctors, both past and present. So why not have some of them do battle? I think...
  




• TV's Top 5!: Jim Carrey does David Caruso
  

  Filed under: NBC, FOX, CBS, Late Night, American Idol, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, The 4400, Talk Show

  Jim Carrey has been doing the talk show circuits to promote his new movie The Number 23. I'm always waiting for him to mention Lost's Easter eggs, but it seems that he sure loves himself some David Caruso and CSI.

  In his visit to The Late Show With David Letterman, Carrey's exuberant comedic personality came out to play and he paid homage to David Caruso by doing his own impressions...
  




• Blige and Furtado to drop by CBS for Grammy Week
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, CSI: New York, Music and Variety, Celebrities

  It's a cross-promotional party over at CBS for Grammy Week '07. In anticipation of the February 11th broadcast of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, nominees Mary J. Blige and Nelly Furtado will be making special guest appearances on CBS shows. Blige will be playing opposite lackluster recording artist Jennifer Love Hewitt on an episode of Ghost Whisperer, and Nelly Furtado will be playing a dead hooker on CSI: NY. Oops... actually she's not playing a dead hooker. I just saw "network crime procedural" and "attractive woman" so I...
  



• Gary Sinise can't get me to buy a watch
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: New York, Commercials, Celebrities

  After spending the holidays with my family, I was driving back home early this morning when an odd billboard along the interstate caught my eye. It was Gary Sinise doing his best to strike a manly pose and convince me that the best way to spend my holiday money was by purchasing a ridiculously expensive Baume & Mercier watch. I then began to laugh as I glanced down at my beat up Timex and pushed the Indiglo button. Still gets me every time. It's like a firefly on my wrist.

  Anywho, I just thought it was...
  




• All CBS shows are secretly about Les Moonves
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, TV Royalty, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Watercooler Talk, Criminal Minds, Shark, NCIS

  There's a tongue-in-cheek article over at The New York Times about a theory among television critics that all the procedurals on CBS are an homage to Les Moonves. I'm starting to subscribe to this theory (and feel a little jealous that I didn't come up with it first!). The columnist argues that procedurals such as all the CSI franchises, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Shark and NCIS all have a lead male...
  



• CSI: NY - People with Money (season premiere)
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, OpEd, CSI: New York

  (S03E01) I'm not planning on covering CSI: NY all season (once it starts up, I'll be writing reviews for 30 Rock on Wednesday nights), but I figured I should at least put something up on the season premiere. It was actually pretty decent, especially since I think this is the weakest show in the CSI franchise. Describing any of the intricacies of the cases seems pointless at this point though. In the off season, this show has gone through a lot of changes and that's what I'd like to discuss.

  Continue reading CSI: NY - People...