Television

TCA 2011: Breaking News on NIKITA and why Maggie Q kicks-ass with words

By CARL CORTEZ 01/14/2011
Maggie Q in NIKITA - Season One | ©2010 The CW

During a session for THE CW’s KICK-ASS WOMEN OF THE CW, Maggie Q, star of NIKITA said one of our favorite quotes of the day. “I think any guy who doesn’t like a tough chick is a loser,” says Maggie Q. “Man up!” ‘Nuff said. In terms of changes on NIKITA in the latter half of the season, expect the character of Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) to be leaving the Division and teaming up with Nikita in the field. “Alex graduates to full agent and the show shifts quite a bit when it happens,” says Fonseca. “She faces a lot more […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: Showtime says DEXTER has life beyond Season 6

By CARL CORTEZ
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 5 - "My Bad" | ©2010 Showtime

While speaking at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, newly appointed Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins acknowledged that he hopes DEXTER has a long life on Showtime. “I think there’s a lot of life left in DEXTER,” he admits. “DEXTER was up 11 percent in its 5th season which defies the usual ratings decline. The audience is still coming to it, and it’s not a plot driven show. It’s fundamentally a character driven show. A lot of what the show is tracking is the evolution and the maturation of Dexter. He’s barely an adolescent in the way […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: The future of CSI: NEW YORK and CSI: MIAMI secure on CBS

By CARL CORTEZ
Sela Ward and Gary Sinise in CSI: NY - Season 7 | ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc./Timothy White

Despite CSI: NEW YORK and CSI: MIAMI moving to new time slots this year, at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler says she’s happy with their ratings and feels those shows have many seasons to come on the network. “Both are doing incredibly well in new time periods, given what was there before,” says Tassler. “The audiences love watching how those cases are solved and what has happened, both shows have opened up more to reveal the more personal elements of [character’s]  lives.  Add in the Sela Ward character in CSI: NY […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: CBS feels THE BIG BANG THEORY will hold its own against AMERICAN IDOL

By CARL CORTEZ
Jim Parsons in THE BIG BANG THEORY - Season Four - "The Alien Parasite Hypothesis | ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved/Monty Brinton

At today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler talked about Fox moving its AMERICAN IDOL results show to Thursday nights opposite its recent move of THE BIG BANG THEORY to Thursdays in the same timeslot. “It will be interesting to see the new cast and changes this year [on IDOL],” says Tassler. “It’s a powerhouse. The good part, BIG BANG has been a superstar and we’re thrilled how well its done on Thursday. It has a very loyal audience. I don’t know what’s going to happen. In terms of BIG BANG fans, we […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: CBS talks about BLUE BLOODS temporary move to Wednesday nights

By CARL CORTEZ
Tom Selleck in BLUE BLOODS - Season 1 - "Pilot" | ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc.

One of the fall season’s biggest success stories has been the Tom Selleck CBS drama BLUE BLOODS bringing in the ratings at 10:00 pm on Friday nights – a night that is generally known as the death slot for other networks. With the show doing so well, CBS will be airing new episodes of BLUE BLOODS for a handful of weeks on Wednesday nights to see how it does in the slot and at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler addressed the temporary move. “The show has done incredibly well, and we […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: FLASHPOINT coming back this summer …

By CARL CORTEZ
FLASHPOINT - Season Three - "Severed Ties" | ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. / CTV Television Network

The U.S./Canadian series FLASHPOINT has proven to be a strong performer for CBS in the summer, but at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler says the network hasn’t picked up a fourth season just yet. “The show has done very well for us,” she admits. “It’s a real utility player for us. We have six more episodes to air which most likely they’ll be on this summer and we can do more. But right now, like I said, we have always been very pleased with the show and it will most likely […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: CBS talks about the secret of its success

By CARL CORTEZ

With many networks struggling to find new, breakout shows, CBS has proven to be consistent when it comes to nurturing and creating first-year hits. At today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler spoke about CBS’s continual winning streak and why they’ve been successful while the other networks continue to struggle. “We’re good at what we do,” she admits. “We have tremendous respect for our audience. I feel when we begin a development season, we don’t go out with a mandate of what we’re going to do and not do. We make the network […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: CBS weighs in on Charlie Sheen’s recent troubles

By CARL CORTEZ
Charlie Sheen in TWO AND A HALF MEN - Season 8 | ©2009 Warner Bros.

At today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler spoke about the recent troubles with Charlie Sheen who stars on their hit show TWO AND A HALF MEN (which is produced by Warner Bros). “We have a high level of concern, how can we not,” admits Tassler. “Personally first, on a very basic human level is concern. This man is a father. He has children. He has a family. So obviously there’s concern on a personal level. But you can’t look at it simplistically. Charlie is a professional. He comes to work and does […]Read On »


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Exclusive TCA 2011 News: Steve Carell will be leaving THE OFFICE in April, not at the end of the season

By CARL CORTEZ
Steve Carell in THE OFFICE - Season Seven - "Counseling" | ©2010 NBC/Chris Haston

Big news (and sad news) for THE OFFICE fans. Yes, Steve Carell is leaving at the end of the season of the NBC series, but he’s leaving much earlier than expected. Instead of making the last episode of the season his swan song, executive producer Greg Daniels revealed to ASSIGNMENT X tonight in an exclusive interview at the NBC Winter TCA party, that Carell will be departing on the April 28th episode, giving THE OFFICE a handful of episodes to deal with the aftermath of Michael Scott’s exit during the rest of Season Seven. “The big scoop tonight, he’s not […]Read On »


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COMMUNITY star Donald Glover weighs in on new SPIDER-MAN 4 photo

By CARL CORTEZ 01/13/2011
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in SPIDER-MAN 4 | ©2010 Sony/Marvel/photo by John Schwartzman

While everyone else was talking TV at NBC’s Winter TCA press tour in Pasadena, CA, geekdom was weighing in on the first photo released from the new untitled SPIDER-MAN 4 movie starring Andrew Garfield. Naturally, the cast of the geek-centric NBC comedy COMMUNITY chimed in on the photo during the session. Donald Glover who plays Troy Barnes on the show admits he saw the photo. “The coolest part about it is he has a backpack,” says Glover. “I think that’s what makes the picture. It reminds you of how young [Peter Parker] is. That’s the part of Spider-man I always […]Read On »


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