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TCA News: Fox wants to keep Ryan Seacrest on AMERICAN IDOL

By A.C. FERRANTE 01/08/2012
Ryan Seacrest in AMERICAN IDOL - Season 10 | ©2011 Fox/Tony Duran

After watching THE X FACTOR host Steve Jones struggle throughout the first season, it became quite clear that Ryan Seacrest is a natural when it comes to handling contestants, overruns and political correctness on AMERICAN IDOL. This was not lost on Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly who says that job “is much harder than meets the idea.” “Everyone has come to value the idea of a Ryan Seacrest,” says Reilly. “It’s a very hard job to do.” The question is, how much is he worth? If Fox has it’s way, they definitely want to keep him in the IDOL fold, […]Read On »


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TCA News: Fox officially cancels ALLEN GREGORY and explains why

By A.C. FERRANTE
The characters of ALLEN GREGORY - Season 1 | ©2011 Fox

In this day and age, TV shows aren’t cancelled anymore, they’re just quietly taken off the air with hopes no one will notice. In the case of Fox’s new animated series ALLEN GREGORY (co-created and voiced by Jonah Hill), Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly confirmed today at the FOX TCA press session that the show is indeed cancelled and won’t be back. “We will not be making any more ALLEN GREGORYs,” says Reilly. “We had a great experience with Jonah. We’re in business with him. He has a live action comedy with us. We tried it, but creative content is […]Read On »


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TCA News: There will be no GLEE spin-off next year according to Fox

By A.C. FERRANTE
The Trouble Tones perform during Sectionals in GLEE - Season 3 - "Hold On To Sixteen" | ©2011 Fox/Adam Rose

For awhile, it looked like Fox and GLEE co-creator Ryan Murphy were going to spin-off the show with its graduating characters next season. At today’s Fox TCA press session, Entertainment President Kevin Reilly says those plans have been scrapped. “We are graduating the characters, but Ryan and the guys have come up with a cool idea,” says Reilly. “It’s led to a very interesting idea for something cool to dig into next season. That’s all I can say about it now. It’s going to set us up in the spring with a batch of episodes and into next year.” LET […]Read On »


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TCA News: Fox says FRINGE is on the bubble for Season 5 renewal

By A.C. FERRANTE
Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv and John Noble in FRINGE - Season 4 | ©2011 Fox/Andrew Matusik

Will FRINGE be back for a Season 5? That was one of the questions looming large during Fox’s TCA executive session where Entertainment President Kevin Reilly says he has a hard decision to make on the show in the coming weeks. “FRINGE has been a point of pride,” says Reilly. “I share the passion for the show as the fans have. Fox, having let down genre fans in the past, put one on [and kept it on]. I love that the fans stuck with us when it went to Friday nights. It vastly improved our Friday night. We have a […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Yes, STAR TREK 2 will be in 3D, but post-converted according to J.J. Abrams

By CARL CORTEZ
J.J. Abrams at the SUPER 8 celebrates the Blu-ray and DVD release | ©2011 Su Schneider

As J.J. Abrams fears up to direct STAR TREK 2, rumors of characters and plots have been bubbling to the surface, yet there is one thing that is concrete – the movie will be in 3D. J.J. Abrams spoke briefly about what’s happening with STAR TREK 2 while promoting his new show ALCATRAZ at today’s FOX TCA press tour. “The studio wanted to do [3D] and I didn’t want to,” says Abrams. “When I saw parts of the first movie converted though, I thought, ‘it’s okay with them doing it, as long as I could shoot the movie I wanted […]Read On »


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TCA News: J.J. Abrams says ALCATRAZ will be standalone, but with serialized elements

By A.C. FERRANTE
Sarah Jones, Sam Neill and Jorge Garcia in ALCATRAZ - Season 1 | ©2012 Fox/Justin Stephens

Like many TV shows executive produced by J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, ALIAS, LOST), there will be a heavy mythology component to his new Fox series ALCATRAZ which debuts Monday, January 16 . The story follows three people hunting down some of the most notorious criminals who were housed on the San Francisco island prison – 50 years after they mysteriously vanished While this seems ripe with heavy serialization, Abrams, who admits he loves serialized shows, explained today at Fox’s TCA press tour that the show is also designed to procedural in a sense as well. “This is a show that was […]Read On »


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TCA News: Kiefer Sutherland says TOUCH role is completely different than 24’s Jack Bauer

By CARL CORTEZ
Kiefer Sutherland and David Mazouz in TOUCH - Season 1 | ©2012 Fox/Brian Bowen Smith

This winter, Kiefer Sutherland returns to Fox network with the new genre series TOUCH playing Martin Bohm, a widowed father trying to communicate with his autistic 11-year old son (David Mazouz) who he discovers has the ability to discover unlikely numerical patterns that connect life on the planet. The show is created by Tim Kring (HEROES). While speaking at today’s FOX TCA press session, Sutherland spoke about jumping into the role of Bohm after wrapping up eight years of playing Jack Bauer on the Fox TV series 24. “[TOUCH] was unbelievably appealing, because it was so different, and I emotionally […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Kiefer Sutherland says 24 movie will shoot this Spring

By A.C. FERRANTE
Kiefer Sutherland in 24 - Season Eight | ©2010 Fox

Fans of 24 have been waiting patiently for two years for the official greenlight of a movie based on the hit Fox series 24 and at today’s Fox TCA press session to promote his new Fox series TOUCH, Sutherland confirmed that the movie is now on the fast track. “Hopefully we’ll be shooting end of April, beginning of May,” says Sutherland. It’s not much, but it’s exciting to think the clock hasn’t stopped for Jack Bauer. (additional reporting by A.C. Ferrante) LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD – COMMENT BELOW Follow us on Twitter at ASSIGNMENT X Fan us on Facebook at ASSIGNMENTX […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Scott Krinsky clears his head and looks back on the series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/07/2012
Scott Krinsky in CHUCK | ©NBC/Mitchell Haaseth

On NBC’s CHUCK, now on Friday nights at 8 PM as it winds up its fifth and final season, the title hero played by Zachary Levi is still juggling his Buy More workplace and his secret identity as a spy. The spy missions can be dangerous, even deadly, but they lack one menace found only at the Buy More – the team of Jeff Barnes and Lester Patel, played respectively by Scott Krinsky and Vik Sahay. Washington,D.C.native Krinsky’s background in standup comedy has served him well in his role as Jeff, who until earlier this season has been wandering around […]Read On »


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TCA News: Chelsea Handler glad she’s not playing herself on new NBC comedy ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA?

By CARL CORTEZ 01/06/2012
Jake McDorman, Lauren Lapkus, Mark Povinelli, Laura Prepon, Ali Wong, Lenny Clarke in ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? | ©2011 NBC/Robert Trachtenberg

Talk show host Chelsea Handler adds the sitcom to her resume with the new NBC comedy ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? which is based on her book and life exploits and her love of Vodka. The series airs Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm beginning January 11 following WHITNEY. Laura Prepon plays a younger Chelsea, while Handler plays her own sister on the show. While speaking during NBC’s TCA press tour, Handler explained she didn’t want to play herself. “It’s a dream come true to have someone else portray me and a pleasure to play my sister,” says Handler. “Now I can […]Read On »


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