Blog Profile / The TV Column
| URL : | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Television | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1738 | |
| Posts / Week: | 15.9 | |
| Archived Since: | April 20, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
‘Veronica Mars’ creator pledges movie of short-lived series if fans can raise $2 million in a month
Shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Rob Thomas, creator of the short-lived UPN/CW detective drama “Veronica Mars” tweeted that if fans would pledge $2 million by 11 p.m. Friday, April 12, Warner Bros. had agreed to put into production a...Show More Summary
Benedict Cumberbatch reveals there will be a fourth season of ‘Sherlock’
Benedict Cumberbatch blew the surprise and revealed he and Martin Freeman will make a fourth season of PBS’s “Sherlock.” “We’ve agreed to two more [seasons] but I could get into trouble for saying that,” Cumberbatch said in an interview this week with RadioTimes. Read full article >>
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein reunite for ‘All the President’s Men Revisited” documentary and screening
Discovery and the White House Correspondents Association will co-sponsor an invitation-only premiere screening of the Silver Spring-based network’s upcoming “All The President’s Men Revisited” on Thursday, April 18, at the Newseum. Read full article >>
‘The Bachelor’ Sean Lowe is late addition to ‘Dancing With the Stars’
If you think Sean Lowe has had his fill of ABC reality shows, think again. The most recent “Bachelor” has extended his stay with ABC slightly longer — though thankfully for everyone, that does not mean a stint on “Bachelor Pad.” Instead, Lowe will join the latest season of “Dancing With the Stars,” premiering next Monday. Read full article >>
NBC orders home-makeover competition series hosted by Nate Berkus
What’s the difference between the NBC that is in first place during the season’s fourth quarter, and the fifth-place NBC during the first quarter? One reality-competition series hit and one football show. Read full article >>
Barbara Walters says Elisabeth Hasselbeck is not leaving ‘The View’
Right off the bat Monday morning, The Ladies of “The View” had to address all those press reports that erupted late last week as to the futures of two of the ladies: Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. According to various reports, both were exiting. Read full article >>
Matt Lauer reiterates that it’s definitely not his fault Ann Curry was ousted from ‘Today’
Though it's been more than eight months since co-anchor Ann Curry tearfully told "Today" viewers that she was being pushed off the show’s couch, her co-host Matt Lauer's reputation is still being battered from the incident, thanks to the widely-held belief that he was to blame for her departure. Read full article >>
Justin Timberlake begins takeover of NBC this week with ‘Saturday Night Live’
In an attempt for a much-needed ratings boost, NBC has essentially declared this Justin Timberlake Week — not only did the singer host “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend, but he will make history by appearing on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” every single day this week. Read full article >>
Joy Behar to exit ‘The View’
Joy Behar announced late Thursday that she will leave the daytime talker “The View.” The contract for the comic — who is the last original cast member of the show besides Barbara Walters — is coming up in August. Behar has been with the show nearly 17 years. Read full article >>
CBS ships ‘Vegas’ to Friday nights, keeps ‘Golden Boy’ on Tuesdays
If you’re a fan of Dennis Quaid in a 10-gallon hat, on a horse, with a gun, and a scowl — or Michael Chiklis, in full 60’s sin-city mobster gear — start looking for their CBS series “Vegas” on Friday nights, starting April 5. Read full article >>
ABC’s Shushannah Walshe moves to news division’s Washington bureau
ABC News’s Shushannah Walshe is moving to the division’s Washington bureau. The digital political journalist will continue to cover politics for broadcast and ABCNews.com. Walshe joined ABC News Digital in the summer of ’11, to cover campaign fundraising, early primary contests and caucuses. Show More Summary
TLC announces current season of ‘What Not to Wear’ will be its last
Remember when makeover shows were the hot, new thing in reality TV, and TLC’s “What Not to Wear” was at the head of the class? TLC announced Wednesday that it will close out its longest-running prime-time show at the end of its coming season, which is set to premiere in July, running Friday nights. Read full article >>
After pulling it off the schedule post-Newtown, CMT sets ‘Guntucky’ premiere date
CMT announced a new start date for its delayed series “Guntucky,” about a family that runs a gun range in Knob Creek, Ky., where customers can try out, purchase and sell everything from machine guns to cannons. Read full article >>
Jake Tapper’s new CNN show starts March 18
Well, THAT didn’t take long. CNN announced Wednesday its new Jake Tapper program “The Lead” will debut March 18. The former ABC newsman’s program will be telecast weekdays at 4 p.m., cutting into Wolf Blitzer’s “The Situation Room” by one hour. Read full article >>
‘Sesame Street’ hits 1 billion views on YouTube channel
Sesame Street just officially hit the 1 billion views mark on its YouTube channel, putting them into Justin Bieber territory. It claims to be the first nonprofit and first U.S. children’s media outlet to reach that milestone. Read full article >>
Jon Stewart to take two-month hiatus from ‘Daily Show,’ and John Oliver will fill in
John Oliver has won the Comedy Central lottery by being picked to fill in for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” for two months this summer. That’s because Stewart will head off to direct his first feature film, “Rosewater.” Read full article >>
New Fox Sports 1 network reveals details about Regis Philbin talk show
One day after Barbara Walters got Regis Philbin to cough up confirmation that he would host a talk show on the new Fox sports network, that new network — Fox Sports 1 — revealed a couple of details. Philbin’s show will be called “Rush Hour” and will debut with the network’s launch on Aug.?17 in 90?million homes. Read full article >>
History channel apologizes after boasting about ‘Vikings’ ratings
Did History channel commit a sin when it boasted about “The Bible” and “Vikings” ratings? Tuesday morning, when final stats came in on the network’s Sunday unveiling of the two programs, the basic cable network sent out an announcement that “over 18 million tuned in!” to “Vikings” — the network’s first original scripted drama series. Read full article >>
Jeff Foxworthy to host ‘American Baking Competition’ on CBS this summer
Jeff Foxworthy — host and producer of GSN network’s “The American Bible Challenge” — has been tapped to host the CBS summer competition series “The American Baking Competition,”in which amateur bakers compete. Read full article >>
History gets huge ratings with ‘The Bible’
“The Bible” — big, but no “Hatfields & McCoys.” Just over 13 million people tuned in to Sunday’s unveiling of History channel’s “The Bible,” which makes it the No. 1 cable entertainment telecast of 2013 to date. Read full article >>