Two Tivos To Paradise 01.22.10: Bringing You The TV News Until Someone Pays Us $33 Million Not To

Posted by Al Norton on 01.22.2010

Conan's last night, Fox is bringing Torchwood to America, details on tonight's Help For Haiti Now telethon, CBS moving forward with a new Hawaii 5-0, Joss Whedon is meeing with FX, The Hoff gets a new show, raves for Private Practice, tons of news and notes, the TV Pick of the Week and more, all in the latest edition of Al Norton's Two Tivos To Paradise!

Hello Friends. A smaller than usual cold open this week as I have been extremely busy in my non-TV life (yes, I do have a non-TV life) and none of it would qualify as even remotely interesting to you. I know, I know, it's never stopped me before, but perhaps I can make it up to you with…LASER CATS!!!!!



And for you 30 Rock fans, here is a web-only clip…




For those of you who asked about my American Idol Revue feature – and there were more than a couple – it will start up when we get to the final 24 (12 & 12). Depending on my schedule I may do the Hollywood rounds, too, but I am not committing to anything just yet.

Me and you and a dog named news.

There Comes A Time When We Heed A Certain Call, When The World Must Come Together As One
Hope For Haiti Now airs tonight from 8 pm to 10 pm on just about every network you can think of, with performances from some of the biggest names in music coming from all over the world. Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Sting, Shakira, and Mary J Blige will be n New York City, with Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, and a special group performance by Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban all originate from Los Angeles. Coldplay and another special for-this-event-only grouping of Bono, the Edge, Jay-Z, and Rhianna will chime in from London.

George Clooney, who came up with the idea for this event, will host from LA, with Wyclef Jean in NY and Anderson Cooper on the ground in Haiti. All the musical performances will be available for purchase on ITunes tomorrow morning, with 100% of the profits going to the Hope For Haiti Now charity fund.

People can argue all they want about the volume of quality programming on TV but it's through events like this that the full power of the medium is felt. I know it may seem crass to suggest you watch for the music but these are some huge names here and the obvious hope is that those who aren't thinking about donating will be moved by the passion of the performers to opening their wallets for a country and a people so desperately in need.

Tender Nights Before They Fly Sending Falling Stars That Seem To Cry
Conan O'Brien and NBC finally came to terms on a contract settlement Wednesday night totaling $46 - 47 million, with O'Brien reportedly receiving $33 million dollars and The Tonight Show staff splitting the additional monies. O'Brien, whose final episode as host is tonight, will be free to pursue another job as of September, while Jay Leno will return to The Tonight Show on March 1st. O'Brien will not be able to take any of the recurring bits that he has developed over the years at NBC – Twitter Tracker, In The Year 3000, the Masturbating Bear, Conando – to his next destination. Rumors that Fox was very interested in Conan were burning up the internet this week.

And so ends one of the craziest two weeks in TV talk show history. Conan goes out tonight with Will Ferrell (guest # 1 earlier this summer) and Tom Hanks (who headlined episode 2) and sky high ratings; this week they have more than doubled the demos of The Late Show with David Letterman. While Jay gave his side of things earlier this week and made some decent albeit self serving points, it should be noted that he did not beat Dave right away in his first stint on The Tonight Show; he took over in 1992 but it wasn't until Hugh Grant and the famous "what were you thinking?" question in 1995 that he started regularly winning the ratings battle. Three years is a lot more time than seven months. Something else to keep in mind is that while Conan's overall ratings were down considerably from Jay's final days, his demos – the audience that advertisers really care about – were up.

These Are Not Times For The Faint Of Heart, These Are The Days Of Raw Despondence
The Hollywood Reporter had a story on Tuesday saying that Fox was working on an adaptation of the BBC series Torchwood, with Russell Davies – the original series' creator – writing the script. Also working on the project, a Doctor Who spinoff, are Julie Gardner and Jane Trantor, both of whom worked for the BBC and were involved with the show. The story goes on to suggest that members of the original cast, in particular John Barrowman, who stars as Captain Jack Harkness, might reprise their role if the show goes to pilot. In the same story comes a mention that Trantor may be looking to make a US version of Doctor Who as well.

The standard worry when series get remade is that they won't stack up to the original or that the source material won't be honored in a way the fans like but with the same team involved I don't see that as being a problem. I am curious as to how they might tone down Captain Jack's bi-sexuality for the much more repressed American audience but then again I am not sure that anyone could tone down Barrowman even if they wanted to, and I mean that in a good way; he is a force of nature in real life and his performance on the show gave you wonderful peaks into all that Harkness has seen in his many, many days.

I can only hope that Fox and Davies would be smart enough to make James Masters' Captain John Hart a much more regular part of the show.

Good Morning America, How Are You? Don't You Know Me, I'm Your Native Son
Spike Lee began work this week on a follow up to his Emmy winning documentary When the Levees Broke, focusing on how the area has recovered – or not recovered – from Hurricane Katrina. The untitled project will premiere on HBO this summer to coincide with the 5th anniversary of the disaster.

In other HBO news, network programming head Michael Lombardo told the press that he expected Game of Thrones to go to series. "I would be surprised if it doesn't, it has everything going for it" he told reporters at last week's TCA gathering. Thrones is an adaptation of George R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series and the pilot is directed by Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor, The Station Agent), featuring actors Lena Headey, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Mark Addy, and Peter Dinklage.

When The Levees Broke is one of the best things produced for television in my lifetime and should be required viewing for anyone looking to fully understand what happened during Katrina. I know that some high schools and colleges use it in history/current events classes and I think that's a good call. It really is worth the time and I urge you to check it out. Obviously that means I am very much looking forward to seeing the follow up.

I must admit my lack of knowledge when it comes to the A Song of Fire and Ice series but it looks like they are putting together a quality group of cast members, writers, and directors and HBO is on a solid roll right now with original programming, so I would be interested in checking it out.

Always Believe In Your Soul, You've Got The Power To Know, You're Indestructible
Sunday's Golden Globe Awards were a fast paced, highly entertaining three hours, mostly due to the fine comedic work of Ricky Gervais, who was everything I hoped he'd be and more. I hope the Hollywood Foreign Press signs him to a long term deal ASAP. A quick recap of the TV winners…

Best Series, Drama: Mad Men
Best Series, Comedy: Glee
Best Actor, Drama: Michael C Hall, Dexter
Best Actress, Drama: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Best Actor, Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Actress, Comedy: Toni Colette, United States of Tara
Best Supporting Actor: John Lithgow, Dexter
Best Supporting Actress: Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

I was thrilled to see Hall and Sevigny take home top honors as they both have been giving award-worthy performances in those roles for several years. It goes without saying that I was happy to see Glee win.

But You Were Up To Your Old Tricks In Chapters Four Five And Six
All you need to know about the Nielsen's for the past seven days…

THURSDAY
Jersey Shore hit a new series high with 3.6 million viewers, up 9% from the week previous…The Grey's Anatomy – Private Practice crossover topped the night in demos in dominating fashion…Bones 10.7 million was the best the show has done in over a year…CSI was the most watched show of the night with 15.4 million, a shade more than lead-out The Mentalist, which drew a shade more in the demos…The NBC comedy block produced at season averages…FX was very happy with the number for the premiere of Archer, which set network highs in demos for a comedy series debut…

FRIDAY
Medium and Ghost Whisperer tied for the demo victory with Numb3rs being the overall most watched show of the night with 9.52 million…A rerun of Bones nearly doubled the audience of the new episode of Dollhouse that followed…SuperNanny out drew it's Shark Tank lead out by almost a million viewers but the demos for both shows were the same…

SUNDAY
Human Target premiered in front of 10.1 million, with less than stellar demos (lower than the animated series that usually air in that time slot), and was followed by the first two hours of 24, which drew 11.4 million and strong demos, albeit down 12% from last season's premiere...All the heavy competition led to Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters hitting series lows…The 16.9 million who watched The Golden Globes represented a 10% increase from last year…

MONDAY
The premiere of Life Unexpected built on it's One Tree Hill lead-in to total 2.7 million viewers and matched the youth demos that Gossip Girl usually puts up in that time slot…Stop me if you've heard this before but Heroes put up a new series low…Hours 3 & 4 of 24 were watched by about 11 Million…Two and a Half Men was both the most watched show of the evening with 16.2 million and the night's top demo performer…Both The Bachelor and Castle were up this week for ABC…

TUESDAY
The 26.1 million who watched American Idol on Tuesday may have been down 16% from week one but the overall audience was up 9% from week two last year…Fox reran the Human Target pilot following Idol, picking up an additional 9.2 million viewers (meaning the total for both nights comes to a whopping 19.3 million) and more importantly jumping up in the demos 17%...The Biggest Loser had a strong comeback week, up 28% from last week's lowest-of-the-season numbers…Scrubs and Better Off Ted both rose slightly…4.7 million tuned in to the return of White Collar…


WEDNESDAY
American Idol hit 26.7 million at 8:00 for Fox with lead-out Human Target's 10 .4 million being decent except if you consider the difference between those two numbers. Target also lost almost 2/3 of the lead-in demos, which is not good at all…Criminal Minds was up 13% and posted the best scripted numbers of the night with 15.3 million viewers…CSI: NY was also up, with its 13.9 million more than enough to win the 10:00 hour…Modern Family posted its best numbers since September and Cougar Town was up as well…Mercy hit a new series low (again)…

All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors… Joss Whedon will be meeting with FX president John Landgraf at some point next month with the most common assumption being a discussion about developing a new series…CBS is moving forward on a remake of Hawaii 5-0 with Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci (they currently co-executive produce Fringe and wrote the screenplay for the recent Star Trek movie) as writers. The buzz is that Moonlight's Alex O'Laughlin is the favorite to be the new McGarrett… Adult Swim picked up two more seasons - 40 episodes total - of Robot Chicken...A &E gave a 10 episode order to an untitled reality series focused on David Hasselhoff…Simon Cowell is said to be in negotiations to sign Paula Abdul and Cheryl Cole as his co-judges on The X-Factor. Abdul left American Idol this past summer and Cole is a judge with him on the British version of The X-Factor…Friends' writing staff alum Shana Goldberg-Meehan's new comedy got the green light from ABC this week. The story follows two sisters, one in a long-term relationship but not married and the other in a recent marriage to a new boyfriend brought about because of her being pregnant…Brooke Burke will host the new season of TVLand's She's Got The Look…E! is giving Holly Madison her own show; Holly's World with have an 8 episode run this summer and follows the former Girl Next Door in her new job in a Vegas revue…Speaking of E!, they have ordered a first season of Pretty Wild, a "docu-soap" about three teenage sisters who are involved in the social scene that is Hollywood…Kirk Ellis (John Adams, Into The West) is developing Black Gold for AMC, a mini-series about the Teapot Dome scandal and the election of President Warren G Harding. The mini-series will use Laton McCartney's book Black Gold: The Teapot Dome Scandal as its source material…Animal Planet ordered eight episodes of Last Chance Highway, about the efforts of a couple of people to save dogs from being euthanized. They also renewed Pit Bulls and Parolees for a second season…Steven Spielberg is working with the Science Channel on a six part series called Rebuilding Ground Zero…Mark Burnett and VH-1 Classic have teamed up for a four episode season of Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp…EW.com is reporting that Neil Patrick Harris may guest on the Glee episode directed by Joss Whedon…In other Glee news, executive producer Ryan Murphy told EW that he was meeting with Jennifer Lopez shortly to discuss a guest spot…Let's continue our Michael Aussiello-provided news run by letting you know that Mad Men's Rich Sommer just landed an Ugly Betty role as the title character's love interest, a part that may become recurring, and that Alison Sweeney (The Biggest Loser, Days of Our Lives) will do a dramatic turn on Mercy…The second season of Starz' ridiculously funny Party Down premieres on April 23rd, paired with the new VERY dark comedy Gravity, about an out-patient suicide survivors support group…Chef Emeril Legasse will host a weekly talk show for Ion TV that will air on Sundays at 8 pm and feature a mixture of celebrity guests, music, and cooking…NBC ordered additional episodes of Law and Order, Parks & Recreation, Community, Trauma, and SVU, which will go a long way towards filling the networks newly vacated weeknights at 10 pm timeslot this spring…EW.com has been busy – several more exclusives this week include the news that Annette O'Toole and Michael McKeon would return to Smallville for separate episode this spring as well as the news that Billy Baldwin has been cast as William van der Woodson, Serena & Eric's Dad and Lily's ex-husband on Gossip Girl…Reruns of Lincoln Heights – one of the best family dramas on TV and certainly the best one you are not watching – start nightly at 11 pm on TV One as of Monday…Style kicks off the third season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane on March 21st…AMC is looking to continue their high quality drama streak with The Walking Dead (an adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic book that will be written and directed by Frank Darabont) and The Killing (the aftermath of one murder told from the points of view of the family of the victim, the suspects, and the police investigating the crime)…Reno 911 creators Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Grant are re-teaming for NBC's The Strip, with Lennon playing a former child star who runs a Hooters-esque restaurant in a Las Vegas strip mall. Lennon and Grant co-wrote the pilot…Finishing up a run on series in development, ABC has Generation Y (the story of a group of friends senior year in high school told in flashbacks), Cutthroat (Beverly Hills socialite who secretly runs a drug cartel), Body of Evidence (crime drama about a neurosurgeon-turned-medical examiner), and Off The Map (a new medical drama from Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes)…Madchen Amik will do multiple episodes of CSI: NY as a love interest for Gary Sinese…TNT picked up 10 episode first seasons of three new series; Delta Blues (produced by George Clooney, starring Jason Lee as a cop by day, Elvis impersonator by night). Rizzoli & Isles (a procedural starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander), and the to-be-titled alien invasion show produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle...Rod Roddenberry is working with Imagine Television to develop The Questor Tapes, a pilot his late father Gene made in the early 70's. The episode aired as a TV movie in 1974 and follows an android with incomplete memory looking for his creator. Tim Minear (Angel, Firefly) is in talks to join the project...

Turns Out Not Where But Who You're With That Really Matters
The top thing I watched since the last column went to press AKA The Best Of What's Around…A few things you need to know about me in order for this to make sense…

*I cry at the drop of a hat, sometimes even once a day. Never without prompting but it doesn't take much; the example I always use is walking in to the living room while Mrs. TiVo was watching the last five minutes of a Christmas episode of The Dead Zone and seeing a father and son reunited and tearing up a bit. The Mrs. is so used to it she hardly even comments anymore.

*I watch TV for different reasons than most people, which is not to say I don't want to be entertained but for me it's all about the interaction between the characters. I am on record as saying I would much rather watch interesting people go through regular day-to-day activities than see people I couldn't care less about navigate their way through crazy plot twists. This is why Lost is such an incredible show as they manage to do both. I need an emotional connection with characters to hold my interest and if//once that connection is made I can forgive bad writing and stupid plot twists as long as they hold true to those characters.

*There is a certain amount of anxiety and neurosis that as a tendency to dominate my life. I can obsess over conversations I have had that went badly, conversations I am expecting to have, conversations I will never get to have...rehashing in my head things I wish I had said or conversations I wish I had had the chance to have. It doesn't take a trained mental health professional to see how this one links up to the first bullet point.

Still with me? All of this is why I found this past Thursday's episode of Private Practice to be so incredible; the brutal emotional honesty displayed in the fight between Cooper and Charlotte was as intense as anything I have seen recently and I was somewhat in awe of it. This is not to say Coop in particular wasn't in a bit of denial – which Charlotte was more than happy to point out – but the sharpness of their comments made it that much more realistic.

PP is not a particularly good show but the cast is strong and always makes it watchable, and in particular Paul Adelstein has created a compelling and unique character. At least unique for TV; in the real world we all know plenty of guys like him. He has found Coop's emotional base, however immature it may be at times, and he never lets go of it. Even his heated conversation with Violet earlier in the episode about the dysfunctional nature of their relationship included some pretty raw honesty from the two of them.

I suppose there is a certain amount of fantasy - or perhaps jealousy - involved in enjoyment of episodes like this one; I don't aspire to the level of ugliness that was reached by Coop and Charlotte but there is something to be said for being able to lay everything out like that.

People Say I'm Crazy Doing What I'm Doing. Well, They Give Me All Kinds Of Warnings To Save Me From Ruin
What's flashed before my eyes the last seven days…I hope all of you enjoyed Life Unexpected as much as I did since TV could use more actual family dramedys like this…It was nice to have Grey's Anatomy back this week, especially with the shocking but in-character declaration by Christina that Teddy could have Owen if she agreed to stay as her mentor. I know Grey's women usually get all the publicity but the quartet of Patrick Dempsey, Kevin McKidd, Eric Dane, and Justin Chambers is tough to beat on network TV right now…Did anyone see last week's Chopped and the guy who couldn't believe he lost (again)? He was an ass but it was the most entertaining reaction by someone losing on a reality show that I have seen in some time…Jack Black was a riot on an episode of Community that paid tribute to the classic sitcom MASH; loved Joel McHale in the Hawaiian shirt as well as the final shot/closing credits…Two high quality episodes of 30 Rock last Thursday. I hadn't forgotten just how funny Tracy Morgan is but seeing him for an hour straight put his talents front and center. Also a great reminder of how brilliantly Alec Baldwin navigates the switch in comedy styles throughout the show, handling the silly and farcical moments with as much skill as the banter that is a also a 30 Rock trademark…I need to retract a bit of my Scrubs bashing from last week – I re-watched the last 10 minutes of the episode and damn it if they didn't pull everything together perfectly, and that includes the use of JD. Speaking of Scrubs, if this is indeed the last year than something really ought to be done to correct the injustice that is John C McGinley not winning an award of any kind for his portrayal of Dr. Cox over the last nine years…The TLC special Brace for Impact was much better than I thought it would be, with a great mix of actual footage and computer generated reenactments. The stuff involving the air traffic controllers was by far the most interesting…A very pedestrian episode of How I Met Your Mother this past Monday night. The cast was fine but the writing was really mediocre, like someone trying to write a HIMYM script using a formula from previous episodes. Also what was up with Marshall's hair in the scene where he is trying to get Lilly to make a choice?!?! I did enjoy the reacher-settler concept but it simply wasn't executed well at all…I have to give Accidentally on Purpose credit for breaking new ground in the TV world of pregnant women's sexuality. Doesn't make the show any more consistent than it is but it is noteworthy…The "mong" that The New Adventures of Old Christine introduced last week may not be The Manzire (or The Bro) but it did give me a couple of good chuckles…Ugly Betty sure went through a lot of trouble to get Betty and Matt back together only to break them up two weeks later. I wonder if the writing staff knows how to write Betty happy. Adam Rodriguez continues to show a touch for romantic comedy that I never got from his work on CSI: Miami…Next Monday is the last Chuck episode that I have seen so soon I will be watching in real time with the rest of you, but in the meantime I am wondering what you think of the first four episodes of the season as well as the addition of Brandon Routh...If you don't like American Idol than I doubt these first four episodes will have done anything to change your mind but those of us who laugh at the crazies and find inspiration in those willing to pursue their dreams in the brightest of spotlights have already started picking favorites. The Orlando hour was clearly the best. Also, when did Kristin Chenoweth stop eating?...I loved the first two episodes of FX's new animated comedy Archer. It took through the first segment for me to get a feel for the humor they were going for but once I did I was hooked…

TV Pick Of The Week
Assuming that everybody is watching Help For Haiti Now at 8 pm, this TV Pick is meant for people who have DVR/TiVo technology, otherwise use you TV Guide to find another airing…

Let's get this out of the way at the start; Caprica is not Battlestar Galactica. It's clearly a very different show, a much more grounded, family drama that, while existing in the same world as BSG, can be fully enjoyed on its own merits.

I am not going to run down too much of the plot here – even the most down to earth of sci-fi dramas sounds crazy on paper – but I will tell you two things; first, know going in that that first 10 minutes or so are rather strange and hard to follow so stock with it and it will all make sense (sort of) and second, Esai Morales establishes himself as one of the best actors on TV during these first two hours. The loss of one of television's many procedurals stupidly not casting him in the lead is our gain.

Don't go in expecting BSG and I think you will be presently surprised that this prequel series is as good as it is. Don't miss the two hour series premiere of Caprica, tonight at 9 pm on Syfy.

Hope You Need My Love, Babe, Just Like I Need You
Here is some other noteworthy programming of the next seven days

*How much you enjoy Starz new Spartacus: Blood & Sand will be determined if you like your gory action and graphic sex mixed with a VERY liberal dose of "am I supposed to take this seriously?" I am not saying it's entertaining, I am just not sure the bull's-eye they hit is the one they were going for.

*The SAG Awards run Saturday at 8 pm on both TNT and TBS, preceded by the standard red carpet pre-shows.

*Damages returns for a third season Monday at 10 pm on FX. I am still on record as saying Glenn Close's performance is wildly overrated (she's good but there are a lot of women doing consistently stronger work out there) but that doesn't mean Damages isn't a great show that has an award-worthy casting director; can't wait to see what Martin Short does with his part.

*Fans of ABC Family's Greek will want to make sure and catch the mid-season premiere Monday at 10 pm as rumors have the show being on the bubble for renewal.

*Fresh off making the TTTP 2009 TV Entertainers of the Year list Eddie McClintock stops by Better Off Ted (Tuesday, 8:30 pm, ABC) for a guest spot.

*If you are looking to get even more psyched for Lost's return in two weeks than check out last season's two hour finale Tuesday at 9 pm.

*Kitchen Nightmares (Tuesday, 9 pm, Fox) is easily my favorite of Gordon Ramsey's many TV shows; aside from the fact that he is usually at least somewhat more calm than when cooking in hell, he also seems to genuinely want the restaurants he is trying to help to do better.


*President Obama gives the State of the Union, Wednesday at 9 pm on just about every major network (and more than a few minor ones, as well).

*PSYCH (USA) is back with new episodes Wednesday at 10 pm and they've brought WWE superstar John Cena with them.

*In a brilliant bit of casting, Melanie Griffith plays Kimber's Mom on Wednesday's Nip/Tuck (10 pm, FX).

*I am not sure if John Mayer will admit that Wonderland is about Jennifer Love Hewitt during Thursday's Storytellers (VH-1, 8:00 pm) but that combined with some stellar guitar playing should be reason enough to tune in.

Two Tivos To Paradise
30 Rock, The Academy, Accidentally on Purpose, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Better Off Ted, Big Love, Bones, Bored To Death, Breaking Bad, Brothers & Sisters, Burn Notice, Celebrity Apprentice, Cake Boss, Chef Academy, Chopped, The Chris Isaak Hour, Chuck, The Closer, Community, Cougar Town, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Daddy's Girls, Damages, The Deadliest Catch, Desperate Housewives, Destination Truth, The Dish, Entourage, Eureka, Flipping Out, Food Network Challenge, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, The Hills, House, How I Met Your Mother, Hung, Iron Chef America, Launch My Line, Law And Order, Law And Order: Criminal Intent, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Life Unexpected, Lost, Mad Men, Make Me A Supermodel, Man v. Food, Medium, Men of a Certain Age, The Middle, Models of the Runway, Modern Family, The New Adventures Of Old Christine, Next Food Network Star, Next Iron Chef, The Office, One Tree Hill, Paranormal State, Party Down, Private Practice, Project Runway, Psych, Real Time With Bill Maher, Rescue Me, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Run's House, Sanctuary, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, Shark Tank, Shear Genius, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…, Sports Soup, Supernatural, Table For 12, Top Chef, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Torchwood, True Blood, Ugly Betty, V, The Vampire Diaries, The Wanda Sykes Show, Warehouse 13, Web Soup, Will Work for Food, Worst Cooks In America,

People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another edition of Two Tivos To Paradise. We'll be back next week with a full run down of all the latest TV news as well as a big update on upcoming interviews. I am getting ready to do another Q & A segment so send/post your TV related questions!

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Sources for this week's column include Daily Variety, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, and Hollywood Reporter (plus the web sites for those publications) as well as Aintit.cool.com.