Two Tivos To Paradise 04.15.11: Friday Night Lights, House, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, and more!

Posted by Al Norton on 04.15.2011

News on House possibly leaving Fox, the final season of Friday Night Lights beginning, Chuck's finding itself in trouble, a preview for Curb Your Enthusiasm, raves for The Daily Show and more!



Hello friends. Hey, they may be 2-9 but they're 1-0 when I'm in attendance! Seriously, I had a great time at my 16th straight Red Sox opening day last Friday, fitting much easier into my seat than I did last year thanks to my recent weight loss (currently down 28 pounds since the start of Lent), for which my brother was quite grateful. Maybe it's because they've won two World Series in the last 8 years, maybe it's because real life events have given me more perspective, but I'm really much more fascinated by a team this good playing so badly than I am upset or angry. Of course, if it's Memorial Day – the traditional first real check-in point in the season – and we're still under .500 then I'll be singing a different tune.

Curb Your Enthusiasm won't be back until summer but here's your first look…

Behind The Scenes of Season 8

Here's a scene from Showtime's upcoming drama Homeland…




Not really TV but it does have TV stars, and it's funny…




Things are a little slow on the interview front but that's partly because I've already started work on our annual anniversary extravaganza, this year celebrating the 250th edition of TTTP!!!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Mack family; fly high Harrison, your time with us was way too short. Don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Mack – I asked my Mom to look out for the little guy and show him around.

Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay news down.

Like A River Flows, Rolling Till It Ends In The Sea, Our Pleasure Grows, Rolling Till It Ends In You And Me
NBC begins airing the 5th and final season of Friday Night Lights tonight at 8pm. An adaptation of the movie of the same name, which itself was an adaptation of a an winning non-fiction book, the series has already aired its final run on DirecTV as part of a unique production deal that allowed the show to air for an additional three seasons.

When the full 5th season arrived in the mail from NBC last week I had a smile as big as Texas, and sitting down to watch the season premiere brought me physical joy. That's how good Friday Night Lights is. When all is said and done I believe it will be recognized as one of the 25 best dramas in TV history and the last time I checked it was on my personal top 10, and I think of it as perhaps the best show ever in terms of portraying the family dynamic as well as the way high school students and adults interact.

Audiences never watched in droves but critics certainly supported the show, and it won a Peabody, which is generally considered the most distinguished award for television quality (aside from The Norty, of course).

I spoke with Matt Lauria - who plays Luke Cafferty on the show – a few weeks back and he had this to say about the final season…

As a fan of the show myself I can say wholeheartedly that the diehard fans will be thrilled. I think the way they've tied up the stories for the new characters and the way they tied in stories for many of the older characters we fell in love with is pretty masterful. That final episode gives you everything you could want and more. It's so satisfying without it being cheesy and cliché.

Having seen the first two episodes of the season I am in full agreement with the quote above.

In case you've forgotten what happened last season, here's a recap…




Here's some of the cast talking about their favorite scenes from the show's run…





And finally, here's a trailer for what lies ahead…





My Motto's Always Been When It's Right, It's Right, Why Wait Until The Middle Of A Cold Dark Night
ABC announced on Thursday afternoon that it was cancelling their long running soap operas All My Children and One Life to Life, cutting their daytime dramas by 2/3. AMC, which premiered in 1970, will finish its run in September while OLTL, which has been on the air since 1968, will close up shop in January. In their place will be the two new lifestyle programs The Chew (an in-depth look at food, from recipes to restaurant trends to worldwide dining to nutritional advice) and The Revolution (a team of experts help people make better choices and lead healthier, more productive lives). The titles are designed to match up with their current daytime talk show, The View. Network executives said General Hospital is in no danger of being pulled from the lineup.

Despite rumors for the last few months that ABC was thinking of making changes to their daytime lineups, cancelling both shows was still a bit of a shock. This is first and foremost a cost cutting move; yes, the ratings for both soaps are down but these new shows will be produced at a fraction of the cost, so even if ratings are lower still, the profits will be up. Hey, it's a business, so they can't really be judged too harshly for going a different way, but this will costs 100's of people their jobs, from actors to writers to camera operators to key grips, not to mention the multiple publications that cover soaps (tought to churn out issues on a weekly basis when you're covering that few shows).

For us older folks it's also clearly the end of an era. At one point each network had 3 soaps on every day (CBS had 4 at one point) and now we're down to 4 TOTAL. Some blame reality TV, hypothesizing that viewers becoming hooked on the hijinx of the "real life" portrayed on TV has caused them to be less pulled in by the melodrama soaps are crazy for; who needs Erica Kane and Vicki Buchanan when you've got The Real Housewives and The Jersey Shore crew? That may be true but the root cause goes back to one OJ Simpson.

Simpson's murder trial began in January 1995 and lasted 10 months, with the big three networks pulling their daytime lineups to air coverage every day. Viewers who had spent decades watching their stories every day got over their addiction cold turkey; it's been estimate that the overall daytime soap audience was down more than 25% when they finally returned in the fall, and they never regained their footing.

Another reason this is a big loss in the entertainment industry is that soaps have long been a training ground for young actors. Here is a but a few of the names who have appeared on AMC or OLTL over the years: Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Berenger, Sarah Michelle Geller, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Dixie Carter, Lauren Holly, Melissa Leo, Michael B Jordan, Christian Slater, Kim Delaney, Josh Duhamel, Kelly Ripa, Blair Underwood, Brandon Routh, Ryan Phillipe, Phylicia Rashad, Judith Light, Elisabeth Rohm, Marcia Cross, John Cullum, and Mario Van Peebles. The Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Tony's represented on that listed are pretty damn impressive.

As someone who watched his first episode of Days of Our Lives when he was six years old, it's stunning to me that at this point it's more likely than not that there will be a day in my lifetime when the networks have no daytime dramas anymore.

The Air Was Filled With Suspicion, She Poured Us Two Martinis And Tried To Guess My Mission
The future of House, both in terms of returning cast members and also of the network the series airs, was the subject of much speculation this past week. NBC Universal, which producers the show, and Fox, which has aired it for each of its first seven season, have been negotiating on a new deal but without much success, leading some to wonder if we could see the rare instance of a hit show switching networks. Also a part of the story is that the majority of the cast – excluding star Hugh Laurie and Olivia Wilde – have contracts that expire this spring so once an agreement is reached with a network (Fox or otherwise) there will have to be a bunch of other new deals worked out.

Many reports have said that NBC is looking at the show, which does make sense considering NBC Universal makes it, but Fox took that into account when they picked the show up and have in the deal that once their exclusive negotiating time period expires, NBC Universal then must offer the show to non-NBC networks first, meaning ABC, CBS, The CW, TNT, FX, and the like. This was pretty smart on Fox's part as it prevents NBC Universal from trying to stall talks with them in order to move the show closer to home.

When I interviewed Lisa Edelstein late last year she commented that no one really knew what was going to happen next season, and one has to think a new deal may involve budget cuts, especially with ratings down this season. Robert Sean Leonard has Broadway commitments starting this summer that would make it virtually impossible to be a full time cast member next season, and it's very hard for most House fans to imagine the show without him.

I have been over House for a couple of years now, although I don't say that in a too-cool-for-school way; yes, they have done some high quality individual episodes but the general formula of blood vomiting (or something else equally nasty) at 8:22, death sentence at 8:43, and then off-topic conversation sparks a thought in House at 8:50 that leads to a cure, is not one that pulls me in, no matter how sharp the acting may be. I've also felt the writers/producers have taken a "let's fix what's not broken" mentality to the show over the years, with cast members coming and going for no real reason. My personal thoughts aside, this would be a major loss for Fox – quick, name another hit drama series on the network! – and my guess is something does indeed get worked out in the next couple of weeks to keep the good Doctor in the fold.

Restless Eyes Close, Maybe It'll Go Away, Please Rest Tomorrow, Bring A Satisfying Day
Multiple cable networks released a combination of premiere dates and plans for new programming this week so we thought we'd group everything together here…

USA
Here is their summer schedule:

Tuesdays (premiering 6/7): White Collar, 9pm, and Covert Affairs, 10pm

Wednesdays (premiering 6/29): Royal Pains, 9pm, and Necessary Roughness (new show), 10pm

Thursdays (premiering 6/23): Burn Notice, 9pm, and Suits (new show), 10pm

Sundays (premiering 5/1): Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 9pm, and In Plain Sight, 10pm.

Necessary Roughness follows a psychologist who starts working with pro athletes and Suits is a fish-out-of-water dramedy set at a high powered law firm.

STYLE
*Ordered first seasons of Glam Fairy (spinoff of current hit Jerseylicious), How Do I Look (search for fashion criminals), and Big Rich Texas (look at ultra rich Dallas social circles).

*New reality shows in development include Birth Moms (following pregnant women who are giving their children up for adoption), The Amandas (home makeovers), Single with 7 (life of a female DJ who has seven foster kids), Miss Fit (former beauty queen who works as a drill sergeant-like fitness instructor), Makeover Madness (host Cat Delay leads the way in makeover events that try to break records), and Maureen Hancock's Ghost Town (women who talks to the dead).

truTV
*Renewed Hardcore Pawn, Black Gold, and Full Throttle Saloon while ordering more first season episodes of Lizard Lick Towing.

*New reality shows in development include Semi Pro (from NFL films, following a season of a semi-pro football team), Motoclash (documenting the World Motoclash, considered the most dangerous motorcycle race in the world), Chill (day-to-day operations of an ice sculpting business), South Beach Tow (towing company in South Beach), Bear Swamp Recovery (family repo business), and Hollywood Taxi (duh).

*Purchased rerun rights to Wipeout, which will begin airing on the network in the fall.

Sunny Day, Sweepin' The Clouds Away, On My Way To Where The Air Is Sweet
The Sesame Street video of the week…





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 7 days…

THURSDAY
American Idol crushed everything in its path, although did drop 9% in the demos from last week. Lead out Bones was up 3% with its first new episode since mid-March…Nikita did nothing to help its renewal chances when it returned down 14% in totals and also dropping in demos…Mostly a good night for CBS, with small demo gains for The Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, and The Mentalist, while CSI dropped 3%...

FRIDAY
Whatever non-existent chances Chaos had for a renewal got on a plane with Buddy Holly when week two numbers dropped 18% from week one's less than impressive demos. The show finished fourth at 8pm and the poor lead-in led to CSI: NY being down 11% and Blue Bloods 12%... Who Do You Think You Are won 8pm in totals and demos…The season finale of Syfy's Merlin hit a series high in totals and a season high in demos…Camelot dropped 23% in week two…

SUNDAY
The 2.6 million who tuned in to The Killing represented a very, very small drop from last week's premiere, an excellent sign for the show's staying power…Speaking of 2.6 million viewers, that's roughly the same number of people who watched the series premiere of Khloe and Lamar, E!'s latest Kardashian reality series…Almost everything on network TV was down; American Dad (-6%), Bob's Burgers (-14%), Secret Millionaire (-15%, season/series low), America's Next Great Restaurant (-20%, tying a season/series low), Celebrity Apprentice (-6%), and Brothers & Sisters (-14%)…CBS' numbers for the night were good but hard to really interpret since an overrun of The Masters had shows airing somewhat out of their time slot…ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball Red Sox – Yankees matchup dominated the night with male viewers…OWN was very happy with the premiere of The Judds; episode one built on its lead-in and then the second hour climbed even higher…

MONDAY
Chuck hit a new series low in demos and is now in real jeopardy of not being renewed…Law & Order: LA's two hour outing did better than The Event had been performing at 9pm but less than Harry's Law at 10pm. Overall the demos were down 30% from the last new episode that aired in December…How I Met Your Mother and Mad Love both dropped to season demo lows…House hit a season low in the demos (and possible a series low – numbers are still being looked at)…The Chicago Code matched its last outing and beat L&O: LA in totals and demos…Mike and Molly dropped to a season/series low in the 9pm timeslot (i.e. without Two and a Half Men as a lead-in)…Castle won 10pm in totals and demos, up 7%...Hawaii 5-0 dropped in totals (7%) and demos (17%, season/series low)…Dancing with the Stars was down a bit but still won the night with 20.5 million viewers and demos far above anything else on Monday night…

TUESDAY
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution was down 30+% in the demos from the season one premiere, although it was also the second most watched episode in series history…Body of Proof won 10pm in totals and demos, making a strong argument for a second season…Parenthood was up 5% at 10pm…NCIS was the night – and the week's – most watched scripted program with 19.2 million viewers…NCIS: LA won 9pm in demos and finished just a shade behind the DWTS results show in totals…The Biggest Loser was down 7%

WEDNESDAY
American Idol matched last week's totals and demos, meaning it will be the week's strongest performers in both categories…The Middle and Better with You both hit season lows…Shedding from the Wedding DOUBLED its totals from last week and improved somewhat in the demos, too…Modern Family was down 12% to a season low…Happy Endings did decently at 9:30pm but at 10pm performed significantly better than the first half of Off the Map's finale last week…Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior won 10pm in totals and demos…

All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors…
American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said that the show may change its voting procedures next season, adopting the style that So You Think You Can Dance? uses, with the audience deciding the bottom three and the judges choosing who goes home. Simon Fuller, who owns the show, would have to approve any/all new rules…Steve Carell's finale episode of The Office (which is NOT the season finale) will air on April 28th and run 50 minutes, followed by a 40 minute episode of Parks and Recreation. 30 Rock will air at 10:30 that night, with Outsourced getting bumped altogether…TTTP fave Bob Odenkirk is writing and directing an Adult Swim pilot about a low rent video production company that specializes in weddings, infomercials, and local commercials…House executive producer Katie Jacobs and Ed Burns, co-creator of The Wire, are collaborating on an untitled drama about a young teacher working in a public school system. Amber Tamblyn, fresh off of her run on House, would star…Katherine Heigl will produce and star in a made-for-HBO movie adaptation of Ann Wood's best seller The Knitting Circle…Look for Danny Glover to guest on an episode of Leverage this summer…CMT has cancelled Working Class…Alan Poul (Six Feet Under, Swingtown) is on board as an executive producer of HBO's More as the Story Develops. This has been a busy pilot season for Paul as he directed TNT's Perception and ABC's Good Christian Bitches…Warren Leight, fresh off of FX's Lights Out, will replace Neal Baer as showrunner of Law & Order: SVU next fall. Leight previously had been in charge of Law & Order: Criminal Intent before he left to handle the second season of HBO's In Treatment. Baer is leaving SVU after 11 years for a production deal with CBS…Bravo announced that Platinum Hit, their new musical reality competition show with an emphasis on song writing as well as performing, would premiere on May 30th. Jewel is the host (and a judge), American Idol alum Kara DioGuardi is the head judge, and guest judges will include Donna Summer, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Taio Cruz, and Jermaine Dupri…A.J. Cook is in talks to return as a regular to Criminal Minds in the fall and if Paget Brewster's NBC pilot is not picked up she may do the same. Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore's contracts are up at the end of the season and it's possible this could be a way to appease fans if one of the two guys leaves. The show will also have a different showrunner in the fall as Ed Bernero, who has been with them since the beginning, is leaving, with current executive producer Erica Messer stepping up…Multiple Oscar and Golden Globe Jessica Lange winner has signed to star in her first TV series , FX's American Horror Story. Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, who have given us Glee and Nip/Tuck, the series already has Connie Britton on board…Charlie Sheen has told multiple media outlets that there have been conversations about him returning to Two and a Half Men in the fall, although he neglected to say who those conversations were between…TLC picked up a 26 episode 5th season of What Not to Wear…TV Land is working on a spinoff of Hot in Cleveland focusing on the minister character Cedric the Entertainer will play later this month…For the first time in franchise history Bravo will not be giving a Real Housewives of… series a second season; the D.C. version is a one-and-done…

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…
I curse myself every day for being so late to The Daily Show game; blame it on a basic lack of time more than a lack of interest. Now that I am riding the exercise bike every night I find myself with 22 or so minutes to fill and I might argue that my life is improved as much by the show as it is my weight loss.

This past Monday's episode was centered around the government not shutting down, with Jon Stewart and crew doing their usual brilliant job at holding a spotlight not so much to the left or the right but to the way the media reports these stories. Ok, they also take on the right a little bit and their issues with little things like facts and consistency. What I love so much about The Daily Show is the way it makes me laugh as it makes me angry.











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 …





The above video was the highlight of a pretty decent SNL this week…All kinds of fun twists and turns on Nikita, which I've decided is the best bad show on TV right now. I think they are rushing things along a bit with the story – I didn't think they should have showed us the mole in the pilot, so this issue goes way back – but the way everyone takes thing soooo seriously has gone from being a weight (Every. Single. Line. Of. Dialogue. Is. Life. And. Death) to one of the things that make it so enjoyable (you both laugh AND feel the intensity, which, as it turns out, is actually a great combination)…The first season of Harry's Law was disappointing to me, with most of the characters simply watered down versions of people David E Kelley had written before, and much better, but the finale made my entire time investment worthwhile by providing me with the sublime pleasure of seeing Paul McCrane sing Is It Alright If I Call You Mine some 30 years after he did so the first time in the movie Fame. McCrane is a fantastic actor who deserves the chance to play a complex part on a well written show but he managed to rise about mediocre scripts and make his character compelling. When he mentioned at the start of the finale that he always wanted to sing you knew it would happen and when he took the stage at the end and grabbed a guitar the thought flickered across my head, "how awesome would it be if he sings it?!?!" but I didn't actually think they would. Seconds later, when he started singing a song that ranks among my favorite love songs ever, I knew that it would end up on my list of 2011's Top TV Moments…Were supposed to be shocked or crushed that Ted told us Zoe was not his one true love at the end of How I Met Your Mother this week? The meatball sub thing fell flat with a thud, too. The only really funny thing was Robin's run through of the various types of goggles that exist…SO hoping that Fox brings back The Chicago Code for another run as it really is an excellent show and, to these eyes and ears, better than any drama that CBS or ABC puts out there on a weekly basis. Ok, maybe not better than The Good Wife but other than that…The Lights Out season/series finale was just about flawless. Has a network ever had two such high quality series that got cancelled after their first season in the same 12 month period as FX has had with Terriers and Lights Out?…I enjoyed the premiere of Sports Show with Norm McDonald; it was funny and Norm came across as knowledgeable about sports, which will go a long way towards the show having any legs. There is more than enough material in the world of sports to make for what amounts to an extended sports-centric Weekend Update every week…Wow, am I uninterested in the remaining 7 American Idol finalists. I don't blame it on the judges nor do I think the show is "over", I just think this group simply isn't that good. They are eclectic in a way the show has never had before, so I give them points for that…

TV Pick Of The Week
Anyone with an appreciation for TV history will have this Sunday's TV Land Awards 2011 on their must watch list. The casts of Welcome Back, Kotter, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, and The Facts of Life will reunite to receive top honors, and TV legend Regis Philbin will get a lifetime achievement award, as will Hall & Oates (huh?). Expect lots of great clips, some fun stories, and a lot of warm memories.

Don't miss the TV Land Awards 2011, this Sunday at 9pm on TV Land.

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

*John Schneider returns on tonight's Smallville (8pm, The CW). I could tell you how but I don't want to ruin it for you.

*Don't bother calling any tweens tonight between 8 and 10 as Lemonade Mouth, a Disney channel original movie about a group of high school students who form a band, airs for the first time.

*History's new American Restoration (tonight, 10pm) finds Pawn Star's Rick Dale in the spotlight as the show takes a look at his Rick's Restorations business.

*Sanctuary, one of the best sci-fi shows you've never heard of, begins a new season tonight at 10pm on Syfy.

*This is one of the best times of year for sports fans, with important goings on in all the majors. Baseball has just begun its season, with a national game on Fox this Saturday at 4 and an ALCS rematch with the Rangers visiting the Yankees Sunday night at 8pm on ESPN. Post season action is underway in the NHL with games every day on Spike and weekend action on NBC, while the NBA is beginning their championship tournament tomorrow, with a 3:30 tipoff on NBC followed by games at 5:30, 8, and 10:30pm on ESPN. The same schedule is in place for Sunday but with the non-ABC games on TNT. After that it's multiple games every week night on Spike, TNT, and ESPN.

*Starz celebrates the premiere of Toy Story 3 by showing all three of the Toy Story films back-to-back-to-back starting Saturday at 6:05pm.

*Were you hoping to get another reality show with "wives" in the name? Count your blessings as VH-1's new reality series Mob Wives premieres Sunday at 8pm.

*How big a deal is the debut of Game of Thrones (Sunday, 9pm) to HBO? Not only does the premiere air back-to-back-to-back on Sunday but then it runs again on Monday at 9pm on all six HBO networks.

*Were you hoping that those some of the kids from The Hills would reappear on your screen sometime soon? Your prayers have been answered as VH-1 Audrina (Patridge) premieres Sunday at 9pm.

*Dying to know what happened when Dan and Blair kissed? Sadly, me too, so I won't be missing Gossip Girl's return this Monday at 9pm.

*Cougar Town is back!! Even better, there's a special episode airing at Monday at 9:30 before it returns to its Wednesdays at 9:30pm time slot two days later. Penny can!!!

*Sean Diddy Combs graces the state of Hawaii with his presence when he guests on Hawaii 5-0 (Monday, 10pm, CBS) as a New York cop looking for revenge.

*I can't wait for Tina Fey and Craig Ferguson sit down to chat on Monday night (The Late Late Show, 12:35am) as they are two of the smartest, funniest people in television.

*Glee returns from a few weeks off with an episode that features the too-long-off screen Jessalyn Gilsig is back as Will's ex-wife Terri.

*Parenthood wraps up its second season Tuesday at 10pm. Considering it's the best drama on network TV, I hope a third season is in our future.

*30 Rock (Thursday, 10pm, NBC) celebrates 100 episodes with an hour long outing that finds Michael Keaton guesting as well as cameos by Regis & Kelly, Matt Lauer, and Rachael Ray. Keeping my fingers crossed for Wesley Snipes, too!

Two Tivos To Paradise
30 Rock, After the Catch, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Archer, Auction Hunters, The Big C, Big Love, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Bones, Bored To Death, Breaking Bad, Breaking In, Brothers & Sisters, Burn Notice, Celebrity Apprentice, Cake Boss, The Chicago Code, Chopped, Chuck, The Closer, Community, Cougar Town, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, The Deadliest Catch, Desperate Housewives, Destination Truth, The Dish, Entourage, Eureka, Fact or Faked, Fairly Legal, Flipping Out, Food Feuds, Food Network Challenge, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Gossip Girl, Great Food Truck Race, Grey's Anatomy, The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Hawaii 5-0, Hollywood Treasure, House, How I Met Your Mother, How To Make It In America, Hung, If You Really Knew Me, Iron Chef America, Justified, Kate Plus 8, Last Comic Standing, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Law And Order: Criminal Intent, Law and Order: Los Angeles, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Mad Men, Man v. Food, Men of a Certain Age, The Middle, Mike and Molly, Mr. Sunshine, Modern Family, Next Food Network Star, Next Great American Restaurant, Next Iron Chef, The Office, One Tree Hill, Paranormal State, Parks & Recreation, Private Practice, Project Runway, Psych, Raising Hope, Real Time With Bill Maher, Rescue Me, Restaurant Impossible, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Sanctuary, Saturday Night Live, 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 Just Desserts, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Torchwood, Traffic Light, True Blood, V, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, Warehouse 13, Web Soup, Worst Cooks In America,

People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another Two Tivos To Paradise.




We'll be back in seven days with all the latest in TV news. Use the comments section below to talk about all the premieres you watched this week, from Deadliest Catch to Food Revolution to Happy Endings to The Paul Reiser Show as well as any other TV-centric thoughts bouncing around in your heads. And, as always, don't forget to find us – and like us – on Facebook (Al Norton's Two Tivos to Paradise!!!).

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, TVline.com & Deadline.com.