Two Tivos To Paradise 12.09.11: The Late Show, Sons of Anarchy, Game of Thrones, New Girl, Madonna, and more!

Posted by Al Norton on 12.09.2011

News and thoughts on Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones getting awards love, the Sons of Anarchy's season finale, J.J. Abrams' new show, Jay Leno continuing to kill NBC, raves for New Girl and more!



Hello friends. I am doing everything possible to be in the holiday spirit but the past week has found our house in RCN hell, with THREE visits from their technicians to try and find out why our new box can't communicate with the other two that we have, meaning moving shows from room to room has been difficult at best and put a crimp in our regular viewing habits. Finally, on Wednesday night, after 8 days and more than six hours on the phone with various support folks, everything is now working.

Here's a quick look at Comedy Central's upcoming sketch comedy show Key & Peele…

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Syfy is excited about what they have in store for you in 2012…





Quick reminder that we'll be back next Friday with a regular news column, followed by our picks for the year's best shows on Friday the 23rd and our annual TV Entertainers of the Year column on the 30th. We've even started to get some RSVP's from folks being honored who want to stop by and say thanks.

Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix news.

Life Is Just Another Dream In This Old World Of Broken Dreams
November late night TV ratings have been released and CBS is the big winner; for the first time in 17 years, The Late Show with David Letterman topped The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in demos for the sweeps period. The Tonight Show was down 20% from last November while The Late Show held steady, giving CBS the win. Both shows were down in total viewers, and Leno did top Letterman in that measure.

At 12:35 the results were similar, with The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson up 20% in the demos from last November to top Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which dropped 17% in demos but still won in total viewers. Ferguson's was the only late night show to have any demo increase from last November. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! was the only late night show to have any increase in total viewers, up 7% in that measure and tying The Late Late Show in demos.

First off, I am perhaps the world's biggest Craig Ferguson fan so I am thrilled with his ratings going up as he is really the only person doing anything that would be considered in any way unique or original with his show. This is not to say the other late night programs aren't entertaining (some are, some aren't) but that they continue to follow a tried and true model where as Ferguson marches to the beat of his own (robot) drummer.

Secondly, this is yet another example of how much NBC screwed themselves with their Jay Leno Show at 10pm experiment. Strong 10pm programming leads to strong 11pm local news numbers which leads to strong 11:35pm late night talk numbers; Conan O'Brien's best defense to network executives complaining about lower ratings during his stint hosting The Tonight Show was, "The Jay Leno Show is bombing and I have a smaller lead-in audience." The affiliates all felt that way, which is why a change was made, but it set development at the network back at least 5 years.

Think about it; The Jay Leno Show took away five hours of primetime a night for NBC; in order to fill those 5 hours they would have to have made at least 10-15 pilots that spring, and ordered somewhere between double and triple the amount of scripts for pilots, so that's somewhere between 30 – 45 potential shows that got nowhere near the NBC pipeline because they thought they could save some money. And that's really what it was about, too; money. The network knew ratings would be down with Leno at 10pm, they just figured that the difference between the advertising rates would be more than made up for by the lower production costs.

And it's not like it's going to get better anytime soon; as we head into 2012, how many 10pm series does the network have that put up solid numbers? SVU does ok – its hit series lows this fall and is frequently finishing third in the demos behind Revenge and CSI – and then there is…nothing. Smash will do well for them in February, and who knows, maybe The Firm will be a hit on Thursdays. They also have Awake waiting in the wings, to me the best pilot of the 2011-2012 season but it's also a dark, complex drama that the network likely has no idea how to promote and nurture.

What's Your Name? Who's Your Daddy? Is He Rich Like Me
The calendar says December which means we've entered awards season in the entertainment industry. While the SAG and Golden Globes are the big ones yet to come, two large groups did release their nominations for the top shows on TV this week.

THE 2012 WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA

Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Breaking Bad (A&E), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), Homeland (Showtime)

Best Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC), Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Louie (FX), Modern Family (ABC), Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Best Comedy Variety Series
Conan (TNT), Jon Benjamin has a Van (Comedy Central), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Saturday Night Live (NBC), The Colbert Report (Comedy Central); The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Best New Series
Episodes (Showtime), Game of Thrones (HBO), Homeland (Showtime), The Killing (AMC), New Girl (Fox)

Best Individual Episode, Drama
A Dangerous Maid, Boardwalk Empire (HBO); The Age of Reason, Boardwalk Empire (HBO); Box Cutter, Breaking Bad (AMC); End Times, Breaking Bad (AMC); The Good Soldier, Homeland (Showtime); Just Let Go, Dexter (Showtime)

Best Individual Episode, Comedy
Caught in the Act, Modern Family (ABC); Mother's Day, Modern Family(ABC); Goodbye Michael Part Two, The Office (NBC); PDA, The Office (NBC); Queen of Jordan, 30 Rock (NBC), Object Impermanence, Weeds (Showtime)

Best Individual Episode, Animation
Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelt's, The Simpsons (Fox); The Blue and the Gray, The Simpsons (Fox); Donnie Fatso, The Simpsons (Fox), Homer the Father, The Simpsons (Fox); The Silence of the Clamps, Futurama (Comedy Central); Moonstruck, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (Cartoon Network)

While I question 30 Rock as one of the best written shows on TV last season (some episodes were fantastic, others simply blah), the specific episode Queen of Jordan which was singled out was truly brilliant, as good a parody of reality television as the industry has offered up. The lack of any mention of Community in here makes me sad and really wonder what these voters are watching because it's clearly not the same show I am. I wish one of the episodes of Archer, in particular from the arc with his breast cancer, would have found a way into the animation category, and don't get me started on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson once again being ignored.

THE 2012 PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA

The Danny Thomas Award (Best Producer, Comedy)
30 Rock (NBC), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Glee (Fox), Modern Family (ABC), Parks and Recreation (NBC)

The Norman Felton Award (Best Producer, Drama)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Dexter (Showtime), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), Mad Men (AMC)

Best Producer, Live Entertainment & Talk
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central), The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated), Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Saturday Night Live (NBC), The 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Best Producer, Reality Competition
The Amazing Race (CBS), American Idol (Fox), Dancing with the Stars (ABC), Project Runway (Lifetime), Top Chef (Bravo)

Best Producer, Non-Fiction
American Masters (PBS), Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel), Deadliest Catch (Discovery), 30 for 30 (ESPN), Undercover Boss (CBS)

The big thing to know when processing these nominations is that the PGA uses a different eligibility period, so Homeland, Curb, season two of Louie, and anything else this summer and fall were not in the running. Taking that into account, I continue to wonder about the inclusion of 30 Rock over shows like Community or Happy Endings or The Middle, to name just three.

I Wanted More Than Life Could Ever Grant, Bored By The Chore Of Saving Face
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Ryan Seacrest met with NBC on Wednesday, with the idea of him replacing Matt Lauer as co-host of The Today Show next year being a part of the conversation. NBC confirmed the meeting but said they were simply discussing different possibilities with Seacrest, whose contract with E! – owned by NBCUniversal – is up in late 2012. Lauer's deal with NBC is also up towards the end of next year and there are rumors he would like to leave.

As much as some of you may scoff at the concept of Seacrest interviewing heads of state and top newsmakers, I'd offer up that Lauer used to be the guy who gave that hard pitch when HBO did free programming weekends. Seacrest was also on the shortlist to take over Larry King's timeslot on CNN and there is no question it was his if he wanted it.

My best guess is that NBCUniversal signs Seacrest to some sort of huge umbrella deal, that calls for him to appear on-air in a variety of roles as well as continue to develop original programming (he executive produces all of the Kardashian-related shows for E! as well as Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, among other series). The Today Show has been number one in the mornings for a long time now but Good Morning America is a pretty close second and losing Lauer and not replacing him with a big name would leave them vulnerable. Considering the state of their primetime programming (see above), there is no way they can afford to lose their grip on the one time of the day they own, and adding Seacrest to the morning team would generate more buzz than anything the morning battles have seen since Bryan Gumble went to CBS.

I Would Dial The Numbers Just To Listen To Your Breath, I Would Stand Inside My Hell And Hold The Hand Of Death
A fair amount of guest star news this week which, combined with the lack of big headlines, finds me giving these items their own little section…

*Mischa Collins will reprise his role as Castiel on at least three episodes of Supernatural later this season, the first being episode 17.

*TTTP fave Dean Winters (30 Rock, Rescue Me, The Sarah Connor Chronicles) will play Will Arnett's brother on an episode of Up All Night.

*True Blood's Ryan Kwanten will play a potential Valentine's Day date of Jess' on New Girl in February.

*Titus Welliver (The Good Wife, CSI, Sons of Anarchy, Lost) is set to appear on Grimm as a villain-of-the-week.

*Sage Brockelbank (PSYCH's Buzz McNab) will play Gaston (as in from Beauty and the Beast) on Once Upon a Time. As previously reported, Lost's Emilie de Ravin will play Belle.

*Hall of Fame sex symbol Raquel Welch will do an episode of CSI: Miami.

*Robin Givens will leave the big city to guest on Suburgatory.

*TTTP fave Mark Pellegrino is set for an episode of Castle.

*Ellen Barkin's upcoming guest spot as one of Phil's new partners on Modern Family may actually be a recurring role.

*The great Larry Miller will recur on Bent, the NBC comedy that keeps lining up high quality guest stars like Jesse Plemons, Marcia Gay Harden, and Miller but still doesn't have a premiere date.

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
Community was up in totals (6%) and demos (8%)…Big Bang Theory may have been a rerun but it still topped the night in totals…X Factor was the nights big demo winner…Bones had its best numbers since the season premiere…Parks and Recreation dropped 10% while The Office and Whitney matched their last new episodes…Prime Suspect was the evenings biggest gainer, up 7% in totals and 18% in demos

FRIDAY
Disney's Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas was the most watched live-action cable movie of the year, pulling in 6.9 million for its premiere. That strong a lead-in helped new series Austin & Ally open to a huge 5.7 million…Nikita hit a series low in the demos while Supernatural jumped 20% in total viewers and matched its previous demos…Blue Bloods was once again the night's totals and demo champ, albeit down 20% in the latter…CSI: NY won 9pm but hit a series low in demos…Fox's coverage of the Pac 12 Football Championship topped the demos at 8pm and finished second at 9pm but finished third in total viewers for both hours and was overall not a big winner for the network…

SUNDAY
NBC's Sunday Night Football once again won the night in totals and demos…ABC's primetime block hit series lows in demos, with Desperate Housewives and Pan Am down double digits from their last new episodes…A huge lead-in audience from the amazing Packers-Giants game helped Fox have a great night, with The Simpsons hitting a series high and having the best demos of any scripted series on the night. Allen Gregory (+60%) and Family Guy (+25%) were also up big…CSI: Miami was the most watched scripted show among total viewers with 10.4 million tuning in…3.2 million watched the season premiere of Alaska State Troopers on National Geographic…

MONDAY
How I Met Your Mother posted its highest total audience in almost three years…2 Broke Girls was up 13% and built on its demo lead-in…Two and a Half Men was the night's top demo performer as well as the most watched program overall in terms of the major networks…Hawaii 5-0 beat Castle in totals AND demos for the first time all season, with the latter down 13% and 26% respectively without a Dancing with the Stars lead-in…A Charlie Brown Christmas was up 13% in total viewers from last year…You Deserve It lost 29% of the demos it had last week (and last week's numbers weren't good to begin with)…Hart of Dixie (surely the most surprising "hit" show of the fall) was up 14% in the demos and continues to top its Gossip Girl lead-in in totals and demos…The premiere episodes of T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle on VH1 averaged a shade under 3 million total viewers, a huge number for the network…

TUESDAY
The season two opener of Teen Mom 2 was the most watched premiere in series history (Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2 included), with 4.2 million viewers, up 21% from January's season one bow…The three hour American Chopper Live bike building battle that included Jesse James was the second most watched episode in the series 8 season history. The strong lead-in help Moonshiners post some of the best demos for a series premiere in Discovery channel history…New Girl hit a season/series low but still had the top demos of the night…Glee and Body of Proof also hit season lows…An NCIS rerun was the most watched show of the night with 12.7 million viewers…The premiere of Storage Wars: Texas was the most watched series debut in A&E history in total viewers and the 25-54 demos…

WEDNESDAY
Survivor was up in totals and demos to win 8pm in the former and tie X Factor in the latter…The Middle and Suburgatory were up 12% while Up All Night's double set was up 14% in totals and 20% in demos…Modern Family won the night in demos, as usual, up 9% from its previous new outing, and lead-out Happy Endings was up 12% in demos…CSI won 10pm in totals and demos, with Revenge finishing second in both and SVU pulling up the rear…

All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors…In what is easily the most interesting pairing of the development season, J.J. Abrams and One Tree Hill creator/showrunner Mark Schwahn are teaming up for Maine, a drama for The CW that focus on the staff and guests at a New England inn. Schwahn will write the pilot and he and Abrams will executive produce…WWE Network will launch on April 1, the same day as Wrestlemania…The NFL made official what had been known for months, that Madonna will be the halftime entertainment for Superbowl XLVI. It was also announced that she was teaming with famed choreographer Jamie King as well as folks from Cirque du Soleil and Moment Factory on the performance… Speaking of the NFL, reports have them very close to renewing their television rights contracts through 2021 in deals with Fox, NBC, CBS, ESPN, and DirecTV that will pay them a shade over $6 billion a year. That number represents an increase of 60% from the current deals…Fox has moved the mid-season finale of Bones from December 15th to January 12th so it can serve as a lead-in to the series premiere of The Finder…Ice Cube is developing a drama for FX about an EMT who turns vigilante…Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson, who together created Homicide: Life on the Street, are teaming up for The Box, a half hour drama in development at A&E where the majority of the action would take place in a police interrogation room. Each week the story of a crime and its aftermath would be told via the back and forth between a cop and a suspect…Showtime has picked up a second season of Web Therapy, with Meryl Streep, Rosie O'Donnell, Conan O'Brien, Minnie Driver, and Selma Blair lined up as guest stars. Lily Tomlin and Victor Garber will return in their recurring roles as well…Oxygen premieres Best Ink, a new reality competition series featuring tattoo artists, on January 30th…Dog Whisperer with Cesar Milan's 8th season begins on Saturday January 7th on Animal Planet…Lifetime's breakout hit Dance Moms is back for season two as of January 10th…Sara Rue (Rules of Engagement, Less than Perfect) is writing and executive producing a comedy pilot for The CW about a straight woman who's engagement gets called off so she marries her old (female) college roommate in order to keep living in her "married couples only" apartment building. If a pilot is ordered Rue will star as well…Fox will air an Arsenal – Manchester United match live at 10:30am on Sunday January 22nd , with the NFC Championship Game that night…Live Schreiber will continue to be the voice of HBO Sports despite signing a deal to star in the Showtime pilot Ray Donovan…The Game begins its 5th season on January 10th on BET, followed by season two of Let's Stay Together…Tosh.0's new season kicks off on January 31st…Alec Baldwin will narrate the seven part Discover series Frozen Planet, set to premiere in March…The 4th season of Tabitha Takes Over hits Bravo on January 10th…Neve Campbell will produce and star in Sworn to Silence, about a woman who returns to the Amish community she grew up as the new chief of Police, where a murder investigation brings to light secrets from the past. The movie, based on the book by Linda Castillo, is also set up as a backdoor pilot...Folks with shows in development at Comedy Central include Jeffrey Ross, Amy Schumer, Eugene Mirman, Rob Delaney, Anthony Jeselnik, and Matt Braunger…Former CNN anchor T.J. Holmes has signed a development deal with BET that calls for him to host a show as well as contribute content to BET.com…

Turns Out Not Where But Who You're With That Really Matters
(The Best of What's Around aka The Best Thing I've Watched In The Last Seven Days)…
Words cannot possible do justice to the brilliant awkwardness of the sex scene featuring Zooey Deschanel and Justin Long on this week's New Girl but I certainly never thought I'd live long enough to see anything that combined the voices of Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell with fetish gear and choking. Turns out I was wrong and the comedy world is better for it.

Long has proven to be a phenomenal casting choice as he can match Deschanel uncomfortable step for uncomfortable step, and do so just as endearingly. I have no idea how either of them were able to keep a straight face during that scene – my guess is the outtakes will make purchasing the season one DVD worth it all on their own – but it was as funny as anything I have seen in a while. Add in one of the better quotes of the fall season ("an afterbirth ain't an afterbirth without some Schmidt up in there") and you had a fantastic 22 minutes of entertainment.

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…Very much enjoyed the way things played out on Parenthood, with Kristina being mad about the kiss but it didn't turn into a huge thing that threatened to break up the family. People get mad in life and are entitled to their anger (and the snide comments that can go with it) but then they need to find a way to get past it, and that's just what happened here. Words cannot do justice to just how far Dax Sheppard has come in his portrayal of Crosby, who at times feels like the most realistic character on a show populated by some of the more real world people that TV has right now…At this point not only do I think that Next Iron Chef: Superchefs is the best collection of culinary skills TV has had competing under one roof but they are also all performing at the top of their game, and the former doesn't always equal the latter. I truly have no idea who is going to win and I LOVE it…I continue to greatly enjoy Once Upon a Time although I am beginning to wonder just how much time has gone by since the pilot in terms of the timeline of the show. Doesn't Emma have an apartment in Boston she is paying rent on? And she may have been a one woman show but what happened to her bail bonds customers? And does she do laundry every day? …I thought the second hour of the Sons of Anarchy finale was amazing, with the show making a conscious decision to go away from the big cliffhanger ending and instead use the last 45 minutes or so of the episode to explore how this current season had changed the characters and what the repercussions would be next season. The cast was top notch across the board, and I've started to think that Charlie Hunnam is among the most underrated performers on TV right now as he never seems to be in the mix at awards time yet it's hard to imagine anyone else playing Jax. I am very much hoping to see more Ray McKinnon on my screen in the near future as he brought an energy to his portrayal of Lincoln Potter that really stood out…I was so entertained by Jon Stewart using clips of The Pokemon Movie during Monday's piece about Herman Cain suspending his campaign on The Daily Show that I accidentally woke up the twins, making my daughter groggily ask, "who is laughing? Why is Daddy laughing?"…Last week's Community was pretty wonderful, with the moments between Big Cheddar and Tinkeltown more than carrying the load (tell me you didn't get a lump in your throat in the episodes final scene, I dare you!!) but last night's holiday episode/Glee parody was dead solid perfect. I'll be counting the days until the show returns in the spring...As much as I enjoyed Dwight as a personal trainer (he would actually be GREAT at the job), the non-gym portions of last week's episode of The Office were wildly erratic, some kind of funny, some just really played out. As I mentioned before, Andy needs to find some level of footing in his new job so the show can move forward in some way...How I Met Your Mother was more meloncholy than momentous, and despite a terribly unfunny subplot involving Marshal, the episode featured a strong performance from Cobie Smulders and a great reminder of just how good a guy Ted is and why we continue to root for him to find true love..Modern Family was not in any way special but any episode the features the return of the dog butler is worth watching!!! And to be fair, the show is so damn good that even a mid-level outing is good for many laughs...The Jackson medley on Glee was very well done but the real highlight of the episode was the return of Sam, who came back a much stronger and more confident character than I remembered. On a show where so many are trying to overcome their anxieties, it was a nice change of pace to have someone be so self assured...Shatner was SO much better on PSYCH than he was on his terrible CBS sitcom last season that it's clear he can still bring it as long as the material doesn't let him down...

TV Pick Of The Week
Hollywood Icons and Innovators (TV Guide Network, Sunday, 8pm) has a basic premise; take two very talented folks, one more famous for talented displayed in years gone by and the other in the middle of their careers, and sit them down to talk about what they do. The lack of gimmicks is what makes it work so well, with both participants relaxed and in conversational mode. What also makes it work is that the younger performer is slightly in awe and the older one will have none of it.

Part one at 8pm features Curb's Susie Essman sitting down with Penny Marshall while part two at 9pm has the inspired pairing of 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer with comedy legend Tim Conway.

Don't miss Hollywood Icons and Innovators, Sunday at 8pm on TV Guide Network.

Hope You Need My Love, Babe, Just Like I Need You
Other viewing options from the next seven days…

*Tonight is a big night for holiday family viewing as CBS has two hours of animated specials; Frosty the Snowman (8pm), Frosty Returns (8:30pm), Yes Virginia (9pm), and The Elf on the Shelf : An Elf's Story (9:30pm). The network follows this up with Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Saturday at 8pm and The Flight Before Christmas at 9pm.

*The Cleveland Show looks to make Die Hard their Star Wars this Sunday at 7:30pm on Fox.

*Sunday night will be a real treat for HBO subscribers; not only will they get the season two finale of Boardwalk Empire at 9pm but it's followed by a special advanced airing of the series premiere of Luck, which begins its official run in January.

*The A&E original mini-series Stephen King's Bag of Bones airs part one Sunday at 9pm, with the final two hours coming Monday at 9pm.

*If you recently felt like TV wasn't grossing you out enough – Jersey Shore not withstanding – than you will be thrilled to know that Fear Factor (NBC) is back after a six year break with a two hour premiere Monday at 8pm.

*I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (Monday, 8pm, ABC) is no Charlie Brown Christmas but even lukewarm Peanuts is better than none at all.

*The Biggest Loser crowns a new…well…Biggest Loser this Tuesday at 8pm on NBC.

*Rob Lowe (?!?) hosts 2011 CMT Artists of the Year (Tuesday, 9pm), a look at the top country performers of the year.

*TNT's Mystery Movie Night series is in full swing and Tuesday's Good Morning, Killer, which stars Catherine Bell, is of particular interest because the network is eyeing it as a potential series.

*Raising Hope goes all It's a Wonderful Life on us this Tuesday when Jimmy imagines what life would have been like if Hope had not been born.

*Popular and long running cable series Burn Notice (USA) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX) bring their latest seasons to a close this Thursday at 10pm.

Two Tivos To Paradise
24 Hour Restaurant Battle, 30 Rock, After the Catch, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Archer, Auction Hunters, The Big C, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Bones, Bored To Death, Breaking Bad, Burn Notice, Celebrity Apprentice, Cake Boss, Chopped, Chuck, The Closer, Community, Cougar Town, Crave, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Deadliest Catch, Desperate Housewives, Destination Truth, Entourage, Eureka, Fact or Faked, Falling Skies, Fairly Legal, Family Guy, Flipping Out, Food Feuds, Food Network Challenge, Food Network Star, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Gossip Girl, Great Food Truck Race, Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, Haunted Treasure, Hawaii 5-0, Hell on Wheels, Hollywood Treasure, House, How I Met Your Mother, How To Make It In America, Hung, If You Really Knew Me, Iron Chef America, Justified, The Killing, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Louie, Mad Men, Man v. Food Nation, The Middle, Mike and Molly, Modern Family, Necessary Roughness, New Girl, Next Iron Chef, The Office, One Tree Hill, Outside the Lines, Parks & Recreation, Private Practice, Project Accessory, Project Runway, Psych, Raising Hope, Real Time With Bill Maher, Restaurant Impossible, Revenge, Ringer, Rocco's Dinner Party, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Sanctuary, Saturday Night Live, The Secret Circle, Shear Genius, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Suits, Suburgatory, Supernatural, Table For 12, Terra Nova, Top Chef, Top Chef Just Desserts, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Torchwood, Tosh.0, True Blood, Up All Night, The Vampire Diaries, The Voice, The Walking Dead, Warehouse 13, Web Soup, Wilfred, 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 next week with all the latest in TV news!

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.