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Renewed: Smallville
The CW has renewed Smallville for a 10th season.
10 seasons is quite a feat in television these days, and even better given many presumed it would die after the exit of Michael Rosenbaum.
Insiders confirm there will be a full 22-episode order but there is no word if it will be designed as a final season.
Despite starting out as a series set on the Kansas farm, the show has recently shifted the action to Metropolis as the young Clark graduates into becoming Superman.
Will this be the year he becomes Superman? And will …
Renewed: Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, 90210, ANTM
The CW Network has been busy giving renewals to four of its dramas and one reality series as Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, 90210, and America’s Next Top Model are given early pick-ups in the US.
But left hanging in the balance are Smallville, Melrose Place, One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected.
The Vampire Diaries is the youth network’s most-watched show, averaging 4.6 million viewers and the network’s number one show among adults 18-34.
The CW also calls Supernatural fans “one of the most loyal audiences of any show on television and does …
Heather Locklear barely boosts Melrose
This isn’t good news or the future of Melrose Place’s revival on The CW network.
Heather Locklear’s appearance only boosted the show a disappointing 14% this week, which was still 30% down from its 90210 lead-in. It took just 1.5m viewers.
This week she had some comments to make about how much was riding on her shouders.
“Absolutely, this is on my mind, but hopefully my going there will bring some attention and make people watch because it’s not just about watching Amanda, it’s about bringing awareness to the show,” she said.
“It’s not …
Charlie’s Angels nears new mission
America continues to look to the past for its future with the ABC Network is said to be close to greenlighting a new version of Charlie’s Angels.
The update will be helmed by Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman, and Leonard Goldberg, who produced the original series with Aaron Spelling in 1976, plus Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore also featured in the 2000 feature film adaptation.
The new Angels is expected to be geared toward a new generation while paying homage to the past. Maybe Ian Thorpe can play the executive?
The series made news recently …
Heather Locklear on Melrose: trailer
It’s not long until ‘Amanda Woodward’ makes her return to Melrose Place on The CW in the US.
TEN hasn’t indicated if the series is coming in 2010, no doubt wanting not to get slugged like it did by fastracking 90210 last year.
Maybe it will be on its list for summer.
Still, even the US isn’t convinced this is a stayer yet. There’s a lot riding on Ms. Locklear to help lift this one.
Here’s a clip, and there’s a second one here. …
Finally, another show about nothing
Just too funny.
The CW Network is so keen on remakes of shows (think 90210, Melrose Place), what would happen if they remade Seinfeld?
It would surely be pretty, earnest and underplayed, like a bad Gossip Girl spin-off.
The clip comes from UCBComedy.
And wait for the other remake at the end.
Clip also here.
When David meets Ellen
Global superhunk David Beckham will be the first guest on the seventh season premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show set to air on Nine at 12 noon Wednesday, September 9th.
Beckham will chat about his 10-year wedding anniversary with Victoria Beckham and their infamous Emporio Armani underwear ad.
Lady Gaga will also apper and perform her hit, Love Game.
Other guests on the show in its premiere week will include Antonio Banderas (The Other Man); Katherine Heigl (The Ugly Truth, Grey’s Anatomy); Kate Beckinsale (Whiteout); Rumer Willis (Sorority Row, 90210); and the cast …
Renewed: Smallville, Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural, ANTM, One Tree Hill
A report today indicates that the CW Network has given the go-ahead for further seasons of several long running series.
Smallville, Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural, America’s Next Top Model and One Tree Hill are all moving forward.
While the solid ratings for all six shows maderenewals likely, they were not all foregone conclusions.
In the case of Smallville, producer Warner Bros. Television had been negotiating with series star Tom Welling to return. The CW’s renewal indicates the studio was probably successful.
The approvals are also likely to quell speculation that the network itself has been …
Melrose remake wins a pilot
In the ’90’s Tuesday nights were a bitch.*
Could they be the same all over again? The CW Network is moving forward on a remake of Melrose Place has received an official pilot order, and Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Deadwood, 24, The Unit, Party of Five) has come on board to direct it. He is known for directing edgier dramas such as .
The new script is written by Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin (Smallville), who will serve as executive producers/showrunners.
Red Carpet lush Lisa Rinna has been outspoken about the …
Gallery: Outrageous Fortune
New Zealand’s kooky, dysfunctional family are back for their fourth series tonight, screening on Arena.
This TV3 show is chalking up quite a few seasons now, with a fifth due to commence production next week. As previously reported, there is also a US adaptation underway via Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, 90210). No doubt the Yanks will probably expect Shelley Long and Bette Midler.
The fourth season begins a few weeks after Loretta’s pregnancy. She has been locked away in her room after she tried to give the baby away after the mandatory twelve …
Tori’s about face on 90210
Not that we will see it in Australia (at least not on Free to Air) but a 90210 show representative has confirmed that Tori Spelling is in “final negotiations” to return for multiple episodes.
Reportedly, a big point of contention for Spelling, who’s currently in Vancouver shooting Smallville (dear god!), was the threat of crossing paths again with former co-star Shannen Doherty. Of course the bigger bone of contention was the fact she wasn’t offered the same salary as Doherty or Jennie Garth. That’s when she baulked back in August.
Doherty has …
Gone: Fringe (again)
This really is very poor for customer relations…
Nine has now dropped Fringe from its schedule a second time, despite promising the show would air over summer (technically they kept the promise, they just never promised for how long). It is to be replaced with repeats of Crime Investigation Australia from Monday.
On Monday night the show managed 602,000, beaten by a double ep of Bones on 1.16m and ABC’s 90 minute Celebrity: Dominick Dunne slightly ahead on 697,000.
Now the J.J.Abrams sci fi, hailed as one of Nine’s big titles for the second …