Many episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]
Continue ReadingMany episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]
Continue ReadingDaytime TV already has hourlong talk shows hosted by Ellen Degeneres and Steve Harvey, and panel discussions including the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood. But what about a half-hour whiz-bang of a show in which comedians just riff jokes about the day’s headlines? That’s essentially the premise of Punchline, which […]
Continue ReadingThe annual song and dance of broadcast network Upfronts presentations sells advertisers on the need each May to book their 30 and 60-second commercials in primetime on their TV networks come September, with appearances by each network’s big stars and news personalities to make them feel all warm and fuzzy and keep spending their money. […]
Continue ReadingThe end is near for New Girl. According to Deadline, Fox has officially renewed the show for a seventh and final season. Jake Johnson tweeted out the news yesterday, revealing that the final season will also be an abbreviated one with just 8 episodes: #NewGirl has been picked up for 8 final episodes! Very excited […]
Continue ReadingMore Brooklyn Nine-Nine is in the works at Fox. According to The Wrap, the network has officially renewed the ensemble comedy for season 5. Season 4 of the show debuted back in September and is currently airing Tuesday nights on Fox, with the season finale slated to air later this month on May 23rd. Fox […]
Continue ReadingTwo of Fox’s freshman comedies will not survive for another season. According to Deadline, the network has officially canceled live-action/animated hybrid Son of Zorn as well as Making History due to low ratings. Both shows were co-produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, with Son of Zorn wrapping up its debut season in February and […]
Continue ReadingDuring the Rashomon-esque, ninth season episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “The Gang Saves the Day,” we get a brief glimpse of what each member of the Gang envisions their lives being like after surviving a robbery attempt. In Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds’ (Kaitlin Olson) daydream, the rest of the Gang is dead (by […]
Continue ReadingWill Forte’s Fox comedy The Last Man on Earth is returning for another season. According to Deadline, the network has officially renewed the show — which wrapped up its third season on Sunday night — for a fourth season. The Last Man on Earth makes Fox’s second comedy renewal for the 2017-2018 broadcast season, joining […]
Continue ReadingTwo new single-cam comedies are in the works at Fox. According to Variety, the network has given out series orders to new comedies Ghosted and LA>Vegas. Ghosted has been in development since last year and stars Adam Scott and Craig Robinson as “a skeptic (Robinson) and a true believer (Scott), who are hired by the […]
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