If you’ve never heard of Batman Beyond, don’t worry, you aren’t alone.
Back in February I talked about having just completed watching all of Batman: The Animated Series, and commented how nice it was to see some form of media outside of the comic books get the Batman formula correct. Well, after completing that series I moved on to the next animated Batman project, Batman Beyond.
Running from January 10, 1999 to December 18, 2001, Batman Beyond took place approxiamtely 20 years in the future (um… yeah… flying cars, impossibly large buildings, completely AI robots, all of that’s only 20 years from now… uh-huh) after an ailing Bruce Wayne has had to retire the mantle of the Batman. Gotham City has been without a Batman for several years now, and crime is again on the rise: random crimes, teenagers who worship the deceased Joker run gangs called The Jokers, corporate crimes and a whole lot more.
Terry McGinnis is a 16-year-old that has a troubled past, but after his father is killed for discovering wrong doings at the Wayne-Powers corporation, he becomes obsessed with discovering why his father was killed. While trying to figure out what happened to his father, he questions Bruce Wayne and stumbles across his long buried secret. Terry decides to take up the idenity of the Batman against Wayne’s wishes, but he begrudgingly accepts him for training and they form a partnership where Bruce stays in the Bat Cave and directs him via video and audio feeds. (Much, much later, it was revealed in an episode of Justice League Unlimited that Bruce was actually Terry’s biological father via DNA manipulation, but even Bruce was unaware of this early on)
Having watched all three seasons I have to say it wasn’t nearly as bad as some people have made it out to be. The villians weren’t quite as strong as Batman’s original Rogue’s Gallery which leads to some moments where you feel no real challenge to Terry’s Batman. The series did seem to spend a lot more time on actual character development than Batman: The Animated Series, which as fine with me as I prefer seeing characters develop over time as opposed to just never ending fight after fight. Considering some of the views online, I appear to be pretty much alone in this opinion, but oh well, I liked it.
Apparently Comcast subscribers can check out the first season on the Kids WB on Demand service, beyond that you can pick it up fairly cheap on DVD and it’s worth a look if you missed it when it aired and are desperate for something to watch. Would I go out of my way to see it? Doubtful, but it was entertaining while I was lifting weights. Next up: The Batman (which I am already in season 2 of, just didn’t have time to write this up before)
It seemed like we were safe from these rumors when they died out after the series finale of The Sopranos, but all of a sudden they are rising from the depths like some sort of zombie mobster.
Lorraine Bracco, who payed Tony Soprano’s shrink, Dr. Melfi, has been talking about the possibility of a big screen version of the hit television series. The New York Daily News recently asked her about the rumors of the hold up being Tony Soprano himself, James Gandolfini, “I don’t think it’s that at all,” Bracco told the paper, “I think it’s really trying to get the right script. Without the right script, it’s really not worth doing.”
HBO apparently has no comment, but Steve Van Zandt, who played Tony Soprano consigliere Sil, has made some cryptic comments about his character, who was hanging on for life at the end of the series, still being alive. It could just be his own thoughts, or it might have something to do with the rumored script, who knows at this point.
There is no doubt this was a great series, but there is absolutely no where a movie could go that would interest me. It would also completely negate the powerful ending of the series we were left with that allowed the viewer to decide what happened next to Tony. Did he get whacked in the diner? Did he live and go on to run all of Jersey (they never flat out said this was a possibility, but considering how much of the Jersey crews had been whacked, he almost would have to)? Did he just stay with his crew? A film would just feel tacked on to me. What could possibly be accomplished in a two or two and a half hour movie that would improve on this landmark series?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
This would be a complete dice roll, and the odds of hitting something spectacular are pretty slim. So, please, to all the people involved, leave us with those 86 fabulous episodes and call it a day. Even one more minute of footage will totally wash away what we had.
I’ve mentioned in the past that I am fascinated by Google Trends. Being able to see a snap shot of what people are looking for is like an odd little snapshot into the lies of the Internet in general. However, sometimes you see things that just make you go, “Really? Are you all this stupid?”
While I am never going to endorse the use of illegal torrent files, let me give you all a clue here: if you find a torrent through a public search engine such as Google, there’s a good chance that it either contains a virus or may be a trap to track your IP address. HBO has been fairly strict about hunting down torrent users in the past, so if you’re going to use a public search to find a publicly reachable file… it kinda screams “TRAP” to me.
I know a lot of people have turned to torrents as an option for watching their favorite television shows, but do yourself a favor and at least educate yourself about general safety of their use if you’re going to do it. And, honestly, unless it is something like True Blood, just don’t do it (even then, don’t do it), there are too many legal ways to watch TV shows on the Internet for freenow.
The story behind the Erin Andrews peephole video is just getting silly at this point.
I have to admit that before the story about her peephole video broke, I had no clue who Erin Andrews was. I’ve never been big into sports, and couldn’t tell you the last time I turned on ESPN, so my lack of knowledge of who she is was to be expected. All of that changed as stories of this video cropped up online and her name appeared on every major blog out there.
For those who have somehow missed the story, Ms. Andrews is a well known personality on ESPN both for covering stories and being an attractive woman. While in an unknown hotel room, getting ready for work, she was curling her hair and going about her business while naked. Unbeknownst to her, there was a peephole in her room and an unknown person was shooting video of her.
The video hit the Internet, and while her identity wasn’t confirmed at first, ESPN’s legal department got involved and the video became one of the most sought after on the Web. The first site to have it, NSFWpoa.com, removed it, but it was too late, the cat was out of the bag and the video started showing up all over the Internet now that her identity had been confirmed.
While all of this is bad enough as it is, now some pundits are saying that she brought this on herself. I shall not name who they are as they don’t need any more attention heaped on them for their words, but there has been more than one person saying that they feel the way she dresses provoked this, and if she didn’t wear such skimpy clothing while on TV this wouldn’t have happened.
There are two issues with this train of thought, the first being the peephole, as far as can be determined, was not drilled specifically for her. There appears to be other victims of this pervert and she just got caught up in his slimy little racket.
As for the people saying the way she dresses as to blame… you are idiots. Are you the same people who sit around and say that women who dress a certain way and then get raped deserve it? Most of these people have now come out and said that they’re sorry this happened to her, but… But nothing! No one deserves to have their privacy violated in such a way. I don’t care if she showed up at work in a bikini, this does not give anyone the right to violate a person’s privacy in this manner.
Nothing like criticizing the victim who has not done one thing wrong except to be an attractive woman who happens to work on television. This woman has been violated, and you choose to lay part of the blame on her. Classy people… really classy.
It’s that magical time in every Doctor Who fan’s life where we get to see the first pictures of the next regeneration, and the first pictures of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor are… odd.
I have to say on first seeing these new pictures of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor in costume are just kind of… blah. Although, points for my mother who said, “Well, at least he isn’t wearing a piece of celery.” (A reference to Peter Davinson as the fifth Doctor) I don’t so much mind the bow tie, but the jacket is annoying the heck out of me. Sure they can’t all wear long coats, but the tenth Doctor (Christopher Eccelston) at least had a bit longer of one. I don’t know, this outfit is just not doing anything for me.
Also in these shots are the first images of Karen Gillan as new companion Amy Pond, and a slightly redesigned TARDIS. You can see more pictures at IO9, but be warned there is a spoiler to the first story of Matt Smith’s Doctor in them as someone returns from last season.
The nominations for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced, and the big show for this year is 30 Rock with 22 nominations across all sorts of categories.
Some notes:
Jim Parsons being nominated for the role of Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory isn’t a surprise, but being in the “Lead Actor” spot is as it is an ensemble cast. Figured he would be in “Supporting Actor”.
Could this be the year The Amazing Race doesn’t win Outstanding Reality Competition Program? Doubtful. It’s won every year since the category came into existence. Other shows have actually asked them not to put themselves up for consideration which is just laughable. You can only win if they don’t run? Is that even a win at that point?
Thrilled to see Christian Clemenson is up for the role of Jerry on Boston Legal. Great part.
Neil Patrick Harris should win Supporting Actor in Comedy for the role of Barney on How I Met Your Mother hands down.
Glad Kristin Chenoweth got a nod for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for the role of Olive on Pushing Daisies. She was fabulous in that role.
I think 30 Rock will win for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy…
Likewise, I think Mad Men will win for Outstanding Writing in a Drama… (I really need to start watching that)
The Emmys will be on CBS on September 20th at 8E/7C, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
Top Gear is the only thing I can ever remember getting me actually caring about cars as more than just a way to get from point A to point B.
Anyone who knows me knows that my extent of car knowledge is pretty much limited to where to put the gas. That’s it… it just isn’t my thing. Then a couple years ago I came across a show on BBC America called Top Gear… and I suddenly found myself caring about cars.
Okay, maybe “caring” is too strong of a word… I enjoy watching the hosts,Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, caring about cars. I still can’t do anything past putting gas in them.
Well, Duncan Riley over at The Inquisitr posted a video from the shows current 12th season which has yet to air in America that gives you an excellent taste as to why it is so easy to get hooked on a show about cars when you have no interest in them. In this particular clip, James May, known as “Captain Slow” to fans of the show as he doesn’t drive with the insane passion of Hammond and Clarkson, takes a ride with world rally driver Ken Block. I mark a lot of this shows popularity up to its amazing cinematography: it is on par with a lot of movies, and far above anything else on television.
I think it’s easy to see how this show gets the blood pumping even in a non-car person. Mix in their whip smart humor and you have a highly enjoyable show. If you ever have a chance to check it out, make sure to do so.
June isn’t over yet and already all of the major US networks have announced their premiere dates for this coming fall.
The CW is first out of the gate on September 8th, and from there on out it’s like one big rocket slide to October 16th with premieres just coming one after another in rapid fire succession. So get out your calendars and start marking the premieres of your favorite shows.
Tuesday, September 8th
8pm: “90210″ (The CW)
9pm: “Melrose Place” (The CW)
Wednesday, September 9th
8pm: “America’s Next Top Model” (The CW)
Thursday, September 10th
8pm: “The Vampire Diaries” (The CW)
9pm: “Supernatural” (The CW)
Friday, September 11th
11pm: “The Wanda Sykes Show” (FOX)
Saturday, September 12th
8pm: “COPS” (FOX)
9pm: “America’s Most Wanted” (FOX)
Monday, September 14th
8pm: “One Tree Hill” (The CW)
9pm: “Gossip Girl” (The CW)
10pm: “The Jay Leno Show” (NBC)
Tuesday, September 15th
8pm: “The Biggest Loser” (NBC)
Wednesday, September 16th
8pm: “So You Think You Can Dance” (FOX)
9pm: “The Beautiful Life” (The CW)
9pm: “Glee” (FOX)
Thursday, September 17th
8pm: “Bones” (FOX)
8pm: “Survivor: Samoa” (CBS)
8pm: “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” (NBC)
8:30pm: “Parks and Recreation” (NBC)
9pm: “Fringe” (FOX)
9pm: “The Office” (NBC)
9:30pm: “Community” (NBC)
Monday, September 21st
8pm: “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)
8pm: “Heroes” (NBC)
8pm: “House” (FOX)
8pm: “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
8:30pm: “Accidentally on Purpose” (CBS)
9pm: “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
9:30pm: “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
10pm: “Castle” (ABC)
10pm: “CSI: Miami” (CBS)
Tuesday, September 22nd
8pm: “NCIS” (CBS)
9pm: “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
10pm: “The Forgotten” (ABC)
10pm: “The Good Wife” (CBS)
Wednesday, September 23rd
8pm: “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
8pm: “Parenthood” (NBC)
8:30pm: “Gary Unmarried” (CBS)
9pm: “Criminal Minds” (CBS)
9pm: “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC)
9pm: “Modern Family” (ABC)
9:30pm: “Cougar Town” (ABC)
10pm: “CSI: NY” (CBS)
Thursday, September 24th
8pm: “Flash Forward” (ABC)
9pm: “CSI” (CBS)
9pm: “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
10pm: “The Mentalist” (CBS)
Billy Mays, the television pitchman that has been a staple of late night television commercials for years, has passed away.
The St. Petersburg Times is reporting that Deborah Mays, Billy’s wife, found him dead this morning in their St. Petersburg, FL home. No cause of death is known at this time, but foul play is not suspected. He had been on a US Airways 737 flight yesterday that blew a tire upon landing, and was questioned by company representatives after wards, but did not request any medical attention. It sounds like this may have been more of a coincidence than anything.
Mrs. Mays has released only one public statement at this time:
Although Billy lived a public life, we don’t anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times.
An autopsy is expected to be conducted tomorrow, but is unknown when, or if, those results will be made public. According to the police, as of 6:00 PM local time last night he was discussing business with his father-in-law, and everything appeared fine with him health wise.
Mr. Mays was a television pitchman that advertised just about everything you could think of, including:
OxiClean
Orange Glo
Kaboom
Engrave It
Handy Switch
iCan
Mighty Mend-It
Mighty Putty
Hercules Hook
AwesomeAuger
Steam Buddy
Zorbeez
Big City Slider Station
The Ding King
His popularity made him a prime target for Internet memes making Billy Mays videos hugely popular on YouTube, many of them featuring alternate audio tracks that simply aren’t appropriate for mixed company. Do go take a look though, there are nearly 72,000 of them!
He teamed up with fellow pitchman Anthony Sullivan for a reality TV series called Pitchmen that tried to reveal some of the process behind the selection of what products they would choose to advertise, and the competition that existed between the two men as to who was better at the job.
While I have spoken severaltimes about how his commercials annoyed me, I certainly never wished the man any harm, and my deepest condolences go out to his family.
Really, what else can you say about the idea of a totally new Buffy, The Vampire Slayer movie that will probably not involve Joss Whedon, the creator of the concept? According to the Hollywood Reporter, that may be exactly what we are in store for.
The 1992 movie was produced by Kuzui Enterprises which still owns the rights to the character to this day. They obtained the rights after Fran Rubel Kuzui, the eventual director of the film, found the script by the then unknown Joss Whedon. Her husband, Kaz Kuzui, obtained the financing they needed and… it was a disaster. Although it technically made a profit on its modest $7 million budget, it only grossed $16 million at the box office, and it was viewed as a flop.
When it came time for the series, the Kuzui’s still owned the rights to Buffy herself, but not the characters created specifically for the series such as Willow, Xander, Angel and Spike. While the series was a success, and even went to spin off a seperate series, it appears that the Kuzui’s feel it could do with, you guessed it, a “reboot”.
Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with the Kuzui’s to secure a studio and funding to launch an entirely new relaunched franchise that would ignore the television series, and would be separate of the first movie. The plan is for a darker, eent-sized movie that would set up its own history, and hopefully launch a whole new franchise.
The problem is that at this time Joss Whedon is in no way involved with the project. While it isn’t unusual for reboots/relaunches to not involve their original creators, you are talking about a beloved property that has one of the most loyal fan bases out there. Die hard fans of Whedon and the original works will more than likely avoid this new movie like it has the plague. True, we aren’t the entire potential audience for this movie, but without the long time fans behind it, it’s easy to imagine things won’t bode well for this project.
Hopefully someone will come to their senses and kill this before it gets anywhere close to being a reality.
The CW has released their new schedule. New shows are in bold.
MONDAY
8PM GOSSIP GIRL
9PM ONE TREE HILL
TUESDAY
8PM 90210
9PM MELROSE PLACE
WEDNESDAY
8PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9PM THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
THURSDAY
8PM VAMPIRE DIARIES
9PM SUPERNATURAL
FRIDAY
8PM SMALLVILLE
9PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL Encore
New The CW Fall Show Descriptions
MELROSE PLACE
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original “Melrose Place”) is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, “Shark”). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original “Melrose Place”). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, “Supernatural”), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, “All My Children”). After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie’s sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding Sydney since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, “Swingtown”), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, “Cloverfield”), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, “7th Heaven”), has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (”Smallville”). Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim (”An Inconvenient Truth”) is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
Sean’s Take: Well, since The CW has no standards for success it seems, why not bring back another dead show. Like all the other CW shows of this style, it will find some sort of audience.
THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
The life of a high-fashion model appears glamorous and sexy, but as every new model quickly learns, behind the beautiful faade is a world of insecurity and cutthroat competition. Two teenage models who are about to discover this world for themselves are Raina Collins (Sara Paxton, “Last House on the Left”), a stunning beauty with a secret past, and Chris Andrews (Benjamin Hollingsworth, “The Line”), a strikingly handsome Iowa farm boy. When Raina makes an unforgettable impression at a show introducing the new line from designer Zac Posen (appearing in a cameo role), she steals the spotlight from her friend Sonja (Mischa Barton, “The O.C.”). Sonja has been out of the country for mysterious reasons and is now desperate to reclaim her standing as the reigning supermodel. While Raina and Sonja live at the top of the fashion food chain, Chris is starting at the bottom, having just been discovered by agent Simon Lockridge (newcomer Dusan Dukic) of the Covet Modeling Agency, which is owned by former supermodel Claudia Foster (Elle Macpherson, “Friends”). At his first photo shoot, Chris’ inexperience almost derails his career until Raina comes to his rescue, showing him how to relax and work the camera. That afternoon, Raina brings Chris to the “models’ residence” where she lives along with other young hopefuls, including Marissa Delfina (Ashley Madekwe, “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”), Egan (Jordan Woolley, “As The World Turns”), Issac (Corbin Bleu, “High School Musical 2″) and the current alpha-male-model known as Kai (Nico Tortorella, “Twelve”). At an exclusive industry party that night, Chris is again impressed by Raina’s generosity when she steps aside to make sure Sonja lands a job that will resurrect her career. However, after an ugly scene with Simon, Chris is left to question whether he can survive in this world of dangerous excess and fleeting fame. THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE is from Katalyst Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Ashton Kutcher & Jason Goldberg (”True Beauty,” “Punk’d”), Karey Burke (”True Beauty”), Mike Kelley (”Swingtown,” “Jericho”) and Carol Barbee (”Swingtown,” “Jericho”). Christian Duguay (”Coco Chanel”) directed the pilot.
Sean’s Take: Well, at least they are up front about this show just being about “beautiful” people for once.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, “DeGrassi: The Next Generation”) and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, “Everwood”) are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world. As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, “Army Wives”). Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder, “Lost”) is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers – one good, one evil – are at war for Elena’s soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson (”Dawson’s Creek,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Julie Plec (”Kyle XY,” “Wasteland”), Leslie Morgenstein (”Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”) and Bob Levy (”Gossip Girl,” “Privileged”). Marcos Siega (”Dexter”) directed the pilot.
Sean’s Take: Well, we all knew this was coming. Vampires are hot again… this has a built-in audience… now lets see if it’s any good.
New The CW Midseason Show Descriptions
PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED
After spending all of her 15 years bouncing from one foster family to another in Portland, Oregon, Lux (Britt Robertson, “Swingtown”) has decided it’s time to take control of her life and become an emancipated minor. Her journey through the legal maze leads Lux to her biological father, 30-something Nate “Baze” Bazile (Kristoffer Polaha, “Mad Men”), who owns a bar, lives like an aging frat-boy with two slacker roommates, and is astonished to learn that he has a teenage daughter. Lux is equally astonished when Baze reveals that her mother is Cate Cassidy (Shiri Appleby, “E.R.”), a star on the local “Morning Madness” radio show, along with her on-air partner and real-life boyfriend, Ryan Thomas (Kerr Smith, “Eli Stone”). Lux has been listening to Cate’s voice on the radio as long as she can remember, so she feels an instant connection with the mom she’s never met. Baze takes Lux to meet Cate, who is shocked and saddened to learn that Lux has grown up in foster care, but thrilled to finally meet her beautiful daughter. When a judge decides that Lux isn’t ready for emancipation and unexpectedly grants temporary joint custody to Baze and Cate, they agree to try to get past the awkwardness and make a belated attempt to give Lux the family she deserves. PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED is produced by Mojo Films in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television with executive producers Liz Tigelaar (”Brothers and Sisters,” “What About Brian”) and Gary Fleder (”October Road”). Gary Fleder directed the pilot.
Sean’s Take: This on The CW? It almost sounds too… nice. Oh well, they have had a gap since Gilmore Girls ended.
Sean’s Overall Take on The CW
How is this “network” still running? Smallville is going into season 9? They aren’t even on the air two nights a week! I really have no clue how they keep going.
If you’ve never heard of Batman Beyond, don’t worry, you aren’t alone.
It seemed like we were safe from these rumors when they died out after the series finale of The Sopranos, but all of a sudden they are rising from the depths like some sort of zombie mobster.
I’ve mentioned in the past that I am fascinated by Google Trends. Being able to see a snap shot of what people are looking for is like an odd little snapshot into the lies of the Internet in general. However, sometimes you see things that just make you go, “Really? Are you all this stupid?”
The story behind the Erin Andrews peephole video is just getting silly at this point.
It’s that magical time in every Doctor Who fan’s life where we get to see the first pictures of the next regeneration, and the first pictures of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor are… odd.
The nominations for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced, and the big show for this year is 30 Rock with 22 nominations across all sorts of categories.
June isn’t over yet and already all of the major US networks have announced their premiere dates for this coming fall.
Billy Mays, the television pitchman that has been a staple of late night television commercials for years, has passed away.
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MELROSE PLACE
THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
