Sad news for Necessary Roughness on USA and The Killing has been revived yet again — but not by AMC. There will be even more episodes of Awkward on MTV next year and the voice cast of Family Guy will be back next fall. Almost Human got off to a solid start but the second […]
Nov 22, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast The CW has ordered full seasons of their three new shows — The Originals, The Tomorrow People, and Reign. Hell on Wheels has been renewed for a fourth season and Sean Saves the World has received an order for five more episodes from NBC. The peacock network also wants Last Comic Standing back. Body of […]
Nov 15, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast American Horror Story will return to FX but The Client List has been cancelled on Lifetime. Back in the Game is ending on ABC but the network has ordered full seasons of Trophy Wife and The Goldbergs. Super Fun Night isn’t quite as lucky. NBC isn’t ready to drop Sean Saves the World yet and […]
Nov 08, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast Ravenswood, the Pretty Little Liars spin-off, looked like a hit after its debut on ABC Family but things change fast. With Grimm as a lead-in, Dracula looks like it could be a success for NBC. Meanwhile, there’s no question about the fate of The Walking Dead on AMC. NBC wants a new Murder, She Wrote […]
Oct 31, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast NBC has cancelled both Welcome to the Family and Ironside. This paves the way for the return of Community and the debut of Chicago PD, the Chicago Fire spin-off. Despite the failure of Ironside, the peacock network wants to try another reboot — Murder, She Wrote. CBS has given full season orders to Mom, The […]
Oct 25, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast We Are Men has been cancelled after two episodes on CBS but it’s good news for Mike & Molly fans. ABC has given Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD a full season but will it be renewed for a second season? There’s more Shark Tank on the way and ABC is showing some faith in new sitcoms […]
Oct 17, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast It’s another episode of the podcast and there are lots of TV show cancellations and renewals. Here’s what we talked about: Dexter (Showtime) and Breaking Bad (AMC) had very different finales. Copper (BBC America) has been cancelled but may wrap up with a movie. TNT has cancelled King & Maxwell following one season while Lifetime […]
Oct 10, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the first podcast in quite awhile and there’s plenty to talk about. Longmire and The Newsroom have (supposedly) been renewed while The Glades and The Killing have been cancelled. True Blood is coming to an end next summer and Mad Men will close in 2015. Meanwhile, Burn Notice had its series finale while Dexter […]
Sep 20, 2013•Transcript available on Metacast Actress Regina King began her career as a teenager on the 1980s NBC sitcom 227 with Marla Gibbs and Jackee Harry. King moved on to many high profile movies like Jerry Maguire, Mighty Joe Young, and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and TV shows like 24 and Leap of Faith. She’s also the […]
Apr 07, 2010•Transcript available on Metacast Actor Ben McKenzie became known to most TV viewers via FOX’s The OC. That series ran for four seasons and was cancelled a couple years ago. Currently, he’s playing one of the main characters on the Southland TV show which is about a group of cops working on the tough streets of Los Angeles. Southland […]
Feb 18, 2010•Transcript available on Metacast This is the second part of an interview with producer Marsha Posner Williams. In the first part, we discussed how Williams began her career in television, working on the legendary ABC sitcom, Soap. As one of the few people to work on the show from the very beginning to its untimely cancellation, Williams shared some […]
Dec 28, 2009•Transcript available on Metacast Marsha Posner Williams knew that she wanted to work in television from a very early age. She moved to Los Angeles in her twenties and struggled to break into the business. She eventually did and worked her way up the chain, starting as an administrative assistant and eventually becoming an executive producer on top network […]
Dec 23, 2009•Transcript available on Metacast Christian Kane is best known for playing slimy lawyer Lindsey McDonald on Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off, Angel . He and David Boreanaz are the only two to appear in both the pilot and the series finale. Other series performers included Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Charisma Carpenter, Andy Hallett, Amy Acker, Stephanie Romanov, Vincent Kartheiser, James Marsters, Julie Benz, Mercedes McNab, Elisabeth Rohm, Daniel Dae Kim, and Glenn Quinn. His next show was Close to Home, ...
Feb 25, 2009•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan Frakes is best known for playing Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation . During his seven seasons, he directed several episodes and went on to helm episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Diagnosis: Murder, and Roswell. For TV, Frakes has also directed two Librarian movies with Noah Wylie and Bob Newhart -- Return to King Solomon's Mines and The Curse of the Judas Chalice. On the big screen, he's done Star Trek: Insurrect...
Feb 10, 2009•Transcript available on Metacast Jay Johnson is widely regarded as an incredible ventriloquist. Aside from numerous TV appearances, he won a Tony Award in 2007 for his one man Broadway show, The Two and Only. Still, Johnson is best known for his role on the landmark 1977 sitcom, Soap. In the first part of our extended interview with the […]
Aug 08, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast Jay Johnson has been a ventriloquist for most of his life and even had a local television show while he was still in high school. He’s appeared on dozens of TV shows including CSI, Empty Nest, That ’70s Show, and The Facts of Life. In 2007, he won a Tony Award for his one man […]
Aug 01, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast We’re wrapping up the 2007-2008 season and letting you know which shows will be returning in the fall — and which ones won’t. As is the case every year, there are more than a few surprises on the list. There were lots of TV shows “on the bubble” — Moonlight, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Back […]
Jul 04, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast This edition of the podcast is part of the Adopt a Writer project in which various TV websites have the opportunity to interview members of the Writers Guild and get their perspective on their work and the current writers strike. Bill Kunstler has written for many television series over the past 13 years. After working […]
Feb 09, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast On May 21, 1990, a popular CBS sitcom, Newhart, ended its eight season run and made television series history. Overnight, the episode became legendary and the most popular series finale of all time (at least at the time). As Bob Newhart awoke next to his former TV wife Suzanne Pleshette, we learned that the eight seasons […]
Feb 01, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast Have you heard about what happened to The 4400 of The Dead Zone series on USA? Is there any hope for the survival of NBC's Journeyman show? Could the Passions soap opera possibly be cancelled twice in one year? What's going on with ABC's Big Shots ? Is it cancelled? Will it be back? Plus news on the Veronica Mars comic book, a cool class for Buffy fans, more Sex and the City movies, and more. Tune in!
Jan 03, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast CBS has pulled the Mark Burnett reality show Pirate Master — will it return? Will we ever learn who won? Speaking of Mark Burnett, could his Apprentice series with Donald Trump actually return for another year? If so, how will it be different from the previous seasons? With all of the publicity surrounding Paris Hilton, how […]
Jul 26, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Have you been waiting for the Deadwood movies that will wrap up the HBO series? Are they still coming or have those plans headed into the sunset? The Shield is coming to an end next year. Will that be the end for Vic Mackey? What unlikely sitcom has been saved from cancellation after six seasons? […]
Jul 14, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Did you catch the last episode of The Sopranos? What was everybody talking about? What does series creator David Chase have to say about it and all of the unhappy viewers? Bob Barker has taped his last episode of The Price is Right… or has he? Could he be back next Fall? Though Veronica Mars […]
Jun 23, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast A follow-up to last week’s big Battlestar Galactica news. Does the show have a future? What about the prequel series? The big news about the cancelled CBS drama Jericho — are the series fans nuts? More details about the big screen adaptation of Speed Racer. A second chance to see the FOX sitcom Kitchen Confidential. And, […]
Jun 08, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast The big news on Battlestar Galactica. Is it a big surprise? The ongoing saga of Donald Trump and The Apprentice. The return of a Baywatch star. Want to visit a Beverly Hillbillies mansion? Want to see the unaired episodes of the Friends spin-off Joey for free? Whatever happened to the Commander in Chief movie? Tune […]
Jun 02, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast What has been the viewer reaction to the cancellation of Jericho? What does CBS say? Did you see the series finale of Veronica Mars? Could she return? Which castmembers of the soap Passions won’t be making the move when the soap switches to DirecTV? NBC says Donald Trump may not be leaving The Apprentice. Want […]
May 26, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the busiest time of the whole year for television show cancellations. The network upfronts were this week and NBC, ABC, CBS, CW and FOX all introduced their new shows and Fall schedules. They also let go of some favorites. Lots of shows were in danger — like Law & Order, Crossing Jordan, Veronica Mars, The […]
May 20, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Two lead actors of Battlestar Galactica drop a big bombshell! The latest on Drive — will it return? Who will win the race? Did you hear the big news about Lost? What does it mean? Hey, how about a cast reunion of Beverly Hills, 90210? Did you hear about the Fantasy Island movie? Are you sure […]
May 11, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast The final fate of Gilmore Girls is announced. Will Scrubs be back for another season? Everything seem settled but now…? Have you heard about the massive campaign to save Veronica Mars? We lost two legends of the television world this week. Who were they? And, what other TV icon’s legacy is being preserved forever? Have […]
May 04, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast There’s lots of news this week. What does the future hold for FOX’s Drive? Is it moving full speed ahead or out of gas? Is ABC’s October Road any closer to being renewed for a second season? Will soap opera fans be able to watch NBC’s Passions in the Fall? Have you heard about the […]
Apr 28, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast