Airing out my TV grievances, raves and rants

I am just writing out my given opinions on any and/or all TV shows I happen to watch, and some TV news & events, because I feel they needed to be recorded for posterity.

Also, in case I forget how I felt about something after it's canceled, this is a reference point for re-watching or not in the future.


There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people.  


FOX’s “The Following” has a new trailer out, and it is appropriately terrifying. The serial killer drama premieres Monday, Jan. 21 at 9:00 pm ET/PT.



EW: Vivica A. Fox guest cast as church lady on 'Raising Hope'

I can’t wait to see her butt heads with Garret Dillahunt. Everyone, watch this show please!



TVLine: David Krumholtz & Mary Birdsong Land Guest Spots on 'Raising Hope'

Both of these actors are extremely funny - I can definitely see Krumholtz fitting into the oddball tone of the series. And Birdsong’s work on Reno 911! was comedy gold.



TVLine and other media outlets are reporting that none other than Matt Bomer is nearing a deal to appear this 3rd season of FOX’s Glee, as the exceedingly attractive (my words) older brother of Darren Criss’s Blaine.  Bomer recently was cast in Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s film version of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, so this casting news doesn’t come as a complete shock.

TVLine and other media outlets are reporting that none other than Matt Bomer is nearing a deal to appear this 3rd season of FOX’s Glee, as the exceedingly attractive (my words) older brother of Darren Criss’s Blaine.  Bomer recently was cast in Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s film version of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, so this casting news doesn’t come as a complete shock.



EW - 'Sons of Anarchy' tough guy to guest on 'Alcatraz'

Theo Rossi is the best, you guys.



TVLine: Rachel's Dads on 'Glee' Revealed!

And they’re Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jeff Goldblum! And they’re going to sing!



Zooey Deschanel’s Jess continues to have big names in her love life.  The latest possible Mr. Jess is Dermot Mulroney, who will appear in multiple episodes of FOX’s New Girl in March & April, playing a handsome and wealthy father to one of her students (notes of Mr. Big, anyone?). Mulroney’s casting follows both Ryan Kwanten and Justin Long courting Deschanel on the series.

Zooey Deschanel’s Jess continues to have big names in her love life.  The latest possible Mr. Jess is Dermot Mulroney, who will appear in multiple episodes of FOX’s New Girl in March & April, playing a handsome and wealthy father to one of her students (notes of Mr. Big, anyone?). Mulroney’s casting follows both Ryan Kwanten and Justin Long courting Deschanel on the series.


Breaking In continues to add new cast members to its second season.  The FOX comedy, which has been revitalized from cancelation twice now, has brought in Being Human alum Erin Richards as a new series regular. Richards will play the assistant to Megan Mullally’s character, the new overseer of Contra Security.

Breaking In continues to add new cast members to its second season.  The FOX comedy, which has been revitalized from cancelation twice now, has brought in Being Human alum Erin Richards as a new series regular. Richards will play the assistant to Megan Mullally’s character, the new overseer of Contra Security.


FOX Joins the 2012 Pilot Season, Ordering 4 Projects

The pilot season of 2012 is heating up, with FOX jumping in the pool today to order 4 pilots - two comedies, and two dramas.

The network started off this afternoon with comedy project Ben Fox Is My Manny, from film writer Dana Fox.  The single-camera comedy would focus on a single mom whose hapless younger brother moves in to help her take of her baby - the characters, in fact, being based on creator Fox and her younger brother, the titular Ben Fox. The pilot will be produced by 20th Century TV and Chernin Entertainment, and had a significant script commitment plus penalty in the development season.

Two hours later, two dramas were picked up in one fell swoop: legal drama Guilty from Brothers & Sisters and No Ordinary Family creator Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, and an untitled project from The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle executive producer Kevin Williamson. Guilty centers around a morally questionable defense attorney, who, disbarred after being falsely convicted of fraud, begins solving cases he’s not allowed to take using unconventional ways, working slowly up to getting back at those who wronged him. The untitled Kevin Williamson drama, his first at a non-The CW/WB network in quite some time, revolves around a cult of serial kilers, and an FBI agent who gets caught in the middle of them through his investigations.  Both scripts had received put pilot commitments, so neither pick-up comes particularly as a surprise.

Last of the day, though certainly not least, is a single-camera comedy from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia writer/actor Rob McElhenney and FX Prods., where McElhenney’s company RCG (with Sunny co-stars Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton) is set up under an overall deal. The pilot, entitled Living Loaded, is based on a book of the same name by Dan Dunn - both will center on a hard-partying, lazy blogger, forced to shift his trajectory when he becomes a radio host.


You have seen the last of this animated group of people. FOX confirmed yesterday at the TCA press tour that there will be no more episodes of the low-rated freshman Allen Gregory produced, effectively canceling the Jonah Hill-created series.  

You have seen the last of this animated group of people. FOX confirmed yesterday at the TCA press tour that there will be no more episodes of the low-rated freshman Allen Gregory produced, effectively canceling the Jonah Hill-created series.  



Friday Night Lights and Parenthood (Haddie misses you Alex, and so do we!) alum & all-around fiiiiine individual Michael B. Jordan has landed a guest spot on this umpteenth season - seriously, does anyone know when this show will stop? - of FOX’s House. The actor will appear in the 14th episode of the aging medical drama as a blind patient of the week.

Friday Night Lights and Parenthood (Haddie misses you Alex, and so do we!) alum & all-around fiiiiine individual Michael B. Jordan has landed a guest spot on this umpteenth season - seriously, does anyone know when this show will stop? - of FOX’s House. The actor will appear in the 14th episode of the aging medical drama as a blind patient of the week.



Well, this is unorthodox. Please note: you WON’T be seeing Helen Mirren on FOX’s Glee anytime soon. HOWEVER, you will, according to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello (bearer of all spoilers), be hearing her voice in the January 17th episode when the show returns, as one of the character’s inner voices - no word yet as to who that character will be, though. From what I’ve read, the part was written for the Queen, who turned out to be completely willing to do it after being approached by former co-star and current Glee director Eric Stoltz.

Well, this is unorthodox. Please note: you WON’T be seeing Helen Mirren on FOX’s Glee anytime soon. HOWEVER, you will, according to TVLine’s Michael Ausiello (bearer of all spoilers), be hearing her voice in the January 17th episode when the show returns, as one of the character’s inner voices - no word yet as to who that character will be, though. From what I’ve read, the part was written for the Queen, who turned out to be completely willing to do it after being approached by former co-star and current Glee director Eric Stoltz.


If you’ve been watching Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, you’ve probably seen this person a fair amount.  For the rest of us, NeNe Leakes is a bit of an unknown entity - she has always been squared into the reality star category of the brain. Now, Leakes is taking a leap into the fully-scripted acting pool (reality obviously being semi-scripted) and has joined the cast of FOX’s Glee for a multi-episode arc, playing the coach of the synchronized swim team that Sam (Chord Overstreet) joins, a role that apparently will also provide a new foil for Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch).  This should be… interesting, to say the least.

If you’ve been watching Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, you’ve probably seen this person a fair amount.  For the rest of us, NeNe Leakes is a bit of an unknown entity - she has always been squared into the reality star category of the brain. Now, Leakes is taking a leap into the fully-scripted acting pool (reality obviously being semi-scripted) and has joined the cast of FOX’s Glee for a multi-episode arc, playing the coach of the synchronized swim team that Sam (Chord Overstreet) joins, a role that apparently will also provide a new foil for Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch).  This should be… interesting, to say the least.



The promotional machine for FOX’s midseason drama Touch is gearing up.  The slightly-fantastical series, starring Kiefer Sutherland (24) and from the mind of Tim Kring (Heroes, Crossing Jordan) has this new teaser trailer that is intercut with an interview with Sutherland about his character, Martin Bohm. FOX will air a special preview of Touch on Wednesday, January 25th after the American Idol results show, with the series officially premiering on Monday, March 19th after House.



And it’s absolutely more than official - the stunt casting moratorium has really, REALLY, reached its end on the third season of FOX’s Glee. Following word of negotiations with Gloria Estefan to play Santana’s (Naya Rivera) mother, appears news yesterday that the dramedy is trying very hard to secure rapper Pitbull as the same character’s brother. From what it seems, he would appear in the same episode as Estefan, which could be quite the musical combination… in an interesting way, if not necessarily good.

And it’s absolutely more than official - the stunt casting moratorium has really, REALLY, reached its end on the third season of FOX’s Glee. Following word of negotiations with Gloria Estefan to play Santana’s (Naya Rivera) mother, appears news yesterday that the dramedy is trying very hard to secure rapper Pitbull as the same character’s brother. From what it seems, he would appear in the same episode as Estefan, which could be quite the musical combination… in an interesting way, if not necessarily good.