Cancellations all Around!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

ABC canceled Brothers & Sisters, No Ordinary Family, V, Detroit 1-8-7, Better with You, Mr. Sunshine, and Off the Map.

FOX canceled Lie to Me, Human Target, The Chicago Code, Breaking In, and Traffic Light.

Hugh Grant was yet another name that was thrown out to replace Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men. But, Ashton Kutcher got the role in the end!

Jenelle from Teen Mom 2 went to rehab. She may be "clean" and just wanting to get her life together, but who knows.

Matthew Perry is also in rehab. Maybe it's needed because his show got canceled, LoL.

House will move to 9pm on Mondays in the fall, to make room for Terra Nova at 8pm. But, it will be without Cuddy, who chose not sign a less-money-than-previously contract.

Seth MacFarlane is going to reboot The Flintstones. Don't get too excited... we're looking at Fall 2013.

If you want to take a look at everything that was canceled and renewed, try here.

Random Thoughts: Cancellations

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

So maybe this question isn't as random as some of the others that I have posed. But, since there have been many, MANY cancellations this past week (including three shows that appear in the reviews on this site), I thought I might ask which cancellation YOU are most disappointed in. And it doesn't have to be a show that was cancelled just recently - if you were in love with a show that was cancelled earlier in the season, share that one!

Regardless of whether we saw it coming, whether the ratings were bad, or whether it just wore out its welcome, the networks cancelled a ton of shows this year. ABC's cancellations were referred to by many as a "bloodbath," for starters. As the fall lineups roll out (for the major networks. the cable ones have their own thing going on) and pilots get picked up, I'm most upset about Better with You. Although I liked Mr. Sunshine, it had its flaws. My husband was a fan of Lie to Me, of course, and is a bit sad to see it go. I wasn't really into The Paul Reiser Show, so I'm not complaining on that one. Plenty of people are mourning everything from Smallville to All My Children, though those both had long runs. So, what are you sad about? If you haven't been following all of the sources that are covering renewals and cancellations, here's a limited list of shows that have been cut from future lineups...

All My Children
Better with You
Big Love
Brothers & Sisters
The Chicago Code
The Closer
Glory Daze
Human Target
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Lie to Me
Medium
Mr. Sunshine
No Ordinary Family
Off the Map
One Life to Live
Outsourced
The Paul Reiser Show
Running Wilde
$#*! My Dad Says
Smallville
Terriers

Everyone Wants to Skip School; Roman Confronts Crystal

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

These posts are changing format just a little. Instead of just commentaries, I'm going to do a synopsis and then put my thoughts in brackets as I go along. Scripted shows this week include: The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Mr. Sunshine. 

Simpsons Parodies Push; New Counselor on Secret Life

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries of scripted shows this week include: The Simpsons, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Mr. Sunshine. 

Barney Meets his Dad; House gets Married

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries this week include: House, How I Met Your Mother, Mr. Sunshine, and Hot in Cleveland.  

Marge as a Hoarder; Martha has a Crush; Roman & Heather

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries this week include: The Simpsons, House, Mr. Sunshine, and Hot in Cleveland.  

A Drug that Makes Your Eyeballs Pop Out! (& More)

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries this week include: The Simpsons, Family Guy, House, Mr. Sunshine, and Hot in Cleveland.  

Great Hot in Cleveland lines this week!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries this week include: House, How I Met Your Mother, Mr. Sunshine, Better with You, and Hot in Cleveland. Click "keep reading" to see them.

The Simpsons does the Oscars

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

How do you know when you're watching and reviewing too many different television shows? You can't tag all of them because of the character limit. I was going to have to take out Minute to Win It, Wipeout, The Middle, and Teen Mom 2 to be under 200 characters. So, I've decided to split my Friday commentaries into reality shows and scripted shows. I considered splitting by days instead, but ultimately found that this will probably work better. Now, I should clarify that this is a new idea and I may have to play around with it some, but for now, commentaries and reviews will be broken down as follows:
Scripted: The Middle, The Simpsons, Family Guy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Mr. Sunshine, Better with You, Hot in Cleveland, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, South Park, Terra Nova, Futurama, Melissa & Joey


Reality: Minute to Win It, Wipeout, Teen Mom 2, The Unpoppables, Cake Boss, 19 Kids and Counting, Outrageous Kid Parties, Kate Plus Eight, Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant 


This breaks it down fairly evenly, and I think that, with the stigma against "reality shows," it may be a little less annoying for those of you only interested in sitcoms and stuff.

Commentaries this week include: The Simpsons, Family Guy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Mr. Sunshine, The Middle, Better with You, and Hot in Cleveland. If you are interested in any of these, click "keep reading" ... if not, you won't have to scroll forever to get to the next post. :)

Some Great Wipeouts; New Roommates on House!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Commentaries this week include: The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Unpoppables, Cake Boss, House, How I Met Your Mother, 19 Kids and Counting, Teen Mom 2, Mr. Sunshine, Minute to Win It, Better with You, Hot in Cleveland, and Wipeout. If you are interested in any of these, click "keep reading" ... if not, you won't have to scroll forever to get to the next post. :)

Mr. Sunshine & The Unpoppables Premiere

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Reminder: I am no longer reviewing individual episodes of Kitchen Boss. However, if you are looking for the recipes, all of them can be found here.

Commentaries this week include:The Unpoppables, Cake Boss, House, How I Met Your Mother, 19 Kids and Counting, Teen Mom 2, Mr. Sunshine, Minute to Win It, The Middle, Better with You, Hot in Cleveland, and Wipeout. I'm also instituting the "jump" feature on Fridays, since these posts tend to be long, and if you're just scrolling around, you might not be interested in scrolling forever, LoL.

Lots of Spring Starts; More Cancellations

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

Animal Planet's Pit Boss got renewed, and the new season starts January 29th.

ABC's Secret Millionaire will start at 8pm on Sunday, March 6th... opposite Amazing Race.

Mr. Sunshine will be on at 9:30pm on ABC starting February 9th.

Happy Endings will be on 10pm on ABC starting April 13th.

A&E's new Beyond Scared Straight premieres Thursday, January 13th at 10pm.

F/X's Terriers got canceled.

FOX's Running Wilde got dropped from the normal lineup.

Lie to Me didn't get a full-season order, so things aren't looking so well for the long-term.

Love Bites got cut from 13 episodes to 9, so that's even worse.

Apparently there's a show called, You're Cut Off! that was renewed by VH1, and the second season will begin at 9pm on Monday, January 10th.

Glee also suffered this week... apparently tonsillitis has been going around the cast and they had to cancel some shooting, haha.

The Closer will not continue past this season.

Ken Jennings will be back on Jeopardy!, along with Brad Rutter and... a supercomputer. February 14-16, 2011.