by Amy K. Bredemeyer
Renewals, Cancellations, & Scheduling:
South Park returns with Season 16 on March 14th, 2012. Eastbound & Down and Life's Too Short will premiere Sunday, February 19th, 2012. [Comedy Central Press Release]
FOX's Alcatraz will premiere at 8pm on Monday, January 16th. It will move to 9pm on the 23rd, and House will take the 8pm slot. Napoleon Dynamite will start Sunday, January 15th, at 8:30pm. Bob's Burgers will return March 11th at 8:30pm.
Pretty Little Liars was renewed by ABCFamily for a third season.
A.N.T. Farm was renewed by Disney Channel for a second season.
USA's Common Law will debut at 10pm on January 26th. White Collar will return on January 17th and Royal Pains will resume on January 18th.
Dance Moms will return to Lifetime on January 10th, 2012.
Undercover Boss will return for a third season on Sunday, January 15th.
Web Therapy has been renewed for a second season.
La La's Full Court Life was renewed for a second season on VH1.
Cast & Plot Updates:
Ricky Martin will guest on Glee in late January, as "the hottest Spanish teacher ever in the history of Ohio."
Michelle Duggar has miscarried the 20th child, who was set to debut on 19 Kids and Counting in April. Michelle was in her second trimester and it's believed that the family will hold a funeral once they find out if it was male or female.
Shows in Development & Other Fun Stuff:
Oxygen has three new docu-series in the works (all working titles). First, All the Right Moves, which is about friends living together and forming a dance troupe. Next, That's D'Amore, which looks at the lives of three sisters who live a privileged life thanks to their family's pizza business. Last, Taking NY, which follows some best friends trying to "have it all" in NYC. [Oxygen Press Release]
There's a great Burn Notice giveaway going on! One for Psych, too!
AMC has acquired the syndication rights to CSI: Miami, and it'll premiere on Monday, January 2nd, at 5pm, and will run in that slot on weekdays.
Dunder Mifflin will be a new brand of copy paper available through quill.com.
Harry Morgan, better known as Colonel Sherman Potter on M*A*S*H, has passed away at the age of 96.
If you're looking to get caught up Revenge or Once Upon a Time, ABC.com has all of the episodes of both up and available through January 3rd for the former and January 8th for the latter.
After House ends, Hugh Laurie will not take another television acting gig. He's thinking "writing or producing or directing or some other aspect."
Community will be featured on Hulu Plus now. Next-day access of new episodes will be available, as well as the entire back library.
There has been even more talk about Cable providers considering switching to a la carte subscriptions. [even though this particular article is two months old.]
On Live! with Kelly, Neil Patrick Harris snuck in a kiss to Betty White. [totally cute, by the way.] Also while guest-starring with Kelly Ripa, NPH and Kelly both inhaled sulfur hexafluoride, which has the opposite effect as helium!
I never knew that Saved by the Bell was cancelled every single season. Between that and not having the internet, it's no wonder that Mark-Paul Gosselaar and the rest of the SBTB gang managed to stay grounded! They didn't think anybody cared about the show!
Game of Thrones first season will be out on DVD March 6th, 2012.
ABCFamily has finished production on the new pilot Baby Daddy. Now, they're working on production for the new pilot Village People.
