USA SUMMER SCHEDULE

 
 USA Press Release

USA Network brings you its biggest summer ever with powerful weeknight blocks of nine original series.

Two of summer's hottest hits, WHITE COLLAR and COVERT AFFAIRS, kick it off with the return of all   new season son Tuesday, June 7 at 9/8c and 10/9c, respectively.

Next up, BURN NOTICE returns for a sizzling fifth season, followed by the much-anticipated new series launch of SUITS, premiering Thursday, June 23 at 9/8c and 10/9c, respectively. June ends with the hit series ROYAL PAINS leading into another new show launch, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, on Wednesday, June 29 at 9/8c and 10/9c, respectively.

Also continuing into summer, Monday nights are marked with high-powered octane with WWE TOUGH ENOUGH at 8/7c, followed by WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW at 9/8c. Sundays continue to share the love with back-to-back episodes LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT and IN PLAIN SIGHT at 9/8c and 10/9c, respectively.

SNEAK PEEK: LOVE BITES

 
Premiere Date:  Thursday, June 2

Show Description:  "Love Bites" is an hour-long romantic comedy anthology series featuring three loosely connected, modern stories of love, sex, marriage and dating. Each episode contains multiple vignettes, all illuminating the theme of love with an edgy, irreverent spin.

Principal Cast:   Becki Newton   (Ugly Betty)
                            Jordan Spiro  ( My Boys, Harry's Law)
                            Greg Grunberg ( Heroes, Felicity)


Series Update:  I thought I would let my readers know that the series order was cut from  13 to 9.  Not a good sign when a   
                         series order is cut before its premiere.  However, I will tune in, I really enjoyed the trailer

SNEAK PEEK: "FRANKLIN & BASH

 Premiere Date:  Wednesday, June 1
 
Show Description:  This light-hearted legal drama follows two fly-by-the seat-of-their-pants lawyers working for a button-down law firm.

Principal Cast:   Breckin Meyer   (Robot Chicken, King of the Hill)
                            Mark-Paul Gosselaar  ( Raising the Bar)
                          

MISS TV GIRL'S PICK: MAY 30 - JUNE 5

 Men of a Certain Age (Wednesday, 10/9c, TNT)

This wonderful drama about the trials and tribulations of three best friends and their midlife crises returns for the second half of its season two. The first six episodes finished in January.

What can we expect ? Joe ( Ray Romano), the divorced, slightly neurotic party-store owner and father of two, finds himself drawn into a friendship with his neighbor and former bookie, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Joe is also working hard to rekindle his professional golf career by training for a spot on the senior tour. Though he has managed to overcome his gambling problem, a new temptation arises.

Owen (Andre Braugher), who has a wonderful wife (LisaGay Hamilton) and three young children, is finally starting to assert himself after his father turned over the keys to the family automobile dealership. But so far, the job has been a nightmare. Resistant to the idea of retiring, Owen’s father (Richard Gant) constantly tries to undermine his authority and has told Owen that the dealership is financially in the red.

Terry (ScottBakula) has decided to give up his acting career and go to work for Owen as a car salesman, a job that seems well suited to his ample charms and need for stability. Terry also reconnected with Erin (Melinda McGraw), a woman who once played opposite him in a popular commercial. But their relationship has left him confused about the possibility of pursuing a life together.

SNEAK PEEK: "SWITCHED AT BIRTH"

Premiere Date:  Monday, June 6

Show Description:  "Switched at Birth," tells the story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

 Principal Cast:   Constance Marie   (The George Lopez Show)
                            D.W. Moffet  ( Friday Night Lights)
                            Katie Leclerc ( The Hard Times of R.J. Berger)
                            Lea Thompson ( Caroline In The City)
                            Vanessa Marano (The Young and the Restless, Scoudrels)

YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST HOLIDAY WEEKEND MARATHONS

Saturday, May 28th
Doctor Who (BBC America, 6 am – Sunday, 6 am) | Tide yourself over until the next new episode (June 4) with a 24-hour marathon of all the episodes featuring new Doc, Matt Smith.

Deadliest Catch (Discovery, 9 am — Sunday, 3 am)

Star Trek movies (Syfy, 10:30 am – Sunday, 4 am) | Syfy pays tribute to a sci-fi classic with a marathon of five Star Trek films.

Sunday, May 29th

Top Gear (BBC America, 6 am – Monday, 6 am) | Don’t feel like getting stuck in Memorial Day weekend traffic? Just watch the Top Gear guys race cars from the safety of your couch.
In Plain Sight (Sleuth, 6 am – 12 am) | A day spent with Marshall Marshall (Frederick Weller) from the USA Network series is not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

Firefly (Science, starting at 8 am) | Throw on a brown coat and settle in with this complete revisiting of this short-lived Joss Whedon sci-fi serial, kicking off with its big-screen follow-up Serenity.

American Chopper (Discovery, 9 am — 10 pm)

Star Trek movies (Syfy, 11 am – Monday, 2 am) | Missed Saturday’s marathon of Trek movies I, II, III, IV and VIII? Catch installments IV through VIII and X today.

Monday, May 30th

Royal Pains (Sleuth, 6 am – Tuesday, 6 am) | Just a month away from the show’s third season premiere (June 29 on USA Network), Sleuth offers a trip to the Hamptons-set concierge medicine series.

Cake Boss (TLC, 6 am – 10 pm) | Start the morning off with a sugar coma courtesy of a 16-hour marathon of TLC’s cake-making reality series.

NCIS (USA Network, 6 am – 8 pm) | Settle in for 14 episodes of the CBS series in what USA Network has dubbed a “Boys of Summer Marathon” because “nothing’s cooler than hot guys solving crimes.”
Criminal Minds (A&E, 7 am – 10 pm) | Further proof that there’s no shortage of bad guys in this crazy world, this marathon of the CBS series goes on for 15 hours.

Top Gear (BBC America, 8 am – Tuesday, 5 am) | Not sick of Top Gear yet?
Stephen King TV Movies (Chiller, 8 am – 12 am) | The horror network airs three Stephen King based TV minis – The Langoliers, The Tommyknockers and The Stand.

Jersey Shore (MTV, 9 am – 10 pm) | For those who prefer their TV marathons with gratuitous fighting and an unnaturally orange people, MTV has you covered.

True Jackson, VP (TeenNick, 9 am – 4 pm) | Put the kids down in front of tube for seven hours of this TeenNick series starring Keke Palmer as the surprisingly young VP of a fashion empire.

Futurama (Comedy Central, 9:15 am – 12:45 pm) | The mini-marathon includes all four installments of the straight to DVD movie, Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder.

Law & Order (TNT, 10 am – 10 pm) | What would Memorial Day be without a Law & Order marathon? Thanks to the good people over at TNT, we’ll never have to find out.

Grill It! with Bobby Flay (Food Network, 11 am – 3 pm) | Memorial Day barbeque turning into a disaster? Grill master and Iron Chef Bobby Flay has some suggestions in this eight-episode sprint.

Two and a Half Men (FX, 12 pm – 12 am) | Remember when Charlie Sheen was the star of this show?

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FRINGE: JOHN NOBLE AND ANNA TORV ANSWER FANS QUESTIONS

THE OWN NETWORK CELEBRATES :THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW" FINALE

 
 OWN Press Release

In honor of Oprah Winfrey's final episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will celebrate her legacy by taking an hour from its regularly scheduled programming Wednesday, May 25 from 4-5 p.m. ET directing fans to watch the celebrated event.

In addition, the network has scheduled six days of special Oprah filled programming May 25 - May 30 every night at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, and from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET/PT Memorial Day Weekend.
"We couldn't think of a more appropriate way to honor Oprah than for OWN to celebrate her ongoing legacy and enormous contribution to daytime television," said Peter Liguori, interim chief executive officer, OWN. "We will all be watching this truly historic event."

The special programming celebrating Oprah is as follows:

Wednesday, May 25

8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - The Gayle King Show - Best of Oprah Winfrey

9:00 - 11:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Oprah Winfrey, Part 1 & 2

Thursday, May 26

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party (live)

8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Oprah Behind the Scenes Special Edition

9:00 - 11:00 p.m. - The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party

Friday, May 27

8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - After Oscar Show

Saturday, May 28

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Oprah Winfrey Presents The Wedding, Parts 1 & 2

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. - The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Oprah Winfrey, Part 1 & 2

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings (Premiere)

10:00 - 11:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Maya Angelou

Sunday, May 29

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Ask Oprah's All Stars

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Jay-Z

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Diane Sawyer

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Oprah Winfrey Presents: David & Lisa (Premiere)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party

8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - (all new, Chris Rock and talented kids)

Monday, May 30

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - Australia, Parts 1 & 2

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - Diana Ross/Iyanla

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - Oprah's Teen Crush

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - The Color Purple Cast

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Oprah Presents Master Class - Oprah Winfrey, Parts 1 & 2

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes - Yosemite, Parts 1 & 2

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. - The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party

10:00 - 11:00 p.m. - Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes

Coming in September, a new era of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" begins with 60 episodes of "Oprah's Encore" on OWN. The series combines the best, most memorable "Oprah" shows with new insights, new interviews and a point of view that you can only get from Oprah herself. In addition, Oprah's brand new show "Oprah's Next Chapter" will launch on OWN in January 2012.

CHRIS MELONI SAYS GOODBYE TO LAW & ORDER: SVU AFTER 12 SEASONS

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I guess those negotiations didn’t quite go his way.  Chris Meloni who has played the often loose cannon sex crimes Detective Stabler will not be returning for season 13.  Creator Dick Wolf , who we all know has no problem axing an actor and replacing them before you can  blink is already looking for a big name to bring in opposite series regular Mariska Hargitay.

The season 12 series ended with Meloni’s character being forced to kill an armed teenage girl who had opened fire on her mother’s murderer (among others) in the SVU squad room.  I am sure the trauma of that event will play heavily in explaining his departure .

Mariska Hargitay’s own deal to return for Season 13 remains unaffected

SHOWTIME CANCELS “UNITED STATES OF TARA

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Showtime has decided not to renew “United States of Tara” after just three seasons. So, what does this mean for the fans of the series?  The June 20 season finale will now be its series finale.

On a positive note Showtime has renewed “Nurse Jackie” for a fourth season.

DID YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW SURVIVE THE AVALANCHE OF CANCELLATIONS BY THE NETWORKS LAST WEEK?

 

 Below is a list of every show canceled  last week by the top 5 networks.  I am sad to say a lot of my favorites were axed; I will highlight those in red.  I hope your shows fared better than mine.

ABC
'Better With You'
'Brothers & Sisters'
'Detroit 1-8-7'
'Mr. Sunshine'
'My Generation'
'No Ordinary Family'
'Off the Map'
'V'

NBC
'America's Next Great Restaurant'
'The Cape'
'Chase'
'The Event'
'Friday Night Lights'
'Law & Order: LA'
'Outsourced'
'The Paul Reiser Show'
'Perfect Couples'
'School Pride'

FOX
'Breaking In'
'The Chicago Code'
'Human Target'
'Lie to Me'
'Lone Star'
'Running Wilde'
'Traffic Light'

CBS
'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'
'The Defenders'
'Mad Love'
'Medium'
'$#*! My Dad Says'

THE CW
'Hellcats'
'Life Unexpected'
'Smallville'

"THE MENTALIST" SEASON FINALE WAS AWESOME

 

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“The Mentalist” season finale was completely awesome.  OK I know it aired a couple of nights ago, but I just got around to watching the episode today.  Now in all honesty I was two steps away from not returning for the 4^th season.  Why? I started to feel like it was a drain to watch the show week after week; the cases weren’t as entertaining and started to become a little predictable (“Castle” any one).  But, tonights  2hour episode was a complete game changer and it had me on the edge of my seat up until the final reveal and demise of Red John, well done Bradley Whitford. 

I don’t know if a lot of people were surprised that Patrick Jane shot and killed Red John in cold blood, but I wasn’t.  From day one he has said “I will kill Red John “and boy did he keep his word.  Creator Bruno Heller told TV Guide "We won't dodge any issues. Patrick won't wake up and discover it was all a dream. There will be consequences."

I am now so excited for next season, because I think the series really needed a game changer like this to shake up the series.  By the way I am not really sure that Jane killed the real Red John.  Once again great finale.

SNEAK PEEK: "TRUE BLOOD" 4TH SEASON

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The fourth season of True Blood starts June 26, but believe it or not I have just started watching the series this month and boy am I enjoying this show.  I can't believe I am 3 seasons behind, especially with all the hype that has surrounded the series since day one.  Not having HBO is not enough of a an excuse, because I have never missed an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiam" and its on HBO. Also, considering my  obsessive affinity for anything that involves vampires, werewolves, witches and  my new favorite shapeshifters.

Please check out the below clip for the 4th season of "True Blood".  I am only on the 1st season, so I have a lot of episodes to watch before the show returns next month.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: INGO RADEMACHER FIRED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ingo Rademacher(Jasper Jacks) has been let go after more than 15 years from ABC soap "General Hospital"  

 “It is with mixed emotions and regret that I write this note to you, my fans and colleagues,” the actor said in a statement. “After 15 years on GH portraying Jax I must say goodbye. I’m fired.”   No details regarding his last air date has been released.

I would like to say that I am sorry to hear this bit of news, but I am not.  I never really connected to this character at all and he was paired with the forever awesome Laura Wright.  However, I do wish Ingo and his family “Good Luck” and I am sure another soap will snatch him up really soon.

AMAZING TRAILER FOR NEW NBC FALL SERIES "AWAKE"

Ok, I haven't seen a lot of the sneak peeks for the new fall series, but I am really excited to watch NBC's "Awake".  Check out the trailer and let me know what you think. 

"GENERAL HOSPITAL" NAMES NEW HEAD WRITER

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Brian Frons, president of Daytime, Disney/ABC Television Group announced today that Garin Wolf has been named head writer of  one the few remaining daytime dramas "General Hospital.  Now a girl can only hope and dream that this will improve the soap.  I have watched "General Hospital" pretty much my whole life with few complaints, but I am so ready to bail right now. The soap has become so repetitive in its storytelling and I so hate this whole Brenda storyline.  Now, I will be honest I never watched the Brenda  and Sonny years, so I was not invested nor moved by the pending reunion of the two, however I was excited to finally see this couple I had heard so much about together again.

In one word I was completely "Disappointed".  I know this might sound a little insane considering I am talking about a soap opera, but that Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo is a little over the top in the acting category.

 At this point I am only tuning in for the Jason and Carly rerelationship, however my devotion to those two characters is wavering with each day that passes.

I really hope the first thing on Garin Wolf's agenda is to clean house on a lot of unnecessary characters(Olivia, Matt, Lisa, and Sioahan).  I know this will never happen, but if Dante and Kristina could just disappear into oblivion, it would be a great day in the world of Miss TV Girl.

WOW!!!!!!! - FOX CANCELS "HUMAN TARGET", "LIE TO ME", "BREAKING IN", "TRAFFIC LIGHT", AND "THE CHICAGO CODE

 
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 Fox giveth and it taketh away. In the wake of picking up several new series to order, the network has axed five shows — the action-packed Human Target, crime dramas Lie to Me and The Chicago Code , and freshman comedies Breaking In and Traffic Light, Deadline reports.

Human Target, starring Mark Valley, only averaged 6.33 million viewers in its second season, while Lie to Me, headlined by Tim Roth, pulled in an average of 5.84 million viewers for Season 3.

First-year cop drama The Chicago Code averaged 6.77 million viewers in the 11 episodes aired so far. According to HitFix, the remaining episodes will still air. As for the Christian Slater workplace comedy Breaking In, it's averaged 7.83 million viewers over the five episodes that have aired. The relationship comedy Traffic Light has averaged 3.66 million viewers in its 11 outings.

"Thanks for all the kind words everyone. We tried to make the best show we could and we thank those of you who watched it," Chicago Code creator and showrunner, and former Lie to Me showrunner, Shawn Ryan tweeted late Tuesday. "Sounds like Lie To Me has been cancelled as well. My sympathies to all the talented people over there."


 In happier news, Fox is the first network to reveal its series orders for the comedies I Hate My Teenage Daughter and The New Girl and dramas Finder and Alcatraz.

In Teenage Daughter, two women (Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran) fret that their daughters are turning into the type of girls who picked on them in high school. Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer will executive-produce. Eric Sheffer Stevens, Kristi Lauren, Aisha Coleman, Kevin Rahm and Chad Coleman will also star.

The New Girl (which TVGuide.com had spotlighted as one of its 11 Promising Pilots) stars Zooey Deschanel as a brokenhearted elementary school teacher who moves away from her ex and instead bunks with three unruly guys. She'll be the second Deschanel on the Fox network, joining her sister Emily who stars on Bones.


Speaking of Bones, the forensic drama's spin-off Finder follows a former military policeman (Geoff Stults) with the ability to find anything. Saffron Burrows and Michael Clarke Duncan also star. The characters were introduced in a Bones episode in April. Hart Hanson wrote the pilot and will executive-produce.

Finally, Alcatraz centers on a cop (Sarah Jones) and a team of FBI agents who track down a group of missing Alcatraz prisoners and guards who reappear in the present day after disappearing 30 years earlier. J.J. Abrams will executive-produce and Liz Sarnoff (Lost) will be the showrunner. Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill, Jonny Coyne, Jason Butler Harner, Parminder Nagra, Santiago Cabrera and Robert Forster also star.

HILARIOUS- TOM HANKS SPOOFS "TODDLERS AND TIARAS " ON THE JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW

THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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