TV In Trouble?

See ya Chuck! Buh Bye Life! Adios Kings!

Well, not yet, but according to this story on Yahoo, those shows could be in trouble!

"1. "Chuck"
In short, this show is clever, all-around fun, with a great cast, stellar writing and lots and lots of heart. And Chuck and Sarah may be the TV couple we most enjoy seeing almost hook up, but not quite. Save that for season five or six."

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Jeff L, TwoCents Sr. Staff Writer

Life - Recap & Review - One

Life
One

Original Air Date: April 8, 2009

Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

Where the heck is Dani Reese?

Is this the last episode of Life we’ll ever see?

And on a less important note, what is with all these numbers in the titles of episodes?

All these questions – and more about the conspiracy surrounding Charlie Crews – got answered in what was a spectacular season, if not series, finale to one of the most underrated shows on television.

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[photo: NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Initiative 38

Life
Initiative 38

Original Air Date: Apr 1, 2009

Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com


Don’t ever let your roommates mess with your TiVo, kids. Also? Who just had a Buffy flashback reading that title? Don’t worry, it’s nothing like that. It is, however, a jaw-dropping ending that will make you be counting down the minutes until next Wednesday.

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[photo: NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Three Women

Life
“Three Women”

Original Air Date: Mar 18, 2009

Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

Charlie really wants to know what Reese was doing on Raybourn’s boat. Actually, he really just wants to get some guy to stop trying to kill him in a service elevator. No sooner has he finished brawling – and having a nice chat with – this murder suspect than the elevator arrives and delivers him directly to his new partner, Detective Jane Seever.

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[photo: NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Hit Me Baby

Life
“Hit Me Baby”

Original Air Date: Feb 25, 2009

Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

We open to find out that Crews has taken his Grand National back from the mystery woman we met two weeks ago, and is now a little annoyed that his phone no longer syncs up with his car. He’s busy talking the ear off of an (I’m guessing Indian) woman from tech support about how he’s “kind of” a cop, and she points out that he either is or isn’t. (Hey, Jeff, having flashbacks to season 1 of 24 along with me?)

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[photo: NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - I Heart Mom

Life
I Heart Mom

Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2009

Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

We begin with one of the more unique visuals on a cop show: a house with no roof. More interesting is the fact that on the second floor is a dead contractor named Roy with money literally shoved down his throat. Ouch.

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[photo: TVGuide.com]

Life - Recap & Review - Mirror Ball

Life
“Mirror Ball”

Original Air Date: Feb 11, 2009

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

Let’s put aside the fact that Mirrorball was also the title of Sarah McLachlan’s incredibly depressing live album. This week Crews and Reese investigate the death of the lead singer of a KISS cover band. At least, I only know one band that puts on a ton of pancake makeup and rhinestones.

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[photo: NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - "Trapdoor"

Life
Trapdoor

Original Air Date:18 Dec 2008

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@twocentscorp.com

I have a confession to make: I honestly didn’t get through last week’s episode of Life. Something about it just totally grossed me out. But give me Russian mobsters and a fall finale, and I’m so there. After all, this is the last of Charlie and Co. we’ll see until February. And wow, what a finale!

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[photo: Chris Haston/NBC]

Life - Recap & Reciew - "Evil... and His Brother Ziggy"

Life
Evil... and His Brother Ziggy

Original Air Date: 3 Dec 2008

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@twocentscorp.com

I’ve heard stories of people naming their kids some pretty embarrassing things. Frank Zappa, after all, named his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit. But you have to ask yourself what on Earth were these two parents thinking when they named their kids Eval and Ziggy? Still, those are just two of the characters Crews and Reese get to meet as they investigate the death of a county sheriff on an Indian reservation.

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[photo: Chris Haston/NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Badge Bunny

Life
“Badge Bunny”

Original Air Date: Nov 19, 2008

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@twocentscorp.com

Everyone seems to have groupies: rock stars, athletes, anyone who’s everyone, and now cops. One of these ‘cop groupies’ is now dead, across from the body of a known drug dealer. Cops don’t much like drug dealers, so guess who Crews and Reese have high on their suspect list this week? Needless to say, they’re not gonna be hanging out at the cool kids’ table.

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[photo: Chris Haston/NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Black Friday

Life
“Black Friday”

Original Air Date: Nov 12, 2008

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@twocentscorp.com

In my first job, I worked retail. On the day after Thanksgiving, I had to work the opening shift, and I saw so many people lined up outside the store I thought I was going to die. On this day after Thanksgiving, someone apparently does. Crews and Reese get the early morning callout to an L.A. mall to find the dead body of shoe store employee Marshall Clark.

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[photo: Adam Taylor/NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Jackpot

Life
“Jackpot”

Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2008

Brittany Wells – TwoCents Reviewer
brittanyw@twocentscorp.com

One of my favorite Barenaked Ladies songs is “If I Had $1,000,000.” Steven Page and Ed Robertson sing about all the stuff they would buy if they had a million dollars, like a K-car and a monkey. I’m pretty sure if I had a million dollars, I’d install a home theater and build my collection of Robert Patrick DVDs. If you’re Hannah Ronson, you win a huge lottery jackpot, need a support group to deal with it, and then get stabbed to death. That’s not cool.

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Life - Recap & Review - Not For Nothing

Life
“Not For Nothing”

Original Air Date: Oct. 10, 2008

Kristina – TwoCents Reviewer
kristina@thetwocentscorp.com

Alright, I went to college. We studied hard. We played harder. I never heard of a “prison experiment”. And especially not for credit! Geez. Maybe that's because in this one, something happened that resulted in one of the “guards” being killed.

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[photo: Adam Taylor/NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Everything... All the Time"

Life
“Everything... All the Time”

Original Air Date: Oct 3, 2008

Kristina – TwoCents Reviewer
kristina@thetwocentscorp.com

It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are? That's what I kept thinking watching this episode. It's every parents worst nightmare I think, his or her kids turning into a narcissist, and the kids in tonights show definitely fit that term.

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[photo: Byron Cohen/NBC]

Life - Recap & Review - Fine Your Happy Place

Life
“Find Your Happy Place”

Original Air date: Sept 29, 2008

Kristina – TwoCents Reviewer
kristina@thetwocentscorp.com

Female dancer who just got her first acting part. Male executive preparing to move to London for a new job. Female shop owner turning 30. What do these people have in common? They were found in dead in trunks. In the LA river (which isn't really a river), in the middle of a freeway, on a building rooftop... and all before the opening credits. You've gotta hand it to the writers of Life, they don't skimp on the season opener.

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[photo: Trae Patton/NBC]

TwoCents 2008 Fall Preview - Fridays (NBC)

A new show about an old literary character, more deals and a sophomore sensation show on NBC's Fridays...

Show: Crusoe (NEW)
Premiere Date: Oct 17 (America's Toughest Jobs Sept 12)
Time: 8:00PM EST
TwoCents Staff Writer: OPEN
Starring: Tongayi Chirisa as Friday, Joaquim De Almeida as Santana, Mia Maestro as Olivia, Sam Neill as Jeremiah Blackthorn, Anna Walton as Susannah, Philip Winchester as Robinson Crusoe.
Program Description: From Power, Muse and Moonlighting Films comes an ambitious adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece, "Crusoe," a new primetime series for a 21st Century audience. Following the novel and its treasured tale of adventure, this high-action, fast-paced, thirteen-part series will combine for the first time the pace and energy of network television while remaining faithful to the author’s original classic story.

Show: Deal or No Deal
Premiere Date: until Oct 24 (then America's Toughest Jobs)
Time: 9:00PM EST

Show: Life
Premiere Date: Oct 3
Time: 10:00PM EST
TwoCents Staff Writer: OPEN
Starring: Adam Arkin as Ted Early, Damian Lewis as Detective Charlie Crews, Sarah Shahi as Dani Reese.
Program Description: The drama "Life," from Rand Ravich ("The Astronaut's Wife") and Far Shariat ("Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"), focuses on a detective who is given a second chance. Golden Globe nominee Damian Lewis ("Band of Brothers") plays complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews, who returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

NBC's Fall Preview

NBC draws back the curtain to provide broadcast and online audiences an early sneak peek at the network's new and returning series for Fall as title star Zachary Levi ("Chuck") hosts "The NBC Primetime Preview" -- a 30-minute cavalcade highlighted by an exclusive backstage look to be conveyed on a full spectrum of NBC Universal media platforms beginning August 30 through September 28.

The show will also feature appearances by Christian Slater (star of NBC's new drama "My Own Worst Enemy"), Molly Shannon and Selma Blair (stars of NBC's new comedy "Kath & Kim") and many NBC stars from the cast of such favorites as "Heroes" and "The Office," among others.

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NBC's Upfront Announcements - Fall/Winter Schedules

NBC today unveiled its new Fall lineup for the 2008-09 television season, introducing a schedule earlier than ever that combines some of the most acclaimed and popular returning series on television with four new programs that will join the schedule in the opening weeks of the season, including "Kath & Kim," "Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Crusoe."

Among the critically hailed series returning to the NBC schedule next season will be "ER," the most-nominated series in Emmy Award history, returning for its 15th and final season (see separate release) on NBC's Thursday night lineup, and the acclaimed "Friday Night Lights," slated to re-join the Friday schedule in February as part of a unique broadcast partnership between NBC and DIRECTV (see separate release).

Additionally, the most highly anticipated comedy of the upcoming season, "The Office" spinoff, from Executive Producer Greg Daniels, will get the highly coveted premiere timeslot post Super Bowl XLIII following a special original telecast of "The Office" (see separate release).

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NBC Returning Shows

Variety reports on NBC's Upfronts (where they announce next season):

"Shows returning to NBC next season include "ER," "The Office," "Chuck," "Life," "The Biggest Loser," "American Gladiators," "Deal or No Deal" and "My Name Is Earl." Also a safe bet to be back: "Medium," "30 Rock," at least one "Law & Order" skein and "Friday Night Lights." First-year drama "Lipstick Jungle" could also return."

Read the whole article HERE.

NBC Renews "Chuck", "Life" and "Heroes" for Next Season

NBC has picked up its freshman drama series "Chuck" and "Life" -- as well as its hit "Heroes" -- for the 2008-09 season, it was announced today by Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, and Marc Graboff, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.

All three series will have major re-launch campaigns next year.

"We are thrilled to be bringing back the high-energy dramas 'Chuck' and Life' for next season," said Silverman. "Additionally, we will be saving and re-launching our #1 drama and most successful franchise, 'Heroes,' so that it will run in all original episodes in the fourth quarter."

"These pickups are a sign of our confidence in these quality series and will allow the respective producers to get a head start on their creative arc for next season," said Graboff. "As a result, they give us a lot to build on as we point to next year's schedule."