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The 2010-2011 TV season ended last week with most of the major networks standing in an even worse place than where they were last season. While CBS is the rightful “king” of the TV landscape ABC is hanging onto its second place title by a thread while both NBC and FOX are battling it out for third place with The …

Starting next Monday the annual network upfront presentations will be made to the advertisers in New York by the major networks: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW. This is the time when each network presents plans for their fall programming, announcing which existing shows will return for another season and which new shows have been picked up. Much has …

Over the last three weeks my columns have highlighted some of the books that have been made into TV shows over the last decade (or thereabouts), including – but not limited to – The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. Now, my next three columns will focus on what is called TV “tie-in novels” that are based on …

Here is what you can look forward to seeing on the major and cable channels throughout April, including new and returning shows as well as made-for-TV movies: April 1 – The new Starz series Camelot will debut at 10 PM Show Synopsis: This 10 episode series is a fresh approach on the telling of the King Arthur story, starring Joseph …

In this the last segment of my article series “From the Page to the Small Screen” the following are just a sample of a few other books that have been made into TV shows over the last few years. Following in the popular vein of vampire-themed TV shows, The Vampire Diaries – based on the young adult horror novels by …

As I asked last week in the first of this three part series “From the Page to the Small Screen,” have you ever read a book and thought the story would be great if it were made into a TV show? The following are just a few more examples of books that have been made into TV shows. Let’s begin …

Here is what you can look forward to seeing on the major and cable channels throughout February, including new and returning shows as well as made-for-TV movies: February – Breaking Bad will continue its marathon of back-to-back episodes every Wednesday night February 4 – The Defenders will move to its new time slot on Friday nights at 8 PM on …

Now that we are at the halfway point for the current television season, the networks have meet with the Television Critics Association, talking about their programming, announcing early renewals and confirming rumored cancellations. They have also introduced new shows that we can expect to roll out over the next few months. And, as you can surmise from the title of …

In this new series of articles, I will be spotlighting women who work behind the scenes in the world of television and movies, who are deserving of some much needed attention. For the inaugural article in this series, I am putting the focus on Executive Producer Liz Tigelaar, who is also a writer and producer as well as an author …

This just in from E!Online: the co-star of one of our much-mourned faves around here, “Eastwick”, will be seen in the second season of the CW’s “Life Unexpected“. Jamie Ray Newman, who played Kat Gardner on the show, will be making waves between Cate and Ryan in the new season airing  Sept. 14. In a spoiler dropped by show runner …