Last night ABC debuted its new summertime easy-tainment show Duets, which, alas, is not a series adaptation of that curious Gwyneth Paltrow/Paul Giamatti/Huey Lewis karaoke movie.
Good news for America's snoozing layabouts in need of some soft news: ABC's Good Morning America is branching out with a newly announced afternoon show, creatively titled ... Good Afternoon America.
Network upfront presentations (in which the new slate of programming is bragged about to advertisers) continue today, with ABC unveiling their Fall 2012 lineup.
Last night was the big season finale of Smash, wherein America found out, finally, who was going to play Marilyn in the big Marilyn Musical and probably other things happened like intrigue and romance and, who knows, maybe Debra Messing took her shirt off again. The point is: We didn't watch. Why? Because we were watching the motherfreakin' Bachelorette instead. Yes, it's back.
The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types care about. Today: ABC has an international hit in a Pan Am, The CW officially invites Carrie Bradshaw to the party, and Alec Baldwin is a busy man.
Word comes in today that TBS, already the noble shelter of NBC-banished Conan O'Brien, has decided to pick up the ailing cult-favorite comedy Cougar Town from ABC for a fourth season, which will air next year. "Hooray!" fans of wine comedy the nation over exclaim. In fact this is cause for celebration for everybody who watches TV, not solely Cougarheads.
Keith Olbermann made his triumphant return to broadcast over the weekend, appearing as a well-behaved panelist on ABC This Week Sunday, where he seemed glad to be one of the people commenting on the news instead of one of the parties in the story.
For the first time in 16 years, it appears ABC's Good Morning America may have finally beaten NBC's The Today Show in weekly ratings, but it wasn't the during the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin death-match. The New York Times's Brian Stelter credits the inimitable Sherri Shepherd, a member of The View's day-time debating panel.
The happy news comes today that HBO has officially renewed their successful fantasy series Game of Thrones for a third season. Gods be good! Seems like lots of shows are getting renewed right now. Let's take a look at what we'll be watching next TV season.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Also: Michelle Williams and Jason Segel are dating, adorably.
Last night ABC unveiled their ostensible Desperate Housewives replacement, a Southern hiss-fest called GCB, which is short for the unmentionable (on ABC at least) Good Christian Bitches. The show isn't shocking stuff, but it's certainly entertaining.
The River has a fun premise, but can it ultimately work?
Folks as obsessed with media personalities as us were surprised to see the three supposedly brainiac contestants on last night's Jeopardy! stumped when asked who Rachel Maddow was, while correctly answering a question about George Stephanopoulos.
The Fox Business host likes Rachel Maddow, libertarianism, and martial arts
No answers for Cougar Town, Paul Bettany is no longer sexy, and Downton scores big.
ABC's Revenge returned to the airwaves last night with a big, conclusive episode that wrapped up one recurring character's storyline in soapy fashion. And also a bit frustratingly.
Last night ABC aired the premiere of their eagerly unanticipated new sitcom Work It, a bizarrely dated show about two unemployed guys who dress like women to get jobs as pharmaceutical sales reps. And boy was it unpleasant.
This is a bit macabre, but the ratings for ABC's annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" are at their highest in years when the world is predicted to end.
For the near future George Stephanopoulos will man the ship at ABC's This Week but rumor has it the position isn't permanent and the network is considering at least four other journalists to anchor the public affairs show longterm.
While many watched Bob Costas interview Jerry Sandusky last night, ABC was airing something far more uplifting.
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