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TCA: “10 Things I Hate About You” returns March 29

January 12, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Burbank, CA (Jan. 12, 2010) — ABC Family’s original comedy series 10 Things I Hate About You will return with ten all-new half-hour episodes beginning Monday, March 29 (8:00PM-8:30PM ET/PT). The critically acclaimed series, recently named by New York Times as one of the “Top 10 Television Shows of 2009,” bowed this summer as the network’s highest rated comedy in its history. The series is executive-produced by Carter Covington and Robin Schiff, and stars Larry Miller, Lindsey Shaw, Meaghan Martin, Ethan Peck, Nicholas Braun and Dana Davis. The half-hour series centers on the Stratford sisters, Kat (Shaw) and Bianca (Martin), as they […]

TCA: ABC picks up “Cougar Town,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family” for 2nd season

January 12, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, announced early pick-ups of hit Wednesday night comedies Cougar Town, The Middle and Modern Family for the 2010-2011 Season today at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour. Cougar Town (Wednesdays, 9:30pm ET) Courteney Cox, who was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her role on the show, stars as Jules, a newly divorced single mother exploring the honest truths about dating and aging in our beauty and youth obsessed culture. While most women in their twenties go through life experiencing the challenges and often humorous pitfalls of meeting men, Jules took on […]

TCA: 2nd Richard Castle book coming in September

January 12, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Heat Wave by Richard Castle, star of the hit ABC series Castle (Mondays, 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), has been a successful cross-platform collaboration between ABC and Hyperion. Published at the end of September 2009, Heat Wave has spent 14 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list, currently holding the No. 32 position for Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Hyperion has gone back to press eight times and now has over 170,000 copies in print. With this great success, a second book from Richard Castle will be published at the end of September 2010. Heat Wave is Hyperion’s No. 2 bestselling […]

TCA: FOX to sneak peek “Code 58″ in May before June 7 premiere

January 11, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Code 58 (working title), the new action-comedy from Matt Nix (Burn Notice), will have special previews on two nights, Wednesday, May 12, at 8pm ET, and Wednesdays, May 19, at 8pm ET, before making its series premiere Monday, June 7 at 9pm ET on FOX. “I’m incredibly excited to be doing the show at FOX,” Nix said. “It’s a network that’s known for pushing limits, and that’s what we’re doing here. They’ve really embraced the quirkier, more unconventional aspects of the show, and even encouraged me to go further with them.” Code 58 (working title) is a comedic look at […]

TCA: “Glee” will be back for Season 2; open casting call begins in February

January 11, 2010 StayTuned Staff

PASADENA, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2010 — FOX has ordered a second season of the genre-defying comedy Glee, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, president, entertainment, for FOX Broadcasting Company. Glee has become a bona fide cultural phenomenon boasting winning ratings, critical acclaim, a rabid fan base of “Gleeks,” two certified Gold albums and more than 4 million song downloads. The series has received four Golden Globe nominations, including one for Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy; a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; two Directors Guild of America Award […]

TCA: NBC announces slate of guest stars for January-February

January 10, 2010 StayTuned Staff

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Jan. 10, 2010 — NBC will showcase an impressive gallery of marquee guest stars in its series in January-February with Kathy Bates in The Office, Jack Black and Katharine McPhee in Community; Debra Winger in Law & Order; Sharon Stone and Mischa Barton in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Elizabeth Banks, James Franco and the return of Jon Hamm in 30 Rock; James Van Der Beek and Michael Imperioli in Mercy; Jason Ritter in Parenthood. In addition, Pam and Jim experience the birth of their baby in a special two-part episode of The Office on Thursday, March […]

TCA: NBC announces late-night shakeup, new shows

January 10, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Jeff Gaspin, NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman, announced Sunday that as of Feb. 12, The Jay Leno Show will no longer air at 10pm ET. This cuts short the 52-week trial balloon Gaspin had hoped to grant Leno’s primetime experiment, but affiliate pressure stemming from the negative effect Leno’s lead-in was having on local news broadcast forced the exec’s hand. In shuffling the deck, however, Gaspin is hoping all his late-night cards remain in hand. He has proposed Leno move to 11:35pm, while Conan O’Brien would stay host of The Tonight Show at 12:05pm, and Jimmy Fallon would stay with […]

The music of “Glee”: Sectionals

December 11, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Before we get started with this week’s recap — which, is already late (sorry) — here’s a reminder that Glee is now on hiatus until spring 2010. New episodes are slated to start airing April 13 on FOX. Also, the show’s second soundtrack, Glee — The Music, Vol. 2, was released this week, so head over to iTunes to download it. Now, on with the show. Mercedes (Amber Riley) gets things off to a rollicking start with her ballad, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls. Even Jennifer Hudson’s most ardent fans can’t question this faithful rendition, […]

Earth, Wind & Fire record “Cleveland Show” holiday song

December 7, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

From FOX: December 4, 2009, Los Angeles, CA – Legendary R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire has teamed up with animated character Cleveland Brown of The Cleveland Show to record a new holiday song called “Get Your Hump On This Christmas.” The song, as well as a companion music video that features animated versions of the band’s members, is currently available for purchase on iTunes and will be available as a free download exclusively on iTunes for one week beginning December 8.

The music of “Glee”: Mattress

December 3, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Most Glee fans were probably glad to see the storyline involving Terri’s fake pregnancy come to an end, but it seemed to come at an expense. Sure, there were a few performances, but none of them made much of an impact. The first song of the episode is a duet by Rachel (Lea Michelle) and Finn (Cory Monteith) on “Smile” by Lily Allen. The song isn’t the best showcase for either singer, particularly Rachel, because the vocals simply aren’t all that challenging. And the light and breezy tone of the song doesn’t call for much emotion, leaving the performance a […]