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For all four of you who care (though it really should be everyone) just a quick reminder that Legend of Korra premiers tomorrow at 11 in the morning so set your DVRs (or just go to nick.com/ itunes to see the first two for free).

The pilot for Veep is as well. I thought it was pretty good.

HBO passes on the Corrections -- I don't want to live in a world where Lena Dunham gets renewed and Noah Baumbach can't even get off the ground

domino harvey wrote: ... I don't want to live in a world where Lena Dunham gets renewed and Noah Baumbach can't even get off the ground

Agreed, though I might be willing to overlook this slight if it allows for more Allison Williams.

A Murphy Brown revival should be encouraged if only to increase the chances of Warner releasing the rest of the seasons on DVD.

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ABC:

Ordered To Series:
Last Resort (Sony)
666 (WB)
How To Live (FOX)
Nashville (ABC Studios)
Neighbors (ABC Studios)
Zero Hour (ABC Studios)
Penoza (ABC Studios)
Malibu Country (ABC Studios)
Red Man Van (ABC Studios)

Renewed:
AFHV
Body Of Proof
Castle
Dancing w/The Stars
Don't Trust The Bitch In Apt 23
Grey's Anatomy
Happy Endings
Last Man Standing
Middle
Modern Family
Once Upon A Time
Private Practice
Revenge
Scandal
Shark Tank
Suburgatory
Wife Swap

Canceled:
Desperate Housewives
GCB
Missing
Pan AM
River

NBC:

New Series:
1600 Penn (FOX)
Animal Practice (NBC)
Chicago Fire (NBC)
Do No Harm (NBC)
Go On (NBC)
Guys With Kids (NBC)
Hannibal (NBC)
Howie Mendel's White Elephant (NBC)
Infamous (NBC)
The New Normal (FOX)
Next Caller Please (Lionsgate)
Ready For Love (NBC)
Revolution (WB)
Save Me (Sony)
Stars Earn Stripes (Mark Burnett)

Renewed:
30 Rock
Community
Fashion Star
Grimm
LAO SVU
The Office
Parenthood
Parks & Recreation
Smash
Up All Night
Whitney

Canceled:
Are You There Chelsea
Awake
Bent
Best Friends Forever
Chuck
The Firm
Free Agents
Harry's Law
Playboy Club
Prime Suspect

FOX:

New Series:
Axe Cop (FOX)
Ben & Kate (FOX)
The Following (WB)
The Goodwin Games (FOX)
Its Messy (NBC)
The Mob Doctor (Sony)

Renewed:
A. Idol
American Dad
Bob's Burgers
Bones
Cleveland Show
Family Guy
Fringe
Glee
Kitchen Nightmares
New Girl
Raising Hope
Simpsons
Touch
X-Factor

Canned:
Alcatraz
Allen Gregory
Breaking In
Finder
House
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Terra Nova

CW:

New Shows:
Arrow (WB)
Beauty & The Beast (CBS)
Carrie Diaries (WB)
Cult (WB)
First Cut (CBS)

Renewed:
90210
Top Model
Gossip Girl
Hart Of Dixie
Nikita
Supernatural
Vampire Diaries

Canceled:
One Tree Hill
Ringer
Secret Circle

Only CBS left, they have announced 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 60
Minutes, Amazing Race, Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds,
CSI, Good Wife, Hawaii Five-O, How I Met Your Mother, Mentalist, Mike
& Molly, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Person Of Interest, Survivor, Two & Half Men, CSI: NY
& Undercover boss are coming back.

Rules Of Engagement is up in the air.

CSI: Miami, A Gifted Man, Unforgettable, Rob & NYC 22 are Done.

After seeing their respective trailers, I'm intrigued by Last Resort and The Following. High-concept stuff, but the latter at least seems like something more for cable given the fact it isn't a procedural.

There are right ways to do an interview, and there are wrong ways. This Today Show interview, where Kathie Lee Gifford asks Martin Short about his wife, is the wrong way.

At least she Tweeted an apology to the wrong Martin Short, which means she messed up being sorry twice

And that, kids, is why you're not supposed to drink wine at 11 am, every goddamn morning.

The cemetery, the first in Hollywood, was founded in 1899 and now houses the remains of Andrew “Fatty” Arbuckle...

Strange that the parody press release put Roscoe Arbuckle's cousin first in the list of celebs whose graves will be danced on.

Michelle Williams to appear on CougarTown, mentions watching Community-- way more important info than whatever "real news" is happening today

Finally, the third season of Upright Citizens Brigade is being released.

Watching J-Moe jump from talking about his love of finger-banging white girls to suddenly giving a very impassioned appreciation of Gena Rowlands performance in A Woman Under the Influence, all without skipping a beat... well, let me just say I'd be very disappointed to learn that was scripted.

Edit: oh, and if I can play Armond White for a second... The Eric Andre Show > Comedy Bang Bang

The Daily Show on the Viacom/DirecTV mess.

Well, the Emmy nominations this year were especially awful for comedies, but props to even the Emmys being unable to deny that "Remedial Chaos Theory" was one of the best things to ever appear on TV. Even if the Emmy will go to Lena Dunham, guaranteed, at least Community finally got a high profile nomination

I'm very torn between who to root for in the best dramatic actor category. Cranston was incredible in season four of BB, but Damien Lewis was very very good on Homeland. I'm thinking Claire Danes is a lock too, unless they decide to just give everything to Downton Abbey.

It just has to be Cranston. It has to be.

Is anybody else as excited as I am for the return of Superjail! at the end of the month? One of the few (only?) shows on television possessing a truly surrealistic imagination... and one of the only "Alternative" cartoons which is true to the spirit of the Underground Comix from which they came.

Cold Bishop wrote:Is anybody else as excited as I am for the return of Superjail! at the end of the month? One of the few (only?) shows on television possessing a truly surrealistic imagination... and one of the only "Alternative" cartoons which is true to the spirit of the Underground Comix from which they came.

Yes, the story and other elements are thankfully ignored (and not in that obnoxious and heinous way that most Adult Swim shows do it) with the animation being beyond belief. It's ugly in such a wonderful way stuffing as much information in the frame as possible. My only serious complaint is that the animation for season two was a little too smooth, but it still is delightfully insane.

So has anyone else watched Ben and Kate yet? I thought last night's episode was probably one of the stronger pieces of TV I've seen from a freshman sitcom in quite some time (aside from Lucy Punch's extended ad-lib, which probably went on a couple beats too long), which is especially impressive since it pops up this early in its first season, which is usually when other sitcoms are still sorting out what type of show they want to actually execute.

Of course, my positive perceptions might be highly biased, due to my unreasonably large crush on Dakota Johnson, which continues to grow exponentially because of this show, since she's really great at playing a dorky single-mom. I'm constantly shocked that Johnson comes off so likeable, self-conscious, and self-effacing considering the source(s) of her genes are perceived by most to be entirely self-involved and often just straight-up bonkers. Unless her off-screen persona is completely different, Johnson's personality seems far more grounded than the average Hollywood-kid, though maybe it's because she watched her parents' careers fall-apart so easily after their initial success. It's also a bit of an alteration to the personalities of her prior big-screen roles (21 Jump Street & The Five-Year Engagement), though I guess it's actually very close to the implied personality of her small-role in The Social Network. Anyway, I know it's early to declare this sort of thing, but I think Kate and Tommy are probably the two most endearing new characters on network TV this season.