June 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Despite interest from TBS to continue My Name Is Earl with new episodes, producing studio 20th Century Fox TV and creator-executive producer Greg Garcia have opted not to move forward after examining all the cuts they had to make in order to produce the broadcast series for cable network TBS.
“Greg Garcia’s brilliant ‘My Name Is Earl’ kept America laughing for the past four seasons and certainly deserved to continue for many more,” 20th TV said in a statement Thursday.
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June 8th, 2009 | 0 Comments
TBS is in preliminary talks to order 13 new episodes of My Name Is Earl. The show was recently canceled by NBC. My Name Is Earl became one of the highest-profile cancellations this season. After it was canceled speculation arose that the series, which has won five Emmys, would find another home either on TBS or Fox.
A deal for new episodes of My Name Is Earl is still a long shot as the two sides have to figure out if an expensive network single-camera series can be produced under a basic cable network’s economic model. Also, while they’re still under a hold, the show’s cast has yet to be lined up for a lower-budget reincarnation of the series at TBS.
May 19th, 2009 | 11 Comments
CBS has canceled long-running Sunday night action-drama The Unit while NBC has canceled Thursday night comedy mainstay My Name Is Earl and the supernatural Medium. But not all is lost for two of the shows.
My Name Is Earl studio 20th TV is talking to Fox and ABC about possibly picking up the show. ABC in particular has been receptive to picking up rival shows, having taken Scrubs after NBC canceled the series last year and committing to take on The New Adventures of Old Christine should CBS cancel the series.
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May 19th, 2009 | 3 Comments
NBC announced today its 2009-2010 schedule featuring more original programming than ever before and a shared time-period strategy around NBC’s Olympics platform that, along with The Jay Leno Show (Mondays-Fridays 10:00-11:00 PM/ET), allows the network to broadcast all-new content year-round.
In addition, NBC issued renewals to Law and Order and Chuck as part of its strong slate of new and returning shows announced recently at the network’s highly successful Infront.
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May 4th, 2009 | 0 Comments
NBC has announced its pickups for the 2009-2010 primetime season including four dramas, two comedies and three renewals. NBC officially picked up new dramas Trauma, Parenthood, Mercy and Day One (which will air as a limited-run event) and comedies Community and 100 Questions. Beyond the six new shows, NBC also gave a go-ahead to returning shows Southland, Heroes, Parks and Recreation and six new Thursday night Saturday Night Live Weekend Update episodes. Patricia Arquette’s Medium received a pickup Sunday morning, though its exact order was being worked out and expected to be in the 13-18 episode range.
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