February 1st, 2010 | 0 Comments
TLC announced that is has ordered a third season of the hit series Cake Boss. Featuring Buddy Valastro, who heads a family-run Italian bakery in Hoboken, NJ, the series has 1.8 million P2+ viewers in its second season. Production has already begun on the 26-episode third season, which is scheduled to start airing in May. The series is produced by High Noon Entertainment; executive producer is Jim Berger.
“Buddy and his team are true artists, and have created the most amazing cakes this season – including a life-sized NASCAR cake! We can’t wait to see what’s next for entire family at Carlo’s bakery,” said Nancy Daniels, SVP Production & Development, TLC. The current season of CAKE BOSS will have its finale on February 15 at 9 PM.
January 31st, 2010 | 0 Comments
NBC has renewed Parks and Recreation for a third season. The early pickup was given for production reasons to lock in actors’ schedules. The sole pickup for the sophomore comedy has no bearing on the renewal chances of NBC’s other Thursday comedies. The Office, 30 Rock and freshman Community, which pull higher ratings than Parks and Recreation, all look good to return for another season. Parks and Recreation, which stars Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari, has been improving this season both creatively and in the ratings.
January 14th, 2010 | 0 Comments
TNT has order a ten episode second season of Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age. Through its first five episodes, the show has averaged 4.4 million viewers. It started off big, drawing 5.4 million viewers for its December 7 premiere. The show’s ratings dropped off after the premiere until stabilizing around the 3 million-viewer mark with the most recent episodes. Created by Romano and Mike Royce, Men of a Certain Age stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula explores male friendship among three men approaching mid-life.
January 12th, 2010 | 0 Comments
ABC has picked up freshman comedies Modern Family, Cougar Town and The Middle for second seasons. The network made the announcement during its portion of Television Critics Assn.’s semi-annual press tour. There is no decision yet on the fate of ABC’s struggling comedies Scrubs and Better Off Ted.
Modern Family, from Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd and 20th TV, which has been widely praised by critics and has been the strongest performer for the network on the night. Cougar Town and The Middle both boast A-list female leads: Courteney Cox in Cougar Town, from ABC Studios and Bill Lawrence, and Patricia Heaton in The Middle, from Warner Brothers TV, Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline.
December 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nickelodeon has picked up another season of SpongeBob SqurePants ordered 26 more episodes of the popular children’s show. The series celebrated its 10th anniversary November 6 with a special that drew 7.7 million total viewers and ranked No. 1 among all basic cable programs that week. It has been the top-ranked animated series among kids 2-11 for more than seven consecutive years.
The new season, the series’ eighth, will bring the show’s all-time total to 178 episodes. Taking into account the nearly year-long production process, the just-commissioned episodes should begin airing in late 2010 or in 2011.
December 9th, 2009 | 0 Comments
FX has ordered a second season of The League. The fantasy football dramedy will recieve 13 more episodes. The second season is set to debut in late summer of 2010. The League’s first finale airs tomorrow night. Through five episodes, The League is averaging a modest 1 million viewers an episode and 860,000 adults 18-49.
Set against the backdrop of a fantasy football league, The League is about friendship, marriage, parenting, and growing up . . . or refusing to grow up. The League, featuring an ensemble cast of rising actors/comedians including Mark Duplass, Nick Kroll, Jon Lajoie and Paul Scheer, was created by the husband-and-wife team of Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Jackie Marcus Schaffer (Disturbia) who serve as executive producers.
