As you wait idly for Lone Star: The Complete Series to wind up on Amazon -- those unaired episodes have to go somewhere -- why not invest your hard-earned paycheck in another canceled-before-it's-time gem: Party Down. Ahead, five reasons why you should probably add season two of the series to your TV-on-DVD collection immediately.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Fox has announced that they've canceled Lone Star effective immediately. It will be replaced on the schedule by Lie to Me starting next week. If you're feeling blue, don't worry: Star James Wolk has just the thing to make you feel better. In the meantime: This sucks. [THR/The Live Feed]
The pilots keep comin' with tonight's premiere of No Ordinary Family on ABC. Can Michael Chiklis charter this strange sci-fi family show and feed off the viewership that Dancing with the Stars will inevitably garner tonight? Elsewhere on the tube: Britney visits Glee, Will Arnett is still Running Wilde, and Ed Asner flies to another continent.
Tonight's highly anticipated Britney-centric Glee episode will, at the very least, remind America that the beleaguered Ms. Spears once turned out a half-dozen decent (if not spectacular) pop singles. If Glee can reestablish interest in a cipher like Britney by devoting a show to her music, imagine what it can do for these less-conventional pop stars with deeper -- and often creepier -- song catalogs.
The numbers are in and, sadly, most viewers opted out of watching the second episode of Fox's phenomenal new series Lone Star. Even more tragically, the poor numbers mean that most of America missed out on four different scenes featuring a very shirtless James Wolk. Considering that last night's episode could have been the last time the handsome newcomer appears onscreen for some time (unless you are going to pay to see You Again), Movieline has compiled the seven most gratuitously shirtless stills from last night's episode. Yes, it's lady porn, and yes, you are welcome.
Scattered thoughts about last night's Dancing with the Stars: Michael Bolton -- hapless man. Brandy -- what a crazy. Audrina Patridge -- this show makes me like her, and I'm uncomfortable. And now, onto the door prizes! Let's stand and clap as Dancing with the Stars's judges give condescending and inappropriate accolades to three of last night's dancers.
Despite the cries and pleas of everyone on Twitter, plus an open letter from creator Kyle Killen, Lone Star failed to improve on its premiere ratings. Preliminary numbers show that only 3.8 million viewers tuned in last night and that the ratings were down in the key 18-49 demographic. Looks like this show is just about set to ride off into the sunset. Too bad. [THR/The Live Feed]
Apparently the tasteless jokes about White Castle drive-thru deaths did not dissuade you, 12 million Americans, from watching Chuck Lorre's latest CBS sitcom, Mike & Molly last week. And that's fine -- well, not for society at large -- but for you, it's fine. Movieline will continue running its weekly Mike & Molly Fat Joke Tracker so you can relive the best and worst sizest disses from the night before. Note: If you find jokes comparing an obese fellow to Shrek, an elephant and a UPS truck offensive, then you probably will not want to proceed.
Say what you have to about Lost's six-year campaign to leave people disappointed and embittered, but least by the end of the pilot we knew it was about a plane crash...on an island...with monsters. The Event, on the other hand, is perhaps (definitely) prematurely baffling and nebulous: After last night's "To Keep Us Safe," you're looking at imprisoned "non-terrestrial" races, sleeper agents, worm holes, kidnappings, layers and layers of conspiracy, mass graves -- not to mention all those arbitrary leaps in time. It's enough to get a diligent TV watcher's dander up.
Last night, Life As We Know It star Katherine Heigl tested "the PC police" by passing a special cigarette with David Letterman on The Late Show. Elsewhere, Sigourney Weaver remembered her first encounter with Bill Murray, Jon Stewart traded banter with Bill O'Reilly, and Stephen Colbert experimented with a new low-budget format.
Panic ran through Movieline HQ during the opening moments of Gossip Girl last night. With the titular site "under construction," our fearless narrator of all things Upper East Side was silent. What about the index, GG? Blair admirably tried to pick up the slack ("Unlike those plebeians at NYU, the students at Columbia actually respect and understand the power of Gossip Girl"), but even her vicious one-liners didn't offer the comforting mix of wit and wisdom that Gossip Girl so routinely provides. Was this the end of Rico? Nope! Just a plot device.
The ratings-deficient new Fox drama Lone Star is indisputably the best-received new show of the season. So why isn't it pulling in American Idol ratings yet? It's because life's not fair, but Movieline exists because we want to rectify that. Join us tonight for the new episode, won't you? Also on TV this evening: Dancing with the Stars sizzles, Chuck goes transcontinental, and a certain Coen Bros. caper spices up Spike TV.
Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell spend their days starting rumors about each other, and today is no exception: Morgan indicated that Cowell's American version of X Factor will, in fact, include Pussycat Doll leader Nicole Scherzinger as a judge. Can we handle this? Let's weigh some pros and cons see if we can "stickwit" Nicole.
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race's ruggedly refined emcee, began his career in travel-based TV two decades ago in his native New Zealand. Since then, he's helped build The Amazing Race's almost unbeatable prestige as a seven-time Emmy-winner for Outstanding Reality Competition Series. We caught up with Keoghan before yesterday's season premiere to discuss his favorite Race moments, the show's schedule, and ordering pizza at Giza.
As part of Oprah Winfrey's over-the-top final season in syndication, the TV personality is reuniting the entire cast of The Sound of Music for her October 29 show. The Harpo press release promises a "special tribute to the film," which will celebrate its 45th anniversary this year. Will Christopher Plummer pilot the audience to the Alps? Will Oprah join Julie Andrews for a special performance of "The Lonely Goatherd?" Your guesses welcome below. [Vulture]
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