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Does theTVaddict not have what it takes to ‘go pro?’ Check out that smile, John Stamos’ has never looked better. Next stop, the Emmy Red Carpet!

UPDATE: Holy Frak! Where’s the love for my mad paparazzi skills? I risked life and limb admist the real paparazzi for this shot!

Last Monday, theTVaddict played Paparazzi for an afternoon at the NBC UpFronts. Click the link below for some more great photos of 30 ROCK stars Tina Fey and Jane Krakowski. Not surprisingly, Alec Baldwin was missing in action.

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Who’d have thought that a project called GOSSIP GIRL would quickly become the least talked about new series on the CW’s fall 2007 slate. While the show, from OC creator Josh Schwartz definitely looks to be a winner — after-all, who doesn’t love glitzy New York socialites and OC levels of melodrama — the real talked about shows were some of the CW’s more offbeat and original offerings.

Namely, ALIENS IN AMERICA. Now I know what you’re thinking — EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS aside, ‘funny’ and the CW are two words that don’t generally go together. Well, if the reaction from the UpFront audience was any indication, the CW may have its first bona-fide comedic hit on its hands (translation: people actually laughed).

ALIENS IN AMERICA tells the story of Justin Tolchuk, a sensitive 16-year-old just trying to make it through the social nightmare that is high school. Realizing that her son needs a friend, Justin’s mom signs the family up for the school’s international student exchange program. Needless to say, if BORAT taught us anything, it’s that America loves its foreigners. Come fall 2007, the next big CW star is going to be a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslin named Raja.

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First off, a question for the TV networks if I may. Why would you schedule your most important event of the year [the UpFront presentations] on the same week as some of the year’s biggest season finales? As a result of covering the UpFronts in New York, this TV Addict has had to miss some of May’s most exciting television events. The finales of UGLY BETTY, GREY’S ANATOMY, SCRUBS, THE OFFICE, SMALLVILLE, and SUPERNATURAL are all anxiously awaiting for me on my PVR when I return home (holy frak it’s hard to avoid spoilers!). Who’d have thought a television network would be guilty of such poor scheduling*.

So here’s where you come in dear readers. Let me know what show should be first on my MUST WATCH list upon my return home. Are Pam & Jim going to live happily-ever-after? Did Callie finally discover the truth about Izzie and George? Did she lose it? What exactly was in Fay’s secret love dungeon on UGLY BETTY? Is Sam alive on SUPERNATURAL? And did J.D. ruin Eliot’s love life yet again? Play programmer and let me know what I should be watching first. And please, spare me the spoilers.

UPDATE: Thanks everybody for the great suggestions. Right now I’m stuck at LaGuardia airport awaiting my flight home (sad!). I was hoping to download last night’s episode of THE OFFICE on my iPod, but sadly, iTunes hasn’t posted it yet. Instead I’ll be checking out UGLY BETTY on abc.com. Considering I have four hours until my flight, I have a feeling I’ll get to GREY’S and SUPERNATURAL as well. Really, what did people do before wireless internet?

UPDATE II: Just finished watching Tuesday’s VERONICA MARS. Really great episode punctuated by the fact that there’s only two hours of the series remaining. On a related note, if you’re like me and once in a while need to turn off the TV in order to pick up a good book (yes, it’s true), I highly recommend a real story about one child soldier’s incredible story. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Bean.

*He asks rhetorically

3:59PM: Welcome to theTVaddict.com’s live blog of the 2007 FOX UpFront.

4:03PM: FOX President Peter Liguori has 1 hour to complete his 2007 UpFront. So says Jack Bauer in a pretty funny opening video.

4:06PM: The head of FOX sales is talking about FOX Sports. Uh, this is theTVaddict, not theSPORTSaddict… let’s get to the good stuff.

4:12PM: It only took twelve minutes to mention FOX’s other property MySpace. Holy Corporate Synergy Batman!

4:14PM: Another MySpace message. By the way, did you know theTVaddict is on myspace at myspace.com/thetvaddict

4:18PM: Yeah! Less baseball in the fall on FOX. Again, this isn’t theSPORTSaddict.

4:19PM: You heard it here first. HOUSE has been awarded the prestigious post-superbowl timeslot. A welcome change from last season’s snooze inducing CRIMINAL MINDS.

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In the comments, frequent contributer JESSICA just posted:

The CW is dead to me. I don’t care how good any of these new shows are. Let the boycott begin.

Added Vance:

I was just about to say that. DEAD TO ME. The CW. The War is ON. (the june 15th thing is over according to Michael Ausiello’s conversation with Ostroff after the presentation at around 12:47pm)

First let me take a moment to go out on a limb and tell you what you don’t want to hear. Ausiello is wrong. Yes, Dawn Ostroff does have until June 15 to make a final FINAL decision on the fate of Mrs. Mars, but the reality is that Michael Ausiello is only keeping a glimmer of hope alive for fans of the show because let’s face it, with GILMORE GIRLS and VERONICA MARS gone — so to are a large group of very dedicated readers.

Don’t get me wrong, Ausiello is fantastic and definitely has the world’s greatest job. But I to attended the CW press conference and heard Dawn Ostroff’s tone. VERONICA MARS is dead, and not just because of low ratings. If the preview clips of the CW’s new series are any indication, the network has developed some fantastic, original and fun new shows that fit the CW brand perfectly. It’s time to give some fresh shows a chance.

VERONICA MARS was given three seasons to make it work — two more seasons than it deserved if we’re looking at the show from a pure ratings point-of-view. The show had a good run and will be remembered as one of those ‘brilliant but cancelled’ shows along side some of theTVaddict’s personal favourites (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, EVERWOOD, KIDNAPPED and FIREFLY to name a few)

Tune in later today for my thoughts on the CW’s new slate of fantastic looking programs.

MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS
8:30-9:00 PM ALIENS IN AMERICA (New Series)
9:00-9:30 PM GIRLFRIENDS
9:30-10:00 PM THE GAME

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BEAUTY AND THE GEEK
9:00-10:00 PM REAPER (New Series)

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL (New Series)

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL

FRIDAY
8:00-10:00 PM FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN!

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM CW NOW (New Series)
7:30-8:00 PM ONLINE NATION (New Series)
8:00-9:00 PM LIFE IS WILD (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
(Encore Presentation)

ONE TREE HILL and PUSSYCAT DOLLS will return midseason.

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM PRISON BREAK
9:00-10:00 PM K-VILLE

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NEW AMSTERDAM
9:00-10:00 PM HOUSE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM BACK TO YOU
8:30-9:00 PM ’TIL DEATH
9:00-10:00 PM BONES

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN
BAND (working title)
9:00-10:00 PM NASHVILLE (working title)

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-MIDNIGHT MADtv
MIDNIGHT-12:30 AM TALK SHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM THE OT (NFL post-game)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD

In a press conference following the CW UpFronts, network president Dawn Ostroff officially revealed to some very disappointed reporters that, “Veronica Mars is not coming back.” Additionally, when asked about the mid-season possibilities or the much talked about FBI scenario — Ostroff shot that down as well saying, “It’s not going to happen.”

A few more questions were tossed Ostroff’s way, but the tone of her answers were pretty clear. She loved the show, Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell. But VERONICA MARS season four simply isn’t going to happen. Let the mourning begin.

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