More shocking than the FRINGE season finale comes FOX’s just announced 2009-2010 schedule. FRINGE moves to Thursday and gets paired with BONES, which for the first time doesn’t find itself on the move. TERMINATOR gets terminated, and worse, replaced with ‘TIL DEATH, the show that refuses to live up to its namesake and just die (Yup, it’s gonna take a while to get over this one). And FOX pairs GLEE with a second helping of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
First look video, photos and snap judgements to come following FOX’s upfront presentation at 4PM, but until then, click below for the entire FOX 2009-2010 schedule.
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It’s May, which in case you didn’t know in TV land is kind of a big deal. Not only does it signify the end of the official television season, with the big five networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and the CW) beginning to roll out their big finales (see: our May 2009 calendar.) It also just so happens to be the start of something new. With next week marking the official start of the 2009 UpFronts where ABC, CBS, FOX, CW and NBC will unveil their fall schedule to advertisers at their annual UpFront Presentation.
But before they do, theTVAddict.com editorial team, led by our very own Ken-Tucker-in-training Aleks Chan will be posting our wish list for what we’d like to see announced.
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There’s a good reason why Jane Lynch’s resume is a mile long. She is, as fans of THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, ROLE MODELS and BEST IN SHOW can attest to, one of the funniest actresses in Hollywood and the very definition of scene stealer.
And luckily for this TV Addict, she is also one of the nicest actresses in Hollywood and was only too happy to invite myself (alongside a few fellow reporters) inside her tiny trailer on the set of GLEE to talk about her new FOX series, if she’ll be able to pull double duty on PARTY DOWN and why she prays to God she’ll never have to show up on DANCING WITH THE STARS.
What can you tell us about GLEE’s Sue Sylvester?
Jane Lynch: She’s all about winning and gets more and more extreme in each episode as to what she’ll do. She likes to create competition between people and is very obvious about her strategizing and manipulation. They’re her mortal enemy and she’ll do anything and stop and nothing to destroy them. It’s fun, and a much different character than Constance (PARTY DOWN), who kind of lives in a soft cotton place.
Since you brought up PARTY DOWN, if it comes back, will you be able to juggle both shows?
I think it’s coming back for a second season and I don’t know. I hope so, it was so much fun.
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Continuing to whet our appetite for May 19, when FOX raises the curtain on GLEE; their new-musical comedy hybrid from the brilliant and twisted mind of Ryan Murphy (NIP/TUCK, POPULAR) comes a whole new slew of publicity stills from the show. Are you ready to not stop believing? 
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When the fifth season of FOX’s HELL’S KITCHEN kicks off tonight, keep your eye on Chef Ji. Even in casual conversation, you can tell that the native New Yorker – who’s cooked side by side with everyone from Emeril Lagasse to Julia Child – is as cool, calm and collected as Gordon Ramsay is hot-tempered. So if any of the wannabes is gonna be able to turn out a dish that wows even Johnny Anger Management, it’s her. Here, she shares with theTVAddict.com her first impressions of the human Ginsu.
When you auditioned for the show, had you already seen it??
Chef Ji: Yeah, I had seen season 1, and then I watched season 4 because I wanted to see a friend of mine [Lou Ross] on it.
Huh. And you still went up for it. Masochistic much?
(Laughs) Hell, yeah! But it wasn’t that I wanted to be subjected to pain or humiliation. I just wanted to kick ass and get the prize! And on top of that, my drive is still to become successful in the culinary world, and to prove to myself and my father that I’m hot s— in the kitchen.
So what was your reaction upon finding out that you’d made the cut? “Oh crap, now I really have to DO this!”?
At first, I was shocked, and when I get shocked, I’m usually speechless. But when I called my boyfriend and told him the news, I was jumping up and down and nearly tripped. I couldn’t believe it. I was so excited.
What was your first impression of Ramsay?
“Oh man, here he comes! Chef Hell himself… bring it on!” But at the same time, I have a great respect for Chef Ramsay. He has great, hardcore presence, and he knows his [stuff].
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If there’s one thing that we learned after watching the season premiere of FOX’s new series LIE TO ME, it’s that “the truth is written all over our faces.” Which is why, we’re not going to lie to you .
On the surface, LIE TO ME brings very little new to the table.
In the now all-too-familiar tradition of THE MENTALIST, HOUSE and MONK, LIE TO ME takes a cantankerous yet brilliant expert, Dr. Cal Lightman (solidly portrayed by Tim Roth) and surrounds him with the standard mix of beautiful and brainy team members. In this case, that includes the upbeat Dr. Gillian Foster (THE PRACTICE’s Kelli Williams playing Cuddy to Roth’s House), research assistant and obvious comic relief Eli Loker (TERMINATOR’s Brendan Hines) and newcomer Ria Torres (Monica Raymund).
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The TV Addict with Kiefer Sutherland at the
24 Season Premiere Party, January 2008
If there is one thing that this TV Addict took away following two days holed up with a bunch of rowdy radio shock jocks is that DJ’s love to talk. Thus, you can imagine my surprise when an eery quiet enveloped Hollywood’s Hotel Palamor at the end of the second day of FOX’s January Press Junket. Turns out, Kiefer Sutherland was in the house. And if six seasons of the hit FOX show 24 taught this TV Addict anything, it’s that when Jack Bauer talks, you best be listening. Or risk ending up like this guy.
So listen I did. As Kiefer Sutherland was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to reveal what went wrong with season six, why the new season of 24 is the best one yet and when fans can expect to see Jack Bauer’s adventure continue on the big screen.
So it’s been like what, five years since you’ve been on the air?
Kiefer Sutherland: It feels like it, it really does [TV Addict Note: At this point, Kiefer laughs. Which was quite a sight to see considering that I'm fairly confident that Jack Bauer has barely cracked a smile over the course of 24's six seasons!] Believe me, it’s been a really disappointing time for us. Our fans have been so unbelievably loyal to us. But unfortunately there were a series of events that conspired to keep us off the air. And since it is really important to run all 24 hours continuously the decision was made to hold us off for another year so that we could premiere in January.
Did all the extra time you were afforded help or hurt the show?
We tried to take advantage of all the extra time we had this season and I do believe that now that we’ve done all 24 episodes, they’re finished and I’ve seen them I can confidently say that we’ve made the best season we’ve ever made. I hope people come back to watch it though. To say that we’re not nervous a little would be bullsh*t. Beacuse we are.
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THE GOOD: Afters years of being shuffled around the schedule, BONES has settled nicely into its Wednesday night time-slot to become one of the evening’s highest rated shows. After shifting the focus to Walter (our new favorite mad scientist), FRINGE survived a shaky start to their season to finish off the year strongly. While THE SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY continue to provide for consistent laughter on Sundays.
THE BAD: Unfortunately, the laughter stops after FAMILY GUY. I mean literally, we really don’t find AMERICAN DAD the least bit funny (and lord knows we’ve given it a fair shot!). Stellar seasons from both TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and PRISON BREAK have gotten buried under what has become the most competitive night of the week. Viewers not surprisingly checked out of the Jerry O’Connell hotel ‘laugher’ DO NOT DISTURB. And quick, we challenge you to name one show on FOX that you watch between Thursday and Saturday.
THE FUTURE: Looks about as unstoppable as Shirley Manson’s Catherine Weaver, as FOX gets ready to unleash its perennial midseason juggernaut AMERICAN IDOL on to a salivating public. A show that not only still owns the highly coveted 18-49 demographic, but more importantly serves as a launching pad to promote exciting mid-season entires like the return of 24, Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE and the Tim Roth vehicle, LIE TO ME. All that plus fans will finally have a reason to turn to FOX between Thursday and Saturday with BONES moving to Thursday night at 8PM and Friday night culminating in a nerd orgasm for SciFi fans with TERMINATOR at 8PM, DOLLHOUSE at 9PM and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA at 10PM (on SciFi, Space in Canada)
THE GRADE: B+
On our recent visit to the set of 24, actress Cherry Jones (President Allison Taylor) let it slip that the big joke among the cast when shooting a scene is that, “whoever gets the last look is the mole (read: bad guy).”
Which is why this TV Addict couldn’t help but wonder, as the camera lingered on certain cast members just enough for the audience to register the obligatory “shifty eyes,” who will be the seventh season’s ultimate baddie when 24 returns in January?
Here’s our take on the suspects (left to right). As per usual, feel free to add yours in the comments below.
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By Melissa Girimonte
24 has quite a bit to atone for. It’s been 18 months since the end of its lackluster sixth season. Filming Season seven hit roadblock after roadblock, from scrapped storylines, to California wildfires, to the infamous WGA strike. Will fans welcome back the action series, and their hero, Jack Bauer? If the upcoming two-hour TV movie is any indication of what’s in store. Absolutely.
24: REDEMPTION sets the ball in motion for its long awaited seventh season premiere by filling in the gaps following Jack’s triumphant walk off into the sunset at the end of season six. A female president is about to be sworn in, war is about to break out in the fictional African country of Sangala and Jack Bauer is desperately trying to escape his past.
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