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Good News: Plans for the sequel to DR. HORRIBLE’s SING-A-LONG BLOG may have just kicked into high gear. Bad News: With FOX officially cancelling DOLLHOUSE after it finishes airing its initial 13-episode order in January. [Source]

Good News: Lindsay Price has officially removed herself from ‘Mother’ contention. Bad News: After breaking up (in real-life) with HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’s Josh Radnor over what sources are calling ‘lifestyle’ differences. [Source]

Good News: Execs at ABC, CBS, CW and FOX can rest easy. Bad News: For NBC, who according to Silicon Valley Insider will (inexplicably) keep Jeff Zucker at the helm following Comcast’s deal to purchase 51% of NBC Universal from General Electric. [Source]

Leighton Meester is no Paris Hilton.
Sorry, but Meester’s latest track — “Somebody To Love” is an underproduced crap-fest that is far less catchy than Hilton’s I Want You or the Blondie-esque Stars Are Blind.
 
This should be SUPERNATURAL’s final season.
No, not because the quality has gone down or I’m bored with the show, but from a story-telling point of view it would make sense to save “the end of the world” for your last hurrah. BUFFY even joked in their musical episode about how commonplace the end of the world can become when our heroine sang “Apocalypse? We’ve all been there. The same old trips. Why should we care?” This is in no way to say that the Winchester boys should call it quits… just that armageddon is a tough act to follow.
 
NBC was right to boot GLEE from the parade.
Could it have brought younger viewers to a parade they’d never normally consider watching? You bet. But NBC is a business and let’s face it: If you’re Baskin-Robbins, you don’t invite Ben & Jerry to hand out samples in your lobby. Especially knowing that Ben & Jerry are selling something people actually want.
 
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As if handing over five hours of primetime real estate wasn’t reason enough for NBC to find themselves in this TV Addict’s bad book, TMZ is reporting that the Peacock Network has banned the cast of GLEE from performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that annually airs on their network.

According to gossip behemoth, “Macy’s invited the GLEE cast — the deal was all but signed — but when rival NBC found out, they told the department store to pull the plug.”

Which is why we’ve officially decided to pull the plug on NBC and pledge not to watch this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Or, as Sue Sylvester might put it, we’re gonna bring this Glee Club Network down — one viewer at at time!

Dear James Poniewozik,

I hope you’re happy. And by that I mean, was it really necessary to ruin my holiday weekend by reminding me — on the cover of the the new issue of TIME Magazine no less — that Jay Leno is the future of television.

I mean we’re talking about NBC here. Of course Jay Leno is the future of television. This is after-all the perennial fourth place network that is so desperate for a win, they took it upon themselves to crown Conan O’Brien the new king of late night two weeks into his tenure. The network that we’re fairly confident will import any show from any country in an effort to find the next OFFICE. Heck, over a decade later, NBC President Jeff Zucker, Kevin Reilly, Ben Silverman, Andrea Bromstad is still searching for the next FRIENDS.

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Variety is reporting that as part of a major branding overhaul, the once proud Peacock network will unveil a new slogan on September 14 which will include the tagline “More Colorful.”

Now if you’re anything like this TV Addict — odds are fairly good that upon picking yourself up off the floor due to an unexpected bout of the giggles — you’re thinking one of three things: (a) Seriously? (b) Again, WTF?! Or (c) The jokes practically write themselves. Which is why, we thought we’d get you started with a little poster we’ve concocted following far too much fun with Photoshop (see above). Feel free to post your take on NBC marketing slogan in the comments below.

Fun suggestions we’ve already discovered via twitter (again, is there anything the little blue bird can’t do?) include @BastardMachine’s “More Colorful… yet sill mostly unwatchable,” “More Leno… than you really want,” and our personal favourite “More stuff Ben Silverman liked before we fired him.”

With today’s big news revolving around PUSHING DAISIES mastermind Bryan Fuller departing from his role as creative consultant (or as we like to call him, saviour) of HEROES so that he may focus his energy on developing new shows for NBC Universal, theTVaddict.com thought it might be fun to read between the lines of the statement Fuller sent to Ain’t It Cool News earlier in the day.

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By: CT

It’s easy to see the appeal of I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE, which launched last night on NBC: Who doesn’t want to see famous people suffer… especially when those folks are as insufferable as famous-for-no-good-reason Heidi and Spencer Pratt.

Practically from the get-go, it’s clear to viewers that this is going to be THE HEIDI & SPENCER SHOW… and how one reacts to that will depend entirely on one’s feelings for the pair. Early on, they walk away from the game, only to return shortly thereafter to stir up a great deal of simulated drama. Heidi and her “newly Christian” spouse single-handedly set the religion back a thousand years with their hypocrisy and childish antics, but quicly prove to be the only truly interesting thing about this train wreck. (Janice Dickinson, usually reliable when it comes to over-the-top antics, comes off as neutered and confused… but hey, it’s early yet.) And Patti Blagojevich did a fantastic job of tainting any potential jury pool by making a very public plea regarding the innocence of her husband — you know, the actual celeb, if he can be called that, of the family.

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We interrupt today’s celebration of GLEE to bring you NBC’s 2009-2010 schedule.

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No news is good news. Or at least that’s the story we’re sticking with after NBC unveiled a CHUCK-free Fall 2009 schedule to advertisers at their annual InFront presentation in New York City this morning.

Joining NBC’s already renewed crop of shows including 30 ROCK, THE BIGGEST LOSER, CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, HEROES, LAW & ORDER: SVU, THE OFFICE, PARKS AND RECREATION, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, SNL WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY and SOUTHLAND will be new dramas TRAUMA, PARENTHOOD, MERCY and DAY ONE and comedies COMMUNITY and 100 QUESTIONS.

As for CHUCK, LAW & ORDER, MEDIUM and MY NAME IS EARL, Michael Ausiello claims via proverbial ‘inside sources’ at the Peacock Network that, “a final ruling on the fate of all four shows will come on May 19 [when NBC unveils its official Fall schedule.]”

Until then, feel free to entertain yourself with our first look videos and uninformed snap judgements of NBC’s new offerings.

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