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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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 (check back Monday for our May 2009 downloadable calendar.) It also just so happens to be the start of something new. With Monday marking the first of the 2009 UpFronts as NBC unveils their fall schedule to advertisers at their annual UpFront Presentation (or as the Peacock network likes to call it, their InFront Presentation. Yeah, they’re just wacky that way!)
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. And, since we’re used to disappointment (RIP: KINGS), what we’ll probably see happen (Who’s excited for five nights of LENO?)
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It was the rant heard ’round the world. So it came as no surprise that the first thing this TV Addict heard as he stepped onto the set of NBC’s upcoming drama KINGS was the reassuring voice of a crew-member saying, “Don’t worry, there are no Christian Bale’s on our set.”
Phew.
Because we’re not gonna lie: KINGS star Ian McShane kinda scares us. And we’re not alone in feeling that way; It’s safe to say that every one of the bloggers invited to the set that day were tongue-tied as McShane — perhaps best known as foul-mouthed DEADWOOD politico Al Swearengen — took a break from filming his new series to answer a few questions from his captive audience.
There he was, a few feet away, dressed in black and looking slightly disheveld for reasons that I can’t reveal thanks to a 20-page non-disclosure agreement — one which makes any future progeny I might have a slave to NBC/Universal for life if I let slip a single spoiler — I had to sign before being allowed anywhere near the hush-hush set.
McShane looked up. Awkward pause. Dead silence. Crickets chirping.
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Leighton Meester is no Paris Hilton.
This should be SUPERNATURAL’s final season.
NBC was right to boot GLEE from the parade.
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