Good News: After months of anticipation and speculation, ABC has finally awarded COUGAR TOWN with a spot on its schedule. Bad News: Well, aside from the February 14th Valentine’s Day premiere that all but guarantees much of the show’s core 18-49 demographic will be otherwise occupied for the evening and a completely incompatible lead-in that is LAST MAN STANDING, we’re really going to miss a possibly inebriated Bill Lawrence angrily lash out at ABC’s treatment of COUGAR TOWN via his delightfully honest @vdoozer Twitter handle. [Source]
Good News: CBS has given the green light to ELEMENTARY, which is being billed as a modern-day take on SHERLOCK HOLMES. Bad News: Not to be confused with CBS’ current modern day take on the infamous British detective that is THE MENTALIST. [Source]
Good News: Last night’s series premiere of ALCATRAZ netted Fox its highest numbers for a new drama series since 2009’s LIE TO ME. Bad News: For the increasingly tenious future of TERRA NOVA. [Source] 