First we can’t buy an iPhone, now this! If you’re like this TV Addict [Canadian] or simply lack ABC Family among your five hundred channel universe, you’re officially out of luck when it comes to discovering the truth about KYLE XY. Due to lower than expected ratings, ABC has yanked repurposed episodes of the show that were airing on ABC Friday nights. Thus, from here on in, the only way to catch the adventure is on ABC Family or by purchasing episodes on iTunes for $1.99 each. Wondering what’s replacing KYLE on this Friday on ABC? GEORGE LOPEZ. Hey, it could be worse — at least we’re not being force fed a second serving of ACCORDING TO JIM. 
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FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates
FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. Five new shows – including dramas K-VILLE and NEW AMSTERDAM, comedy BACK TO YOU and the unscripted KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and NASHVILLE – join returning favorites on the fall schedule.
The premieres are listed below in chronological order. All times are ET/PT.
Monday, Sept. 17
8:00-9:00 PM — PRISON BREAK
9:00-10:00 PM — K-VILLE
Wednesday, Sept. 19
8:00-8:30 PM — BACK TO YOU
8:30-9:00 PM — ’TIL DEATH
9:00-10:00 PM — BONES
Sunday, Sept. 23
8:00-8:30 PM — THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM — KING OF THE HILL
9:00-10:00 PM — FAMILY GUY
Tuesday, Sept. 25
8:00-9:00 PM — NEW AMSTERDAM
9:00-10:00 PM — HOUSE
Sunday, Sept. 30
9:00-9:30 PM — FAMILY GUY (Time Period Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM — AMERICAN DAD (Season Premiere)
Jenny’s This Week on TV
Welcome to a new week for This Week on TV! w00t! We found a house! So that’s one less worry for me. Frees me up to watch all the shows building up on my DVRs. Uh, not really. lol But regardless, this is a great week for tv! It’s the return of some fan favorites (Go Psych!) and the start of some new shows as well, so let’s see what’s happening, shall we?
SUNDAY
Sunday is the Sunday Edition premiere of Big Brother on CBS at 8/7c. Forgive me for the lack of mention of this show last week. I didn’t forget it on purpose! lol
Tonight is also the season premiere of Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central at 10/9c. Following that is the series premiere of American Body Shop at 10:30/9:30c. This is like Reno 911 set in an auto body shop with mechanics instead of police.
Also on tonight:
- *Season Premiere* – The World Series of Pop Culture – VH1 @ 11/10c
- *Special* – Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Reunion – VH1 @ 10/9c
- *New* – Army Wives – Lifetime @ 10/9c
- *New* – Entourage – HBO @ 10/9c
- *New* – Flight of the Conchords – HBO @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* – Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels – A&E @ 9/8c
- *New* – John From Cincinnati – HBO @ 9/8c
- *New* – Meadowlands – Showtime @ 10/9c
- *New* – The 4400 – USA @ 9/8c
- *New* – The Dead Zone – USA @ 10:01/9:01c
- *New* – The Next Food Network Star – Food Network @ 9/8c
- *New* – The Simple Life – E! @ 10/9c
- 7th Heaven – CW @ 8/7c
- American Dad – FOX @ 8:30/7:30c
- Brothers & Sisters – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c
- Cold Case – CBS @ 9/8c
- Desperate Housewives – ABC @ 9/8c
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – ABC @ 8/7c
- Family Guy – FOX @ 9/8c – (2 Repeat Episodes)
- Law & Order – NBC @ 9/8c
- Law & Order: SVU – NBC @ 10/9c
- Supernatural – CW @ 9/8c
- The Simpsons – FOX @ 8/7c
- Without a Trace – CBS @ 10/9c
First Look: WEEDS Season 3
From mobsters (THE SOPRANOS) to power-hungry families (THE TUDORS, ROME), television has seen its fare share of dysfunctional families. Yet no family puts the fun into dysfunctional like the cast of WEEDS. Showtime’s most buzzed about series returns to TV this August 13 at 10PM and theTVaddict.com is thrilled to give you a first look at the returning cast.
New additions include half an Olsen twin (Mary-Kate plays a new love interest for Silas) and Matthew Modine (as Sullivan Groff, a mysterious land developer for Majestic, a new Christian, mega-church development being built right near Agrestic).
“WEEDS isn’t your eight-o’-clock family fare. It’s an adult show with adult subject matter and we’re confident Mary-Kate is right for the role,” says WEEDS creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan. “She came in and read with Hunter (Parrish) and was absolutely charming and real and seemed like a great fit. Audiences have seen only one side of Mary-Kate but here, we’ll see her in a whole new light.”
Get Ready for Season Five of 90210
One of the best things about living in Canada — aside from the free health care and low crime rate — is TVtropolis. Every day, TVtropolis allows this TV Addict to re-live some of the shows that are pretty much responsible for turning me into a self-proclaimed TV Addict. BEVERLY HILLS 90210, FRIENDS, SEINFELD, FRASIER, GRACE UNDER FIRE — TVtropolis has it all, with more of your favorites on the way.
Starting this Fall, Tiffani Amber-Thiessen will make her long-awaited appearance on BEVERLY HILLS 90210 when Valerie Malone moves into the Walsh house. Yes, you heard it hear first. TVtropolis has announced that come September 2007, the network will not only give us season five of BEVERLY HILLS 90210, we’ll also get seasons six through eight. So get ready for Brandon and Kelly’s much anticipated hook-up, Dylan’s short-lived marriage to a mob boss’ daughter, and of course Donna finally losing her you know what.
Also joining the TVtropolis line-up is FAMILY GUY, FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR and this TV Addict’s long awaited shot at fame and fortune, when he guest stars on the hit game-show INSIDE THE BOX. Stay Tuned…
Amrie’s Take on TV: SIDE ORDER OF LIFE
About two weeks ago, I got a fabulous surprise in the mail. After a long work day, I came home to find an adorable envelope filled with information and the pilot episode of Lifetime’s new show “Side Order of Life”. I’ve watched it 4 times since then, and I’m just so excited for new episodes!
The show is about Jenny McIntyre (Marisa Coughlin in a charming role), a 30 year old woman on the verge of the perfect marriage with the perfect man. That all changes when her best friend tells her that the cancer she thought she had beaten had returned, and was overtaking her brain. What follows is Jenny’s world slowly falling apart before her eyes, and she needs to find a way to make it all better again. She has a strong group of friends, who all have fabulous chemistry. Diana Maria Riva (Vivy, cancer-stricken friend), Jason Priestley (saintly fiancé of Jenny), and Chris Gartin (Rick, struck with love for Vivy) all mesh so well with each other. They really are fabulous. What I love most is the surprise element of the officially-titled Cell Phone Guy and what he represents for Jenny as she starts her new life.
Along with the luck of watching the pilot episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Margaret Nagle, creator, writer, and executive producer of the show, about what she thinks about her show, how she feels about her characters, and what she hopes we all get out of the material.
Get your TV Free on iTunes
One of the nerdiest things this TV Addict likes to do each and every Tuesday morning is check out what’s new and exciting in the world of iTunes television. This morning offers up a plethora of excitement, starting off with the best new show from last season.
Season one of DEXTER is now available on iTunes, as well as the underrated and under-watched first season of BROTHERHOOD. Also thanks to SHOWTIME, you can catch up with television’s hottest mom — Mary-Louise Parker — by checking out the second season of WEEDS prior the the third season premiere this coming August.
Too cheap to spend $1.99? How does FREE TV sound? ABC Family is offering up the first episode of their new drama GREEK Is college really a rush? Download and find out.
Finally, if you have the stomach for it, Paula Abdul’s reality show HEY PAULA is currently free on iTunes. Does anyone else think that ‘free’ isn’t good enough? How about Bravo pay us to watch.
Jenny’s This Week on TV
Welcome to a new week for This Week on TV! It’s a REALLY busy week for me, and as I write this, my internet connection is going up and down every 2 minutes. We are getting so much rain here in the midwest that the water is somehow getting into the phone line and making it short out. The phone company is going to come fix it, but it won’t be until Monday. Unfortunately, this is Friday night. lol So, let’s get to it and see how long this takes me to write up! lol
SUNDAY
Sunday is the final 3 episodes of The Loop on FOX at 7/6c, 8:30/7:30c & 9:30/8:30c. This short season has been fantastic, so check it out while you can! 🙂
Also tonight isthe season finales of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1 at 10/9c (last week was supposed to be the finale, but it must have been pushed back til this week for some reason) and Sunset Tan on E! at 10:30/9:30c.
Also on tonight:
- *Special* – Concert for Diana – VH1 @ 11AM/10AMc
- *Special* – The Princess Diana Tribute Concert – NBC @ 8/7c
- *New* – Army Wives – Lifetime @ 10/9c
- *New* – Entourage – HBO @ 10/9c
- *New* – Flight of the Conchords – HBO @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* – John From Cincinnati – HBO @ 9/8c
- *New* – Meadowlands – Showtime @ 10/9c
- *New* – The 4400 – USA @ 9/8c
- *New* – The Dead Zone – USA @ 10:01/9:01c
- *New* – The Next Food Network Star – Food Network @ 9/8c
- *New* – The Simple Life – E! @ 10/9c
- 7th Heaven – CW @ 8/7c
- Brothers & Sisters – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c
- Cold Case – CBS @ 9/8c
- Desperate Housewives – ABC @ 9/8c
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – ABC @ 8/7c
- Family Guy – FOX @ 9/8c
- Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels – A&E @ 9/8c
- Law & Order – NBC @ 9/8c
- Law & Order: SVU – NBC @ 10/9c
- Shark – CBS @ 8/7c
- Supernatural – CW @ 9/8c
- The Simpsons – FOX @ 8/7c
- Without a Trace – CBS @ 10/9c
Random Musings for a Thursday
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Scores on DVD
If you were one of the numerous readers who sent theTVaddict.com an email complaining that NBC’s already lost faith in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by removing the show from its summer schedule, have we got good news for you. NBC/Universal just announced that the twenty-two episode first season will be released on August 28th, 2007. Better still, the box set will be available for the almost unheard of low price of $29.98. Now you have absolutely no excuse to check out last season’s best new drama.
ROSWELL Star Lands New Gig
Pleased by the success of the limited-run series THE STARTER WIFE, the USA Network has given the green light to 12 episodes of the Sheri Appelby vehicle TO LOVE AND DIE. The series focuses on a young woman who is unlucky in love and decides the answer lies in her unresolved daddy issues. Seeking out the father she never knew (played by Tim Matheson), things quickly get complicated when she discovers that he’s a hitman… and killer tendencies might run in the family! Look for the show to appear sometime next Spring.
FOOTBALL Still In Play
More than a few people were shocked when ABC’s pilot FOOTBALL WIVES — based on a similarly-named and wildly popular BBC series — didn’t wind up on the network’s fall schedule. After all, the high-profile offering features such names as Gabrielle Union, Lucy Lawless, Ving Rhames and even Dawson himself, James Van Der Beek, and primetime soaps have been very kind to ABC in recent years (see DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, UGLY BETTY and BROTHERS & SISTERS). But it’s now being reported that the show isn’t yet dead in the water. In fact, it appears that if ABC Studios — which recently extended its options on the principal actors, usually an indicator that a project is still in consideration — permanently benches the project, several other nets are waiting on the sidelines.
V.C. Andrews Gets A New Life(time)
The news that a production company will be bringing the works of gothic novelist V.C. Andrews to television might best be met with the response “what took so long?” Then again, anyone who suffered through the painfully bad big-screen adaptation of her most famous novel, Flowers In The Attic, might instead let out a plaintive wail while asking, “Why?” But the Lifetime Network has announced that they are developing a mini-series based on one of the author’s better-received series of books. According to Variety, the mini has been given the somewhat awkward title THE LANDRY (which seems odd, seeing as the books upon which it is based follow the saga of a family named Landry, making a more appropriate title THE LANDRY’S). As with all of Andrews’ early works, the story follows a young girl who grows up poor only to discover as a teen that she is actually part of a wealthy New Orleans family.The books upon which the mini-series will be based were, in order, Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, All That Glitters, Hidden Jewel and Tarnished Gold. Unfortunately, Variety reports that Andrew Neiderman – the ghost writer who has cranked out (as opposed to writing) crappy tomes under the author’s name since her death in 1986 – will be serving as a consultant. Hopefully, the involvement of Neiderman – who showed early promise as a ghost writer but has more recently either run out of creative steam or finally been prove to have none of Andrews’ storytelling ability nor style – will be kept to a minimum. (Better still, here’s hoping someone eventually gives the author’s beloved — if one can use that word to describe a work which features a homicidal mother and her driven-to-incest children — Flowers In The Attic and it’s sequels the treatment they deserve.