• Super News: Supergirl casts Italia Ricci as Silver Banshee
• Must Read TV: Confessions of a Nielsen Junkie
• GAME OF THRONES Season 6 Preview: The Jon Snow of It All
• Netflix: 12 of the Most Promising Upcoming Original Movies and Series
• TV Ratings: ‘The Wiz Live!’ Flies Higher Than ‘Peter Pan’
• More Super News: Check out new key art for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
• Awards Watch: ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Mr. Robot,’ ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Among WGA TV Nominees
• How a TV Show Finds an Audience, in 4 Charts
• D’oh! ‘Supergirl,’ ‘The Flash’ EP Shoots Down Crossover Rumors
• Whaaaat!? 23 Reasons “The Office” Is The Worst Show Of All Time
• Mark Your Calendars: Tyra Banks will return as Eve for Disney’s ‘Life-Size 2’
• Scoop: Once Upon a Time books Tony Perez for 100th episode
• Fargo season 3 plan revealed: Characters may return
• Woo-Hoo! You can try out NBC’s new comedy-focused streaming channel for free
• Pilot Watch: Fox To Adapt Aussie Hacker Drama ‘The Code’ With ‘Justifed’ Creator Graham Yost
• Newsworthy: ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’ Renewed by CNBC
• By the Numbers: Cat Owners Aren’t Into Empire, the Wealthy Love Modern Family, and Other TV Trivia
• More Numbers: Why Your Favorite Poorly Rated Show Will Live to Fight Another Day
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On TV Tonight: Friday December 4, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | Dr. Ken | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
CBS | The Amazing Race 27 | Hawaii Five-0 (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
CW | Reign | America’s Next Top Model | ||||
FOX | MasterChef Junior | World’s Funniest Fails | ||||
NBC | Undateable | Truth Be Told | Grimm | Dateline NBC | ||
Misc | Bunk’d/Girl Meets World (Disney) | A Very Murray Christmas (Netflix) | The Knick (Cinemax) Satisfaction (USA) Z Nation (Syfy) |
Orange denotes what the TV Addict is watching and/or recording tonight!
Morning Static: THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE GRINDER, THE MINDY PROJECT & More!
• Behind-the-Scenes: Kurt Sutter, Adam Pally, and More Share Their TV-Ratings Anxiety
• Once Upon a Time: Colin O’Donoghue Weighs In on Dark Hook’s ‘Maniacal’ Mission, Playing a ‘Polarizing’ Pirate
• AMERICAN CRIME STORY Preview: The O.J. Trial Was Only Half the Story….
• NBC Hopes The Wiz Live Will Be More Like Sound of Music and Less Like Peter Pan: Will the third time be the charm—or the end?
• Nick Offerman’s Yule Log for Lagavulin Is 45 Minutes of Silent, Uninterrupted Brilliance: Sit back and savor it
• Crackle Says Its New Dennis Quaid Series Has Been Viewed 2 Million Times: The Art of More gets renewed for Season 2
• Sad But True: Damon Lindelof Is Basically Hollywood’s Version of Toby From The Office
• ‘The Flash,’ ‘Arrow’ Producers on Crossover Fallout: ‘There’s Always a Cost’
• Scoop: Megan Fox Reveals She Suspected ‘Ulterior Motives’ in ‘New Girl’ Casting
• Must Read TV: Binge-Watching Television Got Me Through the Hardest Summer of My Life
• Ratings Stunt: Inside ‘The Big Bang Theory’s’ Decision to Have Amy and Sheldon Go All the Way
• Stocking Stuffer Alert: Save HUGE on HULU!
• Funny Business: Jason Priestley Directing Phil Hartman Biopic Starring Daran Norris
• Review: Why ‘The Grinder’ was smart to embrace its showbiz side
• Who Knew? How Hollywood Gossips About Netflix’s Hidden Ratings
• THE MINDY PROJECT: In Praise of Boring Romance
• ‘Girls’ Season 5 Trailer: A Wedding, Shoshi In Japan & More
Morning Static: ALL MY CHILDREN, ARROW, HBO & More!
• ForEVERWOOD: Arrow Casts Everwood’s Tom Amandes as DC Comics Villain The Calculator
• Duh of the Day: ‘Girl Meets World’ Renewed for Season 3 on Disney Channel
• Say Hello To… Adele and Jimmy Fallon performed ‘Hello’ with classroom instruments and a plastic flip phone
• RIP: All My Children Star David Canary Dies at 77
• ‘Grease Live’ First-Look Promo: Hand Jives & Fast Times At Rydell High
• Paging All Super Fans: Become A ‘Jessica Jones’ Scholar With This Easter Egg Reference Guide
• Really!? Kevin Bacon To Return For A TREMORS TV Show
• Quantico Scoop: HTGAWM, Damages Actors Among Season 1 Additions
• Casting Coup: Netflix’s Marvel Series ‘Luke Cage’ Casts Mom to Rosario Dawson’s Claire
• How These Cable Networks Have Been Able to Grow Their Unscripted Audiences: The truth about reality
• Analysis: Superhero TV Thrives After Warner Bros. Loosens Film’s Grip on DC Entertainment
• Why your TV show doesn’t have to be a novel: In defense of the episode
• Super News: Supergirl Casting a (Young) Superman
• Not All Publicity is Good Publicity: Amazon Has No Regrets As ‘Man In The High Castle’ Ad Campaign Pulled From NYC Subway
• Who Knew? Is The Big Bang Theory funny in Spanish?
• We Predict Controversy: College Sex Scandal Drama From Jessica Mecklenburg & Rod Lurie Lands At NBC
• Seconded: 10 Things That Need to Happen in the Friday Night Lights Musical
• Profile: Derek Haas on Chicago Fire, Screenwriting, and A Different Lie
• Trevor Noah’s just not funny: “The Daily Show” is a trainwreck — I know, because I watch for a living
• Power Programmers: HBO Bosses on Game of Thrones, The Jinx and the Rest of Their Big Year
• Mark Your Calendars: ABC Family Announces All Winter Premiere Dates: THE FOSTERS, RECOVERY ROAD and More
For Canadian Eyes Only: 5 Ways Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw Can Save Themselves
if this week’s unfortunate culling of hundreds of jobs (and counting) by Bell Media is an indication of anything, it’s that broadcasters in Canada are not doing well. Advertising is down, cord cutting is up and it would appear that things are going to get a lot worse before they get a lot better (Just ask the newspaper industry). As such, your very own TV Addict thought now might be as good a time as any to offer up some unsolicited advice to Canadian corporations. Namely, Bell Media (CTV), Rogers (CityTV) and Shaw (Global).
Stop living in denial
With much of Canada changing the way they watch television and consume media, Canadian broadcasts face a choice. You can (a) watch your industry quietly crumble like newspapers and the music industry did over the past two decades, or (b) take a page from Wayne Gretzky, who was once famously quoted as saying when asked about the secret to his NHL success, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” I mean hello, it worked for Netflix. Who rather than simply sit back and milk every last dollar from their traditional mail-order DVD business, saw the writing on the wall and very quickly pivoted to a streaming based model.
Create your own revenue streams
Each and every June, Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw shell out millions of dollars in an attempt to attract eyeballs and ad dollars to their new Fall season. Unfortunately each and every spring, the majority of the shows are summarily cancelled, leaving Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw with little to show for it. Conversly, their American counterparts (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) are laughing all the way to the bank because they managed to limit their exposure by selling, say HEROES REBORN as an example, to hundreds of different countries across the globe. In short, with ad revenue and eyeballs down, the only real money to be made in broadcasting is in owning your own intellectual property, or in the parlance of the industry “format.” Sure, it may be cheaper and easier to fill your schedule with CHICAGO SANITATION, but it’s far less profitable in the long run.
Use television as a loss leader
If Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw insist on clinging to cable television — and considering I still get phone calls attempting to sell me “home phone” I suspect they’re not quite ready to let go — they should, at the very least, lower the price! Now I know “lower the price” may be a foreign concept to executives at these companies, but here’s the reality of the situation. Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw may not be selling as many clients on home phone and cable anymore, but they are no doubt making it up with internet and cellular data packages. Two must-haves that could result in even high profits as a result of our country’s needlessly restrictive and expensive bandwidth caps. What’s more, I’ve never understood how every show that airs on, say CTV for example, isn’t available online with the exact same commercials (for cord cutters), or commercial free (for those who still subscribe to cable). Why do Bell MEdia, Rogers and Shaw make it so hard to legally watch their content. Which brings me to…
Your online portals (suck!)
Nobody likes getting punished for playing by the rules, which is why an important part in looking towards the future is improving your online portals. Do you have any idea how annoying and infuriating it is to attempt to catch up on your favoruite shows through your Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw’s official online outlets? The same ads repeat ad nauseam, shows often don’t load and worst of all, if you have to stop watching for any reason you basically have to restart from the beginning. Seriously folks, the legal option should be the best and most friction free one, because you don’t want me — or someone less ethical — to start Googling the non-legal alternatives.
Think Different
This week I purchased the new Apple TV [Review coming soon]. Like most Apple products, it just works (and brilliantly so!). You know what doesn’t work? My antiquated and infuriating-to-use Rogers digital box. Which is curious, because on the cellular side, you giant media conglomerates have actually got it right. Canadians gladly (or perhaps begrudgingly) shell out thousands of dollars annually to use your cellular and data on the phone of choice! Which raises the slightly awkward albeit painfully obvious question as to why don’t you follow the same model with cable boxes. Team up with Apple (or if you must, Google or Microsoft) and offer those who haven’t yet cut the cord an amazing experience. You might be surprised what we’d pay for if it was an Apple-esque amazing expierence.
On TV Tonight: Friday November 20, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | Dr. Ken | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
CBS | The Amazing Race 27 | Hawaii Five-0 | Blue Bloods | |||
CW | Reign | America’s Next Top Model | ||||
FOX | MasterChef Junior | World’s Funniest Fails | ||||
NBC | Undateable | Truth Be Told | Grimm | Dateline NBC | ||
Misc | Jessica Jones (Streaming, Netflix) | The Man in the High Castle (Streaming, Amazon) | The Knick (Cinemax) Satisfaction (USA) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Z Nation (Syfy) |
Orange denotes what the TV Addict is watching and/or recording tonight!
JESSICA JONES Sneak Peeks: Kilgrave’s Abilities
The preview for JESSICA JONES warns us that there is a man out there that can control minds and he’s haunting Jessica just as she’s trying to put her life back together.
Now sneak peeks for the new Marvel Netflix series give us a glimpse into his abilities. Kilgrave (played by David Tennant) can indeed make people do whatever he wants. For example, he strolls right into an apartment and easily convinces the questioning child to disappear and the parents to invite him to stay. In a second clip, he manipulates his fellow poker players in to going all in on the next hand and then folding, pocketing the $1 million plus pot for himself.
How can Jessica defeat a man who can control everyone around him? You’ll have to wait until this weekend to find out.
JESSICA JONES debuts on Netflix on November 20.
Afternoon Static: OUTLANDER, SUPERGIRL, INTO THE BADLANDS & More!
• The Business of Show: ‘True Detective’ Creator Nic Pizzolatto Signs Overall Deal With HBO Through 2018
• TV Review: ‘The Man in the High Castle’
• Live From New York: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Co-Host SNL Dec. 19
• Kudos: ‘Supergirl’ Continues To Set Itself Apart By Emphasizing Female Characters
• Funny Business: Netflix’s ‘A Very Murray Christmas’ Trailer Features Food, Booze, And Attractive People
• Cool Beans: How ‘The Flash’ Turned CW Into a Ratings Contender on Tuesdays
• DIVORCE in the City? Sarah Jessica Parker Returns to HBO with a New Series and We’ve Got Your First Look!
• AGENT CARTER: Your First look at Hayley Atwell’s Peggy in Season 2
• Analysis: When TV Turns Itself Off
• Who Knew? Why The Simpsons Is the Most Powerful TV Show of All Time
• ‘Into the Badlands’ Ratings: AMC Drama Opens Strong Sunday
• Woo-Hoo! CW Seed Streaming ‘Pushing Daisies’ Free on Roku
• Pilot Watch: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Creators Carter Bays & Craig Thomas Set Magic-Themed Comedy ‘New York Mythological’ At CBS
• Once Upon a Time Casts Hercules, Meg — Plus: Scoop on a Returning Heroine!
• Tim Goodman: Why Won’t the Dead Stay Dead on TV?
• Scoop: Outlander (Kinda) Casts Lord John
• Must Read TV: Julianna Margulies on Alicia Florrick’s New Attitude and Using Peter to ‘Get Her Yayas On’
• F Is for Family: Watch First Trailer for Netflix’s ’70s-Set Animated Comedy
• Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Questions with JANE THE VIRGIN Star Yael Grobglas
On TV Tonight: Friday November 13, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | Dr. Ken | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
CBS | The Amazing Race 27 | Hawaii Five-0 | Blue Bloods | |||
CW | Reign | America’s Next Top Model | ||||
FOX | MasterChef Junior | World’s Funniest Fails | ||||
NBC | Undateable | Truth Be Told | Grimm | Dateline NBC | ||
Misc | W/ Bob & David (Netflix)_ | The Knick (Cinemax) Satisfaction (USA) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Z Nation (Syfy) |
Orange denotes what the TV Addict is watching and/or recording tonight!
SUPERNATURAL: Misha Collins Talks Castiel, Heaven and the Darkness
Castiel heads off to find Metatron in this week’s SUPERNATURAL. While Dean convinces Sam they should just confront Amara head-on in the episode, Castiel goes to track down the former Scribe of God in the hopes that he can provide valuable intelligence about the Darkness. He manages to find the former angel and even musters up some sympathy for his current predicament — although, that won’t stop him from punching him. But what else is coming for Cas? During a recent visit to the set of SUPERNATURAL, Misha Collins cryptically teased upcoming secrets, Cas’ disconnect from Heaven, whether Cas will be picking up any new allies and the nature of the Darkness.
With Hannah now dead and Heaven in some disarray, will Cas be our conduit to Heaven? “Cas is alienated, very much, from Heaven and its machinations. In fact, in the episode we’re shooting right now we learn that Cas is pretty much reviled by everyone in Heaven.” He doesn’t have the inside scoop about what the winged characters are up to in Heaven, which certainly won’t be useful if they need to side with the angels against the Darkness.
We also saw Cas help the Winchesters in “Baby” and he was binging Netflix in the bunker in the most recent episode, but how much will he be helping the brothers going forward? Collins was cryptic about spoilers, but he did warn that we won’t be seeing a lot of that. “I feel like that dynamic where Cas is helping the boys and we’re going to solve problems [together] is always a short-lived one. I think that things, generally speaking, fall apart sooner or later and somebody is lying to someone else and there’s subterfuge and dissembling and everything is sort of dysfunctional. So that’s where we’re heading.” Yikes!
Related: Mark Sheppard talks Crowley, Hell, Amara, Rowena, Dean and the fans
Meanwhile, Cas and Crowley were locked in a fight to the death as season 10 ended, although Crowley did manage to escape with his life. Now that Cas is obviously aware that he didn’t kill the King of Hell, what’s the dynamic like between them? “It’s complicated, I would say. Cas sort of realizes that he didn’t kill Crowley [in the season premiere] and I think that realization for him is kind of conflicted. Cas is not actually totally thrilled that Crowley is still alive.”
Will Cas be picking up any new allies? Yes, but Collins wouldn’t elaborate, so we’re left to speculate.
Padalecki and Ackles shared their own thoughts on the nature of the Darkness and whether their characters believe it is inherently evil (watch here), so we posed the same question to Collins, who seemed to think Cas felt more clear-cut about the primordial force. “I think that we all think that there’s a certain inherent darkness to the Darkness. A certain evil there.”
Watch the interview with Collins below and don’t miss an all new episode of SUPERNATURAL on November 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.