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Gcb: Cancelled; No Season Two for ABC Show
12 May 2012 10:25 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Did Carlene finally take down Amanda? We'll never know. ABC has cancelled Gcb after one short season of 10 episodes. There won't be a "second coming" or a second season for this show.
Based on the novel Good Christian Bitches, Gcb follows a former high school mean girl (Leslie Bibb), now a single mom and widow, who returns home to Texas and tries to make amends with the women that she used to torment. The show's ensemble cast also includes Lauran Irion, Colton Shires, Annie Potts, Kristin Chenoweth, David James Elliott, Jennifer Aspen, Brad Beyer, Miriam Shor, Mark Deklin, and Marisol Nichols.
This dramedy debuted to a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demograpic with 7.56 million viewers. That wasn't a great showing but it was far better than what ABC had been getting with Pan Am earlier in the season.
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- TVSeriesFinale.com
ABC Renews 'Private Practice' & 'Don't Trust The B,' Cancels 'Gcb'
11 May 2012 11:08 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Bubble shows are called that because things can really go either way -- for "Scandal," it meant a Season 2 renewal today, but for "Gcb" and a handful of others, it means cancellation.
ABC has officially canceled "Gcb," its Texas-centric freshman dramedy starring Annie Potts, Kristin Chenoweth and Leslie Bibb, along with three other dramas that were on major life support.
If you were holding out hope for lofty period-spy drama "Pan Am" or the "Paranormal Activity"-esque thriller "The River," hope is lost -- both shows join Ashley Judd's globe-trotting "Missing" (which was set up to be a one-season venture initially anyway) on the chopping block.
But ABC has saved a few fan-favorite shows: Shonda Rhimes' other ABC series "Private Practice" -- which moved from the post-"Grey's Anatomy" timeslot to Tuesdays when "Scandal" premiered -- will get a sixth season; Dana Delany's medical examiner drama "Body of Proof »
- The Huffington Post
Gcb
11 May 2012 9:33 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Network: ABC
Episodes: 10 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: March 4, 2012 -- May 6, 2012
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Leslie Bibb, Lauran Irion, Colton Shires, Annie Potts, Kristin Chenoweth, David James Elliott, Jennifer Aspen, Brad Beyer, Miriam Shor, Mark Deklin, and Marisol Nichols.
TV show description:
Based on the book Good Christian Bitches by Kim Gatlin, this TV show seeks to answer the question, "Can you go back home to a place where no one seems to have grown up?"
After her cheating husband dies and leaves her penniless in Los Angeles, former mean girl Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb) moves back to her hometown of Highland Park, Texas. She and her teenage kids -- Laura (Lauran Irion) and Will (Colton Shires) -- have no choice but to move in with Amanda's self-righteous and outspoken mother, Gigi »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ABC Renews 'Private Practice' & 'Don't Trust The B,' Cancels 'Gcb'
11 May 2012 5:46 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Bubble shows are called that because things can really go either way -- for "Scandal," it meant a Season 2 renewal today, but for "Gcb" and a handful of others, it means cancellation.
ABC has officially canceled "Gcb," its Texas-centric freshman dramedy starring Annie Potts, Kristin Chenoweth and Leslie Bibb, along with three other dramas that were on major life support.
If you were holding out hope for lofty period-spy drama "Pan Am" or the "Paranormal Activity"-esque thriller "The River," hope is lost -- both shows join Ashley Judd's globe-trotting "Missing" (which was set up to be a one-season venture initially anyway) on the chopping block.
But ABC has saved a few fan-favorite shows: Shonda Rhimes' other ABC series "Private Practice" -- which moved from the post-"Grey's Anatomy" timeslot to Tuesdays when "Scandal" premiered -- will get a sixth season; Dana Delany's medical examiner drama "Body of Proof »
- The Huffington Post
'Awake' and 'Up All Night,' plus 3 more TV shows you didn't watch but should have
10 May 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
"Awake" (NBC). It looks as if Kyle Killen, who created the short-lived 2010 Fox drama "Lone Star," won't have better luck with this similarly praised midseason drama. Jason Isaacs stars as a police detective who awakens from a traffic accident with his wife and son to find himself straddling two realities. In one, his wife is alive and his son dead; in the other, the reverse is true. The performances and writing have held up since its better-than-average premiere, but ratings have steadily dropped since then. NBC may well put "Awake" to sleep.
"Gcb" (ABC). Anyone who follows TV ratings is scratching his head over this show, which has been underperforming on Sundays. There was some initial kerfuffle over the title, which derives from a book called "Good Christian B****es," but anyone who has seen the show knows it's not an attack on religion. What it is, is a very funny, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Gcb: Cancel or Renew for Season Two?
1 May 2012 6:24 AM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
With Desperate Housewives on the way out and after the disappointing performance of Pan Am, ABC needs new shows for the Sunday night schedule. Have they found a success in Gcb or will it also be cancelled?
Gcb revolves around former high-school mean-girl Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb). Now a widow with two children, she returns to her former Texas hometown to live with her mother (Annie Potts). Amanda comes face to face with the former schoolmates that she used to mock and tries to make amends and build a new life. Other castmembers include Jennifer Aspen, Marisol Nichols, Miriam Shor, David James Elliott, Mark Deklin, Brad Beyer, and Kristin Chenoweth.
The series debuted on March 4th to a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.56 million total viewers. It was in second place for the timeslot, behind NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. Compared to the »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Annie Potts is 'hostess with the mostest' on new comedy 'Gcb' [Video]
29 April 2012 3:46 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Gigi Stopper is the fiesty, opinionated, widowed Texas dame who enjoys a stiff drink as much as she loves church. Annie Potts, who portrays Gigi on the freshman ABC dramedy "Gcb," calls her "the hostess with the mostest ...belle of the ball ... Auntie Mame." Potts has been a steady presence on television for the past quarter century with regular series roles on "Love and War" (Emmy nod in 1994), "Dangerous Minds," "Any Day Now" (SAG bids in 1999 and 2000), and most famously "Designing Women." She co-starred with Dixie Carter on that long-running CBS comedy and is now using some of her late friend's traits on "Gcb." In a video chat with senior editors Rob Licuria and Chris Beachum, Potts said, "Because I knew her so well, this is very much in character for her. She threw fabulous parties, and she had that kind of ebullience that I've tried to capture and use for Gigi. »
Win Tickets To Pretty In Pink Screening On April 26 At B&B WIldwood 10
23 April 2012 4:09 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Just in time for Prom Season, Pretty In Pink is playing for one night only Thursday night April 26th, 7pm at the B&B Wildwood 10! Tickets are only $5. 10% of all tickets and concessions sold during the special showing go to benefit The Metro St. Louis Cinderella Project, the local organization that provides the gift of a prom dress to young women in the metropolitan area who are unable to acquire one on their own. B&B will also donate 10% of all tickets and concessions sold during all their showtimes throughout the entire weekend of April 27th when patrons bring in a flyer found in the Coupon Section on the B&B Theatres Facebook page at facebook.com/bbtheatres
Wamg is also giving away five admit-2 passes to see Pretty In Pink on April 26Th at 7Pm, only, at the B&B Wildwood 10.
Official Rules:
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- Movie Geeks
Joey DeAngelis: Making a Case for Ringer, Gcb, Fringe, and Other Bubble Shows
19 April 2012 2:55 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
While the future of many shows has already been determined, plenty are still waiting to hear their fate. We have a little while until the May upfronts when networks will announce their fall schedules, which shows got picked up and which ones got the ax. Usually, it's easy to tell via adults 18-49 ratings whether a show will live or die, but sometimes it's more up in the air. That generally means they are "on the bubble," because it could float or pop. There's a multitude of bubble shows, so let's get started.
Okay, Ringer may be more inclined to be cancelled than to be renewed, but I'm including it on the bubble because the CW operates differently than the four major broadcast networks. Marking the television return of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ringer was supposed to be a ratings juggernaut (in terms of CW ratings). However, after a promising »
- Joey DeAngelis
Joey DeAngelis: Making a Case for Ringer, Gcb, Fringe, and Other Bubble Shows
19 April 2012 2:55 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
While the future of many shows has already been determined, plenty are still waiting to hear their fate. We have a little while until the May upfronts when networks will announce their fall schedules, which shows got picked up and which ones got the ax. Usually, it's easy to tell via adults 18-49 ratings whether a show will live or die, but sometimes it's more up in the air. That generally means they are "on the bubble," because it could float or pop. There's a multitude of bubble shows, so let's get started.
Okay, Ringer may be more inclined to be cancelled than to be renewed, but I'm including it on the bubble because the CW operates differently than the four major broadcast networks. Marking the television return of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ringer was supposed to be a ratings juggernaut (in terms of CW ratings). However, after a promising »
- Joey DeAngelis
Ghostbusters 3 Is 'a Possibility' Admits Bill Murray
14 April 2012 1:35 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
In late February, it seemed that Dan Aykroyd had thrown in the towel in terms of getting Bill Murray to return for Ghostbusters 3. He was quoted as saying that the actor would not return, and that was the final verdict.
"At this point it's in suspended animation. The studio, the director Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis feel there must be a way to do it, but Bill Murray will not do the movie."
Now, the great back-and-forth continues!
Bill Murray was on local Chicago news station Wgn yesterday, talking baseball at Cubs Park. He was asked about the ever-lingering sequel, and his definitive answer was not "No" as was expect. Instead, he offered a bit of hope.
"It's a possibility."
The comedy icon then went onto hype up his latest movie Moonrise Kingdom, calling it "really, really funny." Click on the interview, his comments about Ghostbusters 3 come at the 2:48 mark. »
- MovieWeb
ABC Studios Rush To Release Full Season DVDs – The River, Missing, Gcb, Scandal
11 April 2012 8:43 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
ABC, as a very general entity, is apparently having good luck releasing TV shows on DVD as quickly as they can, because they certainly aren’t shying away from the idea. It’s been a trend, and if we expand and look at ABC Family shows as well, the notion of getting physical copies into the hands of fans as soon as possible certainly seems to work out. Well, the post-Fall schedule is going to come your way in a hurry as well, and I have to say that I like the idea. Waiting around on these shows could be a mistake, and it’s actually a pretty cool idea to have an option when you’re trying to sell your new favorite show on the uninitiated.
We don’t really have the scoop on the bonus offerings yet, always a question mark when something hits shelves so fast, but »
- Marc Eastman
Gcb on the Bubble: Keep Or Cut?
11 April 2012 8:21 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Come mid-May (if not sometimes sooner), the networks will be making some tough calls as to which series will return for the 2012-13 TV season, and which … won’t. As we did last spring, TVLine is singling out select “bubble” shows to survey their prospects. Next up is a freshman dramedy hoping to score a pick-up:
The Show: Gcb (ABC)
The Time Slot: Sundays at 10/9c.
2012 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Axed? What’s on the Bubble?
The Case For Keeping | Satirical, twisted and campy to a fault, Gcb is the very definition of a guilty pleasure. »
- Andy Swift
Miriam Shor Interview: Her "Gcb" White Marriage, "Hedwig" Past and More!
9 April 2012 2:01 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
The ladies from Desperate Housewives prepare to depart to rerun heaven, and ABC has been trying to find just the right show to take over it’s Sunday night throne. Pan Am didn’t quite click with viewers, but the network's mid-season offering Gcb might be having better luck. Gcb's second season hasn’t officially been ordered…yet, but with its campy humor, delicious manipulations and endless amounts of dirty little secrets it seems like a perfect replacement for Housewives.
Of course, it helps that the cast is filled with pros like Kristin Chenoweth (Carlene) and Annie Potts, but also holding her own in one of the juicier storylines on the show is Miriam Shor. Shor’s Cricket Caruth-Reilly may have one of the best looking husbands in town, Blake (Mark Deklin), but the powerful twosome also have the biggest secret: their marriage is a ‘white marriage.’ In other words, »
- nyjimmy67
'Celebrity Apprentice' ratings improve on NBC
9 April 2012 9:54 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Lot of repeats on broadcast Sunday night, which helped NBC’s Harry’s Law (7.6 million viewers, 1.0) and Celebrity Apprentice (6.5 million, 2.0). Law was up 25 percent and Apprentice grew 11 percent.
CBS’ ratings schedule was thrown off by some popular Masters Golf overrun. ABC aired back-to-back episodes of Gcb (5.2 million viewers, 1.8) — cough-burn-off-cough — which were basically unchanged from last week. Fox had repeats.
Of course, several shows EW readers are most interested in were on cable — AMC’s The Killing, Mad Men and HBO’s Game of Thrones. We’ll post those ratings as they become available.
Read more:
‘Celebrity Apprentice’: And the fired celebrity is… »
- James Hibberd
ABC Announces The River, Missing, Gcb DVD Details
8 April 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
ABC has announced DVD release dates for a number of their shows, following their recent finales. The River, Missing, Scandal and Gcb are all set to arrive in stores this Spring.
Official Press Release:
ABC Studios is proud to announce the May/June DVD debut of four new TV series onDVD, just weeks after their season one finales on ABC-tv. Exciting spring releases begin May 22 with the DVDdebut of the paranormal thriller “The River.” The network’s hilarious “Gcb” struts its stuff to DVD on June 12, and both the explosive thriller “Scandal” and the mystery-suspense sensation “Missing” head home to DVD, also on June 12. These outstanding ‘Season One’ DVD collections will dig deeper into these new series with never-before-seen material such as exclusive bonus features, deleted scenes, blooper reels and featurettes from favoritecharacters. Each allows fans the chance to relive all their favorite moments uninterrupted, catch up on missed episodes »
- Tiberius
DVD Release: Gcb Season 1
6 April 2012 4:47 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: June 12, 2012
Price: DVD $39.99
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Debuting on DVD a week after the season finale’s airing on TV, ABC’s hilarious primetime soap Gcb is looking for a bigger audience.
Studios usually release TV shows on disc a few weeks before the new season premieres to get viewers primed to tune in. But with season one of Gcb, as well as ABC’s Scandal, Missing and The River, Disney chose a DVD street date the week after the first season finale no doubt to gauge audience reaction and see if the shows are worth renewing.
Gcb had been seen as a potential replacement to ABC’s long-running hit Desperate Housewives, which ends on television this year. But ratings haven’t been what the network hoped for.
The comedy is based on the novel Good Christian Bitches by Kim Gatlin, although ABC changed the »
- Sam
'Gcb' clip: Obama bombshell derails Cricket and Blake's baby plans -- Video
6 April 2012 2:07 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Forget drug abuse and eating non-organic food. For Cricket and Blake, the true sign of unworthiness of a surrogate? Supporting Obama.
Truth be told, this exclusive clip from one of Sunday’s two all-new episodes of ABC’s satirical comedy, Gcb, shouldn’t be taken seriously. As a native of Texas, I can promise that the show’s outrageous characters aren’t representative of the state as a whole — only certain parts.
Conservative or otherwise, take a second to check out the clip below:
Read more:
‘Gcb’ star Annie Potts blasts Newt Gingrich for hypocrisy
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- Sandra Gonzalez
DVD Details for The River, Missing, Gcb, and Scandal
6 April 2012 11:52 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
DVD Details for The River, Missing, Gcb, and Scandal
ABC has decided to get a jump start on DVDs for its midseason shows. The network has announced the DVD release dates for The River, Missing, Gcb and Scandal.
From Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and the director of “Paranormal Activity” Oren Peli, a truly harrowing and hair-raising series comes to DVD. “The River: The Complete First Season” tells the tale of famed wildlife explorer and TV personality Dr. Emmet Cole who went looking for magic deep in the uncharted Amazon and never returned. Now, six months after he vanished, a brave crew of family, old friends and new acquaintances embark on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him in the deepest and darkest depths of South America. The DVD is filled with exclusive bonus features, including deleted scenes that draw audiences further into this heart-pounding adventure.
Release »
- Clarissa
Art imitating life? Mitt Romney suddenly the focus of two 'Mad Men' Twitter wars
3 April 2012 1:22 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Rich white people have two hobbies: controlling the government and tweeting about Mad Men. Which explains why, in less than 48 hours, Republican presidential candidate and walking quantum theory Mitt Romney has suddenly found himself the unwitting subject of two separate Mad Men-related Twitter arguments. On Sunday’s Mad Men, Romney’s father got a shout out when Henry Francis was overheard yelling into a telephone, “Romney is a clown and I don’t want him standing next to him!” This was a reference to Mitt’s father, Governor George S. Romney, a Lee Marvin lookalike who infamously cratered his »
- Darren Franich
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