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Best and Worst Decisions of 2013 Upfronts
6 hours ago
Done. The fates of pilots and returning shows are sealed. The new fall schedule has been revealed. And the week of network sales presentations to advertisers is over. Here’s some of the best and worst of the past week and what it means for this fall.
Highest concept (figuratively): Mixology — a sitcom where the entire series takes place during one night in a bar. Cheers only felt like that.
Highest concept (literally): Once Upon in Wonderland. You see that trippy trailer? Might as well call it the Bong Hit Fairy Tale Hour.
Most-deserved cancellation: Where to start? »
- Lynette Rice and James Hibberd
Nik Wallenda's live tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon doesn't make him a daredevil -- Exclusive Video
7 hours ago
On June 23, high wire artist Nik Wallenda will do a tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon live on Discovery — without a safety net or tether. Below, we have an exclusive first look at a bio video in which Wallenda explains why he doesn’t consider himself a daredevil (he started walking the wire when he was 2) and drops some words to live by (“Fear is choice; danger is real…. you can decide if you’re scared of something or not” ). If just seeing him sit on the ground with his feet dangling over the edge makes you a bit queasy, »
- Mandi Bierly
'Mike & Molly' creator leaving show
21 hours ago
CBS’ Mike & Molly is undergoing some behind-the-scenes changes.
Mark Roberts, the creator and showrunnner for the comedy’s first three seasons, is stepping down to focus on other projects. In his place, Al Higgins, currently co-executive producer, has been named executive producer and will serve as day-to-day showrunner of the comedy for its upcoming fourth season.
Though CBS ordered a full 22-episode season of the show starring Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell, the network notably opted to save the comedy for midseason. The benching helps CBS find room to launch four new sitcoms this fall: Mom, The Millers, The Crazy Ones and We Are Men. »
- James Hibberd
'Vampire Diaries' finale postmortem: Ep Julie Plec on the cure, the Silas twist, Bonnie's future
22 hours ago
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched The Vampire Diaries season finale, stop reading now. Exec producer Julie Plec talked to us about who was originally going to get the cure, how long that Silas twist was in the works, and how much of Bonnie we’ll be seeing next season…
Entertainment Weekly: You’ve told us that the person you thought would end up with the cure when you begin filming the season wasn’t the one who ultimately got it. Who was originally supposed to receive it?
Julie Plec: We changed our mind right about when the show started airing. »
- Mandi Bierly
'Vampire Diaries' finale postmortem: Ep Julie Plec on the cure, the Silas twist, Bonnie's future
22 hours ago
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched The Vampire Diaries season finale, stop reading now. Exec producer Julie Plec talked to us about who was originally going to get the cure, how long that Silas twist was in the works, and how much of Bonnie we’ll be seeing next season…
Entertainment Weekly: You’ve told us that the person you thought would end up with the cure when you begin filming the season wasn’t the one who ultimately got it. Who was originally supposed to receive it?
Julie Plec: We changed our mind right about when the show started airing. »
- Mandi Bierly
America Ferrera eyes ABC return in 'Romeo and Juliet'-inspired series -- Exclusive
22 hours ago
America Ferrera may return to ABC.
The former Ugly Betty actress’ telenovela project Pedro & Maria is in development at the broadcast network as a potential limited series. Originally developed at MTV three years ago, Pedro & Maria is a modern day twist on Romeo and Juliet. The project is from executive producer Ben Silverman (The Office, The Biggest Loser) through his Electus multimedia studio.
Here’s the pitch: “Pedro and Maria are two opposites cut from the same cloth caught in the trap of forbidden love. He is a second generation Dominican from the mean streets of Washington Heights. She is »
- James Hibberd
'X Factor': Kelly Rowland near deal as judge -- Exclusive
23 hours ago
Fox’s The X Factor is looking to have plenty of girl power next fall. The judges panel will likely consist of executive producer Simon Cowell and three female judges.
One will be returning judge Demi Lovato, as the network previously announced. If all goes according to plan, another will be singer, dancer and Super Bowl halftime show-stopper Kelly Rowland. The Grammy-winning Destiny’s Child founding member has previously been floated as a potential judge in the press, but EW can exclusively report she’s firming up a deal to join the show. Rowland should feel quite comfortable at the »
- James Hibberd
'Arrested Development': Creator Mitchell Hurwitz talks new season, movie and... bees
23 hours ago
If there is one person that deserves credit for the revival of Arrested Development, it’s… you. You, random fan — by buying millions of DVDs, discovering the show on Hulu/Netflix, or quoting it endlessly to friends who then became converts (or just annoyed) — have persuaded the Hollywood powers that be that this off-kilter cult comedy is worth bringing back from the dead. (May 26. 15 new episodes. Netflix. Be there.) But if credit goes to a second person, it’s Mitchell Hurwitz. For years, the show’s creator/executive producer/mastermind has been plotting some form of return for the critically loved, »
- Dan Snierson
First Look: See Larry David and Jon Hamm in HBO's new film, 'Clear History' -- Exclusive Video
17 May 2013 2:04 PM, PDT
Recognize the guy on the right?
That’s a virtually unrecognizable Larry David in the new HBO movie Clear History (due in August). David stars as Nathan, a hipster marketing exec who sells all his shares at a start-up over a fight with his boss (Jon Hamm, left), only to miss out on billions when the company’s new product—an electric car—becomes a smashing success.
“It ruins his life,” says director Greg Mottola (Superbad), who explains that the comedy then picks up a decade after a humiliated Nathan changes his name and goes incognito.
The movie—which also stars Bill Hader, »
- Nuzhat Naoreen
'Grey's Anatomy' season finale post-mortem: Shonda Rhimes on Calizona, Owen and Cristina and the fate of [spoiler]
17 May 2013 1:22 PM, PDT
Grey’s Anatomy’s season finale was everything you’d expect from a Grey’s Anatomy season finale, filled with tension, action, heartbreak — and even a possible death!
Note: We said possible because the fate of Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), who last night was electrocuted and last seen on the floor in a desolate part of the hospital, was left up in the air. So have we said goodbye to yet another member of our beloved team of doctors? “That’s such an interesting question! I love that people are asking that question,” Rhimes told EW last night »
- Sandra Gonzalez
'Arrested Development': Inside the cult comedy's comeback
17 May 2013 10:08 AM, PDT
Arrested Development’s journey back to the screen has been long and unpredictable. It has taken many turns, involved the use of many birds. And on this December evening, it has banked a hard right onto a Hollywood side street and pit-stopped in a magic club on gay night.
Inside the gothic lounge of mystery, patrons in leopard vests, Army fatigues, and assless pants groove about. Near the bar, series creator Mitchell Hurwitz studies Will Arnett and Michael Cera as they rehearse a scene that will play out in multiple episodes: Decked out in leather and chains, Arnett’s sleazy-cheesy »
- Dan Snierson
'Don't Trust the B---' new episodes put online
17 May 2013 10:07 AM, PDT
Don’t Trust the B—- may be cancelled, but there’s never-before-seen episodes that are now available online. ABC has put eight unaired episodes onto ABC.com.
One of the epiosdes, which was originally planned to run as the show’s second season finale before ABC axed the comedy, is a flashback episode chronicling Chloe’s bitch-origin story. Titled “Original Bitch,” the episode goes back 10 years ago to when Chloe (Krysten Ritter) first moved into Apt. 23 and met a roommate named Trish, who took “Chloe under her wing and her everything she knew about bitch-itude.” Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver! »
- James Hibberd
'The Office' ratings surge for series finale
17 May 2013 8:08 AM, PDT
Updated: Thursday night had eight broadcast season finales.
But the one most people are talking about is NBC’s The Office, even if only because the episode brought the comedy series to a close.
Since The Office finale aired for 75 minutes, these early numbers are approximate (Nielsen’s first-round numbers only measure in half-hour blocks). But even with the final 15 minutes omitted, The Office clearly surged: At least 5.4 million viewers tuned in and the show delivered a minimum of a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49. That’s easily a season high for the show; its best performance in 16 months (the season premiere was a 2.1 rating, »
- James Hibberd
Syfy cancels 'Warehouse 13'
17 May 2013 7:34 AM, PDT
The fifth season of Warehouse 13 — which will return for only six episodes in 2014 — will be its last, Syfy announced today.
“Warehouse 13 has been an incredible signature series for us,” said Mark Stern, Syfy’s President, Original Content, in a statement. “We are grateful to the loyal and passionate fan base and know that Jack Kenny, his gifted creative team, and outstanding ensemble cast will give them an amazing finale season.”
Production of the final season will begin this summer in Toronto.
Warehouse 13 will begin filming in Toronto this summer. The series has been airing Mondays at 10 behind the new series Defiance. »
- Lynette Rice
'The Simpsons' finale: Seth MacFarlane sings Sinatra, hits on Marge -- Exclusive Video
17 May 2013 7:15 AM, PDT
Who’s trying to come between Homer and Marge in the season finale of The Simpsons? Sounds like Seth MacFarlane. The Family Guy creator/masterthroat will voice the role of Ben, a charmer who makes a play for Marge after she obliviously winds up on a Ashley Madison-type website. Will Marge be able to get the Sinatra-crooning Ben out of her mind? Check out the following clip.
The episode airs Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on Fox.
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‘The Simpsons’: Seth MacFarlane episode will now air as season finale on May 19
Kristen Wiig to guest as FBI »
- Dan Snierson
'Zombieland' pilot dead at Amazon, fans 'hated it out of existence'
17 May 2013 7:03 AM, PDT
It’s a sad day in Zombieland-land: Franchise creator Rhett Reese — who co-wrote both the 2009 movie and the Amazon pilot that that movie has become with Paul Wernick — tweeted that the series “will not be moving forward on Amazon. Sad for everyone involved.”
The pilot has been available online for a month. Our Chris Nashawaty said, “There are a few yuks and also a pleasantly high body count. the actors feel like bargain-basement knockoffs of Harrelson, et al. … You feel like you’re watching a smudged Xerox of what was a pretty hilarious movie.”
Customer feedback was always meant »
- Adam Carlson
'Scandal' finale post-mortem: Shonda Rhimes on that crazy Quinn moment and Olivia's [Spoiler]
17 May 2013 5:28 AM, PDT
Last night’s wild season 2 finale of Scandal featured a number of shocking revelations and a big moment for our girl Quinn. We caught up with Scandal creator and showrunner Shonda Rhimes after an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences cast reading of the finale to ask her a few questions. Be warned, though, if you haven’t seen the season finale of Scandal, there are only spoilers below.
“We call it the “I’m Quinn, bi-ch” moment,” said Rhimes of the scene where Quinn jams that drill into Billy Chambers’ chest as the blood splatters all over her face. »
- Lindsey Bahr
Keith Urban willing to return to 'American Idol'
17 May 2013 3:30 AM, PDT
Keith Urban has already said he would be willing to return to American Idol as a judge, but for the time being, his future on the show remains up in the air, the singer said Thursday backstage at the American Idol finale.
“I have no idea. All I know is that there is talk about it,” he says. “For me, I’m in the studio literally this week finishing up my album and putting a tour together, hitting the road in July. So onwards.”
Just yesterday, Urban told reporters that he would be open to returning as a judge next season, »
- Sandra Gonzalez
'American Idol' winner: 'A lot of dreams came true for me tonight'
16 May 2013 11:26 PM, PDT
The new winner of American Idol was still shocked by the time she came backstage to face the press after learning she’d won the crown.
In fact, Candice Glover, who beat out Kree Harrison for the title Thursday night, joked, “I don’t even know my name.”
“I’m still trying to process the whole thing,” she said. “It feels amazing, though.”
Going into the evening, Glover, who hails from South Carolina, was the favorite to win, but she admitted she fully expected to hear Kree Harrison’s name when the announcement was finally made at the end of »
- Sandra Gonzalez
'Grey's Anatomy' preview: Camilla Luddington teases tonight's season finale
16 May 2013 3:33 PM, PDT
It’s been a tough few weeks for Jo on Grey’s Anatomy. A tough season, really. And as the powerhouse drama cruises toward its season finale tonight, look for things to stay just as intense for the first-year doc as she and the rest of the gang at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital fight to keep the hospital afloat as a super storm barrels down on them.”There are issues with the equipment so they’re actually having to use some the techniques they taught the Syrian doctors a few episodes ago,” Camilla Luddington teases of the chaos at the hospital, »
- Sandra Gonzalez
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