{"id":2073,"date":"2006-01-19T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/19\/tv-news-from-tv-gal\/"},"modified":"2006-01-19T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T00:49:13","slug":"tv-news-from-tv-gal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2073","title":{"rendered":"TV News from TV Gal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at TV Gal<\/a>, a Fox Entertainment executive is quoted saying that Arrested Development<\/em> still has a chance:<\/p>\n

“I have to be frank with you, it is highly unlikely the show is coming back. But no definitive, final answer has been made on that,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Basically we’ll wind up looking at where our development is,” he later added. “We’ll wind up seeing what those four episodes (airing Feb. 10 as a season finale) do. We anticipate those four episodes will be populated by the loyal audience and we’re in dialogue with Mitch all the time.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Bur of course, those last four episodes are being aired in a two-hour lump opposite the opening ceremonies of the Olympics<\/a>. So when he says we’ll be “Seeing what those four episodes do,” he means “we’ve driven the final nail into the coffin.”<\/p>\n

In other Fox news, Malcolm in the Middle<\/em> has been canceled (I like the show, but yeah, it’s time); Sam’s murderer on Reunion<\/em>, had it not been canceled, would probably have been Sam’s daughter; Prison Break<\/em> will return March 20th; and there are unverified rumors that Futurama <\/em>will get a new season.<\/p>\n

Non-Fox bits of news from TV Gal: Gilmore Girls<\/em> is going to be back next season<\/a>, but it looks like writer\/creator Amy Sherman-Palladino may move on to a new project. I hope this won’t be like the last two Joss-less seasons of Buffy<\/em>. (Then again, the West Wing<\/em> has been great this season – and there is simply no show on TV with more kick-ass, powerful female characters. Although I’m now dying of curiosity to see how they write the Leo character out of the show.)<\/p>\n

In the “that sounds interesting” category, “Farscape<\/em> creator Rockne O’Bannon is developing Cult<\/em>, about a TV show that’s twisting the lives of its audience, starring Matthew Bomer.” I have no idea who Bomer is, but I loved Farscape <\/em>(after the terrible first season).<\/p>\n

And in the “say it ain’t so, Joe” category, “Ellen DeGeneres and her brother Vance are concocting a live-action comedy called My Dog Sparky<\/em>, depicting contemporary American family life from the point of view of the family dog, who will be voiced by Ellen.” I really, really want to like Ellen – I loved her old sit-com, and her stand-up act – but Sparky <\/em>sounds like it would have to climb long and high to reach “vomit-worthy” level.<\/p>\n

Finally, an interesting story about when Monty Python sued ABC<\/a> for broadcasting edited versions of Flying Circus<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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