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PAWNEE FOREVER

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:40:53 -0400

“Parks and Recreation” has been renewed, NBC has confirmed. Long live Pawnee!

TVFiends’s insight:

Parks and Rec renewed:

“The comedy, starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, will return for a sixth season. With the series on the bubble, NBC’s decision to renew “Parks and Recreation,” which is beloved by viewers and critics alike, had the cast celebrating.”

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Whitney Canceled, Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. Nears Series Order, 24 Might Return

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:19:09 -0400

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NBC also gave three other shows the axe.

TVFiends’s insight:

Cancellations and series pickup news:

“Firstly, Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is reportedly close to getting a series order. Meanwhile at NBC, Whitney, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, and Guys with Kids have all been canceled. Also in the cancellation department, Fox has nixed Kiefer Sutherland’s Touch after two seasons, although there’s now a rumor about 24 returning as a limited series. The CW has renewed The Carrie Diaries for a second season and Nikita for a fourth, also giving the green light to Reign (about Mary Queen of Scots at age fifteen), The 100 (a batch of juvenile delinquents are deployed to see if a post-apocalypse Earth can be re-inhabited), Tomorrow People (a teen boy has psychic powers; presented by The Vampire Diaries and Arrow folk), and Star-Crossed (formerly titledOxygen, about an alien boy in an American high school.”

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Once Upon a Time: Colin O'Donoghue Talks Hook, Bae, Lost Boys & Finale's 'Interesting' Neverland

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:15:57 -0400

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This Sunday on Once Upon a Time’s Season 2 finale (ABC, 8/7), Tamara and Greg aim to pull the “trigger” and “blow Storybrooke off the map” — but not if the extraordinary residents of the Maine bur…

TVFiends’s insight:

Once Upon a Time Finale preview:

“It’s going to be very interesting for people to see Hook in Neverland and see [cocreators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz’s] take on Neverland, because as you can tell from the way they’ve set up the other characters from other stories, everything’s not as it seems. As we know, [today’s] Captain Hook is very different than Hook from before. For Hook, going to Neverland — as we saw in the “Crocodile” episode — was very much about being able to take some time to figure out how to get his revenge on Rumpelstiltskin. That’s his reason for being there. But it’ll be interesting to see if and how he will interact with the Lost Boys or whomever in Neverland.”

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10 Things to Know About Arrested Development Season 4

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:12:35 -0400

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Get ready to blue yourself. Arrested Development’s long-awaited fourth season is almost here.

TVFiends’s insight:

TVGuide gives Arrested Development fans some insight into the shows relaunch:

“But when it comes to the Arrested story-telling you’ve come to know and love, get ready to say goodbye to these! Each episode of the fourth season — all of which will be available May 26 on Netflix —will follow a different member of the Bluth family over the same time period, with some scenes repeated from different perspectives.”

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Neil Patrick Harris to Host the Tony Awards Again

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:10:24 -0400

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Neil Patrick Harris will return as host for the 2013 Tony Awards.I’m very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall…

TVFiends’s insight:

“Neil Patrick Harris will return as host for the 2013 Tony Awards.

“I’m very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. It’ll be more impressive than ever - if my math is correct, it will be 267 times bigger than last year,” Harris said in a statement. “Oh, wait. No, that can’t… hold on… carry the one… I’m awful at math. But rest assured, the show will rock!”

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Does Anyone Even Want Another Season of Community?

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:08:31 -0400

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As a twentysomething liberal arts grad, it’s pretty much a pre-requisite to love post-modernism. The more meta something is, the better.

TVFiends’s insight:

TVGuide ask is Community worth saving:

But nothing did because this is a TV show, not spaghetti, and it requires a bit more forethought. There was simply too much happening this season that went nowhere and ultimately, it lent an air of meaninglessness (and not in a cool “show about nothing” way like Seinfeld). Jeff’s relationship with his dad, Abed’s Manic Pixie love interest, Annie’s infatuation with Jeff — did we get any closure to these issues? Did it affect the larger narrative or our characters’ dispositions at all? Or were they simply empty plot devices to distract us from realizing that Community is now only a simulacrum of the show we once loved. (I’m leaning towards the latter.)

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Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams on Arya’s Rage, Turning 16, and Taylor Swift

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:05:13 -0400

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Also, could Arya and Gendry get together? “I think it’s possible, definitely.”

TVFiends’s insight:

Maisie Williams on Ayra’s future (SPOILERS!!!):

“Just because she’s not got Gendry anymore doesn’t mean she’s crumbling or anything. She’s as strong as ever.”

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Ratings: Scandal Surges to Series High, The Office Rises, Community Ticks Up With Finale

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:55 -0400

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In what can best be called a “Hail Mary,” NBC’s yet-to-be-renewed Community delivered a ratings uptick with its Thursday night finale, rising one single tenth to a 1.3, while rising to 3.1 million …

TVFiends’s insight:

Community rises and Scandal beats out Idol:

“ABC’s Scandal (8.9 mil/3.2) rose 23 percent week-to-week to hit an all-time high demo rating, building on itsGrey’s Anatomy lead-in (8.6 mil/2.9, down a tenth) and besting a Thursday American Idol for the first time ever.”

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’24′ Eyes Return As Limited Series On Fox, Howard Gordon To EP, Kiefer Sutherland In Talks To Star

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:58:50 -0400

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The clock may start ticking again on Fox. I’ve learned that the network is looking to bring back its signature real-time drama 24 as a limited series. Kief

TVFiends’s insight:

It’s the year of TV comebacks- “The clock may start ticking again on Fox. I’ve learned that the network is looking to bring back its signature real-time drama 24 as a limited series. Kiefer Sutherland is in talks to reprise his Emmy-winning role as Agent Jack Bauer.”

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The CW Renews Nikita and The Carrie Diaries

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:56:54 -0400

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Division may be dead, but Nikita is not: The CW has renewed the spy thriller for a shortened fourth (and likely final) season. The Carrie Diaries, meanwhile, has been greenlit for a second season. …

TVFiends’s insight:

Nikita and Carrie Diaries renewed:

“Division may be dead, but Nikita is not: The CW has renewed the spy thriller for a shortened fourth (and likely final) season. The Carrie Diaries, meanwhile, has been greenlit for a second season.”

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'Idol' Falls To Third Place In Reality Ratings War

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:35:50 -0400

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NEW YORK — Television’s champion for nearly a decade, Fox’s “American Idol,” now isn’t even the most popular competition show on the air.

TVFiends’s insight:

The end of Idol Dominance:

Both editions of “The Voice” on NBC and “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC had larger audiences than “Idol” last week, the Nielsen Co. said. “Idol” has been the most popular entertainment program in prime time for nine years running and appears likely to lose that perch this season.

“The Voice” had 14.2 million viewers last Monday and 12.8 million on Tuesday, Nielsen said. Its showing was more impressive among the 19- to 49-year-old viewers that NBC most actively seeks; the shows ranked No. 1 and 3 on that measurement last week.

“American Idol” had 12.5 million viewers on Wednesday and 11.4 million on Thursday, Nielsen said. Among the younger demographic, “Idol” outpaces “Dancing With the Stars.”

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Sundance renews 'Rectify' for season 2

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:33:18 -0400

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HitFixs Alan Sepinwall writes about Sundance Channels renewal of Rectify, the terrific new drama about a former Death Row inmate.

TVFiends’s insight:

Rectified renewed:

“Sundance Channel has renewed ”Rectify,” its great new drama about a Death Row inmate (Aden Young) unexpectedly released into a world he never expected to see again, for a second season, with 10 new episodes set to debut sometime in 2014. “

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/sundance-renews-rectify-for-season-2#DbpBBk2IxPOROgCF.99

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HBO GO Without Cable? Not Yet, Says Time Warner Chief

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:32:02 -0400

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“We have the rights to do it and we would do it if we thought it was in our economic best interest,” Jeff Bewkes says this morning. But the potential marke

TVFiends’s insight:

No HBO Go for Now:

We have the rights to do it and we would do it if we thought it was in our economic best interest,”Jeff Bewkes says this morning. But the potential market for a stand-alone HBO streaming service in the U.S. is “not sufficiently big enough now.” HBO chief Richard Plepler in March raised some consumers’ hopes that they might soon be able to subscribe to HBO without first buying basic cable: He said that it could make sense to package HBO GO with cable or phone company broadband services.

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CNN’s ‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’ Gets Second Season

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:22:49 -0400

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After just three shows in its first run, CNN announced today that Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown will be back for a second season to bow September 15. Vi

TVFiends’s insight:

CNN announced today that Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown will be back for a second season to bow September 15.

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John Oliver To Begin Summer Run As ‘Daily Show’ Guest Host On June 10

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:22:22 -0400

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John Oliver begins his stint as guest host of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Monday, June 10 at 11 PM. Deadline broke the news in March that Stewart w

TVFiends’s insight:

John Oliver begins his stint as guest host of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on Monday, June 10 at 11 PM.

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Gary Carr cast - News - Downton Abbey - ITV Drama

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:21:22 -0400

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We’re delighted to announce that Gary Carr has joined the cast as jazz singer Jack Ross.

TVFiends’s insight:

Downton Abbey will become more diverse in season 4:

“Carr will play a jazz singer called Jack Ross, a charming and charismatic young man. He joins new cast members Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Nigel Harman, Joanna David and Dame Harriet Walter who are all set to star in the fourth series.”

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HBO Renews 'Veep' for Third Season

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:20:21 -0400

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HBO has ordered a third season of Veep. The news comes just a day after the network reported near-record ratings highs for the sophomore comedy.

TVFiends’s insight:

HBO renews VEEP

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Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen trying to take over...

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:17:40 -0400

Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen trying to take over Disneyland now…

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Wed, 01 May 2013 16:06:22 -0400

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