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TV Olympics: Favorite Halloween Episode

The holidays are coming to TV Breakroom a little early this year, as today we kick a three-poll arc celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas episodes! First up on the calendar, it’s time to vote for the spooky and funny episodes that either give you great ideas for costumes and pranks or make you afraid to sleep at night.

If there are any great Halloween episodes I left out, please nominate them in the comments! Side note – I love the vampire/Spanish symmetry of the left and right pictures above.

Poll will be open for one week, and you can vote for up to 3 episodes. Be sure to check out our other ongoing Olympic polls and the medal results on our main event page!

What's your favorite Halloween episode? (Choose up to 3!)

Supernatural - It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (34%, 130 Votes)
NCIS - Code of Conduct (8%, 30 Votes)
Bones - Mummy in the Maze (7%, 28 Votes)
How I Met Your Mother - Slutty Pumpkin (6%, 24 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Fear Itself (6%, 22 Votes)
Castle - Vampire Weekend (5%, 20 Votes)
Criminal Minds - Devil's Night (5%, 20 Votes)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Halloween (5%, 19 Votes)
The Big Bang Theory - The Middle Earth Paradigm (4%, 16 Votes)
Chuck - Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror (4%, 15 Votes)
The Big Bang Theory - The Good Guy Fluctuation (4%, 14 Votes)
Angel - Life of the Party (3%, 11 Votes)
Community - Epidemiology (3%, 10 Votes)
Community - Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps (2%, 8 Votes)
The Office - Halloween (1%, 5 Votes)
Suburgatory - Halloween (1%, 4 Votes)
Freaks and Geeks - Tricks and Treats (1%, 3 Votes)
Happy Endings - Spooky Endings (1%, 3 Votes)
Community - Introduction to Statistics (1%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 204

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Avengers — ABC And Marvel Eye TV Series

An Avengers TV show? Yes, please. Even though it probably won’t feature characters from the movie, I still think they can find some way to make this work.

Awesome ways they could go with this:

1. Joss Whedon. Superheroes. That’s all you need really. Look what he did with Buffy. He could make even something like Ant-Man work.

2. Hawkeye and Widow. Yes, I know the actors who portray them are big-time movie stars and unlikely to cut back on that for a TV show, but this would be all kinds of amazing.

3. Shield. Agent Coulson always seemed to be on the scene when something was going down, and while Cobie Smulders is a little tied up as far as a future-set story, anything could work as long as you have Samuel L. Jackson.

4. Lady Sif and the Warriors Three. Not sure what they have planned for these 4 in Thor 2, but they really needed more screen time in Thor. Also, since they’ve already replaced Once Upon a Time’s Josh Dallas with needs-a-great-new-TV-show Zachary Levi, this is plausible in terms of actor availability.

5. The Hulk. Mark Ruffalo didn’t get his own movie, but the incredible job he did on The Avengers deserves future exploration.

Also, I think it’s great that ABC is the one looking at this, considering the awesome job they’ve done with shows like Castle, Once Upon a Time, and Suburgatory.

Avengers — ABC And Marvel Eye TV Series.

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TV Olympics: Most Annoying Teenage Character

I almost didn’t make this one of the mini-polls for this event, because how do I score this? Should I award negative medals for the characters that win? Award the bottom three?

In the end, I decided to award the top three, as usual. Why give an award for a negative attribute? Because most of the time, these characters are the one or two flies in the ointment of an otherwise awesome show. They seem all the more annoying because the rest of the characters are so great. Diehard fans of a show tend to be the most annoyed by these characters, as well, and to know how annoying a character is (and therefore vote for him/her), you most likely have to be already watching the show.

But I know there are tons of annoying teens who aren’t on this list yet, because there were only a few nominations in this category, and there are tons of teen-dominated shows I don’t watch. So come on, Glee fans and CW watchers – let me know which ones I missed!

Poll will be open for one week, and you can vote for up to 3 annoying teens.

Who is the most annoying teenage character? (Choose up to 3!)

Connor - Angel (16%, 29 Votes)
Dawn - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (16%, 29 Votes)
Harmony - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (13%, 25 Votes)
Elena - The Vampire Diaries (11%, 21 Votes)
Dalia - Suburgatory (9%, 16 Votes)
Caroline - The Vampire Diaries (8%, 15 Votes)
Kim - 24 (7%, 14 Votes)
Juliet - Ringer (6%, 11 Votes)
Cassidy "Beaver" - Veronica Mars (5%, 10 Votes)
Tyler - V (3%, 6 Votes)
Jackie - Veronica Mars (3%, 5 Votes)
Cassidy - Nash Bridges (2%, 3 Votes)
Dana - Homeland (2%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 91

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ABC Premiere Dates 2012 — Your Fall TV List – TVLine

ABC has finally announced its fall 2012 premiere dates, with most shows coming back during the final week of September (starting Monday, September 24 with Castle, and ending Sunday, September 30 with Once Upon a Time at their normal times).

Notable exceptions include Suburgatory (which returns Wednesday, October 17, in a new 9:30 time slot), Happy Endings and Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (Tuesday, October 23 at 9 and 9:30 – I wonder if they did that so Apt. 23 would come back on the 23th – great way to get people to remember!), and the network’s two country-music themed offerings, Nashville (October 10) and Malibu Country (November 2).

The only new show I’m planning to check out on ABC this fall is Last Resort (premiering Thursday, September 27, at 8), with a cast that includes Dichen Lachman (Dollhouse), Autumn Reeser (No Ordinary Family), and Scott Speedman (Felicity).

ABC Premiere Dates 2012 — Your Fall TV List – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Favorite TV Accents

This Monday Madness, we’re looking at (listening to?) awesome accents on TV! Some are real, some are pretend, but all help define the character who speaks them. Whether the accent is straight-laced British, sultry Spanish, or down-home Southern, and whether the character reinforces or subverts the accent’s stereotypes, these accents add flair and texture to their shows.

Special note: I’m choosing to feature accents that stand out in a show – aka the majority of characters in the show don’t have similar accents. Otherwise, accents from shows set in Great Britain, the southern US, India, etc. would make this poll extremely long.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite accents. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10! Fans have used Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, Reddit, blogs, and chatboxes to get the word out about past polls. Get creative!

Even though there are 30-some options on this list, I know there are TV characters with great accents I left out! You can nominate ones I missed in the comments until Thursday night, and I may add them to the poll (from live-action scripted shows only, please, and the accents should differ from the majority of the cast).

Want more of a say in who makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter or like TV Breakroom on Facebook, since I usually ask for nominations for the next Monday Madness the weekend before the new poll. Please help out with nominations! There are only so many shows I can watch personally, so I’m counting on you to fill me in!

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM July 16th.

Which character has your favorite accent? (Choose up to 10!)

Eliot Spencer (Christian Kane) - Leverage (12%, 123 Votes)
Sophie Devereaux (Gina Bellman) - Leverage (10%, 108 Votes)
Spike (James Marsters) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (7%, 71 Votes)
Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (6%, 63 Votes)
Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) - NCIS (5%, 56 Votes)
Ducky (David McCallum) - NCIS (5%, 53 Votes)
Wesley Wyndham-Price (Alexis Denisof) - Angel (5%, 50 Votes)
Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) - House (4%, 39 Votes)
Drusilla (Juliet Landau) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3%, 36 Votes)
Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) - The Mentalist (3%, 34 Votes)
Vincent Nigel-Murray (Ryan Cartwright) - Bones (3%, 34 Votes)
Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) - The Big Bang Theory (3%, 32 Votes)
Fiona Glenanne (Gabrielle Anwar) - Burn Notice (3%, 31 Votes)
Sheriff Graham (Jamie Dornan) - Once Upon a Time (3%, 28 Votes)
Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) - True Blood (2%, 26 Votes)
Fred Burkle (Amy Acker) - Angel (2%, 25 Votes)
Caroline Julian (Patricia Belcher) - Bones (2%, 24 Votes)
Rory Flanagan (Damian McGinty) - Glee (2%, 24 Votes)
Divya Katdare (Reshma Shetty) - Royal Pains (2%, 23 Votes)
Crowley, Sterling, Valda, Badger, Ring Director, more (Mark Sheppard) - Supernatural, Leverage, Warehouse 13, Firefly, Chuck, others (2%, 18 Votes)
Charles Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) - M*A*S*H (2%, 16 Votes)
Finn Abernathy (Luke Kleintank) - Bones (1%, 15 Votes)
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (Sofia Vergara) - Modern Family (1%, 15 Votes)
Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black) - Stargate SG-1 (1%, 15 Votes)
H.G. Wells (Jaime Murray) - Warehouse 13 (1%, 13 Votes)
Louis LeBeau (Robert Clary) - Hogan's Heroes (1%, 12 Votes)
Peter Newkirk (Richard Dawson) - Hogan's Heroes (1%, 12 Votes)
Jim Taggart (Matt Frewer) - Eureka (1%, 11 Votes)
Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) - Dollhouse (1%, 11 Votes)
Derek (Jack Davenport) - Smash (1%, 10 Votes)
Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd) - Ringer (1%, 8 Votes)
Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram) - Monk (1%, 6 Votes)
Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) - CSI:NY (1%, 6 Votes)
Dallas Royce (Cheryl Hines) - Suburgatory (1%, 6 Votes)
Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) - Lost (0%, 5 Votes)
Olaf (Jonathan Kite) - 2 Broke Girls (0%, 4 Votes)
Han (Matthew Moy) - 2 Broke Girls (0%, 2 Votes)
Dev (Raza Jaffrey) - Smash (0%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 244

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Monday Madness: Favorite TV Dads

This Monday Madness, in honor of Father’s Day this coming Sunday here in the US, we’re looking at TV dads! These dads, whether grounded or goofy, often set the tone of their shows, and no matter how difficult or stubborn, always have a soft spot for their kids. This poll is focusing on actual (both biological and adoptive) dads, since including father-like figures would have made it too lengthy – though many of the dads on this poll do have a father-like role in other characters’ lives.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite TV dads. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10! Fans have used Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, Reddit, blogs, and chatboxes to get the word out about past polls. Get creative!

Even though there are 50 70-some options on this list, I know there are dozens of TV dads I left out! You can nominate fathers I missed in the comments until Thursday night, and I may add them to the poll (dads from live-action scripted shows only, please, and the dad must be in at least 3 episodes of the show).

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM June 18th.

Who is your favorite TV dad? (Choose up to 10!)

Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion) - Castle (14%, 1,951 Votes)
John Winchester (Jeffery Dean Morgan & Matt Cohen) - Supernatural (10%, 1,362 Votes)
Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) - Eureka (5%, 681 Votes)
Henry Spencer (Corbin Bernsen) - Psych (4%, 620 Votes)
Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) - Bones (4%, 589 Votes)
Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) - Bones (3%, 367 Votes)
Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) - Glee (3%, 366 Votes)
Rory Pond (Arthur Darvill) - Doctor Who (3%, 346 Votes)
Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) - The Cosby Show (2%, 324 Votes)
Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) - NCIS (2%, 303 Votes)
Walter Bishop (John Noble) - Fringe (2%, 283 Votes)
Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) - Criminal Minds (2%, 266 Votes)
Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) - How I Met Your Mother (2%, 247 Votes)
Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) - Smallville (2%, 228 Votes)
Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) - Modern Family (2%, 220 Votes)
Charming (Josh Dallas) - Once Upon a Time (2%, 214 Votes)
Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) - Veronica Mars (2%, 209 Votes)
Future Ted Mosby (Bob Saget) - How I Met Your Mother (2%, 208 Votes)
Devon "Awesome" Woodcomb (Ryan McPartlin) - Chuck (1%, 206 Votes)
John Casey (Adam Baldwin) - Chuck (1%, 200 Votes)
Angel (David Boreanaz) - Angel (1%, 193 Votes)
Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon) - Little House on the Prairie (1%, 187 Votes)
Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) - Full House (1%, 169 Votes)
Max Keenan (Ryan O'Neal) - Bones (1%, 157 Votes)
Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) - Hawaii Five-O (1%, 157 Votes)
Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite) - NCIS (1%, 150 Votes)
William Adama (Edward James Olmos) - Battlestar Galactica (1%, 143 Votes)
Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) - Modern Family (1%, 139 Votes)
Reginald "Red" Forman (Kurtwood Smith) - That '70s Show (1%, 136 Votes)
Steve Bartowski (Scott Bakula) - Chuck (1%, 134 Votes)
Leo White (Brian Krause) - Charmed (1%, 129 Votes)
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) - The Office (1%, 126 Votes)
Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) - Married . . . with Children (1%, 123 Votes)
Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) - Once Upon a Time (1%, 120 Votes)
Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) - The Andy Griffith Show (1%, 118 Votes)
Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) - Modern Family (1%, 115 Votes)
Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher) The O.C. (1%, 114 Votes)
Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) - The Mentalist (1%, 108 Votes)
Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley) - Happy Days (1%, 105 Votes)
Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) - Home Improvement (1%, 105 Votes)
Eric Camden (Stephen Collins) - 7th Heaven (1%, 104 Votes)
Uther Pendragon (Anthony Stewart Head) - Merlin (1%, 101 Votes)
Nathan Ford (Timothy Hutton) - Leverage (1%, 101 Votes)
Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) - Arrested Development (1%, 91 Votes)
Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. (Robert Wagner) - NCIS (1%, 90 Votes)
Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1%, 88 Votes)
Marvin Eriksen (Bill Fagerbakke) - How I Met Your Mother (1%, 88 Votes)
Jack Bristow (Victor Garber) - Alias (1%, 88 Votes)
George Altman (Jeremy Sisto) - Suburgatory (1%, 84 Votes)
Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) - Blue Bloods (1%, 75 Votes)
Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) - Friday Night Lights (1%, 70 Votes)
John Walton (Ralph Waite) - The Waltons (0%, 65 Votes)
Michael (Shane West) - Nikita (0%, 65 Votes)
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) - True Blood (0%, 63 Votes)
Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) - Falling Skies (0%, 60 Votes)
Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) - Family Ties (0%, 59 Votes)
Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) - Touch (0%, 45 Votes)
Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) - Blue Bloods (0%, 45 Votes)
Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) - Awake (0%, 45 Votes)
Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) - ER (0%, 42 Votes)
Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) - NCIS (0%, 40 Votes)
George Bluth, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) - Arrested Development (0%, 39 Votes)
Will Girardi (Joe Mantegna) - Joan of Arcadia (0%, 39 Votes)
Noah Werner (Alan Tudyk) - Suburgatory (0%, 36 Votes)
Frank Barone (Peter Boyle) - Everybody Loves Raymond (0%, 32 Votes)
George Lopez (George Lopez) - George Lopez (0%, 28 Votes)
Ray Barone (Ray Romano) - Everybody Loves Raymond (0%, 28 Votes)
Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd) - Ringer (0%, 26 Votes)
Jim Walsh (James Eckhouse) - Beverly Hills, 90210 (0%, 26 Votes)
Lionel Luther (John Glover) - Smallville (0%, 24 Votes)
Don Draper (John Hamm) - Mad Men (0%, 22 Votes)
Jim (Jim Belushi) - According To Jim (0%, 22 Votes)
Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) - The Office (0%, 18 Votes)
Roland Burton (Sterling K. Brown) - Army Wives (0%, 17 Votes)
Trevor LeBlanc (Drew Fuller) - Army Wives (0%, 17 Votes)
Frank Sherwood (Terry Serpico) - Army Wives (0%, 16 Votes)
Michael Holden (Brian McNamara) - Army Wives (0%, 15 Votes)
Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas) - The Firm (0%, 4 Votes)
Walt Riggins (Jeffrey Tambor) - Bent (0%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 4,136

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What I Will Be Watching in Fall 2012 – ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW

Now that all of the broadcast networks have revealed their fall schedules, as well as trailers or clips of new shows, it’s time to look at what I will be watching live, what I’ll have to catch online, and how many annoying half hour and hour “dead zones” I’ll have between good shows.

TVLine was nice enough to compile a grid chart of what’s airing when, which you can view at the link below (it will open in a new tab so you can follow along):

Fall TV Schedule Grid 2012-13 — ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW – TVLine.

Thanks to 666 Park Street’s too-much-horror bent, Once Upon a Time remains my only show for Sundays, though if my Sunday evenings stay busy, I’ll be watching online anyway.

Monday has a lot of dead zones. Since I don’t get HD Fox coverage in my area (which makes the picture 2/3 of its normal size), I’ll watch Bones on Hulu and How I Met Your Mother live. But since I’m likely giving up 2 Broke Girls (since it’s become the ladies’ version of Two and a Half Men instead of a smart, funny comedy), I don’t have anything else I plan to watch until Castle at 10. Revolution looks good, but like Smash (which will be back in midseason), I’ll only watch it live if Castle is a repeat or ABC won’t come in.

Tuesday’s first two hours are packed for me. I’ll probably watch NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles live when I can, because if I have to watch a show online I prefer Hulu to CBS’s video player. But if they’re on repeats or I’m in the mood for comedy, I have choices: Ben & Kate on Fox at 8:30, New Girl on Fox or Go On on NBC at 9, and The Mindy Project on Fox (maybe) or Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 at 9:30. Nothing on at 10 that interests me, though I might watch the pilot of Vegas out of curiosity.

Wednesday just has two shows I plan to watch, and of course they conflict – Arrow at 8 and Suburgatory at 8:30. I might try out Animal Practice (at 8) if I’m watching Suburgatory live.

Even with Community’s move, Thursdays remain my busiest night. At 8, I have to choose between The Big Bang Theory and a half hour dead zone, or ABC’s Last Resort. At 9, Person of Interest and CW’s Beauty and the Beast will probably push The Office to online-only. My only conflict-free hour will be at 10, with CBS’s Elementary.

Friday, I will probably watch Community and Grimm (NBC, 8:30 and 9) live, and catch Nikita online.

All told, that’s 22-26 shows every week, out of which up to 12 are 1/2 hour comedies. Up to 20 hours total every week for broadcast shows, if I like all the new shows I’m trying out. Seems like a lot, but I guess not really for someone who runs a TV site. 🙂

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ABC 2012-13 Primetime Schedule: ‘Revenge’ To Sunday, ‘Happy Endings,’ ‘Don’t Trust The B’ To Tuesday, ‘Last Man Standing’ To Friday – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

ABC announced its fall schedule yesterday, with a few returning freshmen shows (and Happy Endings) moving, but most of the schedule staying the same (Once Upon a Time, Castle, and Suburgatory all stayed put).

It looks like most of the new shows I want to try out on ABC are being held for midseason – including comedies How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) and The Family Tools (both of their trailers look pretty decent and far funnier than the descriptions suggested) and perhaps drama Zero Hour (looks interesting, probably will depend on how busy I am).

For fall, I was planning to try out The Neighbors (which has taken Don’t Trust the B—-‘s spot on Wednesdays at 9:30, the returning comedy has moved to the same time on Tuesdays following Happy Endings), but the preview makes the show look pretty dumb. I don’t think it’ll last long, though the post-Modern Family slot might hold off the inevitable for a bit. Last Resort, on the other hand, looks great, and I hope it will fare well with the competitive 8/7c slot on Thursdays. 666 Park Street seems pretty much straight horror from the preview, so I’m likely to pass on it completely (I was hoping for something more along the lines of Grimm/Warehouse 13/Buffy – call me old-fashioned, but I prefer supernatural baddies that you can beat up and behead, with a cast who can quip to lighten the tension).

Looking back at ABC’s list of pilots, there are so many I wish had gotten picked up! Primarily Beauty and the Beast. At least there won’t be network wars over who can keep the title. And since Americana wasn’t picked up, Once Upon a Time’s Belle (Emilie de Ravin) can stay where she belongs. Gilded Lillys, Gotham, and Prairie Dogs also sounded good.

Continue reading ABC 2012-13 Primetime Schedule: ‘Revenge’ To Sunday, ‘Happy Endings,’ ‘Don’t Trust The B’ To Tuesday, ‘Last Man Standing’ To Friday – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

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Broadcast Freshmen Grading – How Did I Do With 2011-2012’s New Shows?

Aside from a few midseason debuts and several likely-canceled shows, ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox, and NBC have all made their decisions about which new shows are returning, and which aren’t. How did I do at picking which shows to watch this year?

ABC

Canceled: Charlie’s Angels, GCB, Man Up, Missing, Pan Am, The River, Work It

Renewed: Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, Last Man Standing, Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Scandal, Suburgatory

I tried out Missing but wasn’t hooked. I fell in love with Once Upon a Time and Suburgatory, and my feelings for the B—- are a little mixed, but generally positive. I would have tried Revenge if I had time, and I planned to preview Scandal but was deterred by less-than-stellar reviews.

I give myself an A+ for ABC.

CBS

Canceled: A Gifted Man, How to Be a Gentleman, NYC 22, Rob, Unforgettable

Renewed: 2 Broke Girls, Person of Interest

I watched How to Be a Gentleman since it was the only 1/2 hour show in an empty timeslot. I disliked both Rob and Unforgettable, giving up on episode 2 for both after allowing the pilot a little leeway. I watched 2 Broke Girls and Person of Interest from the start, and liked both (though 2 Broke Girls has degraded some over the year).

I give myself an A+ for CBS.

The CW

Canceled: Ringer, The Secret Circle

Renewed: Hart of Dixie

I only watched Ringer, which I wanted to love more than I did. Sarah Michelle Gellar and the unexpected yumminess of Ioan Gruffudd kept me watching through a rough start, but I’m glad I saw the whole thing through till the end. I watched the Hart of Dixie pilot, but medicial + the South wasn’t my cup of tea.

I give myself a C- for the CW.

Fox

Canceled: Alcatraz, The Finder, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Terra Nova

Renewed: New Girl, Touch

I watched two new Fox shows, The Finder and New Girl. Didn’t even try the others. New Girl took a bit to grow on me, but I loved The Finder from the start, and am glad I watched it.

I give myself a C+ for Fox.

NBC

Canceled: Are You There, Chelsea?, Awake, Bent, Best Friends Forever, Free Agents, The Playboy Club, Prime Suspect, The Firm

Renewed: Grimm, Smash, Up All Night, Whitney

NBC canceled 8 new shows (of which I watched 3), and renewed 4 (of which I watched 2). I didn’t watch a single episode of the other 7. Grimm and Smash deserved the renewal for being fresh and catchy, something that Awake’s excellent but dour presentation could have used. Cop shows seem to work best with a bit of lightheartedness thrown in, a fact that Grimm realized by bringing in Monroe more. Awake’s twin tragedies prevented all but a slight wry sense of humor. The conspiracy behind Awake’s two realities could have counterbalanced that, but the show’s creators seemed to be saving most of that for future seasons, which ironically prevented future seasons by not hooking viewers. Bent and Free Agents were under-promoted and misrepresented, which almost caused me to miss out on them – how much more a casual TV viewer?

I give myself a C for NBC.

What new shows did you watch this year?

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NBC Renews Community, ABC Renews Once Upon a Time, Castle, Suburgatory, and more!

Just in this evening, NBC has renewed Community for a shortened 13-episode season 4! Unlike the network’s 30 Rock renewal, this is not being billed as a final season, so I’m hopeful that the show will get a fifth season, or perhaps garner additional episode orders (the show would need 4 more episodes to reach the “magic” 88 episodes usually required for syndication).

Also, ABC has renewed freshmen shows Once Upon a Time, Revenge, and Suburgatory, as well as veteran shows Castle, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, and Modern Family. (If Joss Whedon ever does a broadcast TV show again, it should be on ABC. They seem to like his people – Nathan Fillion, Adam Tudyk, Jane Espenson.)

ABC’s Cougar Town is moving to TBS for a fourth and possibly fifth season (Community’s Abed should be pretty happy about that).

With Awake and Bent unlikely to be renewed by NBC, the only shows I’m waiting to hear about now are on the CW.

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Monday Madness: Favorite New Show

This week on Monday Madness, it’s time to vote for your favorite new TV shows! This poll is for all live-action scripted shows that aired their first US episode between June 1, 2011 and April 30, 2012, and includes both broadcast and cable shows.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite new shows. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10!

Even though there are 50 options on this list, I know there are some shows I left out (I think there are only a few canceled shows or lesser-known cable shows left out this week)! As always, you can cast write-in ballots (for new live-action scripted shows only please) by leaving a comment. Want more of a say in what makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter, since I usually ask for nominations for the next Monday Madness the weekend before the new poll.

Next week’s poll will focus on favorite season and series finales. Please nominate your favorite finales by leaving a comment! In your comment, be sure to note the show, season, episode title, and not-too-spoilery descriptive phrase (think of what a promo for that episode would say). For example: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 2, “Becoming, Part Two.” Aided by an unlikely ally, Buffy must face Angel to save the world.

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM May 7th.

UPDATE: This poll has closed. You can view the top ten list here.

This poll sponsored by Nannerbug Designs. Contact me if you would like to sponsor next week’s poll!

What's your favorite new show? (Choose up to 10!)

Once Upon a Time (10%, 168 Votes)
Person of Interest (9%, 144 Votes)
Grimm (9%, 144 Votes)
The Finder (7%, 111 Votes)
Bent (5%, 78 Votes)
New Girl (4%, 70 Votes)
Alphas (3%, 55 Votes)
2 Broke Girls (3%, 48 Votes)
Falling Skies (3%, 48 Votes)
Revenge (2%, 41 Votes)
Suburgatory (2%, 40 Votes)
Alcatraz (2%, 39 Votes)
GCB (2%, 39 Votes)
Touch (2%, 38 Votes)
Awake (2%, 36 Votes)
The Secret Circle (2%, 36 Votes)
Terra Nova (2%, 35 Votes)
Smash (2%, 34 Votes)
Ringer (2%, 33 Votes)
Hart of Dixie (2%, 33 Votes)
Scandal (2%, 32 Votes)
Suits (2%, 30 Votes)
American Horror Story (2%, 29 Votes)
Last Man Standing (2%, 26 Votes)
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (1%, 25 Votes)
Franklin & Bash (1%, 25 Votes)
Switched at Birth (1%, 23 Votes)
Homeland (1%, 21 Votes)
Pan Am (1%, 21 Votes)
Unforgettable (1%, 19 Votes)
Up All Night (1%, 18 Votes)
Necessary Roughness (1%, 17 Votes)
Missing (1%, 17 Votes)
A Gifted Man (1%, 16 Votes)
The River (1%, 16 Votes)
Spartacus: Vengence (1%, 13 Votes)
Whitney (1%, 12 Votes)
Prime Suspect (1%, 9 Votes)
NYC 22 (0%, 8 Votes)
House of Lies (0%, 8 Votes)
Are You There, Chelsea? (0%, 8 Votes)
The Firm (0%, 7 Votes)
Best Friends Forever (0%, 7 Votes)
I Hate My Teenage Daughter (0%, 6 Votes)
Rob (0%, 2 Votes)
Boss (0%, 2 Votes)
Charlie's Angels (0%, 2 Votes)
How to Be a Gentleman (0%, 1 Votes)
Free Agents (0%, 1 Votes)
Man Up (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 568

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ABC Announces Finale Dates for ‘Once Upon a Time’, ‘Suburgatory’ & More – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

I’m most excited about these climatic episodes’ tidbits and dates (many spoilers in the episode descriptions):

Once Upon a Time – April 29 (this Sunday!) – “The Stranger” – August promises to enlighten Emma and take her on a journey that will show her how she can beat Regina, and possibly take custody of Henry; and with Mary Margaret returning to work, Regina puts a plan in motion to seduce David. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, with the Evil Queen’s curse about to strike, Geppetto agrees to a plan that will save Snow White and Prince Charming’s daughter, but with a proviso that could also save his own son.

Castle – April 30 – “Undead Again” – When Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a man with human bite marks on his body, Castle’s wild theories start flying. But none are as wild as what their only witness insists happened – a Zombie attack. As the evidence pointing towards an undead assailant piles up, the team plunges into New York’s Zombie subculture to find the killer and bring him in dead or alive…or undead.

Suburgatory – May 2 – “Hear No Evil” – As George and Eden’s (Alicia Silverstone) relationship gets serious, he decides to introduce her to Tessa, who is preoccupied with her job at Crystal Cup of Crystals. Meanwhile, George and Noah make a deal regarding George’s relationship boundaries with Eden, and Eden is overwhelmed by Sheila’s meddling and the Werners’ overprotective behavior.

Once Upon a Time – May 6 – “An Apple Red as Blood” – Henry pleads with Emma to stay in Storybrooke and continue her quest as the savior of the fairytale dwellers, and Regina concocts a plan that could rid her of Emma forever. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Snow White enlists the aid of her fellow fairytale cohorts to attack the Evil Queen and save Prince Charming’s life.

Castle SEASON FINALE – May 7 – “Always” – When the murder of an Army veteran puts Beckett on the trail of the man who shot her, Castle must decide how much he’s willing to sacrifice to keep her safe. As secrets are revealed and feelings are put on the table, the lives of the detectives at the 12^th Precinct may never be the same.

Suburgatory – May 9 – “The Great Compromise” – As Tessa adjusts to having Eden (Alicia Silverstone) living with them, she finds Eden helpful in her pursuit of a summer internship, while George has difficulty with Eden’s parenting. Meanwhile Sheila interferes with Noah’s relationship with Eden, and Malik and Lisa debate which camp to attend.

Once Upon a Time SEASON FINALE – May 13 – “A Land Without Magic”

Suburgatory SEASON FINALE – May 16 – “The Motherload” — Residents of Chatswin go all out in celebration of their moms, leaving a noticeable void for Tessa, while Dalia chooses to go to Israel without Dallas. Meanwhile George and Eden attend the Werners’ baby shower, and Eden reacts to the endangered animal theme; Fred surprises Sheila with a special performance by her favorite solo artist, and Lisa makes a startling discovery.

ABC Announces Finale Dates for ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Once Upon a Time’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘DWTS’, ‘Private Practice’, ‘Modern Family’, ‘Don’t Trust the B***’, ‘The Middle’, ‘Revenge’ & More – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.

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Season Finale Spoilers and Dates — 2102 – TVLine

Want to know how this season is ending, for just about every scripted broadcast show? Then check out this slideshow! Dates, rumors, extended episodes, and guest stars are all revealed below!

Season Finale Spoilers and Dates — 2102 – TVLine.

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Monday Madness: Who’s Your Favorite Quirky Character?

This round of Monday Madness, it’s time to look at those crazy characters in the shows we love. Often, they’re on the sidelines – not the main character, their romantic interest, or the person in charge. They provide comic relief in otherwise serious shows, or are a main source of laughter in comedies. They can be indispensable, evil, or hopelessly inept. But they refuse to fade into the background, and the shows wouldn’t be the same without them.

This poll will be open for one week, and you can choose up to 10 of your favorite quirky characters. Be sure to spread the word so your favorites will make it into the top 10!

Even though there are 40 options on this list, I know there are many great characters I left out! As always, you can cast write-in ballots by leaving a comment. Want more of a say in what makes it onto the poll each week? Be sure to follow me on Twitter, since I usually ask for nominations for the next Monday Madness the weekend before the new poll.

Without further ado, here’s the poll for this week’s Monday Madness! Voting ends around 1AM April 16th.

Update: voting is over, but you can vote on this week’s poll here! Winners’ post here.

Who's your favorite quirky character? (Choose up to 10)

Mozzie from White Collar (7%, 1,712 Votes)
Martha Rodgers from Castle (5%, 1,330 Votes)
Bobby Singer from Supernatural (5%, 1,203 Votes)
Jayne Cobb from Firefly (5%, 1,201 Votes)
Abby Sciuto from NCIS (5%, 1,198 Votes)
Hoban Washburne from Firefly (5%, 1,182 Votes)
Dean Pelton from Community (5%, 1,139 Votes)
Squinterns from Bones (4%, 1,092 Votes)
Senor Chang from Community (4%, 983 Votes)
Amy Farrah Fowler from The Big Bang Theory (4%, 953 Votes)
Claudia Donovan from Warehouse 13 (3%, 761 Votes)
Schmidt from New Girl (3%, 744 Votes)
Sam Axe from Burn Notice (3%, 744 Votes)
Xander Harris from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3%, 717 Votes)
Parker from Leverage (3%, 683 Votes)
Dwight Schute from The Office (3%, 617 Votes)
Bernadette Rostenkowski from The Big Bang Theory (2%, 614 Votes)
Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2%, 600 Votes)
Eddie Monroe from Grimm (2%, 595 Votes)
Morgan Grimes from Chuck (2%, 562 Votes)
Donna from Suits (2%, 542 Votes)
Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold from Once Upon a Time (2%, 541 Votes)
Astrid Farnsworth from Fringe (2%, 541 Votes)
James Wilson from House (2%, 532 Votes)
Alec Hardison from Leverage (2%, 517 Votes)
Douglas Fargo from Eureka (2%, 514 Votes)
Topher Brink from Dollhouse (2%, 426 Votes)
Seymour Birkhoff from Nikita (1%, 364 Votes)
Nell Jones from NCIS: Los Angeles (1%, 293 Votes)
Willa Monday from The Finder (1%, 291 Votes)
Gary Bell from Alphas (1%, 255 Votes)
Evan R. Lawson from Royal Pains (1%, 250 Votes)
Wallace Fennel from Veronica Mars (1%, 190 Votes)
Marshall Flinkman from Alias (1%, 158 Votes)
Leonardo Prince from Fairly Legal (1%, 153 Votes)
Noah Werner from Suburgatory (0%, 117 Votes)
Gupta from Outsourced (0%, 106 Votes)
Davis from Tru Calling (0%, 82 Votes)
Much from Robin Hood (0%, 81 Votes)
Max Malini from The Cape (0%, 47 Votes)

Total Voters: 6,353

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Suburgatory Season 1 Episode 19 Alicia Silverstone Photos – TVLine

We finally get a peek at the Clueless reunion on Suburgatory! Doesn’t Alicia Silverstone look like she’s about to say, “As if!” to Jeremy Sisto in this photo? Silverstone’s first episode airs April 18th.

Suburgatory Season 1 Episode 19 Alicia Silverstone Photos – TVLine.

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