Terry O'Quinn, Michael Emerson and J.J. Abrams walk into a bar...

Talk of a new TV show being shopped around by former LOST cast mates Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn isn't news. Both actors enjoyed working together on the set of LOST and have been bouncing around the idea of a new show in which the pair would co-star about hit-men in suburbia. The ideas kept changing and seemed abstract, was it a joke?

Recently J.J. Abrams joined the actors in their quest to make this idea a reality. Today NBC announced that they would be signing on for a pilot. Originally pitched with the title "Odd Jobs", the project is currently untitled and will be a comedic drama about two former black-ops agents.

I can't wait to see what this pilot looks like, both actors are incredibly charismatic and play off each other extremely well. Are you still interested these castaways now that they've left the island? Does this concept sound silly or hilarious? I'm feeling optimistic!

CHUCK - Season Three Key Art

The countdown begins! The primiere is less than a month away, and I can't wait to be reunited with Chuck, Sarah, Casey, Ellie, Awesome and the intersect!


It's good to see Chuck kicking ass in his signature Chuck Taylors!

This Week in TV News

I know, I've been seriously slacking with the news updates, I had to shift
my priorities to finishing up exams for this year.

Here are a few tidbits from the TV new this week:

Glee delivered a fall finale that was all we hoped this show could be last Wednesday. Now we're left in a lurch with new episodes not resuming until April 2010! There may be good news in this cloud of a 4 month hiatus, there is talk that FOX will be producing original Glee material to fill the gap in the from of clips and music video.

New TV coming to NBC this January isn't too far off, NBC has released it's mid-season schedule, including the highly anticipating return of Chuck on Mondays at 8pm. Conspicuously missing from its Monday time slot is Heroes. No word yet on the show's uncertain future.

Awards shows seem to be on their way up starting with Neil Patrick Harris hosting the 2009 Emmys. Ricky Gervais, the man who took both British and American comedy TV by storm will be hosting this year's Golden Globes. Well picked hosts must really increase viewership because I will certainly be tuning in. Check out what Gervais has to say about his hosting duties in an interview with Daniel Manu from TWOP.com. Click here for the interview.


In film news, Natalie Portman will be staring in the film adaptation of Pride, Prejudice and Zombies. Maybe zombie movies have over saturated the market in the past few years, but that hasn't stopped my obsession. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the film version of this new spin on the genre.

From Slate: "You really should be Watching Parks & Recreation"

I wholeheartedly agree with Jonah Weiner's analysis of NBC's sophomore comedy Parks & Recreation. This is a show that struggled through its short first season only coming back funnier, stronger and with a better focus in season two.

You really should be watching Parks & Recreation and here's why:

Over the past month or so, TV writers have been working to hip America to an apparently little-known fact: NBC's Thursday-night sitcom lineup does not, as one may have thought, kick off at 9 p.m. ET with The Office only to end an hour later with 30 Rock's closing credits. Several critics have encouraged us to check in at 8 p.m., when the daffy new Community airs, followed by Parks and Recreation, currently in its second season after debuting last spring as a six-episode, midseason replacement. The ghosts of Rachel Green and Cosmo Kramer have been drafted to the cause: "NBC's Thursday comedy block," the Los Angeles Times declared, "has matured into a lineup almost as formidable as that of its 1990s heyday."

Going by the ratings, Parks and Recreation is Thursday's weak link, limping behind the pack. According to Nielsen, the average second-season Parks and Recreation episode (as of mid-November) has drawn 5.3 million viewers, compared with current-season averages of 6.5 million for Community, 7.3 million for 30 Rock, and 10.1 million for The Office. In the world of meager TV ratings, the line separating a loser from an underdog can be blurry, but with its second season, Parks and Recreation has vaulted definitively into the latter category. Contributors to Salon, the Los Angeles Times, and New York are among those who have rallied on behalf of the show, which has gone from an erratically funny nonevent to astonishingly good.

Continue reading on Slate.com

CHUCK - Two New Official Promos

The new year is just around the corner, and so is the return of Chuck to NBC and I can't wait!

In the meantime, NBC has released two new official promos, this really is a brand new Chuck.

"No More Mister Nice Spy"


"Evil Doers Beware"

CHUCK: Premiere Date & Preview

It's official! NBC announced that Chuck will return Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 9pm. Chuck will premiere with back to back episodes the day after NBC airs an NFL playoff double header allowing for heavy promotion during the event to expand Chuck's already fervent cult-like audience base. The early return will allow the show to air a week before the return of 24 on FOX in the competing time slot.

Following the premiere, Chuck will return to it's Monday night time slot on January 11 at 8pm.

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Chuck Season 3 Preview here:

David Tennant scores a pilot with NBC

We can't get enough of him as the Doctor, but as David Tennant will soon be retiring from BBC's Doctor Who as the tenth doctor he just might find himself a spot in American television on NBC.

From THR:
"No longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who?

Popular British actor David Tennant, best known for playing the title role in the BBC's long-running sci-fi series "Doctor Who," is set to make his American television debut as the title character in NBC's hourlong pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer."

Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson, "Rex" centers on Rex Alexander (Tennant), a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court."

Read the entire story

NBC's Scheduling Frenzy: CHUCK UPDATE

We were all very excited when we heard that Chuck would be returning in 2009. This claim however, turned out to be false.

The news ain't all bad. NBC has picked up 6 more episodes of Chuck bringing the grand total for the third season up to 19!

Chuck is now rumoured to return in January 2010 before the winter Olympics.

Whether I get my Chuck in January or March I'm not going tosweat it. I'm psyched for the 19 episodes (and counting?)!

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Chuck could be back in 2009...and there's more

NBC is in trouble with a lethal combination of low ratings and canceled new and returning shows so early in the season, Southland was given the axe before produced episodes even hit the air.

While originally slated for a mid-season premiere in 2010, NBC may be calling on our favourite geeky superhero Chuck to save the day.

New episodes could be airing as early as late October (as in later this month *squee*) and will possibly lead to NBC ordering more than the original 13 episodes.


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