Posts Tagged ‘primetime’

Lookin’ Forward To Summer TV

by Jaclyn Abergas on June 21st, 2010
Comedy, Drama, Sitcom, Summer TV
Wow! So many shows to look forward to this summer. Here are some more new shows premiering this summer. June Rookie Blue (ABC) ABC brings us the newest police drama on television this summer. Starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith, Rookie Blue is about the lives of rookie cops, fresh from the Academy. At the heart of the show is Andy McNally (played by Peregrym), a second-generation cop, who has found a family among the other rookies. ABC, June 24, 2010, 9/8c Scoundrels (ABC) Based on the TV show from New Zealand, Outrageous Fortune, Scoundrels is about a family of criminals trying to change their...

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Summer Season Premieres

by Jaclyn Abergas on June 16th, 2010
Comedy, Drama, Sitcom, Summer TV
The fall and spring seasons for TV may have ended but don't fret! The summer season is about to begin. And even more good news, there's a lot of new shows to look forward to for the summer. June The Gates (ABC) The Gates is the newest supernatural crime drama TV show from ABC set to premiere on June 20. It follows the lives of former cop Nick Monahan and his family, after being promoted to police chief of The Gates, where his neighbors are not who they appear to be. Frank Grillo stars as Nick Monahan, Marisol Nichols as his wife,...

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March Comedies

by Jaclyn Abergas on March 26th, 2010
Comedy, Sitcom
Two brand-new sitcoms premiered on local US primetime television this March on FOX and NBC: Sons of Tucson and Parenthood. Sons of Tucson Sons of Tucson is a hilarious family comedy about three pre-teen brothers who hire Ron (played by Tyler Labine), a local slacker working at a sporting goods store, to fill in as their dad when their real dad goes to prison. Gary, Brandon and Robby Gunderson are the three brothers who concoct this plan. Gary, 11, is the leader of the pack and most likely will follow in the footsteps of his con-man father. Robby, 13, is the...

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Fall 2010 Pilots

by Jaclyn Abergas on March 1st, 2010
Comedy, Drama, Sitcom, TV News
ABC already has signed ten new pilots to premiere in the Fall 2010 TV season. Which ones look promising? And which ones look doubtful? Mr. Sunshine Starring Matthew Perry, it's the story of a second-rate sports arena manager who thinks only of himself and is forced to reevaluate his life on his 40th birthday. This is his first TV series since Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (The End Of Steve was never picked up). It'll be fun to watch him on the small screen again. He was always my favorite in Friends, and I've always tried to keep up with his...

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New Upcoming Shows

by Jaclyn Abergas on February 15th, 2010
Comedy, Drama, Reality TV, Sitcom
TV executives are preparing for the summer and fall TV seasons and signing new TV shows. Here's a list of upcoming shows to watch for. ABC From the same creator of Friends comes a comedy about sisters. Scoundrels, from Shana Goldberg-Meehan, is about two sisters in different kinds of romantic relationships. Jennifer Finnigan plays the sister in a long-term but unmarried relationship and Joanna Garcia plays the other sister, who gets pregnant and marries the baby-daddy. CBS An untitled Criminal Minds spinoff is set to be introduced during an episode of Criminal Minds this spring. Starring Michael Kelly and Forest Whitaker, the series...

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