*** Television, Summer 2009 ***

[CourtasanSatine]

In terms of Skins is this the second gen group or still first gen?

 

[bicker]

I don't know much about Skins. I think, though, the answer to your question can be distilled from the episode titles:

8/6/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	1	Everyone/Effy
8/13/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	2	Cook
8/20/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	3	Thomas
8/27/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	4	Pandora
9/3/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	5	Freddie
9/10/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	6	Naomi
9/17/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	7	JJ
9/24/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	8	Effy
10/1/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	9	Katie and Emily
10/8/2009	9:00 PM	1.00	3	10	Finale

 

[bicker]

Torchwood (BBCA)

BBC America told ComicMix's Mike Raub that Torchwood has been picked up for a fourth season. No word on when it will air or the number of episodes. This follows the highly succesful UK broadcast of Children Of Earth.

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[CourtasanSatine]

Second gen so thanks Bicker.

 

[bicker]

USA has renewed Burn Notice and Royal Pains for next summer.

 

[bicker]

Sunday, August 2
Series Premiere of Defying Gravity (ABC)
Season Finale of The Next Food Network Star (Food)
Part 2 of The Storm (NBC)

Monday, August 3
Season Premieres of new History Channel series Sex in the Ancient World and Clash of the Gods

Tuesday, August 4
Season Finale of Superstars (ABC)

Thursday, August 6
Season Finale of SYTYCD (Fox)
Summer Finale of Burn Notice (USA)
Season Premiere of Skins (BBCA)

Friday, August 7
Season Finale of Surviving Suburbia (ABC)
Season Premiere of Monk (USA)
Season Finale of The Goode Family (ABC)
Season Premiere of Psych (USA)

Saturday, August 8
Series Finale of Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)

Next week: Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Shark Tank, There Goes the Neighborhood, Criss Angel

 

[bicker]

In Plain Sight has been renewed for next season.

 

[bicker]

Has anyone seen Defying Gravity yet? What do you think?

 

[bicker]

Week of August 9

Sunday, August 9
Season Premiere of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (ABC)
Season Finale of L&O: Criminal Intent (USA)
Series Premiere of Shark Tank (ABC)
Series Premiere of There Goes the Neighborhood (CBS)
Season Finale of In Plain Sight (USA)

Tuesday, August 11
Season Finale of Better off Ted (ABC)
Special Presentation of The Cleaner: The Man Behind the Cleaner (A&E)

Wednesday, August 12
Season Finale of The Philanthropist (NBC)

Friday, August 14
Season Finale of Mental (Fox)

Next week: Mad Men, The Universe, Ghost Hunters, Top Chef

 

[bicker]

Sunday, August 16
Season Premiere of Mad Men (AMC)

Tuesday, August 18
Season Finale of Hawthorne (TNT)
Season Finale of Saving Grace (TNT)

Wednesday, August 19
Season Premiere of Top Chef (Bravo)
Season Finale of Top Chef Masters (Bravo)

Thursday, August 20
NFL Football (Fox) can you believe it?


Next week:
Season Finale of Merlin (NBC)
Season Finale of WWTBAM (ABC)
Season Finale of Great American Road Trip (NBC)
Season Finale of Dating in the Dark (ABC)
Summer Finale of Make It Or Break It (ABC Family)
Season Finale of Nurse Jackie (SHO)
Summer Finale of Leverage (TNT)
Season Finale of Royal Pains (USA)
... all these finales means the week after is going to be pretty thin, because fall premieres don't really start until a week or two later ...

 

[bicker]

It sounds like we will see the end of Saving Grace next summer.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/14/saving-grace-canceled-or-will-be-after-summer-2010-run/24770

As the article indicates, the reasons are financial: The financial demands of a top-shelf cast led by an Oscar winner are beyond what is sustainable by a cable television series gaining revenues on just over three million (often commercial-avoiding) viewers.

I view this as both bad news and good news. After all, folks really hate it when a television series doesn't have a suitable ending, and clearly, with the addition of the three episodes, Saving Grace will have a thoughtful, deliberate ending.

 

[bicker]

Sunday, August 23
Season Finale of Merlin (NBC)
Season Finale of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ABC)
Season Finale of Ice Road Truckers (History)

Monday, August 24
Season Finale of The Great American Road Trip (NBC)
Summer Finale of The Closer (TNT)
Season Finale of Dating in the Dark (ABC)
Summer Finale of Make It or Break It (ABC Family)
Summer Finale of Raising the Bar (TNT)
Season Finale of Nurse Jackie (SHO)

Wednesday, August 26
Season Premiere of Crash Course (ABC)

Thursday, August 27
Season Finale of Royal Pains

Saturday, August 29
Season Finale of Being Human (BBC America)


Next Week: Premiere of Greek; Finales of Weeds, Rescue Me

So essentially, over the next two weeks, a whole mess of stuff is ending, and not much is starting, or continuing for that matter. Our DVR is set-up to record a total of 36 hours during that period. Adequate, for sure, but by comparison, during a typical two week period during the fall season, our DVR will record a total of 68 hours.

 

[bicker]

Sunday, August 30
CW Fall 2009 Preview Special (CW)

Monday, August 31
Season Premiere of Greek (ABC Family)
Season Finale of Weeds (Showtime)

Tuesday, September 1
Season Finale of Rescue Me (FX)

Wednesday, September 2
CBS Fall Preview (CBS)


Next week: Finales for Secret Life of the American Teenager, 10 Things I Hate About You, Leverage; Premieres of Durham County, 90210, Melrose Place, Sons of Anarchy, Glee, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, 20/20, Cops, America's Most Wanted, Robin Hood

(This week, and perhaps next week as well, I'm posting this weekly update of premieres, specials and finales in both the Summer and Fall threads.)

 

[bicker]

Mad Men has been renewed for a fourth season.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

News on Wipeout?

 

[bicker]

I am pretty sure it was already renewed for next year.

 

[korzmom]

i dont know whether or not this was asked but is DEFYING GRAVITY on the fall list or is it over soon? i really enjoy it,and dont see it on your list.

 

[bicker]

Defying Gravity is a summer series. 13 episodes were made. #7 and #8 will be broadcast next Sunday and the Sunday after. (This Sunday's episode will be preempted in Boston and perhaps other series, due to the Jerry Lewis telethon. Here in Boston, they promise to broadcast it Wednesday morning 3:05 AM instead, but I won't hold my breath; and I'll be doubly-shocked if they broadcast then in HD.)

There are no plans to broadcast the remaining five episodes. Presumably, they'll find their way into ABC's spring schedule, if Defying Gravity is greenlighted for another season (which is doubtful -- it is really expensive and not enough people are watching it).

 

[bicker]

The next two weeks include a lot of premieres on CW, and some on Fox. Most major network premieres are still three weeks away.

Monday, September 7
Premiere of Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds in Syndication (Syfy, Women's Entertainment, ION)
Season Finale of Secret Life of an American Teenager (ABC Family)
Series Premiere of Durham County (in the US) (ION)

Tuesday, September 8
Season Finale of 10 Things I Hate about You (ABC Family)
Season Premiere of 90210 (CW)
Series Premiere of Melrose Place (CW)
Season Premiere of Sons of Anarchy (FX)

Wednesday, September 9
Season Premiere of America's Next Top Model (CW)
Season Premiere of So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Season Premiere of Glee (Fox)
Season Finale of Leverage (TNT)
Season Finale of Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E)
Season Premiere of Destination Truth (Syfy)
Season Finale of The Real World (MTV)

Thursday, September 10
Series Premiere of Vampire Diaries (CW)
Season Premiere of Supernatural (CW)

Friday, September 11
Season Premiere of 20/20 (ABC)

Saturday, September 12
Season Premiere of Cops (Fox)
Season Premiere of America's Most Wanted (Fox)
Season Premiere of Robin Hood (BBC America)

Next week: Finales of King of the Hill, There Goes the Neighborhood, Anthony Bourdain, More to Love, Big Brother, The Cleaner, America's Got Talent, Wipeout, Crash Course, Dark Blue, Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader, Eureka.
Premieres of One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Lincoln Heights, Jay Leno Show, Biggest Loser, The Beautiful Life, Bones, Survivor, Parks & Recreation, Fringe, The Office, Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Crash.

 

[bicker]

Tuesday, September 8
Season Finale of 10 Things I Hate about You (ABC Family)

Actually, ABC Family has now ordered 10 more episodes, which will be broadcast starting in January.