All the tube news that’s fit to surf …
– Thursday night ratings: The Office, Community, Survivor, Bones and Supernatural did well … The Jay Leno Show, The Vampire Diaries and Fringe, not as much. Leno had his worst ratings so far, in fact, losing out in total viewers to a rerun of The Mentalist. Ouch.
– So you wanna dress like The Real Housewives of … wherever? Now that dream can become a reality, thanks to the upcoming Real Housewives clothing line.
– This American Life, sadly, is dunzo on TV.
– Sacha Baron Cohen is guesting on The Simpsons.
– Oprah announced her latest book club selection, and sadly, it’s not Kathy Griffin‘s new bestselling autobio, Official Book Club Selection.
– TV Land viewers are realizing what CW viewers didn’t: Everybody Hates Chris was an excellent show. The now-defunct sitcom, narrated by and based on the teen years of comedian Chris Rock, is getting better ratings on TV Land than it did in its airings on The CW.
– The British Tudors – of Showtime’s The Tudors – might be replaced by the Italian Borgias when The Tudors end their run on Showtime.
– EW.com has a great list of “25 Will They or Won’t They” TV couples.
– British tough guy Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) will guest star on Chuck, as a hitman who’s really a big softie. He’s also starring in a new spy guy series.
– A pair of songs covered by the Glee cast have hit the Billboard Hot 100.
– And coolest TV tie-in of the week: The Office Clue.
– And this weekend in primetime:
FRIDAY
– ABC airs the ALMA Awards (8PM ET)
– Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? At 8PM on Fox
– Eureka wraps its third season at 9PM on SyFy
– Monk‘s got a murder problem (9PM, USA)
– Back-to-back new eps of Say Yes to the Dress at 9PM on TLC
– New Dog Whisperer at 9PM (NGC)
– Barry Manilow hangs out on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (9PM, BBCA)
– The second season of Crash premieres on Starz at 10PM
– Psych goes Bollywood with guest star Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) at 10PM (USA)
– Drew Barrymore‘s on The Jay Leno Show (10PM, NBC)
– Chefs vs. City are in New Orleans (10PM, Food Network)
– David Cross is among the guests on Real Time with Bill Maher (10PM, HBO)
SATURDAY
– Joan Allen plays Georgia O’Keefe in a new Lifetime bio (9PM)
– A girl tries to save her brother from the sheriff on Robin Hood (9PM, BBCA)
SUNDAY
– The Emmys are here! The Emmys are here! At 8PM, on CBS, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris
– Larry’s got (even more) lady problems on the seventh season premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm (9PM, HBO)
– New Tool Academy 2 on VH1 (9PM)
– America’s Best Dance Crew (9PM, MTV) winds down towards next week’s season finale
– An actress is getting married on Bridezillas (9PM, WE)
– Liza Minnelli, Rosie O’Donnell and Delta Burke guest on Drop Dead Diva (9PM, Lifetime)
– HBO’s new comedy Bored to Death premieres at 9:30PM
– New Mad Men at 10PM on AMC
– It’s a flashback episode for Army Wives (10PM, Lifetime)
– It’s the series premiere of Wedding Cake Wars on WE (10PM)
– New Pawn Star ep at 10PM on the History Channel
– The women try to sculpt a nude Antonio out of clay on My Antonio (10PM, VH1)
– Ari and Lloyd tussle over a client – Drama?! – on Entourage (10:30PM, HBO)
Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I’m most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]