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Maybe the third time is the charm? For the third time, The Hallmark Channel has edited their April 2011 schedule before it has even started. Effective Monday (April 4), there will be changes in the evenings and late nights from the second revision, which we gave you about ten days ago. An extra airing of The Waltons will air weekdays at 5pm replacing an airing of Little House on the Prairie. This means The Waltons will now air for three hours from 3-6pm every weekday. At 6pm, Little House on the Prairie remains, but it was going to be replaced at 7pm by The Golden Girls, but this will no longer happen. The 8pm hour was also going to be The Golden Girls, but now Hallmark has scheduled another Little House on the Prairie, so the drama will air weeknights from 6-9pm. The other changes are in late night. Cheers will remain in the 1am-3am block now, as it was going to be replaced by Empty Nest. Then from 3am-5am will now be a late night block of The Golden Girls, as Cheers was planned in this block in the previous revision. The Golden Girls will now air from 11pm-1am and 3am-5am, if you're keeping score. The changes will be made on weekdays/nights only. The weekend schedule will remain the same as the previous update. This means Empty Nest will be just on weekends for an hour in the mornings (anytime between 7-9am) and a late night block on weekends from 3am-5am. View the the UPDATED Hallmark Channel April 2011 schedule. If anything changes AGAIN, we will let you know. Stay tuned!

CBS recently announced their season finales for this season (2010-2011). Some of these finale dates were already known to us. The first finale will be on Sunday, May 1 at 9pm as Undercover Boss ends its second year. Then a week later, The Amazing Race will close out its season with a special two-hour episode from 8-10pm followed by the season finale of CSI: Miami. On Sunday, May 15, as we knew, will be the Survivor: Redemption Island finale from 8-11pm, with the reunion show. On Thursday, May 12, CSI will end a week early at 9pm, as the following week (May 19) will have a two-hour The Mentalist season finale. Friday dramas CSI: NY and Blue Bloods wrap up their seasons on Friday, May 13 starting at 9pm. It is unclear what will air on the final Friday of the season (May 20). The CBS Monday line-up will wrap up their seasons on Monday, May 16, which is also a week before the season. Comedies How I Met Your Mother, Mad Love, Mike & Molly and drama Hawaii Five-0 will also end on this night. As of now, it looks like Two and a Half Men repeats will continue to air. We will let you know if this changes. The Thursday comedies end on the last Thursday of the season with The Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement airing before The Mentalist finale on May 19. The Tuesday drama line-up of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and The Good Wife will end their seasons on Tuesday, May 17, which is a week before the final Tuesday of the season. The same goes true for Criminal Minds on Wednesday, with the finale airing on May 18 rather than the last day of the season. Spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior will however end its season on the last day of the season on Wednesday, May 25 at 10pm. As of this writing, it is unclear what CBS will air on Friday, May 20 from 9-11pm; Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24 from 8-11pm and Wednesday, May 25 from 8-10pm, as their regular series on those days and times end their seasons a week before. Could some specials be in the works? Stay tuned!

Mad Love - Mondays 8:30PM ET/PT on CBS
Premieres Monday, February 14, 2011 at 8:30PM ET/PT

MAD LOVE is a comedy about a quartet of New Yorkers - two who are falling in love and two who despise each other... at least for now. Ben, a lawyer, is a hopeless romantic trying to build a relationship with Kate, a beautiful, smart girl whom Ben thinks is the woman of his dreams. Larry, Ben's unrefined best friend and co-worker, is a guy who doesn't believe in love and has a long track record as the third wheel. Connie, Kate's roommate, works as a nanny and finds Larry aggravating... or does she? Larry and Connie have a lot in common, but refuse to let their guard down long enough to see it.

Cast Details:

* Jason Biggs as Ben Parr
* Sarah Chalke as Kate Swanson
* Tyler Labine as Larry Munsch
* Judy Greer as Connie Grabowski

Jason Biggs (Ben) began his acting career at the age of 5 in national commercials as well as modeling. He won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the daytime drama, As the World Turns, and appeared on the shows Drexel's Class and "Total Security." At age 13, Biggs made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the critically acclaimed Broadway play, Conversations with My Father. Other theater credits include the Broadway production of The Graduate, opposite Kathleen Turner; Boy's Life, a coming-of-age comedy by Second Stage Theater in which he starred opposite Rhys Coiro; and Daniel Goldfarb's play, Modern Orthodox, in which he starred Off-Broadway opposite Craig Bierko and Molly Ringwald.
Biggs quickly became one of Hollywood's most talked-about young actors after his breakthough role in the American Pie trilogy. His film credits also include Jersey Girl, written and directed by Kevin Smith, in which he starred alongside Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler; the Woody Allen project Anything Else; the film adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's best-selling biography Prozac Nation, opposite Christina Ricci; the romantic comedy Saving Silverman with Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet; the Amy Heckerling film Loser; the romantic comedy Boys and Girls, opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Claire Forlani; Saul Metztein's black comedy Guy X; the Disney hit Eight Below, an adventure film in which hestarred opposite Paul Walker; Over My Dead Body, a romantic comedy with Paul Rudd and Eva Longoria; and Lionsgate's romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl, in which he starred opposite Kate Hudson.

For nine seasons, Sarah Chalke (Kate) starred as Dr. Elliot Reid on the Emmy Award-winning series, Scrubs. A native of Ottawa, Canada, Chalke was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began appearing in local musical theater productions when she was 8. A few years later, she became an environmental reporter for the Canadian series, Kid Zone. Her big break came in 1993 when she was cast as daughter Becky Conner on the series Roseanne.
In 2005, Chalke starred in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Create Fate, and completed a successful run in the Off-Broadway production of Modern Orthodox, a romantic comedy about love, dating and unlikely friendships, under the direction of James Lapine at New York's Underwood Theater. In 2006, she starred as Lifetime Television executive and breast cancer survivor Geralyn Lucas in Lifetime's Outstanding Made for Television Movie Emmy nominee, Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. In 2007, she starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and Stuart Townsend in the Warner Independent thriller, Chaos Theory.
Recently, Chalke had a recurring role as Stella Zinmann on the Emmy Award-winning comedy series, How I Met Your Mother, on CBS. Chalke was most recently seen in Maneater, a four-hour Lifetime Original miniseries based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's New York Times #1 best-selling book, The Starter Wife. The successful miniseries was that network's highest-rated program of the year.

A native of Canada, Tyler Labine (Larry) was born in Brampton, Ontario, and moved as a child with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia. He beganhis acting career in local theater and a number of small television roles. After landing one of the lead roles on the series Breaker High and That Was Then, he appeared in film roles opposite Jean Reno in Tony Bill's Flyboys, Nathan Lane in Trixie, Cybill Shepherd in Marine Life and Tim Robbins in Antitrust.
Labine's notable film appearances include his role in My Boss's Daughter with Ashton Kutcher; working opposite David Bowie in Mr. Rice's Secret, and the feature The Zero Sum with Ewen Bremner. Recently, Labine had a starring role in the comedy, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, with Lake Bell and Leslie Bibb. In 2009, Labine starred as Lewis Henderson in Control Alt Delete.
His television credits include series regular roles on Invasion, Reaper and Sons of Tucson, and a guest-starring rol eon Boston Legal. He also portrayed John Belushi in the TV film, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy.'

One of the busiest actresses in Hollywood, Judy Greer (Connie) recently wrapped filming the features Jeff Who Lives At Home, opposite Ed Helms and Jason Segel, as well as The Descendants, opposite George Clooney. In addition, Greer will appear in a pair of independent features that premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. In Malcolm Venville's comedy, Henry's Crime, Greer will be seen opposite Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga and James Caan. She will also be in Barry Blaustein's Peep World, opposite Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Kate Mara and Rainn Wilson.
Greer was most recently seen in Magnolia Pictures' Barry Munday, opposite Patrick Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, Chloe Sevigny and Colin Hanks; and Love and Other Drugs, with Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal for director Ed Zwick. Her additional film credits include Fox's Marmaduke; Universal's Love Happens, with Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart; Visioneers, opposite Zach Galifianakis; The Go-Getter, with Zooey Deschanel and Jena Malone; 27 Dresses, opposite Katherine Heigl and James Marsden; The TV Set, with Sigourney Weaver and David Duchovny; American Dreamz, with Hugh Grant and Mandy Moore; The Amateurs, with Jeff Bridges; Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown; M. Night Shyamalan's The Village; 13 Going On 30; writer/director Adam Goldberg's psychological drama, I Love Your Work (debuted at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival); The Hebrew Hammer (debuted at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival); Charlie Kaufman's critically-acclaimed Adaptation; The Wedding Planner; What Women Want; Danny Leiner's The Great New Wonderful (2005 Tribeca Film Festival); What Planet Are You From?; Three Kings; Jawbreaker; In Memory Of My Father; The Specials and Kissing A Fool, among others.
In addition to her role on MAD LOVE, Greer can be heard as the voice of Wendy on Nickelodeon's animated series, Glenn Martin, DDS, as well as the voice of Cheryl on the animated series, Archer. Her previous television appearances have included Miss Guided, Modern Family, House, M.D, ER, My Name Is Earl, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Californication, Arrested Development, and CBS, Love Monkey, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Two and A Half Men.


Pilot Plot:

#1 "Fireworks" (Airs February 14, 2011)
When Ben Parr and Kate Swanson accidentally meet at the top of the Empire State Building, they make a date for later that evening and each bring along their best friends, Larry and Connie, who instantly despise each other.
Directed by Pamela Fryman
Written by Matt Tarses
Recurring Cast: Sarah Wright as Tiffany
Guest Cast: Rachel Boston as Erin, Miguel Nunez as Carter, Laura Spencer as Alexa, Jerrika Hinton as Eva

Analysis:

Mad Love is a multi-camera ensemble comedy from Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios. CBS has ordered a total of 13 episodes. The show has undergone many casting changes since the pilot was first green-lit in early 2010. Minka Kelly, Ashley Austin Morris, Dan Fogler, Lizzy Caplan and Hal Williams were cast in the early stages. Tyler Labine came on board in April, replacing Fogler. Sarah Chalke joined the cast in June, replacing Kelly. Judy Greer was the last to join the cast as Connie. Hal Williams was originally supposed to be in the pilot as the elevator operator and provide the narration, but that is provided by Tyler Labine's Larry character.

In the pilot episode, "Fireworks," Larry Munsch narrates the opening sequence and asks do you believe in fairy tales. He says me neither, but says this one will be a little different because he's telling it. Ben tells Larry that he's ending it with his girlfriend Erin because there's no fireworks. Kate loses her hat in the bathroom at the top of the Empire State Building. Carter is the elevator operator. Fate happens and Kate finds Ben's red cell phone on the ledge. Ben finds Kate's hat and they exchange the items. At his office, Ben tells Larry that there were fireworks between him and Kate. Ben tries to break up with Erin. Larry meets Connie, who is a friend of Kate, at the bar. Ben invites Kate up to his apartment for a beer, while Larry is left alone with Connie. Kate and Connie leave upset and in a hurry after Erin arrives. Connie is the nanny for Tiffany's children. Ben and Erin officially break up. Kate and company go to the bar where they see Ben kissing another girl. Two weeks later, Larry meets up again with Connie at the gym. They devise a plan to get Ben and Connie back together again at the building.

The show is airing after How I Met Your Mother and while it's not a complete clone, there are quite a few similarities and connections. Both shows are set in New York City with a group of friends. There are also several scenes at a bar. Tyler Labine's character provides the narration in the opening and closing minutes. Jason Biggs' character seems similar to Ted Mosby. Pamela Fryman, who has directed the majority of the How I Met Your Mother episodes, also directs the pilot. Sarah Chalke had a recurring role on HIMYM a few seasons ago and Judy Greer has also guest starred in a single episode. Since How I Met Your Mother has become such a solid hit, you can't blame them for trying some of the same storytelling devices and tricks which have proven to work. Mad Love has an experienced and talented cast. I think that it's unique enough that it will be a nice addition to the CBS' Monday night lineup. If it becomes a solid hit, I wouldn't be surprised to see a cross-over episode maybe next season.

Conclusion:

Mad Love joins an already hilarious lineup of comedies on CBS. This is a show which could have easily been on the fall schedule. It's pretty nice when you have such a strong show to come out of the bullpen at mid-season. The strength of the show is the talent and comedy experience of the cast. This is one of the few new shows where I think every cast member is going to be familiar to many viewers. Jason Biggs is recognizable from the American Pie trilogy and many other film and TV roles. It's nice to see Sarah Chalke on a sitcom again as a lead after Scrubs ended. Judy Greer always brings the funny with some wacky characters. Tyler Labine is probably the least known cast member to audiences after appearing on some short-lived shows like the underrated Invasion, but this could be his breakout role. He's very funny in the pilot as the unrefined Larry.

There aren't tons of laugh-out-loud moments in the pilot, but it sets things up well. Pilots are not usually the strongest. They lay the groundwork and provide the necessary background and introductions for the characters. These are characters who viewers will like. If you are a fan of How I Met Your Mother, you will probably want to check out Mad Love right after it. There are some similarities, but Mad Love has its own uniqueness and charm to it. This is one of the better dating/couples sitcoms of the season. The potential is there for it to stick and become a dependable hit. It was originally scheduled to premiere a week later, but it made sense for promotional and marketing reasons for them to move it up a week to Valentine's Day. Who will fall in love? Watch the fireworks and tune in on Monday nights at 8:30/7:30c on CBS to find out!

Final Numbers (out of 5 stars):

Watchability: 4/5
Funniness: 3.5/5
Overall: 3.5/5

-- Reviewed by Todd on 02/11/11

Discuss the show after you watch it on Monday, February 14 on our message board.

Related Links:

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Internet Movie Database

Wikipedia

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Preview:




It's Friday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars (but we won't cover movie stars like Tom Hanks or John Travolta, since they won't be talking about their past sitcoms likely), so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of Feb. 14-18, 2010, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! So get your DVR's (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!

Monday, February 14, 2011

• Sofia Vergara (Modern Family/Knights of Prosperity/Hot Properties) - Watch the Latin goddess on Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Martin Lawrence (Martin) - Catch the funnyman on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC at 12am.
• Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory) - Watch Melissa on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS at 12:37am.
• Jason Ritter (The Class) - Watch Jason on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:37am on NBC.
• Cast of Roseanne - Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and the rest of the Roseanne TV family reminisce about the popular series on The Oprah Show, check local listings

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

• Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) - See Eric on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 12am.
• William Shatner ($#*! My Dad Says) - Catch The Shat on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Martin Lawrence (Martin) - Watch Martin on The Mo'nique Show on BET at 11pm.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

• Michael Rappaport (The War at Home) - Watch Michael on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:37am.
• Martin Lawrence (Martin) - Martin visits Conan on TBS at 11pm.
• Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) - Watch Sarah be a guest CO-HOST on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland/Just Shoot Me/Big Day) - Watch Wendy on The Talk at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT on CBS.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

• Jenna Fischer (The Office) - Watch Jenna on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Sarah Chalke (Mad Love/Scrubs) - Watch the beautiful star on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.

Friday, February 18, 2011

• David Spade (Rules of Engagement/Just Shoot Me/8 Simple Rules) - Catch David on the Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35am on CBS.
• Set Visit for Modern Family - ABC's Good Morning America will be on the set live sometime between 7-9am.
• Ed Helms (The Office) - Ed appears on The Rachel Ray Show, so check your listings for time and station.

Leave us comments on our message board or Tweet/Facebook us to let us know what you think of this Friday feature! We do listen!

It's day two of the 2011 NATPE and still it is pretty light in terms of updates, but we have some sitcom updates! But first, THR reports that Father Alberto Cutie, a bestselling author of self-help books and radio talk show host as well as a former Roman Catholic priest, will join the ranks of talk shows and host a daily syndie strip devoted to life matters. The show is being licensed by Debmar-Mercury and the first station group to step up for a launch test is Fox. The show will preview on a number of as yet unspecified Fox stations this summer. The Fox test markets will include N.Y. and L.A., the country's top two markets. Other non-Fox outlets may be invited to join the test as well.
Sitcom wise, CABLEready is entering the scripted programming arena for the first time, offering up two sitcoms, including one with Married... with Children's David Faustino! The two original comedies are being produced by Dan Garcia Productions. Things We Do For Love is a half-hour multi-camera sitcom with a cast that includes Alfonso Ribeiro, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Tamara Mowry and James Avery. Darren (Alfonso Ribeiro) and his lovely wife Lourdes (Tamara Mowry) have recently been married. They struggle with life as newlyweds sustaining a family owned business. Once their zany in-laws move in (Lourdes' mom and Darren's father), their lives change forever. 5 episodes have been ordered and taped. Clunkers is a half-hour semi-scripted, single-camera comedy with Carl Anthony Payne, David Faustino, Katherine Rose and Sherman Hemsley. The comedy reunites high school best friends Ritchie (Carl Anthony Payne) and Shaun (David Faustino) at a used car lot in the deep south. With a feel of Curb Your Enthusiasm meets Sanford and Son, the show revolves around a former local baseball star, Ritchie, who must swallow his pride and return to his hometown after an injury keeps him from making it in the major leagues. 9 episodes have been ordered and shot. Hopefully more news on these two potential sitcoms will come soon, including what cable networks will pick these up. Our buddy Sean Compton, President of Programming at Tribune, wants original sitcoms in first-run syndication, so these two would be a great start for that even though they are being offered for cable. Stay tuned for further updates!
We hope to have our annual list of what is available for Fall 2011 by tomorrow.

Meanwhile, CBS has moved the premiere date of mid-season sitcom Mad Love to Valentine's Day (Monday, Feb. 14) at 8:30pm. The series was originally slated to premiere a week later on Monday, Feb. 21. This means Rules of Engagement will have its last Monday airing on Feb. 7 now but it will still move to Thursdays at 8:30pm starting Feb. 24. 13 episodes of Mad Love will air, while Rules of Engagement will have 9 episodes to air (from its 24 episode order) on its new night of Thursday.
The sitcom stars Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Tyler Labine and Judy Greer. Matt Tarses and Jamie Tarses are executive producers for Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Look for our review of the pilot closer to premiere date.

CBS has FINALLY announced its mid-season 2011 plans! Every other network has announced their mid-season plans already. First order of business is that CSI: Miami will move to 8pm for at least three weeks starting Sunday, Jan. 2. All three airings will be all-new episodes. Its current slot of 10pm will be various series repeats for these three weeks (CSI: Miami on Jan 2, Criminal Minds on Jan. 9 and Undercover Boss on Jan. 16). CBS has the NFL's AFC Championship Game in primetime on Jan. 23 and as of now it is unclear what will air following the game at about 10pm ET. It is also unclear if CSI: Miami air at 8pm on Jan. 30, leading into the new Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie: Lost Valentine from 9-11pm. The Super Bowl is Feb. 6 (on Fox), so CBS will air repeats in primetime and CBS has the Grammy Awards on Feb. 13 from 8-11pm. So, CSI: Miami will likely return to its 10pm timeslot on Sunday, Feb. 20, as The Amazing Race starts its new season at 8pm that night. However, the following week (Feb. 27) will be the Oscars (on ABC), so it seems a new episode of Race at least will air since it premieres the week prior.
CBS will give freshman drama Blue Bloods a four-week run on Wednesdays at 10:00pm beginning Wednesday, Jan. 19 through and including Feb. 9. After these four weeks, it will return to its regular Friday time period of 10:00pm on Feb. 11. CBS will air repeats on Fridays at 10:00pm from Jan. 7-Feb. 4 until Blue Bloods returns on Feb. 11. The Defenders, which currently airs Wednesdays at 10:00pm, relocates to Fridays at 8:00pm effective Feb. 4 through and including March 25. The series will have its last Wednesday airing on Jan. 12. After Blue Bloods' four-week run on Wednesdays at 10 is over, CBS will premiere a new 13 episode series. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a spin-off of CBS's Criminal Minds, premieres Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 10:00pm, airing right after the parent series. That is the same night Survivor returns with an all-new season at 8pm. Moving on, CBS premieres new drama Chaos on Fridays at 8pm beginning April 1, the week after The Defenders airs its season finale. The series has a 13 episode order, so it will likely run in the summer as well.
Moving on to sitcom news, CBS will premiere a new sitcom, move a sitcom and end one early. Mad Love, a comedy about a quartet of New Yorkers, two of whom are falling in love while the other two despise each other, premieres Monday, Feb. 21 at8:30pm following How I Met Your Mother. The series has a 13 episode order and will remain in this timeslot for the rest of the season. As a result of this change, Rules of Engagement will move from Mondays at 8:30pm to Thursdays at 8:30pm beginning Feb. 24 and airing after The Big Bang Theory. This means $#*! My Dad Says is off the schedule, but it will complete its on-air order of 17 episodes for the season after its Feb. 17 airing.
Yes, that is a lot to digest. View the CBS Mid-season 2011 press release and schedule for more information.

Antenna TV has announced its first week (Jan. 1-9) episodes and movies. We are very happy to report that every series they will air will start with the first episode and go in order from there. The only exception to not starting from the beginning will be on the Sunday series Showcase '39 which starts with episodes 153 and 154 ("Mr. Kagle & the Baby Sitter" and "Panic") in the 7am hour. That series is very rare as it is, so it doesn't really matter. There will be a few series that will go in production order, like Maude, but most will go in airdate order (such as Three's Company). The network launch marathon weekend of Jan. 1-2 with The Three Stooges and Benny Hill will also be aired in order, with Benny Hill's first 46 episodes airing. They will start both series from the beginning again on their regular Friday and Saturday night airings starting Jan. 7.
As for the films, they will air the movies weekdays from 1am-1pm and on weekends from 3am-7am. A nice mix of films from the '50s to the '90s will air from the Columbia Tri-Star library. Premiere week films are Real Genius (1985), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), Dick (1999), Blind Date (1987), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), The Freshman (1990), Born Yesterday (1950), Picnic (1955), Muppets From Space (1999) and Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). That is just for week one (Jan. 3-9), look for more classics to come! We are about 10 days away from the Jan. 1 launch! Check out their website for affiliate information and stay with us for further information!

Last week we announced that KTLA in Los Angeles will be airing a preview of Antenna TV on Dec. 18, 19 and 26. And Dec. 18 and 19 was a success with shows like Dennis the Menace, Father Knows Best, Burns & Allen, Sanford & Son, Gidget, Circus Boy, The Monkees and The Three Stooges all getting a preview. We announced that on Sunday, Dec, 26 from 1pm-4pm PT, KTLA would have The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok and The Iron Horse, but KTLA has changed the scheduled a bit. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin remains in the 1pm hour, but at 2pm it will now be an episode of Here Come the Brides and the 3pm hour will feature back-to-back episodes of The Partridge Family. Fans in L.A. please take note of the change! After this preview airs in Los Angeles, Antenna TV is less than 6 days away from launch on Jan. 1 nationwide!

Buoyed by hit acquisitions and the premiere of the hugely successful Hot in Cleveland, TV Land scored impressive, double-digit gains in primetime for second quarter 2010, according to The Nielsen Company (March 29-June 27). Additionally, TV Land scored significant increases for the month of June as the highest-rated and most-watched month in primetime since January 2008.
The month of June was very successful for TV Land in primetime as the network posted a 0.4 rating and 393,000 viewers among Adults 25-54, up 37% in 25-54 rating and 36% in viewers 25-54. The network attracted an average of 904,000 total viewers for the month. Among Women 25-54, TV Land scored a 0.4 rating and 232,000 viewers up 43% in W25-54 rating and 45% in viewers W25-54. The first two episodes of the fiery hit Hot in Cleveland propelled TV Land to its highest-rated and most-watched month in prime since January 2008 with a 2.3 rating and 2.4 million among A25-54 viewers. The sitcom is averaging over 5 million total viewers and is also a smash with Women 25-54, pacing at a 2.9 rating and 1.6 million viewers.
For the quarter in primetime, TV Land posted a 0.3 rating and 360,000 viewers among its target demo of Adults 25-54, up 21% in both 25-54 rating and viewers 25-54 over a year ago. Among Women 25-54, TV Land scored a 0.4 rating and 210,000 viewers, up double-digit gains of 34% in W25-54 rating and 35% in viewers W25-54 over last year. In addition to the huge premiere of Hot in Cleveland in June, regularly scheduled programming such as Everybody Loves Raymond and Roseanne remained strong performers among Adults 25-54 for the quarter with Raymond posting a 0.4 rating and 415,000 viewers and Roseanne scoring a 0.3 rating and 341,000 viewers for that demo. Additionally, the original series How'd You Get So Rich? starring Joan Rivers also performed well with a 0.3 rating and 341,000 viewers among A25-54.

Nickelodeon closes the quarter with its biggest second quarter performance ever with total viewers in the network's history and its 61st straight quarter as the top basic cable network with kids 2-11 and total viewers - the longest run of its kind. Nick also claims basic cable's top spot in total day with kids 2-11 and total viewers for 2Q10. According to Nielsen Media Research (3/29/10-6/27/10), Nickelodeon averaged 2.2 million total viewers; a 3.4 rating and 1.2 million K2-11; a 3.0 rating and 649,000 viewers K6-11; and 2.3 rating and 491,000 viewers T9-14 for the quarter.
Also, Nick at Nite, TeenNick, Nicktoons and Nick Jr. boast their most-watched second quarter performances ever. Nick at Nite drew its most-watched second quarter ever with total viewers (1.7 million total viewers) and finished 2Q10 as the top cable network among W18-49 (0.7 rating and 409,000 viewers).

The CW Network has set its fall premiere schedule, launching its fifth broadcast season with 10 hours of original programming of returning favorites and two new series. The season will launch all outside of premiere week, beginning on Sept. 8 with America's Next Top Model 15 and the series premiere of drama Hellcats. The next night (Sept. 9) will see the return of The Vampire Diaries and new drama Nikita. On Monday, Sept. 13, 90210 moves to its new night at 8pm, followed by the season premiere of Gossip Girl. If I were The CW, I would have had a special season premiere of 90210 on Thursday, Sept. 2 (get it? 9/02/10). Anyway, One Tree Hill launches its eighth season on a new night on Tuesday, Sept. 14, followed by the season premiere of Life UneXpected. And finally 10 days later, Friday dramas Smallville and Supernatural launch their new seasons on Friday, Sept. 24. The Friday dramas are the only CW series launching in the TV premiere week (Sept. 20-26), as the other CW series are launching between Sept. 8-14.

CBS has officially made the pick-up of sitcom Mad Love for mid-season. CBS has made some casting changes bringing on Sarah Chalke ([scrubs]) and Judy Greer (Miss Guided) to replace Minka Kelly and Lizzy Caplan respectively.
The comedy Mad Love, starring Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Judy Greer and Tyler Labine, has been ordered by CBS for mid-season. Mad Love is about a quartet of single friends in New York City - two who are falling in love and two who despise each other... at least for now.
Matt Tarses and Jamie Tarses are the executive producers for Sony Pictures Entertainment in association with CBS Television Studios. Pamela Fryman directed the pilot.

Meanwhile, NBC is making some summer schedule changes...again. Rookie summer drama Persons Unknown will get one more Monday airing on July 5, then it will be moved to Saturdays at 8pm starting July 17. More repeats of America's Got Talent will be added, airing Mondays at 8pm and Sundays at 9pm. This is in addition to its regular Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 slots. Saturday repeats will be removed after this week (July 3). Also, the Thursday comedy block has not been repeating well, so Thursdays will have Law & Order: SVU repeats now at 10pm (in addition to the regular Wednesday at 10pm repeats) starting July 15. 8-10pm will now be Community, 30 Rock, The Office and Parks & Recreation.
View the updated NBC Summer 2010 day-by-day schedule.