Exhausted from the Election; Plus, Playing the Beatles?
I’m worn out from staying up way too late watching election coverage on TV.
Charles Gibson
ABC kept it simple with a touch screen map. (Cool part…the way they could break down how states voted, county by county.) ABC also had the biggest audience watching them announce the results.
I thought the crowds outside the NBC and ABC studios added a nice level of interest to the coverage.
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Courteney Cox is coming back to network TV with a new comedy, her first since a little show called “Friends.” It’s called ”Cougar Town” for ABC. “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence is producing and it could be on the air by the spring.
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MTV announced it is developing a Beatles version of its hit video game Rock Band. The company issued a media advisory last week that pitched an “exclusive agreement to develop an unprecedented global music project.”
While heavy metal is okay, I’m happy to see the video game band systems expanding their music lists.
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The Bachelor is baccckkkkkk.
ABC set Jan. 5 as opening night for two reality series: “The Bachelor” and a new show called ”True Beauty,” “True Beauty” is a new show from Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks, while “Bachelor” is entering its 13th round.
A press release about “True Beauty” says it will re-define the concept of beauty. Hosted and judged by Vanessa Minnillo, along with judges Cheryl Tiegs and Nolé Marin, the series will determine the “True Beauty” of six stunning females and four handsome males who will live together in a spectacular LA mansion (aren’t they all?) as they undergo a series of challenges to determine who is truly the most beautiful.
Okayyyyy…
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Back in scrubs...
A ghost in the ER?
Alumni from the show are returning for the long-running show’s final season.
After being away for six years, Anthony Edwards is returning to “ER” for a cameo appearance next week. In an interview, he says “It was really like going back to high school, in the best way. It was like going back to your favorite class and having your favorite teacher. … It took about a half an hour - and after about a half an hour, I really felt like I’d never left.” Edwards, whose character died at the end of the 2002 season, appears in flashback scenes. Another “ER” alum, Eriq La Salle will serve as a guest director for an upcoming episode.
On a sad note, Michael Crichton, the prolific writer of many popular novels including the best seller “Jurassic Park,”"Congo,” and “The Andromeda Strain” and the creator of ER passed away from cancer earlier this week.
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“King of the Hill” was cancelled by FOX. But it may not be dead yet. ABC is interested in picking up the show. Mike Judge, the man behind King of the Hill is also behind the network’s upcoming animated show “The Goode Family.”
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