TBS renews “Conan” until 2014

Posted by Jared Munson on February 22, 2012
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For Release: Feb. 22, 2012

TBS Extends Conan through April 2014


TBS has extended the popular late-night series Conan through April 2014, demonstrating the network’s solid commitment to the Emmy®-nominated show and its host, Conan O’Brien.

Since premiering in November 2010, Conan has been a hit with TBS’s core audience of young adults. The show recently charted its third consecutive month of audience growth. The success of Conan also extends well beyond the show’s TBS telecasts to include widespread DVR, online and mobile viewing; interaction through Twitter, Facebook and TeamCoco.com. In the past year, Conan has conducted special events throughout the country, including a week of shows from the Beacon Theater in New York and fan art exhibits in New York City and San Diego. In June 2012, Conan will travel again, this time for a week of shows in Chicago.

“We are proud to be in business with Conan O’Brien for the long run,” said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “Night after night, Conan and his team have put together terrific shows that draw a young and fiercely loyal audience. As if that weren’t enough, they have also built a dynamic online presence that keeps fans engaged like no other show in late night.”

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“House” to end after current season

Posted by Jared Munson on February 8, 2012
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Enclosed please find an announcement from HOUSE Executive Producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie, as well as a statement from Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004.

The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years – but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.

Since it began, House has aspired to offer a coherent and satisfying world in which everlasting human questions of ethics and emotion, logic and truth, could be examined, played out, and occasionally answered. This sounds like fancy talk, but it really isn’t. House has, in its time, intrigued audiences around the world in vast numbers, and has shown that there is a strong appetite for television drama that relies on more than prettiness or gun play.

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FOX renews “Kitchen Nightmares” for fifth season

Posted by Jared Munson on February 2, 2012
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FOX ORDERS UP “Kitchen Nightmares” FOR A FIFTH SEASON

FOX has renewed Kitchen Nightmares for a fifth season, ordering 16 new episodes of the series, it was announced today by Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“It’s great to be back for a fifth season…who knew there were that many nightmares to be had?!” said series star and executive producer Gordon Ramsay.

Throughout the show’s run, Chef Gordon Ramsay has travelled to 54 cities around the country offering restaurants on the brink of closure some much-needed guidance and, more often than not, a healthy dose of tough love. For many establishments, Chef Ramsay’s inimitable style and unique brand of delivery is difficult to swallow. With the economy hitting the restaurant business especially hard, these restaurateurs are looking to Chef Ramsay to wake them up from their own Kitchen Nightmares.

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Showtime renews “Shameless”, “House of Lies”, and “Californication”

Posted by Jared Munson on February 1, 2012
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SHOWTIME(R) PICKS UP NEW SEASONS OF “SHAMELESS,” “HOUSE OF LIES” AND “CALIFORNICATION”

LOS ANGELES, CA – (February 1, 2012) – On the heels of record-setting premiere ratings for the network’s Sunday night line-up and continued audience growth, SHOWTIME has picked up new seasons of SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. Production on the third season of SHAMELESS, the second season of HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION’s sixth will commence in Los Angeles later this year.

“These three shows are clearly resonating with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights,” said Nevins. “We are extremely pleased with the creative work being done by the casts, producers and writers – and I so appreciate that each of these series has such a clear and distinctive voice.”

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Paul Brittain out of “SNL” effective immediately

Posted by Jared Munson on January 31, 2012
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In a rather quick move, Saturday Night Live featured performer Paul Brittain is no longer with the program effective immediately. It has been reported that Brittain has left “to pursue other projects.” And when they mean immediately, they mean it. Brittain will not be present for this weekend’s show that features host Channing Tatum.

What these “other projects” entail remains to be seen, but for a featured player who is slowly starting to catch recognition to leave in the middle of a season, it must be something good.

Brittain was best known for his impressions of James Franco, Johnny Depp, and Ron Paul. There has been no official word from NBC or from the crew behind Saturday Night Live. Updates will follow if and when they become available.