I’ve got bad news here, Kath & Kim fans. Just like the equally awful — no offense intended — NBC drama Knight Rider before it, the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim has suffered a sheering of sorts at the hands of network programming executives.
In the midst of all the Television Critics Association press tour madness last week, the Futon Critic learned that instead of making good on its 22-episode, full-season order for the Australian import back in November, NBC intends to decrease the comedy’s freshman season to just 17 episodes instead.
The reason is presumably the usual suspect, of course: …read more

This news truly sucks.
E! Online’s Kristin and tons of other TV industry insiders in the know all report pretty much the same dismal development: ABC is holding off on airing the final episodes of canceled gems Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, and Pushing Daisies until the summer.
For those of us who remember the vastly boring wasteland the summer TV season used to be before basic cable swooped in and made it a legitimate occasion for new stuff, waiting isn’t such a big deal. But, for fans who wanted closure as soon as possible, it’s a whole ‘nother story I’m …read more

I laughed quite a bit while watching “Meet Brown Meadows,” the series premiere of Tyler Perry’s latest TBS sitcom Meet the Browns, and somewhat less during the follow-up episode “Meet London and the Competition.” I won’t deny that much of the plotting on both was predictable and not sophisticated in the sense of, say, 30 Rock or The Big Bang Theory. But, the show definitely seems to be a fun way to pass a half-hour or two … so far (more on the quantifier soon).
During the premiere episode “Meet Brown Meadows,” we find central character Leroy Brown preparing …read more

As loyal Scrubs fans already know, last night the show made its eighth-season debut on its new home network ABC with the back-to-back episodes “My Jerks” and “My Last Words.”
On the first episode, the Sacred Heart gang meets new Chief of Medicine Dr. Taylor Maddox, played by competent Courteney Cox (sorry, all of you prepared to rag on her performance), who initially comes across as a sickeningly sunny and upbeat boss.
Never fear, though, because as the second episode makes clear, she has more than a few issues to help her fit in with the already quite quirky staff. A …read more