The September 4th issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a nice treat for fans of the ever-popular 1990–1998 NBC sitcom Seinfeld: a full-fledged cast reunion, featuring co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), as well as main cast members Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), and Michael Richards.

Mosey on over to the EW website for a preview of the issue, which hit newsstands across America on August 28.
One of the biggest latest Seinfeld-related developments is the fact that all four former series regulars will reunite a second time when they make multiple appearances on …read more

“Can another show Carrie on?”
That’s the question Entertainment Weekly asks in the title of a recent article, referring, of course, to the still ultra popular HBO comedy series Sex and the City.
Judging by the mediocre and mostly uninteresting results of television’s two latest attempts — ABC’s Cashmere Mafia and NBC’s Lipstick Jungle — the answer is an emphatic “Not at the moment.”
If you’re a fan of the chick-TV comedy genre, check out the article The Next “Sex and the City”? to learn more than you ever thought you would about the arrival and rise of Sex and the City, and …read more

Okay, maybe nobody said that in so many words, but a few numbers make the sentiment clear.
When I received my latest issue of TV Guide in the mail on Tuesday, I immediately checked out the Cheers & Jeers section as usual. The magazine conducted a poll to see if TV watchers agreed with columnist Bruce Fretts’ assertion last week that Cashmere Mafia star Bonnie Somerville is the weakest link on the show.
The results indicate that 31 percent agree with Fretts, while a whopping 68 percent don’t. The remaining percentage point is made up of people who think Fretts, …read more

After receiving the January 28–February 3 issue of TV Guide in the mail today, I immediately cracked open the cover to visit my favorite section of all time, the endlessly entertaining and ruthlessly snark-filled Cheers & Jeers. To my sorta surprise, the current crop of love 'em-hate 'em assessments includes a particularly negative jab at Cashmere Mafia star Bonnie Somerville.
Dubbing the Kitchen Confidential and NYPD Blue alum a “bland bombshell,” columnist Bruce Fretts observes/whines:

Jeers to Bonnie Somerville for being the weak link on ABC’s new Cashmere Mafia. Lucy Liu’s got star power, and foreign imports Miranda Otto and …read more

Everybody loves Chuck, the character, don’t they? According to the venerable entertainment industry magazine Entertainment Weekly, the guy who plays him, Zachary Levi, is one of ten breakout stars of 2007. Nice.
So, what makes Levi so special? In the eyes of EW’s writers, the actor is “TV’s most charming new Everyman.” I certainly can’t argue that the guy has major appeal, and it’s largely because of his talent onscreen that the dramedy Chuck has grown its audience consistently and impressively enough to earn a full first-season pickup from NBC. Of course, what that means exactly …read more

The December 24, 2007–January 6, 2008 holiday double issue of TV Guide arrived in my mailbox today with the one and only Christina Applegate gracing the cover. Applegate’s hit new ABC sitcom Samantha Who? remains one of the most popular freshman series of the fall season, despite a steep ratings decline following the season finale of its unstoppable earlier lead-in Dancing with the Stars.
I haven’t had a chance to properly crack open the cover of the magazine yet since I just retrieved it a short while ago. As soon as I do, though, I’ll be sharing any comedy …read more

I received my December 17–23 print issue of TV Guide in the mail yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it contains an overview of what various editors and contributors at the publication consider to be the best of U.S. television in 2007. Even better, the comedy genre is very well represented among the shows and stars mentioned.
Behind the cover featuring a smoldering Kate Walsh of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice fame is the special section My Big Year 2007. The notable comedy mentions are (in magazine order):

Actor, producer, and writer B.J. Novak of The Office …read more

Why? No, not because CBS’ freshman comedy is a huge success and was picked up last week for a full season, although that would be a very legitimate reason to get excited.
Instead, it’s because of a little thing called casting. Specifically, TV Guide is understandably psyched about the onscreen sitcom reunion of Big Bang star Johnny Galecki and his former Roseanne wife Sara Gilbert.
In tonight’s episode “The Hamburger Postulate,” Gilbert returns in her recurring role playing Leslie Winkle, a fellow scientist and potential girlfriend of Galecki’s physicist character Leonard.
The October 22–28, 2007, Cheers & Jeers column in TV …read more

Why? Because of a little thing called casting. It seems that TV Guide writers feel Samantha Who?’s showrunners are inhibiting series regular Jean Smart in the role of the title character’s mother Regina. The Cheers & Jeers column in the October 22–28, 2007, print edition of the magazine states:

Jeers to Samantha Who? for tying up Jean Smart with a regular role. Smart delivers a typically fine performance on ABC’s new farce as amnesiac Christina Applegate’s self-involved mom. But we’re hoping her Who? gig won’t cause 24’s producers to forget about bringing her back as crazy …read more

That’s right. A full two-page spread, in fact.
When I cracked open my mailed October 22–28 edition of TV Guide yesterday, that’s what I found on pages 32 and 33—the entire six-member regular cast of ABC’s hit dramedy Pushing Daisies in a pretty, double-wide picture captioned “Flower Power.”
After the introductory one-two image punch, which teases “We dig up the secrets of ABC’s surreal hit PUSHING DAISIES,” there’s a five-bullet primer for the show.

Daisies bloomed out of a never-realized storyline for Showtime’s Dead Like Me.*I guess only people who’ve never had the pleasure of seeing Dead Like Me would find that …read more