TV News

Okay, I had all this stuff typed and ready to go and then my file (while I was saving no less!) went *poof*. So then I had to piece things together through diligence and by memory (HA!). If I missed something, that’s why. Same applies for yesterday and the rest of the week. Forgivest thou me!




In case you don't remember, New Amsterdam is about an immortal New York City policeman, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. (Get the title? "Even old New York was once New Amsterdam." … but I digress) In fact, it was my pick on the death pool back in September. Well after being knocked down from 13 episodes, having the pilot reworked, being moved from fall to spring, and having - as far as I know - little promoting of the new air date, it finally came to television last night and will show its second episode on the 6th (that's Thursday) after American Idol. Its regular timeslot will be Mondays at 9 pm ET/PT starting March 10.

Steve Carell on The Office, "The first episode involves a dinner party that Michael Scott throws. I think it's maybe the funniest episode of the season so far. The table read before the strike was great" … "In terms of Michael and Jan, I would say that storm clouds are looming."

NBC has bought 13 episodes of Lionsgate's new suspense/horror anthology series, Fear Itself, which will premiere this summer. Directors include John Landis, Darren Bousman, Ronny Yu, Brad Anderson, Breck Eisner, Mary Harron, Stuart Gordon, and Ernest Dickerson. Actors include Brandon Routh, Shiri Appleby, Elisabeth Moss, Cynthia Watros, Eric Roberts, and John Billingsley. And writers include Joe Gangemi, Steve Niles, Dan Knauf, Lem Dobbs, Matt Venne, Richard Chizmar and Johnathan Schaech, Victor Salva, Mick Garris, Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan, Kelly Kennemer, and Max Landis.

The pilot for drama Mythological X has been picked up by CBS. A woman finds out from a psychic that she’s already dated the man she is meant to marry, and sets out to track him down. Diane Ruggiero and Jonathan Levin produce.

Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain are now on staff for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse pilot, but are still working out their titles.

ABC is in talks with NBC to get Scrubs. If it goes through ABC will buy 18 episodes. This is good as NBC was going to drop the show, but none of the actors have contracts extending beyond this season. If there is a next season, there may be some haggling and no shows.

The official Heroes soundtrack will be out March 18 “and will be accompanied by music videos featuring footages from the show. Bands who will be included in the soundtrack includes: Wilco, Panic! at the Disco, Imogen Heap, Brighton Port Authority featuring Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.”

A South Korean live action adaptation of Yoko Kamio’s 36 volume girl’s manga, Hana Yori Dango, will start airing 24 70 minute episodes in the fall. It’s about a middle class girl who goes to a rich and elite high school. This’ll be the third time it has seen a live action version, the first was the Taiwanese Meteor Garden in 2001, and then the Japanese Hana Yori Dango in 2005 (which will have a theatrical movie finale in July).