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TV series stories: 28 news summaries

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 Gossip Girl Spinoff Set for May 

New show will flash back to the '80s

Jan 15, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Gossip Girl fans, rejoice. After denying the rumors for months, the show’s producers now tell the Hollywood Reporter a spinoff is in the works. The new show will be set in the 1980s and tell the story Lily van der Woodsen—mom of Serena—and how fast times in... More »

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television • TV shows • TV series • spinoff • Gossip Girl • CW network

 Jack Black Lands Office Gig 

Comedian will star as himself

Dec 16, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Not only did The Office score the sought-after post-Super Bowl slot, it will also feature Jack Black as a guest star. The comedian will play himself in a bootlegged movie the Dunder Mifflin workers try to watch, Entertainment Weekly reports. Black, who rarely appears in guest spots, is not the... More »

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television • Super Bowl • The Office • sitcom • Jack Black • TV series • guest appearance

OPINION

Boston Legal, Creator Bow Out, But Not Quietly


Dec 8, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Tonight's final episode of Boston Legal marks a temporary end to creator David E. Kelley’s reign as “l'enfant terrible turned angry-older-guy of TV,” writes Lisa DeMoraes in the Washington Post. Kelley “has used his various prime-time series to prosecute cases against society's assorted ills—and sometimes,... More »

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television • James Spader • William Shatner • Boston Legal • TV series • cancelled • David E. Kelley

 ABC Cancels Daisies, Eli Stone 

ABC cancels three shows

Nov 21, 08 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - In a sweep of pre-holiday cuts, ABC has decided to pull the plug on Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, and Eli Stone after the current season, reports E! Online. Daisies executive producer Bryan Fuller says plans are in the works for a comic book and feature film to continue the... More »

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television • ABC • TV shows • TV ratings • TV series • cancellations • cancelled • Pushing Daisies • Dirty Sexy Money • Eli Stone

opinion

 How to Make 
 Heroes 
 Super Again 


Oct 24, 08 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "zeitgeist-tapping, blockbuster event" that was Heroes has fallen in both ratings and creative zeal, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly. Here's his five-point plan to fix it:
  1. Hang up some tights: Telepathic policeman Matt Parkman, last seen wandering the African desert, must go. So too
... More »

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television • Heroes • TV shows • TV series

TV REVIEW

 New Season Turns 
 Heroes Into Victims 

Generation Y's 'woe is us' attitude blindingly reflected in NBC's sci-fi drama

Sep 22, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beginning their third season tonight, the scrappy band of young world-savers of NBC’s Heroes is just in time, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. The dangers they have to face, from a sinister conglomerate started by their parents to deadly viruses, make a convenient parallel to the... More »

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television • Heroes • reviews • Alessandra Stanley • TV series • villains

 Friends Film Not Happening 

'No truth' to rumors sitcom cast, excited over Sex and the City success, would reunite

Jul 4, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Media reports of a coming Friends movie are false, the BBC reports. Warner Brothers' publicity director said there was “no truth” to stories of a film project that have circulated since the Sex and the City film became a blockbuster. Publicists for stars Mathew Perry and Courteney Cox say... More »

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television • film • comedy • Jennifer Aniston • movies • TV series • Friends • Matthew Perry • Lisa Kudrow • David Schwimmer • Matt Le Blanc • Courteney Cox

Seinfeld Pitches New Series

Another show about nothing could be in the works at NBC

Mar 7, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A new Jerry Seinfeld series is in the works at NBC, says Page Six. The comedian, 53, is in talks with his former network about a show that’s being pitched as “just like Curb Your Enthusiasm, but with Jerry, instead of Larry.” Once again, Seinfeld will play... More »

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television • NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • TV series

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