Category: Television

Rohm Wanders Back to ANGEL?
Elisabeth Rohmówho left The WB’s Angel in 2001 to join the cast of Law and Orderótold SCI FI Wire that she would like her character, detective Kate Lockley, to return for an episode of the vampire series. “I would do it in a heartbeat, but I would do it on the side,” Rohm said in an interview. “I would come in and have Law and Order work out [my schedule].”
Rohm has met with Angel co-creator David Greenwalt to discuss when her return might fit with her commitment to Law and Order. “I talked to David Greenwalt yesterday,” she said. “He’s a very good friend, and [Angel star David] Boreanaz is a good friend, so I love the whole family. It’s just a matter of timing, and I’ve been too busy, really. But I’d like to.”
Greenwalt executive produced Angel for its first three seasons, after he and co-creator Joss Whedon spun it off UPN’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As Angel begins its fourth season, Greenwalt is distancing himself from the show, becoming a creative consultant, and will instead focus on producing this fall’s upcoming ABC supernatural series Miracles for Touchstone Television.

IS THAT THEIR FINAL ANSWER?
ABC announcing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire will end its prime-time run as a regular network series on June 27 in a 90-minute edition. After that, the game show will only return as an occasional series of specials, but not until November, in order to avoid competing with the show’s syndicated launch this fall.

Cool!
NBC tried to get David Letterman back!

Me Love Them Long Time
What are the longest-running shows still on television? Not surprisingly, 60 Minutes is No. 1; but what is Number 10?

CBS Greenlights Young Hitler Miniseries
It’s primetime for Hitler, as CBS has greenlit a four-hour miniseries based on the early years of the man who would one day rise to Fuhrer.
“Hitler,” based on historian Ian Kershaw’s biography “Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris,” will air during one of next year’s sweeps periods.
“I’d be lying if I said we aren’t a bit nervous about attempting to examine one of history’s most heinous characters, but in this age of megalomaniacal terrorism, we feel it is all the more important and relevant,” said Ed Gernon, who will executive produce with Peter Sussman.
Indeed, past Hitler projects have dealt less with the man and more with the world around him. But CBS is said to be high on the new miniseries, which is being produced by Alliance Atlantis.
The Canadian studio previously optioned the rights to “Hubris” and Kershaw’s sequel, “Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis.” “Hubris” became the first Hitler biography to use information gleaned from Nazi propaganda chief Josef Goebbels’ diaries, found a few years ago in Moscow. Kershaw’s book also took a different approach than most, examining the society around Hitler in addition to the man himself.

Christa Miller Ready to Leave THE DREW CAREY SHOW
Christa Miller, who plays Kate on THE DREW CAREY SHOW, has announced that next season will be her last. Said Miller, “I’ve had a great run with Drew, but it’s time to move on. This will be my last year with the show.” Miller was recently nominated for an Emmy for Best Guest Star for NBC’s SCRUBS. This is Miller’s first time to be nominated, as she explains, “Drew is not a fan of awards shows and has never wanted to pursue Emmys.”

“JESUS” IS NOT ALRIGHT WITH THEM
ABC drawing criticism from the Reverend Jerry Falwell after it bleeped out the word “Jesus” from a recent episode of The View. A network spokeswoman said ABC doesn’t allow the use of the word as an exclamation–only in a “prayerful and respectful” manner. Falwell called it a “double standard.”

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If you are bored, make your own SOUTH PARK character.

Oasis Wants the Osbournes Treatment
Godfathers of Britpop Oasis have joined the stars lining up for the fly-on-the-wall treatment made famous in the hit show “The Osbournes,” which followed rock singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family.
Tour-bus footage of the famously foul-mouthed Gallagher brothers has already been released and singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher told NME he is also keen for cameras to film his domestic life.
“That would be fantastic, but how would you have breakfast with the guy with that big furry thing (the microphone boom) and someone running around after him with the cable?” he was quoted as saying.
MTV’s profanity-prone show “The Osbournes” gained the highest rating on U.S. cable television last month as 7.8 million viewers tuned in to watch Osbourne’s wife threatening to urinate in a whiskey bottle. Since then, celebrities including topless model Anna Nicole Smith and rapper Sean “P Diddy” Combs have said they want to be filmed.
An Oasis spokeswoman said footage of tour-bus life with the had already been released as a 20-minute DVD recording with the single “Hindu Times” and there was more to come.
After bursting onto the music scene in the early 1990s, Oasis scored UK number ones with their first two albums “Definitely Maybe” and “Morning Glory.”

Voice of Bart Dreads ‘Simpsons’ End
It’s been on the air since 1989, but “The Simpsons” actress Nancy Cartwright said she hopes the Fox TV series will go on forever.
“I just want to say right now we are in season 14, and I am on a personal campaign of ‘Simpsons’ forever,” Cartwright told The Associated Press. Cartwright provides the voice of the smart-aleck Simpson, Bart.
“Simpsons” creator Matt Groening told London’s Financial Times in May that he was getting close to ending the series, whose longevity and consistent critical acclaim have made it one of the best TV shows ever made. He retracted his comments days later, after fans loudly objected to the prospect of life without Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
“There’s no reason why the show can’t go on forever, as long as the writing holds up to what it was that Matt Groening established from the very beginning,” Cartwright said.
Even if “The Simpsons” doesn’t go on forever, Cartwright will keep busy. She’s working on a new animated show called “Kim Possible,” providing the voice for a mole rat named Rufus. “Kim Possible” debuts Friday night on the Disney Channel.