An Olympic Hero Turns Vampire America Still Loves Big Brother TV Tidbits

An Olympic Hero Turns Vampire America Still Loves Big Brother TV Tidbits - Wunderland: Following the (success?) of their upcoming series Beauty and the Beast, the CW folks are developing a contemporary drama based on Alice in Wonderland. The show will focus on a young female detective in Los Angeles, who discovers that there is another world that exists underneath this Godless city. The Playboy Club creator Chad Hodge will pen the script, and executive produce with McG and and Peter Johnson. [Deadline]

Criminal Justice: Tony Soprano will return to HBO! Well, sort of. James Gandolfini has taken on a starring role in Criminal Justice — a crime drama project based on a British hit — that has officially been given a pilot order. Gandolfini will play jailhouse lawyer Jack Stone, and the show will be loosely based on its British counterpart, which chronicled the experiences of people charged with murder as they made their way through the justice system. Color us intrigued. [Deadline]

The Vampire Diaries: An Olympic champion is headed to Mystic Falls! Gabby Douglas announced her TVD fandom to the world this summer, and her loyalty has paid off — she is currently in Atlanta, filming an episode. The episode is slated to air Nov. 29, and she will not be playing herself. [THR]

Homeland: Looks like an Oscar winner is joining a surefire soon-to-be Emmy winner! F. Murray Abraham will recur on Homeland later this season as Dar Adul, a "brilliant intelligence operative in his 60-70’s. He has worked all over the world for the Special Activities Division of the CIA.” [EW]

Big Brother: "But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." (In news that is surprising to no one, Big Brother has been renewed for a 15th season. Quote courtesy of George Orwell.) [Deadline]

Rachael Ray: Historical landmark Regis Philbin is set to recur on Rachael Ray. He'll show up once a month and do... something. [Deadline]

Tosh.0: Daniel Tosh's hit series has been picked up for a whopping 30-episode fifth season. The show regularly attracts more viewers than any other show on the network, so this one was pretty much a given for Comedy Central. [THR]

Two and a Half Men by Lee Aronsohn

Two And A Half Men

Release date:

22 September 2003 (USA)

Genre: Comedy

Summary:

A comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love. More specifically, it's about the lives of two brothers, one brother's son, and the many women who surround them. Charlie Harper is a well-to-do bachelor with a house at the beach, a Mercedes in the garage and an easy way with women. His casual Malibu lifestyle was interrupted when his tightly wound brother, Alan, and Alan's son, Jake, came to stay with him. Complicating matters further are Charlie and Alan's narcissistic, emotionally toxic mother, Evelyn; Alan's deeply neurotic ex-wife, Judith and Charlie's domineering, unapologetically blue-collar housekeeper, Berta. Despite the complexities of their lives and their own strained relationship, Charlie and Alan have one thing in common - they both love Jake and want what's best for him. As a result, they manage to create a little family unit that promises to make each of them a better man. TWO AND A HALF MEN has been the Number One-rated sitcom on television for the past four seasons.

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Creators:

Lee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre

Stars:

Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones and Charlie Sheen

Leonard and Sheldon The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory
Release date:
24 September 2007 (USA)
Genre: Comedy

Summary:

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists, the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow CalTech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities... including love.

A woman who moves into an apartment next door to two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.

Creators:

Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady

Stars:

Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco 

How I Met Your Mother Comedy Reviews

How I Met Your Mother

Release date : 19 September 2005 (USA)

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Summary:How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all starts when Ted's best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), drops the bombshell that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he had better get a move on if he too hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a friend with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted meets Robin (Cobie Smulders), he's sure it's love at first sight, but destiny may have something else in store. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future, voiced by Bob Saget.

Creators:
Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
Stars:
Josh Radnor, Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders