Saturday`s Ratings

My Saturday Night Movie - 0.8/2 - 2.75 Million

Sunday`s Ratings
Celebrity Expose - 0.3/1 - 1.05 Million
ATC`s Sunday Night Movie - 0.2/1 - 1.00 Million

Top ratings for the week from Monday, March 30th to Sunday, April 5th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 6pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Your News Now: President Barack Obama Interview (10.95 million viewers)
2. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (8.98 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9pm (4.97 million viewers)
4. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10pm (4.85 million viewers)
5. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday at 11:30pm (4.08 million viewers)
6. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday at 11pm (4.01 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 9pm (3.17 million viewers)
8. The Practice - Wednesday at 8pm (3.02 million viewers)
9. Will and Grace - Monday at 8pm (2.59 million viewers)
10. Third Watch - Monday at 9pm (2.26 million viewers)

YTN had a new number one this week with a Special Edition of Your News Now featuring President Barack Obama. YTN's top scripted show of all time, Pushing Daisies, dropped to number two this week, but had one of it's highest ratings ever. House was able to take advantage of it's big lead in by landing in 3rd place. Criminal Minds also took advantage of the Your News Now Special placing 4th. Family Guy showed up on the list in the #5 and #6 spot. NCIS fell one spot this week into 7th place. The Practice, Will and Grace and Third Watch also fell one spot, landing in 8th, 9th, and 10th place. The lowest rated primetime show was the final episode of Grounded for Life on YTN, which pulled in only 947,000 viewers.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. The Big Bang Theory (2.02 million viewers)
2. Two and a Half Men (2.01 million viewers)
3. Gary Unmarried (1.86 million viewers)
4. King of Queens (1.75 million viewers)
5. My Wife and Kids (1.69 million viewers)

Once again, the top five remained the same this week. The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men both had 2 million viewers this week, and were within 1,000 viewers of each other. Gary Unmarried, and King of Queens dropped a bit this week, but stayed in the 3rd and 4th place spots. My Wife and Kids was able to increase a bit this week, yet it stayed in the number 5 spot.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.95 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser - 2nd Season (2.89 million viewers)
3. Army Wives (2.61 million viewers)
4. Ghost Whisperer (2.59 million viewers)
5. Your News Now - Saturday and Sunday Averaged Together (2.32 million viewers)

Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to beat one episode of The Biggest Loser once again this week. This is the eighth week in a row that Family Guy and The Biggest Loser held the #1 and #2 spots. Army Wives regained the number 3 spot, while Ghost Whisperer fell one spot to number 4. Your News Now held steady at 5th place again this week.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 6th to Sunday, April 12th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.21 million viewers)
2. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.95 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9pm (3.87 million viewers)
4. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10pm (3.63 million viewers)
5. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.98 million viewers)
6. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday 11pm & 11:30pm (2.93 million viewers)
7. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.86 million viewers)
8. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.79 million viewers)
9. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.02 million viewers)
10. Roswell - Wednesday at 8pm & The District - Monday at 10pm (2.01 million viewers)

YTN's top 10 was shaken up this week with the new schedule. Pushing Daisies returned to the number one spot again this week, with 6.21 million viewers. The repeat episode of Pushing Daisies took the number two spot. House took the number three spot, while Criminal Minds held onto fourth place. Number five went to the Wednesday edition of NCIS, which has become a surprise ratings winner for YTN. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to take sixth place. The Thursday edition of House took the number seven spot, and the premiere of Bones in primetime took the number eight spot. Friday night had its first show in the top 10 for some time, with CSI: Miami at number nine. Rounding out the top 10 was a tie between the YTN premiere of Roswell and The District with 2.01 million viewers.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.04 million viewers)
2. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
3. Gary Unmarried (1.89 million viewers)
4. King of Queens (1.77 million viewers)
5. My Wife and Kids (1.76 million viewers)

For the first time in some weeks, Two and a Half Men was able to take the number one spot. The Big Bang Theory was the only show to decrease this week in viewers and in rank, falling to number two. Gary Unmarried, King of Queens, and My Wife and Kids all remained at number three, four, and five respectively and increased their viewership. My Wife and Kids was within 1,000 viewers of taking the number four spot.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.94 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser - 2nd Season (2.93 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.71 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.48 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.47 million viewers)

Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to beat one episode of The Biggest Loser once again this week. This is the ninth week in a row that Family Guy and The Biggest Loser held the #1 and #2 spots and one of the closest overall viewership for the two shows. Ghost Whisperer took a huge jump this week to 2.71 million viewers and the number three spot. The Secret Life of the American Teenager debuted on YTN this week, and entered the top five this week. The number five spot went to Army Wives this week. Your News Now - Weekends fell out of the top five.

YTN Press Release:
Easy Money, In Harms Way, and Valentine Can't Find An Audience
The YTN premiere of MRC's Easy Money, In Harms Way, and Valentine failed to find an audience when they premiered on Sunday. Valentine was the first to premiere, and was watched by only 509,000 viewers. Easy Money followed with 414,000 viewers. In Harms Way premiered at 11pm to only 294,000 viewers, a loss of almost 800,000 viewers from Reaper. The President of YTN says "I am actually shocked how poorly each of the three shows did. We will give the shows another week to try and increase their audiences says original episodes will air within a few weeks. If the shows can't increase their audience, we will find a good spot for them to burn-off. No matter what, we will show all the episodes of each show."

College Premiere Month Set
YTN's newest original comedy, College, will premiere in May. The President of YTN said the episodes will air on a Tuesday for the premiere. The exact date of the premiere is not yet known. The President of YTN says "We want to premiere College with the rest of YTN's new episodes. By placing it on Tuesday we can develop a strong hour comedy block with Being Average.

Family Guy Is Moving
YTN has gained the rights to Family Guy for two more years. In the new contract with 20th Century Fox, YTN can air new episodes of Family Guy one month after they air on FOX. Executives at YTN thought the new contract talks would be quick, but it took over a month and a half to come to an agreement. The one sticking point for Executives at YTN was moving Family Guy out of the 11pm hour. Due to Adult Swim airing Family Guy at 11pm and YTN airing Family Guy at 11pm, Adult Swim was experiencing a drop in ratings. 20th Century Fox did not want to lose the agreement with Adult Swim, so YTN took the cheaper agreement and will move Family Guy. From Monday to Thursday, YTN will air Family Guy at either 10pm or 12am. Family Guy will remain at 11pm on Fridays. The move will not happen until May at the earliest.

GEN-TV is gearing up for a big night tonight---the 8pm debut of their first ever original comedy series--"Hot Tamales" starring Mariah Carey and Jenny McCarthy which debuts tonight at 8pm.

The series centers around a group of friends mostly in their late 30's and early 40's (with the exception of Butler and Behar who are both in their early 60's) who share a Miami mansion inherited when the father of one of them dies. These friends all work together in a once trendy nightclub called you guessed it "Hot Tamales" that is suffering from a lack of publicity, a lack of clients and is basically in shambles. The center of the group is Trina Mann played by Mariah Carey. Trina is a fast-talking, hard living dancer at the club (the exotic, not trashy kind as one line in the series says) who wants nothing more than to make the club a success again. It is her father, an eccentric import/export millionaire who dies and leaves the struggling dancer (and aspiring singer) the mega mansion with all the possible ammenities, including oddly enough a full staff and enough money to live off of and never worry about money again...or so she thinks... as the pilot progresses we find out that eccentric isn't so much the word to describe Trina's father as much as broke is. We find out that Trina's inheritance is pretty much already spent when it's discovered that her father owed billions in back taxes of which the government is more than happy to pay using the estate money. This leaves Trina with a huge manison and no way to afford it or her staff---so she does what every level headed exotic dancer working at a struggling nightclub would do---she takes in roomates---all employees at the club to help her pay the rent--cause hey if one exotic dancer can't pay the morgate why shouldn't five be able to? That's pretty much the plot of the first episode which revolves around how each of the five girls came to live with Trina---the pilot is told in flashbacks as the five girls reminicse about how they all came to live together over a year ago. The action that takes place during the present time revolves mostly around the turbulent relationship between Lorna Gibson (Brett Butler) and her now ex-girlfriend Miranda Ramone (Joy Behar in a recurring cameo apperance) who have recently broken up for what is seemingly the umpteenth time and are having a hard time actually seperating from each other as Miranda plays silly mind games to try and woo Lorna back.

The first episode to air tonight is called "Pilot/How we came to be" and runs approtimately 22 minutes (excluding commericals). It airs both in standard definition as well as high definition.

The series second episode entitled "Catfight" airs next week and centers around a catty fight that takes place between the group when Nonie (Longoria) accidently steals the boyfriend of Trina (Carey).

Again here is the offical cast list:

Mariah Carey... as Trina Mann (Lead Cast Member, owner of mansion)
Brett Butler... as Lorna Gibson (50-something lesbian, recently out of long-term relationship)
Eva Longoria... as Monica "Nonie" Leonard (dancer, model)
Eva La Rue... as Stacey Stevens (college graduate, boyfriend is cheating)
Mark Fuerstien... as Markus Wilkerson (Stacey's cheating boyfriend)
Jenny McCarthy... as Randi Jones (youngest one, immature, dating a married man)
Joy Behar.... as Miranda Ramone (Lorna's sarcastic, quick-witted ex-girlfriend
Dylan Walsh... as Tom (the married man that Randy is sleeping with)

GEN-TV today announced the launch date of it's third original series "The Day After" (the other two series "Hot Tamales" which launches tonight and "Second Family" launches April 26th)... which is May 15th.

The series will launch on May 15th, a friday night for a special preview episode before it settles into it's offical home on Tuesday nights on May 19th. Both episodes air in the 7pm timeslot.

This drama series looks at the life of Brian Gentry a recent college graduate and how he and his friends face life after college as they face new challenges. It features a cast of well known television actors including Tiffani Thissen, Joshua Jackson, Leslie Bibb and others...

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Weekday Schedule Wake Up Laughing! nothing but classics

6:00am Magnum Pi

7:00am Simon And Simon

8:00am Hardcastle & McCormick

9:00am Dukes Of Hazzard

10:00am Dallas

11:00am Knots Landing

12:00pm A-Team

1:00pm Airwolf
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2:00pm Happy Days

2:30pm Laverne n Shirley

3:00pm Mork And Mindy

3:30pm Threes Company

4:00pm Too Close For Comfort

4:30pm One Day At A Time

5:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

5:30pm The Jeffersons

6:00pm Welcome Back Kottor

6:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

7:00pm Taxi

7:30pm Odd Couple
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8:00pm The Incredible Hulk

9:00pm Knight Rider

10:00pm The Greatest American Hero

11:00pm Starman

12:00am V The Series

1:00am Highlander The Series

2:00am Equalizer

3:00am Remington Steel

4:00am Perry Mason

5:00am Ironside

6:00am Hill Street Blues
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Saturday Morning Line Up

7:00am Super Mario Bros Super Show

7:30am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

8:00am Gi Joe Real American hero

8:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

9:00am Slimer And The Real Ghostbusters

9:30am He_Man And The Masters Of The Universe

10:00am She Ra The Princess Of Power

10:30am Thundercats

11:00am Voltron

11:30am Transformers
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12:00pm Love American Style

12:30am Heres Lucy

1:00pm My Favorite Martian

1:30pm Courtship Of Eddies Father

2:00pm Bosom Buddies

2:30pm Its Your Move

3:00pm Small Wonder

3:30pm Out Of This World

4:00pm All In The Family

4:30pm Maude

5:00pm Good Times

5:30pm Archie Bunkers Place
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6:00pm Sanford And Son

6:30pm Sanford

7:00pm Whats Happening!!

7:30pm Whats Happening Now!

8:00pm Gimme A Break

8:30pm Benson

9:00pm 227

9:30pm Amen

10:00pm Webster

10:30pm Martin
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11:00pm Man Called Hawk

12:00am In To The Heat Of The Night

1:00am Hunter

2:00am 21 Jump Street

3:00am Spenser For Hire

4:00am Diagnosis Murder

5:00am Trapper John Md.
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Sunday Morning Line Up

6:00am Tom and Jerry Show

6:30am Popeye

7:00am Buggs Bunny

7:30am Smurfs

8:00am Johnny Quest

8:30am Inspector Gadget

9:00am Robotech

9:30am Silverhawks

10:00am Garfield And Friends

10:30am Heathcliff

11:00am Rocky Bullwinkel Show

11:30am Superfriends
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12:00pm Charlie's Angels

1:00pm Fall Guy

2:00pm Columbo

3:00pm Rockford Files

4:00pm Mission Impossible

5:00pm Starsky & Hutch
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6:00pm Avengers

7:00pm Hawaii Five 0

8:00pm Miami Vice

9:00am Fantasy Island

10:00am Eight Is Enough

11:00pm Quantum Leap

12:00am Love Boat
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1:00am Lost in Space

2:00am Amazing Stories

2:30am Tales From The Darkside

3:00am Outer Limits

4:00am New Outer Limits

5:00am Alfred Hitchcock Presents

5:30am Twilight Zone
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YTN Press Release:
College Gets Premiere Date
YTN's newest comedy now has a premiere date set. College will premiere on May 12th, the same night as the season finale of Pushing Daisies. So far only the pilot of College has been filmed, however, another episode will be filmed this week, with two more next week. The President of YTN says "I know May 12th seems very soon, but we want to make sure the show has a strong premiere number. The pilot is getting thumbs up from both audiences and critics, so why wait to premiere it?"

Here is the TENTATIVE schedule for May 12th:
7:00-8:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00-10:00 - Pushing Daisies (2 Hour Season Finale)
10:00-10:30 - Being Average (New Episode)
10:30-11:00 - College (Series Premiere)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - College (Series Premiere; Repeat)
*Gilmore Girls and Criminal Minds will not air on May 12th

The GEN-TV premiere of "Hot Tamales" a brand new original series starring Mariah Carey, Eva Longoria, Eva La Rue, Jenny McCarthy, Brett Butler and Joy Behar debuted to lukewarm ratings. It attracted 4.45 million viewers in its debut episode. It retained less than 10% of it's lead-in's audience and got the worst demograpichs of the timeslot with a 5th place finish in the coveted 18-49 demo. It's worst performance was in the 12-24 demographic where it placed at number 11 for the evening.

This rating is a 67% drop from the timeslot holder one year ago.

Adding to the horror of the debut was the horrible reviews said series got from cricits. TV Guide Magazine's Matt Roush called it "immature, crude and without merit". The New York Times called it "generic, witless and brainless" and the most scathing review coming from the L.A. Times called it "simply the worst show to ever be produced".

It's stars got less than favorable reviews as well, espeically Mariah Carey who Variety called "a vapid, untalented, shallow waste of time". Hollywood Reporter said "Mariah should stick to music and leave acting behind forever". The only mildly favorable review was for actress Joy Behar who the Houston Chronicle called "a one-liner factory, quick witted, sarcastic and hysterical, the only good thing about this waste of a show". The New Jersey Senitel said "Behar is to this show what Amy Pietz was to Caroline In The city---a more talented, supporting actress who upstages the main star".

President of GEN-TV said this "we will be sticking with "Hot Tamales" for the time being---we believe this show can grow and find an audience. The next two episodes are much better and will be audience favorites for years to come".

YTN Press Release:
YTN Orders Three Pilots
The President of YTN surprised all reporters today as he announced that YTN is ordering two more comedy pilots, and one new drama pilot. YTN's first original comedy, Being Average doesn't premiere until Tuesday, but the President of YTN says "You have to make original shows. You can't have two original comedies, and a dramedy to keep the network afloat. By ordering two more comedies we can be safe if two of our four comedies happen to fail." The drama pilot surprised reporters more then the two comedy pilots since the President of YTN said he was not going to order a drama as they cost more money then a comedy. The President of YTN says "We are going to be very conservative with the drama pilot. If we do happen to order it to a series, we will only order 5 or 6 episodes for the first season and if it does go to a second season only 8 episodes would be ordered."

Here is the ratings breakdown for GEN-TV (formerly HGN) for the week of March 26-April 1, 2009...

Primetime: Top 10:

1. The Practice (33 million viewers)
2. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Women (31 million viewers)
3. Cybill (22.55 million viewers)
4. Rescue 911 (18.45 million viewers)
5. Dharma & Greg (18.2 million viewers)
6. Beverly Hills, 90210 (18.1 million viewers)
7. Family Ties (14 million viewers)
8. The West Wing (12.2 million viewers)
9. Picket Fences (10 million viewers)
10. Third Watch (9.45 million viewers)

A stunning change in the top ten this week with only "Dharma & Greg", "The Practice", "Family Ties", "Cybill" and "Picket Fences" returning from the previous ratings period. "Dr. Quinn" makes a huge leap to #2 and "Rescue 911" surprises everyone.


Daytime Top 10:
1. The Nanny (15 million viewers)
2. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (12 million viewers)
3. Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place (11 million viewers)
4. Suddenly Susan (4 million viewers)
5. Big Brother Jake (3.56 million viewers)
6. The Hogan Family (3.44 million viewers)
7. Magnum P.I. (3.2 million viewers)
8. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2.2 million viewers)--ALL TIME LOW
9. Getting By (1.9 million viewers)---SERIES LOW
10. Empty Nest (1.2 million viewers)---Nearly a 70% decline!

This weeks daytime line-up showed signs of serious decline as three shows posted all-time lows. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" drops to eight place with only 2.2 million viewers. On the positive side, "Suddenly Susan" improved it's audience by nearly 15% with enough viewers to net fourth place. "Empty Nest" declined by nearly 70% and landed only 1.2 million viewers.

Weekend (Top 5):
1. California Dreams (8 million viewers)
2. Sabrina The Teenage Witch (7.6 million viewers)
3. City Guys (6.9 million viewers)
4. She-Ra: Princess Of Power (6.4 million viewers)
5. Evening Shade (5.6 million viewers)


Ratings For The Period of April 1, 2009-April 17, 2009:

GEN-TV spins the numbers for the first half of April 2009 (The first month of the GEN-TV schedule)...


Primetime TV (Top 10):
1. The Practice (25.3 million viewers)
2. Reba (22.21 million viewers)
3. Desperate Housewives (22.01 million viewers)
4. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (21.34 million viewers)
5. Cybill (21.04 million viewers)
6. Who's The Boss? (19.3 million viewers)
7. Samantha Who? (19.2 million viewers)
8. Saturday Night Live (18.59 million viewers)
9. TIE- Desinging Women, Spin City, 90210 (CW Version) (17.45 million viewers)
10. TIE- Melrose Place, Family Ties, Knot's Landing, Rescue 911, 3rd Rock From The Sun (12.23 million viewers)

----April's ten most watched shows so far are a mixed bag of shows that are new to the schedule and shows that are mainstays from HGN's schedule. "The Practice" still holds the top spot as the most watched show on the network despite a noticable viewer decline month-to-month. "Reba" proves a strong performer her first month on the schedule as does "Desperate Housewives" and "The New Adventures Of Old Christine". "90210" (the CW version) proves to be a surprisingly strong pick among viewers as it's 17.45 million viewers (tied with Spin City and Desinging Women) is more than it currently averages on the CW network. Among the dissapointing shows on the schedule are: "Gossip Girl" which ranked as the 22nd most watched show this month with a rating of just under 5.5 million viewers (still above what it averages on the CW but not by a lot)---also slow to start are "Shark" and "The Tyra Banks Show" both of which ranked under two million viewers a piece.

Daytime (All Shows):
1. The Nanny (13.45 million viewers)
2. How I Met Your Mother (13.23 million viewers)
3. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (13.11 million viewers)
4. Two And A Half Men (12.45 million viewers)
5. The O.C. (12.32 million viewers)
6. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (11.54 million viewers)
7. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (10.22 million viewers)
8. Survivor (9.56 million viewers)
9. Cold Case (9 million viewers)
10. Sister, Sister (7.56 million viewers)
11. Spin City (7.32 million viewers)
12. My Wife & Kids (6.48 million viewers)
13. The Office (5.11 million viewers)
14. Fringe (5.4 million viewers)

---"The Nanny" once again remains the most watched show on the schedule with "How I Met Your Mother" making a very nice start in the #2 spot. "Sabrina" also maintains a healthy viewership. Surprising most is the strong ratings for reruns of "Jimmy Fallon" and the also strong returns for "Cold Case". The lowest rated show in daytime was "Fringe" which is on loan from FOX until the May relaunch at which time it will more than likely exit the schedule. "The Office" was also underwhelming, but executives remain hopeful that it can pick up steam and claim it remains a viable contender for the May schedule.

Weekends (Top 5):
1. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (12 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (11.23 million viewers)
3. Will & Grace (11.21 million viewers)
4. Close To Home (10.9 million viewers)
5. ER (10.2 million viewers)

YTN Press Release:
Writer of Hit Show Hired For New YTN Comedy Pilot
On Saturday, YTN finalized a contract to hire David Crane to one of its newest comedy pilots. David Crane is best known for creating NBC's hit comedy, Friends. He was also the writer of CBS' fan favorite, The Class, which ran for one season. The President of YTN says he hopes David Crane can make a new hit comedy. He also says he hopes the show can premiere by mid summer or in the fall.

The GEN-TV premiere of "Hot Tamales" a brand new original series starring Mariah Carey, Eva Longoria, Eva La Rue, Jenny McCarthy, Brett Butler and Joy Behar debuted to lukewarm ratings. It attracted 4.45 million viewers in its debut episode. It retained less than 10% of it's lead-in's audience and got the worst demograpichs of the timeslot with a 5th place finish in the coveted 18-49 demo. It's worst performance was in the 12-24 demographic where it placed at number 11 for the evening.

This rating is a 67% drop from the timeslot holder one year ago.

Adding to the horror of the debut was the horrible reviews said series got from cricits. TV Guide Magazine's Matt Roush called it "immature, crude and without merit". The New York Times called it "generic, witless and brainless" and the most scathing review coming from the L.A. Times called it "simply the worst show to ever be produced".

It's stars got less than favorable reviews as well, espeically Mariah Carey who Variety called "a vapid, untalented, shallow waste of time". Hollywood Reporter said "Mariah should stick to music and leave acting behind forever". The only mildly favorable review was for actress Joy Behar who the Houston Chronicle called "a one-liner factory, quick witted, sarcastic and hysterical, the only good thing about this waste of a show". The New Jersey Senitel said "Behar is to this show what Amy Pietz was to Caroline In The city---a more talented, supporting actress who upstages the main star".

President of GEN-TV said this "we will be sticking with "Hot Tamales" for the time being---we believe this show can grow and find an audience. The next two episodes are much better and will be audience favorites for years to come".


GEN-TV President Matthew Smith said last week that the network would stick by scripted series "Hot Tamales" despite less than stellar ratings. Many believe he was just paying lip service but it turns out that he may have been telling to truth because he announced today plans for the series to receive a slight creative change. It was announced today that veteran sitcom producers Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner Productions will take over production of the series starring Mariah Carey.

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner will serve as Co-Executive Producers on the show. Carsey and Werner will also alternate head writing duties on the show with veteran sitcom writer Wil Calhoun. It was announced today that the series will also get new directors in veteran sitcom directors Ted Wass, Gil Junger and Amanda Bearse. The three will alternate directing episodes throughout the season. The current season order is twenty-three episodes, which despite horrible ratings is not expected to change.

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner have been producing sitcoms for network television since the 1980's, among their many hit shows are "Roseanne", "Grace Under Fire", "Cybill", "3rd Rock From The Sun", "That 70's Show", "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World".

Will Calhoun has been working as a producer and writer in Hollywood since the early 1990's. His many credits include "Friends", "Jesse", "Pride & Joy", "What I Like About You" and "Kath & Kim".

Ted Wass is a veteran of the sitcom world, having starred as an actor in two hit shows "Soap" on CBS and "Blossom" on NBC. After leaving acting he moved his career into directing where he has successfully directed series like "Rules Of Engagement", "Less Than Perfect", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Gary Unmarried", "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and A Half Men".

The series previously lacked a permanante head writer, director or executive producer as it was being written by staff writers and produced in-house by Factsoflife Productions. The move of hiring a seasoned staff speaks volumes about the faith the network has in the series.

Just as GEN-TV announced to the press plans to have Carsey-Werner Productions oversee the scripted series "Hot Tamales" comes word that the network has hired some heavy guns to help oversee their second scripted comedy series "Second Family". The network has sought out the help of Bright Kauffman Crane Productions. One of the most successful production companies in America. The company comprised of Marta Kauffman, Kevin Bright and David Crane is responsable for shows like "Friends", "Veronica's Closet", and "Jesse".

The trio will serve as Co-Executive Producers while Kevin Bright will serve as the series director and David Crane as Co-Head Writer with Marta Kauffman. The trio has announced that they have also brought in seasoned sitcom director Michael Lembeck to help with that side of things. He will co-direct with Bright and fill in on occassions when Bright is too busy to direct. In terms of writing the trio have hired two seasoned sitcom writers to help write, Ted Cohen and Andrew Reich who both worked on "Friends" and whose other credits includ "Welcome To The Captain" and "Worst Week" for CBS.

Matthew Smith, President of GEN-TV said this "we are fortunate to have the chance to work with Bright-Kauffman-Crane, one of the most respected and successful teams working in the industry".

"Second Family" debuts on GEN-TV on April 26, 2009 and has a fifteen episode order for this season.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 6th to Sunday, April 12th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.21 million viewers)
2. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.95 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9pm (3.87 million viewers)
4. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10pm (3.63 million viewers)
5. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.98 million viewers)
6. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday 11pm & 11:30pm (2.93 million viewers)
7. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.86 million viewers)
8. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.79 million viewers)
9. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.02 million viewers)
10. Roswell - Wednesday at 8pm & The District - Monday at 10pm (2.01 million viewers)

YTN's top 10 was shaken up this week with the new schedule. Pushing Daisies returned to the number one spot again this week, with 6.21 million viewers. The repeat episode of Pushing Daisies took the number two spot. House took the number three spot, while Criminal Minds held onto fourth place. Number five went to the Wednesday edition of NCIS, which has become a surprise ratings winner for YTN. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to take sixth place. The Thursday edition of House took the number seven spot, and the premiere of Bones in primetime took the number eight spot. Friday night had its first show in the top 10 for some time, with CSI: Miami at number nine. Rounding out the top 10 was a tie between the YTN premiere of Roswell and The District with 2.01 million viewers.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.04 million viewers)
2. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
3. Gary Unmarried (1.89 million viewers)
4. King of Queens (1.77 million viewers)
5. My Wife and Kids (1.76 million viewers)

For the first time in some weeks, Two and a Half Men was able to take the number one spot. The Big Bang Theory was the only show to decrease this week in viewers and in rank, falling to number two. Gary Unmarried, King of Queens, and My Wife and Kids all remained at number three, four, and five respectively and increased their viewership. My Wife and Kids was within 1,000 viewers of taking the number four spot.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.94 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser - 2nd Season (2.93 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.71 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.48 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.47 million viewers)

Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to beat one episode of The Biggest Loser once again this week. This is the ninth week in a row that Family Guy and The Biggest Loser held the #1 and #2 spots and one of the closest overall viewership for the two shows. Ghost Whisperer took a huge jump this week to 2.71 million viewers and the number three spot. The Secret Life of the American Teenager debuted on YTN this week, and entered the top five this week. The number five spot went to Army Wives this week. Your News Now fell out of the top five.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 13th to Sunday, April 19th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.02 million viewers)
2. House - Tuesday at 9pm (3.88 million viewers)
3. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.79 million viewers)
4. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10pm (3.76 million viewers)
5. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday 11pm & 11:30pm (3.01 million viewers)
6. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.92 million viewers)
7. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.81 million viewers)
8. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.80 million viewers)
9. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.23 million viewers)
10. The District - Monday at 10pm (2.17 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with lower-then-average numbers, pulling in 6.02 million viewers. House was able to take the number two spot for the first time ever, even with a lower Pushing Daisies audience. The repeat episode of Pushing Daisies took the number three spot. Criminal Minds also increased its audience this week, holding onto the number four spot. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to take fifth place, and NCIS took sixth place. The Thursday edition of House took the number seven spot, and the 2nd week of Bones in primetime took the number eight spot. Bones held onto almost all of the audience from House. CSI: Miami also increased its audience this week, staying at number nine. Rounding out the top 10 was The District.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. The Big Bang Theory (2.03 million viewers)
2. Two and a Half Men (2.00 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.88 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.82 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.79 million viewers)

The Big Bang Theory was able to reclaim the number one spot this week, edging out Two and a Half Men by 3,000 viewers. My Wife and Kids jumped two spots this week, moving from number 5 to number three. Gary Unmarried and King of Queens each fell one spot this week. Worth noting, is that King of Queens was able to increase its audience this week.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. The Biggest Loser - 2nd Season Finale* (3.41 million viewers)
2. Family Guy (2.87 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.60 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.53 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.52 million viewers)

* Ran for 12 episodes, 13 weeks as the first episode featured a special "Coming Up This Season on The Biggest Loser."
The Biggest Loser was able to take the number one spot for the first time in nine weeks, as the season finale aired. Family Guy fell to number two this week, averaging 2.87 million viewers. This is the tenth week in a row that Family Guy and The Biggest Loser held the #1 and #2 spots. Ghost Whisperer, Secret Life and Army Wives remained at the number 3, 4, and 5 spots respectively. The third season premiere, which features 12 episodes, will begin next week with a commercial free premiere.

YTN Press Release:
Two MRC Series' Drop, One Gains
Week two for two of the MRC Series' was even more of a disaster this week, while one was actually able to increase its audience. Valentine, was the lucky one this week, increasing its audience from 509,000 viewers to 618,000 viewers. The other two series' on the other hand were very unlucky. Easy Money dropped to 317,000 viewers, a loss of 97,000 viewers from last week. In Harm's Way fell into Harm's Way this week, falling to 198,000 viewers, a loss of 96,000 viewers from last week. A press release about In Harm's Way follows this press release.

In Harm's Way Is Dead
After just two weeks on the air and reaching an audience of only 492,000 viewers, In Harm's Way is leaving YTN. The low ratings prompted the President of YTN to issue this statement "In Harm's Way will be pulled immediately to the low viewership. It will not return to our schedule." Supernatural will return to the timeslot next week.

Countdown Beings For Being Average
With less then 24 hours to go until the premiere of Being Average, YTN has started the countdown. YTN viewers will notice that the YTN logo has been replaced with the Being Average logo and a countdown until the premiere has begun. Starting at 8am, YTN will run one 30 second clip every so often for the premiere. Six different 30 second clips will air, totaling 3 minutes worth of clips from the pilot.

The President of YTN Will Chat With Viewers
Starting at 9:31pm tomorrow, the President of YTN will log onto a chat room in which YTN viewers will be able to ask questions about Being Average, Pushing Daisies, and other YTN shows. He will stay on until 10:15, and will try to answer as many questions as possible. Only 250 people will be able to log onto the chat. After the chat, the most popular questions will be posted with the answers.

GEN-TV announced today that a rerun of the series permiere of "Hot Tamales" will air tommorrow night Wed, April 22, 2009 at 9pm following the series permiere of "Second Family" which airs at 830pm.

The schedule for the night is as follows:

7pm: Reba
730pm: Samantha Who? (last week's ABC episode)
8pm: Hot Tamales (new episode)
830: Second Family (SERIES PERMIERE!)
9pm: Hot Tamales (Rerun of Episode #1)
930pm: Yes, Dear
1000pm: Still Standing
1030: Cybill
11pm: The New Adventures Of Old Christine
1130pm: The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Originally an rerun of "According To Jim" was scheduled to air in this slot but the network has reconsidered because it wishes to give "Hot Tamales" a chance to find an audience by reairing it's first episode so that a wider audience can find it. The debut episode of the sitcom featured the five lead characters recalling how they came to live with each other in the mansion they share. the stories were told in flashbacks. The other main story of the episode featured the break-up/make-up/break-up of resident lesbian couple Lorna and Miranda played by Brett Butler and Joy Behar respectively.

The second episode of the series which airs at 8pm features Randy (Jenny McCarthy) discovering that she has accidently been sleeping with a married man (Dylan Walsh). It also features Trina (Mariah Carey) attempting to recruit musician Sean Paul to play at the struggling club "Hot Tamales" that she works at to hilarious consequences. (Sean Paul guest stars as himself).

The debut episode of "Second Family" introduces us to a group of twenty-somethings living in L.A. who all have difficult personal and professional lives. Jodi has been engaged for three years but can't seem to set a wedding date with her boyfriend who she doesn't know is sleeping with her own cousin! We also meet Jodi's best friend Stacey a free spirited yoga instructor who has given up on love, or so she thinks... we also meet their other friends who all have various relationship issues.

YTN Press Release:
First President of YTN to Viewers Chat Goes Well
The first ever chat between the President of YTN and the Viewers of YTN was called a success by both the President and chatters in the chat room. Only 250 people were allowed in the room, but the President of YTN also had assistants check the message boards for questions. Here are some of the most popular questions during the chat:
Questions = Viewers
Answers = The President of YTN

Q: What are your opinions on Being Average?
A: I think it is a great start for our comedy department. I really enjoyed the first four episodes of Being Average, although I haven't seen the other five that were shot.

Q: How many episodes of Being Average did you order?
A: We ordered 13 episodes on March 1st.

Q: I saw three 3 second ads that said "College...This May", what is it?
A: We recently ordered another multi-camera comedy entitled College. College will premiere on May 12th at 10:30pm following the 2 hour season finale of Pushing Daisies, and an episode of Being Average. Here is the synopsis released in an earlier press release: "The premise follows four students who live together in a dorm room together. Living in such a small place, its likely you will find something, or someone, to laugh at. The pilot stars Drake Bell (Drake and Josh), Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th; 2009 Remake), Katija Pevec (Yours, Mine and Ours), and Nicholas Braun (Guest star on Cold Case and Without a Trace)."

Q: I love the premise of College! Do you like the cast you chose?
A: I didn't chose the cast, I just approved them, but yes, I do like them. Each of these actors is young and talented and that should help us achieve a young audience. I hope you enjoy it on May 12th.

Q: Do you have any other shows coming?
A: We gave the go-ahead to shoot a pilot for two comedies, and one drama. None of the shows have a script or cast as of yet. If any of the shows are ordered, they will premiere in mid-summer or in the fall.

Q: Why all the new comedies?
A: Comedies are cheap options for us. We were thinking about a reality show, which is cheaper than a comedy, but we decided against it.

Q: How is the Pushing Daisies season finale?
A: Excellent. I have watched Pushing Daisies since the beginning, and this is my favorite episode. Without giving too much away, you will be shocked!

Q: Seriously? It's that good?
A: Yes, it's that good. You won't want to miss it.

Q: Will Pushing Daisies be back next year?
A: Yes, it will be back. We ordered two more seasons of Pushing Daisies.

Q: I love Chuck on NBC. Will you pick it up if it is cancelled?
A: No. We did pick up the rights to re-air the first and second seasons, but picking up a third season from our point of view is not a good deal.

Q: Have you ever seen Roommates on ABC Family? I saw the ratings and they weren't too good, but it is hilarious! Would you pick it up if it was cancelled?
A: Actually, I did see Roommates. I think it would be very compatible with our new comedy, College. So my answer is, don't rule it out.

Q: Why are you picking up all these cancelled shows?
A: We picked up Pushing Daisies because of how good the ratings were in repeats. If Roommates was to be picked up, we would test the repeat strength first. We just got lucky on Pushing Daisies. :)

The President finished with:
"Thank you for joining me in the chat tonight. I look forward to having another chat with some of you in the near future. Have a great day and enjoy all of our shows on YTN."

Since ABC has decided to put "Samantha Who" on a hiatus until further notice it will also be leaving the GEN-TV schedule. Because GEN-TV airs only reruns of the previous weeks ABC episode we cannot air it beyond this week because we do not have the rights to do so. For the time being reruns of "The New Adventures Of old Christine" will fill in for "Sam". We at GEN-TV love "Samantha Who" and look forward to it's return to our schedule. It will air on our network tonight (last week's episode from ABC) and then will not return until it airs again on ABC.

YTN Press Release:
Being Average Is Above Average
The series premiere of Being Average was watched by an impressive 4.87 million viewers at 9:01pm last night. Being Average also recorded a 2.2 demo among 18-49 year olds, a 2.4 among 18-34 year olds and a 1.7 demo among 25-54 year olds. Being Average had 79% retention in total viewers from Pushing Daisies (6.13 million viewers) and 71% retention in the 18-49 year old demo from Pushing Daisies (3.1 demo). That sets a record for the most retention ever from Pushing Daisies, breaking the record House held since Pushing Daisies premiered in February. While viewers did slip half way through the show (4.96 to 4.78), the President of YTN says "The slip is nothing. I'm acutally surprised it held up that well. Overall, Being Average did very well. Hopefully Being Average is able to keep its audience, so we can eventually create a comedy block on a new night." Earlier in the night, Gilmore Girls was watched by 2.09 million viewers. A special 9:30 edition of Family Guy was able to grow from Being Average with 4.99 million viewers. House had a lower then average lead in, but was able to keep most of its audience with 3.37 million viewers. Family Guy aired in its regular timeslot with 3.89 million viewers. That led into a repeat of the series premiere of Being Average at 11:30 with 2.75 million viewers, putting retention at 71% in total viewers. The total audience, adding an original episode and a repeat episode together, was 7.62 million viewers for Being Average.

Line-Up From Last Night:
7:00-8:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00-9:01 - Pushing Daisies
9:01-9:31 - Being Average (Series Premiere)
9:31-10:00 - Family Guy (Special Time)
10:00-11:00 - House (Special Time)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - Being Average (Series Premiere, Repeat)
*Criminal Minds did not air last night.

Daytime Comedy Block Is Changing
Starting next week, the daytime comedy lineup will have a new look to it. Because of limited episodes available for some shows, YTN decided to shake things up. Starting on Monday, April 27th, this will be the new lineup:
**Changes in Bold**
9am - Rita Rocks (New to Daytime Comedy Lineup)
10am - Friends (Moves from 9am)
11am - Yes, Dear (Moves from 10am)
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - King of Queens
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory
3:30pm - Rules of Engagement (New to YTN)
4pm - How I Met Your Mother
5pm - Gary Unmarried
5:30pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
6pm - What I Like About You
*Full House is no longer on the schedule.

Hope and Faith Is Back
Hope and Faith will return to the schedule this weekend. Hope and Faith will air on Saturdays from 1pm until 2pm, and on Sundays from 11am until 12pm. This is due to the addition of Rita Rocks on the Daytime Comedy Lineup.

Press Release...

To be released immedietly...

GEN-TV, formerly Hidden Gems Network has finalized it's May 2009 schedule. This heavily anticipated line-up is the one that will offically launch the network. It has been speculated for months what shows would and would not be joining the network as it rebrands itself. Below is the offical schedule that includes some heavy hitters and some major surprises as well.

GEN-TV NETWORK- INNAGURAL LINE-UP
following is the officially confirmed May 2009 schedule for GEN-TV. This inaugural schedule will launch the network. All shows on this schedule are confirmed as being part of the line-up.

M-F: Daytime
7am: Friends
730: Will & Grace
800: The Nanny
900: The New Adventures Of Old Christine (syndication)
930: How I Met Your Mother
1000: How I Met Your Mother
1030: Two And A Half Men
1100 : The Closer (new to network, syndication)
Noon: Cold Case
1pm: Mad Men (previous seasons episodes)
2pm: Without A Trace (New To Network)
3pm: Judging Amy (New To Network)
4pm: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (reruns of previous nights episode)
5pm: Survivor (syndicated episodes seasons 1-17)
6pm: Curb Your Enthusiasm
630pm: Curb Your Enthusiasm
7pm: The Girls Next Door (new to network)
730pm: The Girls Next Door (new to network)

M-F Primetime:

Mondays:
800: Desperate Housewives (syndicated, all previous seasons)
900: The Bachelor (syndicated, all previous seasons)
1000: The Apprentice (syndicated, all previous seasons)
1100: The Closer (syndicated, all previous seasons)


Tuesdays:
700pm: The Day After
800: Melrose Place
900: The Guardian (new to network; Simon Baker series)
1000: MONK (new to network)
1030: Monk (new to network)
1100: Spin City
1130: Spin City
12am: The Girls Next Door (new to network, syndication)
1230am: The Girls Next Door

Wednesday:
700: Reba (new to network)
730: Reba (new to network, until Samantha Who? returns to ABC)
800: Hot Tamales
830: Second Family
900: According To Jim
930: Yes, Dear
1000: Still Standing
1030: Cybill
11pm: Grey’s Anatomy (syndication)
1130: Mad TV (new to network, syndication)


Thursday:
700: Bones (syndication)
800: The Practice
900: Gossip Girl (last week’s episode)
1000: Close To Home (new to network, syndication)
1100: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (syndication)
12am: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1230: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Friday:
800: Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place (new night & time)
830: Friends (new to schedule)
9pm: Alias (new to network)
10pm: Six Feet Under (New to network)
11pm: Medium (new to network, syndicated episodes)

Saturday Daytime:
7am: Punky Brewster
730: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
800: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
830: Moesha
900: Grounded For Life (new to network)
930: Still Standing
1000: The King Of Queens (new to network)
1030: Just Shoot Me
1100: Friends
1130: Scrubs
Noon: Seinfeld
]1230: The Office

100: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
200: Felicity (new to network)
300: Private Practice (previous season)
]400pm: Without A Trace
500: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Women
600: The Ghost Whisperer


Saturday Primetime:
700: Boy Meets World
730: Boy Meets World
800: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
830: Less Than Perfect
900pm: Designing Women
930: The Golden Girls (new to network)
1000: The Golden Girls (new to network)
1030: Sex and The City (new to network)
11pm: Sex and The City (new to network)
1130: Cybill
Midnight: CSI: New York


Sunday Daytime:

800: Scrubs
830: Rules Of Engagement (previous season)
900: Reba
930: Sister, Sister
1000: Sister, Sister
]1030: The Game (new to network, syndication
1100: Frasier (new to network)
1130: The Larry Sanders Show (New To Network)
Noon: The Larry Sanders Show (New To Network)
1230: Saturday Night Live
130: Seinfeld
230: My Name Is Earl (new to network, syndication)
300: Everybody Loves Raymond (new to network)
330: Everybody Loves Raymond (new to network)
400: The King of Queens (new to network)
430: Scrubs
500: Just Shoot Me
530: The Steve Harvey Show (new to network)
600: Everybody Hates Chris (new to network, syndication)
630: Everybody Hates Chris (new to network, syndication)

Sunday Primetime:
700: The West Wing
800: The Unit (syndication)
900: How I Met Your Mother (previous week’s episode)
930: The Big Bang Theory (Previous week’s episode)
1000: Third Watch
1100: Numbers (new to network, syndication)
Midnight: Criminal Minds

YTN Press Release:
Episode Titles For Being Average
Below are the episode air dates, and episode titles. Dates may change.
1x01 - Pilot - Aired April 21st
1x02 - The Famous Man - Airs April 28th
1x03 - The Date - Airs May 5th
1x04 - The Teacher - Airs May 12th
1x05 - The Theft - Airs May 19th
1x06 - The Big Breakup Part I - Airs May 26th
1x07 - The Big Breakup Part II - Airs June 2nd
1x08 - The Walk-In - Airs June 9th
1x09 - The Chores - Airs June 16th
1x10 - The In-Laws - Airs June 23rd
1x11 - The Movies - Airs June 30th
1x12 - The Sweet Sixteen - Airs July 7th
1x13 - The First Season Finale - Airs July 14th

TCN Press Release:
The President of TCN Steps Down
After only a few months on the job, the President of TCN is stepping down. In a statement released by the President of TCN, he says "I have decided to step down as the President of The Comedy Network after only a few months on the job. After struggling to find an audience, I find it only fitting that I step down. I wish the TCN Family all the best of luck, and I hope the new President of the network is ready for a challenge. Thank you."

VP of Network Moves Up
After the former President of TCN stepped down, the VP of TCN assumed his old job. The new President said he plans on releasing a new schedule as soon as possible. The new President of TCN "I am excited and ready for my new role as President of The Comedy Network. I know there are numerous challenges ahead, but I am ready to take them on."

NEW ADDITION:
New Schedule Goes Into Affect on Monday
*Highest rated show is Two and a Half Men with 537,000 viewers.

Monday-Friday Daytime Lineup (Changes in Bold)
12am - MOVIE
2am - MOVIE
4am - The Big Bang Theory
5am - Two and a Half Men
6am - All in the Family
7am - Maude
8am - Good Times
9am - The Jeffersons
10am - The Dick Van Dyke Show
11am - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12pm - WKRP in Cincinnati
1pm - MOVIE
3pm - Family Matters
4pm - Designing Women
5pm - The Golden Girls
6pm - Full House
7pm - Married with Children

Monday
8pm - MOVIE
10pm - MOVIE

Tuesday (90's *)
8pm - Friends
9pm - Joey
10pm - Step by Step
11pm - Roseanne

Wednesday (00's *)
8pm - George Lopez
9pm - Hope and Faith
10pm - Less Than Perfect
11pm - Life With Bonnie

Thursday
8pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Female Comedy Stars*
9pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Male Comedy Stars*
10pm - Television Show Featuring Female Comedy Star**
11pm - Television Show Featuring Male Comedy Star**

Friday (00's *) ((MOVES FROM THURSDAY))
8pm - Everybody Loves Raymond
9pm - The King of Queens
10pm - Still Standing
11pm - Becker
*Designates most of its run happened in that era.

Saturday (Mix of Shows)
12am - MOVIE
2am - Frasier
3am - 8 Simple Rules
4am - Home Improvement
5am - The Drew Carey Show
6am - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
7am - Who's The Boss?
8am - MOVIE
10am - Full House
11am - Friends
12pm - Caroline In The City
1pm - What I Like About You
2pm - Reba
3pm - The Nanny
4pm - Girlfriends
5pm - Smart Guy
6pm - All of Us
7pm - Half and Half
8pm - Mad About You
9pm - Family Guy
10pm - My Wife and Kids
11pm - Yes Dear

Sunday (Current Comedies)
12am - Scrubs
1am - Samantha Who?
2am - My Name Is Earl
3am - The Office
4am - MOVIE
6am - Everybody Hates Chris
7am - The Game
8am - According to Jim
9am - The Bill Engvall Show
10am - 'Til Death
11am - The Big Bang Theory
12pm - How I Met Your Mother
1pm - Two and a Half Men
2pm - Rules of Engagement
3pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
4pm - Gary Unmarried
5pm - Rita Rocks
6pm - Family Guy
7pm - The Simpsons
8pm - King of the Hill
9pm - The Big Bang Theory
10pm - Two and a Half Men
11pm - Rules of Engagement / Gary Unmarried / Old Christine Rotation

*The Comedy Network Presents: Comedy Stars is first ever original program on The Comedy Network. The show is hosted by a new host each week, interviewing a comedy star from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today. The first male episode is hosted by Mr. John Cryer interviewing Mr. Charlie Sheen. The first female episode is hosted by Ms. Jennifer Esposito interviewing Ms. Christina Applegate. The new President of YTN: "I love this new series. It gives you a look at what that person did to get to where they are today. We will film the first episode tomorrow, and it will air Wednesday. We have more stars lined up, but we have not signed contracts yet."

**Example:
Christina Applegate Interview is airing at 8pm, meaning Married with Children or Samantha Who will air at 10pm
Charlie Sheen Interview is airing at 9pm, meaning Two and a Half Men will air at 11pm

GEN-TV announced today that a rerun of the series permiere of "Hot Tamales" will air tommorrow night Wed, April 22, 2009 at 9pm following the series permiere of "Second Family" which airs at 830pm.

The schedule for the night is as follows:

7pm: Reba
730pm: Samantha Who? (last week's ABC episode)
8pm: Hot Tamales (new episode)
830: Second Family (SERIES PERMIERE!)
9pm: Hot Tamales (Rerun of Episode #1)
930pm: Yes, Dear
1000pm: Still Standing
1030: Cybill
11pm: The New Adventures Of Old Christine
1130pm: The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Originally an rerun of "According To Jim" was scheduled to air in this slot but the network has reconsidered because it wishes to give "Hot Tamales" a chance to find an audience by reairing it's first episode so that a wider audience can find it. The debut episode of the sitcom featured the five lead characters recalling how they came to live with each other in the mansion they share. the stories were told in flashbacks. The other main story of the episode featured the break-up/make-up/break-up of resident lesbian couple Lorna and Miranda played by Brett Butler and Joy Behar respectively.

The second episode of the series which airs at 8pm features Randy (Jenny McCarthy) discovering that she has accidently been sleeping with a married man (Dylan Walsh). It also features Trina (Mariah Carey) attempting to recruit musician Sean Paul to play at the struggling club "Hot Tamales" that she works at to hilarious consequences. (Sean Paul guest stars as himself).

The debut episode of "Second Family" introduces us to a group of twenty-somethings living in L.A. who all have difficult personal and professional lives. Jodi has been engaged for three years but can't seem to set a wedding date with her boyfriend who she doesn't know is sleeping with her own cousin! We also meet Jodi's best friend Stacey a free spirited yoga instructor who has given up on love, or so she thinks... we also meet their other friends who all have various relationship issues.

The ratings for last nights GEN-TV line-up have been released and they are a mixed bag. at 7pm "Reba" pulled in 11.5 million viewers and won the timeslot by nearly 10% more than other cable networks; it ranked #1 in the 18-35 range; was #1 amongst women and #2 amongst men. It ranked #2 among teen girls 11-16 and was #3 amongst teen boys 11-17. at 730pm the last episode of "Samantha Who" drew 14 million viewers ranking #1 for the hour and ranking #2 among 18-49 demographic. at 8pm the second episode of "Hot Tamales" up-ticked slightly to 5.10 million viewers (from 4.45 million) and saw a increase of it's audience retention with 25% of the audience staying from "Samantha Who" into "HT". In 18-49 women it was #3 for the hour (loosing out to American Idol on FOX and Lost on ABC) and was #1 among teen girls 9-17. The series premiere of Second Family at 830pm was by far the highlight of the night with an audience of 17.9 million viewers tuning in. It ranked #2 for the night (after "American Idol") and was ranked #2 in 18-49 women (after Idol). It also had the highest retention of the night with 70% of the audience staying tuned in from "Tamales". at 9pm a rerun of the pilot of "Tamales" earned a respectable 7.9 million viewers showing that the series has some viewers interested in tuning in. "Yes Dear" got 5.6 million viewers, "Still Standing" reached 10.3 million viewers, "Cybill" got 12.9 million viewers and an hour of New christine got 15.9 million viewers.

Matthew Smith, President of GEN-TV and Head Of Programming said in a statement to the press that he is "pleased with the ratings for both his new series and his line-up of syndicated fare". he also said "we plan to stick by both our new series for the time being and have total faith they will attract an audience at some point".

Press Release...

GEN-TV

To Be Released Immedietly...

GEN-TV's president Matthew Smith along with Marci Carsey and Tom Werner announced today several creative changes they are making to their new series "Hot Tamales". The series which is currently struggling to attract an audience on the network (though it's most recent episode did increase it's ratings average). The series is being slightly retooled to focus more on the most interesting characters. According to them those are the characters played by Mariah Carey, Jenny McCarthy, Brett Butler and Joy Behar. This means that effective immedietly both Eva La Rue and Eva Longoria are being dropped from the show. This decision according to Marci Carsey is "purely creative and does not reflect on our feelings for the actresses playing the roles".

Eva La Rue's Stacey was the most poorly recieved character on the show and recieved the "lowest overall score" in focus groups. While Eva Longoria's character tested well producers say that the decision to remove her from the show "has more to do with the ability to keep a show focused with too many characters". Tom Werner says "the show simply had too many characters and in order to focus on the best one's we had to drop someone".

Eva La Rue's reps did not return calls and Longoria's rep said "Eva is proud of the work she did on "Hot Tamales" and is sad to see her time on it end but is happy that she got the chance to work with her dear friend Mariah Carey and looks forward to continuing her work on ABC's Desperate Housewives".

Now, one last announcement about HT, it appears that with the absence of two characters come the addition of one more. Sharon Lawerence (NYPD BLUE, Fired Up) has offically joined the cast of the show in the role of Arlene. Arlene the wife of Dylan Walsh's character with whom Randi (Jenny Mcarthy's character) is sleeping with. Marci Carsey said "we will find Randi in a tough spot when she discovers Tom is married and then even more when Arlene comes knocking on her door". Matthew Smith said "you won't believe where they are going with this. It's incrediable and you won't see it coming".

Eva La Rue's Stacey makes her last apperance on the show in next week's episode entitled "The Birthday Party"; in which Trina (Mariah Carey) plans a birthday party for Lorna (Brett Butler) that turns into a nightmare when Miranda (Joy Behar) shows up angry and bitter and drunk. and turns even worse with the arrivial of Arlene who is out for blood against Randi (Jenny McCarthy). According to Marci Carsey Eva Longoria's Nonie has already made her last apperance. Her characters absence will easily be explained away as Nonie having "moved away to be with her sick mother".

GEN-TV believes top talent should be nurtured.

Riding high on the recent success of several series that were acquired and the strong believe that their upcoming relaunch will be a success Factsoflife Companies (FOLCOR) has decided to nurture it's top executives with some giant promotions and major incentives. "We believe that in order to be successful your employees must be happy---and to do so we want people to love working at our company" says Markus Williams the current CEO of Factsoflife Companies who is among one of the employees being promoted.

Williams, age forty-five has served as the CEO of Factsoflife Companies since 2002 and under his guidance has overseen the launch and ultimately the success of several TV networks for the company including "Femme TV", "Hidden Gems Network" (which recently became GEN-TV; also his idea) and others. He has been promoted to President of Factsoflife Companies (Business Division) . In his new job he will be the first in line making all decisions regaurding the future of all the networks owned by FOLCORP. He will take over for Horatio Naysmith who has retired. Williams is being replaced in his role of CEO by Matthew Smith the thirty-four year old wonder that recently oversaw the successful rebrandings of two networks on FOLCORP's books; "Pride TV" the gay pride network which streamlined it's programming to be more accessiable to the public and saw double digit growth. He also helped to relaunch "HGN" which has become "GEN-TV" and early indicators are that it will be a major smash.

Smith previously held the positions of Head of Programming and President of Facts Of Life Companies (Creative Division). In order to replace him the company has opted to redesing it's business model and create a few new positions (yes i know in this economy!). Shirley Smith, formerly head of drama development at FEMME TV has been asked to come aboard as Head Of Traditional Programming for Factsoflife Companies. In this job she will be the first person to greenlight shows and take pitches for shows on all the networks of FOLCORP. It will be her that decides what shows work on which of the companies networks and will work with each network to help launch new shows and nurture old ones. The company has also hired former Lifetime TV executive Marianne Wilson-Meyers to serve as Head Of Non-Traditional Programming for all the networks on the companies roster. She will do for reality tv, speicals and musicals what Shirley Smith is doing for drama and comedy series.

These appointments make some vacanies at the individual network levels they are being filled as follows.

Shirley Smiths former role of Head of Drama development for Femme TV is being wiped out and instead Joanne Woo a former executive at TRU TV is being brought on as President of Femme TV. She will work with Smith and Wilson-Meyers on developing and schedule shows specifically for Femme TV. She will be the name and face of the network.

GEN-TV will be overseen by Suzanne Donaldson a former executive at MTV. She will be soley in charge of scheduling, branding and marketing the network.

Pride TV will be overseen by Zelda Higginstaff a former big wig at SOAPNET and ABC where she oversaw the creation of shows like "General Hospital: Night Shift", "Being Erica" and the networks piece de a resistance "Soap Talk". She is going to be 100% in charge of shaping the networks look, feel and programming.

Recently FOLCORP launched a new network devoted to programming formerly seen on UPN and WB networks, that network so far is a total flop. According to reports this network will most likely cease to exist come the 4th Quater.

Also being rumored to be wiped out is struggling network TEEN TV a network devoted to teenage programming that has seen triple digit declines in the past season. Currently it is overseen by Francine and Jonathon Wilderman (a husband and wife team) but both of them were recently given pink slips. They are for the time being going to be replaced by Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe a former executive at AMC.

Other appointments will be made at a later date.








----------DISCLAMIER----

All people mentioned in this note are fictional. FACTSOFLIFE COMPANIES is a fictional company. this is simply for entertainment purposes. If anyone exists with these actual names be aware these names were made-up and are not meant to represent anyone that is acutally living or that has worked in TV production at any network.

Here are the offically confirmed airdates and episode titles for two out of three of GEN-TV's original series. (Schedule for The Day After will be announced at a later date).

"Second Family"
"Me & My Second Family" (aired: April 22, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Group Meeting" (airing: April 29, 2009 at 830pm)
"Friends, Lovers and More" (airing May 6, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Coffee Episode" (airing May 13, 2009 at 830pm)
"Up All Night" (airing May 27, 2009 at 830pm)
"Shawn Joins A Yoga Class..." (Airing June 3, 2009 at 830pm)
"Jodi's Realization" (airing June 10, 2009 at 830pm)
"Richard The Cheater" (airing June 17, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Showdown" (airing June 20, 2009)(special saturday airing at 830pm--moesha is pre-empted that night)
"The Letter Pt. 1" (airing June 24, 2009 at 830pm) (all episodes after this have yet to be filmed)
"The Letter Pt. 2" (airing June 25, 2009) (speical thursday airing at 8pm--The Practice is pre-empted that night...)
"Girls Night In" (airing July 8, 2009 at 830pm)
"Boys Vs. Girls" (airing July 15, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Great Roomate Swap" (airing July 22, 2009 at 830pm)
"A Group, Divided" (airing July 29, 2009 at 830pm)
"The One Where We Meet Stacey's Roomate" (airing August 5, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Ice Princess" (airing August 12, 2009 at 830pm)
"The Holy Terror"" (airing August 19, 2009 at 830pm)
"Love Affair" (airing August 26, 2009 at 830pm)
"Shawn's Big Break" (airing August 27, 2009) (special thursday airing at 7pm-Bones is pre-empted that night)
"The Chick Fight" (airing September 9, 2009 at 830pm)
"jenny want's a friend" (season finale) (airing September 16, 2009 at 830pm)

"Hot Tamales"
"How We Came To Be" (April 15, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Discovery" (April 22, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Birthday Party" (April 29, 2008 at 8pm)
"Hell Hath No Fury" (May 6, 2008 at 8pm)
"Girlfriends Vs. Boyfriends" (May 13, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Chance Of A Lifetime" (May 20, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Test" (May 27, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Answer" (June 3, 2009 at 8pm)
"Freudian Slip" (June 10, 2009 at 8pm)
"Riddle" (June 17, 2009 at 8pm)
"Cougars" (June 24, 2009 at 8pm)
"1999" (July 1, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Marriage of Legality" (July 8, 2009 at 8pm) (all episodes after this have yet to be filmed)
"The End Of It All" (July 15, 2009 at 8pm)
"Goodbye Old Friend..." (July 22, 2009 at 8pm)
"Hello, New Friend" (July 29, 2009 at 8pm)
"Hot Club In Town" (July 30, 2009 at 9pm) (special thrusday airing--Gossip Girl is pre-empted this night)
"Back to Nothing" (July 31, 2009 at 8pm) (speical friday night airing---Two Guys... will be pre-empted that night)
"The Betrayl" (August 12, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Make-Up" (August 19, 2009 at 8pm)
"Trina's Plan" (August 26, 2009 at 8pm)
"The Grande Finale Pt. 1" (August 28, 2009 at 9pm) (speical friday night airing---gossip girl will be pre-empted this night)
"The Grande Finale Pt. 2) (September 2, 2009 at 8pm) (season finale)

YTN Press Release:
Roommates Officially Coming to YTN?
In Tuesdays chat with the YTN President, a fan of ABC Family's Roommates brought up the question about the series coming to YTN. Since then, fans of Roommates have been flooding Top Executives email inboxes, and YTN's mail room. The President of YTN realized the show has many devoted fans, and got right to work on acquiring repeats of the series. In the signed contract, YTN also has the rights to produce new episodes in the case ABC Family does cancel the series. The President of YTN says "Roommates sounds like a great show, and it could really fit with our new comedy, College. I hope the repeats do well so we can produce new episodes. I would say repeats have to pull in 1 million-1.5 million viewers to be considered for new episodes. In any event, this will be the final show from another network we even take into consideration. So please fans of all those cancelled shows, any Save Our Show items, will not be opened or even looked at. Thank you."

Titles For College Thus Far
1x01 - Welcome to College
1x02 - The List
1x03 - Party Time
1x04 - (NOT FILMED YET) - Love Is In The Air
1x05 - (NOT FILMED YET) - That's Not Supposed To Happen

Pushing Daisies Season Finale Now Has A Title
3x12 - Goodbye (Part I)
3x13 - Goodbye (Part II)

Short Summary For 3rd Season Finale
Ned has to make one of the biggest decisions of his life.

A new game show debuts on TLTPN replacing the low rated For Better Or For Worst. The show is called The Hunter Killer Club in which five contestants with nothing to lose will shoot it out in various environments with hunter killer teams made up of mercenaries and ex commandos with nothing to lose. The winner gets $1,000,000 plus one week to recover and celebrate an undisclosed location the runner ups either get free medical care or an all expense paid funeral.

Ratings Notice:

Here are the offical ratings for the first ever month of WARP network featuring classic programming from the former WB and UPN networks.

The Offical Ratings list:

Top 20:

1. Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (10 million viewers)
2. Angel (9.4 million viewers)
3. Star Trek: Enterprise (9.3 milion viewers)
4. Star Trek: Voyager (9.2 million viewers)
5. Dawson's Creek (9.1 million viewers)
6. Felicity (9 million viewers)
7. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (8.9 million viewers)
8. 7th Heaven (8.5 million viewers)
9. Everybody Hates Chris (8.2 million viewers)
10. Charmed (8.1 million viewers)
11. Moesha (7.5 million viewers)
12. Savannah (7.2 million viewers)
13. Gilmore Girls (7 million viewers)
14. Reba (6.9 million viewers)
15. Shasta McNasty (6.3 million viewers)
16. Clueless (6.2 million viewers)
17. Kirk (6 million viewers)
18. Unhappily Ever After (5.5 million viewers)
19. Popular (5.2 million viewers)
20. Muscel (5.1 million viewers)

-------The Rest
21. The Wayans Brothers (5 million viewers)
22. Cleghorne (4.5 million viewers)
23. Alright Already (4 million viewers)
24. Aliens In America (3.3 million viewers)
25. Greetings From Tuscon, Maybe It's Me and Social Studies (3.1 million viewers)
26. The Parkers, The Tom Show, Dilbert and The Stip (3 million viewers)
27. Mission Hill, Jack & Jill, Grown Ups (2.9 million viewers)
28. Sparks and D.C. (2.4 million viewers)
29. Hyperion Bay, The Secret Diary Of Desmond Phiffer and Mercy Point(2 million viewers)
30. Girlfriends, Love Boat: The Next Wave, Goode Behavior (1.9 million viewers
31. Simon, Deadly Games, The Sentinle, Live Shot (1.2 million viewers)
32. Nowhere Man, For Your Love, Three (1 million viewers)
33. Off Center, The Mullets, Swift Justice (9,000 viewers)
34. Homeboys From Outer Space, Zoe..., Movie Stars (8,900 viewers)
35. Reaper (5,690 viewers)
36. The Army Show (4,000 viewers)

It's not uncommon for a tv program to be cancelled, in fact it's more uncommon for a show to not be cancelled. But what is very rare is for a whole network to be cancelled. Well, that rarity is hitting Factsoflife companies (FOLCORP) very soon.

They have announced that as of December 15, 2009 "TEEN TV" and "WARP TV" will cease to exist.

"WARP TV" was a joint venture between FOLCORP, Warner Brothers and Paramount that featured only second run programming from the old WB and UPN networks. It debuted earlier this year to less than stellar ratings and has yet to turn a profit. The network is being cancelled because "in this economy we don't want to waste money on a network that isn't getting an audience". said Markus Willams, recently named President of FOLCROP (Business Division). Matthew Smith, the CEO of FOLCROP also said "luckily most of the programs that were acquired for the network can be used elsewhere on our networks".

For the time being the WARP network programming will continue to air mostly without change but come December 15, 2009 the network will go off the air. In it's place on most cable and satellite stations will be GEN-TV sequel station called "GEN-2" in which GEN-TV programs will air in digital format. It won't be exactly the same schedule as GEN-TV says Williams, but it will be the same programs just airing at different times.

As for TEEN TV, that is a odd story. The network was launched in 2006 to much fanfare and saw record ratings between 2006 and 2007 but in 2008 rating slid majorly and a new president was brought on to change the networks fate. That was Matthew Smith who did a spectacular job at relaunching the network. However, profits from the network haven't been as solid as other FOLCORP networks so Markus Williams along with Matthew Smith and Shirley Smith have decided that the time is now to end the network. The network will go off the air on December 12, 2009, just a few days before WARP TV signs off.

Now many may wonder what this means for Syliva Wilde-Sharpe who was recently named President of TEEN TV? Well, no fear, she is still going to work for FOLCORP, she has been offically reassigned to work on programming and scheduling for "GEN-2" the off-shot network that will air on cable and satellite stations and will carry digital episodes of GEN-TV programming. Williams says of her "Sylvia is one of the best in the business and she is going to be put to great use at FOLCORP". Rumors have it that Sylvia is first in line to take over pretty much any job she wants at FOLCORP within the next quater. Industry insiders are calling her appointment at FOLCROP "a mere formality in the path of her becoming the next Head Of Progamming development".

Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe has a long history in the TV industry. She began her career in 1991 at FOX where she served as Executive Producer of "21 Jump Street" for two seasons before becoming the networks Head Of Programming. In 1996 she left FOX and served as Head Of Comedy Development at The WB network where she developed and picked up "Dawson's Creek", "Felicity" and "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer". in 2001 she moved over to cable and the AMC network where she launched "Remember WENN" and launched the networks most successful seasons ever. In 2005 she was promoted to President and CEO of AMC which she served as until 2007 when she left and oversaw programming development at Oxygen Network. She was replaced in 2008 when Oxygen was bought out by NBC-Universal and they brought on their own person to oversee the network.

Press Release

To Be Released Immeditely...

As of right now it is offically confirmed that Factsoflife Comapnies has been renamed as simply FOLCORP which stands for Factsoflife Corporation. The name change was made to "make it easier for people to identify with and recall our companies brand name". All executive titles will be changed to reflect said name change. For example, CEO of Factsoflife company will now be CEO FOLCORP.

Gen-TV is rolling out the big guns for their May relaunch. They have confirmed a beavy of big names will be appearing on their original series this coming May. Among those names released today are Drew Barrymoore who will guest star on a May episode of "Hot Tamales" as "a enemy of Randi's from the past". Her episode is called "The Chance Of A Lifetime" and airs May 20th. Meanwhile Heather Locklear has been tapped to guest star on "The Day After" in a undisclosed role. Her episode title and date has yet to be announced. Also among the big guns coming to HGN this may: Telma Hopkins (Half & Half, Gimme a Break), who will guest star on "Second Family" as the mother of one of the characters played by Tamera Mowry. Craig T. Nelson and Swoosie Kurtz will both appear together in an episode of "Hot Tamales" as the parents of Randi played by Jenny McCarthy in an episode called "The Test" airing My 27th.

Adding to the already powerful list of stars attached to GEN-TV is a series of pilots that are being considered to launch GEN-TV's Fall programming in September. They feature very well known lead actors.

"Now What" a comedy pilot being considered stars the above mentioned Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson as a married couple dealing with retirement and the issues that places on a marriage. In the pilot Nelson's character retires and finds out that he and his wife have very different ideas about what that means for their marriage.

Also being considered for a fall launch date is a drama pilot called "Everyday Hereos" which takes news footage and interweaves it with fictional programming. It is set in the year 2001 and follows a team of EMT's on the day before and the day after 9/11/2001. The fictional characters responses to and reaction from those events will serve as the cataylst for all the plots on the show. They will use news footage from that era to reenforce the plots. Currently Sherry Stringfield, Daphne Zuniga, Susan Sullivan and Joshua Jackson are attached to the pilot. Insiders believe most of these roles will be recast in time for the actual series.


------------DISCLAIMER-------------

All the names and titles mentioned above are fictional, just for entertainment and are not real. Any resemblance to actual people or events is totally conicidental and is not meant to be real. FOLCORP is a fictional company and none of these people are living people.

YTN Press Release:
First YTN Original Movie Is Set
YTN's first ever YTN Original Movie now has a title and an air date. The End of the World will air on Wednesday, May 13th at 8pm. The End of the World takes place in December of 2012, a few days before the supposed end of the world. For more information on the movie, you can visit it's official site by going to YTN's Home Page and clicking the link that says "Get Ready For 2012".

The tentative schedule for Wednesday 5/13/09:
7pm - Roswell (Special Time)
8pm - YTN ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: The End of the World
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice (Special Time)
*Family Guy & Malcolm in the Middle will not air.

YTN Allows Crane To Leave
Only a week into a contract with David Crane, YTN is allowing him to end it. No reason was given for the end of the contract and the President of YTN could not be reached.

More May Sweeps Info To Be Released Sunday
YTN will outline all of their goals for May Sweeps (which started Thursday) and will announce the premiere dates of Breaking Bad, Chuck, and Lost on Sunday Afternoon.

YTN Press Release:
First YTN Original Movie Is Set
YTN's first ever YTN Original Movie now has a title and an air date. The End of the World will air on Wednesday, May 13th at 8pm. The End of the World takes place in December of 2012, a few days before the supposed end of the world. For more information on the movie, you can visit it's official site by going to YTN's Home Page and clicking the link that says "Get Ready For 2012".

The tentative schedule for Wednesday 5/13/09:
7pm - Roswell (Special Time)
8pm - YTN ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: The End of the World
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice (Special Time)
*Family Guy & Malcolm in the Middle will not air.

YTN Allows Crane To Leave
Only a week into a contract with David Crane, YTN is allowing him to end it. No reason was given for the end of the contract and the President of YTN could not be reached.

More May Sweeps Info To Be Released Sunday
YTN will outline all of their goals for May Sweeps (which started Thursday) and will announce the premiere dates of Breaking Bad, Chuck, and Lost on Sunday Afternoon.

I hope this doesn't have anything to do with Bright Kauffman Crane working on "Second Family" for GEN-TV. i would feel kind of bad about that...

I hope this doesn't have anything to do with Bright Kauffman Crane working on "Second Family" for GEN-TV. i would feel kind of bad about that...
No, it doesn't :)

YTN Press Release:
YTN Has Big May Sweeps Planned
May Sweeps is looking to be YTN's largest month ever. Already scheduled for May Sweeps is the 3rd season finale of Pushing Daisies, more new episodes of Being Average, the series premiere of College, the first ever YTN Original Wednesday Night Movie, and the premiere of four network acquisitions. The President of YTN says "Our May schedule is quite confusing for 2 weeks. We had to make room for all the shows we wanted together. At the end of May Sweeps, or in June, we plan on moving Being Average, College, and Roommates to Wednesday nights, so Tuesday isn't as hectic as it is now."

New Schedule:
*Changes in bold
Monday - Friday (12am - 7pm)
12am - Movie
2am - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
3am - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
4am - Law and Order
5am - JAG
6am - NCIS
7am - Wife Swap
8am - Wife Swap
9am - Rita Rocks
10am - Friends
11am - Yes, Dear
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - King of Queens
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory
3:30pm - Rules of Engagement
4pm - How I Met Your Mother
5pm - Gary Unmarried
5:30pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
6pm - What I Like About You

Monday -
7pm - Just Shoot Me
8pm - Will and Grace
9pm - Third Watch
10pm - The District
11pm - Family Guy

Tuesday -
7:00- Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (New Episode)
9:00 - Being Average (New Episode)
9:30 - House
10:30 - Criminal Minds
11:30 - Family Guy

Schedule for Season Finale of Pushing Daisies and Series Premiere of College (5/12) -
7:00-8:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00-10:00 - Pushing Daisies (2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00-10:30 - Being Average (New Episode)
10:30-11:00 - College (Series Premiere)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - College (Series Premiere; Repeat)
*Gilmore Girls and Criminal Minds will not air on May 12th

Here is the Regular Schedule the Following Week (5/19) -
7:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (Repeats of Season Three)
9:00 - Being Average (New Episode)
9:30 - College (New Episode)
10:00 - Roommates (Premiere of Repeats)
10:30 - Family Guy (New Timeslot)
11:00 - Criminal Minds (New Timeslot)
*House has been removed from Tuesday Nights for the time being.

Wednesday -
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Roswell
9pm - The Practice
10pm - NCIS
11pm - Family Guy

Thursday -
7:00 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (Repeat of Tuesday Episode)
9:00 - House
10:00 - Bones
11:00 - Family Guy
11:30 - Being Average (Repeat of Tuesday Episode)

Schedule for Repeats of the Season Finale of Pushing Daisies and Series Premiere of College (5/14) -
7:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (Repeat of 2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00 - Bones
11:00 - College (Repeat of Series Premiere)
11:30 - Being Average (Repeat from Tuesday)

Here is the Regular Schedule the Following Week (5/21) -
7:00 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 - Lost (Premiere of Repeats)
9:00 - House
10:00 - Bones
11:00 - College (Repeats)
11:30 - Being Average (Repeats)
*Repeats of Pushing Daisies and Family Guy have been removed from Thursday Nights for the time being.

Friday -
7pm - 8 Simple Rules
8pm - Everwood
9pm - NCIS
10pm - CSI: Miami
11pm - Breaking Bad (Starts This Friday)

Saturday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - The Simpsons
2am - Movie
4am - Dexter
5am - Numb3rs
6am - NYPD Blue
7am - Your News Now: Saturday
8am - ER
9am - Movie
11am - Bones
12pm - Reba
1pm - Hope and Faith
2pm - Beauty and the Geek
3pm - The Closer
4pm - Without a Trace
5pm - Ghost Whisperer
6pm - Movie
8pm - The Biggest Loser
9:30pm - According to Jim
10pm - Army Wives
11pm - Veronica Mars

Sunday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - Medium
2am - Cold Case
3am - Without a Trace
4am - Movie
6am - Children's Movie
8am - Tom and Jerry
8:30am - The Flintstones
9am - Scooby Doo
9:30am - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
10am - Even Stevens
10:30am - That's So Raven
11am - Hope and Faith
12pm - 7th Heaven
1pm - The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2pm - The Closer
3pm - The West Wing
4pm - Valentine
5pm - Easy Money
6pm - Your News Now: A Week In Rewind
6:30pm - Family Guy
7pm - Chuck (Starts Next Sunday)
8pm - Supernanny
9pm - Smallville
10pm - Reaper
11pm - Supernatural

GEN-TV the network devoted to the generation raised on television has acquired the exclusive rebroadcast rights to "Barbara Striesand: Live In Concert", the speical which aired on CBS last night has been sold to GEN-TV for a hefty price of 3.5 million dollars. The special which garnered mega ratings for CBS on Saturday night will be replayed exclusively on GEN-TV for a total of three different times. Matthew Smith, the head of all creative aspects of GEN-TV had this to say about the deal "Striesand comes with a group of fans that no other performer has and we at GEN-TV are happy to give her special concert a home on cable. We are positive that replaying this special will bring great joy to millions of viewers that otherwise would have missed it or that simply want to view it again".

The special will be rebroadcast on GEN-TV three times before heading into the vault forever.

It will air first on Tuesday night at 8pm pre-empting a rerun of "Rescue 911". Then we will replay the special again on Thursday at 9pm pre-empting a rerun of "Twin Peaks" and lastly we will air it again on Saturday, May 2nd at 9pm pre-empting a reruns of "Designing Women", "The Golden Girls" and "Sex and The City".

TLTPN update: Bayou Rage has undergone a name change it is now call Always Keep Your Friends and Enemies In Rifle Range. Angry Dude had its fifteen minutes but still didn't cut it so despite complaints from the shows slacker fan base I am giving it the ax. in its place will be a new show just in time for May sweeps the title Rouges Gallery the plot a private fugitive task force sent out to hunt down the worlds most dangerous fugitives.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 13th to Sunday, April 19th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.02 million viewers)
2. House - Tuesday at 9pm (3.88 million viewers)
3. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.79 million viewers)
4. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10pm (3.76 million viewers)
5. Family Guy (Avg.) - Monday-Friday 11pm & 11:30pm (3.01 million viewers)
6. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.92 million viewers)
7. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.81 million viewers)
8. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.80 million viewers)
9. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.23 million viewers)
10. The District - Monday at 10pm (2.17 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with lower-then-average numbers, pulling in 6.02 million viewers. House was able to take the number two spot for the first time ever, even with a lower Pushing Daisies audience. The repeat episode of Pushing Daisies took the number three spot. Criminal Minds also increased its audience this week, holding onto the number four spot. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers to take fifth place, and NCIS took sixth place. The Thursday edition of House took the number seven spot, and the 2nd week of Bones in primetime took the number eight spot. Bones held onto almost all of the audience from House. CSI: Miami also increased its audience this week, staying at number nine. Rounding out the top 10 was The District.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. The Big Bang Theory (2.03 million viewers)
2. Two and a Half Men (2.00 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.88 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.82 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.79 million viewers)

The Big Bang Theory was able to reclaim the number one spot this week, edging out Two and a Half Men by 3,000 viewers. My Wife and Kids jumped two spots this week, moving from number 5 to number three. Gary Unmarried and King of Queens each fell one spot this week. Worth noting, is that King of Queens was able to increase its audience this week.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. The Biggest Loser - 2nd Season Finale* (3.41 million viewers)
2. Family Guy (2.87 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.60 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.53 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.52 million viewers)

* Ran for 12 episodes, 13 weeks as the first episode featured a special "Coming Up This Season on The Biggest Loser."
The Biggest Loser was able to take the number one spot for the first time in nine weeks, as the season finale aired. Family Guy fell to number two this week, averaging 2.87 million viewers. This is the tenth week in a row that Family Guy and The Biggest Loser held the #1 and #2 spots. Ghost Whisperer, Secret Life and Army Wives remained at the number 3, 4, and 5 spots respectively. The third season premiere, which features 12 episodes, will begin next week with a commercial free premiere.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 20th to Sunday, April 26th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.13 million viewers)
2. Family Guy - Tuesday at 9:30pm (4.99 million viewers)
3. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.87 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - AVG AT 11pm AND 11:30pm (3.76 million viewers)
5. House - Tuesday at 10pm (3.37 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.22 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.97 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.88 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.85 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.72 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with 6.13 million viewers. A special 9:30 episode of Family Guy took the number two spot with 4.99 million viewers. The series premiere of Being Average pulled in 4.87 million viewers, and took the number three spot. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers in the 11pm to take 4th place. House fell three spots to number five in a special 10pm timeslot. A repeat of Pushing Daisies pulled in lower-than-average repeats numbers, but still ranked at number six. NCIS was at number seven, with close to three million viewers. The House/Bones pairing, on Thursday night, placed at number eight and number nine. CSI:Miami rounded out the top 10 with 2.72 million viewers.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
2. Two and a Half Men (1.96 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.94 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.88 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.83 million viewers)

The Big Bang Theory once again took the top spot this week, but was under 2 million viewers. Two and a Half Men also saw a ratings decrease, but was still able to take the number two spot. My Wife and Kids got close to second place, but was short by 2,000 viewers. Gary Unmarried and King of Queens also saw a jump in total viewers, but still ranked at number four and five.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.92 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser - Season Three Premiere (2.78 million viewers)
3. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.67 million viewers)
4. Ghost Whisperer (2.58 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.47 million viewers)

After a week at number two, Family Guy was able to climb back into the number one spot with above-average-numbers. The season three premiere of The Biggest Loser fell from last weeks season finale, but still took the number two spot. Secret Life moved up a spot this week to number three. Ghost Whisperer fell one spot, and lost a bit of audience this week. Army Wives rounded out the top 5 with 2.47 million viewers.

Ratings For The Period of April 1, 2009-April 17, 2009:

GEN-TV spins the numbers for the first half of April 2009 (The first month of the GEN-TV schedule)...


Primetime TV (Top 10):
1. The Practice (25.3 million viewers)
2. Reba (22.21 million viewers)
3. Desperate Housewives (22.01 million viewers)
4. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (21.34 million viewers)
5. Cybill (21.04 million viewers)
6. Who's The Boss? (19.3 million viewers)
7. Samantha Who? (19.2 million viewers)
8. Saturday Night Live (18.59 million viewers)
9. TIE- Desinging Women, Spin City, 90210 (CW Version) (17.45 million viewers)
10. TIE- Melrose Place, Family Ties, Knot's Landing, Rescue 911, 3rd Rock From The Sun (12.23 million viewers)

----April's ten most watched shows so far are a mixed bag of shows that are new to the schedule and shows that are mainstays from HGN's schedule. "The Practice" still holds the top spot as the most watched show on the network despite a noticable viewer decline month-to-month. "Reba" proves a strong performer her first month on the schedule as does "Desperate Housewives" and "The New Adventures Of Old Christine". "90210" (the CW version) proves to be a surprisingly strong pick among viewers as it's 17.45 million viewers (tied with Spin City and Desinging Women) is more than it currently averages on the CW network. Among the dissapointing shows on the schedule are: "Gossip Girl" which ranked as the 22nd most watched show this month with a rating of just under 5.5 million viewers (still above what it averages on the CW but not by a lot)---also slow to start are "Shark" and "The Tyra Banks Show" both of which ranked under two million viewers a piece.

Daytime (All Shows):
1. The Nanny (13.45 million viewers)
2. How I Met Your Mother (13.23 million viewers)
3. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (13.11 million viewers)
4. Two And A Half Men (12.45 million viewers)
5. The O.C. (12.32 million viewers)
6. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (11.54 million viewers)
7. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (10.22 million viewers)
8. Survivor (9.56 million viewers)
9. Cold Case (9 million viewers)
10. Sister, Sister (7.56 million viewers)
11. Spin City (7.32 million viewers)
12. My Wife & Kids (6.48 million viewers)
13. The Office (5.11 million viewers)
14. Fringe (5.4 million viewers)

---"The Nanny" once again remains the most watched show on the schedule with "How I Met Your Mother" making a very nice start in the #2 spot. "Sabrina" also maintains a healthy viewership. Surprising most is the strong ratings for reruns of "Jimmy Fallon" and the also strong returns for "Cold Case". The lowest rated show in daytime was "Fringe" which is on loan from FOX until the May relaunch at which time it will more than likely exit the schedule. "The Office" was also underwhelming, but executives remain hopeful that it can pick up steam and claim it remains a viable contender for the May schedule.

Weekends (Top 5):
1. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (12 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (11.23 million viewers)
3. Will & Grace (11.21 million viewers)
4. Close To Home (10.9 million viewers)
5. ER (10.2 million viewers)

Ratings For GEN-TV for the period between April 17, 2009 and April 26, 2009:

Primetime Top 10:
1. The Practice (24.56 million viewers)
2. Cybill (23.3 million viewers)
3. Desperate Housewives (22 million viewers)
4. That 70's Show (18.5 million viewers)
5. Second Family (17.9 million viewers)-----SERIES DEBUT!
6. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (15.9 million viewers)
7. Ally McBeal (15.2 million viewers)
8. A Different World (14.3 million viewers)
9. Samantah Who? (14 million viewers)
10. Reba (13.45 million viewers)

---ratings for shows that air multiple times a week are averaged for all primetime airings.

Low Performers: Spin City reached an audience of less than 3 million viewers. The Tyra Banks Show reached 11,000 viewers and the series debut of Hot Tamales reached only. 4.45 million viewers. Although the second episode debuted to 5.10 million viewers.

Daytime Top 10:
1. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (15.6 million viewers)
2. The Nanny (15.3 million viewers)
3. My Wife & Kids (14 million viewers)
4. How I Met Your Mother (13.45 million viewers)
5. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (12.3 million viewers)
6. The O.C. (11.3 million viewers)
7. Survivor (11 million viewers)
8. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (encores) (10.99 million viewers)
9. Cold Case (10.34 million viewers)
10. Sister, Sister (9.45 million viewers)


Weekends Top 5:
1. TIE- Scrubs (23 million viewers), Sabrina The Teenage Witch (23 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (19.4 million viewers)
3. Sweet Valley Hight (18.45 million viewers)
4. 3rd Rock From The Sun (13.45 million viewers)
5. Reba (11.23 million viewers)

Press Release

GEN-TV: Pilot Season

To Be Released IMMEDIETLY!

As it happens every year in hollywood pilot season is winding up as stars sign onto what they hope will become weekly series and networks make decisions about what shows will and will not make it onto their fall schedules. Well this is the first year that GEN-TV (formerly Hidden Gems Network or HGN) is able to participate in the ritual that is pilot season. With two original shows currently airing ("Hot Tamales" and "Second Family") and one more about to debut ("The Day After") the network is excited about the idea of launching more series.

Each of the three series currently airing on GEN-TV are set to end their seasons sometime before most networks start their offical fall schedules so GEN-TV still has plenty of room left on the schedule to fill with new, innovative, original programming.

As mentioned in a previous press release several big names have signed onto pilots for the network. Previously mentioned were Sherry Stringfield, Joshua Jackson, Susan Sullivan and Joshua Jackson's involvement in the pilot for "Everday Hereos" a 9/11 based drama about a team of ambulance workers. Also mentioned were Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson in "Now What" a comedy about a retired couple.

Well now a beavy of big names have signed on to headline pilots for what they hope will eventually become weekly series.

Announced today are the following stars/pilot presentations:

GEN-TV has signed Shannen Doherty (90210, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty) to star in and produce a pilot about a group of bounty hunters in Texas. She is slated to play the leading role of a female bounty hunter that becomes the states first female team leader. The series is currently being called "Untitled Shannen Doherty Bounty Hunter Show" and is going to be produced by Doherty's "ShanDo Productions" in assocation with 20th Century Fox.

In other pilot news, Olivia Newton John has signed a deal to star in a pilot about a washed up country singer trying to revive her once red-hot career. The show is currently being called "Casey" but that title is tentative. John Corbett (Sex and The City) is in talks to play the role of her love interest.

Lastly, Sela Ward and Tom Everett Scott have signed onto to play may/december lovers in another pilot called "This Time Around" about a divorcee who beings an affair with a much, much younger man (almost twenty years her junior) and the complications that arise from that situation.

GEN-TV has not made any decisions about if any of these series will go onto become series. but buzz right now is that they plan on picking up one comedy and one drama to fill their fall schedule. Industry buzz is strong right now on "This Time Around" and "What Now". But as is the TV industry things change at a rapid pace.

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Weekday Schedule Wake Up Laughing! nothing but classics

6:00am Magnum Pi

7:00am Simon And Simon

8:00am Hardcastle & McCormick

9:00am Hill Street Blues

10:00am A-Team

11:00am Airwolf

12:00pm Knight Rider

1:00pm Incredible Hulk
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2:00pm My Favorite Martian

2:30pm Courtship Of Eddies Father

3:00pm Mary Tyler Moore Show

3:30pm Bob Newhart Show

4:00pm Happy Days

4:30pm Laverne n Shirley

5:00pm Threes Company

5:30pm Mork And Mindy

6:00pm Maude

6:30pm One Day At A Time

7:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

7:30pm The Jeffersons
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8:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

9:00pm Starsky & Hutch

10:00pm The Fall Guy

11:00pm Dallas

12:00am Knots Landing

1:00am Dynasty

2:00am Charlies Angels

3:00am Hart To Hart

4:00am Chips

5:00am Hawaii Five O

6:00am St. Elsewhere
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Saturday Morning Line Up

7:00am Super Mario Bros Super Show

7:30am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

8:00am Gi Joe Real American hero

8:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

9:00am Slimer And The Real Ghostbusters

9:30am He_Man And The Masters Of The Universe

10:00am She Ra The Princess Of Power

10:30am Thundercats

11:00am Voltron

11:30am Transformers
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12:00pm Maude

12:30pm Golden Girls

1:00pm Empty Nest

1:30pm Golden Palace

2:00pm Bosum Buddies

2;30pm Newhart

3:00pm My Two Dads

3:30pm Night Court

4:00pm Mamas Family

4:30pm Perfect Strangers

5:00pm Charles In Charge

5:30pm Family Ties
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6:00pm Silver Spoons

6:30pm Growing Pains

7:00pm Whos The Boss

7:30pm Head Of The Class

8:00pm Facts Of Life

8:30pm Sanford

9:00m Gimme A Break

9:30pm Benson

10:00pm 227

10:30pm Amen
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11:00pm Remington Steel

12:00am Equalizer

1:00am Hunter

2:00am 21 Jump Street

3:00am Spenser For Hire

4:00am The Commish

5:00am Jake And The Fatman
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Sunday Morning Line Up

6:00am Tom and Jerry Show

6:30am Popeye

7:00am Buggs Bunny

7:30am Smurfs

8:00am Johnny Quest

8:30am Inspector Gadget

9:00am Robotech

9:30am Silverhawks

10:00am Garfield And Friends

10:30am Heathcliff

11:00am Rocky Bullwinkel Show

11:30am Superfriends
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12:00pm Greatest American hero

1:00pm Starman

2:00pm V The Series

3:00pm Rockford Files

4:00pm Kojak

5:00pm Columbo
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6:00pm Avengers

7:00pm Highway To Heaven

8:00pm Hawaii Five 0

9:00am Fantasy Island

10:00am Eight Is Enough

11:00pm Quantum Leap

12:00am Love Boat
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1:00am Taxi

1:30am Odd Couple

2:00am Maude

2:30am Honeymooners

3:00am I Dream of Jeannie

3:30am Bewitched

4:00am Andy Griffith Show

4:30am Dick Van Dyke Show

5:00am I love Lucy

5:30am Car 54 Where Are U
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GEN-TV today has announced that they have ordered pilot presentations for three more potential series; all featuring big names in front of and behind the camera. The first pilot is called "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers?" and is a half-hour sitcom about a couple of newlyweds that make the unfortunate decision to save money by moving into his mothers house. The self-absorbed, needy, boundary free mother is to be played by "Gimme A Break" star Telma Hopkins who was most recently seen on UPN's "Half & Half". Aisha Tyler (Friends, Talk Soup) has also signed onto the series in an as of yet unknown role.

In other pilot news, GEN-TV has opted to recast the lead roles in the pilot "Now What" about a retired couple. Both Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson are being replaced. GEN-TV insiders hint that the reason for the recast is to make the roles more age appropriate. "Some viewer feedback so far has been that both actors seem too old for the roles". As of right now nobody has been signed to replace these actors, but some insiders hint that GEN-TV may take the roles in a different direction all-together. Kathy Baker from TV's "Picket Fences" is rumored to be up for the lead female role while so far nobody seems confidant enough to predict who will be cast in the male role.

Speaking of new stuff, the other two pilots being ordered by GEN-TV are:

"SummerTown" (working title): a soap opera set in the hot Montanna sun about a shame, reclusive former mayor who comes out of hiding when her young neice gets into a whole lot of trouble and ends up in prison. So far only two people have been cast in this pilot; Gabrielle Cateries (Beverly Hills, 90210) and Marie Osmond (Donny & Marie, Dancing With The Stars).

and lastly a highly buzzed pilot called "Texas Justice" centers around three life-long best friends all dealing with life as a Texas society wife. in the small town of Texas, Alabama. The story follows Dana, a 50-something senators wife who is thrust into the national political arena when her husband dies and she is asked to take over his seat for the rest of his three year term; which results in her ruffling a lot of feathers with her views that are more liberal than her husbands. It also follows her friend Nicolette, a career bride on her fourth divorce in eight years whose future ex is a very powerful senator with a lot of secrets he doesn't want to see get out in the form of a public divorce. Lastly is Clara, a recently parolled former madame who returns home to Texas after serving three years in Alabama state women's prison and must face not only her past; which includes a lot of ticked off people who were publically revealed to be on her list as well as angry ex-wives of those men. She must also plan her future which may be a lot brighter than she thinks when she meets a handsome new guy in town who knows very little of her past and just may like her for who she is. So far none of the roles have been cast, but Dolly Parton is rumored to be considering one role while talk has Morgan Fairchild auditioning for another. Loni Anderson is also being considered for a role.

YTN Press Release:
Two MRC Series' Drop, One Gains
Week two for two of the MRC Series' was even more of a disaster this week, while one was actually able to increase its audience. Valentine, was the lucky one this week, increasing its audience from 509,000 viewers to 618,000 viewers. The other two series' on the other hand were very unlucky. Easy Money dropped to 317,000 viewers, a loss of 97,000 viewers from last week. In Harm's Way fell into Harm's Way this week, falling to 198,000 viewers, a loss of 96,000 viewers from last week. A press release about In Harm's Way follows this press release.

In Harm's Way Is Dead
After just two weeks on the air and reaching an audience of only 492,000 viewers, In Harm's Way is leaving YTN. The low ratings prompted the President of YTN to issue this statement "In Harm's Way will be pulled immediately to the low viewership. It will not return to our schedule." Supernatural will return to the timeslot next week.

YTN Press Release:
Love Grows For Valentine, Easy Money Can't Find Viewers
Week three for one of the MRC series' was even better this week, while the other one did worse this week. Valentine was able to increase its audience to 837,000 viewers. While it may not seem like much, it's an increase of 219,000 viewers from last week, and an increase of 328,000 viewers from its premiere. The President of YTN says "Sure the viewership isn't great, but you have to remember that these are still repeats. Once the new episodes air in two weeks, the numbers should hit 1 million viewers. Either way, I'm happy that Valentine was able to grow 328,000 viewers from its premiere on YTN." The news wasn't as good for Easy Money as it slipped once again this week. Even with a larger lead in then last week, Easy Money fell to 268,000 viewers, a loss of 49,000 viewers from last week. That put retention at just 32% this week, a drop from the 51% retention that Easy Money pulled in last week. The President of YTN says "I have a meeting scheduled with our Programming Director in 15 minutes. At that meeting we will discuss ways to make the schedule stronger where Easy Money is located."

Easy Money Joins In Harm's Way
After just 15 minutes in a meeting between the President of YTN and the Programming Director, Easy Money is gone. The latest episode of Easy Money pulled in only 268,000 viewers, despite a larger lead in. In the new schedule, Valentine will move into the 5pm hour, where Easy Money was located. Filling in at 4pm will be House, which will leave the Tuesday schedule for a few weeks in May. What happens after Valentine finishes is still up in the air.

Coming Tomorrow: YTN Now Has 5 Pilots

It looks like the new face of television GEN-TV really does want to stay current and launch shows that will appeal to today's viewers as they have announced that they have ordered pilots for six reality series to be considered for a launch on their fall schedule. In additon to the bevy of scripted fare being considered right now are pilots for what could become six different reality series.

The first reality pilot is from Bunim/Murray Productions called "Twenty +" that focuses on the lives of a group of post-college twenty-somethings all struggling to get their careers started in the entertainment industry. It will focus on writers, actors, dances and other creative people trying to break into the entertainment industry.

The next pilot being considered is also from Bunim/Murray Productions and is called "Ivy Halls" and focuses on different high school students from across the country who are all trying to get into Ivy League schools. the reality docudrama will film these girls throughout their senior year of high school as they attempt to get into Ivy Leaque schools. It will document everything from the first day of senior year to college applications to the dreaded acceptance or denial letter and how they handel it all. Being considered as companion piece for that show is "Ivy Hills" a similarly themed series focused on the lives of six girls (and presumably boys) that are already enrolled in Ivy Leaque schools and the pressures they face.

Also being pitched to the network is "Earth Squad: America" a show similar to Baywatch except that instead of focusing on lifeguards the focus is on the people that respond to environmental related disasters. People that help clean up Oceans, clean up oil-spills and help protect nature from humans. Another series being considered is "Today's Pet's" a reality series that would profile pets in need of adoption at animal shelters all over the country. Each week the show would fly to a different state and would set-up shop at one animal shelter and try to get people to come adopt pets from there. It would also feature helpful tips for pet-owners. And lastly being considered for a slot on the schedule is "Who Am I?" a new reality series that would follow a different story each week of someone that has discovered they were adopted and are trying to locate their birth famalies.

GEN-TV personality Shirley Smith said "we have an exciting group of pilots to pick from; each are strong and unique in their own ways and we are sure a few of them will make it onto our fall schedules".

No decisions about pilots will be made by GEN-TV until "the end of May or start of June".

YTN Press Release:
Being Average Is Above Average
The series premiere of Being Average was watched by an impressive 4.87 million viewers at 9:01pm last night. Being Average also recorded a 2.2 demo among 18-49 year olds, a 2.4 among 18-34 year olds and a 1.7 demo among 25-54 year olds. Being Average had 79% retention in total viewers from Pushing Daisies (6.13 million viewers) and 71% retention in the 18-49 year old demo from Pushing Daisies (3.1 demo). That sets a record for the most retention ever from Pushing Daisies, breaking the record House held since Pushing Daisies premiered in February. While viewers did slip half way through the show (4.96 to 4.78), the President of YTN says "The slip is nothing. I'm actually surprised it held up that well. Overall, Being Average did very well. Hopefully Being Average is able to keep its audience, so we can eventually create a comedy block on a new night." Earlier in the night, Gilmore Girls was watched by 2.09 million viewers. A special 9:30 edition of Family Guy was able to grow from Being Average with 4.99 million viewers. House had a lower then average lead in, but was able to keep most of its audience with 3.37 million viewers. Family Guy aired in its regular timeslot with 3.89 million viewers. That led into a repeat of the series premiere of Being Average at 11:30 with 2.75 million viewers, putting retention at 71% in total viewers. The total audience, adding an original episode and a repeat episode together, was 7.62 million viewers for Being Average.

YTN Press Release:
Being Average Falls In Week 2
After premiering to 4.87 million viewers and a 2.2 demo among 18-49 year olds last week, Being Average took a fall in ratings. In week two, Being Average pulled in 4.15 million viewers, a drop of 72,000 viewers from last week. The demo didn't see much of a decrease, only falling to a 2.1 amongst 18-49 year olds. In other demos; 2.2 amongst 18-34 year olds (down from 2.4) and a 1.7 amongst 25-54 year olds (even with last week). Pushing Daisies meanwhile pulled in 5.98 million viewers, and a 3.0 demo among 18-49 year olds. That puts retention for Being Average at 69% in total viewers, and 70% in the key 18-49 year old demo. The President of YTN says "I'm glad the demo was able to hold up, but I'm a little surprised by the total viewers. However, when your demo stays almost stable and you lose viewers, that means your audience is younger, which is always a good thing for advertisers. I hope Being Average can stay above 4 million viewers and above a 2.0 demo." Earlier in the night, Gilmore Girls brought in 2.06 million viewers. House moved up a half hour this week and brought in 3.68 million viewers, growing from last week. Criminal Minds returned this week with 3.43 million viewers. An 11:30 episode of Family Guy pulled in 3.82 million viewers.

Line-Up From Last Night:
7:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (New)
9:00 - Being Average (New)
9:30 - House
10:30 - Criminal Minds
11:30 - Family Guy

YTN Testing Being Average
YTN made a surpise announcement only moments after releasing Tuesday ratings. Next week, YTN will air episode three in it's regular 9:00pm timeslot on Tuesdays and a repeat of episode three on Wednesday at 8:00pm. Roswell will not air next week, but will return the following week. Airing at 8:30pm will be a special episode of Family Guy. YTN said the reason for the change was to test the waters for a possible comedy block on Wednesdays.

GEN-TV the network devoted to the generation raised on television has acquired the exclusive rebroadcast rights to "Barbara Striesand: Live In Concert", the speical which aired on CBS last night has been sold to GEN-TV for a hefty price of 3.5 million dollars. The special which garnered mega ratings for CBS on Saturday night will be replayed exclusively on GEN-TV for a total of three different times. Matthew Smith, the head of all creative aspects of GEN-TV had this to say about the deal "Striesand comes with a group of fans that no other performer has and we at GEN-TV are happy to give her special concert a home on cable. We are positive that replaying this special will bring great joy to millions of viewers that otherwise would have missed it or that simply want to view it again".

The special will be rebroadcast on GEN-TV three times before heading into the vault forever.

It will air first on Tuesday night at 8pm pre-empting a rerun of "Rescue 911". Then we will replay the special again on Thursday at 9pm pre-empting a rerun of "Twin Peaks" and lastly we will air it again on Saturday, May 2nd at 9pm pre-empting a reruns of "Designing Women", "The Golden Girls" and "Sex and The City".

Striesand Snags Great Ratings:

Tuesday nights rebroadcast of "Striesand: Live In Concert" from CBS has achieved record ratings. The special aired to an impressive 19.3 million viewers. It got a 5.5 share and was #2 in demographics for the night. In the 8pm hour it was #2 for the night and had a retention rate of 69% from 8-830 and a rate of 56% from 830-9pm.

Reacting to the strong ratings the special got, GEN-TV has already secured the rights to air it again after the inital reairings on Thursday (tonight) and Saturday. We will have more on that at a later date (pending ratings hold up on the two next airings).

YTN Press Release:
YTN Details 3 Pilots; Plus 2 More Pilots Ordered
A few weeks ago YTN ordered 3 pilots to be shot. Now, YTN is releasing the details to two of those pilots, and ordering two more.

Dr. Heart (Drama) - Dr. Heart follows the life of Dr. Douglas G. Lyles and his team of surgeons. Dr. Lyles or "Dr. Heart" as he is known is one of the top cardiac surgeons in the United States. However, being on top isn't always as great as it seems. Dr. Lyles is currently separated from his wife, and has suffered the loss of his 7 year old son. "Dr. Heart" is already being liked by critics who say "Dr. Heart has a great script" and "this could be a hit".

Luck No More (Comedy) - Kyle Toiks had all the power just a few weeks ago. Now, he has no power, no job, and no girlfriend. "Luck No More" follows the life of Kyle as he tries to find a job, and live his life as a bachelor. Kyle may have more luck then he thought.

Comedy - COMING SOON

YTN has ordered another comedy pilot, and another drama pilot. YTN is expected to announce the descriptions of the newest pilots in a few weeks.

retro classictv channel

pOWER HOUSE MONDAYS
7:00am Gilligan's Island
7:30am Andy Griffith show
8:00amThe Beverly Hillbillies
8:\30am the flip wilsion show
9:00am ithe hooneymooners
9:30am mary talory moore
10:00am bob new heart show
10;30am Dick van dykeshow
11:00am price is right old epsidoes with bob barker
12:00pm mummpet babies
12;30pm whats happening
1:00PM SANFORD ANDSON
1:30PMTHE JERFFERSON
2:00PM PERFECT STRANGERS
2:30PM my two dads
3:00pm muder,sheworte
4:00pm my three sons
4:30pm court ship of eddies father
5:00pm i dream of jennie
5:30pm my favorite martian
6:00pm the munsters
6:30pm the addams family
7:00pm amen
7:30pm alice
8:00pm the incdabile hulk
8::30pm batman with adam west
9:00pm homeinrpovment
9::30pm family ties
10:00pmChico and the Man
10:30pm happy days
11:00pm the gloden girls
11;30pm facts of life

teen sitcoms TUESDAYS
4::00pm saved by the bell
4:30pm California dreams'
5:00pm i carly
5:30pm All that
6:00pm dark and Josh
7:00pm Boy meets world
7:30pmthewonder years
8:00pm sISTER,SISTERS
8:30PM HAPPY DAYS


Classic Wesndays CARTOON DAY
7:00am power rangers
7:30am the surfms
8:00am two stupid dogs
8:30am teeange mutant ninja turtles1980
9:00am he -man master of the univser 2002 cartoon
9:30am mummpet babies
10:00am looney toons
10:30am tiny toons
11:00am captian pleant
11:30 am super mario brother super show
12:000pm doug
12:30pm garfield
1;00pm tom and jerry
1;30pm wait unti l your father gets home
2:00pmthe jetsons
2:30pm the flistones
3:00pm scooby doo were are you
3:30pm pup named scooby doo
4:00pm static shock
4:30pm batman anmited sersies
5:00pm batman beyond
5:30pm x-Men anmited serie
6:00pm Spider-man anmited sersie
6:30pm popeye
6:00pm swat kats
6:30pm thunder cats
7;00pm the real ghost busters
7:30pm johnny bravo
8:00pm he-man master of the univser 1980
8;30pm he-man master of the univser 2002
9:00pm teeange mutant ninja turtles 1980
9:30pm teeange mutant ninja turtles 2002 cartoon
10:00pm X-Men evloultion







TIME WARPThursdayys
s12:00pm my favorite martian
12;30pm hanging with mr cooper
1:-00pmamerican gladiators
2:00pm unsloved mysters
3:00pm peoples court
4:00pm judge judy
5:00pm judge karen
6:00pm judge alex
6:30pm king of queens
7:00pm everyone love raymond
7:30pm step by step
8:00PM THE GLODEN GIRLS
9:00pm kung fu
10;00pm kung fu ledgen counties
11:00pm early edition
12:00am the inviasble man
1:00am Quatam leap
2:00am seven days '



cURRENT tv shows Fridays
7:00am SURIVING SURBIA
7:30am GRAY UN MARRIED
8:00am WORST WEEK
9:00am bOY MEETS WORLD
9:30am MY WIFE AND KIDS
10:00am THE NANNY ,
10:30amCalifornia dreams
11;00am sMALLVILLE
12:00PM HEREOS
3:00pm american gladiators
4;00pm jourany man
5:00pmunsloved mysteries
6:00pm Destory in seconds
7:00pm whipe out
8:00pm american got tatlent
9:00pm numbers
10:00pm moonlight
11:00pm flash point
12:00am fear factor

pOWER HOUSE MONDAYS
7:00am power rangers
7:30a,m bewtiched
8:00amGilligan's Island
8:30amthe brandy bunh
9:00am family affair
9:30am mary talory moore
10:00am bob new heart show
10;30am i LOVE LUCY
11:00am price is right old epsidoes with bob barker
12:00pm mummpet babies
12;30pm\HOME INPROVMENT
1:00PM SANFORD ANDSON
1:30PMTHE JERFFERSON
2:00PM PERFECT STRANGERS
2:30PM THE ODD COUPLE


teen sitcoms TUESDAYS
4::00pm saved by the bell
4:30pm California dreams'
5:00pm i carly
5:30pm All that
6:00pm dark and Josh
7:00pm Boy meets world
7:30pmthewonder years
8:00pm sISTER,SISTERS
8:30PM HAPPY DAYS


Classic Wesndays CARTOON DAY
7:00am power rangers
7:30am the surfms
8:00am two stupid dogs
8:30am teeange mutant ninja turtles1980
9:00am he -man master of the univser 2002 cartoon
9:30am mummpet babies
10:00am looney toons
10:30am tiny toons
11:00am captian pleant
11:30 am super mario brother super show
12:000pm doug
12:30pm garfield
1;00pm tom and jerry
1;30pm wait unti l your father gets home
2:00pmthe jetsons
2:30pm the flistones
3:00pm scooby doo were are you
3:30pm pup named scooby doo
4:00pm static shock
4:30pm batman anmited sersies
5:00pm batman beyond
5:30pm x-Men anmited serie
6:00pm Spider-man anmited sersie
6:30pm popeye
6:00pm swat kats
6:30pm thunder cats
7;00pm the real ghost busters
7:30pm johnny bravo
8:00pm he-man master of the univser 1980
8;30pm he-man master of the univser 2002
9:00pm teeange mutant ninja turtles 1980
9:30pm teeange mutant ninja turtles 2002 cartoon
10:00pm X-Men evloultion







TIME WARP thrusdats
s12:00pm my favorite martian
12;30pm hanging with mr cooper
1:-00pmamerican gladiators
2:00pm unsloved mysters
3:00pm peoples court
4:00pm judge judy
5:00pm judge karen
6:00pm judge alex
6:30pm king of queens
7:00pm everyone love raymond
7:30pm step by step
8:00PM THE GLODEN GIRLS
9:00pm kung fu
10;00pm kung fu ledgen counties
11:00pm early edition
12:00am the inviasble man
1:00am Quatam leap
2:00am seven days '



cURRENT SITCOMS Fridays
7:00am SURIVING SURBIA
7:30am GRAY UN MARRIED
8:00am WORST WEEK
9:00am bOY MEETS WORLD
9:30am MY WIFE AND KIDS
10:00am THE NANNY ,
10:30amCalifornia dreams
11;00am sMALLVILLE
12:00PM HEREOS
3:00pm american gladiators
4;00pm jourany man
5:00pmunsloved mysteries
6:00pm Destory in seconds
7:00pm whipe out
8:00pm american got tatlent
9:00pm numbers
10:00pm moonlight
11:00pm flash point

Last nights Wensday line-up achieved the highest ratings this line-up of shows has ever seen before. All the shows were on a massive up-swing. An hour of "Reba" from 7-8pm was just the thing we needed for a great ratings up-tick. The first episode of "Reba" at 7pm garnered 19.2 million viewers and a 6.6 share. at 730 "Reba" got 21.2 million viewers, meaning that viewers not only stuck with the show but more viewers showed up for it. The growth of "Reba" helped "Hot Tamales" at 8pm where it's third episode of the season grew massively. It reached an audience of 10.4 million viewers, it was #2 in the 18-49 demographic (second only to "American Idol") and got a 4.5 share. At 830, the second episode of "Second Family" was beyond a hit with 34 million viewers, not only doubling it's previous audience but becoming the highest rated broadcast of a first run cable show since the 2004 series finale of "Sex and The City". at 9pm "According To Jim" was a steady performer with 12.4 million viewers, at 930 "Still Standing" reached 11.5 million viewers, "Cybill" at 10pm reached 14.3 million viewers, and 14.9 million people watched the 1030pm episode of "Cybill". "at 11pm "The new adventures of old christine" was anything but old with 15.3 million viewers, followed by an audience of 16.5 million viewres for another episode at 1130pm.


NOTES: The absence of "Samantha Who" actually helped the night as a whole because twice as many viewers tuned in for "Reba" than had previously tuned in for "SW". The ratings rise of "Hot Tamales" is the single biggest rise in the ratings that any show has ever reached.

YTN Press Release:
YTN Details 3 Pilots; Plus 2 More Pilots Ordered
A few weeks ago YTN ordered 3 pilots to be shot. Now, YTN is releasing the details to two of those pilots, and ordering two more.

Dr. Heart (Drama) - Dr. Heart follows the life of Dr. Douglas G. Lyles and his team of surgeons. Dr. Lyles or "Dr. Heart" as he is known is one of the top cardiac surgeons in the United States. However, being on top isn't always as great as it seems. Dr. Lyles is currently separated from his wife, and has suffered the loss of his 7 year old son. "Dr. Heart" is already being liked by critics who say "Dr. Heart has a great script" and "this could be a hit".

Luck No More (Comedy) - Kyle Toiks had all the power just a few weeks ago. Now, he has no power, no job, and no girlfriend. "Luck No More" follows the life of Kyle as he tries to find a job, and live his life as a bachelor. Kyle may have more luck then he thought.

Comedy - COMING SOON

YTN has ordered another comedy pilot, and another drama pilot. YTN is expected to announce the descriptions of the newest pilots in a few weeks.

YTN Press Release:
Former "ER" Star Joins Dr. Heart
Eriq La Salle, best known for his role as Dr. Peter Benton on NBC's ER, is the first cast memeber to join YTN's drama pilot, Dr. Heart. Eriq will play Dr. Douglas G. Lyles, the lead role in Dr. Heart. The President of YTN says "I am glad that a great actor has joined our first ever drama pilot."

PLEASE NOTE
Eriq La Salle is NOT on this show, this is only for fun.

Press Release

GEN-TV: Pilot Season

To Be Released IMMEDIETLY!

As it happens every year in hollywood pilot season is winding up as stars sign onto what they hope will become weekly series and networks make decisions about what shows will and will not make it onto their fall schedules. Well this is the first year that GEN-TV (formerly Hidden Gems Network or HGN) is able to participate in the ritual that is pilot season. With two original shows currently airing ("Hot Tamales" and "Second Family") and one more about to debut ("The Day After") the network is excited about the idea of launching more series.

Each of the three series currently airing on GEN-TV are set to end their seasons sometime before most networks start their offical fall schedules so GEN-TV still has plenty of room left on the schedule to fill with new, innovative, original programming.

As mentioned in a previous press release several big names have signed onto pilots for the network. Previously mentioned were Sherry Stringfield, Joshua Jackson, Susan Sullivan and Joshua Jackson's involvement in the pilot for "Everday Hereos" a 9/11 based drama about a team of ambulance workers. Also mentioned were Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson in "Now What" a comedy about a retired couple.

Well now a beavy of big names have signed on to headline pilots for what they hope will eventually become weekly series.

Announced today are the following stars/pilot presentations:

GEN-TV has signed Shannen Doherty (90210, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty) to star in and produce a pilot about a group of bounty hunters in Texas. She is slated to play the leading role of a female bounty hunter that becomes the states first female team leader. The series is currently being called "Untitled Shannen Doherty Bounty Hunter Show" and is going to be produced by Doherty's "ShanDo Productions" in assocation with 20th Century Fox.

In other pilot news, Olivia Newton John has signed a deal to star in a pilot about a washed up country singer trying to revive her once red-hot career. The show is currently being called "Casey" but that title is tentative. John Corbett (Sex and The City) is in talks to play the role of her love interest.

Lastly, Sela Ward and Tom Everett Scott have signed onto to play may/december lovers in another pilot called "This Time Around" about a divorcee who beings an affair with a much, much younger man (almost twenty years her junior) and the complications that arise from that situation.

GEN-TV has not made any decisions about if any of these series will go onto become series. but buzz right now is that they plan on picking up one comedy and one drama to fill their fall schedule. Industry buzz is strong right now on "This Time Around" and "What Now". But as is the TV industry things change at a rapid pace.

GEN-TV has some exciting casting news to share about it's current crop of pilots.


First up, Vicki Lawerence ("The Carol Burnett Show") has signed onto play a supporting character on "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers". She will play the role of the mother to the husband character who is bitter her son has chosen to live with his in-law's instead of with her. She joins a previously cast Telma Hopkins ("Half & Half") and Aisha Tyler ("Friends"). Previously Tyler was said to have joined the cast but a role was not specified, it can be confirmed now that she will be playing the role of sister to the wife character. Neither lead characters of the husband and wife have been cast of yet. However, rumors circulating have Kevin Dillion ("Entorauge") singing on for a role; Nick Lachey; Andy Richter and James Van Der Beek have also been mentioned in press rumors as possible canidates. As for the wife character so far no canidates have been mentioned but one name that has entered the arena in the form of rumors on page six is Danielle Fishel best known as Topanga on ABC's long-running series "Boy Meets World".

In other casting news, Tyne Dayl has joined the cast of the drama pilot "This Time Around" she will play mother to Tom Everret Scott's character Holden, who is having a realtionship with Sela Ward's Stacey character and may be a little unbalanced.

Lastly tonight, GEN-TV has confirmed that the following people will be joining Shannen Doherty in their untitled bounty hunter drama. Alicia Witt, best known for her roles on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Cybill" has been cast as the co-lead in the show. she will play partner (business) to Doherty's character. Jeremy London ("Party Of Five") has been cast as the male lead in the series. he will play the ex-husband of Doherty's character and the father of her child. Lastly, veteran actress Margaret Colin has been cast as Marci, the mother to Shannen Doherty's character who is being called "Monica" for now. The series has finally been given a name and it is being called "The Hunters"; that is a working title and is subject to change.







----LEGAL DISCLAIMER------------------None of these are real shows. these are just for fun and nobody mentioned her is actually involved in any of these fictional programs....

Press Release...

GEN-TV

To Be Released Immedietly...

GEN-TV's president Matthew Smith along with Marci Carsey and Tom Werner announced today several creative changes they are making to their new series "Hot Tamales". The series which is currently struggling to attract an audience on the network (though it's most recent episode did increase it's ratings average). The series is being slightly retooled to focus more on the most interesting characters. According to them those are the characters played by Mariah Carey, Jenny McCarthy, Brett Butler and Joy Behar. This means that effective immedietly both Eva La Rue and Eva Longoria are being dropped from the show. This decision according to Marci Carsey is "purely creative and does not reflect on our feelings for the actresses playing the roles".

Eva La Rue's Stacey was the most poorly recieved character on the show and recieved the "lowest overall score" in focus groups. While Eva Longoria's character tested well producers say that the decision to remove her from the show "has more to do with the ability to keep a show focused with too many characters". Tom Werner says "the show simply had too many characters and in order to focus on the best one's we had to drop someone".

Eva La Rue's reps did not return calls and Longoria's rep said "Eva is proud of the work she did on "Hot Tamales" and is sad to see her time on it end but is happy that she got the chance to work with her dear friend Mariah Carey and looks forward to continuing her work on ABC's Desperate Housewives".

Now, one last announcement about HT, it appears that with the absence of two characters come the addition of one more. Sharon Lawerence (NYPD BLUE, Fired Up) has offically joined the cast of the show in the role of Arlene. Arlene the wife of Dylan Walsh's character with whom Randi (Jenny Mcarthy's character) is sleeping with. Marci Carsey said "we will find Randi in a tough spot when she discovers Tom is married and then even more when Arlene comes knocking on her door". Matthew Smith said "you won't believe where they are going with this. It's incrediable and you won't see it coming".

Eva La Rue's Stacey makes her last apperance on the show in next week's episode entitled "The Birthday Party"; in which Trina (Mariah Carey) plans a birthday party for Lorna (Brett Butler) that turns into a nightmare when Miranda (Joy Behar) shows up angry and bitter and drunk. and turns even worse with the arrivial of Arlene who is out for blood against Randi (Jenny McCarthy). According to Marci Carsey Eva Longoria's Nonie has already made her last apperance. Her characters absence will easily be explained away as Nonie having "moved away to be with her sick mother".

Despite previous reports that indicated Eva La Rue had made her final apperance on "Hot Tamales" it was announced today that the series is going to do something "brave, innovative and shocking" for a sitcom. They are going to kill the character off in a heart-breaking storyline. Previous reports had stated that the April 29th episode was her last one; but GEN-TV announced today that Eva La Rue and her character Stacey will continue to make recurring apperances on the show until her final episode airs on July 15, 2009. Her final storyline will involve Stacey confronting a "serious and heart-breaking medical condition". Details were few but according to Marcy Carsey "It is a medical condition affecting millions of women around the globe; and is one that gets almost no mainstream media coverage. The story will be haunting to watch and people will remember this forever".

So what is the medical condition? Marcy Carsey wouldn't say just yet, but promises that viewers will definetly know the answer before the end of this month. May 20th to be exact. The condition will be revealed in a "tear inducing" scene at the end of the May 20th episode called "The Chance Of A Lifetime".

Industry speculation is that the storyline is going to be about either ovarian cancer or Uterine cancer. However nobody is confirming this at the moment. All that anyone will say is that "Eva La Rue will get an Emmy Nomination for her work in this groundbreaking storyline"- (Tom Werner).

When asked for comment La Rue said through a statement released by her reps "i am exceptionaly proud to be a part of what will truly be a ground-breaking storyline".

Now that they've changed their minds and brought La Rue back for a few more episodes it begs the question; "what about Eva Longoria"? Well GEN-TV executives are sticking with that decision and said "Longoria is not coming back for any episodes of this show. She has made her last apperance".

GEN-TV today has announced that they have ordered pilot presentations for three more potential series; all featuring big names in front of and behind the camera. The first pilot is called "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers?" and is a half-hour sitcom about a couple of newlyweds that make the unfortunate decision to save money by moving into his mothers house. The self-absorbed, needy, boundary free mother is to be played by "Gimme A Break" star Telma Hopkins who was most recently seen on UPN's "Half & Half". Aisha Tyler (Friends, Talk Soup) has also signed onto the series in an as of yet unknown role.

In other pilot news, GEN-TV has opted to recast the lead roles in the pilot "Now What" about a retired couple. Both Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson are being replaced. GEN-TV insiders hint that the reason for the recast is to make the roles more age appropriate. "Some viewer feedback so far has been that both actors seem too old for the roles". As of right now nobody has been signed to replace these actors, but some insiders hint that GEN-TV may take the roles in a different direction all-together. Kathy Baker from TV's "Picket Fences" is rumored to be up for the lead female role while so far nobody seems confidant enough to predict who will be cast in the male role.

Speaking of new stuff, the other two pilots being ordered by GEN-TV are:

"SummerTown" (working title): a soap opera set in the hot Montanna sun about a shame, reclusive former mayor who comes out of hiding when her young neice gets into a whole lot of trouble and ends up in prison. So far only two people have been cast in this pilot; Gabrielle Cateries (Beverly Hills, 90210) and Marie Osmond (Donny & Marie, Dancing With The Stars).

and lastly a highly buzzed pilot called "Texas Justice" centers around three life-long best friends all dealing with life as a Texas society wife. in the small town of Texas, Alabama. The story follows Dana, a 50-something senators wife who is thrust into the national political arena when her husband dies and she is asked to take over his seat for the rest of his three year term; which results in her ruffling a lot of feathers with her views that are more liberal than her husbands. It also follows her friend Nicolette, a career bride on her fourth divorce in eight years whose future ex is a very powerful senator with a lot of secrets he doesn't want to see get out in the form of a public divorce. Lastly is Clara, a recently parolled former madame who returns home to Texas after serving three years in Alabama state women's prison and must face not only her past; which includes a lot of ticked off people who were publically revealed to be on her list as well as angry ex-wives of those men. She must also plan her future which may be a lot brighter than she thinks when she meets a handsome new guy in town who knows very little of her past and just may like her for who she is. So far none of the roles have been cast, but Dolly Parton is rumored to be considering one role while talk has Morgan Fairchild auditioning for another. Loni Anderson is also being considered for a role.

Here are some casting updates...

It has been offically confirmed that Morgan Fairchild has been cast in GEN-TV pilot "Texas Justice" she will play the role of Clara, the recently parolled madame who returns home to Texas, Alabama. She will offically be joined by Gail O'Grady in the role of Nicolette, the career bride currently in the midst of a heated divorce. GEN-TV's Shirley Smith said that both actresses beat out a line-up of Hollywood heavyweights for these roles. Dolly Parton, Loni Anderson and Pamela Anderson all were considered for the Clara role. She confirms that Dolly Parton came the closest to getting the role but that things went haywire when it came time to work out a possible contract if the show were to go to series. "She wanted much more time off for touring than our production schedules could allow" said Smith. She also confirms that the role of Nicolette was a heavily desired role as well with at least five top actresses auditioning. She confirms that diverse actresses such as Lynda Carter, Delta Burke, Merchedes Rhule, Leah Remini and Kirstie Alley all tested for the role but weren't deemed the right fit. "Remini tested too young" said GEN-TV's Marcus Williams. "Lynda Carter and Merchedes Rhule tested as being too old for the roles" and "Delta Burke and Kirstie Alley came off as too comical to play the role". These casting leave one major female role up for grabs and that is the center role of Dana the 50-something senator's wife who must take over her husbands seat in the senate when he dies. Currently Kim Delaney, Dana Delaney, Julianna Margulies, Edie Falco, Lorranie Bracco, Connie Brittion and Jane Fonda have all expressed various levels of interest in the role. Shirley Smith said "yes, it's true some of these ladies have mentioned they want to be cast on the show". She went on to say "However, most of these ladies are either too young or too glamarous for the role and likely won't be cast". She did say that at the current point "we do have one name actress in mind--and are hoping to work out a deal with her". She said "if this lady is cast it would make this show a bona-fide sure thing for the schedule".

YTN Press Release:
YTN Details 3 Pilots; Plus 2 More Pilots Ordered
A few weeks ago YTN ordered 3 pilots to be shot. Now, YTN is releasing the details to two of those pilots, and ordering two more.

Dr. Heart (Drama) - Dr. Heart follows the life of Dr. Douglas G. Lyles and his team of surgeons. Dr. Lyles or "Dr. Heart" as he is known is one of the top cardiac surgeons in the United States. However, being on top isn't always as great as it seems. Dr. Lyles is currently separated from his wife, and has suffered the loss of his 7 year old son. "Dr. Heart" is already being liked by critics who say "Dr. Heart has a great script" and "this could be a hit".

Luck No More (Comedy) - Kyle Toiks had all the power just a few weeks ago. Now, he has no power, no job, and no girlfriend. "Luck No More" follows the life of Kyle as he tries to find a job, and live his life as a bachelor. Kyle may have more luck then he thought.

Comedy - COMING SOON

YTN has ordered another comedy pilot, and another drama pilot. YTN is expected to announce the descriptions of the newest pilots in a few weeks.
YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart Adds More Cast Members
YTN's first ever drama pilot has added two more cast member. Lauren Graham, best known for her role on Gilmore Girls, has been cast as Dr. Douglas Lyles ex-wife, Lauren. Erinn Hayes, who starred in CBS' short-lived Worst Week, will be one of Dr. Lyles assistants. Despite Errin Hayes recently giving birth on April 29th, she says she is still ready to shoot a pilot in a few weeks. More cast members are expected to be announced within the next few days. The President of YTN had no comment on the newest additions.

More Information On Comedy Pilot Ordered Earlier This Month
On Air (Comedy) - The latest comedy pilot on YTN follows people working on air and behind the scenes at a local news station. No more information has been released at this time.

YTN Says "No Way" To Comedy Pilot
The President, Vice President, and Programming Director at YTN have already turned down one comedy pilot. Luck No More, which was announced only a few days ago, was cut from YTN's pilot list. The President of YTN says "We are trying to reach an audience anywhere between Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49 or Adults 25-54. With Luck No More, our audience would mostly likely be between Males 18-34. Having just one target audience among one sex group usually doesn't work too well when first starting out." The Programming Director of YTN says "I saw the summary and said no right away. Maybe the script could have been done well, but on paper it sounded boring."

GEN-TV has come under a bit of scruntiny lately for it's current pilots. Many sources have complained that the pilots they are considering seem more like pilots one would find on "CBS or Hallmark" than on a network trying to rebrand itself as the destination for younger viewers. Two pilots in particular are being pointed out for these reasons. "Texas Justice" and "Now What" are being called out for their focus on "people over the age of 45" and for including old skewing cast memebers like Morgan Fairchild, Swoosie Kurtz (although she was recently cut from the pilot; for being too old for the role), Gail O'Grady and one pilot even features Marie Osmond (Summertown)...But GEN-TV's team stand behind their pilots and defend their choices. Shirley Smith says "good tv is good tv and age isn't a factor in that". Matthew Smith says "Even a show with cast memebers who are 75 can attract a young audience. Look at The Golden Girls nobody in that cast was under 60 and it had some of the best 18-49 demographics TV has ever seen".

GEN-TV has offically confirmed that they have changed the title of Shannen Doherty's bounty hunter project from "The Hunters" to "The Huntress". The title change was made to emphasis the fact that Doherty's character, the lead character is the one on which viewers should be focusing and to point out that the shows main focus is this one character a female bounty hunter.

The title change was made by recently name Executive Producer (as of today) of the pilot, Deborah Joy Levine best known for her work on shows such as "The Division", "Any Day Now" and "Dawson's Creek" as a writer and producer. Levine has been brought in to work on the pilot with series creators.

Thursday
8pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Female Comedy Stars*
9pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Male Comedy Stars*
10pm - Television Show Featuring Female Comedy Star**
11pm - Television Show Featuring Male Comedy Star**

The first male episode was hosted by Mr. John Cryer interviewing Mr. Charlie Sheen.
The first female episode was hosted by Ms. Jennifer Esposito interviewing Ms. Christina Applegate.

What Comedy Aired:
Christina Applegate Interview aired at 8pm, so Samantha Who aired 10pm
Charlie Sheen Interview aired at 9pm, so Two and a Half Men aired at 11pm
TCN Press Release:
The Comedy Network Presents Breaks All Records
The Comedy Network's first ever original series, broke all records Thursday night. The Comedy Network Presents: had the highest viewership, the highest 18-49 demo and the highest 25-54 demo ever for TCN. The night started with the interview of Christina Applegate. The interview was watched by 858,000 viewers, reached a 0.5 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. That lead into the interview with Charlie Sheen at 9pm. Charlie Sheen's episode was watched by 908,000 viewers, reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. At 10pm was Christina Applegate's Samantha Who. Samantha Who was watched by 909,000 viewers, and reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds. At 11pm was Charlie Sheen's Two and a Half Men, which was watched by 918,000 viewers, and reached a 0.7 demo among 18-49 year olds. The President of TCN says "I am thrilled by the record numbers. I know we have yet to reach 1 million viewers, but beating our previous record by over 300,000 viewers is great."

Next week's interviews:
The female episode will be hosted by Ms. Megan Mullally, interviewing Ms. Debra Messing. Will and Grace will air at 10pm.
The male episode will be hosted by Mr. Brad Garret, interviewing Mr. Ray Romano. Everybody Loves Raymond will air at 11pm.

As happens everytime during pilot season once promising pilots become dead in the water when the network decides not to move the show forward to a series committment. In this case the network is GEN-TV and the pilots include one drama, one comedy and one reality show. GEN-TV's Matthew Smith and Shirley Smith announced today that they have decided not to order a series committment for the drama pilot "Summertown" which was a soap opera featuring a reclusive and shamed mayor who comes out of hiding when her teenager neice gets into legal trouble. The pilot had Marie Osmond attached to it but the network has decided not to make a series out of it. Shirley Smith said "While we are satisfied with the energy and committment to work that the entire cast and crew of this pilot put in we were not at the end of the day happy with the creative direction the pilot took".

Also getting the end of life speech from GEN-TV is comedy pilot "Now What" about a married couple expierancing growing pains when the husband retires. This once promising pilot faced a lot of trouble when the network asked that the two main stars Swoosie Kurtz and Craig T. Nelson be replaced with younger performers because they tested as being too old for the roles. The series was unable to find two new leading cast memebers that audiences would be familar with and that could pull off this kind of comedy. Matthew Smith said "we were happy with the writing that took place from the fine writers and the exceptional executive producer but at the end of the day we couldn't find a cast that worked well together".

Lastly, GEN-TV has also passed on the reality series "Earth Squad: America" stating that the show "feels too much like an eductional film and doesn't have enough action to hook viewers". The pilot will not move forward to series stage.

However, this still leaves a large slate of shows that GEN-TV can pick from; their slate of pilots includes: "The Huntress", a bounty hunter drama starring Shannen Doherty and Alicia Witt. "Everyday Hereos" a 9/11 drama focused on a team of ambulance drivers that features Sherry Stringfield and Daphne Zuniga. "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" a comedy about a newlywed couple living with the wifes mother. There is also several reality series up for consideration.

GEN-TV will announce their fall pick-ups at the end of this month during upfront presentations to be held in New York City. GEN-TV presents their line-up on May 20, 2009 but insiders say "the line-up will likely be in-place long before then".

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Weekday Schedule Wake Up Laughing! nothing but classics

5:00am Munsters

5:30am Addams Family

6:00am My Favorite Martian

6:30am Courtship Of Eddies Father

7:00am Dick Van Dyke Show

7:30am Andy Griffith Show

8:00am Happy Days

8:30am Laverne n Shirley

9:00am Threes Company

9:30am Mork And Mindy

10:00am Good Times

10:30am Maude

11:00am One Day At A Time

11:30am Diff Rent Strokes
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12:00pm Magnum Pi

1:00pm Simon And Simon

2:00pm Miami Vice

3:00pm A-Team

4:00pm Hardcastle & McCormick

5:00pm Hill Street Blues

6:00pm Incredible Hulk

7:00pm Knight Rider
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8:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

9:00pm Starsky & Hutch

10:00pm The Fall Guy

11:00pm Dallas

12:00am Knots Landing

1:00am Dynasty

2:00am Charlies Angels

3:00am Hart To Hart

4:00am Chips

5:00am Hawaii Five O

6:00am St. Elsewhere
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Saturday Morning Line Up

7:00am Super Mario Bros Super Show

7:30am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

8:00am Gi Joe Real American hero

8:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

9:00am He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

9:30am She Ra The Princess Of Power

10:00am Voltron

10:30am Vechile Voltron

11:00am Thundercats

11:30am Transformers
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12:00pm Kate&Allie

12:30pm It's A Living

1:00pm Mr. Belvedere

1:30pm The Hogan Family

2:00pm Bosum Buddies

2:30pm Newhart

3:00pm My Two Dads

3:30pm Night Court

4:00pm Mamas Family

4:30pm Perfect Strangers

5:00pm Charles In Charge

5:30pm Family Ties
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6:00pm Silver Spoons

6:30pm Growing Pains

7:00pm Whos The Boss

7:30pm Head Of The Class

8:00pm Facts Of Life

8:30pm Sanford

9:00m Gimme A Break

9:30pm Benson

10:00pm 227

10:30pm Amen
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11:00pm Remington Steel

12:00am Equalizer

1:00am Hunter

2:00am 21 Jump Street

3:00am Spenser For Hire

4:00am The Commish

5:00am Jake And The Fatman
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Sunday Morning Line Up

6:00am Tom and Jerry Show

6:30am Popeye

7:00am Buggs Bunny

7:30am Smurfs

8:00am Johnny Quest

8:30am Inspector Gadget

9:00am Garfield And Friends

9:30am Heathcliff

10:00am Rocky And Bullwinkle Show

10:30am Superfriends
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11:00am Charlies Angels

12:00am Airwolf

1:00pm Macgyver

2:00pm Greatest American Hero

3:00pm Rockford Files

4:00pm Kojak

5:00pm Columbo

6:00pm Adam 12

6:30pm Dragnet
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7:00pm Highway To Heaven

8:00pm Hawaii Five 0

9:00am Fantasy Island

10:00am Eight Is Enough

11:00pm Quantum Leap

12:00am Love Boat
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1:00am Taxi

1:30am Odd Couple

2:00am Bob Newhart Show

2:30am Mary Tyler Moore Show

3:00am Whats Happening!!

3:30pm Alice

4:00am I Dream Of Jeannie

4:30am Bewitched
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YTN Press Release:
YTN Details 3 Pilots; Plus 2 More Pilots Ordered
A few weeks ago YTN ordered 3 pilots to be shot. Now, YTN is releasing the details to two of those pilots, and ordering two more.

Dr. Heart (Drama) - Dr. Heart follows the life of Dr. Douglas G. Lyles and his team of surgeons. Dr. Lyles or "Dr. Heart" as he is known is one of the top cardiac surgeons in the United States. However, being on top isn't always as great as it seems. Dr. Lyles is currently separated from his wife, and has suffered the loss of his 7 year old son. "Dr. Heart" is already being liked by critics who say "Dr. Heart has a great script" and "this could be a hit".

Luck No More (Comedy) - Kyle Toiks had all the power just a few weeks ago. Now, he has no power, no job, and no girlfriend. "Luck No More" follows the life of Kyle as he tries to find a job, and live his life as a bachelor. Kyle may have more luck then he thought.

Comedy - COMING SOON

YTN has ordered another comedy pilot, and another drama pilot. YTN is expected to announce the descriptions of the newest pilots in a few weeks.
YTN Press Release:
YTN Releases Info About Comedy & Drama Pilot
Therapist (Comedy) - Jane Lynch stars as Miranda Greene in YTN's latest comedy pilot about a therapist. Miranda hears everything, whether it's about a death in the family, or problems during sex. The President of YTN says "I am glad to have Ms. Lynch attached to this pilot. Wherever you see her, she is a therapist or something along those lines. I hope this pilot turns out well."

The Streets (Drama) - Cops have some of the hardest jobs in the world. This newest drama pilot shows what cops have to do to be seen as heroes. Some call this newest drama a mix between Law and Order and Southland, but the President of YTN says "No, it's not a mix. The concept has been done before, but we will be sure it's original."

YTN Orders 1 More Drama Pilot, and 2 Reality Pilots
YTN announced on Sunday afternoon that they were ordering one more drama pilot, and it's first two reality pilots. Thus far, YTN has two comedy pilots: On Air and Therapist; three drama pilots: The Streets, Dr. Heart, and the newly order Untitled drama; two reality pilots: Untitled Reality #1 and Untitled Reality #2.

Also yet to air: College and Roommates (which could join YTN will new episodes)
Currently Airing: Pushing Daisies and Being Average

GEN-TV announced earlier this year that they have picked up the rights to air "Guiding Light" this fall when it wraps up it's run on CBS. As of our last report few details were available, but we now have word on a couple things. The first thing we can confirm is that, GEN-TV has also landed the rights to air vintage episodes of the show in the early morning hours starting with episodes produced in 1995. We also know that as of 8am this morning GEN-TV has inked a three year contract with series heavy-weights Kim Zimmer, Ron Raines and Crystal Chappell to appear on the series when it moves from CBS to GEN-TV. Some question was up in the air about wether or not GEN-TV would be able to get these industry superstars to re-up with the show on their obviously slashed budget. What we do know about their contracts are that according to Markus Williams of GEN-TV "all three stars had to take a reduced salary, but that we were able to offer them some other perks to make up for that; such as a reduced work week, transportation to and from work and larger, private dressing rooms". We also can confirm that "Guiding Light" will continue to tape from it's New York location at the CBS Television studios. Markus Williams says "we were able to convince CBS to allow us to rent the space for a fair price so that the show can stay in place where it has taped for nearly forty-five years (it had previously taped at a different location)".

Now, for some sad news, GEN-TV today confirms that at least three "GL" veterans will not be making the move to GEN-TV. Those veterans are Marj Dusay (Alexandra Spaulding) who the network failed to reach a mutually benefical contract with. Rumors have it that money was the key factor and that "nobody could agree on a pay cut that was agreeable". It has also been confirmed that Daytime Emmy Winning superstar Justin Deas (Rick Bauer) will also not make the jump to GEN-TV. According to reports "Justin Deas has signed with another series and was not available". Lastly also not coming to GEN-TV is Jeff Branson (Shayne Lewis) who the network says "was simply not interested in making the jump to GEN-TV".

As of right now, no word yet is available on when "GL" will be able to start airing on GEN-TV.

GEN-TV also was able to disclose (per legal requirement) the liscening fee they are going to be paying Procter&Gamble and TeleNext to air the series. The per episode fee is going to factor out to about 65,000 dollars an episode. Which is actually rather cheap considering the costs associated with producing a one-hour scripted drama series.

GEN-TV also confirms one other major change. When the show moves to GEN-TV the series will now air only three days a week, instead of the usual five days a week. Markus Willams says "this was a factor that became a reality because of the cost of producing the show. In order to keep the show alive we had to cut costs somehow and airing three days a week made the most sense".


Lastly, in "GL" news, we can also confirm today that when the show moves over to GEN-TV that Executive Producer Ellen Wheeler will not be coming over. Matthew Smith said "in order to give the show a whole new life we have opted to take the executive producer role in a different direction". Wheeler's publicist had no comment. This should come as relife to many fans of the show who have critized Wheeler's work at the show, who they blamed for sagging ratings and unpopular storylines. Speaking of Wheeler, what about the much talked about "new production model", well according to GEN-TV "that is also a goner". Matthew Smith said "when purchasing GL for the network we opted to take a more traditional approach to the show and have requested that they return to their previous method of shooting and editing soaps".

Who will replace Wheeler? well that question has yet to be answered as GEN-TV refused to comment on that until "closer to the airdate".

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 20th to Sunday, April 26th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (6.13 million viewers)
2. Family Guy - Tuesday at 9:30pm (4.99 million viewers)
3. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.87 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - AVG AT 11pm AND 11:30pm (3.76 million viewers)
5. House - Tuesday at 10pm (3.37 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.22 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (2.97 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.88 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.85 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.72 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with 6.13 million viewers. A special 9:30 episode of Family Guy took the number two spot with 4.99 million viewers. The series premiere of Being Average pulled in 4.87 million viewers, and took the number three spot. Family Guy averaged out enough viewers in the 11pm to take 4th place. House fell three spots to number five in a special 10pm timeslot. A repeat of Pushing Daisies pulled in lower-than-average repeats numbers, but still ranked at number six. NCIS was at number seven, with close to three million viewers. The House/Bones pairing, on Thursday night, placed at number eight and number nine. CSI:Miami rounded out the top 10 with 2.72 million viewers.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of Gary Unmarried and Old Christine.
1. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
2. Two and a Half Men (1.96 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.94 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.88 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.83 million viewers)

The Big Bang Theory once again took the top spot this week, but was under 2 million viewers. Two and a Half Men also saw a ratings decrease, but was still able to take the number two spot. My Wife and Kids got close to second place, but was short by 2,000 viewers. Gary Unmarried and King of Queens also saw a jump in total viewers, but still ranked at number four and five.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.92 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser - Season Three Premiere (2.78 million viewers)
3. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.67 million viewers)
4. Ghost Whisperer (2.58 million viewers)
5. Army Wives (2.47 million viewers)

After a week at number two, Family Guy was able to climb back into the number one spot with above-average-numbers. The season three premiere of The Biggest Loser fell from last weeks season finale, but still took the number two spot. Secret Life moved up a spot this week to number three. Ghost Whisperer fell one spot, and lost a bit of audience this week. Army Wives rounded out the top 5 with 2.47 million viewers.
Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 27th to Sunday, May 3rd
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (5.98 million viewers)
2. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.15 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9:30pm (3.68 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - Average at 11pm and 11:30pm (3.58 million viewers)
5. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10:30pm (3.43 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.27 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (3.00 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.90 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.84 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.62 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with 5.98 million viewers. The second episode of Being Average followed at number two. House moved up this week, placing at number three. Family Guy dropped viewers this week, but remained at number four. Criminal Minds returned this week, grabbing the number five spot. The Pushing Daisies repeat on Thursday had increased viewership, and placed sixth. NCIS remained at number seven, but also increased its viewership. House and Bones both stayed at number eight and nine this week, but Bones lost some viewership. CSI: Miami was once again the only Friday show to crack the top 10.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.12 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was an acceptable 81% from CSI: Miami. The President of YTN says "81% is pretty good. We didn't give Breaking Bad the best timeslot, so I'm happy."

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.02 million viewers)
T2. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
T2. My Wife and Kids (1.99 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.84 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.78 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men jumped to the number one spot this week, cracking two million viewers once again. The Big Bang Theory tied My Wife and Kids at number two with 1.99 million viewers. This is the first time ever that My Wife and Kids has been able to take the number two spot. Gary Unmarried, and King of Queens each dropped viewership, but were able to hold onto the number four and five spots.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.85 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.83 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.62 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.59 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.48 million viewers)

The Biggest Loser / Family Guy battle continued once again this week, with Family Guy coming out on top by only 2,000 viewers. Ghost Whisperer jumped to number three this week with 2.62 million viewers. The Secret Life of the American Teenager fell one spot to number four. The West Wing joined the top five for the first time ever, knocking Army Wives to number six.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (1.07 million viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver. Chuck held only 39% of Family Guy's 2.77 million viewers. The President of YTN says "Chuck did worse than I expected. Hopefully more of the fans tune in, or we will have to cut it."

YTN Press Release:
Love Grows For Valentine, Easy Money Can't Find Viewers
Week three for one of the MRC series' was even better this week, while the other one did worse this week. Valentine was able to increase its audience to 837,000 viewers. While it may not seem like much, it's an increase of 219,000 viewers from last week, and an increase of 328,000 viewers from its premiere. The President of YTN says "Sure the viewership isn't great, but you have to remember that these are still repeats. Once the new episodes air in two weeks, the numbers should hit 1 million viewers. Either way, I'm happy that Valentine was able to grow 328,000 viewers from its premiere on YTN." The news wasn't as good for Easy Money as it slipped once again this week. Even with a larger lead in then last week, Easy Money fell to 268,000 viewers, a loss of 49,000 viewers from last week. That put retention at just 32% this week, a drop from the 51% retention that Easy Money pulled in last week. The President of YTN says "I have a meeting scheduled with our Programming Director in 15 minutes. At that meeting we will discuss ways to make the schedule stronger where Easy Money is located."

Easy Money Joins In Harm's Way
After just 15 minutes in a meeting between the President of YTN and the Programming Director, Easy Money is gone. The latest episode of Easy Money pulled in only 268,000 viewers, despite a larger lead in. In the new schedule, Valentine will move into the 5pm hour, where Easy Money was located. Filling in at 4pm will be House, which will leave the Tuesday schedule for a few weeks in May. What happens after Valentine finishes is still up in the air.

Coming Tomorrow: YTN Now Has 5 Pilots
YTN Press Release:
Valentine Grows Once Again
With a larger lead in this week, Valentine was able to grow once again. Valentine grew to 982,000 viewers. While House had 2.37 million viewers and that put retention at only 41%, the President of YTN says "I didn't expect it to do excellent. It's grown since it premiered, so I'm happy."

Ratings For GEN-TV for the period between April 17, 2009 and April 26, 2009:

Primetime Top 10:
1. The Practice (24.56 million viewers)
2. Cybill (23.3 million viewers)
3. Desperate Housewives (22 million viewers)
4. That 70's Show (18.5 million viewers)
5. Second Family (17.9 million viewers)-----SERIES DEBUT!
6. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (15.9 million viewers)
7. Ally McBeal (15.2 million viewers)
8. A Different World (14.3 million viewers)
9. Samantah Who? (14 million viewers)
10. Reba (13.45 million viewers)

---ratings for shows that air multiple times a week are averaged for all primetime airings.

Low Performers: Spin City reached an audience of less than 3 million viewers. The Tyra Banks Show reached 11,000 viewers and the series debut of Hot Tamales reached only. 4.45 million viewers. Although the second episode debuted to 5.10 million viewers.

Daytime Top 10:
1. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (15.6 million viewers)
2. The Nanny (15.3 million viewers)
3. My Wife & Kids (14 million viewers)
4. How I Met Your Mother (13.45 million viewers)
5. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (12.3 million viewers)
6. The O.C. (11.3 million viewers)
7. Survivor (11 million viewers)
8. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (encores) (10.99 million viewers)
9. Cold Case (10.34 million viewers)
10. Sister, Sister (9.45 million viewers)


Weekends Top 5:
1. TIE- Scrubs (23 million viewers), Sabrina The Teenage Witch (23 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (19.4 million viewers)
3. Sweet Valley Hight (18.45 million viewers)
4. 3rd Rock From The Sun (13.45 million viewers)
5. Reba (11.23 million viewers)

Ratings Report: April 26, 2009-May 4, 2009.

Primetime Top 10:
1. Second Family (34 million viewers)---ALL TIME HIGH FOR ORIGINAL SERIES
2. The Practice (33.4 million viewers)
3. Cybill (33.3 million viewers)
4. The Apprentice (33.1 million viewers)
5. Bones (32.2 million viewers)
6. Desperate Housewives (32.1 million viewers)
7. Reba (32 million viewers)
8. The Bacholer (30.59 million viewers)
9. Ally McBeal (30.22 million viewers)
10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (29.9 million viewers)

The top ten this week scored record ratings highs. The second episode of "Second Family" was the highest rated episode of any original series the network has ever aired with 34 million viewers tuning in. "The Practice" continued it's time in the top two, and "Cybill" rounded out the top 3. "Bones" made a surprising debut into the top 10, as did "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and 'The Bacholer". "The Apprentice"also rounded out the top 10.

Not making the top ten, but performing well were the three rebroadcasts of "Striesand: Live In Concert" which averaged (for all three shows together) 28.7 million viewers. "The Closer" was watched by 22 million viewers. "New Christine" racked in 17 million viewers.

Daytime Top 10:
1. Friends (20 million viewers)
2. The Nanny (19.9 million viewers)
3. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (19.8 million viewers)
4. The Girls Next Door (18.4 million viewers)
5. How I Met Your Mother (18.3 million viewers)
6. Judging Amy (18.1 million viewers)
7. Cold Case (18 million viewers)
8. Without A Trace (17.4 million viewers)
9. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (16.5 million viewers)
10. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (15.5 million viewers)

---Friends jumped ahead of the pack with 20 million viewers while Sabrina and The Nanny continued to garner solid viewers. "The Girls Next Door" showed up with 18.4 million viewers for a 4th place finish. Performing poorly for the network were: "Two and A Half Men" with ratings of under three million viewers and "Mad Men" with viewers of under two million viewers.

Weekend Top 5:
1. Scrubs (19.3 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (19.2 million)
3. Sister, Sister (18 million)
4. Everybody Loves Raymond (17.59 million)
5. Reba (15.4 million)

Here are some casting updates...

It has been offically confirmed that Morgan Fairchild has been cast in GEN-TV pilot "Texas Justice" she will play the role of Clara, the recently parolled madame who returns home to Texas, Alabama. She will offically be joined by Gail O'Grady in the role of Nicolette, the career bride currently in the midst of a heated divorce. GEN-TV's Shirley Smith said that both actresses beat out a line-up of Hollywood heavyweights for these roles. Dolly Parton, Loni Anderson and Pamela Anderson all were considered for the Clara role. She confirms that Dolly Parton came the closest to getting the role but that things went haywire when it came time to work out a possible contract if the show were to go to series. "She wanted much more time off for touring than our production schedules could allow" said Smith. She also confirms that the role of Nicolette was a heavily desired role as well with at least five top actresses auditioning. She confirms that diverse actresses such as Lynda Carter, Delta Burke, Merchedes Rhule, Leah Remini and Kirstie Alley all tested for the role but weren't deemed the right fit. "Remini tested too young" said GEN-TV's Marcus Williams. "Lynda Carter and Merchedes Rhule tested as being too old for the roles" and "Delta Burke and Kirstie Alley came off as too comical to play the role". These casting leave one major female role up for grabs and that is the center role of Dana the 50-something senator's wife who must take over her husbands seat in the senate when he dies. Currently Kim Delaney, Dana Delaney, Julianna Margulies, Edie Falco, Lorranie Bracco, Connie Brittion and Jane Fonda have all expressed various levels of interest in the role. Shirley Smith said "yes, it's true some of these ladies have mentioned they want to be cast on the show". She went on to say "However, most of these ladies are either too young or too glamarous for the role and likely won't be cast". She did say that at the current point "we do have one name actress in mind--and are hoping to work out a deal with her". She said "if this lady is cast it would make this show a bona-fide sure thing for the schedule".

"Texas Justice" is a drama pilot at GEN-TV that is getting major industry buzz right now and it has finalized it's cast, Marilu Henner, the Golden Globe nominated actress has joined the cast as Dana, the senators wife who must overtake his seat in the senate when he dies and who ruffles feathers with her more liberal views. She joins Morgan Fairchild as Clara and Gail O'Grady as Nicolette.

Also joining the cast are three well known males; Tom Skerritt (Brothers & Sisters, Picket Fences) will play Charles, the husband of Henner's character who dies within the first five minuets of the pilot. James Denton (Desperate Housewives) will star as a drifter that takes an interest in Fairchild's character and Phillip Casnoff (Strong Medicine) will play a vulture of a man embroiled in a public, bitter, and violent divorce from O'Grady's Nicolette character.

As for billing, according to reports the cast will be billed as follows: Marilu Henner is being billed as the lead, followed by Gail O'Grady and lastly Morgan Fairchild is third. All three are regulars. Denton, Casnoff and Skerritt will all be recurring guest stars. Denton is still committed as a regular to ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and Skerrit has a recurring role on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters".

While no word on wether this will be picked up as a series the casting of the main cast and all three male characters is a positive sign. Industry buzz is growing strong.

YTN Press Release:
Pickups and Cancellations To Be Announced Soon
On Wednesday, May 13th, YTN will announce which shows they will renew, which pilots they will pickup, and which shows will leave the network. The top executives at the network say it is very likely that no decision will be made on College as it premieres the night before. The decision on whether Roommates will have new episodes on YTN may be made on Wednesday, but that seems unlikely at this point. Pushing Daisies has already been renewed for two more seasons, but the decision on Being Average is still up in the air. The top two pilots in consideration are Dr. Heart starring Eriq La Salle and Therapist starring Jane Lynch. The long shot at this point is On Air which has no cast as of yet. The President of YTN says "Next Wednesday will be a great day for YTN as we will announce more YTN Original Series'."

GEN-TV, has finalized and is announcing now the airdates and episode titles for their first ever original drama series "The Day After".

"The Day After"

"Pilot"-(May 15, 2009, special friday night airing)
"The Day After"-(May 19, 2009-launch in regular timeslot)
"The Startling Truth" (May 26, 2009)
"First Day Of Work" (June 2, 2009)
"The Grave Mistake" (June 9, 2009)
"Sometimes..." (June 16, 2009)
"The Surprise Visitor" (June 23, 2009)
"Family and Other obligations" (June 30, 2009)
"July Blues" (July 7, 2009)
"The Declaration" (July 14, 2009)
"Brian's Decision" (July 21, 2009)
"Countdown" (July 22, 2009. special wed night 9pm airing-- According To jim and yes, dear will be pre-empted)
"5" (July 23, 2009- special thursday night airing. Will air at 10pm, pre-empting Close to Home)
"4" (July 28, 2009)
"3" (August 4, 2009)
"2" (August 11, 2009)
"1" (August 18, 2009- Special Season Finale-2 hour episode will air from 7pm-9pm. Melrose place and the guardian will be pre-empted).

Here are the episode descriptions for the all-new, original episodes airing tonight of "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family"

"Hot Tamales": "Hell Hath No Fury"---After her apperance at the birthday party last week Tom's wife creates a tense situation for Randi. Trina tries to get some money from her boss to update the interior look of the club. Stacey expierances a odd medical issue that causes her to seek help from a doctor. Lorna learns some satisfying news about Miranda.

"Second Family": "Friends, Lovers and More": Jodi accidently gets a love note that was written for her cousin and not for her. Stacey attempts to get the guys to like yoga.

GEN-TV today has three announcements to make. The first announcement is that they have opted not to order two of their pilots to a series committment. Those pilots are the reality series "Twenty +" a real world-ish show about people trying to break into the entertainment industry. Also not getting a series committment is the reality pilot "Today's Pets" which would showcase animals up for adoption at different shelters across America. Markus Williams said "Neither pilot was able to fit in with our current programming goals and just didn't feel right for us". Don't worry reality fans, GEN-TV still has a large list of reailty pilots up for consideration, several which havent' even been formally announced to the public yet.

As for the show that has been order to series? GEN-TV isn't saying just yet what the show is but will say "We have offically ordered one of our pilots to series". They would not say if it is a drama, comedy or reality and wouldn't say if it's a half-hour or hour show.

GEN-TV announces their fall pick-ups on May 20th, 2009.

Fans should be aware though that the fates of currently airing original shows "Hot Tamales", "Second Family" and "The Day After" won't be announced until they finish their runs in August or September. But if things continue as they are "Second Family' is assured a pick-up while "Hot Tamales" is more likely to get cancelled. "The Day After" hasn't debuted yet.

YTN Press Release:
Being Average Falls In Week 2
After premiering to 4.87 million viewers and a 2.2 demo among 18-49 year olds last week, Being Average took a fall in ratings. In week two, Being Average pulled in 4.15 million viewers, a drop of 72,000 viewers from last week. The demo didn't see much of a decrease, only falling to a 2.1 amongst 18-49 year olds. In other demos; 2.2 amongst 18-34 year olds (down from 2.4) and a 1.7 amongst 25-54 year olds (even with last week). Pushing Daisies meanwhile pulled in 5.98 million viewers, and a 3.0 demo among 18-49 year olds. That puts retention for Being Average at 69% in total viewers, and 70% in the key 18-49 year old demo. The President of YTN says "I'm glad the demo was able to hold up, but I'm a little surprised by the total viewers. However, when your demo stays almost stable and you lose viewers, that means your audience is younger, which is always a good thing for advertisers. I hope Being Average can stay above 4 million viewers and above a 2.0 demo." Earlier in the night, Gilmore Girls brought in 2.06 million viewers. House moved up a half hour this week and brought in 3.68 million viewers, growing from last week. Criminal Minds returned this week with 3.43 million viewers. An 11:30 episode of Family Guy pulled in 3.82 million viewers.

Line-Up From Last Night:
7:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (New)
9:00 - Being Average (New)
9:30 - House
10:30 - Criminal Minds
11:30 - Family Guy

YTN Testing Being Average
YTN made a surprise announcement only moments after releasing Tuesday ratings. Next week, YTN will air episode three in it's regular 9:00pm timeslot on Tuesdays and a repeat of episode three on Wednesday at 8:00pm. Roswell will not air next week, but will return the following week. Airing at 8:30pm will be a special episode of Family Guy. YTN said the reason for the change was to test the waters for a possible comedy block on Wednesdays.
Being Average Grows In Week 3
After a slip in ratings last week, Being Average was able to increase its numbers this week despite lower Pushing Daisies numbers. Being Average brought in 4.49 million viewers, an increase of 34,000 viewers from last week. Each of the demos also increased this week; a 2.2 in the key 18-49 year old demo (up from a 2.1 from last week), a 2.3 among 18-34 year olds (up from 2.2), and a 1.7 among 25-54 year olds (even with last week). Pushing Daisies meanwhile pulled in 5.87 million viewers, and a 2.9 demo among 18-49 year olds. That puts retention for Being Average at 76% in total viewers, and 76% in the key 18-49 year old demo. The President of YTN says "To see the increase for Being Average is very satisfying. If Being Average was able to increase with a lower Pushing Daisies, this could be very good news for a new comedy block. However, we won't know about that until tomorrow afternoon pending the ratings for the repeat of Being Average tonight."

Please Note: Being Average will air at 10pm next week due to the 2 hour season finale of Pushing Daisies.

YTN Press Release:
Roommates Officially Coming to YTN?
In Tuesdays chat with the YTN President, a fan of ABC Family's Roommates brought up the question about the series coming to YTN. Since then, fans of Roommates have been flooding Top Executives email inboxes, and YTN's mail room. The President of YTN realized the show has many devoted fans, and got right to work on acquiring repeats of the series. In the signed contract, YTN also has the rights to produce new episodes in the case ABC Family does cancel the series. The President of YTN says "Roommates sounds like a great show, and it could really fit with our new comedy, College. I hope the repeats do well so we can produce new episodes. I would say repeats have to pull in 1 million-1.5 million viewers to be considered for new episodes. In any event, this will be the final show from another network we even take into consideration. So please fans of all those cancelled shows, any Save Our Show items, will not be opened or even looked at. Thank you."

Titles For College Thus Far
1x01 - Welcome to College
1x02 - The List
1x03 - Party Time
1x04 - (NOT FILMED YET) - Love Is In The Air
1x05 - (NOT FILMED YET) - That's Not Supposed To Happen

Pushing Daisies Season Finale Now Has A Title
3x12 - Goodbye (Part I)
3x13 - Goodbye (Part II)

Short Summary For 3rd Season Finale
Ned has to make one of the biggest decisions of his life.
YTN Press Release:
More Titles For College
YTN's yet-to-premiere comedy, College, has two more episode titles, and the title for 1x05 has changed.
1x01 - Welcome to College
1x02 - The List
1x03 - Party Time
1x04 - Love Is In The Air
1x05 - Hot, Hot, Hot
1x06 - (NOT YET FILMED) - Game On
1x07 - (NOT YET FILMED) - Too Obvious

Finale for Pushing Daisies Has New Name
*Please remember this is a two hour movie episode.
3x12 & 3x13 - 0:00:59

Press Release...



Wednesday:
700: Reba (new to network)
730: Reba (new to network, until Samantha Who? returns to ABC)
800: Hot Tamales
830: Second Family
900: According To Jim
930: Yes, Dear
1000: Still Standing
1030: Cybill
11pm: Grey’s Anatomy (syndication)
1130: Mad TV (new to network, syndication)










Programming Change:

Starting Next Week the GEN-TV Wednesday Night schedule will look a little bit different. Here is the restructred Wensday Night Schedule.

7pm: Reba
730pm: According To Jim (new night and time)
8pm: The New Adventures Of Old Christine (New Night and Time)
830: Hot Tamales ( New Time)
9pm: Second Family (New Time)
930: Still Standing (new time)
10pm: Yes, Dear (new time)
1030: Cybill (new time)
11pm: Grey's Anatomy
12am: MAD TV

This new schedule is meant to give all their shows a better chance to survive. The airdates for Hot Tamales and Second Family will not change, simply the time they air will. Tamales shifts from 8pm to 830pm and Second Family from 830 to 9pm.

Markus Williams says "Moving Second Family to 930 makes sense because the show is slightly more mature than the 830 timeslot calls for". Moving "Hot Tamales" to 830pm can be seen only as a chance to help the shows ratings out by moving it to a less competitive timeslot. "Not too many sitcoms air at 830 on Wed nights so this move is a good one".

at 730, New christine was supposed air in place of "Samantha Who" for awhile now, but for some reason "Reba" was added at the last minuet instead. New Christine gets her chance to shine now.

GEN-TV proudly announces the fast national and overnight ratings for it's wed night lineup.

It was a solid night of comedy for GEN-TV as all shows posted gains in both household and demos.

At 7pm, "Reba" netted 14 million viewers, at 730pm another "Reba" netted 13.4 million viewers. 8pm "Hot Tamales" posted it's season best numbers of 6.7 million viewers (up 10% over the previous week)... at 830pm "Second Family" scored an impressive 28.4 million viewers (overall #2 for the night after "American Idol" on FOX). at 9pm, "According To jim" netted 7.9 million viewers, at 930 "Yes, Dear" got 8.4 million viewers, at 10pm "Still Standing" got 9.4 million viewres and 1030 "Cybill" got 9.9 million viewers. at 11pm "Grey's Anatomy" got 18.9 million viewers followed at 12 by "MAD TV" with 4.5 million viewers.

GEN-TV Presidents Markus Williams and Matthew Smith both acknowledged today what viewers have been noticing for weeks now. The schedule at the network is "confusing and changes too much". Smith said "in the coming months we will work to make the schedule less confusing and more stable". when the network was called "HGN" the policy was to update schedules every 4-5 months, but more often than not it would end up being revamped each month. "This created confusion for viewers who couldn't find certain shows or whose favorite shows would vanish" said Matthew Smith. He said "that is a thing of the past". According to him the schedule will no longer be updated this much. "We hope the schedule will remain the same from now on, and it likely won't be updated again until September". However, he did mention that "some small tweaks will take place for June, but most shows will stay put".

YTN Testing Being Average
YTN made a surprise announcement only moments after releasing Tuesday ratings. Next week, YTN will air episode three in it's regular 9:00pm timeslot on Tuesdays and a repeat of episode three on Wednesday at 8:00pm. Roswell will not air next week, but will return the following week. Airing at 8:30pm will be a special episode of Family Guy. YTN said the reason for the change was to test the waters for a possible comedy block on Wednesdays.
YTN Press Release:
Being Average Does Well On It's Own
Without the lead in of a new Pushing Daisies, a special repeat of Being Average beat expectations with 2.04 million viewers. That's growth from the 1.35 million viewers that watched Malcolm in the Middle. With the good repeat numbers from Being Average, YTN is changing it's schedule. That information is available in the next section of the press release.

YTN Changes Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Schedules

OLD Tuesday Schedule; starting 5/19
7:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (Repeats of Season Three)
9:00 - Being Average (New Episode)
9:30 - College (New Episode)
10:00 - Roommates (Premiere of Repeats)
10:30 - Family Guy (New Timeslot)
11:00 - Criminal Minds (New Timeslot)

NEW Tuesday Schedule; starting 5/19
7pm - Gilmore Girls
8pm - Pushing Daisies (R)
9pm - House
10pm - Criminal Minds
11pm - Family Guy

OLD Wednesday Schedule
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Roswell
9pm - The Practice
10pm - NCIS
11pm - Family Guy

Wednesday Schedule; Next Week ONLY
7pm - Roswell (Special Time)
8pm - YTN ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: The End of the World
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice (Special Time)

NEW Wednesday Schedule; starting 5/20
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Being Average (New Episodes)
8:30pm - Family Guy
9pm - College (New Episodes; Week 2)
9:30pm - Roommates (Premiere of Repeats)
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice
*Roswell moves to Thursdays

OLD Thursday Schedule; starting 5/21
7pm - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8pm - Lost (Premiere of Repeats)
9pm - House
10pm - Bones
11pm - College (Repeats)
11pm - Being Average (Repeats)

NEW Thursday Schedule; starting 5/21
7pm - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8pm - Roswell (Moves from Wednesdays)
9pm - House
10pm - Bones
11pm - Lost (Premiere of Repeats)


HERE IS THE FULL SCHEDULE:
Monday - Friday (12am - 7pm)
12am - Movie
2am - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
3am - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
4am - Law and Order
5am - JAG
6am - NCIS
7am - Wife Swap
8am - Wife Swap
9am - Rita Rocks
10am - Friends
11am - Yes, Dear
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - King of Queens
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory
3:30pm - Rules of Engagement
4pm - How I Met Your Mother
5pm - Gary Unmarried
5:30pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
6pm - What I Like About You

Monday -
7pm - Just Shoot Me
8pm - Will and Grace
9pm - Third Watch
10pm - The District
11pm - Family Guy

Tuesday -
5/12 ONLY:
7:00-8:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00-10:00 - Pushing Daisies (2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00-10:30 - Being Average (New Episode)
10:30-11:00 - College (Series Premiere)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - College (Series Premiere; Repeat)

Starting 5/19:
7:00 - Gilmore Girls
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (R)
9:00 - House
10:00 - Criminal Minds
11:00 - Family Guy

Wednesday -
5/13 ONLY:
7pm - Roswell (Special Time)
8pm - YTN ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: The End of the World
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice (Special Time)

Starting 5/20:
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Being Average (New Episodes)
8:30pm - Family Guy
9pm - College (New Episodes; Week 2)
9:30pm - Roommates (Premiere of Repeats)
10:00pm - NCIS
11:00pm - The Practice

Thursday -
5/14 ONLY:
7:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (Repeat of 2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00 - Bones
11:00 - College (Repeat of Series Premiere)
11:30 - Being Average (Repeat from Tuesday)

Starting 5/21 -
7:00 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 - Roswell (Moves from Wednesdays)
9:00 - House
10:00 - Bones
11:00 - Lost (Premiere of Repeats)

Friday -
7pm - 8 Simple Rules
8pm - Everwood
9pm - NCIS
10pm - CSI: Miami
11pm - Breaking Bad

Saturday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - The Simpsons
2am - Movie
4am - Dexter
5am - Numb3rs
6am - NYPD Blue
7am - Your News Now: Saturday
8am - ER
9am - Movie
11am - Bones
12pm - Reba
1pm - Hope and Faith
2pm - Beauty and the Geek
3pm - The Closer
4pm - Without a Trace
5pm - Ghost Whisperer
6pm - Movie
8pm - The Biggest Loser
9:30pm - According to Jim
10pm - Army Wives
11pm - Veronica Mars

Sunday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - Medium
2am - Cold Case
3am - Without a Trace
4am - Movie
6am - Children's Movie
8am - Tom and Jerry
8:30am - The Flintstones
9am - Scooby Doo
9:30am - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
10am - Even Stevens
10:30am - That's So Raven
11am - Hope and Faith
12pm - 7th Heaven
1pm - The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2pm - The Closer
3pm - The West Wing
4pm - House
5pm - Valentine
6pm - Your News Now: A Week In Rewind
6:30pm - Family Guy
7pm - Chuck
8pm - Supernanny
9pm - Smallville
10pm - Reaper
11pm - Supernatural

GEN-TV's very first ogirinal drama series "The Day After" is set to make it's debut on May 15, 2009---exactly one week from today and we want to offically announced the now 100% confirmed cast of the series. The cast includes names that are known to television audiences from previous series. The series did however go through some changes from it's inital pilot (which was filmed for HGN NETWORK in 2006, but never made it to the air due to budget concerns). In the original pilot Joshua Jackson, Kerri Russell, Barry Watson and several other name actors like Laura San Gia Como were playing the main roles; but due to many factors several roles including those played by all of those actors had to be recast.

Here is the offical cast list:

Starring:

Benjamin McKenzie (The O.C.) as Brian Gentry

Leslie Bibb (Crossing Jordan, ER, Popular) as Shelia
“Shelly” Williams

Kerr Smith (Justice, The E-Ring, Dawson's Creek) as Richard Simpson

Kristen Vaunghess (Criminal Minds) as Nancy Ganor

Andrew Keegan (Camp Nowhere, 7th Heaven) as Steven Hill

Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Charlie Bairstow

Tiffani Thissen( Fastlane, 90210, Saved By The Bell) as Marcy Van Holden-Hill

Scott Wolf (The Nine, Everwood, Party Of Five) as Joseph "Joey" Ralston

Kristen Alderson (One Life To Live) as Laurie Hull-Van Holden

Ryan Carnes (Desperate Housewives, General hospital) as Mark Foster

and Featuring recurring performances from...

Shannen Doherty (90210, Beverly Hills: 90210, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty) as Chelsea Hightower

Perry King (Titans, Melrose Place, Almost Home) as Kevin Gentry




and here is a list of character descriptions:

Twenty-three year old Brian Gentry, a life-long slacker who has spent his life narrowly getting by on charm and his ruggedly handsome good looks... Upon completing his college education; which took longer than it should have, he got a B.A. in Communications after 6 years in school, due to lots of partying and slacking off Brian is about to enter the real world, as he takes on his first real job; working as a Production Assistant on the local morning news show that his wealthy father Kevin Gentry is the Co-Host of.... Aside from dealing with having a job and his overbearing, and non-compassionate father Brian is going to be dealt a blow when his girlfriend of 8 years, Shelly tells him that it's over and also reveals some other news that will either send Brian to the break of a total mental breakdown or will propel him to achieve new heights of success... Shelly Williams is a 26 year old who recently got her degree in Business Finance and who is the youngest executive to work at Farley, Hollis and Associates, an upscale Manhattan Accounting firm that she has just gotten hired at... Shelly is going to face some tough enemies at this job, as not only is she the youngest executive they've ever had, she is also the first women to ever work there. She's going to come across a whole lot of upset middle aged men who think that she stole a job they were supposed to get, even though in reality she's more qualified than they'll ever be. Oh and when after one week she gets the biggest promotion in company history and becomes a partner thing get even worse for her.... But her life will change for the better when she meets Charlie, a much older co-worker and partner in the firm who at first gives her hard time, but eventually she starts to win over.

Along for the ride is Richard Simpson, Brian's college roommate and best-friend. Richard is 26 and is pursuing or, at least attempting to pursue a career in Advertising, but finds it hard to deal with the corporate sharks that are circling at the new firm he was hired to temp at, all he wants is a chance to prove himself but because none of the over-egotistical executives at the firm will even listen to him his life is going to be a lot harder than he thought; especially when some of his co-workers learn that he is gay and he begins to get harassed. Richard is also dealing with a personal crisis as he learns that his long-time life partner, Joey has left him for another man, who happens to be Richard's cousin Mark and that Joey is kicking him out of the house they bought together three months ago...

Also featured in this show is Nancy Ganor, one of Shelly's close friends who after getting her Bachelor of Sciences is having a hard time adjusting to life as a lab technician at one of the largest drug companies in America... especially as she uncovers what just may be one of the largest and possibly deadliest cover-ups in the American drug system; which just may go up as far as the Federal Drug Administration, and even, the President himself.... Nancy will attempt to do the best she can to reveal this cover-up and will hope against hope that she is able to survive... the only person that provides Nancy any support in the company is Chelsea, a much older employee at the company who has known about this cover-up for ages but who isn't really credible to unveil it because of a past discretion with a higher-up in the company... as Nancy and Chelsea work together a friendship emerges...


Lastly featured is Steven Hill, one of Brian's closest friends who after getting his degree in Family and Consumer Sciences has decided to forget about working and to marry his girlfriend Marcy who he has been dating for six months.... but newly wedded bliss comes to a crashing after she is diagnosed with a terminal and untreatable form of ovarian cancer which gives her less than six months to live; and his life is changed even more when she tells him that she has a sixteen year old daughter named Laurie, from a short-lived marriage she entered into during high school and that her daughters father is now deceased with no living relatives and that she intends for Steven to raise Laurie. However soon after Marcy's death, Laurie's presence in his life becomes a much larger burden on him than he could have ever imagined as Laurie suffers a personal tragedy that impacts her mental stability; just as a figure from her past enters the picture, possibly threatening her very life with Steven.

Though they will not make their final selections until next week, GEN-TV today announced three more pilots they have been considering that until now have not been formally announced in any way to the public. These three series join an already large list of pilots that are up for consideration from GEN-TV; "Everyday Hereos", "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers", "Texas Justice", "Ivy Halls", "Ivy Hills", "Who Am I", "This Time Around" and several other pilots.

Today GEN-TV announced that they have comissioned the following pilots for consideration on their fall schedule.

"Life's Facts" a half-hour comedy written by Lisa Whelcel (former star of NBC's The Facts Of Life) and starring Lisa Whelcel, Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) about a "traditional catholic, American family struggling to raise god-fearing, kind children in these unwholesome times".

The series focuses on a family including a stay at home mother played by Whelcel (in her first series gig since FOL ended in 1988). and a minister husband (Cameron, his first series gig since WB's Kirk in 1997-1999) and three children. A devoutly religious son, approximetly 22ish studying to be a priest, a faith questioning teenager who loves rock music and a middle child that is just discovering what religion is to her. Series would be produced by Shanfusky-English Productions, the company that brought us "Murphy Brown".

Another sitcom pilot called "The Daily Grind" is also up for consideration. This pilot from Bright-Kauffman-Crane is about a 40-ish women who realizes that she hates her life. she has the same job she has been in since she was 27, she is with the same passionless boyfriend she's been dating since college (and who is secretly gay) and she can't stand living with her mother. The pilot currently stars Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, but the role would likely be recast if it goes to series because Dreyfuss is attached to CBS's "The New Adventures Of Old Christine". Also attached to the pilot is Cybill Shepherd ("The L-Word", "Samantha Who", "Psych", "Cybill", "Moonlighting"), who is set to play the mother of Christie, the main character. (This pilot has also been known as "Burn, Christie Burn" and "Life After This").

Lastly, they announced today another drama pilot called "United We Stand" from Ron Cohen and Daniel Lippman. The series is set in Boston, Masschusetts and centers around life as a gay and lesbian person in the United States today. Brooke Shields, Zack Braff, Dean Cain and Josie Bissett are among the names attached to the pilot.

GEN-TV has yet to make a decision about these or any pilots. Their fall schedule will be announced on May 20th.


----LEGAL DISCLAIMER----

These are not real television series, GEN-TV is not a real television network and this is just a pretend network created for fun. I do not intend to start false rumors about anybody's career. These series were made up by me and do not reflect any real series in development at any real network. None of these actors are attached to any of these shows for real. I do not represent any of the people mentioned on here.

---END OF LEGAL DISCLAIMER-----

TCN Press Release:
The Comedy Network Presents Breaks All Records
The Comedy Network's first ever original series, broke all records Thursday night. The Comedy Network Presents: had the highest viewership, the highest 18-49 demo and the highest 25-54 demo ever for TCN. The night started with the interview of Christina Applegate. The interview was watched by 858,000 viewers, reached a 0.5 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. That lead into the interview with Charlie Sheen at 9pm. Charlie Sheen's episode was watched by 908,000 viewers, reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. At 10pm was Christina Applegate's Samantha Who. Samantha Who was watched by 909,000 viewers, and reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds. At 11pm was Charlie Sheen's Two and a Half Men, which was watched by 918,000 viewers, and reached a 0.7 demo among 18-49 year olds. The President of TCN says "I am thrilled by the record numbers. I know we have yet to reach 1 million viewers, but beating our previous record by over 300,000 viewers is great."

Next week's interviews:
The female episode will be hosted by Ms. Megan Mullally, interviewing Ms. Debra Messing. Will and Grace will air at 10pm.
The male episode will be hosted by Mr. Brad Garret, interviewing Mr. Ray Romano. Everybody Loves Raymond will air at 11pm.
TCN Press Release:
The Comedy Network Presents Hits 1 Million Viewers
For the first time since launching in March of 2009, The Comedy Network has hit the 1 million viewer mark. The night started with the interview of Debra Messing. The interview was watched by 987,000 viewers, up 129,000 viewers from the last female interview. Debra Messing's interview reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.5 among 25-54 year olds. At 9pm was the male interview of Ray Romano was watched by 998,000 viewers, up 90,000 viewers from last week. Ray Romano's interview reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.6 among 25-54 year olds. At 10pm was Will and Grace starring Debra Messing. Will and Grace, the first show ever to hit 1 million viewers, had 1.05 million viewers. It also reached a 0.8 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.5 among 25-54 year olds. At 11pm was Everybody Loves Raymond, which was watched by 1.01 million viewers. Everybody Loves Raymond achieved a 0.7 demo among 18-49 year olds and a 0.6 among 25-54 year olds. The President of TCN says "We have finally hit 1 million viewers! I hope this trend continues."

Next week's interviews:
The female episode will be hosted by Ms. Melissa Peterman, interviewing Ms. Reba McEntire. Reba will air at 10pm.
The male episode will be hosted by Mr. Victor Williams, interviewing Mr. Kevin James. King of Queens will air at 11pm.

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11:00pm Knight Rider

12:00am Equalizer

1:00am Hunter

2:00am 21 Jump Street

3:00am Spenser For Hire

4:00am Tj Hooker
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5:00am Weekend Headline News

6:00am Early Show

7:00am Super Mario Bros Super Show

7:30am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

8:00am Gi Joe Real American hero

8:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

9:00am He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

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10:00am Voltron

10:30am Vechile Voltron

11:00am Thundercats

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1:30pm 227

2:00pm Gimme A Break

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3:00pm Webster

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4:30pm Night Court

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9:30pm Its Your Move

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7:30am Popeye The Sailer Man

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YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart Adds More Cast Members
YTN's first ever drama pilot has added two more cast member. Lauren Graham, best known for her role on Gilmore Girls, has been cast as Dr. Douglas Lyles ex-wife, Lauren. Erinn Hayes, who starred in CBS' short-lived Worst Week, will be one of Dr. Lyles assistants. Despite Errin Hayes recently giving birth on April 29th, she says she is still ready to shoot a pilot in a few weeks. More cast members are expected to be announced within the next few days. The President of YTN had no comment on the newest additions.

More Information On Comedy Pilot Ordered Earlier This Month
On Air (Comedy) - The latest comedy pilot on YTN follows people working on air and behind the scenes at a local news station. No more information has been released at this time.

YTN Says "No Way" To Comedy Pilot
The President, Vice President, and Programming Director at YTN have already turned down one comedy pilot. Luck No More, which was announced only a few days ago, was cut from YTN's pilot list. The President of YTN says "We are trying to reach an audience anywhere between Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49 or Adults 25-54. With Luck No More, our audience would mostly likely be between Males 18-34. Having just one target audience among one sex group usually doesn't work too well when first starting out." The Programming Director of YTN says "I saw the summary and said no right away. Maybe the script could have been done well, but on paper it sounded boring."
YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart Adds Three More Cast Members
Jesse Spencer, best known for his role on House, will join as another assistant to Dr. Douglas Lyles. While he is still a part of House, he will be 100% involved with Dr. Heart.

Annabella Sciorra, best known for her role in Law and Order: Criminal Intent, will be the third assistant to join the show.

David James Elliot, best known for his leading role in JAG, will be the boss of Dr. Lyles.

It's expected that these are the final cast members for Dr. Heart.

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YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart Adds Three More Cast Members
Jesse Spencer, best known for his role on House, will join as another assistant to Dr. Douglas Lyles. While he is still a part of House, he will be 100% involved with Dr. Heart.

Annabella Sciorra, best known for her role in Law and Order: Criminal Intent, will be the third assistant to join the show.

David James Elliot, best known for his leading role in JAG, will be the boss of Dr. Lyles.

It's expected that these are the final cast members for Dr. Heart.
YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart To Shoot On Wednesday
The pilot episode of Dr. Heart is expected to start on Wednesday as writing for the episode has just about wrapped up. The three writers of the series are busy adding in the three newest stars, but they say they will be done on Monday. It's expected that Erinn Hayes will be in the episode, but only in a limited role for now. The President of YTN says "I'm very excited to see the pilot once it's completed [which should be Friday or Saturday]." The President also said even though the pilot won't shoot until after the upfront date, a decision about the show will still be made during upfronts.

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"Texas Justice" is a drama pilot at GEN-TV that is getting major industry buzz right now and it has finalized it's cast, Marilu Henner, the Golden Globe nominated actress has joined the cast as Dana, the senators wife who must overtake his seat in the senate when he dies and who ruffles feathers with her more liberal views. She joins Morgan Fairchild as Clara and Gail O'Grady as Nicolette.

Also joining the cast are three well known males; Tom Skerritt (Brothers & Sisters, Picket Fences) will play Charles, the husband of Henner's character who dies within the first five minuets of the pilot. James Denton (Desperate Housewives) will star as a drifter that takes an interest in Fairchild's character and Phillip Casnoff (Strong Medicine) will play a vulture of a man embroiled in a public, bitter, and violent divorce from O'Grady's Nicolette character.

As for billing, according to reports the cast will be billed as follows: Marilu Henner is being billed as the lead, followed by Gail O'Grady and lastly Morgan Fairchild is third. All three are regulars. Denton, Casnoff and Skerritt will all be recurring guest stars. Denton is still committed as a regular to ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and Skerrit has a recurring role on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters".

While no word on wether this will be picked up as a series the casting of the main cast and all three male characters is a positive sign. Industry buzz is growing strong.

In a stunning move GEN-TV has announced today that Marilu Henner, the Golden Globe nominated actress best known for her role on "TAXI" has been replaced in the GEN-TV pilot "Texas Justice". According to a spokesperson for GEN-TV "The network and Ms. Henner came to a mutual agreement that she was not a good fit for this series". Apparently creative differences with producers were evident from the moment she walked on set "Although she was never anything but the upmost of professionals she and her character were not jelling". She has been replaced by another well known actress, Ally Walker, best known for her role on the hit NBC science fiction series "The Profiler" and most recently seen on HBO's short-lived "Tell Me You Love Me". With this casting the billing for the show changes as according to sources "The character of Dana, and the show itself is being slightly retooled". Markus Williams of GEN-TV said "Ally Walker will become the third lead. Gail O'Grady moves up to top billing and Morgan Fairchild moves up to second billing".

The opening credits if the show is picked up will appear like this:

"Texas Justice"

Starring....

Gail O'Grady

Morgan Fairchild

and Ally Walker.

According to sources Marilu Henner is "very well liked" at GEN-TV and it shouldn't be a big surprise if she shows up on another pilot for the network in the near future.

In other news, it appeas that Debra Messing (Will & Grace, The Starter Wife) fresh off the cancellation of USA Networks "The Starter Wife" has landed the lead role in a GEN-TV comedy pilot. Nobody from her camp is confirming this, nor has GEN-TV. Rumors are running amuck that she is replacing Julia Louis-Dreyfuss in the comedy pilot "The Daily Grind" (formerly called Burn, Christie Burn or Life After this).

YTN Press Release:
YTN Releases Info About Comedy & Drama Pilot
Therapist (Comedy) - Jane Lynch stars as Miranda Greene in YTN's latest comedy pilot about a therapist. Miranda hears everything, whether it's about a death in the family, or problems during sex. The President of YTN says "I am glad to have Ms. Lynch attached to this pilot. Wherever you see her, she is a therapist or something along those lines. I hope this pilot turns out well."

The Streets (Drama) - Cops have some of the hardest jobs in the world. This newest drama pilot shows what cops have to do to be seen as heroes. Some call this newest drama a mix between Law and Order and Southland, but the President of YTN says "No, it's not a mix. The concept has been done before, but we will be sure it's original."

YTN Orders 1 More Drama Pilot, and 2 Reality Pilots
YTN announced on Sunday afternoon that they were ordering one more drama pilot, and it's first two reality pilots. Thus far, YTN has two comedy pilots: On Air and Therapist; three drama pilots: The Streets, Dr. Heart, and the newly order Untitled drama; two reality pilots: Untitled Reality #1 and Untitled Reality #2.

Also yet to air: College and Roommates (which could join YTN will new episodes)
Currently Airing: Pushing Daisies and Being Average
YTN Press Release:
Untitled Reality Show Gets Name
The first of two new reality show pilots on YTN now has a name. Tentatively titled Looking for Love the show will focus on one (1) single man looking for love among eighteen (18) women. No other information is known at this point, although the President of YTN says "I like the sound of this reality show, but you'll have to wait a few days to see if it gets picked up."

The Other Untitled Reality Show Gets Name
The second of two new reality show pilots on YTN now has a name. Tentatively titled The One the show will focus on a group of twelve (12) people stuck in one house together. The show will place entirely different people together from all over the United States. At the end of each week one person will choose someone to leave. The catch? If they choose "THE ONE" to leave, the person who chose them will leave instead. "THE ONE" is randomly picked each week, and could be the same person two weeks in a row. Nobody will know who "THE ONE" is, unless they are picked to be sent home. The winner of the show will recieve $500,000 if they can last each week. The person who is "THE ONE" the most will recieve $100,000 if they are never picked to be sent home. Who will win?

On Air Gets First Cast Member
On Air now has its first cast member, and he is no stranger to the set up. Kelsey Grammar, best known for his role in Fraiser, will be the lead in the newest YTN comedy pilot. He last starred in FOX's Back to You. The President of YTN says "Having Kelsey Grammer attached to On Air makes you rethink your choice of almost letting the show go. I think On Air will be able to work with Mr. Grammer as a lead."

In a stunning move GEN-TV has announced today that Marilu Henner, the Golden Globe nominated actress best known for her role on "TAXI" has been replaced in the GEN-TV pilot "Texas Justice". According to a spokesperson for GEN-TV "The network and Ms. Henner came to a mutual agreement that she was not a good fit for this series". Apparently creative differences with producers were evident from the moment she walked on set "Although she was never anything but the upmost of professionals she and her character were not jelling". She has been replaced by another well known actress, Ally Walker, best known for her role on the hit NBC science fiction series "The Profiler" and most recently seen on HBO's short-lived "Tell Me You Love Me". With this casting the billing for the show changes as according to sources "The character of Dana, and the show itself is being slightly retooled". Markus Williams of GEN-TV said "Ally Walker will become the third lead. Gail O'Grady moves up to top billing and Morgan Fairchild moves up to second billing".

The opening credits if the show is picked up will appear like this:

"Texas Justice"

Starring....

Gail O'Grady

Morgan Fairchild

and Ally Walker.

According to sources Marilu Henner is "very well liked" at GEN-TV and it shouldn't be a big surprise if she shows up on another pilot for the network in the near future.

In other news, it appeas that Debra Messing (Will & Grace, The Starter Wife) fresh off the cancellation of USA Networks "The Starter Wife" has landed the lead role in a GEN-TV comedy pilot. Nobody from her camp is confirming this, nor has GEN-TV. Rumors are running amuck that she is replacing Julia Louis-Dreyfuss in the comedy pilot "The Daily Grind" (formerly called Burn, Christie Burn or Life After this).

Among the most buzzed about pilots this season is "Texas Justice" a drama about three southern friends dealing with life in the small town of Texas, Alabama (a fictional town) and the complicated issues surrounding life in the town. This series was first brought to the attention of GEN-TV's Shirley Smith in 2002 when she was working as a programming executive at Lifetime Television back then the show was called "Southern Living" and was a half-hour sitcom about three elderly southern beauticians living in the same boarding house and sharing stories
of their past life and loves. Smith said that "the shows unique tone and focus on life as an elderly person really hit home with me and struck me". Though she loved the tone of the show and the characters she felt the series needed more to work with and with the help of then producers Linda Bloodworth Thomason and Harry Thomason the show was retooled as a one-hour dramatic series about three southern females dealing with life in a small town while all embroiled in different romantic and political scandals. The show at the time cast a cast of people in their mid-30's/early 40's including "Melrose Place" alumni Josie Bissett, Melissa Gilbert and Faith Ford. Lifetime utlimately passed on the series but Shirley Smith remembered the script fondly and always kept it in the back of her mind. She was able to recommision the script while working at A&E in 2004, this time it was retooled with a slightly younger cast of women in their twenties; including soap stars Rebecca Budig and Gina Tognoni as well as Boston Legal's Monica Potter. At this stage the series shot three episodes before A&E pulled the plug citing "creative differences with directors". This brings us up to the year 2006 when Smith was working at "Hidden Gems Network" she was asked to find some old pilots that could be retooled for a series run. She knew the show she wanted to make happen, a pilot that was now called "Alabama, Texas' about three southern ladies in a small Texas town called "Alabama". The show was fast-tracked for a fall 2007 launch date when Spelling Television was brought on to produce. The show was cast with Kathy Baker, Marlee Matlin and Monica Potter cast in it. However when Aaron Spelling passed away and his company was no longer available to produce shows the financing fell through and "HGN" dropped production of the show before one episode was even produced. So this bring us to last year (2008) when Smith was named head of the committe that was to help relaunch "HGN" into "GEN-TV" and the idea of original programming was mentioned. The first pilot she brought up was "Alabama, Texas". Executives loved the script drafts and old pilot presentations that they saw and fast tracked the show. This time it was set to launch in the fall of 2008. However due to the time it took to rebrand the network they decided to push back original programming until the fall of 2009. After several script changes and recasting the curren trio of actresses was brought in.

Shirley Smitih maintains to this day that "Alabama, Texas is one of the best pilot scripts i've ever read". She says the decision to change the name of the show was simply "to make the title of the show more available to viewers and more relatable".

Here's a few inside scoops you may not know:

Last year when the pilot was originally brought back to GEN-TV (HGN) the idea was for Morgan Fairchild to star with Dolly Parton and Marie Osmond, but various obstecals such as Osmond and Parton's touring schedule and other committments made it impossible to get them to committ to a series committment.

At one point Jane Fonda was conisdered to replace Parton when she had to drop out, but her salary demands could not be met.

Sandra Bullock was in talks to produce the series, but she was not able to commit to the series because of her filming schedule for her film roles.


As of right now "Texas Justice" is considered a "heavy front-runner" for a spot on the fall schedule but nothing is certain yet.

YTN Press Release:
Which Pilots Will Go Forward, Which Pilots Won't?
With less than a few days to go before upfronts, YTN is releasing information about the pilots that will, and won't, make it to a series.

These Pilots Have A Good Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Dr. Heart
* The Streets
* Therapist
* On Air

This Show Has A 50/50 Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Roommates

These Pilots Have Little / No Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Looking for Love
* The One
* Untitled Drama (A.K.A. Courthouse)

GEN-TV PRESS RELEASE:

As pilot season begins to wind down and networks are busy putting the final touches on their fall schedules many are wondering which pilots have a good shot of being picked up and which have no shot at all. Well, we at GEN-TV want to make this easy for fans to understand so here is an easy to read guide on what seems likely to get a series committment and what seems unlikely. Of course this is all speculation until fall schedules are announced. For GEN-TV that day is May 20th, 2009.

What's Looking Likely:
The Huntress- Starring Shannen Doherty this bounty hunter drama has gained serious buzz during pilot season and seems like a strong contender. Doherty is very well liked at GEN-TV and executives have been anxious to work with her for sometime now.

Texas Justice: Morgan Fairchild is a known entity, the script is said to be spectacular and Gail O'Grady has a solid reputation. Ally Walker adds a bit of credibility to the show. Shirley Smith is IN LOVE with this pilot and has worked years to develop it.

Me, My Wife & Our Mothers: one of the few half-hour comedy series that is said to be a "strong contender" for a spot on the fall schedule.

Who I Am: This reality series about adopted children looking for their birth parents could end up on the fall schedule if early focus group response is any indication.

What's Looking Unlikely:

The Daily Grind: The title has been changed multiple times, indicating that a creative direction is still unknown. The characters have still been left mostly uncast and even a lead actress has yet to be announced.

Ivy Halls and Ivy Hills: These once promosing reality concepts seem to be loosing buzz as the days go by.

Life's Facts: This half-hour comedy was only announced days ago and hasn't gotten much industry buzz at this point. It stars two virtual has been's (Kirk Cameron and Lisa Whelcel) and it's concept isn't exactly mass market ready.

This Time Around: Though Sela Ward is a strong actress and is well liked at GEN-TV the concept of the show is a bit tricky and could be controversial. The series would be expensive to cast.

Casey: A half-hour comedy with Olivia Newton-John as a struggling country singer. This series was initally considered a front-runner but so far creative development on the show hasn't produced much of worth and inital industry speculation isn't good. Newton-John has attempted to get out of her contract which isn't a positive sign. (she was denied by the network which provides a glimmer of hope).

Could Go Either Way:

Everyday Hereos: The concept is very controversial and focuses on a subject matter that isn't an easy sell to viewers. The cast is ultra-expensive to pay for and creatively executives have been split on wether this one could play out well.

United We Stand: This is another high-concept drama with a cast of well knowns that would be expensive to cast. The subject matter again is controversial and may turn some viewers away. There is no guarentee this show would become a hit. However, executive love the team behind it so it's possible.

What has NO SHOT (in otherwords already cancelled):

Now What: This comedy about a retired couple has already been rejected by the network.

Summertown (summerville): this soap opera with Marie Osmond has been rejected by the network citing "creative developments we weren't behind".

Earth Squad America: a reality series focuses on environmental related disasters.

Twenty +: a reality series sort of like "The Real World" with people trying to break into the entertainment industry.

Today's Pets: A reality series focuses on getting pets adopted from shelters across America.

What about shows already airing? Well we won't make any decisions about "Hot Tamales", "Second Family" or "The Day After" until they have completed their runs later this fall. But going on the current ratings "Tamales" would be dead in the water and "Family" would likely be renewed. "After" hasn't started airing yet so that would not be decided yet.

PRESS RELEASE

GEN-TV CASTING NOTICES.

GEN-TV which is in the middle of it's pilot season announced several castings. Dean Cain, best known for playing superman to Terri Hatcher's Lois Lane on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman" and as Rick, the sexy man Brenda fell in love with on "Beverly Hills, 90210" has been cast opposite Shannen Doherty once again in "The Huntress", the pilot that Doherty is filming for GEN-TV. In the pilot Cain will play the ex-husband on Doherty's character, and also the father of her child. He replaces Jeremy London (Party Of Five, 7th Heaven) who will now play a different role on the show. He will play the role of Alicia Witt's husband. Speaking of Witt, her character has just been given a bit of a promotion. She will now be not only the business partner of Doherty's character but will also be her sister.

They have also announced that Frank Grillo best known for roles on "CSI: New York" and "Guiding Light" will play an ex-boyfriend of Doherty's character with a very shady past.

GEN-TV has announced that they are not going to move forward with the proposed Olivia Newton John sitcom "Casey" about a struggling country singer. She has been released from her contract and the pilot will not move forward to a series committment. This ends weeks of speculation after Newton-John asked for her contract to be terminated which sparked rumors that she did not like the creative direction of the show. Rumors were that GEN-TV was going to sue her but instead they have granted her request and this effectively killed the shows chances.

John Corbett who was signed to co-star in the show will also have his GEN-TV contract terminated.

In other news, things aren't looking as bad for Lisa Whelcel's "Life's Facts" which is gaining some buzz, espeically among family and christian groups who have seen the pilot and are praising it's look at religion and it's moral tone.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, April 27th to Sunday, May 3rd
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (5.98 million viewers)
2. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.15 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9:30pm (3.68 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - Average at 11pm and 11:30pm (3.58 million viewers)
5. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10:30pm (3.43 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.27 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (3.00 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.90 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.84 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.62 million viewers)

Pushing Daisies was number one again this week with 5.98 million viewers. The second episode of Being Average followed at number two. House moved up this week, placing at number three. Family Guy dropped viewers this week, but remained at number four. Criminal Minds returned this week, grabbing the number five spot. The Pushing Daisies repeat on Thursday had increased viewership, and placed sixth. NCIS remained at number seven, but also increased its viewership. House and Bones both stayed at number eight and nine this week, but Bones lost some viewership. CSI: Miami was once again the only Friday show to crack the top 10.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.12 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was an acceptable 81% from CSI: Miami. The President of YTN says "81% is pretty good. We didn't give Breaking Bad the best timeslot, so I'm happy."

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.02 million viewers)
T2. The Big Bang Theory (1.99 million viewers)
T2. My Wife and Kids (1.99 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.84 million viewers)
5. King of Queens (1.78 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men jumped to the number one spot this week, cracking two million viewers once again. The Big Bang Theory tied My Wife and Kids at number two with 1.99 million viewers. This is the first time ever that My Wife and Kids has been able to take the number two spot. Gary Unmarried, and King of Queens each dropped viewership, but were able to hold onto the number four and five spots.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.85 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.83 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.62 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.59 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.48 million viewers)

The Biggest Loser / Family Guy battle continued once again this week, with Family Guy coming out on top by only 2,000 viewers. Ghost Whisperer jumped to number three this week with 2.62 million viewers. The Secret Life of the American Teenager fell one spot to number four. The West Wing joined the top five for the first time ever, knocking Army Wives to number six.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (1.07 million viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver. Chuck held only 39% of Family Guy's 2.77 million viewers. The President of YTN says "Chuck did worse than I expected. Hopefully more of the fans tune in, or we will have to cut it."
Top ratings for the week from Monday, May 4th to Sunday, May 10th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (5.87 million viewers)
2. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.49 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9:30pm (3.53 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - Average at 11pm and 11:30pm (3.52 million viewers)
5. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10:30pm (3.49 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.09 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (3.07 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.99 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.84 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.61 million viewers)

The top 10 remained the same this week, with Pushing Daisies leading the pack. Being Average increased it's average, and ranked at number two. House, Family Guy, and Criminal Mind followed at number three, four, and five respectively. A Pushing Daisies repeat was able to stay above 3 million viewers this week, despite losing some viewers. NCIS followed at number seven with 3.07 million viewers. The House/Bones combo was next, ranking at number eight and number nine. CSI: Miami rounded out the list with 2.61 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.24 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was 86% from CSI: Miami.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.05 million viewers)
2. The Big Bang Theory (2.02 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.99 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.94 million viewers)
5. What I Like About You (1.88 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men was the number one comedy for the second week in a row, beating The Big Bang Theory by 3,000 viewers. My Wife and Kids fell to number three this week, with Gary Unmarried at number four. What I Like About You entered the top five for the first time with 1.88 million viewers.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.97 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.84 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.61 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.60 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.52 million viewers)

The top five shows remained in the same spots once again this week. Family Guy, however, increased it's audience to near 3 million viewers. The Biggest Loser had to take the silver medal, while Ghost Whisperer was happy with a bronze. The Secret Life took fourth place, and had the highest W18-34 demo for the weekend. The West Wing rounded out the top 5 with 2.52 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (1.00 million viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver. Chuck held only 35% of Family Guy's 2.83 million viewers. The President of YTN says "Where are all the Chuck fans? [laughs] We will give it another week, but it has to increase to stay on YTN.

YTN Press Release:
Valentine Grows Once Again
With a larger lead in this week, Valentine was able to grow once again. Valentine grew to 982,000 viewers. While House had 2.37 million viewers and that put retention at only 41%, the President of YTN says "I didn't expect it to do excellent. It's grown since it premiered, so I'm happy."
Valentine Hits All Time High With New Episodes
With the first airing of a never before seen episode, Valentine was able to climb over 1 million viewers for the first time. Valentine scored 1.19 million viewers, an increase of 208,000 viewers from last week. That put retention from House (2.21 million viewers) at 54%, an increase of 13% from last week. The President of YTN says "I'm glad we gave Valentine time to grow. 54% retention isn't great, but it's growing."

YTN Press Release:
Which Pilots Will Go Forward, Which Pilots Won't?
With less than a few days to go before upfronts, YTN is releasing information about the pilots that will, and won't, make it to a series.

These Pilots Have A Good Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Dr. Heart
* The Streets
* Therapist
* On Air

This Show Has A 50/50 Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Roommates

These Pilots Have Little / No Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Looking for Love
* The One
* Untitled Drama (A.K.A. Courthouse)
YTN Press Release:
YTN Officially Greenlights Dr. Heart
One day before upfronts, YTN has officially given the go-ahead to it's first ever drama, Dr. Heart, starring Eriq La Salle. No word was given on how many episodes were ordered, as it's expected that will be released tomorrow.

PLEASE NOTE:
Eria La Salle is NOT on this show. It is for fun ONLY!

GEN-TV has announced today, exactly a week and a day before their offical upfronts presentation that they have offically greenlight two series for the fall season. The first one, a drama series is the much buzzed about drama pilot "The Huntress" starring Shannen Doherty as a Texas bounty hunter with many personal problems. The drama series is being produced by Doherty and her ShanDo Production company, in association with Factsoflife Productions and ABC Studios. In the drama series, Shannen Doherty plays Monica Franklin a fast talking, fast shooting Texas woman returning home after being estranged from her family since she was eighteen years old and finding herself immersed in a new career as a bounty hunter. Her new career and dealing with her dysfunctional family is enough on it's own but then her now ex-husband (Dean Cain) comes to town with some serious baggage. This series reunites Doherty with her former "Beverly Hills, 90210" co-star Dean Cain who played Rick, the man Brenda flirted with in Paris in an infamous storyline on that show in 1993. Alicia Witt best known for roles on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Cybill" co-stars as Samantha Franklin-Vickers the sister and eventual business partner of Monica who carries some serious baggage of her own. Veteran actress Margaret Colin co-stars in a recurring role as Marci Franklin, the boozy, trampy, neglectful mother of Monica and Samantha who causes much havoc on the girls life.

The pilot was buzzed about for months and was considered a vitrual lock for a spot on the schedule; however some creative changes caused some to doubt if a pick-up would happen. GEN-TV today announced that it has ordered ten episodes of the series for a fall launch date. Specific timeslot and airdates will be announced at a later date.

In other news, GEN-TV has also ordered an undisclosed number of episodes for midseason for the comedy pilot "Life's Facts" written by and co-starring "Facts Of Life" veteran Lisa Whelchel. The half-hour comedy is about an average family struggling to teach their catholic faith to their three children. Whelchel an advid and outspoken Christian has written several best-selling books about her faith and raising a family. She co-stars with "Growing Pains" alumni Kirk Cameron who plays her husband. Other cast members will be announced at a later date. The series will air sometime in mid-season.

The pick-up of "Life's Facts" comes as somewhat of a surprise as many had considered the pilot a risky venture considering it's focus on faith and religion. It also was a last-minuet announcement from the network.

GEN-TV has confirmed today that they have ordered 13 episodes of "Life's Facts" the new scripted comedy they greenlight yesterday starring Lisa Whelcel and Kirk Cameron. initally an episode count was not known, but today they confirm that it will be a thirteen episode order. The network has also announced that they have picked up an option for additional episodes if the show is a hit.

GEN-TV has announced today a last minuet casting change for it's drama series "The Huntress". Margaret Colin, who was cast as Marci, the mother of Shannen Doherty and Alicia Witt's characters has been let go. She is being replaced by another name actress, Sharon Gless. Gless is best known for her Emmy-Winning role of Chris Cagney on "Cagney & Lacey" and most recently for her work on Cable series "Burn Notice" and "Queer As Folk". A representive for GEN-TV said the change was "simply a creative decision to make the character more authentic". Margaret Colin's representive said "while we regret that Ms. Colin will no longer be apart of the series whe acknowlege that she was not right for this particular part".

GEN-TV ordered ten episodes of "The Huntress" to start airing this fall.

M-F
6:00AM Married....With Children
6:30AM Steve Harvey Show
7:00AM Saved By The Bell
7:30AM City Guys
8:00AM California Dreams
8:30AM Hang Time
9:00AM Malibu CA
10:00AM Malcom & Eddie
10:30AM Night Court
11:00AM Good Times
12:00PM One Tree Hill
1:00PM The OC
2:00PM Veronica Mars
3:00PM Full House
3:30PM What I Like About You
4:00PM Three's Company
5:00PM Night Court
5:30PM Family Matters
6:00PM The Simpsons
6:30PM That 70s Show
7:00PM Family Guy
7:30PM Seinfeld
8:00PM One Tree Hill(M)
Reaper(T)
Gossip Girl(W)
Smallville(Th)
Smackdown(F)
9:00PM RAW(M)
ECW(T)
90210(W)
Chuck(Th)
10:00PM George Lopez Show(T-F)
10:30PM Home Improvement(T-F)
11:00PM Beverly Hills 90210
12:00AM Sabrina The Teenage Witch
1:00AM According To Jim
2:00AM Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
2:30AM Reba
3:00AM The Nanny
3:30AM 8 Simple Rules
4:00AM Movie

Weekend
Cartoons in the morning and Movies in the Afternoon & Evening

M-F
6:00AM Married....With Children
6:30AM Steve Harvey Show
7:00AM Saved By The Bell
7:30AM City Guys
8:00AM California Dreams
8:30AM Hang Time
9:00AM Malibu CA
10:00AM Malcom & Eddie
10:30AM Night Court
11:00AM Good Times
12:00PM One Tree Hill
1:00PM The OC
2:00PM Veronica Mars
3:00PM Full House
3:30PM What I Like About You
4:00PM Three's Company
5:00PM Night Court
5:30PM Family Matters
6:00PM The Simpsons
6:30PM That 70s Show
7:00PM Family Guy
7:30PM Seinfeld
8:00PM One Tree Hill(M)
Reaper(T)
Gossip Girl(W)
Smallville(Th)
Smackdown(F)
9:00PM RAW(M)
ECW(T)
90210(W)
Chuck(Th)
10:00PM George Lopez Show(T-F)
10:30PM Home Improvement(T-F)
11:00PM Beverly Hills 90210
12:00AM Sabrina The Teenage Witch
1:00AM According To Jim
2:00AM Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
2:30AM Reba
3:00AM The Nanny
3:30AM 8 Simple Rules
4:00AM Movie

Weekend
Cartoons in the morning and Movies in the Afternoon & Evening

EXCELLENT schedule! just EXCELLENT!

YTN Press Release:
Pushing Daisies' Season Finale Hits Record; College Breaks Record
PUSHING DAISIES:
It was a big night for YTN; Pushing Daisies had a two hour season finale, a new episode of Being Average aired, and College had it's series premiere. The two hour average for Pushing Daisies was 11.07 million viewers and a 4.0 demo among 18-49 year olds. Not only was this a record performance for Pushing Daisies, but it was the largest viewership ever for YTN. Pushing Daisies also recorded a 3.9 demo among 18-34 year olds and a 2.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. Among women, Pushing Daisies recorded a 6.4 demo among W18-49, and a 6.1 demo among W18-34.
BEING AVERAGE:
Following the large season finale of Pushing Daisies was a new episode of Being Average (Episode 4). Being Averaged scored 8.93 million viewers and a 3.4 demo among 18-49 year olds. That put retention out of Pushing Daisies at 81% in total viewers and 85% in the 18-49 demo. Being Average also recorded a 3.0 demo among 18-34 year olds, and a 2.6 demo among 25-54 year olds. Remember, Being Average moves to 8pm next Wednesday.
COLLEGE:
YTN's second original comedy, College, premiered at 10:30 and broke every record on YTN that Pushing Daisies set earlier in the night. College recorded 12.14 million viewers, increasing on Being Average by 3.21 million viewers, and scored a 4.5 demo among 18-49 year olds. College hit a high note among the 18-34 year old age group scoring massive 12.5 demo. Among the 25-54 year old age groups, College showed some interest with a 2.7 demo. Remember, College moves to 9pm next Wednesday.
At 10:30pm, a repeat of the series premiere of College recorded 5.83 million viewers and a 6.2 demo among 18-34 year olds. That puts viewership for both the new and repeat episode at 17.97 million viewers.
FAMILY GUY:
Family Guy recorded it's largest viewership on YTN following the series premiere of College with 7.63 million viewers.
HOUSE:
Earlier in the night, House took advantage of pre-tune in of Pushing Daisies with 3.06 million viewers. While it is down from it's 9pm normal timeslot, it is a large increase over the usual timeslot holder Gilmore Girls.

SCHEDULE FROM LAST NIGHT:
7:00-8:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00-10:00 - Pushing Daisies (2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00-10:30 - Being Average (New Episode)
10:30-11:00 - College (Series Premiere)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - College (Series Premiere; Repeat)

YTN Press Release:
Which Pilots Will Go Forward, Which Pilots Won't?
With less than a few days to go before upfronts, YTN is releasing information about the pilots that will, and won't, make it to a series.

These Pilots Have A Good Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Dr. Heart
* The Streets
* Therapist
* On Air

This Show Has A 50/50 Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Roommates

These Pilots Have Little / No Chance of Getting Picked Up:
* Looking for Love
* The One
* Untitled Drama (A.K.A. Courthouse)
YTN Press Release:
YTN Orders Numerous Shows
Today was YTN's big day as they announced which pilots would become series.

These shows that got a pickup from YTN for Fall 2009:
* Dr. Heart (10 Episodes)
* On Air (13 Episodes)
* Looking For Love (10 Episodes)
* The One (11 Episodes)

This show got a pickup from YTN for Midseason 2009:
* The Streets (Episode Number Not Yet Known)

These shows were passed on by YTN:
* Courthouse
* Therapist

These shows still have not been decided on:
* Being Average
* College
* Roommates

The President of YTN says "I'm glad this day has finally come. We now have two dramas coming to our network [Dr. Heart and The Streets], and two reality shows [Looking for Love and The One]. I know it came as a bit of a shock that we passed on Therapist, but we decided it wouldn't fit with our audience. We did ask Jane Lynch to join On Air, and I hope to hear from her quite soon. Courthouse was an obvious choice to pass on as nothing ever developed."

COMING TOMORROW: BREAKING PUSHING DAISIES NEWS!

PLEASE NOTE:
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THESE SHOWS! THIS IS JUST FOR FUN!

The recently greenlight comedy series "Life's Facts" was announced originally as a mid-season comedy but now GEN-TV has decided to move the series to a fall launch date. "Upon looking at the creative developement of the writing it was clear this show was ready to launch in the fall season". This series is GEN-TV's third original drama series ever, following currently airing "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family".

Here is the offical overnight ratings for GEN-TV's Wed, May 13, 2009 line-up.

at 7pm "Reba" scored 11.5 million viewers, at 730 "The New Adventures Of Old Christine" scored 13.2 million viewers. at 8pm an original episode of "Hot Tamales" aired to a record 9.4 million viewers, followed at 830 by "Second Family" with a solid 21.9 million viewers. "According To Jim" reached 8.10 million viewers, "Still Standing" reached 11.2 million, "Yes, Dear" reached 9.1 million, "Cybill" reached 17.9 million viewers followed by 15.9 million for "Grey's Anatomy" and 3.4 million for "MAD TV".

GEN-TV June 2009
This is the updated GEN-TV schedule for June 2009! The schedule contains only a few minor adjustments.

What’s Gone: Late night with Jimmy Fallon, Mad TV



M-F: Daytime
7am: Friends
730: Will & Grace
800: The Nanny
900: The New Adventures Of Old Christine
930: How I Met Your Mother
1000: The Nanny (additional airing)
1030: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (returns to daytime)
1100: Friends (additional airing)
1130: Two and A Half Men (new time)
Noon: Cold Case
1pm: Two Guys, A Girl & A Pizza Place
130pm: How I Met Your Mother (additional airing; rerun of 930am)
2pm: The Closer (new time)
3pm: Spin City (returns to daytime)
330: Spin City (additional airing)
4pm: Without A Trace (new time)
5pm: Survivor
6pm: The Office (returns to daytime)
630pm: Curb Your Enthusiasm
7pm: The Girls Next Door
730pm: The Girls Next Door

M-F Primetime:

Mondays:
800: Desperate Housewives
900: The Bachelor
1000: The Apprentice
1100: The Closer


Tuesdays:
700pm: The Day After
800: Melrose Place
900: The Guardian
1000: MONK
1030: Monk
1100: Judging Amy (moves to primetime)
]12am: The Girls Next Door
1230am: The Girls Next Door

Wednesday:
700: Reba
730: The New Adventures Of Old Christine
800: According To Jim (moves to 8pm)
830: Hot Tamales
900: Second Family (moves to 9pm)
930: Yes, Dear
1000: Still Standing
1030: Cybill
11pm: Grey’s Anatomy



Thursday:
700: Bones
800: The Practice
900: Gossip Girl
1000: Close To Home
1100: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
12am: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1230: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Friday:
7pm: Friends (new time)
730pm: Friends (new time)
800: Alias (new time)
9pm: Mad Men (joins primetime line-up)
10pm: Six Feet Under
11pm: Medium

Saturday Daytime:
7am: Punky Brewster
730: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
800: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
830: Moesha
900: Grounded For Life
930: Still Standing
1000: The King Of Queens
1030: Just Shoot Me
1100: Friends
1130: Scrubs
Noon: Seinfeld
1230: The Office

100: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
200: Felicity
300: Private Practice (previous season)
]400pm: Without A Trace
500: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Women
600: The Ghost Whisperer


Saturday Primetime:
700: Boy Meets World
730: Boy Meets World
800: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
830: Less Than Perfect
900pm: Designing Women
930: The Golden Girls
1000: The Golden Girls
1030: Sex and The City
11pm: Sex and The City
1130: Cybill
Midnight: CSI: New York


Sunday Daytime:

800: Scrubs
830: Rules Of Engagement (previous season)
900: Reba
930: Sister, Sister
1000: Sister, Sister
]1030: The Game
1100: Frasier
1130: The Larry Sanders Show
Noon: The Larry Sanders Show
1230: Saturday Night Live
130: Seinfeld
230: My Name Is Earl
300: Everybody Loves Raymond
330: Everybody Loves Raymond
400: The King of Queens
430: Scrubs
500: Just Shoot Me
530: The Steve Harvey Show
600: Everybody Hates Chris
630: Everybody Hates Chris

Sunday Primetime:
700: The West Wing
800: The Unit
900: How I Met Your Mother
930: The Big Bang Theory
1000: Third Watch
1100: Numbers
Midnight: Criminal Minds

YTN Press Release:
YTN's First Ever Original Movie Does Average
The first YTN Original Wednesday Night Movie, The End of the World, premiered last night with average numbers. The End of the World brought in 3.01 million viewers, and a 1.5 demo. While the viewership was a bit above average for Wednesday nights, the demo was about a full point above average. NCIS followed at 10pm with 2.73 million viewers, and a special The Practice aired at 11pm with 2.62 million viewers. Earlier in the night, Roswell was watched by 2.01 million viewers. The President of YTN says "I'm quite happy with the performance for The End of the World. The YTY Original Wednesday Night Movie will continue for the time being."

The next YTN Original Wednesday Night Movie, Dinosaurs in New York City, will air in July.

7pm - Roswell (Special Time)
8pm - YTN ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: The End of the World
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice (Special Time)

Starting this fall, GEN-TV will be airing an original movie of the week every Saturday. As part of it's strategy to provide as much original programming as possible they have devoted a two hour block on saturdays to airing an original production, starting in September. This news comes less than a week before they announce their fall schedule at Up-Front Week.

So far GEN-TV has produced 7 of the ordered 22 movies that will make up GEN-TV: Movie Of The Week. The first movie that will air is called "Wheels Of Justice" and stars Teri Polo as Janet Markum a Colorado housewive whose husband played by Dean Cain kills their five year old daughter while driving drunk and finds himself paraylzed from the waist down. The movie follows Janet as she must first grieve the loss of her daughter but also find a way to either make peace with her husband or move on from him.

In other GEN-TV news, word is leaking from reliable sources that the network is thisclose to passing on the comedy script "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" due to difficulty casting the project. However this is not offical and has not been confirmed by anyone at the network.

YTN Press Release:
Pushing Daisies Will End After Season 5
The first show with original episodes on YTN will be ending after its fifth season. Bryan Fuller, the creator of Pushing Daisies, met with the President of YTN yesterday and asked that the show end after five seasons. Bryan Fuller released this statement "I asked the President of YTN if we could work out a deal to get Pushing Daisies to syndication and end it in the time I had planned. Luckily we were able to reach an agreement, and for that I am thanking the Executives at YTN."

The new deal will have 18 episodes in season four (up 5 from the previous order) and 18 episodes in season five (up 5 from the previous order). That now makes a total of 70 episodes and a 2 hour movie episode (72 episodes) for Pushing Daisies. Season four is expected to air sometime in July or August. The series finale should air sometime next May.

PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS NOT REAL! ALL QUOTES ARE FAKE AND USED JUST FOR FUN!

GEN-TV can offically confirm today that they have reached a deal with sitcom veteran Debra Messing (Will & Grace) to star in the comedy series "The Daily Grind". The pilot is one of the pilots GEN-TV is considering for a spot on their fall schedule. It was a late announcement from the network but has been picking up steam. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss appeared in the original pilot as a favor to creators of the show, but because of her committment to CBS's "The New Adventures Of Old christine" was not able to come on board as an actual cast member. If the pilot is picked up she will headline the series as a 40ish women who realizes she hates her life after on her 40th birthday she looses her job, her diva mother moves in with her and her boyfriend comes out of the closet.

GEN-TV today has confirmed that two of their reality series are now dead in the water and will not move forward to series. "Who Am I" a reality program featuring adopted kids searching for their adopted parents and birth parents locating the children they gave away will not move forward to a series order. GEN-TV's Matthew Smith said "The reason for this show being dropped is because we felt the series was unable to find a logical tone that we at the network were comfortable with". The other reality series that is dead in the water, "Ivy Halls" a reality documentary series following six different high school kids trying to get into an ivy league school. According to sources cost was the issue with this series as it simply would cost too much to produce this series that focused on kids from different parts of the country.

This leaves only one other reality series in contention for a spot on GEN-TV's fall schedule; "Ivy Hills" a reality documentary series focuses on students at Ivy League schools and the pressure they face. The series was developed as a companion piece to "Ivy Halls" but sources indicate that the series plays just as well on it's own as it would have with it's sister series.

GEN-TV started out the pilot season saying they were gung-ho on starting several reality franchises but apparently quality was an issue as they have dropped all but one of their reality series thus far.

GEN-TV will announce their fall schedule on May 20th. Among the pilots that have yet to be picked up are "Texas Justice", "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers", "The Daily Grind", "Everyday Heros" and "This Time Around".

Rumors are circulating right now that Sela Ward has walked off the set of her pilot "This Time Around" amidst intense contract disputes with producers. Producers of the show have been negotiating with Ward on a contract in case her series is picked up for the fall season and the talks have been "back and forth" according to sources. The main issue seems to be her salary. Sources close to the set say that "Sela Ward is asking for roughly 75,000 dollars an episode" which is on the high end for a new series, however a name such as her can sometimes expect to make that much. "Producers are however offering closer to 55,000 an episode". Another big factor in the talks is "billing in the opening credits". According to sources Ward wants the show billed as "This Time Around... starring... Sela Ward" but producers want to bill the show as "This Time Around... starring... in alphabetical order..." which would put Tyne Dayl's name ahead of Sela Wards...

This Time Around is a pilot focusing on a divorcee who remarries a younger man only to discover that he may not be all he says he is... The pilot was generating a lot of buzz at GEN-TV but has cooled considerably since it was first launched.

YTN Press Release:
YTN Orders Multi-Camera Comedy For Fall
In a bit of surprising news, YTN has ordered another comedy for the fall. YTN has ordered 13 episodes of Singles. Singles focuses on a group of six friends who are looking for love and sex. They might find love (or sex) but it will be a bumpy road. No cast is yet attached to the project, but its expected a full cast will be ready by June.

These shows also got a pickup from YTN for 2009 or have been renewed:
* Dr. Heart (10 Episodes)
* On Air (13 Episodes)
* Looking For Love (10 Episodes)
* The One (11 Episodes)
* The Streets (Episode Number Not Yet Known)
* Pushing Daisies (36 Episodes Over 2 Seasons)

These shows still have not been decided on:
* Being Average
* College
* Roommates

YTN Press Release:
Titles of YTN's Two Comedies

College
1x01 - Welcome to College - Aired May 12th
1x02 - The List
1x03 - Party Time
1x04 - Love Is In The Air
1x05 - Hot, Hot, Hot
1x06 - Game On
1x07 - Too Obvious
1x08 - (NOT YET FILMED) - My Ex
1x09 - (NOT YET FILMED) - Dropout

Being Average
1x01 - Pilot - Aired April 21st
1x02 - The Famous Man - Aired April 28th
1x03 - The Date - Aired May 5th
1x04 - The Teacher - Aired May 12th
1x05 - The Theft - Airs May 20th
1x06 - The Big Breakup Part I - Airs May 27th
1x07 - The Big Breakup Part II - Airs June 3rd
1x08 - The Walk-In - Airs June 10th
1x09 - The Chores - Airs June 17th
1x10 - The In-Laws - Airs June 24th
1x11 - The Movies - Airs July 1st
1x12 - The Sweet Sixteen - Airs July 8th
1x13 - The First Season Finale - Airs July 15th

Admist rumors that Sela Ward has walked off the set of "This Time Around" after contract talks with producers failed comes word that the network is very close to signing a deal with Angie Harmon to take over the role in the event that the series is picked up and they are unable to reach an agreement with Sela Ward.

Sela Ward was set to star in the series as a divorcee in her fifties dating a man in his thirties who has a lot of psychological baggage attached to him. However early this week advanced contract talks went hay-wire when Ward asked for a lot more money than the network was able to produce. Many set insiders believed that both parties would be able to reach an agreement but before that could happen Sela Ward walked off the set in the middle of taping for the pilot episode. Some believe this is a ploy thought up by her handlers to get her money. As of right now neither GEN-TV or Sela Ward's publicist have released any statement or confirmed this in any way.

A rep for Angie Harmon would only say that "Harmon has been contacted by GEN-TV to participate in some form of taping for a fall pilot".

Top ratings for the week from Monday, May 4th to Sunday, May 10th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. Pushing Daisies - Tuesday at 8pm (5.87 million viewers)
2. Being Average - Tuesday at 9pm (4.49 million viewers)
3. House - Tuesday at 9:30pm (3.53 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - Average at 11pm and 11:30pm (3.52 million viewers)
5. Criminal Minds - Tuesday at 10:30pm (3.49 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (Repeat) - Thursday at 8pm (3.09 million viewers)
7. NCIS - Wednesday at 10pm (3.07 million viewers)
8. House - Thursday at 9pm (2.99 million viewers)
9. Bones - Thursday at 10pm (2.84 million viewers)
10. CSI: Miami - Friday at 10pm (2.61 million viewers)

The top 10 remained the same this week, with Pushing Daisies leading the pack. Being Average increased it's average, and ranked at number two. House, Family Guy, and Criminal Mind followed at number three, four, and five respectively. A Pushing Daisies repeat was able to stay above 3 million viewers this week, despite losing some viewers. NCIS followed at number seven with 3.07 million viewers. The House/Bones combo was next, ranking at number eight and number nine. CSI: Miami rounded out the list with 2.61 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.24 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was 86% from CSI: Miami.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.05 million viewers)
2. The Big Bang Theory (2.02 million viewers)
3. My Wife and Kids (1.99 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.94 million viewers)
5. What I Like About You (1.88 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men was the number one comedy for the second week in a row, beating The Big Bang Theory by 3,000 viewers. My Wife and Kids fell to number three this week, with Gary Unmarried at number four. What I Like About You entered the top five for the first time with 1.88 million viewers.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.97 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.84 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.61 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.60 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.52 million viewers)

The top five shows remained in the same spots once again this week. Family Guy, however, increased it's audience to near 3 million viewers. The Biggest Loser had to take the silver medal, while Ghost Whisperer was happy with a bronze. The Secret Life took fourth place, and had the highest W18-34 demo for the weekend. The West Wing rounded out the top 5 with 2.52 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (1.00 million viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver. Chuck held only 35% of Family Guy's 2.83 million viewers. The President of YTN says "Where are all the Chuck fans? [laughs] We will give it another week, but it has to increase to stay on YTN.

Top ratings for the week from Monday, May 11th to Sunday, May 17th[/B]
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. College (12.14 million viewers)
2. Pushing Daisies (11.07 million viewers)
3. Being Average (8.93 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - AVERAGED - (5.91 million viewers)
5. College (R) (5.83 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (R) (5.68 million viewers)
7. House (3.06 million viewers)
8. YTN Wednesday Night Original Movie (3.01 million viewers)
9. NCIS (2.73 million viewers)
10. House (2.64 million viewers)

The series premiere of College was able to grab the top spot for the week with a massive 12.14 million viewers. Pushing Daisies fell one spot to number two with 11.07 million viewers. A new episode of Being Average also slipped a spot to number three. Family Guy was able to average close to 6 million viewers with a massive Tuesday airing. A repeat of College took fifth, while a repeat of Pushing Daisies took sixth. House took a hit this week falling to number seven. The first ever YTN Wednesday Night Original Movie was able to take eighth place. A regular edition of NCIS took ninth, while an episode of House rounded out the top 10 with 2.64 million viewers)

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.11 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was 83% from CSI: Miami.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.09 million viewers)
2. My Wife and Kids (2.01 million viewers)
3. The Big Bang Theory (1.92 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.83 million viewers)
5. What I Like About You (1.81 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men held the number one spot for the second week in a row with 2.09 million viewers. My Wife and Kids took its first ever lone-second place with 2.01 million viewers. The Big Bang Theory fell to third place for the first time in a long time with 1.92 million viewers. Gary Unmarried and What I Like About You remained at number four and five this week.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.86 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.51 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.39 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.22 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.01 million viewers)

The entire top five fell in ratings this week, but all remained in their same ranking. Family Guy grabbed first place again, with The Biggest Loser taking the silver once again. Ghost Whisperer finished third, with heavy W18-34 The Secret Life taking fourth. The West Wing rounded out the weekend top five with 2.01 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (743,000 viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver once again. Chuck held only 27% of Family Guy's 2.74 million viewers. The President of YTN says "This will be the final time Chuck will air. These numbers are not acceptable for having such a large lead in. I am quite disappointed that Chuck could not do better."

Valentine Hits All Time High With New Episodes
With the first airing of a never before seen episode, Valentine was able to climb over 1 million viewers for the first time. Valentine scored 1.19 million viewers, an increase of 208,000 viewers from last week. That put retention from House (2.21 million viewers) at 54%, an increase of 13% from last week. The President of YTN says "I'm glad we gave Valentine time to grow. 54% retention isn't great, but it's growing."
Valentine Collapses This Week
The second never-before-seen episode of Valentine took a steep drop this week, falling to record lows. Valentine brought in 658,000 viewers, a drop of 532,000 viewers from last weeks record high. That put retention from House (1.99 million viewers) at 33%, a decrease of 21% from last week. The President of YTN says "I have no idea what happened. I can't believe how low the ratings were this week."

YTN Press Release:
YTN Pulls Chuck
After falling below 800,000 viewers this week, YTN has pulled Chuck from its Sunday night schedule. YTN will replace Chuck with repeats of College and Being Average. College will air at 7pm, with Being Average following at 7:30pm. Supernanny will continue to air at 8pm despite the lower than average ratings the past three weeks. The President of YTN says "Placing College and Being Average at 7pm should really help out the lineup. College already proved it can bring in big ratings with its premiere, so I hope that can continue on Sundays. If the comedy duo doesn't do well, Wife Swap is waiting in the wings."

GEN-TV's very first ogirinal drama series "The Day After" is set to make it's debut on May 15, 2009---exactly one week from today and we want to offically announced the now 100% confirmed cast of the series. The cast includes names that are known to television audiences from previous series. The series did however go through some changes from it's inital pilot (which was filmed for HGN NETWORK in 2006, but never made it to the air due to budget concerns). In the original pilot Joshua Jackson, Kerri Russell, Barry Watson and several other name actors like Laura San Gia Como were playing the main roles; but due to many factors several roles including those played by all of those actors had to be recast.

Here is the offical cast list:

Starring:

Benjamin McKenzie (The O.C.) as Brian Gentry

Leslie Bibb (Crossing Jordan, ER, Popular) as Shelia
“Shelly” Williams

Kerr Smith (Justice, The E-Ring, Dawson's Creek) as Richard Simpson

Kristen Vaunghess (Criminal Minds) as Nancy Ganor

Andrew Keegan (Camp Nowhere, 7th Heaven) as Steven Hill

Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Charlie Bairstow

Tiffani Thissen( Fastlane, 90210, Saved By The Bell) as Marcy Van Holden-Hill

Scott Wolf (The Nine, Everwood, Party Of Five) as Joseph "Joey" Ralston

Kristen Alderson (One Life To Live) as Laurie Hull-Van Holden

Ryan Carnes (Desperate Housewives, General hospital) as Mark Foster

and Featuring recurring performances from...

Shannen Doherty (90210, Beverly Hills: 90210, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty) as Chelsea Hightower

Perry King (Titans, Melrose Place, Almost Home) as Kevin Gentry




and here is a list of character descriptions:

Twenty-three year old Brian Gentry, a life-long slacker who has spent his life narrowly getting by on charm and his ruggedly handsome good looks... Upon completing his college education; which took longer than it should have, he got a B.A. in Communications after 6 years in school, due to lots of partying and slacking off Brian is about to enter the real world, as he takes on his first real job; working as a Production Assistant on the local morning news show that his wealthy father Kevin Gentry is the Co-Host of.... Aside from dealing with having a job and his overbearing, and non-compassionate father Brian is going to be dealt a blow when his girlfriend of 8 years, Shelly tells him that it's over and also reveals some other news that will either send Brian to the break of a total mental breakdown or will propel him to achieve new heights of success... Shelly Williams is a 26 year old who recently got her degree in Business Finance and who is the youngest executive to work at Farley, Hollis and Associates, an upscale Manhattan Accounting firm that she has just gotten hired at... Shelly is going to face some tough enemies at this job, as not only is she the youngest executive they've ever had, she is also the first women to ever work there. She's going to come across a whole lot of upset middle aged men who think that she stole a job they were supposed to get, even though in reality she's more qualified than they'll ever be. Oh and when after one week she gets the biggest promotion in company history and becomes a partner thing get even worse for her.... But her life will change for the better when she meets Charlie, a much older co-worker and partner in the firm who at first gives her hard time, but eventually she starts to win over.

Along for the ride is Richard Simpson, Brian's college roommate and best-friend. Richard is 26 and is pursuing or, at least attempting to pursue a career in Advertising, but finds it hard to deal with the corporate sharks that are circling at the new firm he was hired to temp at, all he wants is a chance to prove himself but because none of the over-egotistical executives at the firm will even listen to him his life is going to be a lot harder than he thought; especially when some of his co-workers learn that he is gay and he begins to get harassed. Richard is also dealing with a personal crisis as he learns that his long-time life partner, Joey has left him for another man, who happens to be Richard's cousin Mark and that Joey is kicking him out of the house they bought together three months ago...

Also featured in this show is Nancy Ganor, one of Shelly's close friends who after getting her Bachelor of Sciences is having a hard time adjusting to life as a lab technician at one of the largest drug companies in America... especially as she uncovers what just may be one of the largest and possibly deadliest cover-ups in the American drug system; which just may go up as far as the Federal Drug Administration, and even, the President himself.... Nancy will attempt to do the best she can to reveal this cover-up and will hope against hope that she is able to survive... the only person that provides Nancy any support in the company is Chelsea, a much older employee at the company who has known about this cover-up for ages but who isn't really credible to unveil it because of a past discretion with a higher-up in the company... as Nancy and Chelsea work together a friendship emerges...


Lastly featured is Steven Hill, one of Brian's closest friends who after getting his degree in Family and Consumer Sciences has decided to forget about working and to marry his girlfriend Marcy who he has been dating for six months.... but newly wedded bliss comes to a crashing after she is diagnosed with a terminal and untreatable form of ovarian cancer which gives her less than six months to live; and his life is changed even more when she tells him that she has a sixteen year old daughter named Laurie, from a short-lived marriage she entered into during high school and that her daughters father is now deceased with no living relatives and that she intends for Steven to raise Laurie. However soon after Marcy's death, Laurie's presence in his life becomes a much larger burden on him than he could have ever imagined as Laurie suffers a personal tragedy that impacts her mental stability; just as a figure from her past enters the picture, possibly threatening her very life with Steven.


The series debut of GEN-TV's first original drama series "The Day After" was nothing to talk about as the series first episode netted only 899,000 viewers and got a 1.2 share and placed #3 in the 18-49 demographic on Friday night. It was best by both CBS's "The Ghost Whisperer" and "Flashpoint". This marks the lowest rated episode of any original series that GEN-TV has ever aired. Even "Hot Tamales" has consistantly ranked in the 2-6 million viewer range.

Though the ratings were weak the network still plans to go ahead with airing the second episode of the series tommorrow night.

The weak ratings for the show serve as a concern for GEN-TV as much of the marketing for the series was built upon the presence of Shannen Doherty in the series. Doherty who has a recurring role on the series was advertisted as one of the main reasons to watch the series and was featured prominetly in on-air, on-line and print marketing promoting the series. The low ratings serves as a possible sign that her recently greenlight series "The Huntress" in which she stars could be less of a sure fire hit than expected.

GEN-TV reps were quoted today as saying "we believe in this series and intend to stand by it".

Ratings Report: April 26, 2009-May 4, 2009.

Primetime Top 10:
1. Second Family (34 million viewers)---ALL TIME HIGH FOR ORIGINAL SERIES
2. The Practice (33.4 million viewers)
3. Cybill (33.3 million viewers)
4. The Apprentice (33.1 million viewers)
5. Bones (32.2 million viewers)
6. Desperate Housewives (32.1 million viewers)
7. Reba (32 million viewers)
8. The Bacholer (30.59 million viewers)
9. Ally McBeal (30.22 million viewers)
10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (29.9 million viewers)

The top ten this week scored record ratings highs. The second episode of "Second Family" was the highest rated episode of any original series the network has ever aired with 34 million viewers tuning in. "The Practice" continued it's time in the top two, and "Cybill" rounded out the top 3. "Bones" made a surprising debut into the top 10, as did "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and 'The Bacholer". "The Apprentice"also rounded out the top 10.

Not making the top ten, but performing well were the three rebroadcasts of "Striesand: Live In Concert" which averaged (for all three shows together) 28.7 million viewers. "The Closer" was watched by 22 million viewers. "New Christine" racked in 17 million viewers.

Daytime Top 10:
1. Friends (20 million viewers)
2. The Nanny (19.9 million viewers)
3. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (19.8 million viewers)
4. The Girls Next Door (18.4 million viewers)
5. How I Met Your Mother (18.3 million viewers)
6. Judging Amy (18.1 million viewers)
7. Cold Case (18 million viewers)
8. Without A Trace (17.4 million viewers)
9. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (16.5 million viewers)
10. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (15.5 million viewers)

---Friends jumped ahead of the pack with 20 million viewers while Sabrina and The Nanny continued to garner solid viewers. "The Girls Next Door" showed up with 18.4 million viewers for a 4th place finish. Performing poorly for the network were: "Two and A Half Men" with ratings of under three million viewers and "Mad Men" with viewers of under two million viewers.

Weekend Top 5:
1. Scrubs (19.3 million viewers)
2. Punky Brewster (19.2 million)
3. Sister, Sister (18 million)
4. Everybody Loves Raymond (17.59 million)
5. Reba (15.4 million)


GEN-TV Ratings for the week of May 5, 2009-May 18, 2009.

Primetime Top 10:

1. The Apprentice (45.6 million viewers)- ALL TIME NETWORK HIGH
2. The Practice (34.3 million viewers)
2. Cybill (22.2 million)
3. Desperate Housewives (22 million)
4. Ally McBeal (21.98 million)
5. Reba (21.22 million)
6. How I Met Your Mother (20.3 million)
7. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (20.2 million)
8. Second Family (20.01 million)
9. The Big Bang Theory (20 million)
10. Bones (19.35 million)

The top 10 was full of surprises this week as "The Apprentice" soared to new ratings hieghts with an inexplicable audience of 45.6 million viewers. The rest of the top 5 were all the usual suspects. "Second Family" continued to soar in the ratings. "How I Met Your mother" was an unexpected entry into the top 10 with 20.3 million viewers.

Performing low for the network were the series debut of "The Day After" which only netted 899,000 viewers in total for the lowest rated series debut the network has ever seen. "Hot Tamales" is a winner by comparison where that shows 10.1 million viewers seems like a major victory. That show did grow 5% week to week.

Daytime Top 10:

1. The Nanny (15.6 million)
2. How I Met Your Mother (15.3 million)
3. Friends (15.1 million)
4. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (15 million)
5. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (14.56 million)
6. Cold Case (14.23 million)
7. Judging Amy (14.10 million)
8. Will & Grace (14 million)
9. Survivior (13.9 million)
10. The Girls Next Door (12.4 million)

"The Nanny" reinged supreme once again with 15.6 million viewers while "How I Met Your Mother" knocked "Friends" down to third place and "Sabrina" down to 4th place. though both show remained solid.

Weekend Top 5:
1. Scrubs (12.3 million)
2. Punky Brewster, Moesha, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (12 million)
3. Felicity (11.3 million)
4. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (10.4 million)
5. Just Shoot Me (9.4 million)

Low Performers:

Reruns of "Mad Men" continue to net low interest to the point that network executives are looking to dump the series contract ASAP. "The Day After" is the lowest rated program on television. Reruns of "Spin City" are netting low returns.

GOLD STAR: some high praise was earned by "The Apprentice" which inexplicably set a new network ratings record with 45.6 million viewers tuning in for a rerun of the season 1 finale where Bill Ransic was named winner. "The Practice" continues to be a valuable asset to the primetime line-up and "How I Met Your Mother" is growing each week.

The folks at GEN-TV are prepping up for their first ever up-front presentation tommorrow which will feature the announcement of which pilots will and will not go forward as a series and what the fall schedule will look like.

As of right now we know that the network has already picked up two pilots "The Huntress" starring Shannen Doherty as a bounty hunter and "Life's Facts" with Lisa Whelcel and Kirk Cameron as christian parents trying to raise their own family and stay true to their faith. Word on the street is that at least two other pilots will be picked up.

Until recently one of the pilots considered most likely to get a pick-up was "This Time Around" but as of this week the pilot looks unlikely to move forward as star Sela Ward has walked off the set and hasn't locked in a contract with the network. Also, Angie Harmon who was considered to replace her has officially passed on the role citing "discomfort with the series message" as the reason. "Texas Justice" was another pilot looking hot to move forward to series but as of yesterday network executives seemed weary about the pilot citing "drastic changes from the original concept" as one potential reason it might not move forward.

At the start of the pilot season GEN-TV seemed hell bent on launching several reality franchises but as of now only two reality pilots remain in contention and neither is certain to make the schedule. Sitcoms were a top priority at seasons launch but the number of sitcoms that will be ordered to series remains unclear at this point.

Just a day before they make their offical announcement about which fall pilots will and will not move foward GEN-TV has announced that they have offically cancelled "The Day After". The series which debuted last Friday night posted the lowest rated numbers of any series in network history. The series is being pulled from the schedule immedietly and tonights episode is being replaced with reruns of "How I Met Your Mother". The series has sixteen episode (including tonights) left that will not make it to air. The network says they have no plans to burn off the episodes of the series but that they may stream them on-line at the networks website.

the cancellation of the series comes just a day after network reps stated that they planned to stand by the series.

In other news, the network handed out good news to two other series. They have picked up the "back nine" for "Hot Tamales", the sitcom they launched that is struggling but growing in the ratings. Initally the network had ordered twenty-two episodes of the show with the option to review the shows progress after six episodes. Though only five episodes have aired thus far the network is apparently happy enough with the shows progress and has agreed to air the rest of the episodes. It was even better news for "Second Family" which GEN-TV announced today they have renwed for another "two seasons". The network extended their contract to air the show through the 2011-2012 season.

YTN Press Release:
YTN Orders Numerous Shows
Today was YTN's big day as they announced which pilots would become series.

These shows that got a pickup from YTN for Fall 2009:
* Dr. Heart (10 Episodes)
* On Air (13 Episodes)
* Looking For Love (10 Episodes)
* The One (11 Episodes)

This show got a pickup from YTN for Midseason 2009:
* The Streets (Episode Number Not Yet Known)

These shows were passed on by YTN:
* Courthouse
* Therapist

These shows still have not been decided on:
* Being Average
* College
* Roommates

The President of YTN says "I'm glad this day has finally come. We now have two dramas coming to our network [Dr. Heart and The Streets], and two reality shows [Looking for Love and The One]. I know it came as a bit of a shock that we passed on Therapist, but we decided it wouldn't fit with our audience. We did ask Jane Lynch to join On Air, and I hope to hear from her quite soon. Courthouse was an obvious choice to pass on as nothing ever developed."

COMING TOMORROW: BREAKING PUSHING DAISIES NEWS!

PLEASE NOTE:
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THESE SHOWS! THIS IS JUST FOR FUN!
YTN Press Release:
YTN Cancels On Air
Before producing/airing a single episode, YTN has cancelled On Air. The network said they decided to cancel On Air as Kelsey Grammer left the series for ABC's Hank and Jane Lynch declined to work on the show. The President of YTN says "We knew about four days ago that we were going to cancel it, but we decided to wait and see if anyone else would join the show. As you can see, that didn't happen, so we cut our losses."

These shows that got a pickup from YTN for Fall 2009 or were renewed:
* Dr. Heart (10 Episodes)
* Singles (13 Episodes)
* Looking For Love (10 Episodes)
* The One (11 Episodes)
* Pushing Daisies (36 Episodes; 18 For Two Seasons)

This show got a pickup from YTN for Midseason 2009:
* The Streets (Episode Number Not Yet Known)

These shows were passed on by YTN:
* Courthouse
* Therapist
* On Air

These shows still have not been decided on:
* Being Average
* College
* Roommates

PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS NOT REAL! THIS IS JUST FOR FUN!

Just hours before GEN-TV is set to unviel it's first offical fall schedule the network has released some last minuet casting confirmations.

Daphne Zuniga is stepping in as Sela Ward's replacement on "This Time Around". She resumes the role of a 50-something divorcee who starts a relationship with a man in his 30's (Tom Everret Scott) who isn't who he seems to be. Zuniga is best known for her work on FOX's iconic series "Melrose Place" where she played Jo Reynolds for four seasons. She most recently recurred on CW's "One Tree Hill". The decision to cast was made yesterday after GEN-TV recieved word from Sela Ward's agent that she has chosen not to continue her work on the pilot.

In other casting news, the network is tinkering once again with the cast for "Texas Justice". The pilot which came to the network and was initally the network's favorite pilot has undergone several high profile cast changes this pilot season with Marilu Henner, Dolly Parton and others all either passing on or getting replaced from roles on the series. This latest casting changes comes as a bit of a surprise to some. Morgan Fairchild has been let-go and is being replaced with Nicolette Sheridan ("Desperate Housewives"). The decision was made by GEN-TV's Shirely Smith and Matthew Smith who decided the series needed to be "more mordern and more current" and they opted to replace one of the "older skewing" actresses. Nicolette assumes the role of a recently parolled former madame who returns home after years in prison.

The two lead roles in "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" have finally been cast. Garcelle Beauvies-Nilon (NYPD BLUE, The Jamie Foxx Show) will portray the wife character and Johnny Lee Miller (Eli Stone) will play the husband character. they join already cast Vicki Lawerence, Telma Hopkins and Aisha Tyler.

Lastly, Delta Burke has been cast in "The Daily Grind" as the mother of Debra Messings character.

None of these series have been offically picked up yet as GEN-TV doesn't announce fall line-ups until later today.

However if recent trends indicate anything than some shows may be headed that way as GEN-TV has already given permission to producers of "Texas Justice" to start hiring crew and writers. This isn't a 100% confirmation that the show has been picked up but it is a positive sign.

GEN-TV the new destination for television lovers is teaming up with Entertainment Tonight the #1 Entertainment news magazine in the world for a brand new reality TV series called "Entertainment Tonight Presents...Reunited". The new reality series will reunite cast memebers from classic television series, classic films and musical acts of the past. using archived footage from the "E.T." vault the casts will reminisce about the projects that made them household names and in the case of the musical acts will feature new live performances by the acts. It will be a hybird of a reunion and biography. Mary Harte who is the anchor of E.T. will serve as host of this series as well. The series is set for a spring 2010 launch and will serve as a mid-season replacement.

As of right now the only act booked is the one that was used in the inital pitch and that is the classic 1990's sitcom "Living Single".

This comes at a time when GEN-TV is struggling to launch a reality series. Despite commisioning over 5 reality pilots only two remain in contention for spots on the fall schedule. "Ivy Halls" and "Ivy Hills", however they are basically the same concept.

Today is the day that fans have been anxiously waiting for. GEN-TV has announced pick-ups for their fall schedule and has offically released their entire fall schedule.

Network plans aggressive fall slate, including 8 new series, 2 series coming from other networks and 1 returning series.

Big names including Christine Lathi, Kathleen Turner, Kathy Griffin, Chelsea Handler, Jonathon Silverman, Fred Savage and Debra Messing have slots on schedule.

The network has orders 7 comedy series, 3 drama's and saves two shows from cancellation on other networks. Also on tap are three mid-season series.

Among the newly ordered dramas are "Texas Justice" which now has the following cast associated with it: Gail O'Grady, Nicollette Sheridan and Ally Walker. The series will air 10pm on Tuedsay nights. "The Huntress" will meet her prey on Thursdays at 9pm. On Saturday nights at 9pm Christine Lathi stars as a frazzled wife and mothers whose family is about to implode in "The House Of Secrets & Lies".

In terms of comedy series the network has ordered a larger slate than originally thought with 7 new comdey series debuting this fall. Originally only a handful of shows had been publically announced.

The new comedy series include previously announced pick-up "Life's Facts" with Lisa Whelcel which will headline the Friday night line-up at 9pm. At 930pm will be previously unannounced comedy "Julie McPherson IS somebody" which stars Kathleen Turner as a former 1980's movie starlett who is desperate for a comeback. Also included on the fall schedule are "The Daily Grind" with Debra Messing and Delta Burke attached to star. It will air Wensday nights at 9pm. Wendsday will also see the launch of Johnny Lee Miller and Garcelle Beauvies Nillion's "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" which airs at 930pm. Airing at 10pm on Weds is Fred Savage in "People I Know" an office based comedy about a down on his luck office employee who decides his co-workers would make a wonderful cast of characters for a novel. On Saturday nights a slew of new comedy series debut including "Kathy Griffin's Show" which stars the A-List comic icon as a 40ish and single stand-up comic who has sworne off love until a one-night stand produces a very unexpected result---she has gotten married. It airs 830pm, following "Chelsea Handler's Take On Life" a sitcom starring Chelsea Handler as a single, approaching 40 stand-up comic who is madly in love with her new agent Ron (Jonathon Silverman) with whom she has a one-night stand, one the night of his wedding to her publicist Angie (Andrea Parker). Andrea Parker will pull double duty also appearing in the networks series "Life's Facts" as Aunt Nancy.

The network has ordered two reality series. "Ivy Halls" airing Saturday nights at 730 focuses on six different kids all attending Ivy League schools and the pressure that faces them. Premering in mid-season (slot TBA) is sister series "Ivy Hills" focusing on kids trying to get into Ivy League schools.

GEN-TV has also come to the rescue for two series that were cancelled by other networks. They will produce and air new episodes of "Without A Trace" to air on Monday nights at 10pm. The crime drama was cancelled by CBS after almost seven seasons. The network has ordered fifteen episodes. In order to pick up the show some budget changes had to be made, which includes scaling down the cast, the offical cast changes will be announced at a later date. GEN-TV has also picked up the cancelled ABC series "Samantha Who" starring Christina Applegate and Jean Smart. It will debut in mid-season.

Here is the offical fall 2009-2010 schedule...

GEN-TV Official September 2009 Schedule


What’s New: All Of Us, Life’s Facts, Texas Justice, Ivy Halls, Me My Wife & Our Mothers, The Daily Grind, The Huntress, Movie Of The Week, The Facts Of Life, People I Know, Kathy Griffin’s Show, Chelsea Handler’s Take On Life, Julie McPherson IS somebody, Without A Trace, Mad About You, Medium, Army Wives, The House Of Secrets & Lies, 7th Heaven.

M-F: Daytime
7am: Friends
730: Will & Grace
800: The Nanny
900: Mad About You (new to network)
930: How I Met Your Mother
1000: How I Met Your Mother
1030: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (returns to daytime)
1100: Friends (additional airing)
1130: Two and A Half Men (new time)
Noon: Cold Case
1pm: Medium (new to daytime)
2pm: The Closer (new time)
3pm: Spin City (returns to daytime)
330: Spin City (additional airing)
4pm: Without A Trace (new time)
5pm: Survivor
6pm: The Office (returns to daytime)
630pm: Curb Your Enthusiasm
7pm: The Girls Next Door
730pm: The Girls Next Door

M-F Primetime:

Mondays:
800: The Bachelor (new timeslot)
900: The Apprentice (new timeslot
1000: Without A Trace (New episodes)
1100: Melrose Place (new timeslot)


Tuesdays:
700: 7th Heaven (new to network)
800: The Guardian
900: Desperate Housewives (new timeslot)
1000: Texas Justice (new timeslot)
1100: Judging Amy (moves to primetime)
12am: The Girls Next Door
1230am: The Girls Next Door

Wednesday:
700: Reba
730: The New Adventures Of Old Christine
800: Yes Dear (when Hot Tamales ends)
830: Second Family (second season to debut 9/2010)
900: The Daily Grind (New Comedy)
930: Me, My Wife & Our Mothers (New Comedy)
1000: The People I Know (New Comedy)
1030: Grey’s Anatomy (new timeslot)


Thursday:
700: Bones
800: The Practice
900: The Huntress (New Drama)
1000: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (new to network)
1100: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
12am: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1230: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Friday: 7pm: Close To Home (new night and time)
800: Monk (moves to Friday nights
830: Monk (new timeslot)
9pm: Life’s Facts (New Comedy)
930pm: Julie McPherson IS somebody… (new comedy)
10pm: Movie Of The Week…

Saturday Daytime:
7am: Punky Brewster
730: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
800: All Of Us (New to GEN-TV)
830: Moesha
900: Grounded For Life
930: Still Standing
1000: The King Of Queens
1030: Just Shoot Me
1100: Friends
1130: Scrubs
Noon: Seinfeld
1230: The Office

100: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
200: Army Wives (reruns from Lifetime)
300: Private Practice (previous season)
400pm: Without A Trace
500: Medium (new timeslot)
600: The Ghost Whisperer


Saturday Primetime:
700: Boy Meets World
730: Ivy Halls (new reality show)
8pm: Chelsea Handler’s Take On Life… (New comedy)
830: Kathy Griffin’s Show (New Comedy)
9pm: The House Of Secrets And Lies (New Drama)
10pm: The Golden Girls
1030: Designing Women
11pm: Sex and The City
1130: Sex and The City
Midnight: Mad Men (new timeslot)
Sunday Daytime:

800: Scrubs
830: Rules Of Engagement (previous season)
900: Reba
930: Sister, Sister
1000: Sister, Sister
]1030: The Game
1100: Frasier
1130: The Larry Sanders Show
Noon: The Larry Sanders Show
1230: Saturday Night Live
130: Seinfeld
230: My Name Is Earl
300: Everybody Loves Raymond
330: Everybody Loves Raymond
400: The King of Queens
430: Scrubs
500: Just Shoot Me
530: The Steve Harvey Show
600: Everybody Hates Chris
630: Everybody Hates Chris

Sunday Primetime:
700: Third Watch (new timeslot)
800: The West Wing (new timeslot)
900: Six Feet Under (new night and time
1000: Numbers (New Timeslot)
1100: The Unit (New Timeslot)
Midnight: Criminal Minds

Shows that will be held until midseason:

Ivy Hills (New Reality Series)
This Time Around (New Drama)
Samantha Who (Comedy, moving from ABC)

What wasn't picked-up?

One of the more surprising non-pick ups this season was "Everyday Heroes" a 9/11 themed drama that was to star Daphne Zuniga, Joshua Jackson and Sherry Stringfield. The drama was about a group of EMT, Ambulance and other first responders on and in the days before and after 9/11/2001. It was written by the team behind "ER", "Third Watch" and "The West Wing" and was expected to be among the shows first signature hits. However the network passed on the series citing "poor audience response from testings". Also apparently money was a major factor as it seemed the show would have cost much more than the network was willing to pay.

GEN-TV also passed on several reality series, none of which blended with the type of audience they wanted to attract.

Here is the second part of GEN-TV's upfront presentation which features the offical cast listing and character descriptions (when available) for the new series. This section also features a Q&A session with GEN-TV Executives Matthew Smith, Shirley Smith and Markus Williams.

The Casts:


The House Of Secrets & Lies"
Christine Lathi as Linda Jordan
Paul Johanson as Charles Jordan
Wes Bentley as Remy Jensen
Scarlett Pomers as Laurie Jordan
James Lafferty as Nathan Jordan
Monica Keena as Abby Reston

Linda Jordan as played by Emmy and Golden Globe winner Christine Lathi is the picture of suburbian perfection. She is a higly respected and even more higly paid hospital administrator with a perfect looking doctor husband and two perfect looking children. She is respected all over town but things arent' as they seem. Linda's teenage indescretions are about to come back to haunt her when the child she gave up for adoption, a troubled young man with a horrible, violent agenda comes looking for her. This young man is played by Wes Bentely of "American Beauty" fame. Linda's husband Charles Jordan is a well-respected pediatric suregeon whose own health is about to come into question and have devastating consequences for all. Scarlett Pomers (of Reba fame) co-stars as Laurie Jordan the seventeen year old daughter of Linda and Charles whose promiscious ways are about to find her in a situation she isn't ready to handle and that will feel awfully familar to Linda. Monica Keena (Dawson's Creek) co-stars as Abby Reston a twenty-something friend of the family who shows up in town with life altering news for Nathan, the Jordan's thirty-something son. Nathan is a supposed explosives expert whose knowledge is about to get him in some hot water.


Julie McPherson IS somebody"
Kathleen Turner as Julie McPherson
Steve Valentine as Dangelo
Jason Lee as Remy Schnider
Megan Fox as Emma Schnider-Winston
Harry Hamlin as Quincy Reardon
Peter Krause as Matthew Winston

Julie McPherson IS somebody is a new comedy-drama hybrid that takes a peek into the life of an over-forty (but we aren't sure how old she is) ex-movie star who is so un-famous that when a tabloid gets a shot of her drunk and alone wandering naked across a highway they actually do not know that she was once one of the glamarous movie stars of the 1970's and 1980's and they print the photo with the caption that says "Some Nobody Naked, Drunk and wandering the highway"... This series shows the desperate lengths that Julie will go to in order to prove that she IS Somebody... will Julie ever get her career back? and will she ever find what she truly wants; total happiness? watch this new hybrid comedy-drama to find out...

At Julie's side in her life is DAngelo, her once-famous make-up and fashion stylist who once worked with Hollywood heavyweights like Glenn Glose, Meryl Streep, Brooke Sheilds and Kim Basinger but who know resides in Julie's garage and runs a dog-grooming business.. DAngelo longs to go back in time and reclaim his fame...

Julie also must deal with Remy Schinder, her slimy, grimy, much younger ex-husband who she married on a drunken impulse one-night almost fifteen years ago and who she divorced the next day, but who sadly, doesn't take the hint that she doesn't love him so he continues to hang-on hoping she'll fall for him... Oh and he uses their now-nineteen year old daughter, Emma as an excuse to invade Julie's life....

Emma is the only stable force in Julie's life... Emma was one of those kids that had to raise herself so she's mature beyond her years and tries to act as a mother-figure to her own mother... even if it is about to end her own life... and her marriage of two years to Matthew Winston, a promising young L.A. casting agent who Julie is constantly pressuring to get her auditions.


Me, My Wife & Our Mothers


Johnny Lee Miller as Brad Carlton
Garcelle Beauvies-Nillion as Lydia Carlton
Aisha Tyler as Holly Tyler ]Vicki Lawerence as Nadine Carlton
Telma Hopkins as Tamia Bradshaw
Sherman Helmsley as Charlie Bradshaw

This is brand-new sitcom that asks the question "what happens when newlyweds have to live with their mother"? In this hilarious new show newlyweds Brad and Lydia face just that dilemma when they find themselves laid off, out of money and having to move in with Brad's mother. Brad is laid-off from his factory job and Lydia's internet job is outsourced to Africa so the newlyweds must deal with living in the basement of Brad's mother’s house. Only patience can get them through this trying experience... Adding hilarity to the table is Tamia, Lydia's sarcastic and anything but supportive mother who has a hard time understanding why they haven't chosen to live with her. Sitcom veteran Sherman Helmsley also appears as Lydia's doomineering father who still doesn't quiet approve of his daughters choice of a husband. Aisha Tyler provides the voice of reason as Lydia's sister Holly who happens to be Brad's oldest friend in the world.

"The Daily Grind"
Christie Waters: Debra Messing (Will and Grace)
Markus Bluth: Mark Fuerinstein (Caroline In The City, Conrad Bloom)
Lorna Waters: Delta Burke (Desinging Women
Josh Larkin: Jason Ritter (The Class, Joan Of Arcadia)
Judy Bluth-Harper: Wendie Mallick (Just Shoot Me, Jake In Progress)
Lance Walker: Brian Austin Green (Freddie, 90210)
Rain-Forresst Rivers: Joanna Garcia (Reba, Privliged)
Richy Wilder: John O'Hurley (Seinfield, Dancing With The Stars 1)

Meet Christie Waters, today is her birthday, her 38th birthday nonetheless... Notice anything odd about this party? yes, that's right, Christie is crying her eyes out... at 38 years old she has just realized that her life is a total mess... Her boyfriend Josh who she has lived with since she was 25 has decided that today is the day to tell her that he is in fact gay and that since 2003 he has been in a relationship with their other roommate Lance... Oh and Christie was just fired today from her latest job as a waitress at a local bar which has been sold and is being turned into a Sunshine Tanning Center... She hasn't had a real relationship since 1998 when she accidently burnt down her boyfriend Markus's house, after accidently knocking his Hanukah Menorah into her Christmas Tree, and ran away scared... Christie thinks that this is the worst day of her life, well she's out to find out that in fact things are going to get worse, a lot worse... Her overbearing and rather well, let's say completely self-absorbed, shallow and prejudice mother Lorna is about to drop a huge bombshell on Christie... She is moving from Ohio to L.A. to be near her daughter.... oh and that she's divorced her father and is living with an eccentric, deaf millionaire who has offered to make her a beauty pageant superstar at the age of 62... Oh and her new job as the production assistant (read gopher) at a local morning tv talk show is also going to be hell... her boss is none other than her former boyfriend, Markus Bluth, who produces the show... and the host? his sister Judith, whose dog, Fluffy died in the blaze when Christie failed to return to the house to save him... they are not happy to see Christie and won't make it easy for her... Oh and things get even more complicated as Christie finds herself falling for her ex Markus, even as she meets his Wife, the endlessly sweet and very naive Rain-Forrest Rivers, a 35 year old who has spent most of her life living on a hippie commune with her parents, notorious drug dealers who recently died in a drug bust.. She met Markus when the show he produces did a story on her parents... they have now been married for over a year.....


"People I Know"

Starring Fred Savage (The Wonder Years, Crumbs) this hysterical sitcom focuses on 30-something Wayne Hiller an average, working class 30-something just trying to make his way through the world, survive his boring job at Office Supplies Inc., where he works as a sales executive and trying to make his relationship of three years work. His girlfriend Morgan Smith (Debi Mazar) is an overly ambitious, selfish status seekeer and seems to have lost touch with why she and Wanye fell in love in the first place. Wayne's overly strict boss Carlos (John Leguizamo) is the bain of his existance and for reasons unkown likes to make Wayne's life as miserable as possible. Wayne's best friend in the world is Andrea (Kristen Johnston) who he dated briefly in high school and who is as close to being "one of the guys" as anyone can get, however her unresolved feelings for him may prove problamatic in days to come. When Wayne decides he's had enough of his miserable life he makes a discovery---some of the people in his life are actually funny and he decides they would all make great characters in a book. so he sets out to write the book of his life.

Starring:
Fred Savage as Wayne Hiller
Debi Mazar as Morgan Smith
John Leguizamo as Carlos Gusterman
Kristen Johnston as Andrea "Andi" Williamson


"Texas Justice"
Gail O'Grady as Dana Greedy-McHill
Nicolette Sheridan as Clara Resse
Ally Walker as Nicolette Reardon
Dana Greey-McHill has lived the high life as a senators wife in the small Alabama town of Texas, Alabama and despite the fact she and her husband rarely ever agreed on politics she loved him very much. Her life is shattered when he dies of a heart attack in their sunroom. She is even more surprised when she is asked to take over his vacant seat in the senate. Clara Reese has spent the last fifteen years of her life locked up in Alabama State Prison after she was caught running a brothel in her small hometown. She is more than stunned when the new mayor grants her clemency and she is released from prison. With no money and nowhere else to go she returns home to Texas, Alabama and takes up residence the only place she knows she'll be welcome in the home of her life-long friend Nicolette Reardon. Nicolette and Clara were pratically raised together after Clara's parents died in a car accident and Nicolette's family took her in as a foster child. Nicollette has been married four times and is currently in the middle of a nasty, horrible divorce to her fifth husband a senator with many secrets he fears his wife will reveal and things are going to get nasty.

"Life's Facts"

Life Facts is a brand new sitcom starring television icons Lisa Whelcel (The Facts Of Life) and Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) as Mr. and Mrs. Stevens a proudly Christian family attempting to raise their family in a society where many have lost the will to resist sin...

Lisa Whelcel is Laurie Stevens a happily married stay at home mother who has her hands full raising her three children, but is totally satisfied with her life and her loving husband, architect Lloyd Stevens.

Their three children are a handful, and constantly present challenges to their strict Christian beliefs... Claudia, 10 is the youngest of the Stevens children and is a ballet prodigy studying at the prestigious, but not exactly wholesome City Ballet Academy; when she makes friends with a child whose mother is not married Laurie and Lloyd just may go over the edge. Claire, who is 15 attends a private Christian high school and is the black sheep of the family, not entirely sure if she wants to remain a Christian she is constantly calling her parents out on what she views as contradictions to their supposed beliefs... she is also the only member of the family that is a democrat. Lastly is Christopher Stevens, Lloyd’s brother who is a minister and married to Nancy Stevens. Christopher believes that Claire is headed down the wrong path and wants to save her. Nancy is the only one who understands Claire’s ideals and tries to nurture them. [/FONT][/FONT]Cast:
Lisa Whelchel as Laurie Stevens
Kirk Cameron as Lloyd Stevens
Amy Davidson as Claire Stevens
Genevieve Hannelius as Claudia Stevens
Steven Baldwin as Christopher Stevens
Andrea Parker as Nancy Stevens


"Chelsea Handler's Take On Life"
Chelsea Handler as Chelsea Parker
Jonathona Silverman as Jonathan Williams
Joely Fisher as Polly Gerber

Chelsea Handler is a comic unlike any other and in this series she plays Chelsea Parker, a single, somewhat lazy stand-up comic whose never been keen on the idea of marriage until she meets Jonathan a handsome and wonderful one-night stand she has at a party for her new publicist; she finds herself smitten with him and ready to make a go of her first legit relationship… all goes awry when she finds out that Jonathan is the husband of her new publicist, Polly Gerber, will Chelsea and Jonathan make a go of it?

"Kathy Griffin's Show"

Kathy Griffin as Kathy Geffen
Rex Lee as Tajh McKee
Kathy NaJimy as Stacey Reynolds ]Outspoken and hilarious comic Kathy Griffin stars as Kathy Geffen a San Francisco single women who spends her days writing an advice column for a single women’s magazine and her nights trying to find Mr. Right. Along with her best friends in the world, Tajh her gay male confidante and Stacey her plumpy best single girlfriend she is ready to take on the world.

"The Huntress"

The Huntress is a new drama series for GEN-TV about the life of a female bounty hunter named Monica Franklin who aside from dealing with drug dealers, criminals and other low life’s also deals with her maniacal ex-husband, her boozy, lying mother and her emotionally challenged sister.


Cast:
Shannen Doherty as Monica Franklin, Bounty Hunter
Alicia Witt as Samantha “Sami” Franklin-Vickers, Bounty Hunter
Dean Cain as Kyle Nelson
Sharon Gless as Marci Franklin
Jeremy London as Theodore “Teddy” Vickers
Frank Grillo as Michael Marrozittio


"Samantha Who"

Samantha Newley has spent the last two years in a nightmare, she has amnesia. She doesn't know who she is or what she is.

Christina Applegate as Samantha Newley
Jean Smart as Regina Newely
Kevin Dunn as Howard Newely
Jennifer Espisito as Andrea Belladonna
Barry Watson as Todd
Melissa McCarthy as Deena

"Without A Trace"

The FBI Missing Persons unit tracks down missing persons.

Anthony Lapgalia as Jack Malone
Enrique Muricano as Danny Taylor
Roslyn Sanchez as Elena Delgado
Marianne Jean Baptiste as Vivian Johnson
Eric Close as Martin Fitzgerald
Poppy Montgomery as Samantha Spade


"This Time Around"

This gripping new drama series dare asks the question "what happens when love gets dangerous?" Daphne Zuniga stars as Stacey Williamson Clark a fifty-two year old widower who after three years of being single believes she has finally found the man with whom she wishes to spend the remainder of her life and move on. Tom Everett Scott plays Holden Clark, the thirty nine year old man with whom Stacey finds herself in love with. Holden is a well liked man, a pillar of his community, with a successful construction business and two lovely children from his first marriage to Allison Harper Clark (Katherine Higel) who remains distant and cold towards Stacey but for reasons different than just being bitter about her ex remarrying. Tyne Daly returns to television as Stacey's mother, Claudine who suspects something odd about Holden's behavior but has no idea how far off she is. Teen actors Lacey Chabert (party of five, mean girls), Evan Rachel Wood (Once & Again, Thirteen) and Ryan Merriman co-star as the children of Stacey and Holden, respectively.

Starring:
Daphne Zuniga as Stacey Williamson Clark
Tom Everett Scott as Holden Clark
Katherine Higel as Alison Harper Clark
Tyne Daly as Claudien Fitzgerald Williamson
Lacey Chabert as Marissa Clark
Evan Rachel Wood as Bridget Clark
Ryan Merriman as Simon Williamson
David Gallagher as Roger Hesser
Alley Mills as Marj Hesser

******Reality Show Casts will be announced closer to premire date ******


Q&A:

Reporter: Can you reveal which shows came the closest to not making the cut?

Shirley Smith: Yes, the show that came the closet to being cut was "Texas Justice" because the constant cast changes had us worried we would not be getting the same product we had originally asked for. Although we are satisfied with the cast we now have it had us worried that we would be able to be proud of the show. We also had some questions about "This Time Around" because of Sela Ward's exit and "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" was a extremely last minuet addition to the schedule, it was initally one of our "pass" choices.

Reporter: Speaking of Sela Ward, can you explain what happened there?

Matthew Smith: Basically we had decided we would be picking the series up and we had to sign her to a contract, we had offered her a four season contract which we felt was very fair, but she opted to decline our offer and instead ask for a much shorter contract (about two years) and she wanted about three times as much money as we were willing to offer. When we came back with a revised contract that we felt was closer to her goal she declined that and decided to move on.

Shirley Smith: It was a case of the right actor with the right project at the wrong time. The timing wasn't right for either party.

Reporter: and what happened with Angie Harmon?

Markus Williams: That was simply a matter of the actress deciding the role was not right for her and we respect that very much.

Reporter: How did Daphne Zuniga come into play?

Shirley Smith: We auditioned Daphne for a role on another series ("The Daily Grind") and felt she wasn't right for that role but knew she could carry a drama.

Matthew Smith: I had seen heer work on "Melrose Place" and on ABC Family's "Beautiful People" and knew she was capable of much more than she had been given the chance to play so we called her in to audition for this role.

Markus Williams: she pretty much had the part the moment she opened her mouth.

Reporter: Why the decision to wait until mid-season to air the show?

Markus Williams: Simply to give the show a chance to find it's creative groove. With the cast changes and Sela's decision to walk we knew the show needed a bit of extra time to adjust.

Reporter: "Texas Justice" has gone through more cast changes, why air that in the fall and not in mid-season?

Shirley Smith: the producers of that show have more expierance and we are faithful they will be able to get that show in top form by season's start.

Reporter: Just a few days ago you vowed to be patient with and stand behind "The Day After" but you announced it's cancellation yesterday, what gives?

Matthew Smith: Well, that's a very complicated answer, but it basically came down to money and how much it would cost to air the show with so few viewers. The liscening fee was pretty high for a show that wasn't going to attract viewers, so it made more sense to pay the penalty fee (of 650,000 dollars) and cancel it instead of airing it.

Shirley Smith: i was very dissapointed that we had to make that choice, i loved "The Day After" and thought the cast did some extremly excellent work. Especially Benjamen McKenzie and Kimberly McCoullagh.

Reporter: How do you feel the ratings for "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family" are going?

Shirley Smith: I do think that "Hot Tamales" is starting to find it's groove, ratings-wise, it started out slowly but has progressed nicely. "Second Family" we couldn't be more proud of.

Matthew Smith: both shows are doing better than we expected them too.

Reporter: Which of the new shows do you feel most excited to see audience response too?

Shirley Smith: I want to see what the audience thinks of "Texas justice" which has been my pet project from the start going way back.

Matthew Smith: I'm anxious to see the reaction for "Julie McPherson IS somebody" a show i feel could become a major smash.

Markus Williams: i'm a bit anxious about "People I Know" which was a last minuet addition to our line-up.

Reporter: Speaking of "Julie McPherson Is..." and "People I Know" they along with "House Of Secrets & Lies", "Kathy Griffin's Show" and "Cheslea Handler's Take On Life" were not projects that were announced early in the pilot season, why all the secrets?

Matthew Smith: It wasn't us being secretive, those projects simply didn't seem like viable options until late this week.

Markus Williams: we weren't sure if these projects would come together.

Shirley Smith: we had to keep something a surprise.

Reporter: How did you land such high profile talent as Kathleen Turner, Debra Messing and Kathy Griffin on such a tight budget?

Shirley Smith: luck, pure luck. and timing.

Matthew Smith: creative budgeting.

Markus Williams: a comobnation of luck and budget crunching...

Reporter: Lastly, why decide to launch such an aggressive slate your first pilot season? why not launch a few shows and then see if they perform well before adding new ones?

Shirley Smith: to stay compeitive.

Markus Williams: to show that we can.

Here is the second part of GEN-TV's upfront presentation which features the offical cast listing and character descriptions (when available) for the new series. This section also features a Q&A session with GEN-TV Executives Matthew Smith, Shirley Smith and Markus Williams.

The Casts:


The House Of Secrets & Lies"
Christine Lathi as Linda Jordan
Paul Johanson as Charles Jordan
Wes Bentley as Remy Jensen
Scarlett Pomers as Laurie Jordan
James Lafferty as Nathan Jordan
Monica Keena as Abby Reston

Linda Jordan as played by Emmy and Golden Globe winner Christine Lathi is the picture of suburbian perfection. She is a higly respected and even more higly paid hospital administrator with a perfect looking doctor husband and two perfect looking children. She is respected all over town but things arent' as they seem. Linda's teenage indescretions are about to come back to haunt her when the child she gave up for adoption, a troubled young man with a horrible, violent agenda comes looking for her. This young man is played by Wes Bentely of "American Beauty" fame. Linda's husband Charles Jordan is a well-respected pediatric suregeon whose own health is about to come into question and have devastating consequences for all. Scarlett Pomers (of Reba fame) co-stars as Laurie Jordan the seventeen year old daughter of Linda and Charles whose promiscious ways are about to find her in a situation she isn't ready to handle and that will feel awfully familar to Linda. Monica Keena (Dawson's Creek) co-stars as Abby Reston a twenty-something friend of the family who shows up in town with life altering news for Nathan, the Jordan's thirty-something son. Nathan is a supposed explosives expert whose knowledge is about to get him in some hot water.


Julie McPherson IS somebody"
Kathleen Turner as Julie McPherson
Steve Valentine as Dangelo
Jason Lee as Remy Schnider
Megan Fox as Emma Schnider-Winston
Harry Hamlin as Quincy Reardon
Peter Krause as Matthew Winston

Julie McPherson IS somebody is a new comedy-drama hybrid that takes a peek into the life of an over-forty (but we aren't sure how old she is) ex-movie star who is so un-famous that when a tabloid gets a shot of her drunk and alone wandering naked across a highway they actually do not know that she was once one of the glamarous movie stars of the 1970's and 1980's and they print the photo with the caption that says "Some Nobody Naked, Drunk and wandering the highway"... This series shows the desperate lengths that Julie will go to in order to prove that she IS Somebody... will Julie ever get her career back? and will she ever find what she truly wants; total happiness? watch this new hybrid comedy-drama to find out...

At Julie's side in her life is DAngelo, her once-famous make-up and fashion stylist who once worked with Hollywood heavyweights like Glenn Glose, Meryl Streep, Brooke Sheilds and Kim Basinger but who know resides in Julie's garage and runs a dog-grooming business.. DAngelo longs to go back in time and reclaim his fame...

Julie also must deal with Remy Schinder, her slimy, grimy, much younger ex-husband who she married on a drunken impulse one-night almost fifteen years ago and who she divorced the next day, but who sadly, doesn't take the hint that she doesn't love him so he continues to hang-on hoping she'll fall for him... Oh and he uses their now-nineteen year old daughter, Emma as an excuse to invade Julie's life....

Emma is the only stable force in Julie's life... Emma was one of those kids that had to raise herself so she's mature beyond her years and tries to act as a mother-figure to her own mother... even if it is about to end her own life... and her marriage of two years to Matthew Winston, a promising young L.A. casting agent who Julie is constantly pressuring to get her auditions.


Me, My Wife & Our Mothers


Johnny Lee Miller as Brad Carlton
Garcelle Beauvies-Nillion as Lydia Carlton
Aisha Tyler as Holly Tyler ]Vicki Lawerence as Nadine Carlton
Telma Hopkins as Tamia Bradshaw
Sherman Helmsley as Charlie Bradshaw

This is brand-new sitcom that asks the question "what happens when newlyweds have to live with their mother"? In this hilarious new show newlyweds Brad and Lydia face just that dilemma when they find themselves laid off, out of money and having to move in with Brad's mother. Brad is laid-off from his factory job and Lydia's internet job is outsourced to Africa so the newlyweds must deal with living in the basement of Brad's mother’s house. Only patience can get them through this trying experience... Adding hilarity to the table is Tamia, Lydia's sarcastic and anything but supportive mother who has a hard time understanding why they haven't chosen to live with her. Sitcom veteran Sherman Helmsley also appears as Lydia's doomineering father who still doesn't quiet approve of his daughters choice of a husband. Aisha Tyler provides the voice of reason as Lydia's sister Holly who happens to be Brad's oldest friend in the world.

"The Daily Grind"
Christie Waters: Debra Messing (Will and Grace)
Markus Bluth: Mark Fuerinstein (Caroline In The City, Conrad Bloom)
Lorna Waters: Delta Burke (Desinging Women
Josh Larkin: Jason Ritter (The Class, Joan Of Arcadia)
Judy Bluth-Harper: Wendie Mallick (Just Shoot Me, Jake In Progress)
Lance Walker: Brian Austin Green (Freddie, 90210)
Rain-Forresst Rivers: Joanna Garcia (Reba, Privliged)
Richy Wilder: John O'Hurley (Seinfield, Dancing With The Stars 1)

Meet Christie Waters, today is her birthday, her 38th birthday nonetheless... Notice anything odd about this party? yes, that's right, Christie is crying her eyes out... at 38 years old she has just realized that her life is a total mess... Her boyfriend Josh who she has lived with since she was 25 has decided that today is the day to tell her that he is in fact gay and that since 2003 he has been in a relationship with their other roommate Lance... Oh and Christie was just fired today from her latest job as a waitress at a local bar which has been sold and is being turned into a Sunshine Tanning Center... She hasn't had a real relationship since 1998 when she accidently burnt down her boyfriend Markus's house, after accidently knocking his Hanukah Menorah into her Christmas Tree, and ran away scared... Christie thinks that this is the worst day of her life, well she's out to find out that in fact things are going to get worse, a lot worse... Her overbearing and rather well, let's say completely self-absorbed, shallow and prejudice mother Lorna is about to drop a huge bombshell on Christie... She is moving from Ohio to L.A. to be near her daughter.... oh and that she's divorced her father and is living with an eccentric, deaf millionaire who has offered to make her a beauty pageant superstar at the age of 62... Oh and her new job as the production assistant (read gopher) at a local morning tv talk show is also going to be hell... her boss is none other than her former boyfriend, Markus Bluth, who produces the show... and the host? his sister Judith, whose dog, Fluffy died in the blaze when Christie failed to return to the house to save him... they are not happy to see Christie and won't make it easy for her... Oh and things get even more complicated as Christie finds herself falling for her ex Markus, even as she meets his Wife, the endlessly sweet and very naive Rain-Forrest Rivers, a 35 year old who has spent most of her life living on a hippie commune with her parents, notorious drug dealers who recently died in a drug bust.. She met Markus when the show he produces did a story on her parents... they have now been married for over a year.....


"People I Know"

Starring Fred Savage (The Wonder Years, Crumbs) this hysterical sitcom focuses on 30-something Wayne Hiller an average, working class 30-something just trying to make his way through the world, survive his boring job at Office Supplies Inc., where he works as a sales executive and trying to make his relationship of three years work. His girlfriend Morgan Smith (Debi Mazar) is an overly ambitious, selfish status seekeer and seems to have lost touch with why she and Wanye fell in love in the first place. Wayne's overly strict boss Carlos (John Leguizamo) is the bain of his existance and for reasons unkown likes to make Wayne's life as miserable as possible. Wayne's best friend in the world is Andrea (Kristen Johnston) who he dated briefly in high school and who is as close to being "one of the guys" as anyone can get, however her unresolved feelings for him may prove problamatic in days to come. When Wayne decides he's had enough of his miserable life he makes a discovery---some of the people in his life are actually funny and he decides they would all make great characters in a book. so he sets out to write the book of his life.

Starring:
Fred Savage as Wayne Hiller
Debi Mazar as Morgan Smith
John Leguizamo as Carlos Gusterman
Kristen Johnston as Andrea "Andi" Williamson


"Texas Justice"
Gail O'Grady as Dana Greedy-McHill
Nicolette Sheridan as Clara Resse
Ally Walker as Nicolette Reardon
Dana Greey-McHill has lived the high life as a senators wife in the small Alabama town of Texas, Alabama and despite the fact she and her husband rarely ever agreed on politics she loved him very much. Her life is shattered when he dies of a heart attack in their sunroom. She is even more surprised when she is asked to take over his vacant seat in the senate. Clara Reese has spent the last fifteen years of her life locked up in Alabama State Prison after she was caught running a brothel in her small hometown. She is more than stunned when the new mayor grants her clemency and she is released from prison. With no money and nowhere else to go she returns home to Texas, Alabama and takes up residence the only place she knows she'll be welcome in the home of her life-long friend Nicolette Reardon. Nicolette and Clara were pratically raised together after Clara's parents died in a car accident and Nicolette's family took her in as a foster child. Nicollette has been married four times and is currently in the middle of a nasty, horrible divorce to her fifth husband a senator with many secrets he fears his wife will reveal and things are going to get nasty.

"Life's Facts"

Life Facts is a brand new sitcom starring television icons Lisa Whelcel (The Facts Of Life) and Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) as Mr. and Mrs. Stevens a proudly Christian family attempting to raise their family in a society where many have lost the will to resist sin...

Lisa Whelcel is Laurie Stevens a happily married stay at home mother who has her hands full raising her three children, but is totally satisfied with her life and her loving husband, architect Lloyd Stevens.

Their three children are a handful, and constantly present challenges to their strict Christian beliefs... Claudia, 10 is the youngest of the Stevens children and is a ballet prodigy studying at the prestigious, but not exactly wholesome City Ballet Academy; when she makes friends with a child whose mother is not married Laurie and Lloyd just may go over the edge. Claire, who is 15 attends a private Christian high school and is the black sheep of the family, not entirely sure if she wants to remain a Christian she is constantly calling her parents out on what she views as contradictions to their supposed beliefs... she is also the only member of the family that is a democrat. Lastly is Christopher Stevens, Lloyd’s brother who is a minister and married to Nancy Stevens. Christopher believes that Claire is headed down the wrong path and wants to save her. Nancy is the only one who understands Claire’s ideals and tries to nurture them. [/font][/font]Cast:
Lisa Whelchel as Laurie Stevens
Kirk Cameron as Lloyd Stevens
Amy Davidson as Claire Stevens
Genevieve Hannelius as Claudia Stevens
Steven Baldwin as Christopher Stevens
Andrea Parker as Nancy Stevens


"Chelsea Handler's Take On Life"
Chelsea Handler as Chelsea Parker
Jonathona Silverman as Jonathan Williams
Joely Fisher as Polly Gerber

Chelsea Handler is a comic unlike any other and in this series she plays Chelsea Parker, a single, somewhat lazy stand-up comic whose never been keen on the idea of marriage until she meets Jonathan a handsome and wonderful one-night stand she has at a party for her new publicist; she finds herself smitten with him and ready to make a go of her first legit relationship… all goes awry when she finds out that Jonathan is the husband of her new publicist, Polly Gerber, will Chelsea and Jonathan make a go of it?

"Kathy Griffin's Show"

Kathy Griffin as Kathy Geffen
Rex Lee as Tajh McKee
Kathy NaJimy as Stacey Reynolds ]Outspoken and hilarious comic Kathy Griffin stars as Kathy Geffen a San Francisco single women who spends her days writing an advice column for a single women’s magazine and her nights trying to find Mr. Right. Along with her best friends in the world, Tajh her gay male confidante and Stacey her plumpy best single girlfriend she is ready to take on the world.

"The Huntress"

The Huntress is a new drama series for GEN-TV about the life of a female bounty hunter named Monica Franklin who aside from dealing with drug dealers, criminals and other low life’s also deals with her maniacal ex-husband, her boozy, lying mother and her emotionally challenged sister.


Cast:
Shannen Doherty as Monica Franklin, Bounty Hunter
Alicia Witt as Samantha “Sami” Franklin-Vickers, Bounty Hunter
Dean Cain as Kyle Nelson
Sharon Gless as Marci Franklin
Jeremy London as Theodore “Teddy” Vickers
Frank Grillo as Michael Marrozittio


"Samantha Who"

Samantha Newley has spent the last two years in a nightmare, she has amnesia. She doesn't know who she is or what she is.

Christina Applegate as Samantha Newley
Jean Smart as Regina Newely
Kevin Dunn as Howard Newely
Jennifer Espisito as Andrea Belladonna
Barry Watson as Todd
Melissa McCarthy as Deena

"Without A Trace"

The FBI Missing Persons unit tracks down missing persons.

Anthony Lapgalia as Jack Malone
Enrique Muricano as Danny Taylor
Roslyn Sanchez as Elena Delgado
Marianne Jean Baptiste as Vivian Johnson
Eric Close as Martin Fitzgerald
Poppy Montgomery as Samantha Spade


"This Time Around"

This gripping new drama series dare asks the question "what happens when love gets dangerous?" Daphne Zuniga stars as Stacey Williamson Clark a fifty-two year old widower who after three years of being single believes she has finally found the man with whom she wishes to spend the remainder of her life and move on. Tom Everett Scott plays Holden Clark, the thirty nine year old man with whom Stacey finds herself in love with. Holden is a well liked man, a pillar of his community, with a successful construction business and two lovely children from his first marriage to Allison Harper Clark (Katherine Higel) who remains distant and cold towards Stacey but for reasons different than just being bitter about her ex remarrying. Tyne Daly returns to television as Stacey's mother, Claudine who suspects something odd about Holden's behavior but has no idea how far off she is. Teen actors Lacey Chabert (party of five, mean girls), Evan Rachel Wood (Once & Again, Thirteen) and Ryan Merriman co-star as the children of Stacey and Holden, respectively.

Starring:
Daphne Zuniga as Stacey Williamson Clark
Tom Everett Scott as Holden Clark
Katherine Higel as Alison Harper Clark
Tyne Daly as Claudien Fitzgerald Williamson
Lacey Chabert as Marissa Clark
Evan Rachel Wood as Bridget Clark
Ryan Merriman as Simon Williamson
David Gallagher as Roger Hesser
Alley Mills as Marj Hesser

******Reality Show Casts will be announced closer to premire date ******


Q&A:

Reporter: Can you reveal which shows came the closest to not making the cut?

Shirley Smith: Yes, the show that came the closet to being cut was "Texas Justice" because the constant cast changes had us worried we would not be getting the same product we had originally asked for. Although we are satisfied with the cast we now have it had us worried that we would be able to be proud of the show. We also had some questions about "This Time Around" because of Sela Ward's exit and "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" was a extremely last minuet addition to the schedule, it was initally one of our "pass" choices.

Reporter: Speaking of Sela Ward, can you explain what happened there?

Matthew Smith: Basically we had decided we would be picking the series up and we had to sign her to a contract, we had offered her a four season contract which we felt was very fair, but she opted to decline our offer and instead ask for a much shorter contract (about two years) and she wanted about three times as much money as we were willing to offer. When we came back with a revised contract that we felt was closer to her goal she declined that and decided to move on.

Shirley Smith: It was a case of the right actor with the right project at the wrong time. The timing wasn't right for either party.

Reporter: and what happened with Angie Harmon?

Markus Williams: That was simply a matter of the actress deciding the role was not right for her and we respect that very much.

Reporter: How did Daphne Zuniga come into play?

Shirley Smith: We auditioned Daphne for a role on another series ("The Daily Grind") and felt she wasn't right for that role but knew she could carry a drama.

Matthew Smith: I had seen heer work on "Melrose Place" and on ABC Family's "Beautiful People" and knew she was capable of much more than she had been given the chance to play so we called her in to audition for this role.

Markus Williams: she pretty much had the part the moment she opened her mouth.

Reporter: Why the decision to wait until mid-season to air the show?

Markus Williams: Simply to give the show a chance to find it's creative groove. With the cast changes and Sela's decision to walk we knew the show needed a bit of extra time to adjust.

Reporter: "Texas Justice" has gone through more cast changes, why air that in the fall and not in mid-season?

Shirley Smith: the producers of that show have more expierance and we are faithful they will be able to get that show in top form by season's start.

Reporter: Just a few days ago you vowed to be patient with and stand behind "The Day After" but you announced it's cancellation yesterday, what gives?

Matthew Smith: Well, that's a very complicated answer, but it basically came down to money and how much it would cost to air the show with so few viewers. The liscening fee was pretty high for a show that wasn't going to attract viewers, so it made more sense to pay the penalty fee (of 650,000 dollars) and cancel it instead of airing it.

Shirley Smith: i was very dissapointed that we had to make that choice, i loved "The Day After" and thought the cast did some extremly excellent work. Especially Benjamen McKenzie and Kimberly McCoullagh.

Reporter: How do you feel the ratings for "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family" are going?

Shirley Smith: I do think that "Hot Tamales" is starting to find it's groove, ratings-wise, it started out slowly but has progressed nicely. "Second Family" we couldn't be more proud of.

Matthew Smith: both shows are doing better than we expected them too.

Reporter: Which of the new shows do you feel most excited to see audience response too?

Shirley Smith: I want to see what the audience thinks of "Texas justice" which has been my pet project from the start going way back.

Matthew Smith: I'm anxious to see the reaction for "Julie McPherson IS somebody" a show i feel could become a major smash.

Markus Williams: i'm a bit anxious about "People I Know" which was a last minuet addition to our line-up.

Reporter: Speaking of "Julie McPherson Is..." and "People I Know" they along with "House Of Secrets & Lies", "Kathy Griffin's Show" and "Cheslea Handler's Take On Life" were not projects that were announced early in the pilot season, why all the secrets?

Matthew Smith: It wasn't us being secretive, those projects simply didn't seem like viable options until late this week.

Markus Williams: we weren't sure if these projects would come together.

Shirley Smith: we had to keep something a surprise.

Reporter: How did you land such high profile talent as Kathleen Turner, Debra Messing and Kathy Griffin on such a tight budget?

Shirley Smith: luck, pure luck. and timing.

Matthew Smith: creative budgeting.

Markus Williams: a comobnation of luck and budget crunching...

Reporter: Lastly, why decide to launch such an aggressive slate your first pilot season? why not launch a few shows and then see if they perform well before adding new ones?

Shirley Smith: to stay compeitive.

Markus Williams: to show that we can.


It has been brought to our attention that our press release has a typo. Andrea Parker will not be pulling double duty on two shows. She will appear only in "Life's Facts" not on "Chelsea Handlers Take On Life". Parker was originally slated to appear on both but has opted to appear only on "Life's Facts". Joley Fisher a veteran of sitcoms like "Ellen" and "Til Death" will be appearing on "Chelsea Handler's Take On Life" in the role of publicist Polly Gerber.

Here is the offical breakdown for our Wed night line-up.

7pm: "Reba" pulled in 11.9 million viewers, 730: "New Christine" pulled in 10.4 million viewers, 8pm: a new episode of "Hot Tamales" featuring the reveal of what disease Stacey is suffering from reaped a stunning (for the show) 13.4 million viewers (a series high!), at 830pm: "Second Family" was seen by 23.5 million viewers, at 9pm: "According To jim" scored 18.9 million viewers, at 930 "yes, dear" saw 11.7 million viewers, at 10pm was "Still Standing" with 12.3 million viewers, at 1030 "Cybill" saw 16.9 million viewers and at 11pm "Grey's Anatomy" saw 21 million viewers followed at midnight by "Mad TV" with 4.5 million viewers.

Executives are proud of the ratings that "Hot Tamales" gained proving that with good writing and a solid storyline any show can improve.

Eva La Rue, currently appearing on "Hot Tamales" discusses her role and what it's like to be playing a women suffering from ovarian cancer.

La Rue, best known for work on "CSI: Miami' and her two decades on "All My Children" (for which she was nominated for a daytime emmy award in 1998) is an actress that has lived a very public life, including two very public divorces and marriages, and the public births of her children. Her second divorce from actor John Callahan was brutal and public and played out in the pages of soap magazines and the internet after a series of blog posts revealed the sad truth behind her marriage. At the time La Rue had just finished work on "All My Children" as Dr. Maria Santos Grey a role she had played on and off since the early 1990's. the divorce was public and sad. However nothing in her career has prepared her for playing the victim of Ovarian cancer.

Reporter: How did the story come up?

Eva La Rue: Marcy Carsey came to me and said "look, i have this idea that will keep you on the show... it's brave and will require a lot out of you".

Reporter: What was your reaction when you heard it was going to be cancer?

La Rue: i felt very stunned. I figured that i wouldn't ever have the chance to play a cancer story since i was not on a soap anymore, i definetly used some of my soap opera training to pull off this role. But mostly i just wanted to get it right.

Reporter: How did you prepare to play this?

La Rue: the first thing i did was research on the internet to understand the illness itself and then i called several doctors and went to visit at hospices and hospitals to understand the emotional aspect. I talked to different cancer survivors. It was important to get the emotions right.

Reporter: What is the most important thing you learned during your research?

La Rue: That most people with cancer consider themselves survivors and not victims. If they considered themself a victim they would never make it through.

Reporter: How tough was it for you to play such a dramatic role after being off soaps for so long?

La Rue: Well as an actor it's important to know how to play both comedy and drama so i wasn't that worried, but i wanted to make sure i got everything right. The hardest part was making sure that i played it appropriately, that i didn't go too hysterical or over the top as you can sometimes do on a soap opera.

Reporter: Have you ever known someone that was personally affected by cancer in your life?

Eva La Rue: yes, both my grandmother and great-grandmother died from Ovarian cancer. It has affected my life very profoundly. That is one of the many reasons i am a National spokesperson for the Ovarian Cancer Coalition.

Reporter: When you heard that the story would be cancer did you know it would be Ovarian Cancer?

La Rue: Initally no, i had initally heard that it would probrally be breast cancer or uterine cancer, both of which are epidemics in this country and need more funding. uterine cancer is espeically under discussed in this country.

Reporter: Who made the decision to have Stacey play Ovarian cancer?

La Rue: Well Marcy Carsey had originally had a different character in mind to get cancer (Trina played by Mariah Carey) but after she learned that my grandmother and great-grandmother had Ovarian cancer it was agreed that i would play the Ovarian cancer storyline and that Mariah's character would have a different story. It was Marcy that decided that she would write Ovarian cancer instead of breat or uterine cancer.

Reporter: you were initally supposed leave the series at the start of the season when Eva Longoria left, how did this change?

La Rue: After Marcy started writing the cancer story she knew she wouldn't have it wrapped up in time for my original exit date so we both agreed to keep me on the show a lot longer than anticipated. I am grateful for that.

Reporter: can you reveal if you'll be coming back next season (assuming the show is renewed)?

La Rue: I can't say because i honestly don't know. I have no clue where the story will be headed in the next few weeks and if there will even be a Hot Tamales season two.

Reporter: Have you kept up on the soap opera industry and what are your thoughts?

La Rue: I think it's sad that ratings are dropping so rapidly, but i'm not surprised. It's been a problem for awhile now that writers, producers and networks have not addressed properly. soaps are a sinking ship. sadly.

Reporter: What do you think about the cancellations of "Guiding Light" this year and "Passions" last year?

La Rue: well i never worked on either show, but it's sad to see any soap cancelled, it's just another nail in the coffin for this industry.

Reporter: Having seen the next three Hot Tamales episodes i can honestly say you will be a front-runner at this years Emmy Awards. what do you think about the direction the story is headed in?

La Rue: Without giving too much away i think the writing is impeccable on "Hot Tamales", fans won't see anything coming. not at all. the way everyone on the show react is very natural and will really tug at people's hearts.

------------NOTE------This is NOT a real interview, this is fiction. These were not words said by Eva La Rue and no show called "Hot Tamales" exists. This is a fictional interview for fun.

Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and Marianne Jean Baptiste will exit crime show when it moves from "CBS" to "GEN-TV" starting this fall. Original cast members Anthony Lapaglia, Enrique Maricano, Eric Close will return.

When GEN-TV announced yesterday that they were picking up CBS's cancelled drama "Without A Trace" we also announced plans to scale down the cast a bit to fit the new budget. Today we announce that original cast members Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and Marianne Jean Baptiste will exit the series before it moves to GEN-TV. This means all three of the series female regulars have been cut. All three of the series male characters will return. It should be noted though that Anthony Lapaglia who plays Jack Malone on the show will return only for sixteen of the series twenty-two episode order. This is being done in an effort to save some money.

Eric Close will return for nine of the twenty-two episodes and his role is being changed dramatically. His character will serve as a figure in the office but will not be shown doing field work. This will cut down the number of scenes he has and will reduce his work day and thus his salary. Muricano will return for all twenty-two episodes and is being bumped up to the lead character; his Danny Taylor will take over the role of unit leader from Jack Malone who will be "traveling for personal reasons" when he is not shown on-screen.

The three female leads will return for brief guest apperances to wrap up their stories says a GEN-TV executive. According to executives one of three characters will die and the other two will be "organically written out". GEN-TV is looking to fill at least two of the vacant female spots on the show and is looking to one known star to fill the role; "Holly Marie Combs from "Charmed" and "Picket Fences" would fit in perfectly on this show, we would love to have her says on" says on GEN-TV executive. This makes sense because she would command less money than either of the other three actresses.

Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and Marianne Jean Baptiste will exit crime show when it moves from "CBS" to "GEN-TV" starting this fall. Original cast members Anthony Lapaglia, Enrique Maricano, Eric Close will return.

When GEN-TV announced yesterday that they were picking up CBS's cancelled drama "Without A Trace" we also announced plans to scale down the cast a bit to fit the new budget. Today we announce that original cast members Poppy Montgomery, Rosalyn Sanchez and Marianne Jean Baptiste will exit the series before it moves to GEN-TV. This means all three of the series female regulars have been cut. All three of the series male characters will return. It should be noted though that Anthony Lapaglia who plays Jack Malone on the show will return only for sixteen of the series twenty-two episode order. This is being done in an effort to save some money.

Eric Close will return for nine of the twenty-two episodes and his role is being changed dramatically. His character will serve as a figure in the office but will not be shown doing field work. This will cut down the number of scenes he has and will reduce his work day and thus his salary. Muricano will return for all twenty-two episodes and is being bumped up to the lead character; his Danny Taylor will take over the role of unit leader from Jack Malone who will be "traveling for personal reasons" when he is not shown on-screen.

The three female leads will return for brief guest apperances to wrap up their stories says a GEN-TV executive. According to executives one of three characters will die and the other two will be "organically written out". GEN-TV is looking to fill at least two of the vacant female spots on the show and is looking to one known star to fill the role; "Holly Marie Combs from "Charmed" and "Picket Fences" would fit in perfectly on this show, we would love to have her says on" says on GEN-TV executive. This makes sense because she would command less money than either of the other three actresses.
You should keep Poppy Montgomery in the series. I thought she was one of the best parts! :)

YTN Press Release:
Pushing Daisies' Season Finale Hits Record; College Breaks Record
PUSHING DAISIES:
It was a big night for YTN; Pushing Daisies had a two hour season finale, a new episode of Being Average aired, and College had it's series premiere. The two hour average for Pushing Daisies was 11.07 million viewers and a 4.0 demo among 18-49 year olds. Not only was this a record performance for Pushing Daisies, but it was the largest viewership ever for YTN. Pushing Daisies also recorded a 3.9 demo among 18-34 year olds and a 2.4 demo among 25-54 year olds. Among women, Pushing Daisies recorded a 6.4 demo among W18-49, and a 6.1 demo among W18-34.
BEING AVERAGE:
Following the large season finale of Pushing Daisies was a new episode of Being Average (Episode 4). Being Averaged scored 8.93 million viewers and a 3.4 demo among 18-49 year olds. That put retention out of Pushing Daisies at 81% in total viewers and 85% in the 18-49 demo. Being Average also recorded a 3.0 demo among 18-34 year olds, and a 2.6 demo among 25-54 year olds. Remember, Being Average moves to 8pm next Wednesday.
COLLEGE:
YTN's second original comedy, College, premiered at 10:30 and broke every record on YTN that Pushing Daisies set earlier in the night. College recorded 12.14 million viewers, increasing on Being Average by 3.21 million viewers, and scored a 4.5 demo among 18-49 year olds. College hit a high note among the 18-34 year old age group scoring massive 12.5 demo. Among the 25-54 year old age groups, College showed some interest with a 2.7 demo. Remember, College moves to 9pm next Wednesday.
At 10:30pm, a repeat of the series premiere of College recorded 5.83 million viewers and a 6.2 demo among 18-34 year olds. That puts viewership for both the new and repeat episode at 17.97 million viewers.
FAMILY GUY:
Family Guy recorded it's largest viewership on YTN following the series premiere of College with 7.63 million viewers.
HOUSE:
Earlier in the night, House took advantage of pre-tune in of Pushing Daisies with 3.06 million viewers. While it is down from it's 9pm normal timeslot, it is a large increase over the usual timeslot holder Gilmore Girls.

SCHEDULE FROM LAST NIGHT:
7:00-8:00 - House (Special Time)
8:00-10:00 - Pushing Daisies (2 Hour Season Finale Movie)
10:00-10:30 - Being Average (New Episode)
10:30-11:00 - College (Series Premiere)
11:00-11:30 - Family Guy
11:30-12:00 - College (Series Premiere; Repeat)
YTN Press Release:
Being Average Starts Low; College Hits Record; Roommates Closer To New Episodes
YTN's new Wednesday Comedy Block got off to a slow start with Malcolm in the Middle with 1.31 million viewers. The newest episode of Being Average was around average, with 2.54 million viewers. Being Average scored a 1.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 1.8 demo among 18-34 year olds. The President of YTN says "Being Average was a bit low, but we will have to see what happens." A repeat of Family Guy aired at 8:30 with 3.05 million viewers, showing nice growth from Being Average. Up next was the second episode of College, which was able to produce impressive numbers without a large lead in. College scored 7.03 million viewers, and a massive 8.4 demo among 18-34 year olds. Among 18-49 year olds, College scored an above average 3.9 demo. The President of YTN says "College looks like its a hit. To have 4 million viewers join from Family Guy is just amazing." The premiere of repeats for sitcom Roommates helped it move closer to a possible second season on YTN. Roommates was watched by 4.94 million viewers, scored a 4.7 demo among 18-34 year olds, and a 2.8 demo among 18-49 year olds. That put retention at 70% in total viewers, 56% among 18-34 year olds, and 72% among 18-49 year olds. The President of YTN says "Roommates showed it has potential last night. If Roommates can keep the numbers close next week, a renewal is very likely." NCIS aired at 10pm with 3.85 million viewers, while The Practice had 3.54 million viewers at 11pm.

LAST NIGHT'S LINEUP:
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Being Average (New Episode)
8:30pm - Family Guy
9pm - College (New Episode)
9:30pm - Roommates
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice

YTN Press Release:
Comedy Gets a Second Season
After premiering only last week, YTN's new hit comedy, College, has been renewed for a second season. The President of YTN says "I'm glad we were able to renew College so early. If not for all the fans out there, we wouldn't have the success we do today." The second season of College will premiere in the Fall, and will consist of 13 episodes.

Sunday
7:00 = Celebrity Expose
8:00 = Street Patrol
8:30 = Jail
9:00 = Vice Squad
9:30 = FUGITIVE HUNTERS
10:00= BROTHERS & DETECTIVES

Celebrity Expose (3rd Season)
"Celebrity Exposé" tells the stories behind the headlines of today's most compelling personalities. Produced by Access Entertainment News Productions, the same production team behind the hit syndicated newsmagazine "Access Hollywood," the program is hosted by Tony Potts and delves into the realities of celebrity life. (Access Entertainment News Productions)

Street Patrol (3rd Season)
"Street Patrol" highlights the men and women of law enforcement dedicated to keeping the streets safe.From Langley Productions, each episode features real police officers from across the U.S. as they deal with a wide range of calls, from domestic disturbances to armed robberies, and even homicides.(Langley Productions)

Jail (3rd Season)
"Jail" follows various individuals from their initial booking through their first moments in the slammer. John Langley, the creator and producer of "COPS," now takes us behind bars with "Jail." Shot on-location in cities across the U.S., each episode captures the harsh and sometimes humorous reality of what happens to casual offenders and hardened criminals once the sheriff throws away the key.
(Langley Productions)

Vice Squad (2nd Season)
When the streets get dirty, Vice Squad comes to the rescue!Vice Squad is back for another season of them busting down and taking criminals down.Its excitment taken to the extreme.It now has a new home.TBC

FUGITIVE HUNTERS (1st Season)
When a criminal escpaes and goes on the run and is too dangerous for the natural police force to pursue,The Fugitive Hunters are assigned and they have no limits.They go to the corners of USA to capture the most dangerous criminals and put them back behind bars.

BROTHERS & DECTECTIVES (1st Season)
The trick to solving puzzles is seeing the little clues that other people miss. Officer Charlie Hudson does not have this talent. He's perfectly happy in his low-level position in property crimes, but when he gets stuck with the genius little brother he never knew he had, Hudson is about to see the world in a whole new way. Hudson's father abandoned him when he was five-years-old, so he's shocked to discover that his recently deceased Dad left him the bulk of his estate including guardianship of his 10-year-old half brother who also happens to be named Charlie. Hudson is a master of avoiding responsibility,so
he's not about to take on a kid his dad apparently viewed as his replacement. He starts looking for a decent foster family for Charlie, but the boy is quickly enthralled with his older brother especially his super-cool job as a detective. Genius Charlie recently graduated high school, so he's free to tag along with Hudson on his first and probably last homicide investigation, which everyone else believes is a suicide. That is, until Charlie notices the partially eaten piece of cake beside the victim's body. As Hudson and Charlie slowly work the case together, Hudson can't help beginning to grow fond of the boy.He doesn't completely feel up to the task of raising a child, but then again, he didn't think he had what it took to be a detective, either. After Hudson successfully solves his first case and saves Charlie from the clutches of a deadly killer, one thing becomes clear: Hudson and Charlie are a team. From Daniel Cerone, co-executive producer of Dexter comes a charming and original new crime drama that deftly mixes Psych's weekly procedural with the warmth and humor of About a Boy. Who needs Charlie's Angels, when the two Charlies are on the case?

Starring Brad William Henke,Dakota Goyo,Dania Ramirez,Jimmy Wolk and Patrick St Esprit

Monday
8:00 = GARRICK
9:00 = MINDS
10:00= LEGALLY MAD

GARRICK (1st Season)
Drama about a retired cop who is called back into action to train the next generation of COPS.In their jobs and social life.

Starring Brian Cox,Beverly Mitchell and Bobby Lee

MINDS (1st Season)
Minds is centered about a man who comes out of the hospital after an accident with mind powers.He is called by detectives to investigate cases that the Cops themselves cannot solve

Starring Lance Henriksen,James Van Der Beek,Keer Smith and Holly Marie Combs

LEGALLY MAD (1st Season)
drama set in a chicago law firm and revolves around an aging partner and his daughter who works with him as well as a host of eccentric characters around them

Starring Hillary Duff,Charity Wakefield,Hugh Bonneville,Jon Seda,Kristin Chenoweth,Kurt Fuller and Loretta Devine

Tuesday
8:00 = THE AMAZING MRS NOVAK
9:00 = GIRLS CHASING MEN
10:00= BACK

THE AMAZING MRS NOVAK (1st Season)
Drama about a shopping mall manager who decides to run for mayor of New Jersey,the hard way

Starring Lisa Kudrow

GIRLS CHASING MEN (1st Season)
Drama-Comedy about 3 friends who leave college and must adventure out of their own in New York City and pursue their dreams.

Starring Alexis Bledil,Alexa Nicolas and Amber Tamblyn

BACK (1st Season)
drama centers on a man who disappeared in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks only to suddenly show up, eight years later and seeing his life completly change.His wife has remarried and his children are out of control.His best friend who is a doctor tries to find out what happened to him as he as well tries to search for answers.

Starring DB Woodside,Emily Meade,Jimmy Pinchak,John C.McGinley,Sherry Stringfield and Skeet Ulrich

Wednesday
8:00 = MASTERWORK
9:00 = WASHINGTON FIELD
10:00= Eleventh Hour

MASTERWORK (1st Season)
a thriller about a race against time to recover the world's most sought-after artifacts

Starring Nicholas Cage,Matt Passmore,Merrin Dungey,Natalie Dormer,Scott Porter and Tom Ellis

WASHINGTON FIELD (1st Season)
crime drama about the national capital response squad, a unit of the fbi comprised of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world, responding to events that concern the u.s. national interest

Starring Sebastian Roache,Marisol Nochols,Adam Jamal Craig,Cole Hauser,Eddie Cibrian,Gina Torres,
Matthew Yang King,Teri Polo

Eleventh Hour (2nd Season)
Returning for its 2nd Season from CBS,ELEVENTH HOUR from acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer follows Dr. Jacob Hood, a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government, as he investigates scientific crises and oddities. His jurisdiction is absolute and Hood is dogged in his pursuit of those who would abuse and misuse scientific discoveries and breakthroughs for their own gain. His passion and crusade is to protect the substance of science from those with nefarious motives. He is called in at the eleventh hour and he represents the last line of defense. Special Agent Rachel Young is the decorated FBI protection officer assigned to watch Hood's back.

Thursday
8:00 = BODIES
9:00 = THE ULTIMATE ROCK BAND
10:00= Without A Trace

BODIES (1st Season)
Bodies stars 2 young college students who are undercover detectives at night,there parents are both detectives but they are not brother and sister,they have no relation.In their local town in Ohio,they investigate strange cases to keep their town safe.

Starring Victoria Justice and Taylor Lautner

THE ULTIMATE ROCK BAND (Cycle 1)
A Reality series hosted by Jonathan Coachman,about music labels who are searching the country for the next big Rock band to sweep the nation off their feet.

Without A Trace (8th Season)
Back for a 8th season from CBS,WITHOUT A TRACE is a riveting drama about the New York Missing Persons Squad of the FBI. The sole responsibility of the special task force is to find missing persons, by applying advanced psychological profiling techniques to peel back the layers of the victims' lives and trace their whereabouts in an effort to discover whether they have been abducted, been murdered, committed suicide or simply run away. The team reconstructs a "day of disappearance" timeline that details every minute of the 24 hours prior to the disappearance and digs into every facet of the victim's life, following one simple rule: learn who the victim is in order to learn where the victim is. Senior agent Jack Malone is a tough, compassionate, seasoned and astute professional that knows too well that every second counts when someone vanishes. The team includes Samantha Spade, an agent whose blonde good looks belie a tough, complex approach to her work; Vivian Johnson, a no-nonsense investigator with a special insight into victims' families; Danny Taylor, whose sensitivity is often covered up by his street smarts; the driven Martin Fitzgerald, whose brush with prescription drug addiction revealed a darker side of his straight-laced persona; and Elena Delgado, a resourceful agent who previously worked in the N.Y.P.D.'s Vice unit. As the team members work on varied and complicated cases, details about their own lives continue to unfold.

Starring Anthony LaPaglia,Enrique Murciano,Eric Close,Marianne Jean-Baptiste,Poppy Montgomery and
Roselyn Sanchez

Friday
8:00 = STATE OF ROMANCE
8:30 = CANNED
9:00 = Samantha Who
9:30 = PAGE 3
10:00= THE BODY POLITIC

STATE OF ROMANCE (1st Season)
comedy described as a modern day "pride and prejudice" set in chicago

Starring Grace Rex,Lindsay Broad,Stephen Rannazzisi,Steve Howey and Zoe Lister Jones
Reccuring is Bobby Lee

CANNED (1st Season)
They're young, they're moving up... and they've all just been canned. Five tight friends are about to find out what happens when their upwardly mobile lives turn upside down. College sweethearts, Sam and Marissa have a long-term plan for success that gets completely derailed when Sam is suddenly fired. But Sam is in good company since three of his close friends are kicked to the curb at the same time: Neurotic Justin, who's forced to move in with Kwang, his cocky, but over-extended bud, and the long-suffering Sarabeth, who doesn't know what to do with herself without someone to boss her around. Marissa is the only one who survives the corporate ax, but now has to deal with survivor's guilt and jobless Sam. Always the optimist, Sam prefers to see this as a glass-half-full situation preferably a glass half-full of beer. While he rallies the troops to form "Team Awesome," these five fast friends mull over how they got here and exactly where it is they want to be headed. They may not have a clear mission statement just yet, but now they've got the chance to figure a new direction.

Starring Amanda Bynes,Baron Vaughn,Stephanie Lemelin and Tim Peper

Samantha Who (3rd Season)
Returing for another season is Samantha Who,After a hit-and-run accident left Samantha Newly (Christina Applegate) in an eight-day coma, she awoke with retrograde amnesia, which allowed her to fully function in the world but leaves her with no personal memories of her past. As she began her quest to rediscover herself, she learned that she had been a horrible person. Vain, selfish and potentially surrounded by far more enemies than friends, she made a conscious decision to improve herself moving forward with the help of her eclectic friends and family. In an attempt to reboot her life, Sam quits her job in order to find something that is more suitable to her "new" self, and moves out of her parents' home and back into her apartment -- where ex-boyfriend Todd (Barry Watson) has been living, rent free. She also feels it's time to move on from Todd and begin dating other men. But their feelings for each other are still strong, which could ultimately torpedo any possible romantic relationships they may find with other people. Sam's mother, Regina (Jean Smart, Emmy award winner for supporting actress in the show), afraid that she'll lose touch with her daughter again when she moves, entices her to partner in a mother/daughter real estate team. But father Howard (Kevin Dunn) will still have to act as mediator when the mother/daughter dynamics go awry. Changes are also in store for Sam's best friends Dena (Melissa McCarthy) and Andrea (Jennifer Esposito). Dena continues to date Sam's ex-boss -- and Andrea's current boss -- Mr. Chapman, but she so admires Sam's do-over in life that she will decide to make some changes of her own. As for the self-centered Andrea, she will begin dating a professional athlete -- a popular player at the top of his game and always in the spotlight. Andrea will, for the first time in her life, have to contend with the fact that she's not the center of attention in the relationship and may actually be dating out of her league. As for Frank (Tim Russ), the doorman at Sam's apartment, he will continue to be her reluctant spiritual advisor and confidant. Sam will continue to try and make better choices in life, even though her instincts may not always steer her in the right direction. She will piece together things from her past to guide her in discovering who she is...or was. After all, sometimes to get to the end of the story, the only place to start is the beginning. Samantha Who? stars Christina Applegate as Samantha, Jennifer Esposito as
Andrea, Kevin Dunn as Howard, Melissa McCarthy as Dena, Tim Russ as Frank with Barry Watson as Todd and Jean Smart as Regina.

PAGE 3 (1st Season)
Page 3 stars Kisten Storms as a young fashion writer who gets a job at the biggest fashion magazine in the world and learns that its a dog eat dog world

Starring Kirsten Storms,Michelle Tractenberg,Vanessa Ferlito,Carmen Electra,Robert Kazinsky and Eugene Levy

THE BODY POLITIC (1st Season)
drama focusing on a young woman who moves to washington to work for a senator and the other eager up-and-comers with whom she becomes friends

Starring Brian Austin Green,Gabrielle Union,Jason DOhring,Jay Hernandez,Jenny Wade,Minka Kelly and Tim Matheson

Saturday
8:00 = Deal Or No Deal
9:00 = LIVE LIKE YOU`RE DYING
10:00= HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU

Deal Or No Deal (5th Season)
Hosted by Howie Mandel, "Deal or No Deal" is an exhilarating hit game show where contestants play and deal for a top prize of $1 million in a high-energy contest of nerves, instincts and raw intuition. Each night, the game of odds and chance unfolds when a contestant is confronted with 26 sealed briefcases full of varying amounts of cash – ranging from a measly penny to $1 million. Without knowing the amount in each briefcase, the contestant picks one – his to keep, if he chooses – until its unsealing at game's end. The risk element kicks in when the player must then instinctively eliminate the remaining 25 cases – which are opened and the amount of cash inside revealed. The pressure mounts as in each round, after a pre-determined number of cases are opened, the participant is tempted by a mysterious entity known only as "the Banker" to accept an offer of cash in exchange
for what might be contained in the contestant's chosen briefcase – prompting Mandel to ask the all-important question – Deal or No Deal? As each case is opened, the likelihood of the player having a valuable cash amount in his or her own case decreases or increases. Viewers will see if, truly, fortune favors the bold. The contestant knows that as long as the larger cash prizes haven't been opened, the Banker's deals will only get higher. And if the conflicted contestant accidentally opens a case with a bigger cash value – the Banker's offer could suddenly evaporate.

LIVE LIKE YOU`RE DYING (1st Season)
reality project which takes a person who has been given a terminal diagnosis and gives them "the last adventure of their life

Hosted by Brian McFayden

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (1st Season)
import of the long-running british series featuring two teams of celebrities and newsmakers humorously trying to answer questions about current events and politics

Hosted By Drew Carey

Daytime
1:00 = FASHIONALITY
2:00 = Christina`s Court
2:30 = GENERATIONS
3:00 = Guiding Light

FASHIONALITY - Show about Fashion
Christina`s Court - Return of Christina and her court
GENERATIONS - Original TBC Soap Opera
Guiding Light - The 72 yr old Soap Opera will turn 73 when it comes to TBC

Late Night (Monday-Friday)
11:35 = LATE NIGHT WITH TONY ROCK
12:35 = THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW

LATE NIGHT WITH TONY ROCK - Tony Rock gets his own show
THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW - His 90s Late Show returns

Late Night (Saturday)
11:35 = MADtv
12:35 = SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

MADtv - Return of the sketch comedy
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SPIKE FERESTEN - Spike Feresten moves to TBC

GEN-TV is able to confirm now that the offical premire date for new episodes "Guiding Light" is going to be November 10th, 2009. The series is going to get a "prime spot on our daytime schedule". The series is going to air sometime in the early morning hours. Classic episodes of the show from the 1993-2008 era will also air in the early morning as well as in a primetime or late night slot on the schedule. The series will air three days a week instead of the typical five days a week.

We can also now confirm that "GL" has signed three popular actors to continue work on the show when it makes the jump to GEN-TV. Robert Newman will reprise his role of Joshua Lewis on the series. The series has also confirmed that Marcy Rylan as Lizzie Spaulding will return to work on the series. Lastly, in a unexpected move Grant Aleksander has signed on to return to the role of Phillip Spaulding on the series. Although he returned to the role in early 2009 it was unexpected that he would sign on for the network move. We can confirm that contract talks with all three actors went "very smoothly" and that all three agreed to "take majorly reduced salaries and make a lot of personal sacrifices for the series health".

Sadly one actor that will not make the network jump is E.J. Bonilla who plays Rafe. He has opted not to return to the show when it makes it's network jump.

You should keep Poppy Montgomery in the series. I thought she was one of the best part! :)

Believe me it was a hard decision for GEN-TV to make, but i'm sure you and other fans will be very happy with the new casting choices the show is about to make. some excellent talent is on their way.

"Without A Trace" cast members were excited to learn that their series was being saved from cancellation by GEN-TV but for Marianne Jean Baptiste it was bittersweet as she learned that she and two co-stars Rosalyn Sanchez and Poppy Montgomery would not be asked back to the series cast. All three female leads have been cut from the show and will appear in no more than two episodes of the series this season. While all three male stars will return in some capacity for an extended period of time. Baptiste a Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for her work in the 1997 film "Secrets & Lies" is not happy and has decided to speak out publically that she believes this is blatant, obvious and unacceptable proof of "sexism and ageism". She believes the fact is that the network has cut their female cast because they are females and in her case because she is the oldest member of the cast. According to court papers filed today she has sued GEN-TV and the series production company for "discrimination based on age and gender". She is joined in the suit by co-filers Sanchez and Montgomery who have filed joint claims.

GEN-TV has not responded to calls about this matter nor have series producers or members of the production company.


----------------NOTICE----NO Law suite is happening, this is a fictional story about a fictional law suite. This is not related in any real way to Any of the actors mentioned in this article. I have no association with Marianne Jean Baptiste, Poppy Montgomery or Rosalyn Sanchez. ------

TBC have announced Their Episode Orders for Fall.More could be added due to Ratings.

Tuesday 1st September 2009
The Amazing Mrs Novak - 13 Episodes
Girls Chasing Men - 13 Episodes
Back - 13 Episodes

Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Masterwork - 13 Episodes
Washington Field - 13 Episodes
Eleventh Hour - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes in Fall)

Thursday 3rd September 2009
Bodies - 13 Episodes
The Ultimate Band - 15 Episodes (Fall Only)
Without A Trace - 24 Episodes (12 Episodes in Fall)

Friday 4th September 2009
State Of Romance - 13 Episodes
Canned - 13 Episodes
Samantha Who - 20 Episodes
Page 3 - 13 Episodes
The Body Politic - 13 Episodes

Saturday 5th September 2009
Deal Or No Deal - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes in Fall)
Live Like You`re Dying - 13 Episodes
Have I Got News For You - 13 Episodes

Sunday 6th September 2009
Celebrity Expose - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes in Fall)
Street Patrol - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes In Fall/Repeats If still MyNetworkTV)
Jail - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes In Fall/Repeats if still MyNetworkTV)
Vice Squad - 20 Episodes (10 Episodes In Fall)
Fugitve Hunters - 13 Episodes
Brothers & Detectives - 13 Episodes

Monday 7th September 2009
Garrick - 13 Episodes
Minds - 13 Episodes
Legally Mad - 13 Episodes


Also Mid-Season news.The CBS Remake of Hawwii - 5 O is going to air Mid-Season on TBC after The Ultimate Rock Band finishes its fall run.

TCN Press Release:
The Comedy Network Presents Hits 1 Million Viewers
For the first time since launching in March of 2009, The Comedy Network has hit the 1 million viewer mark. The night started with the interview of Debra Messing. The interview was watched by 987,000 viewers, up 129,000 viewers from the last female interview. Debra Messing's interview reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.5 among 25-54 year olds. At 9pm was the male interview of Ray Romano was watched by 998,000 viewers, up 90,000 viewers from last week. Ray Romano's interview reached a 0.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.6 among 25-54 year olds. At 10pm was Will and Grace starring Debra Messing. Will and Grace, the first show ever to hit 1 million viewers, had 1.05 million viewers. It also reached a 0.8 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 0.5 among 25-54 year olds. At 11pm was Everybody Loves Raymond, which was watched by 1.01 million viewers. Everybody Loves Raymond achieved a 0.7 demo among 18-49 year olds and a 0.6 among 25-54 year olds. The President of TCN says "We have finally hit 1 million viewers! I hope this trend continues."

Next week's interviews:
The female episode will be hosted by Ms. Melissa Peterman, interviewing Ms. Reba McEntire. Reba will air at 10pm.
The male episode will be hosted by Mr. Victor Williams, interviewing Mr. Kevin James. King of Queens will air at 11pm.
TCN Press Release:
Ratings For THE COMEDY NETWORK PRESENTS: Last Week and This Week
Thursday, May 14th:
Interview of Ms. Reba McEntire - 921,000 viewers
Interview of Mr. Kevin James - 1.02 million viewers <--- RECORD FOR TCN
Reba - 992,000 viewers
King of Queens - 1.04 million viewers <--- RECORD FOR TCN

Thursday, May 21st:
Interview of Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 1.01 million viewers
Interview of Mr. Neil Patrick Harris - 1.19 million viewers <--- RECORD FOR TCN
Old Christine - 1.21 million viewers <--- RECORD FOR TCN
How I Met Your Mother - 1.18 million viewers

Next Week:
Mr. Jerry Seinfeld; Seinfeld will air at 11pm
Ms. Roseanne Bar; Roseanne will air at 10pm

TCN Press Release:
The President of TCN Steps Down
After only a few months on the job, the President of TCN is stepping down. In a statement released by the President of TCN, he says "I have decided to step down as the President of The Comedy Network after only a few months on the job. After struggling to find an audience, I find it only fitting that I step down. I wish the TCN Family all the best of luck, and I hope the new President of the network is ready for a challenge. Thank you."

VP of Network Moves Up
After the former President of TCN stepped down, the VP of TCN assumed his old job. The new President said he plans on releasing a new schedule as soon as possible. The new President of TCN "I am excited and ready for my new role as President of The Comedy Network. I know there are numerous challenges ahead, but I am ready to take them on."

NEW ADDITION:
New Schedule Goes Into Affect on Monday
*Highest rated show is Two and a Half Men with 537,000 viewers.

Monday-Friday Daytime Lineup (Changes in Bold)
12am - MOVIE
2am - MOVIE
4am - The Big Bang Theory
5am - Two and a Half Men
6am - All in the Family
7am - Maude
8am - Good Times
9am - The Jeffersons
10am - The Dick Van Dyke Show
11am - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12pm - WKRP in Cincinnati
1pm - MOVIE
3pm - Family Matters
4pm - Designing Women
5pm - The Golden Girls
6pm - Full House
7pm - Married with Children

Monday
8pm - MOVIE
10pm - MOVIE

Tuesday (90's *)
8pm - Friends
9pm - Joey
10pm - Step by Step
11pm - Roseanne

Wednesday (00's *)
8pm - George Lopez
9pm - Hope and Faith
10pm - Less Than Perfect
11pm - Life With Bonnie

Thursday
8pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Female Comedy Stars*
9pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Male Comedy Stars*
10pm - Television Show Featuring Female Comedy Star**
11pm - Television Show Featuring Male Comedy Star**

Friday (00's *) ((MOVES FROM THURSDAY))
8pm - Everybody Loves Raymond
9pm - The King of Queens
10pm - Still Standing
11pm - Becker
*Designates most of its run happened in that era.

Saturday (Mix of Shows)
12am - MOVIE
2am - Frasier
3am - 8 Simple Rules
4am - Home Improvement
5am - The Drew Carey Show
6am - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
7am - Who's The Boss?
8am - MOVIE
10am - Full House
11am - Friends
12pm - Caroline In The City
1pm - What I Like About You
2pm - Reba
3pm - The Nanny
4pm - Girlfriends
5pm - Smart Guy
6pm - All of Us
7pm - Half and Half
8pm - Mad About You
9pm - Family Guy
10pm - My Wife and Kids
11pm - Yes Dear

Sunday (Current Comedies)
12am - Scrubs
1am - Samantha Who?
2am - My Name Is Earl
3am - The Office
4am - MOVIE
6am - Everybody Hates Chris
7am - The Game
8am - According to Jim
9am - The Bill Engvall Show
10am - 'Til Death
11am - The Big Bang Theory
12pm - How I Met Your Mother
1pm - Two and a Half Men
2pm - Rules of Engagement
3pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
4pm - Gary Unmarried
5pm - Rita Rocks
6pm - Family Guy
7pm - The Simpsons
8pm - King of the Hill
9pm - The Big Bang Theory
10pm - Two and a Half Men
11pm - Rules of Engagement / Gary Unmarried / Old Christine Rotation

*The Comedy Network Presents: Comedy Stars is first ever original program on The Comedy Network. The show is hosted by a new host each week, interviewing a comedy star from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today. The first male episode is hosted by Mr. John Cryer interviewing Mr. Charlie Sheen. The first female episode is hosted by Ms. Jennifer Esposito interviewing Ms. Christina Applegate. The new President of YTN: "I love this new series. It gives you a look at what that person did to get to where they are today. We will film the first episode tomorrow, and it will air Wednesday. We have more stars lined up, but we have not signed contracts yet."

**Example:
Christina Applegate Interview is airing at 8pm, meaning Married with Children or Samantha Who will air at 10pm
Charlie Sheen Interview is airing at 9pm, meaning Two and a Half Men will air at 11pm
TCN Press Release:
TCN To Go Dark; Makes More Changes
In order to save money, The Comedy Network will shut down operations in the early morning hours. With an average of only 6,000 viewers from 2am-6am, the President of TCN says "It's only smart to shut down those hours. Why spend money on programming when nobody is watching? TCN is also making more changes, which can be seen in BOLD in the following schedule:

Monday-Friday Daytime Lineup
12am - The Big Bang Theory
12:30am - Two and a Half Men
1am - Friends
2am until 6am - OFF AIR
6am - All in the Family
7am - Maude
8am - Good Times
9am - The Jeffersons
10am - The Dick Van Dyke Show
11am - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12pm - WKRP in Cincinnati
1pm - MOVIE
3pm - Family Matters
4pm - Designing Women
5pm - The Golden Girls
6pm - Full House
7pm - Married with Children

Monday
8pm - Repeat of THE COMEDY NETWORK PRESENTS:
9pm - Show starring the person featured in THE COMEDY NETWORK PRESENTS:
9:30pm - Malcolm in the Middle
10pm - MOVIE

Tuesday (90's *)
8pm - Friends
9pm - Joey
10pm - Step by Step
11pm - Roseanne

Wednesday (00's *)
8pm - George Lopez
9pm - Hope and Faith
10pm - Less Than Perfect
11pm - Life With Bonnie

Thursday
8pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Female Comedy Stars
9pm - The Comedy Network Presents: Male Comedy Stars
10pm - Television Show Featuring Female Comedy Star
11pm - Television Show Featuring Male Comedy Star

Friday (00's *)
8pm - Everybody Loves Raymond
9pm - The King of Queens
10pm - Still Standing
11pm - Becker
*Designates most of its run happened in that era.

Saturday (Mix of Shows)
12am - Frasier
12:30am - 8 Simple Rules
1am - Home Improvement
1:30am - The Drew Carey Show
2am until 6am - OFF AIR
6am - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
7am - Who's The Boss?
8am - MOVIE
10am - Full House
11am - Friends
12pm - Caroline In The City
1pm - What I Like About You
2pm - Reba
3pm - The Nanny
4pm - Girlfriends
5pm - Smart Guy
6pm - All of Us
7pm - Half and Half
8pm - Mad About You
9pm - Family Guy
10pm - My Wife and Kids
11pm - Yes Dear

Sunday (Current Comedies)
12am - Scrubs
12:30am - The Office
1am - My Name is Earl
1:30am - Samantha Who?
2am until 6am - OFF AIR
6am - Everybody Hates Chris
7am - The Game
8am - According to Jim
9am - The Bill Engvall Show
10am - 'Til Death
11am - The Big Bang Theory
12pm - How I Met Your Mother
1pm - Two and a Half Men
2pm - Rules of Engagement
3pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
4pm - Gary Unmarried
5pm - Rita Rocks
5:30pm - Old Christine
6pm - Family Guy
7pm - The Simpsons
8pm - King of the Hill
9pm - The Big Bang Theory
10pm - Two and a Half Men
11pm - Rules of Engagement
11:30pm - Gary Unmarried

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6:00am Gi Joe Real American Hero

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

7:00am Super Mario Bros Super Show

7:30am Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

8:00am Garfield And Friends

8:30am Heathcliff

9:00am He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

9:30am She Ra Princess Of Power

10:00am Voltron

10;30am Superfriends

11:00am Thundercats

11:30am Transformers
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12:00pm Happy Days

12:30pm Laverne n Shirley

1:00pm Threes Company

1:30pm Mork And Mindy

2:00pm Welcome Back Kottor

2:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

3:00pm Barney Miller

3:30pm Taxi

4:00pm Sanford And Son

4:30pm Maude

5:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

5:30pm One Day At A Time
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6:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

7:00pm A-Team

8:00pm Dallas

9:00pm Incredible Hulk

10:00pm Knight Rider

11:00pm Fall Guy

12:00am Charlie's Angels

1:00am Hardcastle & McCormick

2:00am Hill Street Blues

3:00am Airwolf

4:00am Equalizer

5:00am.Remington Steel
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Saturday Weekend Line Up.

6:00am Perfect Strangers

6:30am Bosum Buddies

7:00am Too Close For Comfort

7:30am Its A Living

8:00am Silver Spoons

8:30am Facts Of Life

9:00am Charles In Charge

9:30am Family Ties

10:00am My Two Dads

10:30am Night Court

11:00am Growing Pains

11:30am Whos The Boss

12;00pm Gimme A Break

12:30pm Benson
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1:00pm Baywatch

2:00pm Tj Hooker

3:00pm 21 Jump Street

4:00pm Spenser For Hire

5:00pm Magnum Pi

6:00pm Simon And Simon

7:00pm Miami Vice

8:00pm Dallas

9:00pm Hart To Hart

10:00pm Hunter

11:00pm Macgyver
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12:00am Starsky & Hutch

1:00am Hawaii Five O

2:00am Fantasy Island

3:00am Chips

4:00am Wonder Woman
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Sunday Morning Line Up

5:00am Father Dowling Mysteries

6:00am Eight Is Enough

7:00am Love Boat

8:00am Highway To Heaven

9:00am Fantasy Island

10:00am Greatest American Hero

11:00am St.Elsewhere
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12:00pm Bewitched

12:30pm I Dream Of Jeannie

1:00pm Munsters

1:30pm Addams Family

2:00pm Ghost N Mis Muir

2:30pm Munsters

3:00pm Dick Van Dyke Show

3:30pm Donna Reed Show

4:00pm Car 54 Where Are U

4:30pm Get Smart

5:00pm I Love Lucy

5:30pm The Honeymooners
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6:00pm Melrose Place

7:00pm Hart To Hart

8:00pm Dallas

9:00pm Knots Landing

10:00pm Dynasty

11:00pm Falcon Crest
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12:00am Columbo

1;00am Kojak

2:00am Mission Impossible

3:00am Quincy

4:00am McCloud

5:00am Perry Mason
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TBC will launch on June 1st 2009 with its summer programming

Sunday
7:00 = Get In The Picture (2nd Season)
8:00 = In Harms Way (1st Season Repeat)
9:00 = Valentine (1st Season Repeat)
10:00= Easy Money (1st Season Repeat)

Monday
8:00 = American Gladiators (3rd Season)
9:00 = Wanna Bet (2nd Season)
10:00= Game Show In My Head (2nd Season)

Tuesday
8:00 = Celebrity Family Feud (2nd Season)
9:00 = Nashville Star (7th Season)
10:00= BRITAINS GOT TALENT (3rd Season in UK)

Wednesday
8:00 = Beauty And The Geek (6th Season)
9:00 = Farmer Wants A Wife (2nd Season)
10:00= STREET FIGHTERS UNCENCSORED (1st Season)

Thursday
8:00 = Under One Roof (3rd Season)
8:30 = Last Comic Standing (7th Season)
10:00= Fear Itself (2nd Season)

Friday
8:00 = TBC`s Friday Night Movie

Saturday
8:00 = My Saturday Night Movie


Last Comic Standing (7th Season) - 13 Episodes
Nashville Star (7th Season) - 13 Episodes
Celebrity Family Feud (2nd Season) - 10 Episodes
American Gladiators (3rd Season) - 13 Episodes
In Harm`s Way (1st Season R) - 8 Episodes
Valentine (1st Season R) - 8 Episodes
Easy Money (1st Season R) - 8 Episodes
Game Show In My Head (2nd Season) - 13 Episodes
Get In The Picture (2nd Season) - 13 Episodes
Wanna Bet (2nd Season) - 6 Episodes
Farmer Wants A Wife (2nd Season) - 8 Episodes
Fear Itself (2nd Season) - 8 Episodes
Beauty And The Geek (6th Season) - 8 Episodes
Under One Roof (3rd Season) - 13 Episodes

This was challenging (took me about a week!), but I had so much fun with it! Too bad we can't launch these networks for real!

No real theme for my network. I tried to throw in something for everyone. Sitcoms, dramas, original programming, and even some shows from Japan.

Weekday Mornings: Syndicated Sitcoms (2 Episodes each)
6:00 A.M.: Murphy Brown
7:00 A.M.: Married With Children
8:00 A.M.: Becker
9:00 A.M.: Grace Under Fire
10:00 A.M.: According To Jim
11:00 A.M.: Full House

Weekday Afternoons: (Classic Episodes From ABC Soaps)
12:00 P.M.: All My Children
1:00 P.M.: One Life To Live
2:00 P.M.: General Hospital

Late Afternoon:
3:00 P.M.: Dancing Queen (Original Program) [TV G]
In this new series, Carrie Ann Inaba (of the smash hit, Dancing With The Stars) takes viewers on an exploration of dance and choreography, giving them a deeper understanding of her world and what she's passionate about. Episodes of this daily series will include interviews with some of the world's best dancers and choreographers, brand-new routines, looks back at the history of various dance styles, and maybe even a routine or two performed by Ms. Inaba herself.

4:00 P.M.: Teen Talk (Original Program) [TV Y7]
This series, targeted toward kids and teens, features interviews with the young stars of Hollywood. Instead of focusing on the negative like so many other shows seem to, Teen Talk will look at the postive; those stars who strive to be a good example for America's youth.

Early Evening: Saban Action Block
5:00 P.M.: Power Rangers
6:00 P.M.: VR Troopers
6:30 P.M.: Beetleborgs

Pre-Primetime:
7:00 P.M.: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader (A Daily Syndicated Version)

Primetime Monday (Drama):
8:00 P.M.: R.S.9 (Original Program) [TV 14]
This sci-fi/action/drama series, starring Jennifer Bransford and Billi Bruno, follows the life of a young widowed mother, desperate to break away from the evil empire she once served. Having spent so many years in the dark, she is ready to wash the blood from her hands and fight back. Watch each week as Bransford's character struggles to set right all of the wrongs in her life and some how help her daughter (Bruno) deal with the mysterious passing of her father.

9:00 P.M.: Boston Public
The all-new fifth season of the high school drama, by creator David E. Kelley.

10:00 P.M.: Alias: Sins of the Mother (Original Program) [TV 14]
Take a look back at the life of Alias' Irina Derevko in this all-new prequel, taking place decades prior to the ABC hit. Ever wondered what made Sydney Bristow's mother into the woman that she was? What adventures and secrets lay hidden within her time with the KGB? Was her marriage to Jack truly just means to an end or could there have been more to their relationship, perhaps even unbeknownst to Irina herself? For all this and more, take a stroll down memory lane with one of television's most lovely and lethal ladies.

Primetime Tuesday (Tokusatsu Tuesdays):
((Tokusatsu is a genre of Japanese television and my biggest passion in life. Although it would likely be expensive, I would get the rights from Toei Ltd. to dub some of its shows into English. This would of course be a literal translation. No editing, censoring, or anything of the sort. I don't believe in butchering imported shows.))

(Two episodes of each will air, given they are in a half-hour format.)
8:00 P.M.: Super Sentai
9:00 P.M.: Kamen Rider
10:00 P.M.: Metal Heroes

Primetime Wednesdays (Sitcoms):
8:00 P.M.: Amazing Grace (Original Program) [TV PG]
According To Jim's Gracie was all grown up and living on her own.... until one dreadful week. An unfortunate series of events forced the once independent Grace to open her home to siblings Ruby and Kyle, as well as her aging father, Jim (Jim Belushi). In this spin-off of the ABC hit, Grace attempts to juggle her free-loading family, work, and a social life; all the while trying not to get caught up in her own web of lies. Like father, like daughter!

8:30 P.M.: Full House Spin-off
((My friend told me once that John Stamos is actually trying to get a Full House spin-off series picked up. Although I don't know a lot about it, my network would be willing to give it a shot. Given the success of the original, it might be quite a ratings grabber, if well-written.))

9:00 P.M.: Surviving Suburbia
((If ABC doesn't renew this show, my network would be happy to!))

9:30 P.M.: Mama Knows (Original Program) [TV PG]
Family man, Kenta Sato, was living his dream. He had a beautiful wife, three kids, and the job he'd always wanted as an excutive in a major company. Life couldn't have gotten any better.... that is until a day he and his wife often call "Dooms Day". Kenta got a call from his mother, Hitomi, saying she was coming to live with them. To call her difficult would've been a notable understatement. Hell in heals would've been far more accurate. So poor Kenta is met with two options: please both of the women in his life.... or die trying.

(I may be writing a pilot for this one in the fan fiction section. Though it was a late addition to the schedule, it's a show I feel very strongly about.)


10:00 P.M.: Larry (Original Program) [TV 14]
An all-new sitcom based on the comedy of Larry The Cable Guy. With a beer in his hand and a couch on his lawn, Larry and his family bring redneck humor to their neighbors in the suburbs.... whether they like it or not.

10:30 P.M.: Wealth & Power (Original Program) [TV 14]
The Quartermaine family have been at each other's throats for so many decades, they've become an icon of Daytime television. Lies, adultery, blackmail, but underneath it all: laughs. This spin-off series focuses on the lighter side of General Hospital's bickering bunch. Take a look inside the lives of the not-so-perfect American family in this all-new series.

((Using a Soap Opera family in a show done in sitcom format is risky, but with the Quartermaines I feel it could work. They are so funny! I've always thought Stuart Damon, Leslie Charleson, John Ingle, and Jane Elliot would be awesome in a comedy.))


Primetime Thursdays (J-Drama):
Like Tuesdays, the Thursday night line-up features shows imported from Japan. It will introduce English speaking audiences to some of Japan's most popular dramas.

Since J-dramas are not long-term, a schedule for this night isn't possible. Typically those shows only run for around 10-15 episodes, regardless of popularity. Therefore, shows would change every few months or so.


Primetime Fridays (TGIF Reruns):
Since most people are out on Friday nights (not so much me, but those who actually have lives), I figure it would be best not to try new programming on this night. So instead, the network will air old episodes from ABC's classic TGIF lineup.

8:00 P.M.: Family Matters
8:30 P.M.: Boy Meets World
9:00 P.M.: Sabrina The Teenage Witch
9:30 P.M.: Step By Step
10:00 P.M.: Two of a Kind
10:30 P.M.: Hanging With Mr. Cooper

Late Night (Syndicated Drama Episodes):
11:00 P.M.: Alias (The fact that this airs right after the prequel series on Mondays is intentional)
12:00 A.M.: Desperate Housewives
1:00 A.M.: Brothers & Sisters
2:00 A.M.: Grey's Anatomy
3:00 A.M.: Bones

Saturday at the Cinema
Grab your popcorn, sit back, and relax. It's all movies, all day!

Saturday Mornings (Disney Kids Movies):
When I was growing up, Saturday mornings were always for kids. It's not like that as much anymore, but my network would try to hold onto that tradition. It would air Disney movies from 6:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. The morning programming would be hosted by Leo Howard and G. Hannelius (Leo Little's Big Show). The two of them would introduce each movie, give details about them, and possibly do brief interviews with voice actors, writers, and such if available. Each movie would run two hours (including commercials) and the extras by Leo and G would likely total about an hour, though split into smaller segments through out the morning.

Saturday Afternoon (Romance):
1:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Saturday Evening (Family Comedy):
7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Saturday Night (Action):
9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.

Saturday Late Night (Japanese Film):
1:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.


Sunday Mornings (Classic Sitcoms):
6:00 A.M.: Three's Company
7:00 A.M.: The Jeffersons
8:00 A.M.: Growing Pains
9:00 A.M.: Father Knows Best
10:00 A.M.: Perfect Strangers

11:00 A.M.: Point Of View (Original Program) [TV PG]
This half hour program features a different celebrity each week, allowing them a chance to address and give their opinions on current issues. Two episodes will air back-to-back, thus if the issue of the day is political, both major parties can be represented.

Sunday Afternoon (Music Videos):
12:00 P.M.: Oldies
1:00 P.M.: Country
2:00 P.M.: Pop
3:00 P.M.: Rap
4:00 P.M.: Rock
5:00 P.M.: J-Pop

Sunday Evenings (Anime):
6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

(I don't know much about the genre myself, except that it's quite popular in America. My friend would be in charge of this block. He's been into these shows for years, so I'm sure he could pick out some good ones to air.)

Sunday Nights (Movies):
9:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.: Drama
11:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.: Comedy
1:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.: Horror

8:00 P.M.: Amazing Grace (Original Program) [TV PG]
According To Jim's Gracie was all grown up and living on her own.... until one dreadful week. An unfortunate series of events forced the once independent Grace to open her home to siblings Ruby and Kyle, as well as her aging father, Jim (Jim Belushi). In this spin-off of the ABC hit, Grace attempts to juggle her free-loading family, work, and a social life; all the while trying not to get caught up in her own web of lies. Like father, like daughter!

Sounds great! I'm glad to see someone else is an According to Jim fan as well! :) Overall, your schedule is great, and I love all the original programming.

This was challenging (took me about a week!), but I had so much fun with it! Too bad we can't launch these networks for real!

No real theme for my network. I tried to throw in something for everyone. Sitcoms, dramas, original programming, and even some shows from Japan.

Weekday Mornings: Syndicated Sitcoms (2 Episodes each)
6:00 A.M.: Murphy Brown
7:00 A.M.: Married With Children
8:00 A.M.: Becker
9:00 A.M.: Grace Under Fire
10:00 A.M.: According To Jim
11:00 A.M.: Full House

Weekday Afternoons: (Classic Episodes From ABC Soaps)
12:00 P.M.: All My Children
1:00 P.M.: One Life To Live
2:00 P.M.: General Hospital

Late Afternoon:
3:00 P.M.: Dancing Queen (Original Program) [TV G]
In this new series, Carrie Ann Inaba (of the smash hit, Dancing With The Stars) takes viewers on an exploration of dance and choreography, giving them a deeper understanding of her world and what she's passionate about. Episodes of this daily series will include interviews with some of the world's best dancers and choreographers, brand-new routines, looks back at the history of various dance styles, and maybe even a routine or two performed by Ms. Inaba herself.

4:00 P.M.: Teen Talk (Original Program) [TV Y7]
This series, targeted toward kids and teens, features interviews with the young stars of Hollywood. Instead of focusing on the negative like so many other shows seem to, Teen Talk will look at the postive; those stars who strive to be a good example for America's youth.

Early Evening: Saban Action Block
5:00 P.M.: Power Rangers
6:00 P.M.: VR Troopers
6:30 P.M.: Beetleborgs

Pre-Primetime:
7:00 P.M.: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader (A Daily Syndicated Version)

Primetime Monday (Drama):
8:00 P.M.: R.S.9 (Original Program) [TV 14]
This sci-fi/action/drama series, starring Jennifer Bransford and Billi Bruno, follows the life of a young widowed mother, desperate to break away from the evil empire she once served. Having spent so many years in the dark, she is ready to wash the blood from her hands and fight back. Watch each week as Bransford's character struggles to set right all of the wrongs in her life and some how help her daughter (Bruno) deal with the mysterious passing of her father.

9:00 P.M.: Boston Public
The all-new fifth season of the high school drama, by creator David E. Kelley.

10:00 P.M.: Alias: Sins of the Mother (Original Program) [TV 14]
Take a look back at the life of Alias' Irina Derevko in this all-new prequel, taking place decades prior to the ABC hit. Ever wondered what made Sydney Bristow's mother into the woman that she was? What adventures and secrets lay hidden within her time with the KGB? Was her marriage to Jack truly just means to an end or could there have been more to their relationship, perhaps even unbeknownst to Irina herself? For all this and more, take a stroll down memory lane with one of television's most lovely and lethal ladies.

Primetime Tuesday (Tokusatsu Tuesdays):
((Tokusatsu is a genre of Japanese television and my biggest passion in life. Although it would likely be expensive, I would get the rights from Toei Ltd. to dub some of its shows into English. This would of course be a literal translation. No editing, censoring, or anything of the sort. I don't believe in butchering imported shows.))

(Two episodes of each will air, given they are in a half-hour format.)
8:00 P.M.: Super Sentai
9:00 P.M.: Kamen Rider
10:00 P.M.: Metal Heroes

Primetime Wednesdays (Sitcoms):
8:00 P.M.: Amazing Grace (Original Program) [TV PG]
According To Jim's Gracie was all grown up and living on her own.... until one dreadful week. An unfortunate series of events forced the once independent Grace to open her home to siblings Ruby and Kyle, as well as her aging father, Jim (Jim Belushi). In this spin-off of the ABC hit, Grace attempts to juggle her free-loading family, work, and a social life; all the while trying not to get caught up in her own web of lies. Like father, like daughter!

8:30 P.M.: Full House Spin-off
((My friend told me once that John Stamos is actually trying to get a Full House spin-off series picked up. Although I don't know a lot about it, my network would be willing to give it a shot. Given the success of the original, it might be quite a ratings grabber, if well-written.))

9:00 P.M.: Surviving Suburbia
((If ABC doesn't renew this show, my network would be happy to!))

9:30 P.M.: Mama Knows (Original Program) [TV PG]
Family man, Kenta Sato, was living his dream. He had a beautiful wife, three kids, and the job he'd always wanted as an excutive in a major company. Life couldn't have gotten any better.... that is until a day he and his wife often call "Dooms Day". Kenta got a call from his mother, Hitomi, saying she was coming to live with them. To call her difficult would've been a notable understatement. Hell in heals would've been far more accurate. So poor Kenta is met with two options: please both of the women in his life.... or die trying.

(I may be writing a pilot for this one in the fan fiction section. Though it was a late addition to the schedule, it's a show I feel very strongly about.)


10:00 P.M.: Larry (Original Program) [TV 14]
An all-new sitcom based on the comedy of Larry The Cable Guy. With a beer in his hand and a couch on his lawn, Larry and his family bring redneck humor to their neighbors in the suburbs.... whether they like it or not.

10:30 P.M.: Wealth & Power (Original Program) [TV 14]
The Quartermaine family have been at each other's throats for so many decades, they've become an icon of Daytime television. Lies, adultery, blackmail, but underneath it all: laughs. This spin-off series focuses on the lighter side of General Hospital's bickering bunch. Take a look inside the lives of the not-so-perfect American family in this all-new series.

((Using a Soap Opera family in a show done in sitcom format is risky, but with the Quartermaines I feel it could work. They are so funny! I've always thought Stuart Damon, Leslie Charleson, John Ingle, and Jane Elliot would be awesome in a comedy.))


Primetime Thursdays (J-Drama):
Like Tuesdays, the Thursday night line-up features shows imported from Japan. It will introduce English speaking audiences to some of Japan's most popular dramas.

Since J-dramas are not long-term, a schedule for this night isn't possible. Typically those shows only run for around 10-15 episodes, regardless of popularity. Therefore, shows would change every few months or so.


Primetime Fridays (TGIF Reruns):
Since most people are out on Friday nights (not so much me, but those who actually have lives), I figure it would be best not to try new programming on this night. So instead, the network will air old episodes from ABC's classic TGIF lineup.

8:00 P.M.: Family Matters
8:30 P.M.: Boy Meets World
9:00 P.M.: Sabrina The Teenage Witch
9:30 P.M.: Step By Step
10:00 P.M.: Two of a Kind
10:30 P.M.: Hanging With Mr. Cooper

Late Night (Syndicated Drama Episodes):
11:00 P.M.: Alias (The fact that this airs right after the prequel series on Mondays is intentional)
12:00 A.M.: Desperate Housewives
1:00 A.M.: Brothers & Sisters
2:00 A.M.: Grey's Anatomy
3:00 A.M.: Bones

Saturday at the Cinema
Grab your popcorn, sit back, and relax. It's all movies, all day!

Saturday Mornings (Disney Kids Movies):
When I was growing up, Saturday mornings were always for kids. It's not like that as much anymore, but my network would try to hold onto that tradition. It would air Disney movies from 6:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. The morning programming would be hosted by Leo Howard and G. Hannelius (Leo Little's Big Show). The two of them would introduce each movie, give details about them, and possibly do brief interviews with voice actors, writers, and such if available. Each movie would run two hours (including commercials) and the extras by Leo and G would likely total about an hour, though split into smaller segments through out the morning.

Saturday Afternoon (Romance):
1:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Saturday Evening (Family Comedy):
7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Saturday Night (Action):
9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.

Saturday Late Night (Japanese Film):
1:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.


Sunday Mornings (Classic Sitcoms):
6:00 A.M.: Three's Company
7:00 A.M.: The Jeffersons
8:00 A.M.: Growing Pains
9:00 A.M.: Father Knows Best
10:00 A.M.: Perfect Strangers

11:00 A.M.: Point Of View (Original Program) [TV PG]
This half hour program features a different celebrity each week, allowing them a chance to address and give their opinions on current issues. Two episodes will air back-to-back, thus if the issue of the day is political, both major parties can be represented.

Sunday Afternoon (Music Videos):
12:00 P.M.: Oldies
1:00 P.M.: Country
2:00 P.M.: Pop
3:00 P.M.: Rap
4:00 P.M.: Rock
5:00 P.M.: J-Pop

Sunday Evenings (Anime):
6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

(I don't know much about the genre myself, except that it's quite popular in America. My friend would be in charge of this block. He's been into these shows for years, so I'm sure he could pick out some good ones to air.)

Sunday Nights (Movies):
9:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.: Drama
11:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.: Comedy
1:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.: Horror

FANTASTIC! i like everything! i'm very intriqued by the idea for "Wealth & power" the Q's are my all-time favorite soap family! make sure you don't forget to include Quatermaine cousins The Ashton's! Maybe you could bring back ned and Lois?

Thank you for the feedback, guys! That's very nice of you! :)

Sounds great! I'm glad to see someone else is an According to Jim fan as well! :) Overall, your schedule is great, and I love all the original programming.
Yep, I've always loved According To Jim. It's been one of my favorite shows ever since the first season.

FANTASTIC! i like everything! i'm very intriqued by the idea for "Wealth & power" the Q's are my all-time favorite soap family! make sure you don't forget to include Quatermaine cousins The Ashton's! Maybe you could bring back ned and Lois?
Cool, they're my favorite family as well. If I did a show like that, the first order of business would be to bring back as many of the Q relatives as I could. It's so sad to see what's happened to them in recent years. They were a huge family and now there's only.... three left I'm thinking. :( Guza and company should be ashamed of themselves.

Thank you for the feedback, guys! That's very nice of you! :)


Yep, I've always loved According To Jim. It's been one of my favorite shows ever since the first season.


Cool, they're my favorite family as well. If I did a show like that, the first order of business would be to bring back as many of the Q relatives as I could. It's so sad to see what's happened to them in recent years. They were a huge family and now there's only.... three left I'm thinking. :( Guza and company should be ashamed of themselves.

I know we only have Edward, Tracy and Monica left! and Monica is only a Q by marriage. Oh right Jason too, but he treats the Q's like lepers...

I'd love to see the following back:

Ned
Lois (a q by marriage)
Brooklyn (technically an Ashton but it's ok close enough)
Dillion (a Q by mother tracey but w/the last name Hornsbury)
A.J.--i'd love them to bring him back anyway possible)
Paul Hornsbury---let him interact with Tracy and Dillion
Justus Ward--rewrite it so that his death was a mob fake out... (i believe he is like a Quatermaine cousin or something---Mary Mae and Edward had an affair)
Keesha Ward

though not actual family members:
REGINALD! he's been gone far too long
Big Alice! bring her along too! they are both fun characters...

Now that GEN-TV is gearing up for the launch of their retooled version of "Guiding Light" many have asked wether GEN-TV may consider launching an original soap of their own? Well according to Shirley Smith of GEN-TV "That is a definet possibility". But according to GEN-TV's Matthew Smith "If we did decide to do so it would not be until we have a clearer picture of how "Guiding Light" is performing. If there is an audience for soaps at GEN-TV we would certianly explore that in any way possible".

TV Guide Magazine broke the news early this week that "Gen-TV is definetly looking to find a companion piece to air alongside guiding light episodes". "Word is that the network has begun the search for writers to pen scripts for a 30-minute original soap to air alongslide Light". In other news, Soap Opera Weekly reported that "GEN-TV seems to be in the market for episodes of classic soaps to air with Guiding Light's new episodes and classic episodes". Carolyn Hinsey, a soap opera reporter for NY Daily News said "GEN-TV should look into acquiring episodes of "The City" or "Sunset Beach", both shows have plenty of episodes they could air in a reasonable amount of time and are new enough for many viewers to remember".

One positive sign is that GEN-TV has recently taken meetings with some of the top names in soap opera; including multiple Daytime Emmy winners Claire Labaine and Wendy Riche. Labaine is the heralded writer that created "Ryan's Hope" for ABC in the 1970's and also revitalized "General Hospital" in the 1980's and 1990's. Wendy Riche worked with Labine on "General Hospital" in the 1990's and has also worked on "All My Children", "one life to live", "guiding light" and "santa barbara". Sources claim that GEN-TV has also met with Linda Gottlieb (formerly of "One Life To Live"), Pam Long ("Guiding Light"), Sri Rao ("General Hospital: Night Shift") about potential soap jobs. Some claim they were interviewing for the job of writing "Guiding Light" but others claim the meetings are as much about future soaps as they are about "GL".

One set of names that will surely not be involved at GEN-TV are Ellen Wheeler and David Kriezman who are "Guiding Lights" current writing team. they have "most definetly" not been asked to work at GEN-TV.

Another strong indication that the network may be launching a soap is a call placed to industry casting agent Michael Bruno about a top secret casting session for an "unknown soap". Sources claim that they want top soap actors to audition for roles in a future soap. Names that have been linked with this top secret casting include Lynn Herring ("Port Charles", "General Hospital", "Days Of Our Lives"), Sean Kannan ("The Bold & Beautiful", "General Hospital", "Sunset Beach"), Julia Barr ("All My Children"), Robin Christopher ("Another World", ABC Soaps) and Brian Gaskill ("Port Charles", "All my children", "guiding light", "as the world turns").

Wether this is true or not remains to be seen.

It's offical. GEN-TV has acquired the rights to air not one, not two but three classic soap operas starting in the fall of 2009. Those classic soaps include the entire run of ABC's defunct series "The City" which spun-off from "Loving" in 1995 and aired until 1997. That's a full two and a half years worth of episodes. The series starred some of the biggest names in daytime television including Daytime Emmy winner Debbie Morgan (of "All My Children", "Loving" and "Port Charles"), Roscoe Born ("One Life To Live", "The Young & The Restless", "All My Children"), Laura Wright (then Sisk, "General Hospital", "Guiding Light") as well as soap opera icon Jane Elliot as Tracey Quatermaine the super-villianess she created on "General Hospital". Initally the series was a starring vehical for Golden Globe nominee and primetime star Morgan Fairchild but when she left the show after her contract expired she was replaced by Jane Elliot. "The City" will begin airing in daytime on GEN-TV starting in fall 2009.

Also coming to GEN-TV is the complete run of NBC's "Sunset Beach" which was produced by Aaron Spelling (his first daytime soap opera) and aired from 1997-1999. The splashy series follows lives of the residents of a beachside community. It starred daytime icons Lesley Ann Down, Susan Ward, Timothy Adams, Sheri Suam and Sean Kannan over it's three year run. GEN-TV has acquired the rights to the complete series and will air it starting in the fall.

Lastly GEN-TV is proud to announce the acquisition of one of the most popular soap operas to ever air on daytime television. GEN-TV has picked up the rerun rights to the popular soap opera "Santa Barbara" which aired on NBC in the 1980's and was the most popular soap of it's day. It launches in fall 2009 on GEN-TV's daytime schedule.

These acquisitions are meant to help the launch of "Guiding Light" when it comes to GEN-TV this November. GEN-TV plans a royal launch for these series as each are expected to air in marathon form in primetime the weeks leading up to their offical launch. Stars from all the series will appear in promotinal ads for the show on the network the months leading up to the launch and will discuss favorite moments from their series and so on. Clips of the series will be shown on-line starting today featuring stars from the show discussing those moments.

GEN-TV can offically confirm today that they have hired both a head-writer and executive producer to work on "Guiding Light" when the show moves to GEN-TV this fall. Replacing out-going Executive Producer is veteran soap opera producer Felicia Minei Beher who is most famous for her work on "All My Children" where she produced what many considered the gold standard of writing for that series and helped the series reach and stay at #2 for most of the 1990's. She has also worked at "As The World Turns" and "Ryan's Hope". She will serve as Executive Producer. Working alongside her as Head writer will be another industry veteran, Claire Labaine who has worked at "General Hospital", "Ryan's Hope", "Guiding Light" and "One Life To Live". According to sources the network hopes to retain most if not all of the current staff writers but is also looking to add some new blood to the mix by hiring people from other soaps to join the ranks. They are apparently espeically interested in "General Hospital" staff writers Michele Val Jean and Karen Harris.

More on the appointment of staff writers will be announced at a later date.

9:30 P.M.: Mama Knows (Original Program) [TV PG]
Family man, Kenta Sato, was living his dream. He had a beautiful wife, three kids, and the job he'd always wanted as an excutive in a major company. Life couldn't have gotten any better.... that is until a day he and his wife often call "Dooms Day". Kenta got a call from his mother, Hitomi, saying she was coming to live with them. To call her difficult would've been a notable understatement. Hell in heals would've been far more accurate. So poor Kenta is met with two options: please both of the women in his life.... or die trying.

(I may be writing a pilot for this one in the fan fiction section. Though it was a late addition to the schedule, it's a show I feel very strongly about.
The newly named CAI-NET is proud to present the series premiere of an all-new comedy, Mama Knows. The series stars Hiroshi Miyauchi as desperate family man, Kenta Sato, and Ami Kawai as his beautiful wife, Kori.

Click Here (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=247150) to watch (or rather read) the pilot episode!

Top ratings for the week from Monday, May 11th to Sunday, May 17th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. College (12.14 million viewers)
2. Pushing Daisies (11.07 million viewers)
3. Being Average (8.93 million viewers)
4. Family Guy - AVERAGED - (5.91 million viewers)
5. College (R) (5.83 million viewers)
6. Pushing Daisies (R) (5.68 million viewers)
7. House (3.06 million viewers)
8. YTN Wednesday Night Original Movie (3.01 million viewers)
9. NCIS (2.73 million viewers)
10. House (2.64 million viewers)

The series premiere of College was able to grab the top spot for the week with a massive 12.14 million viewers. Pushing Daisies fell one spot to number two with 11.07 million viewers. A new episode of Being Average also slipped a spot to number three. Family Guy was able to average close to 6 million viewers with a massive Tuesday airing. A repeat of College took fifth, while a repeat of Pushing Daisies took sixth. House took a hit this week falling to number seven. The first ever YTN Wednesday Night Original Movie was able to take eighth place. A regular edition of NCIS took ninth, while an episode of House rounded out the top 10 with 2.64 million viewers)

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Breaking Bad - Friday at 11pm (2.11 million viewers)
* The overall retention for Breaking Bad was 83% from CSI: Miami.

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.09 million viewers)
2. My Wife and Kids (2.01 million viewers)
3. The Big Bang Theory (1.92 million viewers)
4. Gary Unmarried (1.83 million viewers)
5. What I Like About You (1.81 million viewers)

Two and a Half Men held the number one spot for the second week in a row with 2.09 million viewers. My Wife and Kids took its first ever lone-second place with 2.01 million viewers. The Big Bang Theory fell to third place for the first time in a long time with 1.92 million viewers. Gary Unmarried and What I Like About You remained at number four and five this week.

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.86 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.51 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.39 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.22 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.01 million viewers)

The entire top five fell in ratings this week, but all remained in their same ranking. Family Guy grabbed first place again, with The Biggest Loser taking the silver once again. Ghost Whisperer finished third, with heavy W18-34 The Secret Life taking fourth. The West Wing rounded out the weekend top five with 2.01 million viewers.

NEW SERIES THAT AIRED, BUT DID NOT RANK:
Chuck (743,000 viewers)
* Despite airing out of Family Guy, Chuck failed to deliver once again. Chuck held only 27% of Family Guy's 2.74 million viewers. The President of YTN says "This will be the final time Chuck will air. These numbers are not acceptable for having such a large lead in. I am quite disappointed that Chuck could not do better."

Top ratings for the week from Monday, May 18th to Sunday, May 24th
YTN's Primetime Lineup (M-F; 7pm-12am) Ratings:
1. College (7.03 million viewers)
2. Roommates (4.94 million viewers)
3. NCIS (3.85 million viewers)
4. The Practice (3.54 million viewers)
5. Pushing Daisies (R) (3.36 million viewers)
6. Family Guy (3.19 million viewers)
8. House (2.77 million viewers)
9. Being Average (2.54 million viewers)
10. House (2.51 million viewers)

YTN's Daytime Comedy Line-up (M-F; 9am-6pm):
*Top 5 Only
***Episodes are averaged for the entire hour with the exception of The Big Bang Theory, Gary Unmarried, and Old Christine.
1. Two and a Half Men (2.05 million viewers)
2. The Big Bang Theory (2.00 million viewers)
3. Gary Unmarried (1.92 million viewers)
4. My Wife and Kids (1.90 million viewers)
5. What I Like About You (1.85 million viewers)

YTN's Weekend Lineup (24 Hours) Ratings:
*Top 5 Only
1. Family Guy (2.52 million viewers)
2. The Biggest Loser (2.48 million viewers)
3. Ghost Whisperer (2.46 million viewers)
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2.05 million viewers)
5. The West Wing (2.03 million viewers)

Valentine Collapses This Week
The second never-before-seen episode of Valentine took a steep drop this week, falling to record lows. Valentine brought in 658,000 viewers, a drop of 532,000 viewers from last weeks record high. That put retention from House (1.99 million viewers) at 33%, a decrease of 21% from last week. The President of YTN says "I have no idea what happened. I can't believe how low the ratings were this week."
Valentine Falls Again
Valentine suffered another blow this week due to the Memorial Day Weekend. Valentine slipped to 412,000 viewers, a drop of 246,000 viewers from last week. The retention out of House (1.86 million viewers) was only 22%. The President of YTN says "I'm very surprised at how much Valentine has fallen in the past two weeks. Despite the drop in ratings, we will still air the series finale next Sunday."

YTN Press Release:
YTN Makes Small Changes For June
*Family Guy now allowed to stay at 11pm
*Changes start Sunday, May 31st
*Changes are marked in bold

Monday - Friday (12am - 7pm)
12am - Movie
2am - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
3am - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
4am - Law and Order
5am - JAG
6am - NCIS
7am - Wife Swap
8am - Wife Swap
9am - Rita Rocks
10am - Friends
11am - Yes, Dear
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - King of Queens
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory
3:30pm - Rules of Engagement
4pm - How I Met Your Mother
5pm - Gary Unmarried
5:30pm - The New Adventures of Old Christine
6pm - What I Like About You

Monday -
7pm - Just Shoot Me
8pm - Will and Grace
9pm - Third Watch
10pm - The District
11pm - Family Guy

Tuesday -
7pm - Gilmore Girls
8pm - Pushing Daisies (R)
9pm - House
10pm - Criminal Minds
11pm - Family Guy

Wednesday -
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Being Average (New Episode)
8:30pm - Family Guy
9pm - College (New Episode)
9:30pm - Roommates
10:00pm - NCIS
11:00pm - The Practice

Thursday -
7pm - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8pm - Roswell
9pm - House
10pm - Bones
11pm - Lost

Friday -
7pm - 8 Simple Rules
8pm - According to Jim
9pm - NCIS
10pm - CSI: Miami
11pm - Breaking Bad

Saturday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - The Simpsons
2am - Movie
4am - Dexter
5am - Numb3rs
6am - NYPD Blue
7am - Your News Now: Saturday
8am - ER
9am - Movie
11am - Bones
12pm - Reba
1pm - Hope and Faith
2pm - Beauty and the Geek
3pm - The Closer
4pm - Without a Trace
5pm - Ghost Whisperer
6pm - Movie
8pm - The Biggest Loser
9:30pm - According to Jim
10pm - Army Wives
11pm - Touched by an Angel

Sunday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - Medium
2am - Cold Case
3am - Without a Trace
4am - Movie
6am - Children's Movie
8am - Tom and Jerry
8:30am - The Flintstones
9am - Scooby Doo
9:30am - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
10am - Even Stevens
10:30am - That's So Raven
11am - Hope and Faith
12pm - 7th Heaven
1pm - The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2pm - Everwood
3pm - The West Wing
4pm - House
5pm - Valentine (Crossing Jordan starts June 8th)
6pm - Your News Now: A Week In Rewind
6:30pm - Family Guy
7pm - Being Average
7:30pm - College
8pm - Supernanny
9pm - Smallville
10pm - Supernatural
11pm - The Closer

What's Gone: Reaper and Veronica Mars

GEN-TV Ratings for the week of May 5, 2009-May 18, 2009.

Primetime Top 10:

1. The Apprentice (45.6 million viewers)- ALL TIME NETWORK HIGH
2. The Practice (34.3 million viewers)
2. Cybill (22.2 million)
3. Desperate Housewives (22 million)
4. Ally McBeal (21.98 million)
5. Reba (21.22 million)
6. How I Met Your Mother (20.3 million)
7. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (20.2 million)
8. Second Family (20.01 million)
9. The Big Bang Theory (20 million)
10. Bones (19.35 million)

The top 10 was full of surprises this week as "The Apprentice" soared to new ratings hieghts with an inexplicable audience of 45.6 million viewers. The rest of the top 5 were all the usual suspects. "Second Family" continued to soar in the ratings. "How I Met Your mother" was an unexpected entry into the top 10 with 20.3 million viewers.

Performing low for the network were the series debut of "The Day After" which only netted 899,000 viewers in total for the lowest rated series debut the network has ever seen. "Hot Tamales" is a winner by comparison where that shows 10.1 million viewers seems like a major victory. That show did grow 5% week to week.

Daytime Top 10:

1. The Nanny (15.6 million)
2. How I Met Your Mother (15.3 million)
3. Friends (15.1 million)
4. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (15 million)
5. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (14.56 million)
6. Cold Case (14.23 million)
7. Judging Amy (14.10 million)
8. Will & Grace (14 million)
9. Survivior (13.9 million)
10. The Girls Next Door (12.4 million)

"The Nanny" reinged supreme once again with 15.6 million viewers while "How I Met Your Mother" knocked "Friends" down to third place and "Sabrina" down to 4th place. though both show remained solid.

Weekend Top 5:
1. Scrubs (12.3 million)
2. Punky Brewster, Moesha, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (12 million)
3. Felicity (11.3 million)
4. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (10.4 million)
5. Just Shoot Me (9.4 million)

Low Performers:

Reruns of "Mad Men" continue to net low interest to the point that network executives are looking to dump the series contract ASAP. "The Day After" is the lowest rated program on television. Reruns of "Spin City" are netting low returns.

GOLD STAR: some high praise was earned by "The Apprentice" which inexplicably set a new network ratings record with 45.6 million viewers tuning in for a rerun of the season 1 finale where Bill Ransic was named winner. "The Practice" continues to be a valuable asset to the primetime line-up and "How I Met Your Mother" is growing each week.

Ratings for GEN-TV for May 19- May 25, 2009:

Primetime Top 10:

1. The Practice (32.1 million viewers)
2. The Apprentice (32 million viewers)
3. Desperate Housewives (31.2 million)
4. Cybill (31.0 million viewers)
5. The Golden Girls (30.56 million viewers)
6. The Bacholer (30.45 million viewers)
7. Bones (30.22 million viewers)
8. Second Family (29.4 million viewers)
9. Reba (28.3 million)
10. The New Adventures Of Old Christine (18.3 million)

The top 10 seemed more normal this week as "The Practice" regained it's perch ontop of the ratings. However some shows still saw more viewers than normal. "The Apprentice" still got 32 million viewers. "The Golden Girls" jumped into the top 5 with 30.56 million viewers likely residual grief over Bea Arthurs passing. "Hot Tamales" proved a strong performer increasing to over 10 million viewers.

Daytime Top 10:
1. Will & Grace (10.4 million)
2. The Nanny ( 10.3 million)
3. Friends (10 million)
4. Survivor (9.34 million)
5. How I Met Your Mother (9.24 million)
6. The Girls Next Door (9.20 million)
7. Cold Case (9.12 million)
8. The Closer (9.09 million)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9.1 million)
10. Judging Amy (7.5 million)

The Usual suspects in the daytime top ten. "Will & Grace" made an unusually strong performance with 10.4 million. "Curb" picked up some steam jumping into the top 10. While "New Christine" dropped out of the top 10 with 6.3 million. "Mad Men" totally dropped off the radar wi th under 2 million viewers.

Weekend Top 5:
1. The King Of Queens (9.5 million)
2. Everybody Loves Raymond (9.3)
3. Punky Brewster (9.1)
4. Scrubs (8.4)
5. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (8.3)


Network Notes:

With it's weak performances GEN-TV is thinking about dropping "Mad Men" all-together.

Various reruns of "How I Met Your Mother" will be resuming the timeslot eft vacant by the cancellation of "The Day After".

Several veteran soap opera performers have signed onto the cast of "Guiding Light". Finola Hughes best known for her work on ABC's "General Hospital" and "All My Children" for which she won an Emmy in 1991 she has signed onto play an unspecified role on the show. She has signed a two-year contract and is being considered as being "front-burner status". GEN-TV has also signed a deal with soap opera leading man Stephen Schnetzer best known for his role as Cass Winthrop on NBC's "Another World" and CBS's "As The World Turns". He also had a role on "One Life To Live" in the 1980's. He has signed onto to play "a pivotal, well-known role". Rumors are that he is a recast for one of the actors that will not be moving to GEN-TV's version of "GL". GEN-TV is also very excited to announce that they have cast veteran soap actor James De Pavia ("One Life To Live") is another role. Lastly they have signed former "Guiding Light" star Michael Tylo to reprise his role as Quninton Chamberlain on the show. He has signed a three-year contract with the series.

This also allows them to bring back the popular actress Lisa Brown as Nola Reardon Chamberlain. She has signed a three-year contract.

GEN-TV says they will be able to confirm later this afternoon which of the current cast memebers will be joining the show when it moves to GEN-TV.

GEN-TV can now confirm that the following cast members are going to stay at "Guiding Light" when the show moves from CBS to GEN-TV

Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne Lewis Spaulding Lewis Cooper Lewis
Crystal Chappell as Olivia Spencer Lewis Spaulding
Ron Raines as Alan Spaulding
Robert Newman as Joshua Lewis
Marcy Rylan as Lizzie Spaulding
Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding
Lisa Brown as Nola Reardon Chamberlain
Michael Tylo as Quinton Chamberlin
Daniel Cosgrove as Bill Lewis
Gina Tognoni as Dinah Marler
Jessica Leccia as Natalia Rivera
Mandy Bruno as Marina Cooper
Bradley Cole as Jeffery O’Neill

This means that the following people will not be returing to the show when it moves: Micheal O'Leary as Rick Bauer, Justin Deas as Frank "Buzz" Cooper, Lawerence Saint Victor as Remy Bourdreau, EJ Bonnilla as Rafe Rivera, Elizabeth Kiefer as C. Blake Thorpe Marler, Tina Sloane as Lillian Rains, Yoanna Wright as Mel Bourdreau Bauer, Zack Conroy as James Spaulding, Robert Bouge as A.C. Mallet, Orlagh Cassidy as Doris Wolfe, Murray Barlett as Cyrus Fowler, Kurt McKinney as Matt Reardon, Jeff Branson as Shayne Lewis, Frank Dicopoulos as Frank Cooper, Caitlan Van Zandt as Ashlee Wolfe, Bonnie Dennison as Susan "Daisy" Le May and Beth Chamberlin as Beth Raines.
According to sources several of the people who are not returning will be absent because of storyline reasons and others are not coming back for personal reasons. Shirley Smith says "Michael O'Leary will not be returning because we are going to be shifting focus of the show to a different group of characters". Meanwhile speculation is that Robert Bouge's character A.C. Mallet is going to be recast.
In the case of Tina Sloan, Justin Deas, Orlagh Cassidy and Kurt McKinney age was the deciding factor. Shirley Smith says "We will be refocusing the show on some of the younger characters so we will not be using many of the older characters".

According to Matthew Smith of GEN-TV "While we have maintained a large slate of the shows current cast, including heay-weights Kim Zimmer, Ron Raines and Robert Newman we have opted to drop several characters who we believe have run their course". The reason that deals with Beth Chamberlin and Caitlan Van Zandt fell through was over money issues. Shirely Smith says "neither actress was able to come down to our salary figures".

Several veteran soap opera performers have signed onto the cast of "Guiding Light". Finola Hughes best known for her work on ABC's "General Hospital" and "All My Children" for which she won an Emmy in 1991 she has signed onto play an unspecified role on the show. She has signed a two-year contract and is being considered as being "front-burner status".
Finola in a front-burner role is definitely a good move. GH has really been wasting her talent these past couple years.

Finola in a front-burner role is definitely a good move. GH has really been wasting her talent these past couple years.

I agree... and to think they caused such a media frenzy when they (ABC) refused to allow her to take that role on The Young & The Restless. they claimed they had a front-burner story for her and really she had no more than three scenes the entire summer.

When we last reported we told you that "Guiding Light" has signed Finola Hughes and Stephen Schetzner to unspecified roles. Well according to my sources it looks like Hughes will be taking on one mother of a role... she is going to be playing according to reports---- a new wife for Grant Aleksander's Phillip who is according to press sources circulating this week "The worst kind of mother one could think of having". Although GEN-TV has yet to confirm this it appeas as though Aleksander's Phillip is going to announce to members of the Spaulding family that he has a big secret---his wife, apparently named Nadine Wilson and that she comes with a step-daughter aged sixteen who is "a good girl, but very troubled". Apparently this role is one that will have soap fans "both furious and intriqued at the same time". Sources close to the show claim "Finola will have everyone on the edge of their seats---she is doing exceptional work with this very unorthodox storyline". it appears as though Nadine is an abusive, alcholic, negletful psychophant and an obvious social climber. As the story will unfold we'll learn she comes from a very bleak background growing up in the very worst parts of London in a very poor family and marrying Phillip after her abusive marriage ended in a very shocking way... A source says "Her story will start out very tragic and will become even more tragic looking when you see how she treats her daughter".

As for Stephen Schetzner it appears he will be taking over a very famous "GL" role. Though not yet confirmed some speculate that he will be assuming the role of Ross Marler a character presumed dead in 2006. Ross the former mayor of Springfield is father of Dinah (Gina Tognoni) and former husband of Vanessa.

This report is just rumors until GEN-TV confirms details.

GEN-TV has offically confirmed two more veteran soap actresses coming to "Guiding Light" when the show makes it's GEN-TV debut.

Linda Dano, best known to soap audiences for her Emmy-winning work on NBC's "Another World" as Felicia Gallant an eccentric romance novelist and for her work on ABC's soaps as Rea Cummings a psychologist has signed onto take over the very popular role of Vanessa Chamberlain last played by Maeve Kinkaed in the early half of this decade. While most soap fans will be delighted to have Dano back on-screen true "GL" fans will be peeved about recasting this particular role since Maeve Kinkade is a very popular actress. Rest assured though that Kinkade was given first crack at the role but turned it down. Her spokesperson said "Maeve has decided to retire and is giving acting a break". Linda Dano was cast after Maeve reccomended her for the role. Matthew Smith eloborates "We asked Maeve if she'd be mad if we recast the role and she said no she would not be mad". "We asked her to reccomend a name actress to take over the role and Linda Dano was the first name out of her mouth".

Linda Dano has signed a very lucrative six year contract with the show, almost unheard of in today's soap world. She is going to be getting "just about anything one could want in a contract" says Shirley Smith.

The other veteran actress coming on-board? That is none other than "General Hospital" and "Port Charles" star Lynn Herring who will be playing a brand new role on the show and that according to Shirley Smith "will blow everybody's minds with her flawless work".

It appears as though new producer Felicia Menihi Behr and new writer Claire Labaine are mining their resources and calling upon a lot of old friends from their ABC days.

Behr recently spoke with us and said "I've worked in soaps for a long-time and have come to rely on a particular group of people who i know can always be called upon to do excellent work". Labaine said "Lynn Herring is a fantastic actress and the material she'll be given at GL is going to blow everybody out of the water, she'll surprise everyone".

Lastly, producers have put out a casting call for a actress fifteen to twenty years old to play the role of a "troubled, dark teenager approximately fifteen" the casting notice says "British accent helpful but not required". It appears this could be the role of Nadine (Finola Hughes's) daughter.

GEN-TV is confirming today that yes, Lynn Herring is joining the cast of "Guiding Light" and they are now telling us who she'll be playing. Lynn's character is named Claudia Mason and all the network will tell us right now is that "Claudia is a complicated woman who will become intertwined into the life of two other characters at a moment of total crises and her impact will have long-lasting ramifcations on their life". Herring has signed a long-term contract of three-years.

I'm glad to hear that as I am also a fan of your scheduling.

YTN Press Release:
YTN Announces The Cast of Being Average
After being kept secret for a few weeks, YTN is proud to announce that cast of their new original comedy, Being Average.

David Average (Husband) - Played by Kevin James. Mr. James last starred on television in King of Queens, which ran on CBS. He makes his return to television in whats being called "the next great comedy."

Lisa Average (Wife) - Played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley. After leaving According to Jim, Ms. Paisley will return to the comedy set in Being Average. Her role she says "is a lot of fun".

Emily Average (15 year old daughter) - Played by Selena Gomez. Ms. Gomez is considered "at the top of her game right now". She will not only play Emily Average on Being Average, but she currently plays Alex Russo on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place.

Mark Average (13 year old son) - Played by Moises Arias. Mr. Arias currently stars in the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. He is downgrading his status on Hannah Montana to be a full cast member on Being Average.

*The third child from the Average family was cut.

Jamie Shyes (Newlywed Neighbor) - Played by Amanda Bynes. Ms. Bynes got her start back in the 90's on All That. She later moved onto her own show before starring in What I Like About You. Ms. Bynes' role in Being Average is considered "groundbreaking".

Brian Shyes (Newlywed Neighbor) - Played by Bret Harrison. Mr. Harrison currently plays Sam on The CW comedy, Reaper. Mr. Harrison also starred on Grounded for Life and The Loop. Mr. Harrison says "I can't wait to return to a comedy with an audience."

Paul Hamels (Old Neighbor) - Played by Fred Willard. After being on FOX's comedy, Back to You, Mr. Willard is ready to return to the comedy set. Mr. Willard's role in Being Average is being called "hilarious."

*This was harder then I thought! If something needs to be changed, let me know! Thanks! :)
YTN Press Release:
Fred Willard Leaves Being Average; Headed Towards Cancellation?
Earlier today, Fred Willard asked to leave Being Average citing "differences between the crew and myself." Willard will have to pay a fine to be released from the final episode, which still hasnt been filmed. Its expected that Willard will be written out of the series, but it also brings up another question; is Being Average headed towards cancellation? It's being rumored that another cast member wants out before the finale is written to be sure that they will be back for a second season. The President of YTN says "After we see the ratings for Thursday, we will make a decision. Right now, its on the bubble."

YTN Press Release:
Fred Willard Leaves Being Average; Headed Towards Cancellation?
Earlier today, Fred Willard asked to leave Being Average citing "differences between the crew and myself." Willard will have to pay a fine to be released from the final episode, which still hasnt been filmed. Its expected that Willard will be written out of the series, but it also brings up another question; is Being Average headed towards cancellation? It's being rumored that another cast member wants out before the finale is written to be sure that they will be back for a second season. The President of YTN says "After we see the ratings for Thursday, we will make a decision. Right now, its on the bubble."

That is a very exciting cast. Although it isn't who i was pictuering... but i think it will be a good show.

GEN-TV confirmed to the press today that Rosalyn Sanchez, Marianne Jean-Baptist and Poppy Montgomery have settled out of court with producers, distrubtors and executives of "Without A Trace" for an "undisclosed, sealed amount of money". A rep for Sanchez said "All parties involved in the suiet are very satisfied and are glad to have the matter come to a natural conclusion".

Although the debut of it's original series are still months away GEN-TV has already began to sign development and talent holding deals that will take them through the 2010-2011 TV season. Matthew Smith of GEN-TV's entertainment division said "We are committed to providing our viewers with outstanding programs for years to come and have taken steps to assure we have top tier talent on our network for the forseeable future". Among the deals signed today include development deals with top writers, producers and directors and talent holding deals with top industry actors and actresses.

In regards to Development deals GEN-TV has signed:

Tori Spelling who has become a brand name in Reality Television has signed an exclusive production development deal with GEN-TV that will allow her to create and produce reality series for the network. This deal is valid through July 2011 and allows Tori to serve as Executive Producer and Creator of reality series. GEN-TV has first right of refusal on any reality series Spelling is to create within said time period. Spelling who stars on Oxygen's "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" has become a international name because of her reality series and her bestselling books "Stori telling" which reached #1 on the New York Times best-seller list and "Mommywood" which peaked at #6 on the same list.

Darren Starr creator of such shows as "Melrose Place", "Sex and The City" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" has signed a exclusive multi-million dollar deal with GEN-TV to create original scripted series for the network. His deal is valid through August 2011 and gives GEN-TV first right of refusal on any series created during this time period.

Bloodworth-Thomason Productions. GEN-TV has signed a exclusive, multi-million dollar deal with Bloodworth-Thomason Productions (which is headed by industry veterans Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason; "Desinging Women", "Evening Shade"). The deal allows BWTP to create original scripted series for the network and gives network first right of refusal. Deal is valid through November 2011.

Lisa Rinna. The best-selling author of "Rinnavation" has been signed to a development deal with GEN-TV allowing her to create and star in reality series or scripted programming for the network. Her deal is worth a shocking "Eleven Million Dollars" and is valid through Januray 2012. Yes, 2012. GEN-TV so strongly believes in Rinna they have locked her into a contract for the next three and a half years.

Talent Holding Deals:

Diedera Hall. Recently retired from her decades long home at "Days Of Our Lives" soap opera icon Diedera Hall has signed a talent holding deal with GEN-TV worth upwards of three million dollars. This deal gives Diedera Hall the option to appear in a guest capacity on GEN-TV programming in the 2009-2010 season and gives GEN-TV priority over her during casting for the 2010-2011 season. The deal will allow Diedera to star in an original scripted series for the network. Deal is valid through September 2011.

Benjimen McKenzie. Although his "The Day After" was recently cancelled by GEN-TV the network was evidentally impressed with his work and has signed him to an exclusive talent holding deal worth "at least 7 million dollars". His deal with GEN-TV is valid through May 2011. Industry sources report GEN-TV would have to pay a "huge penalty fee" if they were to terminate this contract before launching a series for Ben.

Lastly GEN-TV has signed two A-List comedic actresses to holding deals. Laurie Metcalf and Lisa Kudrow have been signed to seperate holding deals with the network. Kudrow's deal is worth "nine million dollars" and is valid through December 2011. Metcalf's deal is worth "1 million dollars" and is valid through January 2011.

Rumors have it that the network is looking to fast-track Lisa Kudrow's deal as well as Tori Spelling's development deal.

The biggest surprise is Diedera Hall's deal. This could mean that GEN-TV is very serious about launching a new soap opera or that Hall is looking to expand her career outside of daytime. She previously worked in primetime in the 1980's NBC series "Our House".

Soap opera producer Felicia Menhi Behr has had a legendary career in daytime telvision having worked on almost every major network and produced Emmy-Winning work on multiple series. But according to her the biggest challenge in her career has been finding an "organic and natural way to bring Guiding Light to GEN-TV". According to her when the series moves to it's new home at GEN-TV it will undergo some "critical changes" that head-writer Claire Labaine says "will revitalize the series and restore viewers faith that the series knows it's core audience". Menhi Behr says "The addition of several vital characters from the past and several gloriously written new characters will aide in the series transition to it's new format". She said that "Our first goal is it win back viewers that were lost when Ellen Wheeler foolishly changed the production format of the series and introduced shaky camerawork and hideous audio problems to the show". The legendary producer held nothing back when asked what she thought of that transition "It was a horrible, horrible, narrow-minded decision to completley change the look, feel and tone of a show that has been airing for over SEVENTY years. It alienated the most important viewers---the one's that have been watching for decades". She also said "and ultimately it added nothing of substance to the show--it left long-time viewers out in the cold and made it impossible for new viewers to get involved because they would get migranes or throw up from the detestable camerawork". When asked about the storyline's that have aired over the last several years she said "Truthfully what has happened to this show is sad in many ways---but mostly the lack of any compelling story point has left a once quality show with a diminshed reputation and lackluster critical response". Claire Labaine hopes to correct that with what she calls "soap opera writing in it's truest, most loyal form; a trip back to the glory days of soap writing when high drama and slow character development took precedent over blockbuster special effects and shoot-outs".

One thing that is for sure is that when GL debuts on GEN-TV "you will absolutley not see a single shot from Peapack, New Jersey. Location shoots will not be part of our everyday show" says Felicia Menhi Behr "we want this show to be restored to it's most traditional shooting formats, so that viewers will be able to flip through the channel and know instantly that they are watching a soap opera" said Labaine.

As for what the storylines will be, those are being kept TOP SECRECT until the day GL debuts on GEN-TV on November 10, 2009.

What we do know is that in some way many characters airing on CBS now will be gone by the time the show comes to GEN-TV and several others will be back after a long absence from the series.

That is a very exciting cast. Although it isn't who i was pictuering... but i think it will be a good show.
I announced the cast about a month back, but Fred Willard may leave. Who do you think would be good in the show?

YTN Press Release:
Dr. Heart Cast Members
Eriq La Salle - Dr. Douglas Lyles (Dr. and Husband)
Lauren Graham - Lauren Lyles (Wife of Dr. Lyles; Separated)
Erinn Hayes - Jennifer Malom (Assistant)
Annabella Sciorra - Chloe Belle (Assistant)
Eddie Cibrian -- replaces Jesse Spencer -- Allen Garrett (Assistant)
David James Elliot - Robert Ferland (Director of Hospital)

New Drama Picked Up; Gets a Lead Actor
Only hours after GEN-TV settled a suit with the three actresses of Without a Trace, YTN is giving one of them another chance on television. Poppy Montgomery, who played Samantha Spade on Without a Trace, will star in the new YTN drama, TAKEN. TAKEN will focus on the FBI searching for those who have been taken from their family and friends. The President of YTN says "The reason we were so quick to pick up this series with Poppy Montgomery is because we know many fans were disappointed to see her leave CBS. We thought it would be a great addition to the dramas we are trying to produce. Yes, we did have to pay Ms. Montgomery a hefty price, but it was worth it."
TAKEN has already been picked up for 10 episodes and will air this fall.

The Streets Gets Moved Up To Fall
Earlier today, YTN made a switch and moved The Streets from midseason to fall. The President of YTN says "We moved The Streets up to pair it with TAKEN. If we have two series working together, it should produce a stronger lineup. We are still searching for a cast, but we have more than a month to bring it all together."

The One Goes Summer
YTN's first ever reality show, The One, will now premiere in the summer instead of the fall as originally planned. No premiere date has been given, but its expected that "The One" will air after Pushing Daisies.
The One and Pushing Daisies will have their season/series premieres this summer.
Being Average and College will have their season/series finales this summer.

These shows got a pickup from YTN for 2009 or have been renewed:
* Dr. Heart (10 Episodes)
* Taken (10 Episodes)
* The Streets (10 Episodes)
* Singles (13 Episodes)
* Looking For Love (10 Episodes)
* The One (11 Episodes)
* Pushing Daisies (36 Episodes Over 2 Seasons)
* College (2nd Season; 13 Episodes)

These shows still have not been decided on:
* Being Average <--- 49% chance of renewal; 51% chance of cancellation
* Roommates <--- Close to 2nd season pickup

PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS ONLY FOR FUN! ALL "CAST-MEMBERS" ARE USED JUST FOR FUN! THIS IS NOT REAL!

I announced the cast about a month back, but Fred Willard may leave. Who do you think would be good in the show?


Well the first name i thought of when i heard the title "Being Average" was Laurie Metcalf---she seems like she'd be a good fit for a show like that. Or Cynthia Stevenson who most recently worked on "Surviving Surburia". I'm not a big Kevin James fan so i wouldn't have cast him---i would have gone with a different type---like a Ted McGinely type...

But hey it's your show and the people you cast are all great actors. I actually like Kimberly Williams-Pasliey and always liked her in "Father Of The Bride". She's always deserved better than "According To Jim".

GEN-TV has opted today to confirm the roles that will be played by actors James De Pavia and Stephen Schetzner when "Guiding Light" comes to GEN-TV and launches GEN-TV's daytime drama line-up. Despite speculation Stephen Schetzner is not going to be playing a recast but is originating a brand new role on the series. He will be playing a CEO at a Springfield corporation that will according to Claire Labaine "cause a personal crisis for one of our biggest female characters". He is being considered a "supporting character" for now but is expected to stick around for a long-time as he has a multi-year contract. Meanwhile Jame De Pavia has been confirmed as a recast for the role of Dr. Rick Bauer formerly played by Michael O'Leary. O'Leary was unable to join the cast because of "monetary disagreement with producers" and the producers have asked acclaimed soap actor James De Pavia to step into the role. De Pavia is familar to viewers for his decades long stint as Max Holden on "One Life To Live" where he schemed his way into hearts of viewers throughout the 1980's, 1990's and some of the 2000's.

Though De Pavia is a different "type" than O'Leary was Claire Labaine and Felicia Menhi Behr are sure that "audiences will respond to this newer, bolder version of Rick Bauer--- a more suave, sophisticated and sensual version than we've ever seen before".

Meanwhile "Guiding Light" has also confirmed today that they have offically recast the role of A.C. Mallett last played by Robert Bourge who has declined to move over to GEN-TV for personal issues. The role has been recast with soap opera regular Michael Lowry best known for work on "All My Children" as Dr. Jake Martin, "As The World Turns" as Les Sweeny and a short stint on "The Bold & The Beautiful". Lowry is a very familar face to daytime viewers and will be an ideal fit in the role of A.C. Mallett.

Also, word is that because they have been unable to find a suitable actress to play the character of Nadine's teenager daugther they have agreed to age the character slightly to her "late teens/early twenties" giving them more actresses to pick from. Rumor has it that casting directors are "very high" on a actress currently working at "another soap" and is going to do everything they can to "get her over to our side of the pond".

When word spread that GEN-TV had managed to convince Ron Raines, Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman to come over to the network when "Guiding Light" moves fans were both relieved and happy. Well according to reports by set insiders fans of one of these actors will not be happy for long. GEN-TV is apparently planning on killing off one of these three actors in the VERY FIRST EPISODE. Sources are confirming that either Reva, Josh or Alan will meet their maker within the first few minuets of GL's GEN-TV debut. Though neither Claire Labaine or Felicia Menhi Behr are speaking about this at the moment other set insiders say that "the death will be sudden and stunning". One P.A. speaking annonomusly said "nobody will expect this to happen---nobody". Sources say that "the performer is very aware that they won't be at GL for long and are embracing leaving their characters legacy behind them".

So what do you think? who is going to die? Reva? Josh? Alan?

Here is the offical ratings report for GEN-TV's Wed night original programming. GEN-TV has decided it will no longer be providing information for non-original programming in overnight ratings. Said info will only be known in it's weekly ratings report.

First up "Hot Tamales" scored again with 11.4 million viewers a series high for the show. "Second Family" got a solid 28.3 million viewers up from the last airing.

So far "Second Family" has already been renewed and "Hot Tamales" is still undecided at this point but it's prospects are looking brighter as the ratings increase each week.

Well the first name i thought of when i heard the title "Being Average" was Laurie Metcalf---she seems like she'd be a good fit for a show like that. Or Cynthia Stevenson who most recently worked on "Surviving Surburia". I'm not a big Kevin James fan so i wouldn't have cast him---i would have gone with a different type---like a Ted McGinely type...

But hey it's your show and the people you cast are all great actors. I actually like Kimberly Williams-Pasliey and always liked her in "Father Of The Bride". She's always deserved better than "According To Jim".
Thanks for letting me know what you thought of the cast. I can't believe I didn't think of Laurie Metcalf! She would have been perfect for Being Average!

YTN Press Release:
New Drama Picked Up; Gets a Lead Actor
Only hours after GEN-TV settled a suit with the three actresses of Without a Trace, YTN is giving one of them another chance on television. Poppy Montgomery, who played Samantha Spade on Without a Trace, will star in the new YTN drama, TAKEN. TAKEN will focus on the FBI searching for those who have been taken from their family and friends. The President of YTN says "The reason we were so quick to pick up this series with Poppy Montgomery is because we know many fans were disappointed to see her leave CBS. We thought it would be a great addition to the dramas we are trying to produce. Yes, we did have to pay Ms. Montgomery a hefty price, but it was worth it."
TAKEN has already been picked up for 10 episodes and will air this fall.

PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS ONLY FOR FUN! ALL "CAST-MEMBERS" ARE USED JUST FOR FUN! THIS IS NOT REAL!
YTN Press Release:
Another Without a Trace Star Joins TAKEN
Marianne Jean-Baptist, who last starred in Without a Trace, will join fellow castmember Poppy Montgomery in the new YTN series, TAKEN. This is said to be the FINAL Without a Trace castmember to join the TAKEN. Rosalyn Sanchez, who also starred in Without a Trace, will be the only main castmember from Without a Trace not to find work. The three male castmembers are still in the GEN-TV version of Without a Trace. As the three females are expected to star in a few episodes of Without a Trace, TAKEN won't premiere until late fall.

PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS ONLY FOR FUN! ALL "CAST-MEMBERS" ARE USED JUST FOR FUN! THIS IS NOT REAL![/QUOTE]

GEN-TV is proud to announce that Rosalyn Sanchez the actress that last starred in "Without A Trace" is going to be guest starring in three episodes of "Texas Justice" this fall. Sanchez is going to play an attorney that helps one of the characters with a tricky legal problem. She will appear in three episodes. This is considered a guest-starring role and likely will not lead to any other work on the series. However GEN-TV is optimistic that they will be able to cast Sanchez in another series soon.

Sanchez spent seven seasons on CBS's "Without A Trace" and when that show was cancelled GEN-TV opted to pick it up, but due to budget cuts she and two other cast-members (Poppy Montgomery and Marianne Jean Baptist) were let go from the series. Sanchez sued GEN-TV for discrimination based on age and gender, the suit was settled out of court.

Though they have yet to even launch their fall season GEN-TV is looking ahead and is ordering several pilots for a possible mid-season launch. The orders include two dramas and two comedies. The first drama pilot called "One Of These Days" stars Angie Harmon, Lacey Chabert, Marla Sokolove, Tom Irwin, James Masters and Mark Derwin. It is about a fifteen year old California teenager whose life is turned upside down when her parents are killed in a car accident and she is sent to live with an Aunt and Uncle in Idaho that she hasn't seen since she was a baby. According to her parents will all their money is frozen in a trust for her until she turns twenty-one so she is stuck in Idaho. While in Idaho tragic events including a devestating rape turn her life even further upside down. The drama series is considered a "high priority" for the network right now.

Another drama pilot "The Story Of Jacob" co-stars Emmy-Nominee Frances Conroy ("Six Feet Under"), Jonathon Jackson (3X Emmy-Winner for "General Hospital"), Leslie Bibb ("24", "ER", "Popular"), Josh Hartnett ("Lucky Number Slevin"), Chad Lowe ("24") and focuses on a very dysfunctional family whose problems include a gay, bi-polar son, a repressed ultra-religious mother and lots of family secrets.

The two comedy pilots are being seen as "less vital" right now but includ a show called "Something Old, Something New" starring Rena Sofer as a soon to be bride whose fiancee's ex-girlfriend shows up the night before the wedding to announce he has a teenage son. The other comedy pilot is called "Sisterhood" and features Jennie Garth in the lead role and Kelly Ripa in a supporting role.

When word spread that GEN-TV had managed to convince Ron Raines, Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman to come over to the network when "Guiding Light" moves fans were both relieved and happy. Well according to reports by set insiders fans of one of these actors will not be happy for long. GEN-TV is apparently planning on killing off one of these three actors in the VERY FIRST EPISODE. Sources are confirming that either Reva, Josh or Alan will meet their maker within the first few minuets of GL's GEN-TV debut. Though neither Claire Labaine or Felicia Menhi Behr are speaking about this at the moment other set insiders say that "the death will be sudden and stunning". One P.A. speaking annonomusly said "nobody will expect this to happen---nobody". Sources say that "the performer is very aware that they won't be at GL for long and are embracing leaving their characters legacy behind them".

So what do you think? who is going to die? Reva? Josh? Alan?

Executive Producer Felicia Menhi Behr is furious about a story leaked today that claims she is planning to kill off one of "guiding lights" core characters. "Absolutley NOT TRUE" fumes the enraged producer about the rumors that are circulating. Even worse she says "it apparently comes from one of the people working on my set".

Head writer Claire Labaine says "we haven't even written many of the scenes for the first episode, we have only written outlines for characters and plots" she claims.

The set is actually a really weird place to be says current "GL" star Tina Sloan, who will not be moving to GEN-TV. "On one side of the set we have the current producers and writers giving notes about current storylines and directing current scenes, but within just a few feet are the new writers and producers having meetings about how to move forward with new shows". "It's very tense actually---nobody knows who is going to stay and who is going to be written off" says current actor Lawerence Saint Victor.

One thing that seems to be clear though is that everyone at Telenext (who produces GL) is excited that the show is going to be staying on the air, even on another network. So much so that they have worked it out so that continuity is available between the last CBS episode and the first GEN-TV episode "Claire Labaine will write the last three CBS episodes so that she can pave the way for the series move to a new network and so that GEN-TV's first episodes won't be starting from scratch". CBS has agreed to this and this means that the current writers work will last air sometime in late August or early September.

YTN Press Release:
Being Average Starts Low; College Hits Record; Roommates Closer To New Episodes
YTN's new Wednesday Comedy Block got off to a slow start with Malcolm in the Middle with 1.31 million viewers. The newest episode of Being Average was around average, with 2.54 million viewers. Being Average scored a 1.6 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 1.8 demo among 18-34 year olds. The President of YTN says "Being Average was a bit low, but we will have to see what happens." A repeat of Family Guy aired at 8:30 with 3.05 million viewers, showing nice growth from Being Average. Up next was the second episode of College, which was able to produce impressive numbers without a large lead in. College scored 7.03 million viewers, and a massive 8.4 demo among 18-34 year olds. Among 18-49 year olds, College scored an above average 3.9 demo. The President of YTN says "College looks like its a hit. To have 4 million viewers join from Family Guy is just amazing." The premiere of repeats for sitcom Roommates helped it move closer to a possible second season on YTN. Roommates was watched by 4.94 million viewers, scored a 4.7 demo among 18-34 year olds, and a 2.8 demo among 18-49 year olds. That put retention at 70% in total viewers, 56% among 18-34 year olds, and 72% among 18-49 year olds. The President of YTN says "Roommates showed it has potential last night. If Roommates can keep the numbers close next week, a renewal is very likely." NCIS aired at 10pm with 3.85 million viewers, while The Practice had 3.54 million viewers at 11pm.

LAST NIGHT'S LINEUP:
7pm - Malcolm in the Middle
8pm - Being Average (New Episode)
8:30pm - Family Guy
9pm - College (New Episode)
9:30pm - Roommates
10pm - NCIS
11pm - The Practice
YTN Press Release:
Being Average Falls; College and Roommates Grow
The second week of the new YTN Comedy Block had mixed results. Being Average started the comedy block with 2.41 million viewers. Being Average scored a 1.4 demo among 18-49 year olds, and a 1.5 demo among 18-34 year olds. Being Average recorded a modest 2.3 demo among W18-34. Family Guy followed Being Average with 2.99 million viewers, and a 1.8 demo among 18-49 year olds. YTN's newest hit, College, jumped in ratings from last week to 7.62 million viewers and a massive 9.0 demo among 18-34 year olds. Among 18-49 year olds, College recorded a 4.1 demo, while in 25-54 year olds, College scored a 2.5 demo. The President of YTN says "Our viewers love College. To have 7.62 million viewers for a cable show in the summer is just amazing." A repeat of Roommates made a stronger case to be picked up for a second season, increasing its audience as well from last week. Roommates pulled in 5.34 million viewers, had a 5.5 demo among 18-34 year olds, and a 3.0 demo among 18-49 year olds. That put retention at 70% in total viewers, 61% among 18-34 year olds, and 73% in 18-49 year olds. YTN is expected to release more information about what will happen for the comedy block at around 8:00/7:00c tonight.

Finola Hughes is about to get an on-screen daughter. It has been confirmed by all involved that "Guiding Light" is "proud and excited" to welcome "As The World Turn" actress Alexandra Chando to the cast as Miranda Wilson the now twenty-two year old daughter of Finola Hughes character Nadine Wilson. Executive producer Felicia Menhi Behr confirms the casting by saying "we are absolutley thrilled to have Alexandra joining our cast and are confident that she will make a thrilling contribution to the show".

While that casting is now confimed it is also worth noting that Chando is not the actress that Behr and Labaine were hoping to cast. Claire Labaine explains "Our first thought process as of last week was that we wanted to get One Life To Live's Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning), but that did not transpire the way we had hoped". Also Felicia Menhi Berh says "our second pick was a slightly older actress, formerly of "General Hospital" and that was Adriene Leon who used to play Brooklyn on that show and was briefly on "The Young & The Restless". Labaine explains "Chando was a unexpected name that came up during a casting session; somebody mentioned her and when her name was said it was like oh yeah, duh that would work well".

Alexandra Chando is best known for her Daytime Emmy nominated role as Maddie Coleman on "As The World Turns" which she played from 2006-2008.

Also as of this writing it looks like "Guiding Light" is thisclose to singing on two more daytime icons to appear in roles on the show. One of whom is a "GL" veteran and another who will be a new addition to the cast.

Just a day ago Executive Producer Felicia Menhi Behr vehemently denied rumors that she planned to kill off one of Guiding Lights major stars calling the rumors "Absoutley, totally false". Well wether or not that is true remains to be seen but as of just a few hours ago what appear to be top secret scenes from the show have been leaked onto the internet. They appear to be passages from either a future script for the show or portions of an outline, though nobody has confirmed wether these are real or not they certianly appear to be. The scene is brief but i'll tell you if they are truly scenes from an episode of the show it will majorly upset long-time fans of the show as they do indeed include the death of not one but SIX characters from the show in a fashion that even a soap opera could never undo... here are the leaked scenes... and be warned they are pretty shocking...

Interior; Reva Shayne's house, nighttime, bedroom.

Reva Shayne appears from her bathroom in a green bathrobe and slippers, her hair is wet as if she had just emerged from a shower and her eyes are puffy as if she has been crying. She sits down on her bed placing her head into her hands and shaking her head somberly, she begins to cry.

Reva (through her tears): I'm sorry god, i'm just sorry. i just don't know what to say, i never expected this to happen. never.

The telephone in Reva's home rings, she hesitantly rises from the bed and walks over the her dresser a few feet away to pick it up.

Reva (on the phone to a still unknown person): Yes it's done. i've finished it. (reva appears flustered and grows angry): Yes, Yes, YES i'll be here. NO do not come over... I said NO do not come here. Fine see you in a few moments. (Reva slams the phone down in a huff).

Reva turns to face the mirror on her dresser and an expression of determination overtakes her face

Reva (outloud to herself): He wants to play it that way? fine than i'll be ready for him. He'll never see it coming. (reva begins to chuckle to herself in a sinister way).

Reva turns and runs into the bathroom slamming the door behind her.

Scene cuts away.

Exterior, nighttime, Springfield hosptial, hallway.

Alan Spaulding stands in the hallway of the hospital facing a closed door, he is putting a cell-phone in his pocket. He is about to turn and enter the hospital room when his phone rings and he does not look pleased when he looks at his called I.D.

Alan (outloud to himself): Oh why is she calling?

Alan picks up the phone and answers the call.

Alan (to person on phone): Okay see you then. no, i'll see you when i get there. (Alan hangs the phone up and turns to the hospital door without opening it)

Alan (to the door): See you soon.

Alan leaves the hospital and gets into a limo and it pulls out of the hospital parking lot.

Scene cuts away.

Interior, Reva Shayne's house, nighttime. Reva's bathroom.

Reva is standing in-front of a mirror, she is know wearing a exceedingly low-cut red dress and red high heels. She is applying red lipstick to her lips. She looks in the mirror and speaks to her reflection.

Reva (to her reflection): This is it. i can't wait... (reva begins to cackle)...

A doorbell is heard ringing and Reva turns to leave the room. Reva goes downstairs to answer her door.

Reva answers the door and is clearly not expecting to see the person behind it. The door opens and viewers see that Jeffery O'Niell is standing behind it. Reva speaks to him in a angry tone.

Reva (to jeffery): I told you not to come back here ever again---i told you it's over between us, we have nothing left to talk about. Our relationship is dead.

Jeffery: No Reva, you are wrong--this is far from over.

Reva furious slaps Jeffery with all her might right across his face and screams at him "Get out of here you bas*ar*. Jeffery manages to grab Reva by her arm and throw her down against the wall. She falls hard.

Scene cuts away..

Interior, Alan Spaulding's limo.

Alan is sitting in his limo and clearly is anticipating arriving someplace. he is thinking outloud, clearly hatching a plan.

Alan (out loud): This is going to be my greatest victory---if it all goes as planned. Nobody will ever dobut my power again.

Suddenly the limo comes to a stop, Alan just cracks his window open and is furious he screams at the driver "Driver, THIS is NOT where i said to go", "DRIVER, why did you stop here?", "DRIVER ANSWER ME".

Slowly the privacy screen comes down and the drivers turns to face Alan, Alan is stunned to see Alexandra Spaulding his sister behind the wheel. She has an evil look on her face and she is raising a pistol towards his head.

Alexandra: Alan, my darling brother, i'm sorry but the time has come for you to meet your maker (Alexandra cackles ever so rejoicing in her latest evil plot to destroy her brother). (Alex orders Alan to get out of the car).

Alan: What is this about Alex?

Alexandra: No time for chatting now get out of the car you decaying vermon.

Alan reluctantly gets out of the car and is immedietly grabbed by two heavy bodyguards that Alex has hired to help her with her plan. Alex also gets out of the car and the camera pans to reveal that they are sitting just inches away from the edge of a giant cliff. Alex looks up at the sky and then at her brother who is now tied up and she declares "this is my moment of victory". Alex walks closer to her brother and points the gun at his head.

Alex: Alan, you get a choice---how do you want to die?

Alan: What do you mean? you aren't going to kill me?

Alex is about to speak when she is interuppted by a voice in the background. She turns to see her newphew Phillip standing behind her.

Phillip: No, uncle but i am. (Phillip pulls out a gun of his own).

Scene cuts away...

Interior, Reva Shayne's house. Reva's bedroom. still nighttime.

Reva still weak from hitting the wall is hand-cuffed to the bed, she is struggling to get uncuffed. She is upset. Jeffery is standing beside her with a sinister look on his face.

Reva screams at him.

Reva (screaming at Jeffery): Let me go, Jeffery let me go...

Jeffery isn't paying any attention to Reva's pleas and slaps her across her face.

Reva flinches in pain and says "you'll get it" to him.

Jeffery turns his back to Reva and says outloud "no you will, just wait".

Moments later the doorbell at Reva's house rings and Jeffery gets an excited look on his face. he turns to Reva delighted.

Jeffery (to Reva): Our visitor has arrived, i just can't wait for you to see who it is, you'l be tickeled pink... (Jeffery walks out of scene to answer the door).

Reva is frantic she knows this is her moment to escape. She sees the key to the handcuffs sitting on the nightstand next to her bed, she uses all her will to get that key in her hands and manages to unlock her cuffs, she jumps out of the bed and runs into the bathroom closing the door behind her.

Jeffery and his guest arrives in the bedroom and he is stunned to see Reva is not in her bed. He looks at the closed bathroom door and knows Reva is in there. He approaches the bathroom door and screams "Reva, get out here, NOW". Reva pulls the door open and appears in the bedroom weilding a knife.

Reva looks at Jeffery and is stunned to see who is with him. her son Jonathon.

Reva (stunned): JONATHON?

Jonathon: I'm sorry mom.

Reva: What the hell is going on here? TELL ME NOW.

Jeffery: you'll find out soon enough. (Jeffery pulls a gun out of his coat and points it at Jonathon). He screams at Jonathon "DO IT NOW".

Jonathon runs towards his mother and knocks her to the ground, kicking the knife out of distance. He ties her up and ties her to the bed. Reva is stunned.

Jonathon turns to Jeffery with a pathetic look on his face. "Why Jeffery? WHY?" he says.

Jeffery: shut up boy, you know why.

Jeffery approaches Reva and starts cackling..

Jeffery: Reva, you thought you would divorce me? you thought our relationship would just end? you thought you would get away from me unscathed? think again you stupid B**ch. Jeffery picks the gun up and points it at jonathon.

Jeffery: you hurt me by divorcing me and know i'm going to hurt you. (jeffery shots the gun at jonathon, Jonathon falls to the ground he has been shot).

Reva lets out a primal scream "JONATHON, NO".

Jeffery starts laughing sinsterly... and turns to Reva... "Think that was something, wait to you see what happens now"... Jeffery opens the door of Reva's closet and reveals Reva's other son Shayne tied up and crying.

Reva screams "NO, NOT SHAYNE". Jeffery shoots Shayne in the head. Reva screams louder than ever. Tears stream her face.

Reva: Jeffery, why? i know i hurt you, but why my children?

Jeffery: I had to find a way to hurt you as much as you hurt me.

(Jeffery points the gun squarley at Reva's head, making a point to push it into her so that it hurts).

Jeffery: You're gonna love this.

Scene fades.

Exterior, cliffside, early morning.

Alexandra is stunned to see Phillip standing next to her holding a gun at Alan.

Alexandra: Phillip what are you doing here?

Philip: extracting revenge.

Alexandra: Looks like i've taught you well?

Phillip: yes you have... too well.

Alexandra: what does that mean?

Phillip: it means that you taught me the importance of surprising your enemy right?

Alexandra: What?

Philip points the gun at Alexandra.

Phillip: Sorry i love my father, no matter how fractured our relationship. Sorry and goodbye. (Phillip shoots Alexandra, she falls to the ground and dies instantly). Phillip then shoots the two bodyguards and drops his gun. he runs over and unties his father, Alan.

Alan is grateful and hugs his son.

Alan: Thank you son. thank you. let's clean up this mess.

Alan and Phillip drag Alexandra's body to the edge of the cliff and throw her down it, watching as she falls directly into the ocean below. they throw the two bodyguards down as well.

Phillip: So what now?

Alan: now we create an alibi so that when the body's wash up ashore we aren't suspects.

Scene cuts away.

Interior Reva Shayne's house. Bedroom.

Reva is still tied to the bed, crying and screaming after just witnessing her two son's murders.

Jeffery has the gun pointed at her face.

Jeffery: Time has come for me to finish my act.

Jeffery picks the gun up aiming it at Reva intent on shooting her. Just as he is about to shoot Joshua Lewis comes running into the room and knocks Jeffery down. He unties Reva andshe leaps out of the bed. She hugs Joshua and says "thank you for saving me".

Reva looks down at Jeffery and decides now is the time to end her misery.

Reva picks up the gun and points it at Jeffery.

Reva (to jeffery): This is for shane. (she shoots him). This is for Jonathon (she shoots him).

Reva drops the gun, totally shocked at what she just did. She turns to Joshua.

Reva (crying): Joshua what did i just do? she falls into his arms.

Joshua: It's okay we'll take care of it. we'll tell the police it was an accident, that it was self-defense.

Joshua picks up the phone and dials 911.

End of Scene.


Remember these are not confirmed as being actual scenes from the show, just leaked scenes. They may be from a outline of a story that has been passed on or it could just be fan fiction that someone is claiming as the real thing.


------------LEGAL DISCLAIMER--- THESE SCENES ARE FAN FICTION, they are not associated with "Guiding Light" at all nor do they reflect any story from GL or any other television show. I am not associated with Guiding Light.---- These are just for fun.---

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