Good news ? Namrata is coming back in film
2009-11-03 19:42:00 It is certainly a good news for the well wishers of Namrata Shrestha. Namrata will forget all the bad publicity and start acting in an upcoming movie soon. After the release of a scandalous video in September there had been various speculation about her film career. Many had forecasted the end of her film career. ...
Good News, Bad News: HEROES, SKINS & Ryan Jenkins
2009-08-24 20:18:00 Good News: GLEE star Jayma Mays has found a project to keep herself occupied during GLEE’s hiatus. Bad News: That project, reprising the role of Charlie, Hiro’s ill-fated love interest on the sinking ship we like to call HEROES. ">[EW] Good News: We’re getting more SKINS! Bad News: Thanks to MTV who is developing what we can only imagine will be a watered down Americanized version of the hit British teen series. [ZonTV] Good News: The headline grabbing story of Ryan Jenkins — the reality TV contestant who was found dead, hanging from a belt in his hotel room after fleeing to Canada upon being accused of murdering his swimsuit supermodel ex-wife Jasmine Fiore — is finally over. Bad News: For Nancy Grace and the rest of her Cable News cohorts. [Vancouver Sun]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: 90210, PRISON BREAK, BETTER OFF TED & More!
2009-08-11 21:08:00 Good News: EW.com has an exclusive sneak peek at the new season of 90210. Bad News: While the promos promise bigger, better and bolder, what it’s really delivering is older —thanks to the addition of new cast member Trevor “Sure I look twenty, if this were 1999″ Donovan. [Source] Good News: FOX has signed a deal with publisher Deep Silver to give PRISON BREAK the video game treatment. Bad News: Like the series itself, expect the game to start off on a high note, only to quickly fizzle out and frustrate viewers thanks to various implausible plot twists and a ridiculous story-line. [Source] Good News: Tonight’s BETTER OFF TED season finale features a guest appearance by Twilight’s Rachel Lefevre. Bad News: Somebody forgot to alert ABC’s marketing department, who in turn neglected to alert the millions of Twihards. [Source] Good News: You can watch the second-funniest new comedy of the Fall — COMMUNITY on facebook right now! Bad News: Unless of ...
By: the TV addict
More items from the good news department:
2009-07-23 22:41:00 In addition to Mark Buehrle's perfect game for the White Sox, we're glad to report these items:Jump in home sales fuels jump in stock market. Best sales month since November. Read here.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there will be no Senate vote on health care for months, saving the country from a head-long rush into a disastrous decision. Read it here....
Good News?
2009-07-22 07:05:00 Hello, everyone!!! Hope everyone?s doing good and you?re ready for some more good news about 24 and Kiefer. Remember awhile back when I wrote that he and the designer he headbutted were playing nice and it was probably gonna be resolved quickly? Well, it was. Reports came out today saying that the authorities in Manhattan ...
By: Watching 24
Good News, Bad News: David Letterman, FUTURAMA Fans & Your Waistline!
2009-07-17 22:53:00 Good News: The NY Times proclaims David Letterman is back, trouncing Conan in total viewers last week, 4.4 million versus 2.5. Bad News: And to think, all it took was the stepping down of longtime rival Jay Leno and Governor Palin,, the death of Michael Jackson, an Emmy nod and a historic return by Sir Paul McCartney to the Ed Sullivan Theater. [Source] Good News: Casting is well underway for FUTURAMA’s return to the small screen. Bad News: Make that re-casting is well underway, with 20th Century Fox posting a casting notice to replace original voice talents John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and Katy Sagal after failing to come to terms on salary. [Source] Good News: Researchers have established a ‘no-brainer’ link between television and overeating after studying a group of boys who watched THE SIMPSONS while eating a pizza lunch. Bad News: For this pizza loving TV Addict. We’re just sayin’. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: MELROSE PLACE, Jennifer Garner & Steven Weber
2009-07-15 02:51:00 Good New: Daphne Zuniga has signed on to the CW’s MELROSE PLACE re-boot, agreeing to reprise her role as photographer Jo Reynolds for at least two episode this season. Bad News: Joining original tenants Josie Bissett [Jane], Laura Leighton [Sydney] and Thomas Calabro [Michael] and leaving this TV Addict increasingly concerned that the proverbial powers that be didn’t learn a thing from 90210’s unfortunate penchant for stunt casting, you know, in lieu of the actual hard work that comes with having to develop a whole slew of interesting new characters and story-lines. [Source] Good News: Jennifer Garner has inked a fresh development deal with ABC, the network that put her on the map. Bad News: The key word here being ‘development, one that, as Michael Ausiello so accurately put it, “calls for the four-time Emmy nominee to develop projects via her Vandalia Films production shingle.” Not act! [Source] Good News: Steven Weber is in negotiations to move...
By: the TV addict
Good News from Indonesia
2009-07-14 09:07:00 Sekarang kalo saya ngetik ?goog?? di tab Chrome saya, biasanya keluar dua hasil. Google dan Good News From Indonesia. Pertama kali gw liat website ini (GNFI) ? thanks to mas Ari yang udah refer saya ke website ini :) ? gw jadi inget-inget kapan terakhir kali saya nonton/denger/baca berita yang bikin hati adem, tentram dan ga stres. Mungkin bukan ?terakhir kali? ya, tapi ?di mana?. Kalau pengen hati tenang, saya lebih suka setel channel ke DAAI TV, satu channel di Indonesia (muungkin masih terbatas di Jakarta yah) milik yayasan Tzu Chi. Yayasan Buddha yang sudah internasional. Berita-berita di DAAI TV ga aneh-aneh. Ga ada sinetron, ga ada gosip, ga ada jerit-jeritan, berantem, ?Ibu, bebasin Mano bu? Bebasin Mano bu?? atau yang pethakilan lainnya. Ada drama DAAI TV mengenai kisah nyata dari para member Tzu Chi yang buat gw dikemas secara apik, ga bertele-tele, ceritanya bagus dan pesan moralnya dalem banget. Dan itu disajikan secara ga menggurui. Bukan tipikal pembantu disiksa majika...
Good News, Bad News: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, THE SIMPSONS & SURVIVOR
2009-07-13 23:32:00 Good News: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS has commenced the search for a slew of fourth season fresh faces, including three new series regulars and one recurring guest star. Bad News: To fill the void that is about to be left by exiting fan favorites Adrianne Palicki, Zach Gilford and Minka Kelly. [Source] Good News: SUPER SIZE ME’s Morgan Spurlock will produce and direct THE SIMPSONS 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL IN 3-D ON ICE. Bad News: The special won’t actually be in 3-D or on ice! [Source] Good News: Arguably, television’s most memorable survivor Richard Hatch was this close to returning to the series that put him on the map (and ironically enough, in jail for tax evasion) for SURVIVOR’s 10th anniversary “Heroes Vs. Villains” edition Bad News: Until that is, a federal judge in Rhode Island denied his request to leave home confinement early. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, LOST, TORCHWOOD & GLEE
2009-07-08 15:23:00 Good News: An original DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES cast member is set to return as a series regular next season. Bad News: Said original cast member is Teri Hatcher’s daughter played by the insufferable Andrea Bowen. We’re just sayin, Rory Gilmore she ain’t. [Source] Good News: The TV Addict was invited to screen two new episodes of GLEE this afternoon in New York and/or LA. Bad News: The TV Addict does not live in New York and/or LA. [#FML] Good News: TORCHWOOD’s five-episode season 3 miniseries has become so popular in the UK that it has become a trending topic on Twitter. Bad News: Thus spoiling it for everyone outside of the UK who still have to wait two weeks for the series to surface on BBC America. [Source] Good News: LOSTermind Damon Lindeloff vows that the show’s ending “won’t be vague and ambiguous,” promising that “there will be a lot of answers.” Bad News: Adding, “We’ve no plans to continue the story of L...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: JON & KATE, UGLY BETTY & VIRTUALITY
2009-06-30 03:35:00 Good News: According to TLC, Jon and Kate Gosselin will no longer be speaking to the media in an effort to focus soley on the needs of their family. Bad News: Rest assured, that’s not about to stop People, Us Weekly, InTouch, Star and OK! magazine from covering the family thanks to the now ubiquitous “sources close to Jon & Kate…” [Source] Good News: BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT phenom Susan Boyle has reportedly been offered a cameo on the new season of UGLY BETTY. Bad News: Three words: Jump. The. Shark. [Source] Good News: Over the weekend, VIRTUALITY made headlines for FOX. Bad News: For delivering a fourth place finish on Friday night after attracting a mere 1.8 million viewers. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News And Bad News About Humans VS Chimps
2009-06-22 18:58:00 There is great genetic similarity in humans and chimpanzees, but there are notable differences between them that are observable; particularly increased brain size and cognitive abilities in humans. Could these factors possibly have anything to do with an increased incidence of cancer in humans? Far-fetched, perhaps, but the researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology wanted to find out.
Good News, Bad News: UpFront Edition 2009
2009-05-19 20:01:00 Good News: NBC made it official today by announcing that CHUCK and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, two critically acclaimed, ratings anemic fan favorites will be returning to a small screen near you in 2010. Bad News: Make that spring/summer 2010, with fans having to wait until after the Olympics for CHUCK’s return and summer for FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS to kick off. [Source] Good News: There is still hope for MEDIUM and MY NAME IS EARL, with rumors circulating that CBS and FOX might pick up each show for their respective networks. Bad News: For the now defunct CBS series’ WITHOUT OF TRACE and THE UNIT… crickets… crickets… [Source] Good News: UGLY BETTY will face far less competition come Fall 2009. Bad News: Which is what happens when a network decides to move your show to Friday, the night that audiences forgot. [Source] Good News: After eight long years, ABC’s ACCORDING TO JIM is finally dead! Bad News: For FOX’s ‘TIL DEATH, which just became e...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: VIRTUALITY, Rachel Dratch & the CW Fall Sked
2009-05-08 14:58:00 Good News: Fans will get a first taste of Ronald D. Moore’s much buzzed about two-hour pilot VIRTUALITY when FOX unveils it on July 4th. Bad News: Fan’s first taste will also most likely be their last, considering it’s rarely a good sign when a network decides to dump premiere a series on the one night of the year when most of the country is pretty much guaranteed to be outside, hot dog in hand, celebrating America’s birth. We’re just sayin’ [Source] Good News: The always hilarious Rachel Dratch returned to television this week. Bad News: Cementing her status as the female Rodney Dangerfield, playing second banana yet again to fellow SNL alum Amy Poehler in a LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON sketch. [Video] Good News: The CW’s fall sked is shaping up rather nicely, with the rumor du jour calling THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE (Misha Barton’s MODELS INC re-boot), MELROSE PLACE and VAMPIRE DIARIES (or as we’re calling it, TWILIGHT: The Series) vir...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: JIMMY FALLON, CHUCK, NUMB3RS & FAMILY GUY
2009-05-01 23:41:00 Good News: According to the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), Jimmy Fallon’s LATE NIGHT is the greenest late night show on television. Bad News: We’re fairly confident Jimmy was aiming for funniest. D’oh! [Source] Good News: Variety is reporting that NBC is this close to picking up CHUCK for a third season. Bad News: We have a feeling this report marks the first of what will be numerous articles sighting ‘inside’ sources leading up to NBC’s official announcement on Monday. So CHUCK fans, brace yourself. [Source] Good News: NUMB3RS, the surprise CBS procedural hit is celebrating 100 episodes this May. Bad News: To uncover the amount of NUMB3RS episodes this TV Addict has actually watched, subtract 100 from the number of episodes NUMB3RS is celebrating. [Source] Good News: At a special event this week to celebrate the 100th episode of AMERICAN DAD, Seth MacFarlane revealed that plans are moving ahead for a FAMILY GUY movie, “It’s just a...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: SCRUBS, CHUCK & THE HILLS
2009-04-29 00:07:00 Good News: Talks are said to be heating up between Bill Lawrence and ABC to bring back SCRUBS for a ninth season. Bad News: A season that might only include occasional visits by commitment phobic Zach Braff and no visits by John C McGinley, Donald Faison and Neil Flynn, should their high profile pilots get picked up. [Source] Good News: Lauren Conrad has finally made good on her promise to leave THE HILLS. Bad News: Which means expect even more screen time for media whores Heidi and Spencer when season five returns in the fall. [Source] Good News: CHUCK creator Chris Fedak tells TVGuide.com that the #savechuck campaign has been one of the most amazing things he’s ever witnessed. Bad New: An awesome campaign didn’t exactly translate into a bump in the ratings, with there being almost no discernible difference between CHUCK’s numbers week-to-week. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: UGLY BETTY, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT & PARENTHOOD
2009-04-21 02:20:00 Good News: ABC announced today that UGLY BETTY is coming back April 30, a week earlier than planned. Bad News: For fans of the underperforming comedy duo of SAMANTHA WHO? and INTO THE MOTHERHOOD, who if we had to guess, will see their remaining episodes burned off sometime in July. [Source] Good News: FOX has finally done the right thing and apologized for canceling ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. Bad News: Their mea culpa comes in the form of a not so subtle advertisement for the new Mitch Hurwitz animated laugher SIT DOWN SHUT UP. Which, we’re just gonna say… is no ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. [Video Link] Good News: Actress Monica Potter is joining Peter Krause, Maura Tierney, Erika Christensen and Dax Shepard in the small screen re-boot of PARENTHOOD. Bad News: Bumping Diane Farr, who had scheduling conflicts thanks to her recurring role on the hit Showtime series CALIFORNICATION. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good 'news' for Thomson Reuters (TRI)
2009-04-20 15:00:00 "Some companies are managing very well now and quietly laying a foundation for solid earnings growth when the recovery gets underway," says Tom Slee.The analyst with Internet Wealth Builder adds "A few even offer a good yield while we wait." One such company, he believes is Thomson Reuters Corp. (NYSE: TRI)."I particularly like Thomson Reuters. It's low key and not terribly exciting, but by paying a $1.12 dividend to yield 4.1% the stock should provide investors with an excellent long-term return. Here's some background."On April 17, 2008, Thomson Corp. acquired Reuters Group, a 156-year-old news service company, for $17.2 billion and created a new financial information giant."With 50,000 employees and operating in almost 100 countries, the new combined corporation controls 30% of the North American and 38% of European financial information and data markets."In addition, the company provides extensive legal, regulatory, tax, science, a...
Good News, Obama Rejects Repartions, Kind Of, Sort of
2009-04-20 11:05:00 If Barack Obaam is supposed to be my president, then he has an obligation as president to defend my country. Yet the one seems to bear no responsiblity for anything which happened prior to Noon Twenty January this year. Narcissus they name is Obama, Helen Murphy and Joshua Goodman, note: April 18 (Bloomberg) — Latin American leaders railed against the U.S. during President Barack Obama’s first trip to the region, turning what was intended to mark a new direction in relations into a history lesson that chastised “Yankee troop” interventions and U.S.-dictated economic policies. ... “You can’t blame the U.S. for every problem in this hemisphere,” Obama said. “I am very grateful that President Ortega didn’t blame me for things that happened when I was three months old.” More on the one’s limitation on the age of responsibllityProfessor Althouse asks: Actually, Obama said “I’m grateful that President ...
By: BitsBlog
Good news from Goldman (GS)
2009-04-17 15:00:00 "Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) surprised investors with better than expected earnings; it also raised equity towards replaying its TARP funds," says Bill Martin in BullMarket.-com."On the earnings front, Goldman swung back to solid profitability after turning in its first-ever quarterly loss at the end of its last fiscal year, which ended November 28th, 2008."Goldman earned a net profit of $1.66 billion, or $3.39 a share, compared to a Q1 2008 profit of $1.47 billion, or $3.23 a share. The results are a vast improvement over the loss of -$2.29 billion, or -$4.97 a share, reported for Q4 2008."Goldman Sachs has long been the best run of what were previously Wall Street's top investment banks and the strength of its trading operations were evident in the quarter."It certainly helps that it is one of few big Wall Street banks still standing, but we don't want to discount the fact Goldman remains very good at what it does."Management i...
Good News, Bad News: KINGS, the CW & Jay Leno
2009-04-07 22:05:00 Good News: NBC has committed to airing the remaining eight episodes of KINGS first (and most likely only) season. Bad News: On Saturday night, with the peacock network announcing today that due to disappointing ratings, the series will be replaced by yet another installment of DATELINE. [Source] Good News: Yesterday, network president Dawn Ostroff announced that for the first time, the CW will launch original programming during the summer months. Bad News: Rather than take a page from the early days of FOX’s playbook that had the fledgling network make a name for themselves by airing original episodes of BEVERLY HILLS 90210 in the summer up against virtually zero competition, the CW will be offering up two pointless reality TV shows that nobody will watch. [Source] Good News: In a valiant effort to differentiate his new 10PM talk show set to premiere this fall, Jay Leno has revealed that he’ll lose his trademark couch and desk. Bad News: Yet still keep the same old tire...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: PUSHING DAISIES, Alyson Hannigan & 90210
2009-04-01 01:30:00 Good News: Fans will finally get the chance to see the final three unaired episodes of PUSHING DAISIES. Bad News: They’re for British eyes only, with the UK network ITV announcing today that they’ll air all thirteen episodes of the Bryan Fuller series well ahead of their American counterpart ABC. [Source] Good News: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star Alyson Hannigan and husband Alexis Denisof welcomed a baby girl into the world on March 24 in Los Angeles. Bad News: Thus putting an end to one of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’s most entertaining fourth season quirks: “How are they going to hide Alyson’s baby bump this week?” [Source] Good News: New 90210 showrunner Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair let it slip to EW’s Michael Ausiello that as part of the big changes heading into the show’s second season, actor Dustin Milligan who plays the utterly vapid Ethan Ward is getting the boot. Bad News: So to are original West Bev’ers Jennie Garth, Shannen D...
By: the TV addict
Good News! You?re Going to Hell (unless you join my religion)
2009-03-27 16:01:00 A friend of mine, who had a much longer experience with Christian fundamentalism than I did, sent me this poem. It’s from a collection called “Let There Be Light Poems” by Phillip Appleman Christian Tee Shirt? An Eye for an Eye Philip Appleman “Are you saved?” he asks me, sunrise in the corner of his eye, a snag at the edge ...
By: Sharp Iron
Good News, Bad News: Brian Austin Green, VERONICA MARS & DirecTV
2009-03-23 19:35:00 Good News: Brian Austin Green just snagged himself another starring role, joining Gabrielle Union, Tim Matheson, Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring in the CW’s BODY POLITIC. Bad News: It’s never a good sign when cast members are already jumping ship, even if his role in the new CW series is no doubt contingent on TERMINATOR’s future, or lack there of. [Source] Good News: Satellite provider DirecTV continues to win over the hearts of TV Addicts everywhere by providing a second home for short-lived favorites such as SMITH, EYES and THE NINE. Bad News: We still don’t get DirecTV in Canada. [Source] Good News: VERONICA MARS mastermind Rob Thomas doesn’t believe that his beloved series’ much-buzzed-about jump to the big screen is completely dead. Bad News: “Right now it’s just looking depressing,” revealed Thomas in a recent interview. “I think honestly if we would have had the pitch ready a year earlier, it would be a go project. T...
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Ashley Jensen & Reality TV
2009-03-12 01:16:00 Good News: UGLY BETTY’s Ashley Jensen is finally being given something interesting to do. Bad News: On the new CBS pilot ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE. [Source: EW] Good News: As a result of the current economic crisis, TV watching is on the rebound. Bad News: Make that reality TV watching, with ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS, NBC’s THE BIGGEST LOSER and the CW’s AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL returning to boffo ratings. DOLLHOUSE, TERMINATOR and CHUCK, not so much. [Source: USAToday] Good News: CBS has ordered four more scripts of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER for the 2009-10 season. Bad News: Surely we’re not the only ones who think that after delivering four season of funny, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has earned the right to an early season renewal, rather than an insulting order for four more scripts. [Source: TVWeek]
By: the TV addict
Some Good News for Buffalo
2009-03-04 08:36:00 The Elmwood Village now has uniform design standards, and they're not advisory - they're the law. ...lawmakers approved new standards that would require developers to build structures close to sidewalks, locate parking lots in the rear, and advance mixed-use projects that would include upper-floor apartments over businesses. There would also ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Economic Recovery Act Is Good News For Clean Water And Rivers
2009-02-19 16:25:00 From TreeHugger: The US economic recovery package is great news for clean water and healthy rivers, and communities across the country will reap the benefits. The plan contains over $6 billion -- an unprecedented amount of money for clean water, drinking water, water efficiency, gr
Good News, Bad News: DOLLHOUSE, Tracy Morgan & The Paley Festival 2009
2009-02-18 19:53:00 Good News: DOLLHOUSE finally finds its audience. Bad News: On iTunes, where it tops the charts ahead of such big name shows such as BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, LOST and THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK (As we scratch our head and wonder, Zack and Cody? WTF!) [Source] Good News: 30 ROCK star Tracy Morgan makes headlines that don’t involve the letters “D,” “U,” and “I” Bad News: The headline reads, “Breaking News: Tracy Morgan’s Apartment Catches Fire.” [Source] Good News: The 2009 Paley Festival features an incredible lineup of shows including 90210, TRUE BLOOD, DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG, DOLLHOUSE, THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE MENTALIST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, PUSHING DAISIES, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/CAPRICA, THE HILLS, BIG LOVE, FRINGE and SWINGTOWN. Bad News: This TV Addict doesn’t own a private jet or live in Los Angeles. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: DOLLHOUSE, Tracy Morgan & The Paley Festival 2009
2009-02-18 19:53:00 Good News: DOLLHOUSE finally finds its audience. Bad News: On iTunes, where it tops the charts ahead of such big name shows such as BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, LOST and THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK (As we scratch our head and wonder, Zack and Cody? WTF!) [Source] Good News: 30 ROCK star Tracy Morgan makes headlines that don’t involve the letters “D,” “U,” and “I” Bad News: The headline reads, “Breaking News: Tracy Morgan’s Apartment Catches Fire.” [Source] Good News: The 2009 Paley Festival features an incredible lineup of shows including 90210, TRUE BLOOD, DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG, DOLLHOUSE, THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE MENTALIST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, PUSHING DAISIES, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/CAPRICA, THE HILLS, BIG LOVE, FRINGE and SWINGTOWN. Bad News: This TV Addict doesn’t own a private jet or live in Los Angeles. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: Friday Night Ratings Edition
2009-02-14 22:17:00 Good News: Last night’s return of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES delivered one of its most exciting hours to date. Bad News: One that unfortunately also has the distinction of attracting its lowest audience to date, plunging 27% below its previous series low. Good News: Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE helped FOX double its viewership levels among women. Bad News: Which sure sounds a heck of a lot better than Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE only managing to attract 4.7 million viewers. Good News: Thanks to the welcome return of Jason Street and the hilarity that was Tim Riggins constantly repeating (Buddy Garrity’s one line) “When all the scared rats run away from the sinking market, that’s when the real entrepreneurs step in. The true visionaries” FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS continues to score… Bad News: A mere four million viewers a night.
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: Zachary Levi, PUSHING DAISIES & UGLY BETTY
2009-02-11 22:35:00 Good News: CHUCK star Zachary Levi has been tapped to headline his very own feature film. Bad News: His co-stars are three computer-generated singing rodents named Alvin, Simon and Theodore. [Source] Good News: PUSHING DAISIES has just been added to theWB.com’s ever-expanding lineup of TV Addict favorites. Bad News: Favorites that are still only available to those inside the good Ol’ US of A. [Source] Good News: UGLY BETTY fans can breath a sigh of relief thanks to Michael Ausiello, who is reporting that ABC is on the verge of picking up the series for a fourth season. Bad News: Which is ironic, because we’re fairly sure that it was Ausiello himself who was responsible for all the ugly cancellation rumors to begin with! [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News: Health Care for the Unemployed
2009-02-11 00:51:00 President Obama's $789 Billion Recovery Bill includes some health care benefits for those recently unemployed. If you lost your job after September 1st, 2008, this bill has some very good news for you regarding your health care. The federal government will soon subsidize 60% of your COBRA premium for 9 months. Doesn't sound like a big deal to you? Let me explain. COBRA coverage is offered to individuals and their families who had group coverage with their employer before they lost their jobs. The problem is that COBRA insurance premiums are high and unemployment benefits are no so high. In fact, the average premium for family COBRA coverage exceeds the entire monthly unemployment benefit in 9 states: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and West Virginia. If you lost your job recently, you have 62 days to decide on taking the COBRA offer or not. TAKE IT. You'll have to pay the entire premium for a month or two, but once the new legislation ...
Good News, Bad News: Monday Night TV, Zac Efron, SNL & VERONICA MARS
2009-02-09 21:21:00 Good News: President Obama is big on change. Bad News: He’s also big on addressing the nation and continually reminding us that we’re screwed. Which by the way, we already get. So how about cutting us a little slack by allowing us to drown our sorrows in television instead of bumping new episodes of HOUSE, CHUCK and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to next week and pushing THE BIG BANG THEORY back to 9:30PM? [Source] Good News: Zac Efron is getting set to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on April 11. Bad News: Vanessa Hudgens is still waiting on that callback for an Arby’s commercial. Awkward. [Source] Good News: It’s official! Rob Thomas will pitch Warner Bros. Studio on the highly anticipated VERONICA MARS movie next week. Bad News: For actor Michael Muhney. RIP Sherrif Lamb. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News: YSI Met Its Goal and Will Remain Open, Active and Working with S
2009-02-09 03:35:00 The Youth Science Institute, which has facilities in Los Gatos at Vasona Lake County Park, in Saratoga at Sanborn Park, and in San Jose at Alum Rock Park, has met its campaign goal of $300,000 and will keep its doors open! Read more at the YSI website: http://www.ysi-ca.org/
This time on Life: Good news!
2009-02-04 11:49:00 As I looked through my few LJ entries I found this life quiz I did 3 years ago (Feb 19, 2006): This Is My Life, RatedLife: 6.2Mind: 6.2Body: 7.3Spirit: 6.5Friends/Family: 4.1Love: 0Finance: 5.2Take the Rate My Life Quiz So I took it again to see how my life had changed: This Is My Life, RatedLife: 6.9Mind: 6.3Body: 6.6Spirit: ...
By: WADDLEDEE.NET
Good news for Reaper, bad news for Privileged
2009-02-04 04:03:00 The CW announced that Reaper’s return was moved up to March 3rd, and with that move up that means Privileged’s was cut short according to The Hollywood Report. The CW wanting to protect 90210 from American Idol will move the show from 8p to 9p and put Reaper on against the Fox hit starting on ...
Good News, Bad News: CHUCK, PRIVILEGED, REAPER & More!
2009-02-03 20:41:00 Good News: The heavily hyped post-Super Bowl 3D episode of CHUCK netted the criminally under-watched series its best ratings of the season. Bad News: Too bad 8.35 million viewers still weren’t enough to put a dent in HOUSE, THE BIG BANG THEORY or THE BACHELOR which still managed to wipe the floor with the gang from Buy More. [Source] Good News: For REAPER fans, who will get to see their favorite series return on March 3 — two weeks earlier than originally planned. Bad News: For PRIVILEGED fans, whose season (or is it series?) will wrap up earlier then originally planned, possibly indicating the CW’s lack of long term confidence in the series. [Source] Good News: ABC Family orders 20 more episodes of GREEK (a TV Addict favorite) and announces a summer 2009 bow. Bad News: And quietly cancels KYLE XY in the process. [Source]
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: NBC, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, BONES & UGLY BETTY
2009-01-27 23:17:00 Good News: Thanks to an exclusive deal with NBC, American Airlines passengers will now have the pleasure of watching Peacock favorites such as 30 ROCK, THE OFFICE and CHUCK at 30,000 feet. Bad News: Or, depending on your flight attendant’s mood, a MAMMA’S BOY marathon. [Source] Good News: @brianstelter tweeted today that DirecTV is interested in a fourth season of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Bad News: After Friday’s installment of the best show you’re not watching fell to fourth in its time slot, it remains to be seen just how interested NBC is. [Source] Good News: After moving to Thursday and attracting nearly 10 million viewers, BONES may have finally gotten some long overdue respect. Bad News: Too bad it had to eviscerate UGLY BETTY in the process. [Source]
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Good News, Bad News: George Clooney, GREY’S ANATOMY & Elisabeth Moss
2009-01-23 23:33:00 Good News: George Clooney is officially scrubbing back into to the ER. Bad News: For what will no doubt be the most overhyped return in the history of television. [Source] Good News: GREY’S ANATOMY showrunner Shonda Rhimes is feeling so encouraged by Obama’s victory that the GREY’S writers are developing more hopeful story lines resulting in more patients living. Bad News: Unless of course the surgeries go sour, in which case the patients will simply be coming back as ghosts. [Source] Good News: Former President Bartlett’s daughter and current MAD (WO)MAN Elizabeth Moss has gotten engaged. Bad News: To SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (un)funny-man Fred Armisen. [Source]
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Good news for Starbucks? lovers / Buenas noticias para amantes de Starbucks
2009-01-22 02:00:00 Starbucks.Starbucks Coffee is opening soon (possibly by the end of February) at Fuentes de Malabia - Malabia between El Salvador and Costa Rica.*Starbucks Coffee abrir una sucursal en breve (posiblemente a fines de febrero) en Fuentes de Malabia ? Malabia, entre El Salvador y Costa Rica.*Starbucks Coffee inaugurar loja em breve (possvelmente no fim de fevereiro) em Fuentes de Malabia, Malabia, entre El Salvador e Costa Rica.*Starbucks Coffee arrivera au quartier la fin de fvrier, chez Fuentes de Malabia (Malabia, entre El Salvador et Costa Rica).First trilingual blog about the trendiest shops, restaurants, hotels & places of Palermo Viejo, Buenos Aires. Get special offers & fresh finds. Trendy Palermo Viejo: because trends happen too fast for print.
Good News, Bad News: HEROES, ABC, NBC & BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
2009-01-17 00:13:00 Good News: In a statement released on Thursday to the media, HEROES creator Tim Kring promised that the new volume of HEROES “starts us pretty much from scratch.” Adding that “there is almost nothing that the audience needs to know from the previous volume in order to follow the storyline.” Bad News: Kring’s statement sounds eerily similar to the message he delivered to Entertainment Weekly at the end of the strike shortened second season, where he apologized to fans and professed his desire to give the show “a clean slate.” [Source] Good News: On the subject of the now-cancelled PUSHING DAISIES, ELI STONE and DIRTY SEXY MONEY, ABC president Stephen McPherson revealed that he “really loved the shows.” Bad News: Just not enough to give the respective showrunners enough time to craft proper series endings or to make room on the schedule to air their remaining episodes. [Source] Good News: NBC has given early season pickups to THE OFFICE, 3...
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Good News, Bad News: The Osbournes, GOSSIP GIRL, LIPSTICK JUNGLE & SWIN
2009-01-16 00:09:00 Good News: Sharon Osbourne revealed to the NYPost that the Osbournes have been banned from Jay Leno since guesting on Jimmy Kimmel way back in May of 2008. Bad News: No word on whether fellow Late Night hosts Conan O’Brien, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson have followed suit with the Leno ban. Here’s hoping! [Source] Good News: The CW has officially announced that GOSSIP GIRL showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are developing a spinoff that will chronicle the wild years of Lily van der Woodsen in Los Angeles circa 1980. With the Hollywood Reporting, well reporting that, “as in the original series, fashion, pop culture and music will be central to the spinoff.” Bad News: Fashion, pop culture and music…. does the CW remember the 80’s…. shudder. [Source] Good News: According to NBC Primetime president Angela Bromstad, reports of LIPSTICK JUNGLE’s cancellation are greatly exaggerated. Bad News: Unfortunately the same can&rsq...
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Easy Personal Loan Uk: Good News is Waiting for you
2009-01-15 11:04:00 To assist financially the citizens of UK lending institutions have skillfully crafted a loan scheme named as Easy Personal Loan UK. The easy Personal loans UK aims to advance funds to the UK citizens who are seeking for external finance to execute their needs. The residents of UK can borrow loan in the easiest way with the help of easy personal loans UK and can execute their miscellaneous ends.Borrowers of Easy Personal Loan UK can meet their numerous demands like buying a car, debt consolidation, decorating the house, weddings, higher education and going for holidays. The UK citizens can borrow any amount according to their requirements between 1,000 and 75,000. The amount can be borrowed with or without placing collateral to the lender. Land, house, estate, car and such valuable assets are readily accepted in the form of collateral. The tenure of repayment is also designed in the scheduled to rationalize the repayment burden of the borrowers.Bad creditors of UK can also borrow ...
Good News, Bad News: PRISON BREAK Cancelled, 24 & President Bush
2009-01-13 21:32:00 Good News: Calling the show “creatively played out” FOX President Kevin Reilly announced this morning that FOX has canceled PRISON BREAK with plans to air its final batch of episode starting April 17. Bad News: It took FOX this long to realize that PRISON BREAK was creatively played out, seriously? [Source] Good News: The return of 24 attracted nearly 13 million viewers, besting November’s disappointing prequel numbers by 400,000. Bad News: Unfortunately, Sunday’s premiere still managed to garner 20 percent fewer viewrs than its previous season opener back in January 2007. [Source] Bad News: Outgoing President Bush’s request to address the American public one last time has wrecked havoc on Thursday night’s television schedule (with FOX already bumping the return of BONES). Good News: The phrase “outgoing President Bush” sure does have a nice ring to it. [Source]
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Good News, Bad News: SCRUBS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA & 90210
2009-01-07 23:22:00 Good News: Thanks to a guest starring turn by ex-FRIEND Courteney Cox and more importantly, actual promotion on behalf of ABC, last night’s season premiere of SCRUBS managed to win its timeslot among the coveted 18-24 demographic. Bad News: Too bad it still managed to get completely smoked in total viewers by both the CBS juggernaut known as THE MENTALIST and worse, THE BIGGEST LOSER on NBC. [Source] Good News: For those of you who simply can’t resist, SyFy Portal has the scoop on how BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ends. Bad News: Television is far more fun when you don’t know what’s going to happen next. So how about demonstrating a teensy bit of self control by not clicking here! [Source] Good News: The Janitor is finally getting a little respect, with Neil Flynn signing on the dotted line to star opposite Patricia Heaton in ABC’s comedy pilot THE MIDDLE. Bad News: If SCRUBS does get picked up for a ninth season, Sacred Heart will never be the same. [Source] Go...
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Some good news for 2009 if your are looking for funding
2008-12-24 12:15:00 Investing In Thick and ThinBy Fred WilsonA few weeks ago at Le Web, I participated on a panel made up of VC investors. There was a really good discussion about what next year holds for venture investing.The moderator Ouriel asked if we would be cutting back our investing in 2009 and I replied that we did not plan on doing thatI went on to explain that the venture business is very cyclical and that I've seen at least three and possibly four cycles in the 22 years I've been in the venture business. But I don't feel that its possible, or wise, or prudent to attempt to time these cyclesOur approach is to manage a modest amount of capital (in our case less than $300 million across two active funds) and deploy it at roughly $40 million per year, year in and year out no matter what part of the cycle we are inThat way we'll be putting out money at the top of the market but also at the bottom of the market and also on the way up and the way down. The valuations we pay will average themse...
High Court Brings Good News For Mesothelioma Victims And Families
2008-12-23 12:21:00 Victims of the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, and their families were recently given good news after a High Court judge in the UK ruled that the liability to compensate victims of their families by the insurance company arose at the time of exposure and not at the time when the tumour developed, which is ...
Good News, Bad News: CBS, MOMMA’S BOYS & CANADIAN IDOL
2008-12-19 04:06:00 Good News: CBS is attempting to snag the rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics from NBC. Bad News: We’re not so sure how we feel about their rebranding strategy, “CSI: Olympics” [Source] Good News: MOMMA’S BOYS, NBC’s latest stab at reality show success tanked in the ratings. Bad News: Yet still managed to do better than ELI STONE among the highly coveted 18-34 demographic. [Source] Good News: As a result of the sagging economy, CTV is giving CANADIAN IDOL a rest this season. Bad News: The economy has yet to sag low enough to give host Ben Mulroney a rest. Who will still remain gainfully employed at E!Talk Daily. [Source]
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Good News, Bad News: MELROSE PLACE, STARGATE & SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
2008-12-15 22:51:00 Good News: ONE TREE HILL creator Mark Schwahn has been tapped to write the pilot script for the CW’s MELROSE PLACE reboot. Bad News: Cementing the CW’s status as the one network that can’t seem to develop a television show that isn’t based on a book, movie and/or already established franchise. [Source] Good News: Sci Fi has announced that Robert Carlyle (24: REDEMPTION) has signed on to lead the new STARGATE UNIVERSE. Bad News: For Robert Carlyle’s career. I mean correct us if we’re wrong, but is STARGATE not where careers go to die? [Source] Good News: Saturday marked Amy Poehler’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE swan song. Bad News: For SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, who just lost the only cast member worth staying up to 11:30 for.
By: the TV addict
Good News, Bad News: Network Schedule Edition
2008-12-04 01:31:00 Good News: NBC is finally pulling the plug on their dreadful KNIGHT RIDER re-boot. Bad News: But not before announcing that they’re super-sizing THE APPRENTICE ‘CELEBRITY EDITION’ to two hours when it returns in March. [Source] Good News: The CW announced that after a ten month hiatus, REAPER will return to the schedule on March 17. Bad News: Who remembers REAPER? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller. [Source] Good News: ABC announced the premiere dates for CASTLE (March 9), CUPID (March 24) and THE UNUSUALS (April 8). Bad News: Three shows that have mighty big shoes to fill considering they’re part of the reason that PUSHING DAISIES, ELI STONE and DIRTY SEXY MONEY got the axe. [Source]
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