With an end to the WGA strike imminent, TV fans who’ve spent the past few months away from the tube, interacting with friends and family (yeah, right — e-mail/IM at best) are scrambling to find out when their beloved scripted shows will return. But since networks don’t have much time to make decisions on existing shows before the May announcement of the fall lineup, many of the series will only air four to eight new episodes — and most of them not until April or May. Many shows won’t return this spring at all. EW.com is now keeping a regularly updated list. What does it all mean? One thing for sure: Jericho (pictured), which returns tonight with a seven-episode run, has a great shot at catching on this time around. Check out our Jericho sesaon 2 cheat sheet to feel somewhat informed before tuning in.
The Lost gang will crank out five additional episodes, butthe season will be three hours shorter than producers had originallyaimed for. "We will have to condense some stories," said executive producerCarlton Cuse, here.
Friday Night Lights is clearly endangered; join Best Week Ever’s Dillon Panthers Boosters Club’s light bulb-sending campaign, here!
Which show are you most jonesin’ for? Personally, I’ve beenwarning my friends to "Never go with a hippie to a second location" forway too long now. They’ve figured out the hippie is me, and my sociallife has shattered. I obviously need some new 30 Rock lines to mouthto myself on the subway while I smile and people stare. Well, that wasa little TMI. What about you?
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If the season is shorter, does that mean that the cost of the DVD for the season will be cheaper? Or will I have to pay more to cover the newly determined writers cut? Tell me now so I can start eating peanut butter and jelly to be able to afford season four of LOST.
Office and 30 Rock. That’s it. The rest I can wait till the Fall, but if the networks want to be generous, then I’ll also take more Chuck, Heroes, and Ugly Betty. Not holding out hope for that though.
Definitely 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, and Ugly Betty.
If they hadn’t already shelved it, I’d say Pushing Daisies.
First off, I’m excited “Medium” is coming back on after a 4 week hiatus. Back to topic…I’m jonesing for more episodes of “Moonlight.” It was getting so good! I also really want to see “Scrubs,” “The Office” & “30 Rock” again.
Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, The Office
Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, The Office. Why is NBC doing so poorly? They have the best shows on television right now.
Oh the list is so long. (that’s not bad is it?) Let’s just start with Monday: Chuck, Heroes, Journeyman (I’m sooo in denial), 2.5 Men, then Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Life, My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, CSI (The Original), Ugly Betty, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numbers, Desperate Housewifes, & Simpsons. Whew!
Why don’t the producer’s of Lost just air the final 3 episodes of this season as specials during the Fall TV line-up? Then they wouldn’t have to condense story lines and we would get three episodes next fall!
THE OFFICE!!!
The Office, The Office and, oh yeah, The Office.
The Office, Grey’s, Friday Night Lights (even though its only been gone a week)
I’m jonesing for some “Office”…it’s been WAYYYYY too long.
Most shows have aired new episodes in 2008, but not “The Office”
And even though there will be 5 additional episodes of “Lost” for a total of 13 for the season (which is better than the 8 we’d have gotten without a strike settlement), I’m pretty annoyed that, with only a set number of “Lost” episodes left until the show is over, we’ve all been cheated out of three.
Does anyone else feel that Hollywood has had its hiatus and they should all go back to giving us our full season’s worth of tv shows? Seems to me they owe it to all the thousands of workers they kept from a paycheck for 3 months to work thru their normal summer hiatus season. That they couldn’t come to terms til the Oscars were threatened just proves their shallowness.
I know it doesn’t have a huge following anymore, but I heard rumors a month ago that if the strike wasn’t resolved ASAP, that Scrubs may not have an ending. I have invested so much time and energy caring about those characters to have an unresolved ending. The tears are already coming.
But I miss The Office the most. I really want to see if “Jam’s” relationship is going to get more interesting. I hate it when you wait and wait for a couple to get together, then its boring. What is that?!
If Friday Night Lights gets canceled I don’t know if I can watch TV. Well, just The Office. I am wanting more How I Met Your Mother, too. And Gossip Girl.
I want Friday Night Lights and The Office above all else. (There’s gotta be a flashback planned to Jim and Pam’s first date, right? And their early courtship?) That said, I’m also dying for more Greek on ABC Family.
Also, I must say I am so thrilled this strike didn’t happen when Gilmore Girls was on the air. If I had to worry about it like I do FNL, my goodness. FNL’s treatment is SICK.
Wait – on BobH’s comment, he brings up the notion of no summer season but an extended regular season. Why doesn’t this make sense to the studios and to production companies as a way of showing good faith for all the support that viewers gave during the strike? Wouldn’t just eliminating crappy summer shows and finishing up the real season completely end up making more money for everyone? Can’t they charge more for airtime for first run as opposed to summer filler?
Friday Night Lights, of course!!!
salivating for Friday Night Lights…i sent a light bulb to ben silverman yesterday…but he’s probably too busy working on the ‘baby borrowers’ or ‘my dad is better than your dad’ to attend to FNL. or maybe he’s riding around the lot in knightrider! moronic!!! pitiful! let’s hope another network snatches up the show and gives it the push it needs to gain a larger audience!
salivating for Friday Night Lights…i sent a light bulb to ben silverman yesterday…but he’s probably too busy working on the ‘baby borrowers’ or ‘my dad is better than your dad’ to attend to FNL. or maybe he’s riding around the lot in knightrider! moronic!!! pitiful! let’s hope another network snatches up the show and gives it the push it needs to gain a larger audience!
salivating for Friday Night Lights…i sent a light bulb to ben silverman yesterday…but he’s probably too busy working on the ‘baby borrowers’ or ‘my dad is better than your dad’ to attend to FNL. or maybe he’s riding around the lot in knightrider! moronic!!! pitiful! let’s hope another network snatches up the show and gives it the push it needs to gain a larger audience!
As long as HIMYM does not become a casualty in all of this, everything will be okay.
And I want BSG to be able to tell its final stories properly.
I miss Reaper! Also, the Office, Pushing Daisies and 30 Rock.
Bones – Pushing Daisies – Journeyman – CSI and Ugly Betty
Has everybody forgotten about The Office? My Thursday nights have been so empty since the writers’ strike and nothing has been able to fill that void. Thank god for Ugly Betty, then it really would have been bad. I want to know what happens with Jim and Pam, and why exactly does Michael hate poor pathetic Toby so much, and whether Ryan will end up being the big corporate zombie jerk that it eludes to him being. These are the buring questions that I’ve been waiting for.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Scrubs, The Office, 30 Rock, Pushing Daisies, Lost (it’s on but I need mooore, we waited a year), Prison Break, Ugly Betty
People, HIMYM is worth it! Crappy time slot, should be after 2&Half Men, but SO worth DVR space if you can’t watch. I miss all the others mentioned here, Office, 30 Rock, more Lost, Housewives, etc etc, but frankly HIMYM is the only one on the chopping block. Also, I agree with BobH.. forget the hiatus, they had it, and those workers who have been out of a job for the past 100 days can be compensated. A good idea like that won’t work for some shows (Lost for example, due to location), but it could for most. Still won’t happen tho.
People, HIMYM is worth it! Crappy time slot, should be after 2&Half Men, but SO worth DVR space if you can’t watch. I miss all the others mentioned here, Office, 30 Rock, more Lost, Housewives, etc etc, but frankly HIMYM is the only one on the chopping block. Also, I agree with BobH.. forget the hiatus, they had it, and those workers who have been out of a job for the past 100 days can be compensated. A good idea like that won’t work for some shows (Lost for example, due to location), but it could for most. Still won’t happen tho.
I’ll be delighted if ‘Friday Night Lights’ and ‘Pushing Daisies’ come back soon. Dump all of the reality junk!
To Queen of Disrepair: Thought I’d check back to see if anyone agreed with me, glad there’s one person out there who does. Thanks for the support.
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