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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Fact or Fiction: Big Bang, Brothers &amp; Sisters and CSI</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theory</a></p><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="298" border="0" align="top" alt="big_bang_theory_cast" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/season-2-promo-pic-the-big-bang-theory-2847657-2500-1667.jpg" /><br />
Welcome to our new feature, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com">TV Squad</a> readers. How well do you know what you think you know about television? Play our little trivia game, Fact or Fiction. We'll state the premise, then tell you the reality, i.e. the fact or the fiction. By the way, if you have ideas for Fact or Fiction, or questions you'd like us to figure out, share with us in the comments.<strong><br />
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Fact or Fiction: When Chuck Lorre originally created <em>The Big Bang Theory</em>, the boys were dominated by a nasty neighbor named Katie.</strong><br />
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<strong>Fact!</strong> <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/chuck+lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a> told <em>Watch</em> magazine's Jim Colluci that a year before <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/"><em>The Big Bang Theory</em></a> was picked up by CBS, the first pilot had a female character named Katie. She manipulated the guys. "It was like shooting fish in a barrel. It didn't work," Johnny Galecki told Colluci. The problem was that Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Howard were and are essentially innocents and without maliciousness. The idea of a woman taking advantage of their innocence was not only mean, it wasn't funny. The writers went back to the drawing board -- so to speak -- and, thus, the character of sweet, gentle Penny was born.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fact or Fiction: Big Bang, Brothers &amp; Sisters and CSI</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19228073/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/09/fact-or-fiction-big-bang-brothers-and-sisters-and-csi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Brothers and Sisters</category><category>BrothersAndSisters</category><category>Chuck Lorre</category><category>ChuckLorre</category><category>CSI</category><category>Fact or Fiction</category><category>FactOrFiction</category><category>featured</category><category>Jonathan LaPaglia</category><category>JonathanLapaglia</category><category>Kevin</category><category>Matthew Rhys</category><category>MatthewRhys</category><category>Nora Walker</category><category>NoraWalker</category><category>Sally Field</category><category>SallyField</category><category>The Big Bang Theory</category><category>TheBigBangTheory</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jorja Fox extends her return to CSI</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/jorjafoxcsitvs200.jpg" alt="Jorja Fox" />Three episodes into <em>CSI</em>'s tenth season and it turns out that <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/">Jorja Fox's five episode return to the show</a> has been extended "indefinitely." According to TVGuide.com, executive producer Carol Mendelsohn has confirmed that Fox's <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fox-CSI-Returning-1010882.aspx">Sara Grissom will be around for many more episodes this season</a> than originally planned.</p>
<p>Thus far, Fox has appeared in the first two eps this season. So there's still three left in her original contract and while it's still unknown how many more episodes she'll be in, you can probably figure on at least half the season.</p>
<p>That can't bode well for Sara and Gil fans. Grissom had a tough time last season without Sara around and I have a hard time believing that they'll be able to sell us a happy relationship between the two of them with Sara in Las Vegas and Gil traveling the world to give lectures.</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Jorja Fox extends her return to CSI</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19197479/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/15/jorja-fox-extends-her-return-to-csi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Crime Scene Investigation</category><category>CSI</category><category>Jorja Fox</category><category>Sara Grissom</category><category>Sara Sidle</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Laurence Fishburne to do three-part CSI crossover</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/ratings/" rel="tag">Ratings</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="165" border="0" align="right" alt="laurence_fishburne_csi" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/laurence-fishburne.jpg" />Generally speaking, the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/"><em>CSI</em></a> franchise has been a ratings juggernaut for CBS. Still, this season the original <em>CSI</em> has been declining a bit. It started last season when <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/03/26/fishburne-is-the-14-million-dollar-man/">Laurence Fishburne</a> took on the role of Dr. Ray Langston, becoming the main man on the show with William Petersen exiting. <br />
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Well, in an effort to perhaps pump up Fishburne's popularity, CBS is doing something unique. For the first time, <a href="http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20091012cbs02">a <em>CSI</em> character -- Langston -- will crossover to the other two shows in the same week</a>, all part of the same story. <br />
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Will it work? Probably. Crossover stunts are always fun and it'll give viewers who watch one of the <em>CSI</em>'s or two, to sample the other. That's not as weird as it sounds. I only watch <em>CSI</em>, not NY or Miami.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Laurence Fishburne to do three-part CSI crossover</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19194446/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/laurence-fishburne-to-do-three-part-csi-crossover/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>crossover</category><category>CSI</category><category>CSI Miami</category><category>CSI New York</category><category>CSI NY</category><category>CsiMiami</category><category>CsiNewYork</category><category>CsiNy</category><category>Dr Ray Langston</category><category>DrRayLangston</category><category>DVR</category><category>Laurence Fishburne</category><category>LaurenceFishburne</category><category>November</category><category>sweeps</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Christian Slater talks about The Forgotten, life at 40, and his love of TV</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="296" border="0" align="right" alt="Christian Slater The Forgotten interview" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/christian_slater_the_forgotten.jpg" />Stealing scenes on the small screen is nothing new to Christian Slater. The actor, known for films like <em>Heathers</em>, <em>True Romance</em> and <em>Pump up the Volume</em>, has made memorable guest appearances on shows like <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/alias/"><em>Alias</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/The+West+Wing/"><em>The West Wing</em></a> and <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/my+name+is+earl/"><em>My Name is Earl</em></a>. His first shot at his own series, the NBC spy thriller <em>My Own Worst Enemy</em>, struggled to find an audience, leading the network to cancel it halfway through the first season. <br />
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Slater is back starring in a new series,<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/the+forgotten/"><em>The Forgotten</em></a>, produced by <em><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/csi/">CSI</a> </em>head honcho Jerry Bruckheimer. The ABC procedural follows a team of amateur detectives who work murder cases involving unidentified victims, or John and Jane Does. Slater plays former cop Alex Donovan, whose search for his missing daughter inspires him in the field. <br />
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I got the chance to talk with Slater about <em>The Forgotten</em>, his new career in TV, and what one of his most famous big screen characters would think about his latest role.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Christian Slater talks about The Forgotten, life at 40, and his love of TV</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19182872/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/06/christian-slater-talks-about-the-forgotten-life-at-40-and-his/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>abc</category><category>celebrities</category><category>celebrity</category><category>Christian Slater</category><category>ChristianSlater</category><category>crime procedurals</category><category>CrimeProcedurals</category><category>featured</category><category>interview</category><category>Jerry Bruckheimer</category><category>Jerry Bruckheimer Productions</category><category>JerryBruckheimer</category><category>JerryBruckheimerProductions</category><category>my own worst enemy</category><category>MyOwnWorstEnemy</category><category>the forgotten</category><category>TheForgotten</category><dc:creator>Mike Moody</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sneak Peek: CSI: Miami's season premiere (aka "How Horatio got his sunglasses")</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/12/sneak-peek-csi-miamis-season-premiere-aka-how-horatio-got-h/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/12/sneak-peek-csi-miamis-season-premiere-aka-how-horatio-got-h/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/12/sneak-peek-csi-miamis-season-premiere-aka-how-horatio-got-h/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>One of the most talked-about aspects of <em>CSI: Miami</em> is the fact that David Caruso wears sunglasses a lot and whips them off and says dramatic things. It has even been parodied by everyone from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgGJ3ptLhlI">Jim Carrey</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948">YouTube members</a>. <br /><br />This clip below is a behind the scenes look at the season premiere of the show, where we find out how Horatio's team was put together and how Horatio got those sunglasses.
<p> <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E-5ivQ90ZoE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E-5ivQ90ZoE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/12/sneak-peek-csi-miamis-season-premiere-aka-how-horatio-got-h/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19159022/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/12/sneak-peek-csi-miamis-season-premiere-aka-how-horatio-got-h/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>csi miami</category><category>david caruso</category><category>eric delko</category><category>fall tv</category><category>FallTv</category><category>horatio crane</category><category>khandi alexander</category><category>season premiere</category><category>sunglasses</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sneak Peek: the CSI: Miami season premiere</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/sneak-peek-the-csi-miami-season-premiere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/sneak-peek-the-csi-miami-season-premiere/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/sneak-peek-the-csi-miami-season-premiere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>What will happen to <a href="http://television.aol.com/show/csi-miami/129686/main"><em>CSI: Miami's</em></a> Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez)? That's one of the questions that the September 21 season premiere will answer. Here's a sneak peek of the episode. He isn't looking too good here, but remember: Dr. Drake Ramoray fell down an elevator shaft, smashed his brain and died and<em> he</em> came back good as new.
<p> <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a9agITBlOkA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a9agITBlOkA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/sneak-peek-the-csi-miami-season-premiere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19142662/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/sneak-peek-the-csi-miami-season-premiere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>adam rodriguez</category><category>cbs</category><category>csi miami</category><category>csi miami season premiere</category><category>david carsuo</category><category>eric delko</category><category>fall shows</category><category>horatio caine</category><category>sneak preview</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TV Squad Ten: Most visceral shows</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/nip-tuck/" rel="tag">Nip/Tuck</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/" rel="tag">Dexter</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-squad-ten/" rel="tag">TV Squad Ten</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Michael C. Hall is Dexter Morgan on Dexter" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/08/dexter_morgan_front_page.jpg" />A good show can keep you so entertained that you're willing to fight sleep to watch the rest of it. A great show physically keeps you awake.<br /><br />It gets into your bloodstream and forces more adrenaline into your heart.<br /><br />It turns the synapses in your brain into ferrets on espresso that dash back and forth between the lobes and fires your mind on all of its cylinders.<br /><br />It is visual cocaine, which is much healthier than actual cocaine and doesn't require a frequent visitor punch card for an eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor.<br /><br />These are the shows that assault all five of the senses or less depending on how good of a health plan you've got.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>TV Squad Ten: Most visceral shows</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19140766/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/27/tv-squad-ten-most-visceral-shows/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>american idol</category><category>AmericanIdol</category><category>csi</category><category>csi miami</category><category>csi ny</category><category>CsiMiami</category><category>CsiNy</category><category>dexter</category><category>dexter morgan</category><category>DexterMorgan</category><category>fear factor</category><category>FearFactor</category><category>featured</category><category>jackass</category><category>jackass 2</category><category>jackass number two</category><category>jackass the movie</category><category>Jackass2</category><category>JackassNumberTwo</category><category>JackassTheMovie</category><category>most extreme elimination challenge</category><category>MostExtremeEliminationChallenge</category><category>mxc</category><category>mxc wipeout comparison</category><category>MxcWipeoutComparison</category><category>nip tuck</category><category>niptuck</category><category>the sopranos</category><category>the sopranosp</category><category>TheSopranos</category><category>TheSopranosp</category><category>ufc</category><category>ufc 100</category><category>ufc 101</category><category>ufc 99</category><category>Ufc100</category><category>Ufc101</category><category>Ufc99</category><category>wipeout</category><category>wipeout-hd</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Eight of TV's toughest interrogators</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/law-and-order/" rel="tag">Law and Order</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/" rel="tag">Lost</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">TV Squad Lists</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/burn-notice/" rel="tag">Burn Notice</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-mentalist/" rel="tag">The Mentalist</a></p><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="255" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/08/sayidjarrah.jpg" alt="sayid_lost_abc" /><br />The fine art of interrogation may seem lost thanks to suspects lawyering up and the Miranda warning. Whatever happened to the days when a snarling cop could throw a perp against a brick wall to get him to squeal? Or a sly questioner could finagle a confession by laying on a guilt trip? Still, there are some very clever, brilliant interrogators plying their trade on these days. In fact, when you look at these eight interrogators, you'll probably agree that they know just how to get to the truth. Here are the eight top interrogators on TV today: <br /><br /><strong>8. Captain James Brass, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/"><em>CSI</em></a></strong><br />Brass is the most "old school" of all these interrogators. He's like Andy Sipowicz from <em>NYPD Blue</em>, only without the violence. Brass talks to suspects with a modicum of respect, but a healthy cynicism. He's seen it all and knows the truth is in there somewhere. He asks questions and waits for them to trip themselves up. When they do, he has them write it down. Despite the laconic attitude, Brass has the brass to get the job done.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Eight of TV's toughest interrogators</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19126084/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/26/eight-of-tvs-toughest-interrogators/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Brenda Leigh Johnson</category><category>BrendaLeighJohnson</category><category>Burn Notice</category><category>BurnNotice</category><category>Cal Lightman</category><category>CalLightman</category><category>featured</category><category>Goren</category><category>Gregory House</category><category>GregoryHouse</category><category>Law and Order Criminal Intent</category><category>LawAndOrderCriminalIntent</category><category>Lie to Me</category><category>LieToMe</category><category>Lost</category><category>Patrick Jane</category><category>PatrickJane</category><category>Sayid</category><category>The Closer</category><category>The Mentalist</category><category>TheCloser</category><category>TheMentalist</category><category>TVS list</category><category>TVS top interrogators</category><category>TvsList</category><category>TvsTopInterrogators</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Goodbye, Philly: No more location shooting for Cold Case</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/pickups-and-renewals/" rel="tag">Pickups and Renewals</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="311" border="0" align="middle" width="425" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/08/coldcase_5x02.jpg" alt="cold_case_cbs" /><br /><br />Well, this is disappointing. That damn recession has hit show business, too! <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/storm/Cold_Case_No_More_Trips_to_Philadelphia.html"><em>Cold Case</em> isn't going to film in Philadelphia anymore</a>. As fans of the show know, the Philly locations are like another character, giving the moody procedural a gritty reality that contrasts to the colorful flashbacks. It's really too bad because that local color is missed when it's gone. The shots of Miami in <em>CSI: Miami</em>, for instance, glamorize that program, even if they only drop them in occasionally. That's how it was for <em>Cold Case</em> with Philadelphia.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Goodbye, Philly: No more location shooting for Cold Case</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19123479/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/09/goodbye-philly-no-more-location-shooting-for-cold-case/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>CBS</category><category>City of Brotherly Love</category><category>CityOfBrotherlyLove</category><category>Cold Case</category><category>ColdCase</category><category>CSI: Miami</category><category>Csi:Miami</category><category>Jeremy Ratchford</category><category>JeremyRatchford</category><category>John Finn</category><category>JohnFinn</category><category>Lily Rush</category><category>LilyRush</category><category>location</category><category>Philadelphia</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Closer: Elysian Fields</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><em><img hspace="4" height="298" border="0" align="top" width="425" vspace="4" alt="kyra_sedgwick_tnt_tom_skerritt" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/07/thecloser_tom-skerritt-kyra-sedgwick.jpg" /><br /><br />(S05E08) </em>When I say that a lot of this episode of <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-closer/"><em>The Closer</em></a> felt like a <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/"><em>CSI</em></a> episode, with the emphasis on the gory and gruesome aspects of original murder, I'm not being critical. And when I mention there were also elements that reminded of <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Case</span>, that's also not a diss because <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Case</span> is an underrated show. <br /><br />But unlike <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Case</span>, which brings the past to life, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Closer</span> remained very much in the present. Generally speaking, this was a pretty strong episode that played up Brenda's vulnerability.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Closer: Elysian Fields</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19109829/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/28/the-closer-elysian-fields/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Brenda Leigh Johnson</category><category>BrendaLeighJohnson</category><category>cold case</category><category>ColdCase</category><category>CSI</category><category>detectives</category><category>J.K. Simmons</category><category>J.k.Simmons</category><category>Kyra Sedgwick</category><category>KyraSedgwick</category><category>Los Angeles</category><category>LosAngeles</category><category>Major Crimes</category><category>MajorCrimes</category><category>police</category><category>Stroh</category><category>The Closer</category><category>TheCloser</category><category>TNT</category><category>Tom Skerritt</category><category>TomSkerritt</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jorja Fox back on duty at CSI...for a little while</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" alt="jorja_fox_csi" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/07/jorja_fox.jpg" />When last we saw actress <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/22/csi-bringing-jorja-fox-back-for-fall-premiere/2">Jorja Fox</a> on <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/"><em>CSI</em></a>, her alter ego Sara Sidle was deep in the Costa Rican jungle, happily reunited with the love of her life, Gil Grissom. Well, apparently Sara's going to have some very good reason to leave that romantic idyll because come this fall, <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibdf529f18374f6c927c299508c098b12">Jorja Fox is returning to <em>CSI</em> for five episodes</a>. <br /><br />There's no indication that <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/william+petersen/">William Petersen's</a> Gil is joining her, although since Petersen is still connected to the show as an executive producer, he could decide to pop in for a show or two.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Jorja Fox back on duty at CSI...for a little while</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19103235/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/19/jorja-fox-back-on-duty-at-csi-for-a-little-while/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>CBS</category><category>contract</category><category>CSI</category><category>five episodes</category><category>FiveEpisodes</category><category>Gil Grissom</category><category>GilGrissom</category><category>guest stint</category><category>GuestStint</category><category>Jorja Fox</category><category>Las Vegas</category><category>LasVegas</category><category>Sarah Sidle</category><category>SarahSidle</category><category>William Petersen</category><category>WilliamPetersen</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Burn Notice staying in Miami</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/" rel="tag">Dexter</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/burn-notice/" rel="tag">Burn Notice</a></p><img hspace="4" height="310" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="Michael Westen Burn Notice" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/06/michealwesten.jpg" />You see that palm tree beside Michael Westen? The blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background? Well, you can count on seeing all that Miami Beach ambiance on <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/23/burn-notice-do-no-harm-winter-premiere/"><em>Burn Notice</em></a> from now on. You might think, "Wait a minute. Why would they even consider leaving South Florida?" Well, last week the <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1070899.html">Miami commissioners threatened to demolish the <em>Burn Notice</em> studios</a>.<br /><br /><em>Burn Notice</em> is the only Miami set TV show that actually is filmed in Miami. <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-miami/"><em>CSI: Miami</em> </a>and <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/"><em>Dexter</em></a>, for example, fake it with Los Angeles locations. When you see South Beach on <em>Burn Notice</em>, you're seeing the real thing, same with Coral Gables, Boca Raton and every other recognizable SoFla locale. So it's become an important element in the show.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Burn Notice staying in Miami</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19054918/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/02/burn-notice-staying-in-miami/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Burn Notice</category><category>BurnNotice</category><category>Coconut Grove</category><category>CoconutGrove</category><category>CSI Miami</category><category>CsiMiami</category><category>Dexter</category><category>Expo center</category><category>ExpoCenter</category><category>Marley and Me</category><category>MarleyAndMe</category><category>Miami</category><category>Michael Westen</category><category>MichaelWesten</category><category>South Florida</category><category>SouthFlorida</category><category>USA</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Upfronts: CBS</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-amazing-race/" rel="tag">The Amazing Race</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/survivor/" rel="tag">Survivor</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/how-i-met-your-mother/" rel="tag">How I Met Your Mother</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/ncis/" rel="tag">NCIS</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/upfronts/" rel="tag">Upfronts</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-mentalist/" rel="tag">The Mentalist</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theory</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" alt="cbs logo 2009" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/05/300.cbs.logo.jpg" />Coming off a strong 2008 season, CBS is taking some bold moves with their new season program schedule. As we wrote earlier, there are four new dramas, a sitcom and a reality show in the mix. <br /><br />The big news is how it's shifting around some hit shows on Monday and Thursday, while standing pat on Wednesday. Here's what we know right now...after the jump.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Upfronts: CBS</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1551603/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/20/the-upfronts-cbs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Accidentally on Purpose</category><category>AccidentallyOnPurpose</category><category>CBS</category><category>featured</category><category>Jerry Bruckheimer</category><category>JerryBruckheimer</category><category>Medium</category><category>Miami Trauma</category><category>MiamiTrauma</category><category>schedule shift</category><category>ScheduleShift</category><category>The Good Wife</category><category>TheGoodWife</category><category>Three Rivers</category><category>ThreeRivers</category><category>Upfronts 2009</category><category>Upfronts2009</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 10:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CSI: Miami: Seeing Red (season finale) - open thread</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/csi-miami-seeing-red-season-finale-open-thread/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/csi-miami-seeing-red-season-finale-open-thread/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/csi-miami-seeing-red-season-finale-open-thread/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="265" border="0" align="right" width="250" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/05/csimiamiprocter.jpg" alt="CSI: Miami" />So this was the big season finale (wth a <em>Mentalist</em> title), where "good cops" turned "bad" (according to the previews). Can I assume that the officers in question didn't actually turn completely bad, it was for a very good reason? Or will next season have the team hunting down Horatio Caine, who has become a relentless killer?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/csi-miami-seeing-red-season-finale-open-thread/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1549825/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/csi-miami-seeing-red-season-finale-open-thread/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>adam rodriguez</category><category>cbs</category><category>csi miami</category><category>david caruso</category><category>emily procter</category><category>season finale</category><category>seeing red</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>We're barely halfway through and I've already got finale fatigue!</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-amazing-race/" rel="tag">The Amazing Race</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-apprentice/" rel="tag">The Apprentice</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/" rel="tag">Lost</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/smallville/" rel="tag">Smallville</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-office/" rel="tag">The Office</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/30-rock/" rel="tag">30 Rock</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/fringe/" rel="tag">Fringe</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/parks-and-recreation/" rel="tag">Parks and Recreation</a></p><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/05/lost_090513.jpg" alt="Lost" />Do the American people really like watching their favorite shows this way? Assuming you have more than one or two shows you enjoy following, this week is daunting to say the least and beyond exhausting. Just last night I had a three-hour finale of <em>The Biggest Loser</em> and that awesome <em>Fringe</em> finale. In the past few days we've said goodbye to <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-amazing-race/"><em>The Amazing Race</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-apprentice"><em>The Apprentice</em></a>, <em>Cold Case</em>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/the%20unit/"><em>The Unit</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/brothers-and-sisters"><em>Brothers &amp; Sisters</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/big%20bang%20theory/"><em>The Big Bang Theory</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/"><em>House</em></a> and <em>Castle</em>. And that's just on the major networks.<br /><br />Over the next two days we have <em>America's Next Top Model</em>, <em>Lie to Me</em>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost"><em>Lost</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/bones/"><em>Bones</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/my-name-is-earl"><em>My Name Is Earl</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/smallville">Smallville</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/parks-and-recreation"><em>Parks &amp; Recreation</em></a>, <em>CSI</em>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy"><em>Grey's Anatomy</em></a>, <em>Hell's Kitchen</em>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-office"><em>The Office</em></a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/supernatural"><em>Supernatural</em></a> and even <em>CSI: NY</em> on a special night. And it goes on through the weekend. In an era where ratings are slipping, how can it make good business sense to put all of these finales on against one another all within a few days of each other. I know they've always done that, but I just don't think it makes sense anymore.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>We're barely halfway through and I've already got finale fatigue!</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1545225/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/13/were-barely-halfway-through-and-ive-already-got-finale-fatigue/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>americas next top model</category><category>AmericasNextTopModel</category><category>biggest loser</category><category>BiggestLoser</category><category>brothers sisters</category><category>BrothersSisters</category><category>castle</category><category>cold case</category><category>ColdCase</category><category>csi</category><category>csi: ny</category><category>Csi:Ny</category><category>hells kitchen</category><category>HellsKitchen</category><category>lie to me</category><category>LieToMe</category><category>my name is earl</category><category>MyNameIsEarl</category><category>season finales</category><category>SeasonFinales</category><category>supernatural</category><category>sweeps</category><category>sweeps week</category><category>SweepsWeek</category><category>the unit</category><category>TheUnit</category><dc:creator>Jason Hughes</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TV Squad Ten: Series that should be canceled</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality/" rel="tag">Other Reality Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/american-idol/" rel="tag">American Idol</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/law-and-order/" rel="tag">Law and Order</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/survivor/" rel="tag">Survivor</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/cancellations/" rel="tag">Cancellations</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/pickups-and-renewals/" rel="tag">Pickups and Renewals</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-squad-ten/" rel="tag">TV Squad Ten</a></p><img hspace="4" border="0" align="top" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/04/109355_1004_pre.jpg" alt="Grey's Anatomy" /><br />Earlier this week, I let you know of <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-renewed/">the ten shows I thought should be renewed</a>. Now it's time to reverse the question and think about the shows that shouldn't be renewed. Yes, there are some shows that should end now, either because they have annoying characters (*cough* Meredith Grey *cough*), are not treated properly by their network (insert here pretty much all shows on FOX), have been on TV for too long and have a hard time being original (I'm talking about you <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/survivor/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Survivor</span></a>), etc. <span style="font-style: italic;">ER</span> would have been a prime candidate for this list, but NBC finally made the right decision and ended the show a few weeks ago. Note that my list includes some shows that have received early renewals. Still, I think they should be canceled asap. So what other shows, besides <span style="font-style: italic;">ER</span>, I think should bite the dust? Let's find out!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled-the-list/">If you just want the list, click here.</a><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>TV Squad Ten: Series that should be canceled</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1518446/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/06/tv-squad-ten-series-that-should-be-canceled/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ABC</category><category>Brothers and Sisters</category><category>BrothersAndSisters</category><category>CBS</category><category>featured</category><category>FOX</category><category>Ghost Whisperer</category><category>GhostWhisperer</category><category>Katherine Heigl</category><category>KatherineHeigl</category><category>NBC</category><category>Private Practice</category><category>PrivatePractice</category><category>T.R. Knight</category><category>T.r.Knight</category><category>The Bachelor</category><category>The Unit</category><category>TheBachelor</category><category>TheUnit</category><category>Tim Daly</category><category>TimDaly</category><dc:creator>Isabelle Carreau</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CSI: Miami: Collateral Damage - open thread</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/csi-miami-collateral-damage-open-thread/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/csi-miami-collateral-damage-open-thread/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/csi-miami-collateral-damage-open-thread/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="265" border="0" align="right" alt="CSI: Miami" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/05/csimiamidamage.jpg" />Did you see the commercials for this episode? They showed the first bomb going off and said something along the lines of "the first blast with stun you." Then they showed the grenade falling down off the coroner table and said something about that plot twist. You know what <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_miami/"><em>CSI: Miami</em></a>? If you show us all the plot twists, it's impossible for them to "stun" us. Remember the days when TV shows (and movies) actually didn't show the important parts of an episode?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/csi-miami-collateral-damage-open-thread/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1537006/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/csi-miami-collateral-damage-open-thread/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>adam rodriguez</category><category>cbs</category><category>collateral damage</category><category>csi miami</category><category>david caruso</category><category>emily procter</category><category>eva la rue</category><category>horatio caine</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 11:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What You Missed Last Night: guts and horror on CSI</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/what-you-missed-last-night-guts-and-horror-on-csi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/what-you-missed-last-night-guts-and-horror-on-csi/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/what-you-missed-last-night-guts-and-horror-on-csi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>Has <em>CSI</em> turned into a horror show? I haven't watched the show in quite some time, but the opening of last night's episode, "The Gone Dead Train," was like a classic Hammer horror flick: a coroner works on the body of a person who died mysteriously (very gross), there's an ominous rainstorm at night as Catherine goes to the apartment of a woman, and then in the dark the woman attacks her for no reason (tied to an illness that's affecting people - swine flu?). There's even a scene where Catherine rips down the drapes, a la Peter Cushing in <em>Horrors of Dracula</em>, as if she could force sunlight on the woman and make her turn to dust. Here's the episode if you missed it.<br />
<p> <object width='400' height='260'><param name='movie' value='http://www.cbs.com/e/ey9Z0vfK0JxKbyTkbIbbfjnuBLPpw9UX/aol/1/'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param><embed width='400' height='260' src='http://www.cbs.com/e/ey9Z0vfK0JxKbyTkbIbbfjnuBLPpw9UX/aol/1/' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'></embed></object></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/what-you-missed-last-night-guts-and-horror-on-csi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1534008/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/01/what-you-missed-last-night-guts-and-horror-on-csi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>csi</category><category>las vegas</category><category>laurence fishburne</category><category>marg helgenberger</category><category>the gone dead train</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CSI: If I Had A Hammer - open thread</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/csi-if-i-had-a-hammer-open-thread/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/csi-if-i-had-a-hammer-open-thread/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/csi-if-i-had-a-hammer-open-thread/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="287" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/04/csihammer.jpg" alt="CSI" /><br /><br />If you didn't read <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/23/whats-your-favorite-tv-show-of-all-time/">this post</a> yesterday, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/"><em>CSI</em></a> is the bestest, most favoritist, most awesomest TV show that has ever been seen on television (chosen by viewers whose remote control has been stuck on CBS since around 1999, apparently). Last night the team investigated an old case of Catherine's because the guy in jail for 18 years might actually be innocent. Discuss the show below with fellow <em>CSI</em> fans. Oh, and how do you think <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/18/csi-lands-laurence-fishburne/">Laurence Fishburne </a>is doing?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/csi-if-i-had-a-hammer-open-thread/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1526674/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/csi-if-i-had-a-hammer-open-thread/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>crime scene investigation</category><category>csi</category><category>if i had a hammer</category><category>las vegas</category><category>laurence fishburne</category><category>marg helgenberger</category><category>open thread</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What do you think about a CSI feature film?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/csi-crime-scene-investigation/" rel="tag">CSI</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="292" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="Grissom in blue" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/04/0000002475_20060919155520.jpg" />Are you ready for more <em><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/01/william-petersen-agrees-to-stay-with-csi/">CSI</a></em>? I mean, there's original <em>CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, NCIS</em> (which isn't part of the franchise, but has the letters), plus all these shows are in reruns and now, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5189548/CSI-The-Movie-in-the-works-says-William-Petersen.html">William Petersen is ready for a big screen <em>CSI</em></a>. He's downright positive about it, even though he himself exited the TV show last December. I don't know if a movie version of <em>CSI</em> is really necessary, but to hear Petersen talk, there are some valid reasons.<br /><br />For his point of view, some stories couldn't be shown on TV because of the graphic or sexual content. He'd like to see a movie version go where no TV <em>CSI</em> has gone before.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>What do you think about a CSI feature film?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1523496/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/21/what-do-you-think-about-a-csi-feature-film/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>big screen</category><category>BigScreen</category><category>CBS</category><category>CSI</category><category>feature film</category><category>FeatureFilm</category><category>McHales Navy Joins the Air Force</category><category>MchalesNavyJoinsTheAirForce</category><category>movie</category><category>Quentin Tarantino</category><category>QuentinTarantino</category><category>Sex the City</category><category>SexTheCity</category><category>Star Trek: the Next Generation</category><category>StarTrek:TheNextGeneration</category><category>The X Files</category><category>TheXFiles</category><category>William Friedkin</category><category>William Petersen</category><category>WilliamFriedkin</category><category>WilliamPetersen</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:24:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>