http://www.thetvjournal.com All my deepest TV secrets. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Diary, NBC is ordering 3 more episodes of 'Trauma.' Um, like, that show they already canceled. According to THR's Live Feed blog, is plugging some holes in the HMS Peacock with a few more episodes of a show they have no faith in. So let me get this straight – ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=70 Dear Diary, I've learned a lot of things from watching television. Really, I have. But few lessons have stayed with me like this one: Don't date your co-workers.  Why not? Because... ...you could get caught doin' it at the office. (Angela Montenegro and Jack Hodgins, 'Bones') Make that get caught on camera. Neither Angela ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=68 Dear Diary, I'm keeping an eye out for these shows, which will hopefully be coming to a TV near me very soon. 'Boldly Going Nowhere' 'Nowhere' is from the creators of FX's 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' a show I've recently fallen in love with. Apparently the series, a workplace comedy set on ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=66 J. J. Abrams took on quite a task when he created 'Fringe,' a show about people investigating unexplained phenomena. A lot of this ground has been covered by shows like: 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker' (1974), 'Eerie, Indiana” (1991), 'X-Files' (1993), 'Strange World' (1999) and 'Supernatural' (2005), just to name a ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=61 Dear Diary, TV networks have had a good thing going for a really long time. They produce, advertisers pay, viewers watch, everybody's happy. Only these days broadcast nets are making less shows, advertisers want to pay less, and viewership is down. Now TV execs are all in a tizzy over how ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=58 Dear Diary, I had no plans to watch Stargate: Universe. That is, until I read about the internet crapstorm the show has sparked. Producers are arguing with newspaper columnists. Stars are quitting their twitter accounts. I admit it. My curiosity was piqued. I found that, while the show is not all ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=56 Dear Diary, these bits of news caught my eye recently. I thought I'd put them here for safe keeping... Real Housewives of Orange County Vicki Gunvalson Interview (TV.com) She sounds so normal in this interview. Trippy... Cable Nets Pick Up 'NCIS: LA,' 'Mentalist' (Variety) USA is paying how much?! For 'NCIS: LA?!' TV Version of ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=52 Dear Diary, ABC's freshman drama 'Flash Forward' is based on the 1999 book of the same name by author Robert J. Sawyer. The story is about an event that causes all of humanity to blackout simultaneously. While unconscious, each person sees a vision of his or her future. The concept was ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=29 Dear Diary, these are some news items that recently caught my eye. I thought I'd put them here for safe keeping... 'Law & Order' takes on Letterman scandal (Entertainment Weekly) I'm surprised it's taken them this long. The 'Numbers' may not add up (The Wrap) I have to say, the show has kind of ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=37 Dear Diary, It seems like Friday night on television is becoming such a ghost town, pretty much like Saturday night is all ready. I recently read an interview with TV producer Barry Levinson where lamented the lack of original programming on Saturday nights. He said, Somehow the networks decided to forfeit Saturday ... http://www.thetvjournal.com/?p=17