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Southland lands on TNT while NBC continues to suck

griffn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000

Good news: Southland has survived its moronic cancellation by NBC and found a home on TNT. Bad news: It looks like we may only get six new episodes from now until the 2010 fall season.

TNT has picked up the critically acclaimed series SOUTHLAND, closing a deal with Warner Bros. Television that will bring the drama from Emmy^®-winning producer John Wells (ER, The West Wing) to the network in January. TNT has obtained exclusive rights to air all six episodes that have been shot for the second season, as well as the seven episodes from the series’ first season. SOUTHLAND will air on TNT Tuesdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), beginning with the first episode of the series on Jan. 12.

But the question is will TNT air the profanity that was too much for network television unbleeped?

Meanwhile, the dramas NBC did decide to keep are failing miserably. Trauma has already been cancelled and Mercy will probably be off the air by spring. And The Jay Leno Show continues to be a ratings black hole that drags down and destroys everything within its gravitational pull. Good.

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negrostotle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:54 +0000

Is it pee? Is it sweat? I’m guessing pee, based on the devious look on the kid’s face. (via DailyHaha)

Jeff Reed. Defender of Public Urination.

Apparently, no one can let the Steve McNair story die.

Rihanna has a new song and video coming out. And she’s wearing an eye patch. I’ll withhold judgment.

Apparently, not everyone loved Where the Wild Things Are.

Coming this weekend to a theater near you: a full-length trailer to James Cameron’s Avatar.

Just as everyone predicted, Jay Leno is killing the ratings of local NBC affiliates.

Some guy reprogrammed a level on Super Mario World to propose to his girlfriend, spelling out the question in coins. Incredibly, she said yes.

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negrostotle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:00:09 +0000

I have many leather bound books.

Michele Beadle, of Sports Nation fame, parodies Brett Favre wrangler commercials during that show in which they set the Guiness record for mentioning the word “Favre”. If the rest of the show was this interesting (it wasn’t), I may have watched (I wouldn’t).

Darth Vader has a new girlfriend, and Luke isn’t happy about it.

The New York Times digs through Michelle Obama’s ancestry, all the way back to slavery, and seems surprised to find some white folks. Duh.

Again, the most important story you won’t read this week: Which countries secretly declared war on the U.S. dollar?

NBC continues to shoot itself in the foot by canceling it’s best new show Southland. Apparently, the execs saw the first few episodes of the new season and decided it’s too gritty for 9:00 p.m. And they can’t air it at 10:00 because Leno is too busy tanking in the ratings every night.

And the President of the United States Barack Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. That sound you hear is the Republican Party’s head exploding. They only celebrate when America loses.

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negrostotle — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:39 +0000

It seemed so innocent when we were younger, didn’t it?

Christina Milian has a new song out…If you guessed that she talks about being better than everybody else and having haters…well then you listen to pop music, cause they all say the same thing.

Its a Ray Allen sneaker scavenger hunt!

Fox News is getting sued…a lot. It is awesome.

Much to the delight of old people, and chagrin of the young, Jay Leno’s show may (that’s a big “may”) do well.

Floyd Mayweather pulls out the racism card.

After weeks of being watered down and compromised to death, the latest version of health care reform could very easily make things worse for low-income workers. Luckily, it’s looking like the Democrats won’t support it.

Chris Brown starts his 180 days of community service.

A.C. Slater is wearing lingerie for his new role on Nip/Tuck, and it’s every bit as terrifying as you could possibly imagine.

Barack Obama is wielding a lightsaber for some reason.

And in other Star Wars news, Stormtroopers at a bar discuss where they were on the Death Star’s 9/11.