Showing posts with label Eastwick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastwick. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

ABC Drops "Eastwick" & Kathy Griffin's Dance Show

ABC has opted not to order additional episodes of "Eastwick," its rookie supernatural comedy-drama starring Rebecca Romijn.

"Eastwick," a fresh take on the hit 1987 movie "The Witches of Eastwick," will finish production on 13 episodes; ABC plans to run them all.

ABC is also yanking its reality show "Let's Dance," which was supposed to premiere on November 23rd with Kathy Griffin hosting.

Sources said ABC had difficulty casting the series, which is a common problem for networks when developing celebrity-driven reality fare, though usually such projects don't get so far in the process as to have a premiere date.

In its place, ABC intends to air "Find My Family," in which people get to meet long-lost families or loved ones. The network has six episodes planned.

It has also picked up five more episodes of its Tuesday crime drama "The Forgotten," starring Christian Slater.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Fall TV Premieres: Wednesday Night

Tonight's "Hump Day" prime time schedule is filled with plenty of returning shows and new series premieres. Here's what new on TV tonight:

COUGAR TOWN (ABC 9:30 pm): A recently divorced single mother (Courtney Cox-Arquette) explores the honest truths about dating and aging in a beauty and youth obsessed culture in this hilarious comedy that is sure to become an ABC hit.

CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS 9:00 pm): Season five will pick up where the show end off in May; the morning after Hotch (Thomas Gibson) has returned home from his Canadian mission, only to be greeted and seemingly shot by his old nemesis, the Reaper (C. Thomas Howell).

CSI: NY (CBS 10:00 pm): Season six premieres with Mac (Gary Sinise) and Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) mourning the loss of Detective Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier) who is still alive but their is a life changing result for a cast member.

EASTWICK (ABC 10:00 pm): Like the John Updike novel and the 1987 movie (Witches of Eastwick), the show focuses on three women in New England -- Roxanne (Rebecca Romijn), Kat (Jaime Ray Newman) and Joanna (Lindsay Price) -- who discover they have supernatural powers

GARY UNMARRIED (CBS 8:30 pm): There is no surprise that Gay (Jay Mohr) is still unmarried when the 2nd season premieres. New challenges get thrown into Gary's past this season, including his love interest Sasha (Brooke D'Orsay) and an old friend Curtis (Keegan-Michael Key), who both work at the radio station Gary will be painting.

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC 9:00 pm): Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) will deal with cases this year that forces them to make very tough decisions. They will also be joined by several high-profile guest stars including Christine Lahti as the new Executive DA and Wentworth Miller who will face-off with the duo.

MODERN FAMILY (ABC 9:00 pm): This new series is a satirical look at three different families and the trials they face in each of their own uniquely comedic ways. It includes a multi-cultural couple (Ed O'Neill & Sofia Vergara), a traditional family (Ty Burell & Julie Bowen) and a gay couple (Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Eric Stonestreet). This has got to be one hilarious "family"!

NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE (CBS 8:00 pm): Plenty of loose ends are tied up including Richard (Clark Gregg) being left at the altar, and Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Matthew (Hamish Linklater) getting jilted by their respective lovers as the show starts it's 5th season.

All hours based on Eastern Time.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Rebecca Romijn Heads to ABC's "Eastwick"

Rebecca Romijn is back at ABC, signing on to headline its drama pilot "Eastwick."

Romijn, who most recently starred on the Alphabet's "Ugly Betty" will play Roxie, the lead character on "Eastwick."

She joins a cast that also includes Lindsay Price, Veronica Cartwright and Jaime Ray Newman. "Eastwick" is based on John Updike's novel "The Witches of Eastwick" as well as the 1987 feature film of the same name.

Maggie Friedman is the scribe and executive producer, while David Nutter is directing "Eastwick," which comes from Warner Bros. TV.
Romijn will next be seen in indie film "The Love Child of Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono." She plays an art dealer who discovers an ex-con who has a talent for sculpting.

Her credits also include the "X-Men" movies, in which she plays Mystique, as well as "Lies and Alibis" and "Lake City".

Beyond Betty, in which Romijn continues to recur, TV credits include "Pepper Dennis" and "House of Style," which she hosted.

"Eastwick" revolves around three women who discover they have mystical powers when a mysterious man comes to town.