New Eps Online: November, Week 3

New series and seasons (full eps only) released online since 13 November 2007:

• ''Bob and Margaret'' (Comedy Central; Unbox): complete series
• ''Class of the Titans'' (Teletoon; Unbox): seasons 1 & 2
• ''Cory in the House'' (Disney; iTunes): current season (2)
• ''Gangland'' (History; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Lizzie McGuire'' (Disney; iTunes): seasons 1 & 2
• ''Lou Grant'' (CBS; Unbox): seasons 1, 2 & 3
• ''Nimrod Nation'' (Sundance; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' (Adult Swim; iTunes): current season (2)
• ''Tokko'' (Unbox): complete series

Awards Update

I've added 725 records to the trivialTV Awards Db for the following:

• Artios Award: 2007 winners
• CIMA Award: 2007 winners
• Cult TV Award: 2007 noms & winners
• Diversity Award: 2007 winners
• Emmy Award: 2007 winners
• Environmental Media Association Award: 2007 noms & winners
• Freddie Award: 2007 winners
• Golden Laurel Award: 2008 noms
• Golden Tater Award: 2007 winners
• Hugo Award: 2007 winner
• Human Rights First Award: 2007 noms & winners
• Media Access Award: 2007 winners
• Panda Award: 2006 finalists & winners
• People’s Choice Award: 2008 noms
• Reality Remix Reality Awarda: 2007 noms & winners
• Scream Award: 2007 noms & winners
• Stony Award: 2007 winners
• SyFy Genre Award: 2007 winners
• TV DVD Awards: 2007 noms & winners
• Time Magazine’s 100 Best TV Shows
• Tubey Award: 2007 winners
• Viewers Voice Award: 2006 winners

You now search nearly 60,000 records every time you look for award info. Enjoy!

It's Party Time

Lifetime is pretty busy pumping out ideas for new reality shows...and changing their titles.

"Matched in Manhattan" preems on January 4, 2008. It's original name? "Matt Titus: Matchmaker"

Two other shows are set to debut on the same day — "It's My Party" and "How to Look Good Naked." As far as I know, "Naked" still has the same name. As for "It's My Party"? Well....

According to this press release on October 10, "It's My Party" is just the working title of the show. Usually a sure sign it's gonna' change when the official announcement still has '(wt)' after the name.

And then on November 6, 2007 Lifetime filed a trademark application for "It's Party Time." Coincidence? I think not.

It's probably safe to say you'll be watching "It's Party Time" on Lifetime on January 4, 2008.

Fred Roggin's New Challenge?

You heard it hear first. There are rumors that Fred Roggin (KNBC | Los Angeles) is developing a new weekly TV show. Something that's never been tried in LA TV history. Premieres January 2008.

Want more details? You'll just have to wait. Sometime before Christmas I'll spill the details.

Episode M*A*S*H

Eighty years ago today, McLean Stevenson was born. We knew him best as the late Lt. Col. Henry Blake. After leaving "M*A*S*H," Stevenson appeared in only one theatrical film, The Cat from Outer Space (1978). Definitely not a blockbuster, but a great title for TV.

Think about some TV shows with "Outer Space" in the title.

• "Homeboys in Outer Space" (UPN, 1996)
• "Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space" (CBS, 1972)
• "They Came from Outer Space" (Syn, 1991)

Not much of a list. Good thing it's Wednesday — that way we can take a look at episode titles with the form, "_____ from Outer Space."

• A Scary Face from Outer Space (''Shake, Rattle and Roll'')
• Ace From Outer Space (''G-Force: Guardians of Space'')
• Birthday Party from Outer Space (''Denver, the Last Dinosaur'')
• Brother from Outer Space (''The Astronut Show'')
• Gomer and the Little Men from Outer Space (''Gomer Pyle, USMC,'' 10/26/1966)
• Little Ace from Outer Space (''Beany and Cecil'')
• Meatballs from Outer Space (''Cookin' Cheap'')
• Menace from Outer Space (1956) (''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,'' )
• Microducks from Outer Space (''DuckTales,'' 6/24/1988)
• Mind Stealers from Outer Space (''Wonder Woman,'' 12/2/1977)
• Monster from Outer Space (''Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse'')
• Oinks from Outer Space (''Tokyo Pig,'' 1/4/2003)
• Raiders from Outer Space (''The Time Tunnel,'' 3/31/1967)
• Revenge of the Chicken from Outer Space; (''Courage the Cowardly Dog,'' 3/23/2001)
• Strange Trout from Outer Space (''Camp Lazlo'')
• Strangers from Outer Space (''Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers,'' 6/27/1953)
• The Ace from Outer Space (''Medabots,'' 3/9/2002)
• The Alien Brain From Outer Space (''Frankenstein Jr.'')
• The Big Angry Virgin from Outer Space (''3rd Rock from the Sun,'' 10/6/1996)
• The Boy from Outer Space (''Astro Boy'')
• The Chicken from Outer Space (''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,'' 3/8/1960)
• Son of the Chicken from Outer Space (''Courage the Cowardly Dog,'' 11/1/2002)
• The Monster from Outer Space (''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,'' 12/19/1965)
• The Pied Piper from Outer Space (''The World's Greatest SuperFriends'')
• The Survivors from Outer Space (''Highlander: The Animated Series,'' 11/16/1995)
• The Thief from Outer Space (''Lost in Space,'' 11/9/1966)

And even though McLean Stevenson may have only watched Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), these eps are also from outer space:

• Fruit 10 from Outer Space (Pomegranates) (''Good Eats'')
• Plan 10 from Outer Space (''Probe,'' 4/7/1988)
• Plan Ape From Outer Space (''Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys,'' 11/30/1996)
• Plan Brain from Outer Space (''Pinky & the Brain,'' 9/28/1996)
• Plan Eight From Outer Space (''Muppet Babies'')
• Plan Six from Outer Space (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')

New Eps Online: November, Week 2

New series and seasons (full eps only) released online since 6 November 2007:

• ''Bunnytown'' (Disney; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Clean House'' (style; iTunes): current season (6)
• ''411VM Skateboarding'' (iTunes): current season (15)
• ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS; Unbox): season 1
• ''The Mr. Bill Show'' (Unbox): multiple volumes
• ''Murder by the Book'' (CourtTV; iTunes): current season (2)
• ''Noein'' (Unbox): season 1
• ''The Studio Exercise Collection'' (Unbox): multiple volumes
• ''Trick My Truck'' (CMT; iTunes, Unbox): current season (1)
• ''Wired Science'' (PBS; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Xavier: Renegade Angel'' (Adult Swim; iTunes): current season (1)

TV Schedule Update

I've added 543 records for four more weeks in the TV schedule search. You can now search for dates through 10/28/2007.

Enjoy!

Connect. Play. Share.

Sounds like the perfect tagline for Nintendo or Sony, doesn't it? So imagine my surprise when I found that Lifetime was behind that slogan!

It's true.

On October 31, 2007 Lifetime Entertainment Services filed a trademark app for

Online services, namely providing a website featuring information regarding television and the distribution thereof and issues of interest and concern to women, namely sports, music, movies, books, celebrities, fashion, advocacy initiatives towards ending violence against women, biographies of everyday women, shopping, cooking, weddings, astrology, interior design and decorating, beauty, relationships, gardening, games, self-improvement and advocacy for breast cancer awareness and support.

Ep Title Medley

Today, let's take a walk through music history looking at Hot 100 chart toppers for early November.

40 years ago: Lulu's "To Sir, with Love" topped the charts for five consecutive weeks. Only one song — "I'm a Believer" — had a longer run in 1967. A number of TV scribes wrote, "To Lulu, with Love," by honoring her song:

• To Sewer With Love (''The Baby Huey Show'')
• To Sir, with ... Ah, What the Heck ... Love (''Night Court,'' 2/26/1992)
• To Sir, with Ed (''Ed, Edd 'n Eddy'')
• To Sir, with Love (''Cagney & Lacey,'' 2/16/1987)
• To Sir, with Lust (''Cybill,'' 11/5/1995)
• To Sir, with Mom (''Eve,'' 3/23/2006)
• To Soeur, with Love (''Encore! Encore!,'' 1/20/1999)

30 years ago: Debby Boone dominated the charts for ten weeks with "You Light Up My Life." It was a bigger musical hit than cultural hit though — this song didn't light up the lives of too many TV writers:

• Pooh, Light Up My Life (''My Friends Tigger and Pooh,'' 5/20/2007)
• You Gaslight Up My Life (''Scorch,'' 3/13/1992)
• You Light Up My Union (''Boy Meets World,'' 10/22/1999)

New Eps Online: November, Week 1

New series and seasons (full eps only) released online since 30 October 2007 (plus a few new ones I missed last week for Hulu):

• ''Airwolf'' (CBS; AOL): season 1
• ''Beer Nutz'' (MOJO; Unbox): season 1
• ''The Bob Newhart Show'' (CBS; iTunes, Unbox): seasons 1, 2 & 3
• ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (NBC; Hulu on AOL): volume 1
• ''Chicago Hope'' (CBS; Hulu on AOL): volume 1
• ''Chowder'' (Cartoon Network; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Codename: Kids Next Door'' (Cartoon Network; iTunes): season 6
• ''Everest: Beyond the Limit'' (Discovery; iTunes): current season (2)
• ''Firsthand'' (FuelTV; iTunes): all seasons
• ''The Immortal'' (Syn; Unbox): complete series
• ''Johnny Bravo'' (Cartoon Network; iTunes): seasons 2 & 5
• ''Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is'' (BET; iTunes): current season (2)
• ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (USA; Unbox): current season (7)
• ''The Legend of Guan Gong'' (Cinemanow): season 1
• ''Lou Grant'' (CBS; Hulu on AOL): volume 1
• ''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'' (CBS; Hulu on AOL): volume 1
• ''McHale's Navy'' (ABC; Hulu on AOL): volume 1
• ''Mr. Moon's Magic Circus'' (Cinemanow): season 1
• ''MonsterQuest'' (History; iTunes, Unbox): current season (1)
• ''NASCAR in Primetime'' (ABC; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Over There'' (FX; Hulu on AOL): season 1
• ''Popeye the Sailor'' (theaters; iTunes): volume 1
• ''Reaper'' (CW; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Rehearsals'' (Unbox): season 1
• ''Roots: The Next Generation'' (ABC; iTunes, Unbox): complete miniseries
• ''Scrubs'' (NBC; iTunes): current season (7)
• ''The Shot'' (VH1; iTunes): current season (1)
• ''Three Sheets'' (MOJO; Unbox): season 2