UCLA Students Take Over Building in Protest of Fee Increase Vote
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FX's overlooked "The League" is on at 10:30pm
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Today's big scuttlebutt is that Oprah may relocate her show from Chicago to Los Angeles by 2011. While this might be more convenient for Oprah and TV executives, we think TV is more competitive and more interesting when it is produced in more locations. If the entertainment industry doesn't want to be labelled as a "bi-coastal elitist" then it should be aware of how this appears.
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The ever-appalled Parents Television Council is asking affiliates of The CW to not air the November 9th episode of "Gossip Girl" as its promos have featured a steamy threesome involving at least one of the teenaged characters. Hey PTC, why not communicate that parents should be aware of what their kids are watching? That's what we do.
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CBS is cutting back on the number of episodes for "NUMB3RS" from 22 to 16. Ratings for the show are slumping and it could be headed for elimination.
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The TV Junkie Plan: "Community", "Parks and Recreation", "The Office", "30 Rock", "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", "The League", Conan, Fallon.
8:00pm Community NBC - Study group members try to help Jeff when they learn he is living out of his car
8:00pm The Vampire Diaries The CW - Stefan is visited by one of his oldest friends; Elena tries to avoid Stefan
8:00pm SoCal Connected PBS/KCET - Why are some Los Angeles-area homeowners are suddenly being forced to pay for expensive, mandatory flood insurance?
8:00pm FlashForward ABC - Mark, Demetri, Gough and MI-6 Agent Fiona Banks (Alex Kingston) look into a Blue Hand club's possible connection to recent suicides
8:30pm Parks and Recreation NBC - Leslie learns the library department, which is run by Ron's ex-wife (Megan Mullally)
9:00pm American Chopper TLC - The guys face an uncertain future as the Teutul dynasty crumbles; OCC builds an electric chopper for Siemens
9:00pm The Office NBC - Having run out of excuses, Jim and Pam are forced to go on an uncomfortable double date with Michael and Helena
9:30pm 30 Rock NBC - Liz and Pete try to rig the audition process
10:00pm It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia FX - When a merchandising convention comes to town, the gang tries to develop marketable products in an attempt to build the Paddy's brand.
10:00pm The Real Housewives of Orange County Bravo - Season Premiere
10:00pm Tosh.0 Comedy Central - Daniel answers twitter questions; the trampled cheerleader
10:30pm The League FX - Pete's split with Meegan sends ripples through the tight-knit group
11:30pm The Colbert Report Comedy Central - Joey Cheek, Olympic Speed Skating Medalist
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - TV host Bill Maher; actress Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe; Keith Urban performs.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Jim Carrey; actress Olivia Wilde; Zac Brown Band performs.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actor Ian McKellen; actress Paula Patton; Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon perform.
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really? because I think more industry jobs coming back to LA is an excellent idea.
Thanks for your comment mjo - Oprah moving her show to LA will not right the wrongs that "The Jay Leno Show" has created. LA needs more scripted programming, not more talk or reality shows but I do see your point.
I used to really like NUMBE3RS but somewhere in this new season I sort of lost interest. The part I had liked most was the application of math, the constant navel-gazing by the various characters didn't make me either empathize or want to understand, it just seemed to detract from the plot.
I'd say lose the fiancee (without an excess of aforementioned navel-gazing), get back to the techie stuff (I don't understand it but it's what sets this program apart from so many others. But it's probably too late. Too bad.
MtWashLA - I was hoping to hear from our editor Zach as he is a big fan of "NUMB3RS" but there has to be some reasons for the decline in viewership and you probably hit on some of them. You might be right in that it's "too late" for the show because even though it's not getting canceled outright, downsizing it is not a good omen. "Law & Order" has a similar cutback in episodes so I don't see either of these shows making it beyond their current order of episodes.