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You are welcome! Are we taking bets yet, in re KKO returning next season as ko-host of  "X"? So far they've announced Britbrit is back and ditto Demi, but LA Reid is bailing.....

How many more shows will it take to cover the costs of those sets? They'd already amortized the cost of the sets across the  Shonda doc-drama "Off the Map" ...I'm all for recycling, but this is getting ridiculous....

Yes, it does....thanks.

$15 million a year... (in answer to your comment that Brit looked bored. I thought she looked medicated or stage frightened throughout, rather than bored. Sadly, she waited until this week to come out of her state of stupor.Her comments were pretty lively this week. Too late, ratingswise, sadly.  I'm seeing early stats that show the finale doing nosedive at 9, and only clocking 6.5 million viewers overall. Of course this ratings grid also says it was "Glee" in that hour. )

I like Mario Lopez on the show and actually love Khloe K-O and her one and only question: "How do you FEEL?"

Who would you like to see replace LA Reid on "X" next season?

How lovely -- you made my day....I enjoy the live chats -- think it's nice to, once a week, interact with non-industry people and still talk about TV --  though the Post is going in another direction.....

I should have been more clear: I thought it was impressive on Carly Rose's part. 13 year old who keeps her calm during duet train wreck... having nothing to compare Leeann's performance against, not being a country music fan, I had nothing to compare it against. For all I know, she's like that every week.

We've covered this before on chat but I'm delighted to discuss again for newbies: Actually, it is what people want... TLC has not been about "learning" for about a decade. AMC, which used to be a movie channel (M=Movie, C=Channel) is now better known for "The Walking Dead" and "Mad Men." A&E used to stand for Arts & Entertainment and battled PBS for crunchy gravel dramas (Colin Firth "Pride and Prejudice" aired on AQ&E, NOT PBS) and now stands for "Intervention" and "Storage Wars." Here's the short version: these networks skewed older. Advertisers don't like older. Owners decide to try to grab younger viewers. These networks have greatly improved their young demo stats with the change in direction.

You talking about that funny hair hat he's wearing these days?   Let me just say this about that: Frank Sintra could have afforded the best toupee in the world... And Michael Jackson, at one point, could have afforded the best plastic surgeon in Los Angeles.

Emily Yahr is a diehard fan of the show and our WaPo TeamTV country music expert (too bad I didn't check with her in re Leeann R performance before recapping  "X" Wednesday show!) and she and I both agree nobody cares about the politics/evil father plotline. Emily would also like to add she has no  patience for the singer/waitresses "terrible fake accent."  Anyway, they seems to be diving more into the juicy Rayna vs. Juliette storyline  for the rest of the TV season. That bodes well for the spring, don't you think?

I'm sorry to report an NBC rep we contacted said there are no current plans to re-air the special, and we're not seeing it available on hulu or nbc.com...

As a huge fan of British crunchy gravel dramaas, the wonder to me is that it's taken people and others (cough*press*cough) so long to "discover" how great they are. Just think how huge this would be here if PBS actually aired it when it first unspooled in the UK? This waiting six months nonsense is so 1980's...

Thanks!

No. What I meant to say was  that The Post is not emphasizing weekly chats any more.. They prefer to do chats in a more opportunistic way -- when some big event is happening -- and use their limited interactive staff to work on other projects.. I used to have a producer for my weekly chat. Now, I'm on my own. That's often not a problem but, when you have tech glitches, like last week -- well, you saw the result... and now I know not to use the words "going in another direction" under any circumstances!

sorry! did not mean to cause "??!?" outbreak....

I would so seriously watch that.. Don't think Simon would want to compete. Also don't think he'll be a free agent next season -- I think CBS will try to return "HIMYM" because it has not done well this season with its new comedies.. Had "Partners" been a hit, I could see "HIMYM" being shown the door...

Nothing says Xmas like  "Twilight Zone" marathon. Did you see the series is being re-developed -- presumably for CBS? I traditionally drag out my xmas flick DVD's and do a binge viewing. It's my obsessive compulsive disorder. If I don't get through them -- it's not Xmas. This year I'm in Los Angeles and happily the Aero Theater in Santa Monica is showing some of them on their big screen. "White Christmas" was last night and until you've seen Rosemary Clooney" in that black velvet Edith Head number with the rinestone brooch on her backside and George Chakiris hanging on her shoulder, you haven't seen "White Chritmas." Tonight is "It's a Wonderful Life," and so on... I wish they did something similar in Washington.

Simon changed when he moved from Idol to "X."  The show format -- with judges also mentoring "teams" doesn't allow for the judges to actually critique the performers....They're going to slam the competition and praise their team members. Heck, LA Reid even put on a cowboy hat last night and this is the guy who threw a hissy fit when he was told he was going to get the "over 25's" as his team... Ironically, his 37-year-old guy won the competition.

Winter tour starts on Jan. 3. I came out here earlier to attend a Kimmel taping before his haitus,  chat with his exec producer, attend xmas parties, etc...

Golly.... I keep sticking my foot in my mouth and chewing. I plan to continue the chat and the paper is nice enough to let me do so. They just don't provide any team support any more....This is a good place for me to mention that the Winter TV Press Tour 2013 begins Jan 3 and runs for about 2.5 weeks and on those Fridays during tour we may have to schedule chats earlier in the day, to accomodate press tour schedule...

The paper gets numbers on everything.... It's just like working at a TV network! Kind of fun and interesting to experience, after having covered the networks going through something similar, starting about a decade ago...

Thanks! what a nice xmas gift!

thank you! I should ineptly answer chat questions and leave people thinking my chat has been scrubbed more often! You guys have made my day...

I hope so.... but "X Men's" Bryan Singer is developing, so expect it to be less thoughtful and more stunt driven... oh wait, that would make it "horrible." Sorry I've got nothing comforting to say

it does!

My BAD. you are right. I need coffee...it was TCM before there was TCM...

Sunday football! I know, that's not what you were asking. "The Voice"! I know, not that either... but those two shows catapulted NBC out of the ratings hole in which it was sitting in a big way this quarter and it's kind of the big story of the fall....None of the new scripted shows really took off; several did quite nicely however, like NBC's "Revolution." Oh, and "Duck Dynasty" -- another big story. Redneck TV is doing well, numbers-wise.

I think the writers do it so they can feel good about what they do, don't you? In much the same way I toss a Shakespeare quote into the column and chat as often as I can. You know, like:

"Alas poor 'Walking Dead' showrunner Glen Mazzara. I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy."

That is how I plan to cover today's news that Mazzara is out on "The Walking Dead" as announced by AMC today -- marking the star of the traditional holiday TV Take Out the Trash period... AMC, on the bright side, allowed as how it had picked up the show for a fourth season -- duh -- while slipping in the news they've bid so-long to Mazzara, the guy who, you'll recall, replaced Frank Darabont. The mortality rate of showrunners is very high on this zombie-drama. You think it's the genre?

No fair -- that was MY guess!

This is getting positively Dickensian! God bless us every one! (thanks)

Doesn't the CNN gang wear some company's logo on their chests when they're out covering hurricanes and such? I think it's become the new norm in TV news...

Thank you...and I will make sure Jen sees your comment

I'm really looking forward to this press tour...Jeff Zucker taking CNN questions (hopefully), Jimmy Kimmel talking about his first few days trying to take down his hero David Letterman, Sesame Workshop taking questions (hopefully) about election results and Clash...I could go on and on...

yeah, and look where it got them....

Winkie will wear most anything. He was a pink bedazzled dancing bear for Halloween. Vanderbilt is a snob and refuses to get into the holiday spirit. They are both getting chewbones, and all the wrapping paper they can shred, for xmas...

Today, I'm told....

My guess too. And if you were a "House" fan you're gonna love "Rake," being developed for Fox, starring Greg Kinnear as a brilliant, self-destructive criminal defense laywer who lacks a self-edit button.

Merry Xmas to you...

I think Spiro's maybe too old for the role... and if they dumped Single Expression Chick, who would we talk about on Fridays? I have vowed to begin including weekly Single Expression video clips in chat next calendar year...

Yeah, and look where it got "Dirty Sexy Money"..."Dallas," meanwhile, did have those storylines but they were so buried under all the soap, they couldn't do much damage.

Ted Turner gets credit for buying the MGM library.....

He was a very big deal at that time, I'm told... their Justin Bieber, maybe? anyway, when you've got sydney greenstreet and cuddles, etc. it doesn't matter so much

Not at all because adorable Vanderbilt does not bark in "Holiday Inn.".. Only scenes of major dog barking get his attention. Next time I'll name my dogs after big screen pets....

That's funny -- it makes my Friday afternoons at work much better too...

I'll make sure post management sees this... they'll be sending you the bill...

Pookie, I try to get to as many questions as possible each week, but can't get to them all I'm sorry if more than your share of questions have gone non-answered over time.... Now, about Leverage:  the exec producer says he's written the  season finale, airing Tuesday,  as a series finale, and that though he has not gotten official word he's more than hinting he thinks it's over. The network is not saying yet, so far as I know.

I know how you feel. Imagine covering that show for a daily newspaper...

that killed it quicker than it would have died, but it would have died... and I was a fan of the show...

Younger Bing -- and Fred....though the black-face scenes are major cringe inducing....

No. I'm heading to Denver to visit family before start of press tour. Will be back the following Friday.

yeah, it was a slow, sorry decline...

I don't hold out much hope. Meanwhile, did you see that Roger Moore has been signed for theTV series  remake of "The Saint"? I think we have a trend story brewing....

It must be frustrating if you join the chat regularly and regularly don't have your questions answered. Wish I had more time, but instead have daily deadline...

My guess is next fall, though more likely next spring, given how tough it is for Fox to launch new dramas in the fall owing to baseball pre-emptions... Notice Fox is launching its biggest project for this season -- Kevin Bacon's serial killer drama, in the spring? My guess is that will be the template...

Thanks, but please let's cut  Serious Question Guy some slack -- I'd be annoyed too..and don't forget all that good will toward men stuff this time of year, right?

This movie only recently started being shown on TCM.,.. I think Universal has the rights to it.. and it's now being sold by TCM.. my guess is that's why netflix has not got it available... I was perfectly happy to purchse it, since I have Obsessive Compulsive Xmas Movie viewing disorder. I added it to my list... watch it every year. I recommend it highly... I'm out of time. I hope everyone survives the end of the world today and has a happy new year.  I'll be chatting again two Fridays from now.. please keep an eye out for time changes to chat during press tour period.. Bye!