News Briefs : Reactions to Teen Wolf Midseason finale, Full Frontal by a True Blood star and more

.... Teen Wolf nails another finale
Serialized dramas live or die by their finales. Teen Wolf's have been excellent since the beginning, and the Season 3A capper didn't disappoint. Neatly tying together one of the show's most elaborate and ambitious plots to date (a sort of supernatural Mexican standoff between three different factions). Feeling very much like a season-ending conclusion rather than mid-season cliffhanger, this finale respected our need for closure and made us even more excited to see what the next batch of episodes will bring us. New monsters, new heartache, even more labyrinthine storytelling— bring it on.

News Briefs : Legend Of Korra is Back, Return Premiere dates and Renewals

... Legend of Korra fans, the news you've patiently waited OVER A YEAR for has arrived: Nickelodeon has finally announced a premiere date for Book 2, which is subtitled Spirits: Friday, September 13 at 7pm.

News Briefs : Betty White's off TV, AGT gets a finale date.

America's Old sweetheart is losing one of her prime TV slots, Strike Back season 3 premiere gets a date, M. Night Shyamalan comes to TV and Adam Lambert is coming to TV too.

65th Emmy Nominations ( Full List)

Here's the full list of nominees in all the a major categories:

News Brief : New Poster for The Walking Dead, and Game Of Thrones casts a major character

... New poster for The Walking Dead's fourth season. Showing off different range of weapons used by the characters, Rick's there with his revolver, Daryl's  with his trusted crossbow (dude's got that thing since Season One), Tyreese is wielding his hammer like he's Black Thor, while Michonne is swinging her katana while riding on a horse.

... Game of Thrones has cast Prince Oberyn Martell. Chilean actor Pedro Pascal who has appeared in The Good Wife and presently stars in Graceland, will play the brash, charismatic prince from Dorne who comes to King's Landing looking for bloodthirsty revenge?

... Happy Endings is "OFFICIALLY" officially canceled. After weeks of trying to find a new home for the show, Sony TV has given up, and the cast's contracts expire this weekend. After the show's axing at the hands of ABC, there was word that the comedy might be shipped off to a cable network like USA, TBS, or TNT. But USA passed, and no other networks stepped in to pick it up. Sad though, Happy Endings was the funniest Friends ripoff-inspired comedy since Ross and Rachel got married.


... The Once Upon a Time spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland will be longer than expected. The series was originally conceived as a 13-episode miniseries, but now it's going to get extra episodes. How many? We don't know yet. 


... The Good Wife is upping its sexy factor with the addition of Hunted's Melissa George in a recurring role next season. George will play the in-house counsel of Governor Florrick. George also appeared in Grey's Anatomy and Alias.

... Beverly Hills, 90210 vet Brian Austin Green is joining FX's Anger Management as the nemesis to Charlie Sheen's character. 

... Lots of Glee cast members won't be returning to the series as credited regulars in Season 5. Heather Morris (Brittany), Mark Salling (Puck), Amber Riley (Mercedes), and Harry Shum Jr. (Mike) are all expected to see a lot less screen time next season. Same goes for Dianna Agron (Quinn)—though to be fair, Agron wasn't all that present in Season 4.

... Lost's vet, Rebecca Mader will guest-star on the upcoming final season of Syfy's Warehouse 13. The actress has an affinity for science-fiction shows, she's appeared in shows like No Ordinary Family, Fringe and Alphas. 

Fox's 2013-2014 Schedule: Robot Cops on Mondays and a New Comedy Block on Fridays

FOX's 2013-2014 SCHEDULE (New shows in ALL CAPS)



MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (fall) / ALMOST HUMAN (late fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (fall) / The Following (midseason)

TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM DADS (new)
8:30-9:00 PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (new)
9:00-9:30 PM New Girl
9:30-10:00 PM The Mindy Project

WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM The X Factor (fall) / American Idol (midseason)

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The X Factor Results (fall) / American Idol Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM Glee (fall) / RAKE (midseason)

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JUNIOR MASTERCHEF (wt) (fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW encores (fall)
Late Fall:
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (late fall)
9:00-9:30 PM Raising Hope (late fall)
9:30-10:00 PM ENLISTED (new; late fall)

SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM Fox Sports Saturday
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall)
7:30-8:00 PM The OT (fall)
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Bob's Burgers
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM American Dad

WHAT'S MISSING?
New drama Gang Related and new comedies Surviving Jack, Us & Them (pictured), and Murder Police are all waiting in the wings for midseason. And I'm sure there are about 15 Gordon Ramsay shows lurking in the shadows as well. M. Night Shyamalan's Wayward Pines mystery miniseries (with a TWEEEST!) will air in 2014 as the first of Fox's planned "event series," the much-hyped return of 24 is actually happening with the 12-episode 24: Live Another Day (date TBD), and Fox's new short-form animation block Animation Domination High-Def is set to premiere Saturday nights in the fall. Oh, one final note: New Girl will get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot this year.

Fox Orders J.J. Abrams' Robo-cops, 3 New Dramas and 4 New Comedy Shows.

DRAMAS

Robots! Headless Horsemen! Tough urban gang members! And Greg Kinnear! That's what next year's new crop of Fox dramas will look like. Not just tough, Kinnear tough! In advance of Fox's Upfronts next Monday, the network has picked up four new dramas. That's twice as many new serious shows as it had last year (The Following, Mob Doctor). Let's run 'em down:

.... "Almost Human" is the highlight (if you ask me) of the bunch and comes from producers J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman (Fringe). Karl Urban stars as a cop in the future who has a new partner: a lifelike android (Michael Ealy)! Well, all cops 35 years have robot partners, not just Karl Urban. This one will be all about feelings, methinks. And blasting perps with laser guns. Also starring are Lily Taylor (Hemlock Grove), Mackenzie Crook (Game of Thrones), and Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights).

.... "Gang Related" could be an interesting take on the cop genre. In it, a gang member infiltrates the San Francisco Police Department and rises all the way up to the Gang Task Force. But it sounds like this gang member starts to have feelings (aww) for his new cop buddies, and battles loyalties between his homies and his other homies. Gang Related stars Ramon Rodriguez (Charlie Angels), RZA (CSI: Wu Tang), Jay Hernandez (Nashville), and Terry O'Quinn (Lost).

.... "Sleepy Hollow" is a supernatural thriller based on the classic tale by Washington Irving. You know, the one about Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. In Fox's Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is resurrected in modern-day times to find the world on the brink of destruction, so he teams up with a cop to save us all. Starring Tom Mison, Also starring: Nicole Beharie (42), and Orlando Jones.

..... "Rake" is an Emmy vehicle for star Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine). Based on an Australian series, Kinnear will gloom it up as Keegan Joye, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer. Sort of like "House" in court, I'm guessing? Mirando Otto and John Ortiz also star.

With those orders out, it's almost certainly bad news for the rest of Fox's drama pilots, which include "Boomerang", "Delirium", and "The List". Joining the four picked today are dramas "Bones", "The Following", and "Glee" which were previously renewed.

COMEDIES

Fox is getting busy today, ordering shows like it's Buy Four Get Four Free Day or something. After previously ordering four dramas, Fox took care of those who like to laugh and ordered a quartet of comedies, according to TV Line, including its fourth new cop-like show of the day. They join the previously revealed "Dads", the live-action multi-camera comedy from Seth MacFarlane starring Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as dudes who let their dads move in with them. Let's run down the newbies:

.... "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" comes from the Parks and Recreation writing team of Mike Schur and Dan Goor. The ensemble comedy stars Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, and Melissa Fumero as cops in a Brooklyn precinct. At the center of it are Samberg as a slacky cop and Braugher as his uptight boss. This was probably the comedy pilot I was anticipating most; it's got so much already in place. Even the promo photo is funny... look at Crews in the background. How is that not going to be hilarious every week?



.... "Surviving Jack" (formerly I Suck at Girls) stars Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU) and is based on a book by the Sh*t My Dad Says guy. It also still makes no sense to me because this is the logline that hasn't been updated yet for some reason: "a story about a boy becoming a man, and a man becoming a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google."

.... "Enlisted" is a military comedy from "Cougar Town"s Kevin Biegel and stars Geoff Stults (The Finder) as one of three brothers working at a Florida Army base. I welcome this new premise! The scary thing about this show is that Parker Young plays one of the brothers, which means he will no longer be playing Ryan Shay in "Suburgatory", most likely.

.... "Us and Them" is based on the UK series Gavin and Stacey that ran from 2007-2010. The US version stars Jason RItter (Parenthood) and Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) as the title characters, an opposite-attracts situation that tries to make a long-distance relationship work. Jane Kaczmarek and Kurt Fuller also star.

With those four getting the series nods, that means Fox's other comedy pilots are almost certainly dead. Those included The Gabriels, To My Future Assistant, and Two Wrongs. The four picked up today join "Raising Hope", "New Girl", and "The Mindy Project" as Fox's options for comedy next year.


Culled from TV.com