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...Wolf -the tremendously powerful producer of the Law and Order franchise -might figure out a way to bring back the series in some form. Then he immediately told us not to read anything definite into that statement. Except, I suppose, that it's a bad idea to tell your network's biggest producer that he is definitely, 100% for sure canceled.) Revelations is not returning, but then again it might, an oddly apt fate for a drama about the Second Coming...
...surprise, NBC is keeping The Office, the mockumentary workplace sitcom that got low ratings but was the best new sitcom on any broadcast network last fall. Also returning will be critics' darling Scrubs -but not until later in the season, after star Zach Braff shoots a movie. Fear Factor, that offal-laden young-man magnet, is off the fall schedule, but will come back -presumably after one of those surefire hit shows is canceled. Next year is the last for Will & Grace, and The West Wing will probably be term-limited out at the end of next season...
...network enters the "wish-fulfillment" reality-show arena (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) with Three Wishes, in which the network bestows life-changing gifts on people around the country. It's hosted by Christian-music star Amy Grant, just in case you forgot that George W. Bush won the election. The big reality announcement, though, was for the Martha Stewart edition of The Apprentice -no clips, but Martha showed up to give a stilted speech, in a beige pantsuit that showed no hint of an ankle bracelet. The show, we said, will "provide a candid look at my business practices," which...
...That's right: the once-first-now-fourth-place network is staking its future on shows about... disasters. And you think you have to watch those fancy cable networks to see a refined sense of irony at work...
Jesse B. Watters, a producer for FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” said that a two-member crew from the network arrived at Harvard’s Loeb Experimental Theater at 7 p.m. Saturday, half an hour before the final performance of the student show’s three-day run was set to begin...