"MasterChef" Renewed For 4th Season

I'm not sure about any of you out there in cyberspace, but I'm a big Gordon Ramsay fan. Any show this guy cooks up, I want a reservation. I cringe when a tyrannical Chefy Ramsay attacks the contestants as they nervously botch beef wellington in Hell's Kitchen. I smirk as Gordon tries to balance a softer side with his type A personality while going through the filth that is some of America's worst restaurants in Kitchen Nightmares. I marvel at Gordon Ramsay's culinary expertise as amateur chefs compete for the top spot on MasterChef, which Fox has announced has been renewed for a 4th season.

Gordan Ramsay, Executive Producer & Judge:

“We’re excited to be back for another season of Masterchef. I am continually amazed by the raw talent, passion and creativity of home cooks across America. The contestants raise the bar every season, and it’s an inspiration and exciting challenge for us.”

Mike Darnell, President Of Alternative Entertainment At Fox:

Gordon and the producers really took Masterchef to a whole new level this year. The talent is absolutely fantastic, the competition is unbelievably intense, and it’s become one of the most compelling, heart-stopping hours on television. Over the course of three seasons, Masterchef has inspired millions of home cooks around the country to pursue their dreams in the kitchen, and I can’t wait for the show to inspire even more people with another season on Fox.”

"Breaking Bad" Episode 3 Preview

Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for an underachieving high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after discovering he has lung cancer. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to gain financial security for his family, Walter White joins forces with an old student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), in a quest that follows their entry into a dangerous world of drugs and crime.

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"The Walking Dead" Season 3 Trailer

There seems to be no end to the zombie apocalypse at this year's Comic-Con:  between the Walking Dead Escape obstacle course at Petco Park (which looks awesome), and the chance to pose for a photo as one of katana-wielding badass Michonne's "pets", it may look like the end of the world is happening even sooner than the Mayans predicted.

But before that happens, we've got a new season of The Walking Dead coming this fall on AMC, which is now confirmed to be starting on October 14.  The all-star panel at Comic-Con today was nice enough to present a new trailer for the upcoming season featuring lots of new goodies, including our first looks at David Morrissey at The Governor and Danai Gurira as Michonne, along with the carnage one would expect from a zombie-infested prison:

Wow, that's a nice new...um, arm, you got there, Merle.  Yikes!  I can't wait.

"The Catalina" Season Finale

 

Above you can enjoy a little mash up of the NY Post photos of Vicky Serra & Karina Derizans from CW's The Catalina as they enjoy the surf in Miami Beach. I'm not a huge reality TV guy but The Catalina has quickly become one of my many guilty pleasures so I hope powers that be at CW give it another shot. Looks like Vicky, Karina, and the rest of the cast are doing some ghost hunting in the season finale. Tune in to watch the finale on Tuesday 8/7 on The CW. You can enjoy the preview of the season finale below.

"Breaking Bad" Season 5 Trailer

How I haven't tuned in to watch this show I'll never know. There are so many damn shows that I watch, I can't even keep up with them. I might just sit in for an entire week and watch as many episodes of Breaking Bad as possible, then shave my head and go nuthouse.

Hotel Keycard Art For "Arrow", "666 Park Avenue", & "Revolution"

Warner Bros. Entertainment has once again created a set of limited-edition collectible hotel keycards, which will be in use at top hotels throughout the San Diego area during Comic-Con 2012. This marks the fifth consecutive year for the popular room key program, giving fans instant access to usable — and collectible — pieces of artwork for upcoming shows like "Arrow," "666 Park Avenue" and "Revolution."

Over 40,000 branded room keys will be available to fans at 38 participating San Diego–area hotels, courtesy of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing. Details on the individual shows are as follows.

666 Park Avenue: Anything you desire can be yours … for a price. Lost’s Terry O’Quinn andDesperate Housewives’ Vanessa Williams headline this scary, seductive drama from Alloy Entertainment as the owners of a Manhattan apartment building who recruit an idealistic young couple to manage the historic site with a dark history. The series also stars Rachael Taylor ("Charlie’s Angels"), Dave Annable ("Brothers & Sisters"), Robert Buckley ("One Tree Hill"), Mercedes Masohn ("The Finder"), Helena Mattsson (Iron Man 2) and Samantha Logan ("Law & Order: SVU"). Matthew Miller ("Chuck"), David Wilcox ("Fringe"), Leslie Morgenstein ("The Vampire Diaries"), Gina Girolamo ("The Secret Circle") and Alex Graves ("Fringe") are the executive producers. Based upon the book series by Gabriella Pierce and from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, "666 Park Avenue" will air Sundays at 10/9c on ABC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "666 Park Avenue" session on Friday, July 13.

Arrow: From executive producers Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), Andrew Kreisberg ("Fringe") and David Nutter ("Smallville"), the hard-hitting action series "Arrow" reinvents the DC Comics hero. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a very lethal new set of skills that he uses in a war on crime. The series stars Stephen Amell ("Private Practice"), Colin Donnell ("Pan Am"), Katie Cassidy ("Supernatural"), David Ramsey ("Dexter"), Willa Holland ("The O.C.") with Susanna Thompson ("Dragonfly") and Paul Blackthorne ("The River"). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, "Arrow" is based upon characters appearing in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics and will air Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "Arrow" session on Friday, July 13.                                                                    

Revolution: What would you do without it all? In "Revolution", an epic adventure thriller from "Supernatural"’s Eric Kripke, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic landscape of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters where every single piece of technology — phones, computers, cars, even lights — has mysteriously blacked out … forever. Revolution stars Billy Burke (Twilight films), Tracy Spiridakos ("Being Human"), Anna Lise Phillips (Animal Kingdom), Zak Orth (Wet Hot American Summer), Graham Rogers ("Memphis Beat"), J.D. Pardo (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad"), David Lyons ("The Cape"), Maria Howell ("The Vampire Diaries") and Tim Guinee (Iron Man films) and is executive produced by Kripke, J.J. Abrams ("Fringe") and Bryan Burk ("Fringe"). Favreau directed the pilot and will serve as co-executive producer of the series, with Kathy Lingg ("Fringe") and producer Athena Wickham (Fringe). FromBonanza Productions Inc. in association with Bad Robot Productions, Kripke Enterprises and Warner Bros. Television, Revolution will air Mondays at 10/9c on NBC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the "Revolution" session on Saturday, July 14.

Jim Parsons and His Pal, Harvey

With this season of The Big Bang Theory wrapped up, and the new season not scheduled to start production until later this summer, everyone's favorite theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper...or as he's actually known, two-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons, is spending the summer with an invisble rabbit.  Well, he's playing the lead in a Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Harvey.

Parsons plays Elwood P. Dowd, a friendly but eccentric guy whose best friend is Harvey, a 6-foot, 3-and-a-half inch tall invisible rabbit.  His socially mortified family attempts to have Elwood committed, which goes all sorts of wrong, and hilarity ensues.  The role was made famous by James Stewart, who not only received an Oscar nomination for the film version of Harvey in 1950, he also played Elwood again in a Broadway revival in 1970.  Parsons revealed in a NY Times interview recently that he hasn't yet seen the film version, to avoid trying to make his performance an imitation of Stewart's.

Courtesy of BroadwayWorld, we now have a press reel of clips from the play, which are pretty damn funny.  Any Big Bang fans who want to see Parsons flex his stage chops should definitely check it out:

Yes, Mad Men fans, that was also Rich Sommer playing the sanitarium attendant.  Also in the cast are Jessica Hecht, Charles Kimbrough, and Carol Kane.

Harvey is previews now at NY's Studio 54, and will officially opened for a limited run from June 14 through August 5.

International Arrow Poster

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After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

Girls Of "The Catalina" Photo Shoot

The CW is going reality programming for their Summer fare. While Blair Waldorf and Zoe Hart enjoy their summer vacation the female employees at The Catalina are heating things up. Above is one of the shots of some of the female staff from a recent photo shoot courtesy of WWTDD. Head over to the site for some more photos.

The one in the middle happens to be my favorite of the three, upon some research her name is Victoria Serra. Not only is she a reality star but she is also a model from Miami, view her portfolio HERE.

With a nightlife as hot as the sun-soaked beaches, the new reality series "The Catalina" centers on the young, wild staff of The Catalina hotel in Miami's South Beach. Forming their own dysfunctional family unit, the fun-loving group works hard during the day, while at night, they party even harder than their guests.

The show will follow the group as they manage their relationships with each other, while working hard to create a fun, exciting experience for the guests at the hotel. When the group works and parties together, drama always ensues. The two pool bartenders Nancy and Kris used to date and still have to work together - which causes jealousy when Kris flirts with fellow staff and hotel guests. Bartender David does his best to fit in with his fellow co-workers, while pool cocktail server DeDe often serves as the voice of reason with the group.

Kung Fu, the hotel's popular restaurant, is always bustling and restaurant general manager Morgan is all business as she tries to keep things flowing. Luckily, she has her best friend Eyal, who serves as the restaurant bartender, to keep her sane in times of stress. The front desk team consists of Vicky and Karina, best friends who love to stay after work and party at the hotel - where trouble always follows. Meanwhile, hotel owner Nathan and general manager Stephanie work to maintain order and keep the guests happy with their experience. All of this is just a day's work for the employees of "The Catalina."

MTV To Bring "Scream" To Television

You think somebody might have thought of this years ago when Scream was still relevent, but according to TV Line MTV wants to bring the once hip slasher franchise to television. Seems like a putrid idea on paper to me, but I know that Awkward and Teen Wolf have enjoyed some success on Music Television. I'm picturing Undressed with blood and masks, and that is not a pretty picture.

The last film definitely underperformed at the box office compared to previous installments, so you think based on the past moves of Hollyweird's big wigs, a reboot would have been the next logical step if anything. Nope. I guess television. Will Deputy Dewey be in it? Will he be recast? I'm pretty sure David Arquette is only a phone call away. "Hello David, do you like bad television shows?"

Below is a look at what the opening credits might look like based off of the first film.