The loss of The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud is Lost fans’ gain. TV Guide scoopmeister Michael Ausiello reports that, after the failure of the pilot, Cynthia Watros will be back next season to reprise the role of Libby (presumably in flashbacks): “She’ll be in enough of the show for us to fill in [...]

Good for the Panthers or bad for the Panthers? NBC Photo: Bill Records NBC says all the right things in its announcement that, this fall, it will make downloads of its shows available for free through the NBC Direct service. Viewers today want “more control,” says Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President of NBC Digital Entertainment. [...]

SPOILER ALERT: This post reveals the winners of the bleach-drinking contest and barefoot broken-glass race on last night’s Kid Nation, as well as which child was exiled to Starving Coyote Mountain. MONTY BRINTON/CBS As you may have guessed, there were no bleach-drinking or broken-glass competitions on last night’s Kid Nation premiere, although who knows what [...]

I thought I’d try something this fall premiere season and, instead of just reviewing shows here, put up open threads for your postmortems on the previous night’s debuts. Why should I have to do all the work here? Last night: Back to You and Gossip Girl, which I reviewed earlier, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, [...]