Veronica Mars Renewed!

Just a quick update from the high seas to shout from the rooftops that Veronica Mars will be back for a third season. I hope this comes as wonderful news if you have not already heard. Veronica Mars will be a part of the new CW schedule on Tuesday nights at 9pm eastern following Gilmore Girls. But, the renewal comes with one catch, the season (and presumably the show) can be cancelled after 13 episodes if the ratings are low. This would be such a huge disappointment so please get everyone you know to watch Veronica Mars this fall!

Going Away

Just so you know I'll be gone on vacation for about a week and there will not be any updates. When I get back there should be plenty of news about the upfronts and the fall schedule. In case you missed my earlier posting of the upfront schedule I have it posted below. Also in the meantime, here is a repost of the remaining finales that are sceduled to air this season.

2006 Network Upfront Schedule
Monday, May 15th (4pm): NBC
Tuesday, May 16th, (morning): MyNetworkTV
Tuesday, May 16th, (4pm): ABC
Wednesday, May 17th, (4pm): CBS
Thursday, May 18th, (mid to late morning): The CW
Thursday, May 18th, (4pm): FOX

Finale Schedule
May 14 (Sunday): L&O: CI, Malcom, Simpsons, Survivor, West Wing
May 15 (Monday): How I Met YM, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, Prision Break
May 16 (Tuesday): Boston Legal, L&O: SVU, NCIS, Scrubs, The Unit
May 17 (Wednesday): Amazing Race, Bones, CSI: NY, Invasion
May 17 (Continued): America's Next Top Model, Law & Order
May 18 (Thursday): CSI, ER, The OC, Will & Grace, Without a Trace
May 19 (Friday): Close to Home, Conviction, Numbers
May 21 (Sunday): Charmed, Cold Case, Desperate Housewives
May 22 (Monday): 24, Alias, The Apprentice, CSI: Miami, Deal or No Deal
May 22 (Continued): King/Queens, Medium, Old Christine, Two & Half Men
May 23 (Tuesday): House
May 24 (Wednesday): American Idol, Lost
June 4 (Sunday): Big Love, The Sopranos
June 5 (Monday): Everwood

Veronica Mars Season 2 Repeats

I just wanted to let you all know that beginning Tuesday, May 16th at 9pm UPN is rerunning the complete second season of Veroncia Mars. From what I have heard the entire season will be shown this summer with some back to back showings to get all 22 episodes in before fall. This is a great opportunity to catch up on missed episodes or a way to watch and catch clues about the mysteries and Beaver's evilness. Either way its a chance to watch a great show and get ready for season 3 (fingers crossed).

RW/RR Fresh Meat Challenge Update

The premiere date for this Real World/ Road Rules Fresh Meat Challenge has been set and it will begin on Monday, May 29th. The cast list has been released as well. Here is the list of returning favorites and new "fresh meat" members courtesy of rrrwblog.com. It appears that one "fresh" will be paired with a veteran.

Returning Cast Members:
Coral (Back To New York)
Danny (Austin)
Darrell (Campus Crawl)
Derrick (Extreme)
Johanna (Austin)
Katie (The Quest)
Melinda (Austin)
Shane (Campus Crawl)
Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour)
Tina (South Pacific)
Tonya (Chicago)
Wes (Austin)

New Cast Members:
Aviv, 21 - Columbus, OH
Casey, 18 - Houston, TX
Chanda, 21 - Huntington, NY
Diem, 25 - West Hollywood, CA
Eric, 23 - Nicholasville, KY
Ev, 18 - Harrison, NY
Evan, 20 - Ithica, NY
Jesse, 19 - Albuquerque, NM
Johnnie, 24 - Brooklyn, NY
Kenny, 22 - Cedar Grove, NJ
Linette, 21 - Palmetto, FL
Ryan, 24 - New York, NY

Survivor Panama Episode 14 (finale) Spoilers

CBS did a nice little trick by not showing us the outcome of the fire making tiebreaker challenge but its very likely that the spoiler I posted yesterday will come true and Cirie will be the one who does not make it to the final 3.

This would confirm my long range spoilers it will be Aras, Terry and Danielle in the final 3. It appears that Aras wins the final 3 endurance immunity challenge on a colored incline and chooses Danielle to go to the finals with him. As for who wins, there was been information for both Aras and Danielle taking home the $million but my money is on Aras. Danielle has a few too many enemies to make the vote come out in her way. The winner on Survivor is always hardest to spoil because very few actually have that information but I'll trust the spoilers on this one and say Aras will be the winner.

Survivor Panama Episode 13 Spoilers

Its time for the final 4 on Survivor. Usually the final 4 would be part of the finale but CBS has decided to go back to season 2's format of beginning the finale with 3. The finale will air on Sunday.

Unfortunately, I do not have any information about the challenges but its rumored that the winner of the reward challenge gets to visit the Panama Canal.

At tribal council its speculated that there is a tie in the vote between Cirie and Danielle. They are forced to compete in a sudden death fire making challenge and it seems that Danielle wins and sends Cirie packing. It is possible that the hidden immunity idol will come into play at this tribal council because it will be useless once they hit the final 3. Aras and Terry are for sure making the final 3.

The OC Death

There is rampant speculation about who is going to be the big death on the season finale of the OC next week, That 70's Show is having a 2 hour series finale this week. My information tells that Sandy is going to have a heart attack and will be in bad shape for most of the episode. Weather or not Sandy is the one who dies is another story and one I do not have an answer to. Other theories have come out saying that Marissa is the one who dies from a drug overdose because Mischa Barton is unhappy playing a teen in angst and wants to get her movie career started. Personally I don't think either of these two are going to die. The OC has a tendency to let some characters die but they have never been main ones. With a main cast list so small I doubt they would let either Sandy or Marissa go, although Marissa may not be a series regular next year. My prediction for the big death is that Volchok's stay on the OC will have a dramatic end if you know what I mean.

Rescue Me 3.08 Spoilers

This episode will air July 25, 2006.

The episode opens with the crew on a call. Tommy and Lou have a conversation with a police officer Lt. John Stackhouse, Stack for short. They give each other just general pleasantries and friendly ribbing.

Later on Lou is drunk at a bar being pretty miserable. Mike is there too as they continue to drink. Meanwhile, Tommy is at the hockey rink still sobbing away. The guys at the rink think he is nuts.

Maggie and Sean are talking about getting married. Maggie wants to elope and just go down to city hall but Sean gets a little sentimental and actually wants a wedding. Another wedding is taking place as well. This one is Teddy and his conjugal visit bride named Ellie. Tommy is at the ceremony that takes place at the prison. Since Ellie does not have any family, it is her ex prison husband named Snake to walk her down the aisle. Ellie divorced Sanke once he got off of death row and became a free man. Snake is still upset about Ellie leaving him and he keeps making snide comments during the ceremony. Teddy gets upset and has a scuffle with Sanke. That promptly ends the ceremony and Teddy loses his conjugal "wedding night" visit but makes sure they are hitched before going back to his cell. It seems Ellie will be back the following week.

Meanwhile, Lou for some reason has just found an abundance of happiness and spies a couple going into what looks like a regular gym. When Lou gets inside he sees that it is an Asian style yoga gym. A yoga instructor named Epiphany greets Lou and offers a free workout. Lou thinks yoga will be easy but soon will find out he does not know what he got himself into.

At the same time, Franco goes into a bar hoping to meet a chick to take home for one night. Instead he meets someone named Nicole who he really likes. The end up in the sack later on and Franco is surprised at his feelings of intimacy and honesty. Nicole gets up to use the restroom and finds Keela's room instead. Keela's room is still just the way it was left in episode 5, it seems something has happened to Keela.

Mike and Chris seem to be having a rough spot in their relationship. Mike isn't honest to Chris about what he is doing but at the same time Chris is having an affair with some neighbor guy.

Tommy is having issues of his own as Angie has some guy named Sebastian beat him up. Angie is also upset that Tommy told Johnny to divorce her. Later on Tommy goes to visit Stack in the hospital. It seems that something went very wrong on a call and he is in the burn unit with both legs missing. The episode ends with Tommy at Stack's bedside.

Its Veronica Mars Finale Day

Today is the day we have all been anticipating, its the day of the Veronica Mars finale and nobody is more excited than me. If even half of the spoilers come true, this episode is sure to be a wild ride. I do not know how they plan to get everything into a 40 minute show but they always do and it amazes me. Ratings have not been great but last week Veronica Mars has 2.33 million viewers, which is decent considering the show was preempted in New York again. Tonight there will be no preemptions that I am aware of and hopefully the show will draw in great ratings. This has been your weekly reminder to watch at 9pm on UPN. Hopefully you did not need to be reminded though!

Here is the official press release from UPN: "After learning the identity of the perpetrator responsible for the bus crash, Veronica hurries to warn others, but ends up putting herself in an extremely perilous situation. Meanwhile, Keith enlists Veronica's help in his ongoing investigation of Woody (guest star Steve Guttenberg) and asks her go undercover to get some vital information from Woody's lawyer. Later, when graduation day finally comes around, Neptune seniors celebrate at a huge party at the Neptune Grand on the season finale of VERONICA MARS, Tuesday, May 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN.. John Kretchmer directed the episode from a script written by series' creator and Executive Producer Rob Thomas, and John Enbom."

And please don't forget to look to the skies if you live in the Los Angeles area for the renew Veronica Mars plane!

CSI Episode 23 Spoilers

This is part one of the two part finale that will air on May 11, 2006. I already wrote up part 2 and posted it on 4.17.06.

The episode opens with gunfire and a chase in a casino. Warrick is there and he is helping the security officers chase down the guy. The guy being chased shoots a security officer and then grabs a woman and heads into an elevator. When security gets the cameras up they see that all elevators are empty and the guy is missing.

Then the episode shifts to what happened 15 hours ago. The crew is all at a suburban house where there has been a very messy gruesome murder. The dead body is of a woman named Janice and it appears she was shot in the face.

Later on Grissom is talking to a Dr. Robbins about the one that got away. Grissom had given his grandmother's ring to a woman named Corinne Daly and asked her to marry him. It all ended when Grissom got the ring back.

Back on the case Sara and Brass interrogate a man named Timothy Johnson who was Janice's gardener. After a couple rounds if questions we learn that Timothy was sleeping with Janice. Her husband came home while they were in the middle of something so Timothy hid in the closet and lost his sock. Once the coast was clear Timothy left but did not see if Janice was dead or alive at that time.

Meanwhile, Nick and Warrick are lifting some finger prints and Nick calls a hooker named Sally to come meet him. Once she arrives, Nick interrogates her and comes to find that one of Sally's clients was Janice's husband, Willie. Sally says that Willie had a lot of cash with him and offered to take her to Hawaii and she still has the brochure. Catherine goes to the travel agency but it is closed.

Later on the crew goes to investigate a taxi company. A taxi driver says that he drove some guy around all night who just kept giving the driver money. The crew assumed it was Willie in the cab all night but instead it was someone related to him named Sammy. A close up reveals that this passenger had a gun with him.

By this time al 15 hours between the casino chase scene and the investigation have elapsed and both plot lines are running at the same time as each other. Warrick is investigating at the casino. Meanwhile Willie enters the casino and gets into a scuffle with a random person at the casino. This is when a security officer intervenes and gets shot. Willie takes off running through the casino.

We find out that Willie has the woman from the elevator held hostage in one of the casino hotel rooms. Brass is going in to try to negotiate with Willie.

Back at the lab Catherine and Nick track Willie's casino play from earlier in the day. It seems that Willie was winning at blackjack but the pit boss lowered his limit because they suspected something fishy. This upset Willie who then later explains to Brass that he started losing after the encounter and called up his brother Sammy. Sammy came to pick Willie up and take him home but then that is when Willie found Janice in bed with the gardener. Willie and Janice had a fight and Sammy kills Janice. Brass tells Willie that Sammy has been arrested and Willie wants to speak with him by phone. Brass asks Willie to point the gun at him instead of the hostage.

Meanwhile, Warrick is investigating the table where Willie was playing at earlier and the pit boss who spoke to him. Warrick is also looking for his wife Tina. Later on Warrick spots Tina and freaks out when he sees someone suspicious approaching her. False alarm, they are still looking for Sammy.

Spoiler Hints for Veronica Mars Finale

Just a couple more spoilers to tide us over until the big Veronica Mars finale on Tuesday. These are the fill in the blank statments that the media has been asked not to reveal about the finale. Michael Ausellio from TV Guide was kind enough to give us the statements in a fill in the blank game. All the spoiler information has been collected and this seems to be the best guess for what we can expect in the finale. The bolded words are filling in the blanks.

1. Weevil is arrested at graduation.

2. Mac tells Veronica that Beaver has made a call.

3. What transpires at the Neptune Grand rooftop.

4. Anything that would indicate that Beaver is the suspect.

5. That Veronica looks at the little league picture and figures out who the missing person is.

6. Anything that reveals that Veronica and Logan are romantically linked at the end of the episode.

7. Keith captures Woody.

8. Vinnie Van Lowe is in jail.

9. Aaron and Kendall have sex.

10. Aaron is killed by Clarence Weidman.

11. Duncan has ordered the hit on Aaron Echolls.

12. Kendall's lawyer tells her she’s rich.

13. Please do not reveal anything of Jackie in New York.

14. Keith fails to show up at the airport and leaves Veronica waiting.

Rescue Me 3.07 Spoilers

This episode will air July 18, 2006

The episode opens with Jerry arriving at the firehouse and finds out that the crew has been exiled from the building while people from headquarters are doing a porno search. Jerry becomes upset when he sees someone he knows is running the search. Jerry knocks the clipboard out of this man's hands and then Jerry gives him a lecture about how his men save lives and deserve to have access to porn on occasion. But in the end the search turns up nothing and the people from headquarters leave.

Tommy and Colleen are having a meeting with her school therapist. The therapist, Dr. Klien, is getting nowhere with Colleen and she leaves the room. Once Colleen is gone Tommy asks Dr. Klein about a sudden uncontrollable crying condition that Tommy has but is pretending that Colleen is the one who is experiencing it. Tommy rules out the doctor's suggestions of hormones and inability to express emotion and settles on the reason of survivor's guilt. Tommy asks for medication to fix it.

Meanwhile, the crew is at the firehouse and it appears that something has happened that is going to cost at least $1,800 to fix. It seems that a large amount of money is missing. Later on it appears that Birdie took Jerry's money and Tommy is going to come up with something to get it back. Even later we find out that Birdie's car is missing but he still isn't willing to negotiate with Jerry.

A couple of detectives visit Lou. It seems that Candy has been arrested but they need someone to press charges against her or else she will get out of jail. Lou is their last chance to get Candy but Lou wants doesn't want to deal with it. The detectives ask Lou to at least consider it. Later on Lou has decided to stick it to Candy and testify against her.

Maggie and Sean are still trying to have a relationship. It seems that Maggie likes it when Sean is really aggressive so Sean roughs up some stranger on the street to impress Maggie. Later on Sean gets a little too cocky and ends up getting in a scuffle with a guy larger than him and a guy with mace.

Later on Mike is out at a bar and is chatting with a girl named Paula. Chris comes over and threatens Mike not to do anything with Paula. Mike confronts Chris about some underwear he found under the bed but Chris says they don't mean anything. Later that night Mike and Paula are in bed and he confesses that he has been living with Chris and receiving blow jobs but is not gay. Paula then offers to help Mike through his situation.

Love Veronica Mars? Look to the Skies!

In honor to celebrate the second season finale and to ensure a season 3 on the CW, a group of Veronica Mars fans on Television Without Pity and Live Journal have banded together and are planning some pretty cool things to happen in the next couple of days. Veronica Mars inspired t-shirts, care packages, and floral bouquets will be sent to decision makers at the CW, its parent companies, and influential people in the media. This is all leading up to the big Cloud Watchers (CW) event on May 9th. During the peak rush hours (along the 405), an airplane will fly the skies between the UPN offices in Los Angeles and the future site of the CW headquarters, showing network officials the way to their new home in Burbank. The banner will read "RENEW VERONICA MARS! CW 2006! It should be quite a treat for those of you who live in Los Angeles and can witness this first hand.

Over $5,000 has been raised by fans at TWoP and in addition to the Cloud Watchers campaign, these fine folks have set up a DVD campaign as well. They are going to donate DVD sets to local libraries in some of the largest television markets in the US. If you would like to help out with a monetary donation or a set of Veronica Mars DVDs please visit this website for more information. http://community.livejournal.com/cloud_watchers/

These efforts need as much media and internet coverage as possible so please forward this post or let as many people know about Cloud Watchers and the DVD campaign as possible!

What About Brian Unaired Finale Spoilers

Originally I was hoping to post spoilers for the unaired episode that was supposed to be 107 but the information has since disappeared before I could get it. However, I do have information on what was supposed to happen in the original finale of What About Brain that would be episode 108. Currently its not looking good for a pick up next season of this show so perhaps this can be used as closure.

The episode opens with Dave and Deena hosting a dinner party for the couples Brain & Lisa B and Adam & Marjorie. Both couples are absent and the kids have filled their seats with stuffed animals. Dave and Deena have no idea why everyone is late.

It seems that Marjorie and Adam have had some sort of fight and they are broken up. Marjorie is working straight shifts at the hospital and won't go home, she hasn't been there in 5 days. Later on Adam goes to find Marjorie at the hospital but she had a Dr. Gael drive her to a friend's house. We also find out that Adam does not get the partnership but neither does Piedmont.

Dave sees Richard and starts a fist fight with him. The kids' nanny comes over and breaks it up. Later on Dave comes home with the kids looking pretty bad and has to explain to Deena what happened. It seems that the cops got involved. Dave also gets a huge job offer from Suzanne to leave Zap Monkey and his partnership with Brian. Later on Brian finds out about Dave's job offer and is hurt but seems ok with it. We also find out Dave and Suzanne had an affair but Dave thinks its less hurtful to Denna than hers with Richard because Deena can't visualize Suzanne and Dave together. Dave and Deena are trying to make it work but are having a hard time getting over the affairs.

Meanwhile at work Nicole receives news that a woman named Brenda is going to let Nicole and Angelo adopt her baby. They must rush out of town for the birth of their daughter. Just as the baby is born, the birth father named Caleb comes to see Brenda and tells Nicole and Angelo that they had no reason to come. Caleb pretty much wants Angelo to pay his off so that they can keep the baby. Angelo agrees but calls someone and speaks Italian but its just Brian on the other end. It seems like Brain and Angelo are figuring out a plan.

Veronica Mars Season 2 DVD Info

Warner Brothers has just announced that the season 2 set of Veronica Mars DVDs will go on sale on Tuesday, August 22nd. Season 2's DVD set will have the bonus features we were all missing in season 1's set such as a behind the scenes featurette and gag reel in addition to some deleted scenes. In the press release it was stated that the timing of the DVDs is supposed to coincide with the launch of the CW on September 18th and premiere of season 3 of Veronica Mars. While no official pick up has been announced by the CW, it is very encouraging news that the DVD release is timed this way in order for new viewers to catch up on seasons 1 and 2. What is even more encouraging is that Warner Brothers mentioned a season 3 in their own press release. I for one as very excited about this news and am marking my calendar for the season 2 release date.

Updated 5.07.06

Survivor Panama Episode 12 Spoilers

Its time for the family visit in Survivorland and this time more than one tribemate gets to see their family. The twist is that whomever gets set to Exile Island will not be able to spend time with their loved one. It appears that Aras is the one who gets the short end of the stick and is angry that everyone, especially Terry, did this to him. As for the immunity challenge, it is speculated that Terry wins again and it is Shane who is the one to go home just missing out on the final 4.

Veronica Mars Graduates!

Here is a photo from the Veronica Mars finale courtesy of Warner Brothers/UPN. Leading up to next week's finale I hope to share some more pictures from the graduation with you all. It should be a week of anticipation as we count down the minutes until what should be the best finale of the year.

More Top Chef

More great news about one of my new favorite Reality shows! BRAVO has announced that they will be extending the finale of Top Chef for one week from Mat 17th to May 24th and adding a reunion show which would likely air the following week. The best part of this news is that BRAVO has also renewed Top Chef for a second season. How delicious!

Don't miss Veronica Mars tonight!

This is your weekly reminder to watch Veronica Mars tonight at 9pm eastern on UPN. Ratings were more of the same last week at around 2 million due to more preemptions in NYC and the same is happening tonight. Veronica Mars really needs your support if you want to see a season 3 so make sure you get everyone you know to tune in tonight. I'm really looking forward to this episode because there will be a lot happening and we will finally get some answers!

Here is the official episode description and press release about tonight's episode from UPN:

"Happy Go Lucky" -- "As Aaron Echolls' (guest star Harry Hamlin) trial is about to conclude, tensions rise as Veronica, Keith and Logan take the witness stand to testify against him. Meanwhile, after Veronica finds a suspicious e-mail in Woody's (guest star Steve Guttenberg) computer, Keith turns to Sheriff Lamb with evidence to arrest Woody, but Lamb refuses, believing that Keith is trying to turn him into a laughing stock. Also, to everyone's surprise, Neptune High's janitor Lucky brings a gun into school with the intent to find Gia, on VERONICA MARS, Tuesday, May 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN. Steve Gomer directed the episode from a script written by Diane Ruggiero."

Desperate Housewives 2.24 Spoilers

This is the second part of the two hour season finale that will air on May 21, 2006.

Susan needs money badly and is pitching a children's book idea about a green jelly bean to a man named Topher. He seems to think the idea is nice but kids won't believe it because they will just want to eat the jelly bean. Susan continues attempting to sell her idea but in the end Topher does not change his mind.

A man, possibly Karl, is shopping for a very large engagement ring.

There is another flashback to when Andrew was young. This time he is 8 years old and brew is making Andrew read a written apology over the intercom at a store after he his caught stealing. At the end of his speech, Andrew says that he hates his mother but not his father.

A female has been checked into a mental hospital, it appears to be either Bree or Felicia. She checked herself in voluntarily but is being treated like a psychopath. She must be restrained by leather straps but tried unsuccessfully to convince an orderly to loosen them. She then has a conversation with a Dr. Barr about how she is not crazy and should not be treated as such.