USA has announced that it will not pick up ABC’s canceled comedy Happy Endings. While the show has had strong critical support, USA felt that it did not have the necessary ratings to justify a pick up. NBC, TBS, Netflix, and Amazon are reportedly still interested.
When the president forces a government shutdown, Selina is blamed. She loses control emotionally and does not know what to do, causing her to start taking anti-depressants. Due to the government shutdown, a man is killed by a bear, and Selina’s office feels responsible.
Kevin interrupts Jackie’s date with Frank. Jackie has trouble controlling Grace as her daughter continues to lie and see her boyfriend behind her mother’s back. In a touching closing scene, we see Jackie finally make a sincere confession and apology to Kevin regarding her behavior towards him and the girls.
Matt Smith has announced his exit from the popular BBC program Doctor Who. The eleventh Doctor will make his exit at the end of the year, clearing the way for another actor to portray the iconic character.
IFC’s new comedy The Spoils of Babylon rounds off its casting with Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Tobey Maguire, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, Tim Robbins, and Kristen Wigg. They will join Will Ferrell in the epic novel adaptation parody which will premiere in early 2014.
“A Tale of Two Cities” splits its time between the agency in New York and Don and Roger’s trip to California. As a whole the episode is an excellent hour of television, but the storylines that focus on the office drama prove to be more effective and interesting than Don and Roger’s jaunt to Beverly Hills.
On the two-hour season 3 premiere of The Killing, “The Jungle/That You Fear Most,” we find Linden drawn back into police work when former partner Holder is assigned the case of a murdered prostitute whose death strongly parallels one of Linden’s old cases. A group of homeless teenagers have ties to the dead girl, and one of their members may be the killer’s next victim. A death row inmate may be facing execution for a crime he didn’t commit.
