Last Man Standing: "Home Improvement" Season 9 Promo (HD) (Final Season)

Here's the "Home Improvement" promo for the ninth and final season of Last Man Standing.

Last Man Standing: Episode 7x06 "The Courtship of Vanessa's Mother" Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for next week's episode, episode 7x06 "The Courtship of Vanessa's Mother". It looks like this is going to be a really funny episode. :)

Last Man Standing: Episode 7x04 "One Flew Into the Empty Nest" Promo (HD) (Halloween Episode)

Here's a promo for this Friday's episode, episode 7x04 "One Flew Into the Empty Nest". It looks like this is going to be a funny episode. :)

Last Man Standing: Episode 7x03 "Giving Mike the Business" Promo

Here's a promo for this Friday's episode, episode 7x03 "Giving Mike the Business". It looks like this is going to be a really funny episode. :)

Last Man Standing: Episode 7x02 "Man vs. Myth" Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for next week's episode, episode 7x02 "Man vs. Myth".

Last Man Standing: Season 5 Promo (HD)

Here's a promo for season 5 of Last Man Standing.

ABC Renews Shows for the 2013-2014 TV Season: Scandal, Grey’s, Nashville and More!-TVLine

According to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, ABC has renewed Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, Revenge, Castle, Once Upon a Time, Nashville, Modern Family, The Middle, Suburgatory and Last Man Standing for the 2013-2014 TV season. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some information on which shows ABC has canceled:

On the cancellation front, Malibu Country, Body of Proof, How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life), Red Widow and Happy Endings have been axed (full story on H.E.‘s demise here).

The fate of freshman sitcoms The Neighbors and Family Tools is TBD.

Link to the full article:ABC Renewed Shows 2013 — Scandal, Grey’s, Nashville and More! - TVLine



My thoughts: In terms of all the shows that ABC has renewed for the 2013-2014 TV season, most of these renewals don't come as a surprise to me. Although, I am kind of surprised that Nashville has been renewed despite what a lot of entertainment news reporters had been saying about the show's renewal chances. From where I'm standing, Nashville's ratings haven't been very good for most of the season, so I wasn't expecting it to be renewed. I've never watched Nashville before, but I'm definitely happy for the show's fans that it has been renewed.

Suburgatory's ratings weren't the greatest this year, so I was definitely kind of worried that the show might be canceled. I'll admit that it took a while for Suburgatory to grow on me, but I've really come to love the show, so I'm thrilled that it has been renewed as well. Suburgatory is an incredibly underrated show, if you ask me. Last Man Standing's renewal is a little bit surprising to me, but I do kind of like the show, so I'm glad that it has been renewed. I guess the ABC network executives were happy with Last Man Standing's ratings on Friday nights this past season. In terms of all the other shows that have been renewed, none of these renewals come as a surprise to me. With the exception of Castle, which I only watch occasionally, I watch all of these shows every week and consider them to be some of my favorite TV shows, so I'm really happy that they've all been renewed.

When it comes to the shows that ABC has canceled, the only cancellation that I'm truly upset about is Happy Endings, but I can't say that I didn't see the show's cancellation coming given how bad its ratings were this past season. In case I haven't already made it perfectly clear to anybody who reads my blog on a regular basis, Happy Endings is one of my top favorite comedies, so I really hope that the USA network does end up picking up the show for a fourth season like they've apparently expressed interest in doing. Happy Endings is a truly hilarious and underrated show, so I would hate to see it end now.

Last Man Standing: Drops Alexandra Krosney-TVLine

According to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, Alexandra Krosney has been let go from the show for creative reasons, and the role will be recast for season 2. Also, next season, Last Man Standing relocates to Fridays at 8/7c, where it will be paired with the new Reba McEntire sitcom Malibu Country.



Link to the full article:Last Man Standing Drops Alexandra Krosney -- Season 2 - TVLine

Kim Kardashian Cast on ABC's Last Man Standing-TVLine

Kim Kardashian is keeping company with a new Man.

The ubiquitous, newly single celebutante has booked a guest stint on ABC’s Last Man Standing, sources confirm to TVLine exclusively.

Naturally, Kardashian will be playing herself.

According to a Last Man insider, the plot finds Mandy — a.k.a. the reality-obsessed middle daughter of Tim Allen’s Mike — losing her you-know-what when she runs into her idol.

The episode, which is slated to air in February, marks Kardashian’s second sitcom appearance, having previously also played herself (in a daydream of Marshall’s) on How I Met Your Mother. She also has guest-starred on CSI: NY.

This article was written by Michael Ausiello.

Link to the original article:Kim Kardashian Cast on ABC's Last Man Standing

Hart of Dixie: Lemon, you self-centered little b… (My thoughts on episode 1x02 Parades & Pariahs)

I have that I loved this episode even more than the pilot, mainly because I feel like Zoe has gotten rid of some of what I consider a superiority complex, which makes her seem a lot more likable in my opinion, compared to when she was acting like a total snob. Now a lot of her behavior is mostly due to what I consider a case of culture shock or being like a fish out of water going from living in New York City to living in a small town like Bluebell, Alabama.

The main storyline of the episode was basically Zoe having to deal with people not accepting her as a member of the town now that they know she’s Dr. Harley Wilkes’ daughter. On top of that, Brick asked George to look at Harley’s will to see if he could find a loophole that would allow him to get Harley’s share of the practice from Zoe. Unfortunately for Zoe, George found one dictating that Zoe has to bring in at least thirty percent of the patients for the practice every billing quarter otherwise Brick can buy her out of her share of the practice. Zoe tried her best to convince people to let her treat them instead of Brick, which proved to be very challenging after she misdiagnosed a patient who experiencing paralysis in his legs as having a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre when his paralysis turned out to simply be the result of a tick bite, which Brick discovered.

In an effort to try and fit in with the rest of the people in town, Zoe accepted Lavon’s offer to ride with him on his float in the Founder’s Parade hoping that it would help her gain the town’s acceptance. She tried to help Wade with building the float for the parade, but he of course continued to give her a hard time, especially about misdiagnosing the guy with the tick bite.

Brick continued to cause trouble for Zoe, and he mocked her throughout the episode in addition to trying to keep her from convincing people to let her treat them. I have to say I found that very annoying and hypocritical on his part. He and the rest of the town were upset with Zoe for acting like she was better than them in the pilot episode, and yet in this episode he feels like he’s entitled to act like he’s better than Zoe because she’s from New York City. I think Brick really needs to get off his high horse.

I could say the same thing about Lemon because she continued to act like a self-absorbed bitch in this episode. Zoe treated a girl named Betty who was experiencing fainting spells, periodically losing her balance, and experiencing acute muscle weakness in her left arm. Betty confessed to Zoe that she had been diagnosed with M.S. the week before. Zoe told her not participate in the Founder’s Day parade, because doing so would most likely exacerbate her symptoms, but Betty told her that Lemon would be furious with her if she backed out of the parade. She told Betty that she could tell everyone that she injured her arm and wear a sling to help “sell’ her story since she didn’t want anybody to know that she has M.S.

Betty decided to ignore Zoe’s advice, because she told Zoe that back home in Huntsville she’s a loner, she’s shy and a nobody, but when she visits Bluebell every summer she’s a belle, which basically makes people be considered a star in town. Given her own outsider status, Zoe sympathized with her situation and gave her some pills that would help alleviate the muscle weakness, which Zoe told her to only take one three times a day because they are really strong. However, just before the parade Betty experienced another episode of muscle weakness and took a bunch of the pills all at once. During the parade she started to experience another bad case of dizziness as a result of taking more than one of the pills, which Zoe noticed and told Wade that she needed to create a distraction so she could get to Betty. She began to fight with him for control of the steering wheel of the tractor that was pulling Lavon’s float, and Zoe ended up causing the float to crash and ruin the whole parade. I’m not sure if Zoe crashing the float was the diversion that she was trying to crash or she was trying to do something else to distract people and crashing the float was an accident. My guess is that she was intentionally trying to cause the float to crash.

Zoe treated Betty, but everybody in town was furious with her for ruining the parade, especially Lemon. Zoe tried to apologize to Lemon, but since she had to respect Betty’s confidentiality, she couldn’t tell Lemon the reason why she caused the float to crash. Lemon refused to accept Zoe’s apology and used her status in town as a belle to make the people in town hate Zoe even more. I have to say that I’m already completely sick of Lemon’s “Me, me, me!” attitude. All she seems to care about is herself. After the parade was ruined, she asked George to find some legal grounds that she could use to sue Zoe, but he basically ignored her request and told her to calm down. I seriously don’t understand why George wants to marry Lemon at all. I know that he told Zoe that she used to be really nice, but she’s clearly not that person anymore. Since Lemon apparently has a history with Lavon, I’m hoping that George will dump her once he finds out about it. I just pray that the truth comes out soon rather than later, because Lemon doesn’t deserve George. George definitely deserves a woman who is much better than Lemon. I’m not saying it necessarily has to be Zoe, because I think I like the chemistry between Zoe and Wade more. I just want George to be with someone else.

I have to admit that as much as I hate Lemon, I did feel a little bit of sympathy for her after I watched the scene between Lemon and Brick at the end of the episode. Apparently Lemon’s mother walked out on her and Brick twelve years ago and every year around the time of the parade she finds herself hoping that her mother will come back and see her on the Belles’ float since they used to ride on the float together before she left. Despite learning this, I still hate Lemon quite a bit, because I just think she’s a major bitch, and not the kind you love to hate like Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. I don’t love to hate Lemon, I simply hate her.

Rose (The girl that’s fascinated with living in New York City and is a big fan of the TV show Sex and the City) asked Zoe for advice about how to deal with a boy she likes, and at the end of the episode the boy she likes came to talk to her. Things were a little awkward between them at first, but Wade who was working on a tractor nearby mentioned a comic book series that he knew they both liked, and then Rose and the boy began to talk about it and really hit off.

At the end of the episode, Emmeline told Zoe that she was leaving Bluebell to run a bakery in Shreveport with her daughter that they had bought shortly before Harley died, but she had been stayed in Bluebell to look after the practice after he died. Emmeline told her that she felt was ready enough for her to finally leave Bluebell to join her daughter. Of course, this whole story with Emmeline was because they had to write Nancy Travis out of the show now that she’s on Last Man Standing.

Zoe was worried that she’ll lose her share of the practice without Emmeline there to help her since everybody hates her even more now after she ruined the parade, but Emmeline told her that sacrificing her chance of getting the town to accept her in order to help Betty was Harley to the core. Emmeline also gave Zoe Harley’s notes on all of his patients, because she felt like the essence of who Harley was is in the files and reading them will help people respect Zoe more as a doctor. The episode ended with Zoe visiting an old lady that she had dismissed as being a hypochondriac earlier in the episode and they began to bond over the fact that they didn’t have any family in town and their mutual love of peach pie.

All in all, I have to say that I absolutely loved this episode for the most part. The only thing that really brought down my level of enjoyment of this episode was definitely Lemon and Brick. I get that they are both around to create conflict for Zoe, but I just find them very unlikable and annoying.

All that being said, I give this episode of rating of an A-.

Justified Season 3 Casts Desmond Harrington, Psych Sets Season 6.5 Premiere-TVLine

Imagine our surprise when we popped in the upcoming Justified Season 3 premiere (not-so-subtle brag intended) and Desmond Harrington appeared on the screen.

It turns out the Dexter star has a (formerly) top-secret guest spot on the FX drama’s season opener, and while we can’t say much, we can tell you this: Harrington’s character is a total badass boasting a deep Southern accent and ties to Jere Burns’ Wynn Duffy (who is back in a big way this winter).

For now, the role is a one-off gig, but this is Justified, so you never know when someone might resurface.

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

• Psych, which just aired its fall finale this week, now has a return date: Season 6.5 is set to premiere Wednesday, Feb. 29, per E! Online.

• Melrose Place alum Colin Egglesfield will co-star on Lifetime’s upcoming series adaptation of The Client List, Deadline reports, playing Jennifer Love Hewitt’s brother-in-law.

• Sopranos/Entourage alumna Jamie-Lynn Sigler will guest-star on an upcoming episode of ABC’s Last Man Standing, TV Guide Magazine reports, playing Hector Elizondo’s businesswoman daughter.

• The family of Clint Eastwood — yes, that Clint Eastwood — is said to be shooting a reality series for E! According to TMZ, the Oscar winner’s wife and two daughters are hard at work on a show that aims to “explore what it’s like to live in a family of ‘Hollywood royalty.’”


• Former supermodel and America’s Next Top Model judge Janice Dickinson is launching a London-based reality series, titled Sober Model House, TheInsider.com reports. It’s about… well, the name is pretty self-explanatory.

• Beverly Hills, 90210 alumna Jennie Garth and Bachelor also-ran Melissa Rycroft have nabbed reality shows on CMT, respectively. I Love Jennie follows Garth’s move from Los Angeles to a farm in Central California, while Melissa and Tye: A New Reality examines Rycroft’s pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

• MTV has ordered 20-episode second seasons of the reality series FriendZone and The Substitute, per The Hollywood Reporter.

• CBS News will revive Person to Person, the ground-breaking interview series created by news legend Edward R. Murrow, on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8/7c. CBS This Morning‘s Charlie Rose and 60 Minutes Correspondent Lara Logan have been named co-hosts.

This article was written by Megan Masters.

Link to the original article:Justified Season 3 Casts Desmond Harrington, Psych Sets Season 6.5 Premiere

Last Man Standing Casts Nick Jonas in Season 1-TVLine

Nick Jonas is ditching his squeaky-clean persona on ABC’s Last Man Standing.

TVLine has learned exclusively that the pop star has booked a guest appearance on the freshman comedy playing Ryan, the oft-mentioned deadbeat dad of Mike’s (Tim Allen) young grandson.

The hard-to-like character’s surprise appearance in Last Man‘s Christmas-themed episode challenges Mike to suppress his inner-Scrooge and forgive the young man for his past mistakes.

Jonas — who last season guest starred in an episode of Matthew Perry’s short-lived Mr. Sunshine — most recently starred alongside brothers Joe and Kevin on Disney’s Jonas.

This article was written by Megan Masters.

Link to the original:Last Man Standing Casts Nick Jonas in Season 1

ABC Gives Full-Season Orders to Once Upon a Time, Happy Endings and Last Man Standing-TVLine

ABC on Thursday granted full-season orders to two more of its freshman series — Once Upon a Time and Last Man Standing — as well as the sophomore comedy Happy Endings.

The Alphabet network also ordered five more scripts for the first-year drama Pan Am, which after a few turbulent weeks of ratings dips seems to have stabilized in its most recent flights.

Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Once Upon a Time‘s Paternity Mystery and More!

Once Upon a Time — which premiered very strongly (giving ABC its best Sunday-at-8 numbers in more than three years) and held steady in its second outing — and Last Man Standing represent the third and fourth ABC freshman series to be offered full rides, following Revenge and Suburgatory.

Happy Endings First Look: ‘Red Band’ Trailer Recaps Season 2′s Naughtiest Moments

Happy Endings, meanwhile, in its past two airings has set and matched all-time highs in the coveted 18-49 demo.

This article was written by Matt Webb Mitovich.

Link to the original article:ABC Gives Full-Season Orders to Once Upon a Time, Happy Endings and Last Man Standing - TVLine