-The pilot of “Cult” is now on hulu.

-Here are the pilot reports for ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, and NBC.

( “Your password is boobs. It’s not exactly The Da Vinci Code.” )

-Margo Martindale will guest star on “New Girl.”
-John Noble (Fringe) will appear on “The Good Wife.”
-Frances Conroy, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will appear on “American Horror Story” in the third season.

( “Gotta thing for folding forms?” )

-HIMYM has been renewed for a ninth and final season.
-Christoph Waltz will host SNL with the Alabama Shakes as a musical guest.
-“Bomb Girls” will be on the weekend schedule.

( “It said 2037 on the bottom of your dream?” )

-“Girls” has a season 3.
-The CW picked up pilots for a retooled version of “The Selection” and “Company Town” about a naval scandal that tears a town in two.
-Maria Bello is leaving “Touch” after the second season.
-Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) is a series regular on “Beauty and the Beast” even though he hasn’t appeared yet.
-J.J. Abrams will direct ( Read more... )

-R.I.P. Conrad Bain.
-“Alphas” has been cancelled.

( “She needs your impractical empathy.” )

-The new horror series “Hemlock Grove” about a small town girl’s murder will have all its episodes premiere on Netlfix on April 19. This has been added to the midseason schedule.
-“I Get That A Lot” had a Larry Hagman appearance from before his death. It was sweet and funny.
-ABC is developing a show called “Mixology” from the writers of “The ( Read more... )

-R.I.P. Patti Page.
-Fox is developing a show called “Bob’s New Heart Show” about a surgeon who changes after a heart transplant.
-Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub, Chris Smith, and Jerry O’Connell all joined a CBS pilot about men in a rental complex after life changes.
-Sandra Bernhard will appear on “The Neighbors.”

( “A relationship has to be built on trust. Spying has taught me that.” )

-R.I.P. Charles Durning
-R.I.P. Jack Klugman
-I know I’m a little late but I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season, no matter what you’re celebrating. Even if you’re celebrating nothing at all.
-Christmas Eve and Christmas Day programs: “A Christmas Story,” “Nutcracker: A Motion Picture,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas ( Read more... )

-The 25 Funniest AutoCorrects of 2012 I know some of them are probably fake but they gave me a laugh.  I might use one in an upcoming quote of the days.
-Christmas Programs Last Week and today: “Frosty’s Winter Wonderland,” “Year Without A Santa Claus,” “Arthur Christmas,” and “A Christmas Carol (1984).”

( “Sadly I was unable to chop Carmen up into tiny pieces for the holiday.” )

-“Emily Owens M.D.” is cancelled.
-“The Inbetweeners” has been cancelled.
-Christmas Program of the Day was “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”

( “That’s a little joke that I use when I’m deadly serious.” )