THUD

THUD, or Television Happenings Under Development as it’s known to geniuses, is CHUD.com’s signature television column. The column offers insight, news, and snark aplenty on the tube known to its friends and family as “Boob”.

THUD: UPFRONT SPECIAL (ABC)

Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That event is this week, and while I’m not currently … Continue reading

THUD: UPFRONT SPECIAL (NBC)

Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That event is this week, and while I’m not currently … Continue reading

THUD: ADIOS, ALBRECHT

Since I’ve been writing this column, I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a weekly feature called “The Dumbest Person In Television” where I single out a character, actor, personality, or behind-the-scenes talent who has done something incredibly stupid and/or pissed me off during the week.  Like during American Idol Gives Back, when Simon and … Continue reading

THUD: TV NEWS ROUNDUP – 5.05.07

LOST: ALL WILL BE REVEALED…OR WILL IT? It looks like the brain trust behind Lost is serious about not falling into the same holding pattern as The X-Files, dragging the central mysteries between pretty people on a pretty fucked up island out for as long as humanly possible. The “ever-reliable” Kristin from E! (you know, … Continue reading

THUD: BUILDING A BIGGER ‘OFFICE’

As its third season winds down and the upfronts approach, NBC is planning big changes for The Office. According to Thursday’s Variety, the Emmy-award winning series and second-most watched comedy on tv (in the 18-49 demo, it’s behind only Two and a Half Men) is being groomed to assume the fabled timeslot held by Cheers, … Continue reading

THUD: TV NEWS ROUNDUP – 5.02.07

NOT-SO-SWEET STUDIO 60  The Aaron Sorkin After School Special, which was the most anticipated drama of the 2006-2007 television season back when we all knew it as Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is, at last, coming back to television. The show, which, after a solid start, soon became the Monday night trainwreck of choice … Continue reading