In BuddyTV's 2007 Fall TV Guide, we diligently went through all the new shows to uncover the common trends of the new season. The three main trends we found fall into the following categories: Canceled, but Not Forgotten, Revenge of the Nerds, and Chucks, Trannies, and “Young Folks.”
If you're anything like me, there's a hole in your Tuesday night viewing schedule where
Gilmore Girls and
Veronica Mars used to be. But never fear, because even though those two great shows are gone, their casts and creators live on all over the new fall TV season. Here's a quick rundown of where to get your
GG/
VM fix.
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meimei42 said:
It was Gilmore Girl's time to go, but I will miss having them. Veronica Mars I loved dearly but its time t...
For
Gilmore Girls, the big names are
Scott Patterson (Luke) showing up as the father in
Aliens in America and
Melissa McCarthy (Sookie) who puts her sassy best friend routine to work in
Samantha Who? With these two shows airing on the same night, Monday is the new Tuesday for Stars Hollow lovers. It's even got Jess Mariano (
Milo Ventimiglia) posing as one of the
Heroes. For more fun,
Viva Laughlin stars Madchen Amick, who played Christopher's other baby momma, Sherry.
Gilmore Girls patriarch
Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore) will be visiting Seattle Grace Hospital in a recurring guest role on
Grey's Anatomy.
If you care to look behind the scenes,
Gilmore originator Amy Sherman-Palladino has a new midseason show called
The Return of Jezebel James, co-starring Scott Cohen (Max Medina), while her showrunning replacement, David Rosenthal, has a new job as a staff writer for
Men in Trees.
Veronica Mars offers a slightly more satisfying buffet for its fans. The biggest news is that
Kristen Bell is finally breaking through with a recurring role on the smash hit
Heroes, but she'll be pulling double duty, providing her trademark snarky voiceover work for
Gossip Girl. Meanwhile,
Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls) will show up as a vampire on
Moonlight. Moving down the
Veronica Mars star ladder of fame, third season regular
Chris Lowell is, of course, the new object of desire for cougars everywhere on
Private Practice.
Downwards to memorable guest stars, Alona Tal (Meg Manning) is a series regular on
Cane, Kyle Secor (Jake Kane) will have a recurring role on
Women's Murder Club and Patrick Fabian (Professor Hank Landry) has a recurring part as yet another duplicitous college professor on
Viva Laughlin. If you want the main man himself,
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas recently signed on as a consulting producer for
Big Shots. In the words of true
Veronica Mars fans, “Rob Thomas is a whore.”
Gilmore Girls and
Veronica Mars are gone, this is something we must accept. However, thanks to so many of the cast and crew finding work on new shows, it's almost like they never left.
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Read our other trends: Revenge of the Nerds and Chucks, Trannies, and “Young Folks”. Comment and tell us what we missed.
-John Kubicek, BuddyTV
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