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USA Network has announced that its longest running original drama, Burn Notice, has been renewed for a seventh season. On the air since 2007, the series has remained one of the network's top shows, and will be its third ever to reach the 100 episode mark. “Burn Notice is like a fine wine that gets better with age,” said network Co-Presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel. “Delivering high-octane action, gripping drama and nearly 7 million viewers for the mid-season finale, this veteran series is a proven staple of our portfolio.” The second half of the show's sixth season returns tonight with a special two-hour episode, and will continue through to the end of the …
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Carl Switzer was an American actor, professional dog breeder and hunting guide. He was the extremely popular Alfalfa from the "Our Gang" comedies. He was shot during an altercation with a man who believed owed him money. He died January 21, 1959 at the age of 31. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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NBC announced on the 8th that its new drama, Chicago Fire, has received a pick-up for the remainder of the 2012-2013 season. This means nine additional episodes have been ordered on top of its original 13. The good news comes after the show garnered a series high rating this past Wednesday night, bolstered by the strong performance of its lead-in,The Voice. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Christopher Pettiet was an American television and film actor best known for his role as Jesse James in the Western TV series The Young Riders and as Zach Crandell in the cult comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead in 1991. After the cancellation of The Young Riders, his acting career began to wane and he became just about impoverished, living on small residual checks. He went to a few AA meetings but never admitted to a drug problem. Sadly, he died of an accidental drug overdose on April 12, 2000 at the age of 24. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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SYFY has announced that Haven will return for a fourth season. The network has ordered 13 new episodes of the supernatural drama, which will return in 2013. The series has continued to be a strong performer in its third season, so far averaging its best ever ratings in the Adults 25-54 demographic. Five episodes remain in the current season before it wraps things up in late December. No exact date has been announced at this time for Season 4. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Corey Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films, such as Lucas, Silver Bullet, Murphy's Romance, License to Drive, and Dream a Little Dream. His best-known role was alongside Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys, which made Haim a household name. He turned to drugs when his career basically slowed down, although the official cause of death was from pneumonia, though he notably procured 553 prescription pills from 7 different physicians in the 32 days prior to his death, including 195 Valium, 149 Vicodin, 194 Soma, and 15 Xanax. He died March 10, 2010 at the age of 38. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: j…
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ABC has announced that freshman drama Nashville has been picked up for a full season. The series has aired five episodes to-date since premiering in early October. Today's news likely tops up the order to 22 episodes. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Dana Hill was an American actress and voice actress with a raspy voice whose childlike appearance limited her to playing young adolescent roles into her thirties, She stared in the films Shoot the Moon, Fallen Angel, and National Lampoon's European Vacation. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at a young age. She eventually slipped into a diabetic coma and then suffered a massive stroke. She died July 15, 1996 at the age of 32. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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CBS has cancelled freshman comedy Partners effective immediately. The struggling series never really found an audience on the network, delivering sub-par ratings up until this past Monday, where it delivered a series-low 1.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic. Repeats of Two and a Half Men will air in its Monday at 8:30pm time slot for the time being starting November 19, 2012. (Source: Deadline) Click here to view the article
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Dana Plato was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond on the U.S. television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986. She died after taking a fatal dose of Lortab and Valium before laying down for a nap while visiting her fiancé's mother in Moore, OK.. The death was eventually ruled a suicide. She died May 8, 1999 at age of 35. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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ABC has cancelled freshman series Last Resort. The military drama will still air all 13 episodes of its original order but will not continue past that. Since debuting in late September, Last Resort was hailed by many critics as one of the strongest new dramas of the 2012-2013 season, but ratings for the show failed to match up to its critical praise. This past Thursday's episode was its lowest-rated to-date, likely sealing its fate. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter) Click here to view the article
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Dorothy Dell was an American film actress. She won the most beautiful baby in Hattiesburg beauty contest when she was thirteen months old. Winning the Miss New Orleans title, when she was fifteen, she went on a Fanchon and Marco vaudeville tour for six months. She got a job with the Ziegfield Follies of 1931 when she arrived in New York City. She sang a solo, "Was I Drunk?” in the production. All of her films at Paramount were released in 1934. She died in an automobile accident on June 8, 1934 at the age of 19. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Starz has cancelled drama Boss after two seasons, confirming today that the show will not return next year. The critically acclaimed series, which starred Kelsey Grammer as a mayor living with a degenerative neurological disorder, aired a total of 18 episodes since premiering in late 2011. (Source: Deadline) Click here to view the article
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Gary Coleman was an American actor known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in Diff'rent Strokes. He slipped into a coma and passed away from a brain hemorrhage shortly after being taken off life support in a hospital near his Provo, UT home. Born in Illinois in 1968, e had multiple health problems stunting his growth at 4 feet 8 inches. However, Coleman's small stature and charming personality made him perfect for Hollywood. He died May 10, 2010 at the age of 42. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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It is being reported that BBC series Merlin, which airs on Syfy in the United States, has been cancelled after five seasons. The show will air its last episode in the UK this coming December, while the show's fifth and final season will premiere stateside on January 4, 2013. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Heather O'Rourke was an American child actress. She was discovered at the age of five. Sadly, she passed away during surgery complications for acute bowel obstruction. She played Carol Anne in the 1982 film Poltergeist. She died February 1, 1988 at the age of 12. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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FOX will not be renewing freshman drama The Mob Doctor after a low-rated first season. The struggling series got off to a slow start when it premiered this past September and never managed to pull itself out of its ratings funk. All 13 episodes that were originally ordered will still air, but the some of the final episodes have been moved to Saturday nights. Fans of the show will want to take note of the following schedule: Saturday, December 29, 2012 Monday, December 31, 2012 Saturday, January 5, 2013 Monday, January 7, 2013 (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Jessica Madison Wright Morris was an American actress. Who is known for her role in Grace Under Fire fell to a heart attack the day after her wedding after having received a heart transplant in 2000 to correct a heart muscle disease and having years of respiratory problems. She died July 21, 2006 at the age of 21. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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The CW has cancelled its new medical drama, Emily Owens, M.D. The low-rated series, which premiered just last month, was not picked up for any additional episodes but will still air all 13 of its original order. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter) Click here to view the article
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Jonathan Brandis was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Notable for staring in Ladybugs and SeaQuest DSV, was found alive, but unconscious, hanging from the neck in his home. It was later ruled a suicide. The friend who happened upon the scene summoned paramedics immediately, but the star died at Cedars-Sinai hospital the next day. He died November 12, 2003 at the age of 27. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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It is being reported that TV Land has cancelled Retired At 35 after two seasons on the air. The comedy is the first of the network's original series to end, running for a total of 20 episodes between January 2011 and August 2012. (Source: Deadline) Click here to view the article
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Josh Ryan Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy in the soap opera Passions. Despite being one of the smallest actors in Hollywood at 37 inches, Josh proved quality early on in his life by creating and distributing his own business cards before he was even a teenager, Josh landed a spot on "The Dancing Baby" ice cream commercial, which led to his role in Baby Geniuses in 1999, where he played all the babies and did all the dancing. When the Passions star died his soap opera character was killed off, the diminutive star died of a congenital heart defect at a San Diego hospital on August 5, 2002 at the age of 20. Get Your Very Own Self Defense K…
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USA has renewed comedy series Psych for an eighth season. The news comes two months ahead of the show's seventh season premiere, which is scheduled for February 27, 2013. Word is that eight new episodes have been ordered for season 8. On the air since 2006, Psych will hit the 100 episode mark early next season. (Source: Twitter) Click here to view the article
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Judith Barsi was an American child actress. She began her career in television, making appearances in commercials and television shows, and later appeared in the films Jaws: The Revenge, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. She starred in Jaws: The Revenge and provided the voice of The Land Before Time. She died in a murder-suicide carried out by her father. Judith and her mother were shot, killed, and subsequently set on fire before he shot himself to death in the family's garage. She died July 25, 1988 at the age of 10. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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AMC announced today that it has renewed The Walking Dead for a fourth season. The network also confirmed that current showrunner and executive producer, Glen Mazzara - who helmed the series for the past two seasons - will not be continuing with the show going forward. A new showrunner has yet to be announced. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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