Tampa Native Joanna Garcia Lands a New Show on the Flailing CW
Tampa Native Joanna Garcia got some good news today, as the CW network picked her new show Surviving the Filthy Rich for a prime position in its fall 2008 schedule.
Garcia, who came to prominence playing Reba McIntyre's daughter of the WB's Reba (I'm blocking out this year's disastrous, blink-and-you-miss-it CBS sitcom The Captain), will play a Yale-educated journalist who is forced to become a live-in nanny for the two daughters of a cosmetics mogul in Palm Beach. Hijinks, I assume, will ensue. See my story about her from 2002 here.
Nerdy fanboys also got a reprieve: Reaper -- a comedy about a twentysomething slacker who become the Devil's bounty hunter -- was scheduled to come back as a midseason replacement show, while Tyra Banks got a another reality show, Stylista, about slavish kiddies competing for an editorial assistant's job at Elle magazine (did I mention that Tyra is on track to become the next Oprah?)
Most of the buzz among critics was reserved for 90210, a series looking at the world of Beverly Hills: 90210 years later,starring Jennie Garth and Lori Loughlin.
And the network has moved its black-centered comedy night to yet another evening -- this time Everybody Loves Chris and the Game air on Fridays. How long before they just push them off the schedule entirely?
Here's the new fall schedule
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL
9:00-10:00 PM ONE TREE HILL
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 90210 (New Series)
9:00-10:00 PM SURVIVING THE FILTHY RICH (New Series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM STYLISTA (New Series)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SMALLVILLE
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL
FRIDAY
8:00-8:30 PM EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS
8:30-9:00 PM THE GAME
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (Encore Presentation)
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Was there a previous announcement as to the status of Aliens in America? They were still showing new episodes for the last few weeks, but I assume they were just playing out the string.
Sadly, no more Beauty and the Geek either. Looks like I've got plenty of options available from the CW for trash viewing though.
Posted by: Doug | May 14, 2008 at 09:38 AM