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Jenny’s TV Guide: Sunday January 27
Also on tonight: *Season Finale* - Shark - CBS @ 8/7c (Due to the Writers’ Strike)*Special* - Guiness World Records: Top 100 - NBC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)*Special* - The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - TNT @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)*Special* - The Russell Girl - CBS @ 9/8c*Sports* - US Men’s Figure Skating Championship - NBC @ 7/6c (2-Hour Special)*New* - American Dad - FOX @ 9:30/8:30c*New* - America’s Funniest Home Videos - ABC @ 7/6c*New* - Breaking Bad - AMC @ 10/9c*New* - CW Now - ...
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Samantha Newark
Original at adaumbellesquest.com
• Sun, Oct 11
By adaumbelle 9. Favorite pastime? I’m a bonafied porch monkey, any excuse to hang out with people I love and sit on the back deck with some red wine or a chocolate martini. I also love those days when it’s raining and you have no place in particular that you have to be and you can just sit in bed with the window op...
Dear CW: Please Stop It With the Remakes
Original at TV.com
• Thu, Aug 6
While The CW has tried some original programming -- fare set in places as diverse as South Africa (Life is Wild) and the demon-stalked back roads of America ... and more »
Created by - La tv delle idee, la tv degli scrittori
Original at TVblog.it
• Thu, May 14
Italy Anche nota come Life is Wild per l'americana CW), Life on Mars, appunto, e Ashes to Ashes (spin-off di LoM) parlerà del suo ruolo di produttore esecutivo/autore della serie. Quel ruolo che in Italia dovrebbe essere affidato all'emergente (? ...
life is wild at heart
Original at Untitled
• Sun, Dec 14
By nekobus But Life Is Wild, it’s just too American-Drama - it’s like Desperate Housewives meets the Lion King. The plot is barely even distinguishable from any regular soap opera - or crappy high school drama - except for the giveaway of a few extra attacks from wild animals.
CW Adds 90210, Two Other Fall Shows
Original at frontier.cincinnati.com
• Thu, Nov 13
By John Kiesewetter(noreply@blogger.com) The CW has announced its fall schedule -- two new dramas, including the "90210" spin-off, and a reality show. Gone are "Aliens in America," "Life Is Wild" and "Girlfriends." No word on "Beauty and the Geek," which isn't on the season announcement. The "Reaper" will come back at midseason. Two...
CW struggles with Sunday lineup
Original at Variety
• Mon, Oct 6
CA - The Sunday bar was set very low by last year’s weak showing for CW, which included the firstrun drama "Life Is Wild" and duds like "CW Now" and "Online ...
Ten Questions for The CW Boss Dawn Ostroff
Original at Television Week
• Sun, Sep 7
MI - TVWeek: You tried to go after the “7th Heaven” audience last year with “Life Is Wild.” It didn’t work. But do you think there’s room for more family-focused ...
Screens: TV the week of August 31
Original at MiamiHerald.com
• Sun, Aug 31
By Glenn Garvin And the second is, how bad does this show have to be for The CW not to provide advance screenings to critics? Like, worse than One Tree Hill? Worse than Life Is Wild? Worse than The Game? OK, I've got to stop -- I'm scaring myself.
Fall TV Preview: Shows the networks dropped - The Plain Dealer
Original at Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Sun, Aug 31
Fall TV Preview: Shows the networks dropped The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - The CW: "Aliens in America," "Girlfriends," "Life is Wild," "CW Now" and "Online Nation." The CW also lost "Friday Night Smackdown," which is moving to ...
Sci-Fiers FRINGE, 11TH HOUR & LIFE ON MARS Likely Top-Rated New ...
Original at Ain't It Cool News
• Mon, Jul 7
By Hercules Life Is Wild (CW; 159) Online Nation (CW; 160) CW Now (CW; 160). Interesting, no, how NBC’s top-rated new show “Bionic Woman” got the boot after only eight episodes? Read all of The Reporter’s story on next year’s rankings here. ...
Number of New TV Shows Craters
Original at RedOrbit
• Tue, May 27
TX - Not returning: "Aliens in America,""Smackdown!,""Life Is Wild,""Online Nation,""CW Now,""Girlfriends." Point of interest: The network must find a ...
The CW: Anybody Want To Buy A Time Slot? - New York Times Blogs
Original at tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com
• Fri, May 9
The CW: Anybody Want To Buy A Time Slot? New York Times Blogs, NY - The best-of-the-Web clip show “Online Nation” was cancelled in a matter of weeks. The advertiser-formatted “CW Now” and the sitcom “Life is Wild” were both ...
CW Restructures Programming, Marketing
Original at Television Week
• Mon, Mar 3
“Online Nation” became the first causality of the 2007-08 season after audiences didn't buy in, and the network recent canceled “Life Is Wild.” Sunday has been one of the worst performing nights of the week for the network, ...
CW Unveils Post-Strike Plans
Original at Television Week
• Mon, Feb 11
As the writers strike informally winds down, episode orders are flying off the shelf for the remainder of this season and the 2008-09 season, as writers, actors and crew prepare to produce any episodes for the shortened 2007-08 season and then likely work straight through the summer rea...
Patience is a virtue: What shows will return, and when?
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Mon, Feb 11
ABC “Lost” “Grey’s Anatomy” “Desperate Housewives” “Brothers & Sisters” “Ugly Betty” “Samantha Who?” FOX “House” The CW “Gossip Girl” NBC “Chuck” “Life” “Heroes” FOX “24” “Bones” (probably) Toast CBS “Cane” FOX “K-Ville” The CW “Life is Wild” The CW “Reaper” “One Tree Hill”
Tonight on the Tube: Super Bowl XLII, House & TV Marathons
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sun, Feb 3
By Jason the TVaholic Free Subscriber Download: Printable Midseason 2007-08 TV Schedule v1.05 (PDF) – Updated as of 2.1.2008 – NBC has decided to air My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad instead of The Baby Borrowers when American Gladiators ends this month. They also announced that new game show Amnesia, hosted by Denn...
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Jenny’s TV Guide: Sunday January 27
Original at the TV addict
• Sun, Jan 27
By theTVaddict Also on tonight: *Season Finale* - Shark - CBS @ 8/7c (Due to the Writers’ Strike)*Special* - Guiness World Records: Top 100 - NBC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)*Special* - The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - TNT @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)*Special* - The Russell Girl - CBS @ 9/8c*Sports* - US Men’s Figure Skating Championship - NBC @ 7/6c (2-Hour Special)*New* - American Dad - FOX @ 9:30/8:30c*New* - America’s Funniest Home Videos - ABC @ 7/6c*New* - Breaking Bad - AMC @ 10/9c*New* - CW Now - CW @ 7/6c*New* - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)*New* - King of the Hill - FOX @ 8:30/7:30c*New* - Life is Wild - CW @ 8/7c*New* - My Fair Brady… Maybe Baby? - VH1 @ 10:30/9:30c*New* - Rock of Love with Bret Michaels - VH1 @ 9/8c*N... [read the full post]
Tonight on the Tube: Life is Wild, Iron Chef America, The Wire & Breaking Bad
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sun, Jan 20
By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, CBS has the season finale of The Amazing Race 12 and The CW has the season finale of Life is Wild. Over on cable, AMC has the series premiere of Breaking Bad, FOX Reality has the series premiere of Battle of the Bods and VH1 has the season premiere of My Fair Brady. Prime Picks
Is The CW's "Life is Wild" Canceled?
Original at Televisionista
• Fri, Dec 21
By Justin Van De Kamp Earlier this week, TV Guide's Michael Ausiello has written that The CW's has already informed the cast and crew of its low-rated Sunday night drama "Life is Wild" that the show is basically over, but they continue to decline any official comments about the show's future.
Tonight on the Tube: Life is Wild, Cold Case, Shark, Dexter & Tin Man
Original at TVaholic.com
• Sun, Dec 9
By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, E! has the season premiere of The Girls Next Door and the series premiere of Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood, Spike TV has Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2007 and VH1 has the season finale of America’s Most Smartest Model. Prime Picks
Reasons to be Thankful... for The CW Shows
Original at blogs.trb.com
• Thu, Nov 22
Aliens in America may be one of the smartest, funniest sitcoms we've ever seen Ray Wise IS the Devil on Reaper. He's perfect. Gossip Girl is just as addictive as we thought it would be Speaking of Gossip Girl -- the Blair and Chuck pairing is so deliciously hot.
The Stars of Life Is Wild Speak - MovieWeb
Original at MovieWeb
• Mon, Nov 12
The Stars of Life Is Wild Speak - DW Moffett and Stephanie Niznik play the parents in the new series Life is Wild on The CW. The show is about a family that moves from America to Africa for ...
Life Is Wild: Games People Play
Original at blogs.trb.com
• Sun, Nov 11
That didn't sit right with Jo, though, and she reminded Katie that the most important thing was that Katie still liked herself. Forget insecure boys! So Katie told Oliver the truth, which was good, but her timing was kind of awful -- he was on his way over, toting DVDs to nurse her through her "...
Episode Title: (#105) "Games People Play" - The Futon Critic
Original at the futon critic
• Sun, Nov 11
Episode Title: (#105) "Games People Play" The Futon Critic, CA - Life is Wild" is a production of CBS Paramount Network Television Inc., Warner Bros. Television and Company Pictures, an All 3 Media Company, ...
Life Is Wild Recap: Katie Tries Being Bad
Original at blogs.trb.com
• Fri, Nov 9
Good girl Katie tried to get in touch with her rebellious streak on last week's Life Is Wild by ordering drinks underage and trying a little dine-and-dash with Oliver. Meanwhile, Jesse was actually the good guy when he tried to cover for Oliver's cheetah shooting. Check out Jason C.'s recap!
"Desperate" Halloween Tops Sunday
Original at Televisionista
• Mon, Nov 5
By Justin Van De Kamp FOX: The Simpsons (full hour) (R) (8.14 million) The Simpsons (11.72 million) Family Guy (full hour) (10.49 million) American Dad (7.08 million) The CW: CW Now (718,000) Aliens in America (915,000) Life is Wild (1.07 million) America's Next Top Model (1.13 million)
Life Is Wild Recap: Bad to the Bone
Original at blogs.trb.com
• Sun, Nov 4
we asked you which show you wanted us to cover more, and Life Is Wild fans voted like crazy. We love the show, too, and we're all about giving you what you want, so, starting today, we'll have Life Is Wild recaps and polls every Monday in addition to the video recaps on Friday. Now, let's get to the...
TV: Beware the Reaper
Original at Third Estate Sunday Review
• Sun, Nov 4
Smith's attitude for women is channeled and reinforced in Reaper. But Clerks is the template. In that film, two clerks, Dante and Randall, are caught in dead end jobs. All the excitement and joy comes from Randall and his explosive, free association rants. In bad news for Reaper, they go with s...
Pushing "Pushing Daisies" on your fall TV scorecard
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Tue, Oct 23
The CW: A huge O-fer whiff. (Mainly because of what they’ve come to dub a success.) Not altogether disappointing, but still: “Reaper.” Disappointing, but they’ll label it a success: “Gossip Girl.” Disasters: “CW Now,” “Online Nation.” Disaster victim: “Life is Wild.”)
Fox Sports Wins Sunday; 'Laughlin' Falls
Original at Television Week
• Mon, Oct 22
By TVWeek Author Without its freshly cancelled “Online Nation” lead-in, The CW’s “CW Now” doubled its number from last week (0.4), then led into a “Aliens In America” repeat (0.5). At 8 pm, “Life Is Wild” had its best number yet, up 66 percent (0.5). ...
Last Night's Ratings: Housewives Finally Beats Grey's; Viva Laughlin BOMBS
Original at OH NO!!
• Mon, Oct 22
ABC: America's Funniest Home Videos (8.36 million) Desperate Housewives (17.78 million) Brothers & Sisters (11.92 million) The CW: CW Now (892,000) Aliens in America (1.28 million) Life is Wild (1.58 million) America's Next Top Model, R (1.61 million)
Online Nation: Series Cancelled, Hosts Sign Off
Original at TV Series Finale
• Thu, Oct 18
Marking the first official cancellation of the season, CW has dropped its half-hour Online Nation after four episodes. The series sought to capture the best of the best from the Internet and present them on TV -- from the most bizarre sites to viral videos. An interesting idea but it seems th...
The WB + UPN = The CW + book with hyperbolic press release
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Mon, Oct 15
By David Kronke The abject failure of these shows has utterly torpedoed the network’s not-awful family drama set in South Africa, “Life is Wild,” which managed a mere 1.04 million viewers. A “Model” repeat did best, if by “best” you mean a piddling ...
‘Life Is Wild’ lacks a pulse - The Herald-Times (subscription)
Original at The Herald-Times
• Mon, Oct 15
‘Life Is Wild’ lacks a pulse subscription), IN - Oct 15, 2007 The show follows New York veterinarian Danny Clarke (DW Moffett) and his blended family — they’re like “The Brady Bunch” minus the middle children — as they ...
This family drama was born to be mild
Original at Star-Telegram.com
• Sun, Oct 7
The show is loosely based on a British series, Wild at Heart, and even films in the same South Africa locations as the original. But the focus is largely on teenage Katie (Leah Pipes, who also narrates), the vet's daughter. Katie is a quintessential CW drama character: a wholesome-looking g...
Wishful thinking fuels two new cable series - SouthCoastToday.com
Original at southcoasttoday.com
• Fri, Oct 5
Wishful thinking fuels two new cable series MA - A remake of a British series, "Life is Wild" stars DW Moffett as Danny, a veterinarian and widowed father. He and his new wife, Jo (Stephanie Niznik, ...
TV Review: Life Is Wild - Cinema Blend
Original at Cinema Blend
• Fri, Oct 5
TV Review: Life Is Wild - Oct 5, 2007 The CW is offering an alternative with their new family drama series, Life Is Wild. Based on the British drama series, Wild at Heart, Life is Wild centers ...
Life is Wild predictable - Sun-Sentinel.com
Original at sun-sentinel.com
• Thu, Oct 4
Life is Wild predictable FL - Oct 4, 2007 DW Moffett and Stephanie Niznik play the adults. Leah Pipes and Andrew St. John, as Katie and Jesse, have breakout potential among the young viewers the ...
Several New Shows Reflect Diversity Issues
Original at Grey's Anatomy Insider
• Tue, Oct 2
By iheartizzie Race relations are taking a starring role in several new TV series this fall. Fox’s “K-Ville,” ABC’s “Cavemen,” CBS’ “Cane,” and the CW’s “Aliens in America” and “Life Is Wild” couldn’t be more different in incorporating cultural flavor.
TV Preview: Life is Wild
Original at Blogcritics
• Wed, Sep 26
By Diane Kristine Life is Wild is based on Wild at Heart, the UK series and definitely not the David Lynch movie – it's been called the African 7th Heaven by some critics. That's probably apt. I was one of the few adults with no kids and a sense of irony ...
Eric's Fall TV Preview: TiVo or Ti-No - That's the Question
Original at Lightning Strikes | tampabay.com
• Fri, Sep 21
By Eric Deggans Pushing Daisies (ABC); Reaper (CW); Back to You (Fox); Samantha Who? (ABC); Chuck (NBC). K-ville (Fox); Cane (CBS); Dirty Sexy Money (ABC); Gossip Girl (CW); Nashville (Fox); Aliens in America (CW); Carpoolers (ABC); Journeyman (NBC).
Geeky: Misfits stand out in new TV season - Winston-Salem Journal
Original at Winston-Salem Journal
• Thu, Sep 20
Geeky: Misfits stand out in new TV season Winston-Salem Journal, NC - Life Is Wild (8 pm on CW, starting Oct. 7) DW Moffett stars in this family drama about a veterinarian who moves to South Africa to take care of wildlife at ...
A look at the new TV shows - Scripps News
Original at Scripps News
• Wed, Sep 19
A look at the new TV shows DC - 23) "Life Is Wild" (8 pm, The CW): Aiming to be "7th Heaven" of the Sahara, this genial family drama is a remake of a British show, "Wild at Heart," which ...
The TV-Screener Industrial Complex
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Tue, Sep 11
“K-Ville” (two episodes) “Kitchen Nightmares” (two episodes) “Back to You” (two episodes) “Nashville” (one episode) MIA: “Aliens in America,” “Reaper,” “Life is Wild” (also the pop-culture magazine shows “CW Now” and “Online Nation,” but those aren’t likely to be sent out)
The CW Fall 2007 New Show Video PreviewsOriginal at TVaholic.com
• Mon, Sep 10
By Jason the TVaholic
Television preview: What to watch - Arizona Daily Star
Original at Arizona Daily Star
• Thu, Sep 6
Television preview: What to watch AZ - Life Is Wild" (7 pm CW) — Based on the British show "Wild at Heart," this one focuses on the family of a veterinarian who relocates to South Africa from ...
Preview New Fall Shows In Los Angeles
Original at Seat42F
• Thu, Aug 23
By Seat42F Attention Seat42f fans in the LA area. Want to see the fall pilots? Seating is limited but they are taking reservations. If you live in LA here's your chance to see a bunch of new shows prior to their premiere dates. Click the photo for a bigger picture.
The CW: Channel wants an audience like farmer wants a wife.
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Sat, Jul 21
By tvgal@seattlepi.com (Melanie McFarland) Lastly, the already wonderful "Reaper" has improved with the addition of Missy Peregrym ("Heroes") as the love interest. "Gilmore Girls'" Scott Patterson replaced the oh-so-perfectly cast Patrick Breen as the dad. Breen was clearly the right guy for the role … but thanks to a holding dea...
TV Squad previews The CW's new shows
Original at TV Squad
• Tue, Jun 12
• 2 related articles
By Richard Keller Some of the pilots reviewed on the DVD screeners we were sent are still in the 'work in progress' stage; yet, they still give a sense of the show's subject matter. In this post Brett, Paul, Keith and I will be previewing Aliens in America, Gossip Girl, Life is Wild and Reaper.
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The Upfronts: CW removes "Mars" from galaxy, sets "Gossip Girl" among its stars
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Thu, May 17
By tvgal@seattlepi.com (Melanie McFarland) MONDAY 8 p.m. Everybody Hates Chris 8:30 p.m. ALIENS IN AMERICA 9 p.m. Girlfriends 9:30 p.m. The Game WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. America's Next Top Model 9 p.m. GOSSIP GIRL FRIDAY 8 p.m. Friday Night Smackdown! SUNDAY 7 p.m. ONLINE NATION 7:30 p.m. CW NOW 8 p.m. LIFE IS WILD 9 p.m. America's Next Top Model (repeats)