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Is "The forgotten" Being Forgotten By ABC?

It looks like “The forgotten” will soon be forgotten by ABC. It’s just a matter of when…

“The Hollywood Reporter” is reporting that the show will air its season finale Tuesday, March 16th at 10 p.m. But the ABC media site is still showing that the season finale will air the following Tuesday, March 23rd.

Either way, it’s wrapping up more than a few episodes earlier than it should be…

Moral of the story is you need to catch the show now while you can. It won’t be around much longer…

Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/ABC

Tom Brokaw Looks at the Baby Boomers

When my rock speaks, I listen. I don’t care what the topic is…

This week, Tom Brokaw’s topic is baby boomers, the generation following “the greatest generation” that Tom has chronicled so eloquently over the years. And he’ll discuss that topic in the two-hour documentary, “Tom Brokaw Reports: Boomer$”

He’ll look at the life, the legacy and the future of those people born between 1946 and 1964 as he talks to President Bill Clinton, Tom Hanks and more.

“Tom Brokaw Reports: Boomer$” airs Thursday, March 4th at 8 p.m. on CNBC…

Photo Credit: NBC

"CSI: Miami": Zombie Brings Out the Best

When I heard that Rob Zombie (“Halloween,” “The Devil’s Rejects”) was directing last night’s episode of “CSI: Miami,” I expected blood and guts and downright crazy stuff. Zombie just doesn’t seem like someone who would mesh well with the cheesy goodness that is “Miami.”

But after those unbelievable first five minutes, I was a believer as Zombie interspersed a rape and murder with an old black and white horror movie playing in the background. It was a total fresh take on the usual TV murder. And when the motionless girl lying in blood suddenly opened her eyes, I jumped right off my couch.

And Zombie managed to do something I haven’t seen on the show all season. He nailed Horatio’s throwaway line scene right before the theme music fires (He didn’t put on his sunglasses, but it was still good.)

It was the best five minutes in “Miami” history. Hands down.

I was pleasantly surprised that Zombie nailed all of the "Miami" trademarks. I honestly think it was David Caruso’s best episode in a long time—maybe ever. Of course, it helped that he was surrounded by the best guest cast the show has ever seen, many of whom are Zombie regulars. Michael Madsen was actually funny as the murder suspect. William Forsythe was great as the skeptical police chief and Paul Blackthorne was fantastically sleazy even without his native British accent. And how can you possibly go wrong with Malcolm McDowell as a sleazy lawyer?

Since Zombie decided to actually show LA as opposed to making LA look like Miami, he needed a decent story to back him up and he actually got one. The resolution may have been a little too quick, but it still worked. Plus it was nice to see that Horatio-Delko chemistry in full effect. And Zombie made the most of his LA surroundings. His use of the Hollywood Bowl for a confrontation was especially good. Even Jonathan Togo got some much needed camera time as Ryan Wolfe.

Who knew that it would take a horror movie director to get the best out of this show?

You can watch the entire episode here.

Welcome Back Jay!

Since I have declared myself the quarterback of Team Leno, I felt it was my sworn duty to stay up last night and watch Jay’s return to late night.

And in all honesty, it felt like he never left…

Jay wisely kicked off the show with a taped spoof of “The Wizard of Oz” as he declared to Kevin, Ross and John that it was all a bad dream. And you can never go wrong with Betty White…

Then it was business as usual with the monologue as Jay took some shots at NBC, and even one at Letterman (It was a nice one, though.). Instead of his Monday night staple, Headlines, Jay went on a search for the perfect desk in a hilarious taped piece that invaded people’s living rooms. When the one family started taking pictures of themselves with Jay’s guest Randy Jackson in the background I almost started crying I was laughing so hard.

Jamie Foxx showed a little too much enthusiasm for Jay’s return, but he was still a great guest. And you couldn’t help but laugh when Foxx took over Jay’s interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn.

I just wish I had an explanation for that hideous theme song. And I have never liked that announcer (The same one he used for “The Jay Leno Show.”). And “The Jay Leno Show” set didn’t get enough tweaks to satisfy me. But I guess since NBC spent all that money on it, they feel like they have to use it. But those are things I’m willing to put up with as long as Jay is back where he belongs.

Not surprisingly, Jay won the ratings last night handily over Letterman, but he did not top the ratings of Conan O’Brien’s debut on “The Tonight Show.” I would argue that Conan’s high ratings were due to the curiosity of seeing what we were going to get. With Jay, you know what you’re going to get. And what you get is something I’ve been missing for nearly a year…

Welcome back, Jay! I now happily return to my regularly scheduled bedtime…

You can see Jay's open here.

"Dancing" Cast Announced

ABC announced the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” tonight and here it is…

Pamela Anderson
Aiden Turner
Erin Andrews
Shannen Doherty
Buzz Aldrin
Niecy Nash
Nicole Scherzinger
Evan Lysacek
Kate Gosselin
Jake Pavelka

And the one I was really hoping wasn’t true…Chad Ochocinco.

I’ll have more to say about the cast once ABC releases the official bio information and photos, but right now I’m trying to get over this whole Chad thing. And I can’t help but wonder how Erin Andrews plans to be taken seriously as a sports reporter after everyone sees her in skimpy costumes…

Will Chad be "Dancing"?

Tonight, “Dancing With the Stars” will announce its cast during the season finale of “The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love.”

There have been plenty of rumored contestants, including Kate Gosselin and Pamela Anderson. But there’s one rumor I’m hoping stays just that.

TMZ.com is reporting that Chad Ochocinco will be a contestant this season. Chad posted on his Facebook page that he is in LA. But he also posted, “Great people who follow me, don't believe rumors unless OCNN reports, OCNN NEWS- where the news is given n child please fashion.”

For those of you who don’t speak Chad, OCNN stands for Ochocinco News Network…

You guys know I’m a big Bengals fan. And despite his antics, I adore Chad. But “Dancing”? Chad has enough distractions in his life. He doesn’t need this one too.

It’s called football, Chad. Focus on it…