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The Pasadena Playhouse Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director presents Stop Kiss, the second production of its 2014-2015 Season. Written by Diana Son and directed by Pasadena Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Seema Sueko, Stop Kiss stars Sharon Leal Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, Fox's Boston Public, and Lionsgate's Addicted, Angela Lin Broadway's Chinglish, John Sloan Fox's Happy Hour, Brandon Scott ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Amanda Carlin Liar Liar, and Jeff De Serrano AampE's Longmire. Stop Kiss performs through November 30, 2014.

The Pasadena Playhouse presents Stop Kiss, the second production of its 2014-2015 Season. Written by Diana Son and directed by Pasadena Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Seema Sueko, Stop Kiss stars Sharon Leal Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, Fox's 'Boston Public,' and Lionsgate's Addicted, Angela Lin Broadway's Chinglish, John Sloan Fox's 'Happy Hour', Brandon Scott ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy', Amanda Carlin Liar Liar, and Jeff De Serrano AampE's 'Longmire'. The production is performed tonight, November 4 - 30, 2014 with the official press night on Wednesday, November 9, 2014.

The Pasadena Playhouse announces the cast of Stop Kiss, the second production of its 2014-2015 Season. Written by Diana Son and directed by Pasadena Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Seema Sueko, Stop Kiss stars Sharon Leal Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, Fox's Boston Public, and Lionsgate's Addicted, Angela Lin Broadway's Chinglish, John Sloan Fox's Happy Hour, Brandon Scott ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Amanda Carlin Liar Liar, and Jeff De Serrano AampE's Longmire. The production is performed November 4 - 30, 2014 with the official press night on Wednesday, November 9, 2014.

May 6th marks the ten-year anniversary of the Friends series finale. That night, over 52 million people tuned in to find out how it would all end. Would Ross finally get together with Rachel? Would female characters ever stop moving to Paris when their shows drew to a close? Who actually lived in Rachel and Monica’s apartment? Would coffee ever taste the same again? While we got most of those answers, we were left with a bitter taste in our mouths. Our best friends of the past 10 years left us feeling lonely. Knowing it was time for us to change the channel, the networks rushed to fill the void. NBC tossed out a few post-Friends options that failed to capture our hearts while ABC, Fox and CBS attempted to mix up the template with a few different offerings. Sadly most of them failed (and failed badly). While How I Met Your Mother...

Nat Faxon is on a hot streak. The actor-writer, who just won an Oscar on Sunday for co-writing The Descendants with his writing partner Jim Rash and Alexander Payne, just landed the title role opposite Abby Elliott in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Ned Fox Is My Manny (formerly Ben Fox Is My Manny), directed by Jake Kasdan. The project, from writer Dana Fox, 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment, centers on an uptight single mother Kate (Elliott) whose aimless older brother Ned (Faxon) moves in to help raise her daughter (Maggie Jones). Co-starring in the pilot is Lucy Punch. Faxon, repped by Innovative and Principato-Young, is a familiar face (and voice) at Fox. He co-starred on the network’s short-lived comedy Happy Hour and has voiced characters on animated comedies The Cleveland Show and Allen Gregory. Faxon’s writing partner Rash also is on a primetime comedy series, he co-stars on NBC’s Community.

This week has been my favorite week of all time for at least the past 10 years. It’s the week EW’s Fall TV Preview hits stands! No joke, the issue is full of great scoop. (And no one even forced me to write that!) So combine that awesomeness with the goodies in today’s column, and you’ve got yourself a giant feast of spoiler-y goodness this wonderful Friday. I issue a hundred “You’re welcome”s in advance, you spoiled human beings. (Wow, did I accidentally make a pun? This is shaping up to be literally the best day ever.

Earlier we shared ABC's primetime lineup, and now we have some clips from the new comedy series for you. The new comedies include Apartment 23, Suburgatory, Last Man Standing, Man Up, and Work It. So far I think Apartment 23 looks the best. Check out the clips below and let us know what shows you are liking the most.

Apartment 23

After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters. June (Dreama Walker) moves to Manhattan for a dream job and the perfect company apartment, only to have them disappear in a puff of reality, thanks to a CEO from the Bernie Madoff school of embezzlement. Deep in debt and out on the streets, June scrambles to land a job and place to live.

Fox Broadcasting Co. is taking The O.C. back to its old turf on Wednesday following a dismal Season 4 premiere last week.

Amid a schedule overhaul for Wednesday and Thursday nights, Fox also has axed its rookie comedy Happy Hour and the reality show The Rich List, which was DOA in its premiere in the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot last week.

In other Fox news, the network is developing a U.S. version of the Canadian comedy series The Tournament, with Thomas Schlamme on board as executive producer.

This week, Fox intends to run a double dose of O.C. at 9 p.m. Wednesday and 9 p.m. Thursday. But it is understood that Fox is hoping O.C. will take root in the Wednesday slot so it can open up 9-10 p.m. Thursday for a block of animation repeats that would turn the night into all-comedy for Fox.

O.C. previously ran on Wednesday during its first full season in 2003-04, but this time around it will face tougher competition from ABC's Lost and CBS' Criminal Minds, though Fox is banking on O.C. being good counterprogramming to the older-skewing dramas.

Fox has a problem. The recent World Series was lowest-rated in history. Fox's new shows (Justice, Standoff, Til Death and Happy Hour) have returned from the baseball hiatus to lower viewer numbers than their averages before the World Series. As expected, the fourth season premiere of The O.C. drew a paltry number of viewers, pitted up against CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Grey's Anatomy. It's no surprise that Fox has to make some changes. Those changes impact Happy Hour most of all.

The sitcom Happy Hour debuted on September 7th and centers around the life of Henry Beckman, played by John Sloan. Henry has the perfect life and relationship until he gets dumped, loses his job, and has to move in with Larry Cone (Lex Medlin) -- a friend who has a unique take on life and the opposite sex.

The show was not well received by critics and didn't draw many viewers either.

NEW YORK -- After several weeks losing out to Grey's Anatomy at 9 p.m., CBS mainstay CSI came close to tying it in viewership in Thursday's primetime.

Grey's Anatomy was still the most popular show on television, allowing ABC to notch a win in the adults 18-49 demographic while CBS took the victory in viewership. Grey's returned from a one-week break to 21 million viewers and a 9.0 rating/21 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by Nielsen Media Research. That compared to 22 million viewers and a 9.6/23 in adults 18-49 in its last original episode two weeks ago. Meanwhile, CSI (20.5 million, 6.9/16) was about even from last week. Univision had a great night in the ratings with the telecast of the Latin Grammys from New York City. The three-hour telecast averaged 5.5 million viewers and a 2.6/6 in the demo. Fox got awful numbers for the season premiere of The OC (3.4 million, 1.5/3). It was down 55% from the 7.5 million who watched last year's premiere on Sept. 8 and down 55% from its adults 18-49 premiere of a 3.3/10. It was down 41% from its 2005-06 season average of 5.7 million viewers and the 2.6/7 in the demo. NBC's Deal or No Deal (13.1 million, 4.6/11) was up compared to last week.

After its clip show losing to Ugly Betty last week, Survivor: Cook Islands (15.5 million, 5.5/14) regained supremacy at 8 p.m. giving a win in both measures to CBS. Ugly Betty (13.7 million, 4.4/11) came in second place for the hour, although it jumped 2 million viewers between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. NBC's My Name Is Earl (9.6 million, 4.1/11) and The Office (8.9 million, 4.2/10) were up compared to their last original episodes two weeks ago. Fox's sitcoms Til Death (4.3 million, 1.7/5) and Happy Hour (3.2 million, 1.4/3) were beaten in the hour by The CW's Smallville (4.9 million, 2.1/5).

ABC has given a back-nine pickup to the freshman dramedy Ugly Betty, bringing the total order for the show to 22 episodes. Meanwhile, Fox's rookie comedies Til Death and Happy Hour, which run against Betty on Thursday, have received orders for three additional scripts. Betty, from Touchstone TV, has ranked as the most-watched new series this season, averaging 14.8 million viewers. While the show in its subsequent airings has slipped a bit from its stellar premiere, Betty still ranks as a solid second to CBS' Survivor in the 8 p.m. Thursday slot among total viewers and adults 18-49 (4.6 rating/13 share), delivering ABC's best numbers in the hour with scripted programming in 13 years.

With such titles as Vanished and Kidnapped, no wonder new hit shows have gone missing so far this season, particularly at Fox Broadcasting Co. If Fox could be seen as a bellwether of viewer appetites for first-year series, the early indications are not good: The network is again flagging in the fourth quarter, with all five of the new series it rolled out in August fading fast. With postseason baseball beginning Monday, Fox already is making schedule changes this week, including the pre-emption of Happy Hour, a possible sign that the faltering comedy will not be back after the World Series. Beyond Fox, none of the eight rookie series that rolled out during premiere week burst out of the gate the way NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Desperate Housewives did in recent years. Hopes are still high for 10 more to come, including high-profile launches this week for NBC's Heroes and ABC's Ugly Betty.

With such titles as Vanished and Kidnapped, no wonder new hit shows have gone missing so far this season, particularly at Fox Broadcasting Co. If Fox could be seen as a bellwether of viewer appetites for first-year series, the early indications are not good: The network is again flagging in the fourth quarter, with all five of the new series it rolled out in August fading fast. With postseason baseball beginning Monday, Fox already is making schedule changes this week, including the pre-emption of Happy Hour, a possible sign that the faltering comedy will not be back after the World Series. Beyond Fox, none of the eight rookie series that rolled out during premiere week burst out of the gate the way NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Desperate Housewives did in recent years. Hopes are still high for 10 more to come, including high-profile launches this week for NBC's Heroes and ABC's Ugly Betty.

With such titles as Vanished and Kidnapped, no wonder new hit shows have gone missing so far this season, particularly at Fox Broadcasting Co. If Fox could be seen as a bellwether of viewer appetites for first-year series, the early indications are not good: The network is again flagging in the fourth quarter, with all five of the new series it rolled out in August fading fast. With postseason baseball beginning Monday, Fox already is making schedule changes this week, including the pre-emption of Happy Hour, a possible sign that the faltering comedy will not be back after the World Series. Beyond Fox, none of the eight rookie series that rolled out during premiere week burst out of the gate the way NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Desperate Housewives did in recent years. Hopes are still high for 10 more to come, including high-profile launches this week for NBC's Heroes and ABC's Ugly Betty.

With such titles as Vanished and Kidnapped, no wonder new hit shows have gone missing so far this season, particularly at Fox Broadcasting Co. If Fox could be seen as a bellwether of viewer appetites for first-year series, the early indications are not good: The network is again flagging in the fourth quarter, with all five of the new series it rolled out in August fading fast. With postseason baseball beginning Monday, Fox already is making schedule changes this week, including the pre-emption of Happy Hour, a possible sign that the faltering comedy will not be back after the World Series. Beyond Fox, none of the eight rookie series that rolled out during premiere week burst out of the gate the way NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's Desperate Housewives did in recent years. Hopes are still high for 10 more to come, including high-profile launches this week for NBC's Heroes and ABC's Ugly Betty.

NEW YORK -- The debut of Survivor: Cook Islands kicked off the 2006-07 campaign for CBS on Thursday with a solid turnout for the show's 13th edition. The most durable of contemporary reality TV franchises didn't seem to be helped or hurt by the pre-premiere controversy over the decision to group the contestants by race in the show's latest incarnation. Meanwhile, Fox's Thursday 8-9 p.m. newcomers 'Til Death and Happy Hour took a hit in the face of Survivor in their second airings. On Friday, ABC got a little good news from the regular time-slot premiere of the Anne Heche dramedy Men in Trees. Survivor, which stuck with its tradition of launching a week before the official start of the season, opened to 18 million viewers and a 6.5 rating/20 share in the adults 18-49 demographic at 8 p.m. -- on par with the opening-night numbers for Survivor: Guatemala (18.4 million, 6.6/19) last September. The show remains a draw for both ends of the key demo spectrum, from adults 18-34 (4.5/16) to adults 25-54 (7.8/21), according to Nieslen Media Research.

Fox Broadcasting Co. has extended its online streaming experiment to three more series. The drama Justice and the comedies 'Til Death and Happy Hour are joining Prison Break and Vanished on the list of Fox series that are available free and sans commercials on 40 Web sites, including Fox.com, AOL.com, Google, MSN, TV Guide.com, IGN.com and Yahoo! "Our main goal is to get as much sampling as possible," FBC executive vp marketing Chris Carlisle said. "You'll continue to see us do plenty of experimentation in this space." This week and last week's episodes of Death and Hour can be streamed as early as the morning following its original airing for one week. The same goes for the Wednesday episode of Justice.

NEW YORK -- Fox Broadcasting Co. is ready to join the fray on Thursdays in the fall. The network announced a new comedy block featuring Brad Garrett and an unscripted creation from Simon Cowell for the night at its upfront presentation Thursday at the Armory. 'Til Death, a sitcom with the former Everybody Loves Raymond star, and another half-hour comedy, Happy Hour, will launch in the Thursday 8-9 p.m. slots in the fall. Cowell's new reality series, Duets, also will get a four-week run on Thursday and Friday before the baseball playoffs arrive on Fox.

Catherine Bell and Gary Cole have joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot Company Town, Mercedes Ruehl is close to signing on to co-star in CBS' untitled Paul Reiser comedy pilot, Rena Sofer has been tapped to star opposite Diedrich Bader in ABC's comedy pilot Mr. Nice Guy, Kevin Hart has come on board CBS' comedy pilot The Weekend, Bruce Davison has been added to ABC's comedy pilot Southern Comfort and Cheryl White and D.W. Moffett have been cast in the CW's untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot. Additionally, John Sloan has landed the second lead in Fox's comedy pilot Happy Hour, Alexis Cruz has joined CBS' drama pilot Shark and Brendan Hines has been added to Fox's comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now. In pilot-pickup news, CBS has given a late green light to My Ex Life, from writer-executive producer Rich Appel.