"Samantha Who?" and "Sarah Connor" Canceled

ABC's "Samantha Who?" and Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" will not be returning in the fall, according to news reports.

"Samantha Who?," starring Christina Applegate, was originally expected to return to the ABC lineup, but was unable to tighten its budget enough to come back for what would have been the show's third season.

According to Variety, ABC looked to cut around $500,000 by making several changes including switching from single camera shooting to using multiple cameras. The series, however, became less of a priority after ABC picked up 10 new series. Although "Samantha" showed great promise on Mondays, it began to falter when it switched to ABC's Thursday night lineup.

Twitterers were caught by surprise after the announcement:

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   kraulspace @pamelaribon My condolences. My mom and I bonded (not in a matching red jacket way) over Samantha Who? Nothing else makes us both laugh.
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   amandabedgood @AccentOnLife say is isn't so of Samantha Who? Such a cute show!
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   voyage2k @EWPopWatch That's really stupid! Samantha Who? was a very clever and funny show! :(
   

Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" also suffered a similar fate. Although the show had promising numbers in its Monday time slot, the viewership fell after it was moved mid-season to Fridays.

Both "Dollhouse" and "Sarah Connor" were up in the air for third season renewals and Fox ultimately felt "Dollhouse" was the best bet, giving it a renewal, according to TV Guide.

Even with "Terminator Salvation" due out in theaters this summer, Fox said buzz for the movie will not bring the show back. The show "has completed its run — and I think it had a nice little run," Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said in the article. "We make no apologies. It had a huge launch ... and we gave it a lot of support. We tried, but it's time to move on."

Twitterers shared their disappointment:

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   in_wausau Very sad The Sarah conner chronicals is cancelled. Stupid fox!
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   creativemelissa Terminator: the sarah connor chronicals has been cancelled for the Fall. I'm sad.
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   KimberlyP I officially loathe FOX. First Firefly, now Sarah Connor Chronicals canceled. *sob* http://tinyurl.com/ppqnod
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   scorpiotn1 Terminator Sarah Conner Chronicals has been canceled, Screw you FOX i hate you now !!
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   lulugirl1230 http://bit.ly/F3CJv
   via @addthis My hubby will be upset, he love "the Sarah Connor Chronicals"
   

Weekend Box Office Likes "Angels and Demons"

It was a blessed weekend for Ron Howard's film adaptation of "Angels and Demons," as it raked in an estimate $48 million at the box office.

But according to Entertainment Weekly, "Angels and Demons" fell short of its predecessor, "The DaVinci Code," which brought in $77.1 million during its debut in 2006.

J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" beamed into second place with a strong $43 million during its second weekend. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" rounded out the top three, bringing the film's three-weekend total to $151.1 million.

Filmgoers tweeted their reviews:

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   sermoa Angels & Demons was very good. We enjoyed it and thought that the deviations from the book were for the better - except for one wtf? moment!
   
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   fray Angels and Demons was a good movie. Felt like a episode of 24. :)
   
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   omigod Watched Angels and Demons in all its mediocrity. Are Dan Brown's books so bad they just can't make a good movie or is hollywood to blame?
   
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   incredimarc Oh, it's going to be a good but busy day. I keep thinking about how crazy the cockamamie science was in Angels and Demons.
   
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   mondaymornin just got back from Monday Movie Night: Angels & Demons. Entertaining but Da Vinci Code was better in terms of puzzles. And i lurve puzzles.
   
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   ddvt92 I saw Angels and Demons yesterday. Awesome movie. Love Tom Hanks. He is the best. This movie was better than the Davinci Code.
   
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   okwithmydecay @fastchicken I know Angels and Demons sucked, but there is an interesting podcast on the science of antimatter http://tr.im/lFsg
   
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   Serrrg I heard "Angels and demons" should be called "running and figuring boring s**t out"
   
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   N_Absentia Angels and Demons kicked major butt!!! Although I have to admit that the end was kind of anti-climatic...but interesting.
   

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   RobSenter @atthemoviestv @Star Trek - So good it makes me want to burn my DVD's of the last two Trek films. The franchise is reinvigorated. Love it!
   
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   kupkate14 Star Trek was amazing!!! the characters were just like the originals!! especially spock!! live long and prosper tweets!
   
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   toddblog Twitterfession: I saw Star Trek this weekend and I didn't really like it very much. I think my expectations were a little too high.
   
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   MyshaGardner So . . . so far "Star Trek" is the *sh!!! Unfortunately our movie viewing was interrupted by an earthquake :( *Sigh*
   
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   chieflemonhead #Star Trek was awesome! Loved how they used original character dev to build a whole new franchise. Looking forward to a new sequel.
   
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   sidelko I enjoyed Star Trek last night, John Cho & Simon Pegg were nice surprises. Not sure if I like that they undid the whole star trek mythos.
   
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   chrisbouldin star trek was only missing one thing, a cameo by bill shatner. must have been too busy making priceline commercials.
   

CBS Has a New "Survivor" Winner

Spoiler alert! According to E! Online, Alabama cattle-rancher James "J.T." Thomas Jr. came out on top in the "Survivor: Tocantins" finale last night.

JT was chosen unanimously as the winner at the final tribal council, capturing the million-dollar prize and becoming the 18th season's sole survivor. Viewers at home also voted JT the fan favorite, adding another $100,000 to his winnings.

"I'm happy — it's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life, obviously," Thomas said.

JT used his nice guy image and charm to fly under the radar for much of the game, winning the final two immunity challenges and beating out friend and fellow competitor Stephen Fishbach to take home the victory.

Most Twitterers were thrilled by the results, and even those who were rooting for someone else tweeted some JT praise:

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   wOnDeRwEnNiE james thomas jr., the sole survivor of survivor tocantins! woohoo! i'm teary eyed.. he deserved it.. =D
   
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   e4ella Too bad, neither of Taj or Erinn became the Sole Survivor of Survivor Tocantins... Anyway, J.T is a good player, he deserves the title
   
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   im_the_martian for one moment I hated JT... but it all changed. He's definitely a good man. :) Survivor: Tocantins is all for JT to win and he did won. :D
   
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   pie_maniti jt of survivor tocantins deserve to win.! congratz... can't wait for survivor samoa.!
   
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   camilleisleta Survivor: Tocantins' had one of the best final tribal councils in the show's history. J.T swept the jury's vote. I was rooting 4 Stephen.
   
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   jannah_hair Yay! JT wins Survivor Tocantins.. He deserves it.. He's sweet.. I love JT.. And he's damn cute in the Reunion.. Go JT!
   

Brooke Shields Outraged at Tabloid's Antics

Brook Shields will take "every lawful action against all who were involved" in checking her 75-year-old mother out of a New Jersey assisted living center last week. Per PEOPLE, Teri Shields was seen at a restaurant speaking with a freelance reporter, but the event wasn't authorized by the Shields family. Teri suffers from dementia and was residing in a senior living facility when two reporters checked her out, claiming they were friends of Teri's.

Shields was contacted by police, and claims the reporters were not friends of Teri's and were just looking for a story. The National Enquirer released this statement to PEOPLE: "A freelance reporter who has known Teri Shields for more than 10 years visited her Thursday at the assisted living facility where Brooke says she moved her. Teri asked the reporter to take her out to lunch and to run some errands. The freelance reporter then got permission from the facility to do so."

Twitterers were disgusted by the alleged behavior of the reporters:

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   priya_elayath did you guys see the story about brook shields mother. it's disgusting how low people will go just to find the secrets of celebrity's lives.
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   emmanovember I cannot believe someone would do that. (Re: the news regarding Brook Shields' mother)
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   KristiKrimm Thinking how terrible I feel for Brooke Shields. I hope her mom is okay. I don't read the National Enquirer.
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   darlajane Unbelievable: National Enquirer Checked Brooke Shields Mother Out of Nursing Home http://bit.ly/AsZMM
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   Cindywho @foxandfriends Paparazzi in trouble. No. Nursing home staff is responsible for letting Brook Shields mom out of nursing home.

The police will continue to investigate but no charges have yet been filed.

"Chuck" Will Return to NBC

The campaign to save "Chuck" apparently paid off. According to EW.com, NBC will renew the spy-comedy for its third season, giving it a 13-episode order.

While the renewal news is good, it will come at a price for members of the show. Warner Bros. agreed to "make significant budget concessions, including scaling back the number of episodes several members of the show's stellar supporting cast will appear in and, per one insider, possibly eliminating one actor altogether."

Still, the Twitterverse was excited by the news:

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   MikaylaLeigh Chuck has been renewed! So so happy.
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   brickfrenzy Yes! Chuck has been renewed! *happy dance*
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   msigsby AHHHHH!!! Chuck got renewed for a third season!!! Hallelujah!!!
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   KRife Calling all geeks! NBC has renewed nerd-spy comedy Chuck for a 13-episode third season for the fall. YAAAAY!!!! SOO HAPPY!
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   GaryW3 Wearing an ear to ear grin after reading about "Chuck" pickup! Whoo Hoo!! VICTORY! #savechuck
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   thejork Chuck & Dollhouse renewed. No such luck for Terminator. I'm satisfied.