TV on Tap: Fox Wants Its Own Zombie Show and ABC Gets Jamie Bamber 's "Body"

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on October 18, 2011

The amazing Jennifer Coolidge is the latest client on tonight's Mad Fashion.

News

ABC will be sexing up Body of Proof for sweeps with the addition of Jamie Bamber who will appear in at least three episodes as a potential love interest for Dana Delany's medical examiner. Let's hope the Body of Proof writers know to give Bamber another towel scene.

Cougar Town producer Bill Lawrence says that he's still discussing a potential title change with the network and he'd like to let fans vote on the new titles, with Cougar Town being one of the choices.

NBC has announced who will be hosting Saturday Night Live in November and it's a great line-up with Emma Stone, Charlie Day and Jason Segel. I'm already wincing in advance at how SNL will fail to capture how funny these performers are.

The producers of Hot in Cleveland will be giving sister site AfterEllen reason to cover the comedy. An upcoming episode will have Laura San Giacomo appearing as Valerie Bertinelli's sister who wants to come out to her family and to introduce her girlfriend, who will be played by Sandra Bernhard. Meanwhile, Wendy Malick and Jane Leeves' characters will be in a sham marriage.

Fox's New Girl will also be vying for AfterEllen's attention when NTSF:SD:SUV:: star June Diane Raphael (who is also writing a sitcom for ABC with Happy Endings' Casey Wilson) appears in an episode as a lesbian friend of Jess.

This is what The Walking Dead's huge numbers get you, Fox is working on a half-hour series based on the horror-comedy movie Zombieland. I hope Fox budgets for plenty of celebrity cameos, so the TV series can have moments like when the gang discovered Bill Murray's mansion.

snicks already told you about the huge audience that tuned-in for Sunday's season premiere of The Walking Dead, but I wanted to add some perspective to the numbers. The 11 million viewers who watched the premiere (including the encores) beat most of the programming on broadcast networks, with only football and 60 Minutes beating AMC's zombies.

Listings

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) Check local listings
Sexpert Dr. Laura Berman discusses how to find the passion in your home and joins Nate for a plan to redesign a bedroom. Then, Top Chef: Just Desserts' Gail Simmons and Johnny Iuzzini visit with some decadent dessert recipes.

Tavis Smiley (PBS) Check local listings
While Antonio Banderas has that Puss in Boots movie to promote, Tavis' interviews usually take a broader view of his subjects careers, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed tonight's show includes a discussion of Banderas' experience with Pedro Almodovar.

The Rosie Show (OWN) 7:00 PM ET
Rosie is set to get visits from Fran Drescher and Cheryl Hines.

The X Factor (Fox) 8:00 PM ET
Things wrap up at the judges' house as they pick out the sixteen finalists.

Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 9:00 PM ET
With Carson and Chaz getting the lowest scores from the judges, will they get the votes they need to stay in the competition?

Ringer (CW) 9:00 PM ET
Since I suspect we're not going to get many answers about that blood stain on Henry's wall, there's still the debut of Jason Dohring as Juliet's teacher to anticipate.

Mad Fashion (Bravo) 10:00 PM ET
Chris March and his team gets a call from Jennifer Coolidge who wants an "ice queen" dress to wear to Mardi Gras. I hope it turns out to be something I can imagine her training dogs in with Jane Lynch.

The Onion News Network (IFC) 10:00 PM ET
Tonight's show includes a profile of the latest Republican front runner -- he's taking the race by storm despite being in a coma. Meanwhile, Tucker introduces his new touchscreen.

Tosh.0 (Comedy Central) 10:00 PM ET
This week it's the "Shroom Guy" who gets a web redemption.

Workaholics (Comedy Central) 10:30 PM ET
Anders 25th birthday inspires a new reason for him to be whiny as he starts to feel old.

What will you be watching tonight? Please share in the comments!