What better place for a show about a music-company executive than VH1?
VH1 is hoping to provide a better home for "Love Monkey" than CBS did. The promising series, which was axed by the broadcast network after only three episodes, will air in its entirety on the cable network.
Of course only a total of eight episodes were produced. And the chances of there ever being more are just about zero. Even if the show draws great ratings on VH1, producing new episodes is economically out of reach for the cable network.
And series star Tom Cavanagh has already moved on. He's starring in another pilot for CBS — "My Ex-Life," a sitcom about two divorced couples. (We won't know if that makes it on the network's schedule until May.)
But at least the eight "Love Monkey" episodes that were already produced will be available to viewers. (Well, viewers with cable or satellite hookups.) VH1 will repeat the three episode CBS aired tonight at 8, 9 and 10; the other five episodes will air on successive Mondays at 10 p.m. beginning next week.
TOM CAVANAGH IS ON two channels at once tonight — in addition to the three episodes of "Love Monkey," he's making a return appearance on "Scrubs" (8 p.m., Ch. 5).
For the fifth time, he plays Dan, the older brother of J.D. (Zach Braff). And, weirdly enough, the two sort of look like they could be brothers.
Tonight, when Dan finds out that J.D. has lied to him about his relationship with Elliott, Dan teams up with the Janitor (Neil Flynn) to get back at J.D.
If you haven't watched "Scrubs" lately, it's funnier than ever. And, I'm more and more convinced, the funniest show on TV today.
SO, STEVEN SPIELBERG is going to do a reality show on Fox, teaming with the producer of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" to find the next great filmmaker in a show, tentatively titled "On the Lot."
Um, has Spielberg ever watched a reality show on Fox? Is he prepared to have people screaming and yelling at each other, lying to family members, acting like idiots, debasing themselves, humiliating themselves, insulting the intelligence of the viewers? Is he going to work with dwarves, fake millionaires, traded spouses and big, fat obnoxious fiances?
Well, Spielberg knows something about TV humiliation. He was an executive producer of "seaQuest, DSV,"
E-mail: pierce@desnews.com