In 2009 Marvel will be releasing a new animated series to coincide with the release of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. This new series is the first time Wolverine has ever been named “leader” of the X-Men, and appears to be based very heavily on the films (based on the voice talent), with costume influences from the recent “Astonishing X-Men” run.

No word yet on exactly when or where you’ll be seeing this show…but it is coming.

In what should come as a surprise to no one, ABC has cancelled “Men in Trees”. The show has always struggled to find a place to fit in on ABC - it’s been moved around many, many times and never found a spot that stuck. They even attempted to place the show on Lifetime in March, and when that didn’t work either - it was obvious that ABC was going to drop the axe…and they did.

Last night had to have set the record for the most break-the-fourth-wall moments in BL’s history…I counted at least four. They don’t usually bother me, but these seemed a bit obtrusive.

As obsessed as I’ve been with the election, I somehow missed this, but the pledged delegate thing is actually happening, which improved my opinion of the show. I enjoy watching Alan and Shirley butt heads, as they’re two of my faves on the show.

Denny’s “love story” was contrived and didn’t serve the story or his character at all. I know it was supposed to be whirlwind, but it shouldn’t have been a one-episode-and-out deal.

100 Word Review: Hell’s Kitchen continues to be a show that boggles my mind. Primarily because the contestants seem so inept that I can’t imagine that Chef Gordon Ramsay would actually hire any of them to work in a McDonald’s - much less his new LA restaurant. Tonight Vanessa, who burned her hand last week (and has been struggling the whole time) quit the show over her injury. Both teams had pizza related challenges and service tonight. Louross and Christina ended up on the chopping block after Ramasy said both teams “won” tonight’s service. Neither were illuminated, however, because Ramasy made Vanessa, tonight’s pick.

100 Word Review: This weekend I had the chance to check out two new cartoons on Nick. One was the abysmal Speed Race The Next Generation, and the other was Amy Poehler’s The Mighty B. The show features the voice talent of Poehler, Kennan Thompson and Andy Richter, and its off to a very nice start. Poehler’s Bessie Higgenbottom, who is voiced very similarly to one of her better SNL characters, is the world’s most ambitious Honeybee Scout. Her determination to win all 4,000 Honeybee badges is the premise to the show, and it looks like they’ll get some mileage out of it.

You can find out more about The Mighty B on their official website.

SpikeTV has ordered 6 episodes of ‘Factory’ a largely improvised comedy revolving around four small-town factory workers “who’d rather do anything than work their boring jobs”.

Sound familiar?

Of course it does. It’s “The Office” in a factory.

This will be the first comedy series ever commissioned by SpikeTV, and it will star Mitch Rouse, co-creator of “Strangers with Candy”.

“Factory is a unique improvised comedy that captures the everyday lives of four regular guys,” said Bill McGoldrick, VP of original programming at Spike. “The humor speaks directly to our viewers, and Mitch’s sensibility is a perfect match for our brand.”

Whenever an executive uses the word “unique” it makes my skin crawl and my head hurt. I’ll be checking out “Factory” and I can’t wait for it to prove me wrong and be something more than the cheap knock-off it looks like.

Last night the WWE arrived in Baltimore, Md and blew the doors off the 1st Mariner Arena with the 10th Annual “Backlash” PPV.

The game of “announce team shuffle” continued as we were introduce to WWE Legend Mick Foley as the new color commentator on the Smackdown brand. The night went quickly, barely using up 3 of the 4 scheduled hours for the event. Here are the results:

Matt Hardy defeated MVP to become the NEW WWE United States Champion

Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero to retain his ECW Championship

Big Show defeated The Great Khali

Shawn Michaels defeated Batista (Chris Jericho played the role of Special Guest Referee)

Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian, Layla, Victoria & Natalya defeated WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James, Maria, Ashley, Michelle McCool, Cherry & Kelly Kelly

The Undertaker defeated Edge to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

Fatal Four Way elimination match for the WWE title: Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. JBL vs. John Cena.

40-year old Gary Coleman and his 22-year old bride, Shannon Price, are going to appear on “Divorce Court” on May 1st and 2nd. The couple married in August of last year after meeting on the set of the 2006 comedy “Church Bell”.

The couple will discuss a variety of problems with Judge Lynn Toler, including “ugly” fights, and Gary’s child-like temper tantrums. “If he doesn’t get his way, he throws a temper tantrum like a five-year-old does,” Price says,”He like stomps the floor and yells, ‘Meehhhh,’ and starts throwing stuff around. He bashes his head in the wall, too.”

Price also complains that Coleman has no friends, a statement he clarifies by saying: “I don’t have any friends and don’t have any intention of making any,” he says. “People will stab you in the back, mistreat you, talk about me behind your back, steal from you. And they’re not really your friends. (They’re) only there because you’re a celebrity or because they want to get something from you.”

“Divorce Court” is a syndicated show where couples settle real divorce cases. All decisions made by the judge are legally binding.

100 Word Review: As King of the Hill ages, Hank is starting to do things that are out of character more and more with each episode, and for a long time fan - I really find that disappointing. In this episode we learn that all of Peggy’s birthdays go horribly wrong. This year she’s planned a mystery train trip with a 70s theme. After things start falling apart she and Hank venture off into the bathroom and in a moment of passion ‘do it’. Now, if you can get past the fact that Hank would never do that - then you’ll probably enjoy the episode.

100 Word Review: I haven’t actually sat and watched an animated series and felt completely embarrassed for everyone involved in the show…at least, until now. The idea that one of the biggest summer blockbuster hopefuls of 2008 is being backed up by a cartoon that is this embarrassingly bad is just…sad, really. The series is set at an academy run by a now middle-aged version of Speed Racer’s little brother, and revolves around the sons of Speed Racer. It has a budget of about $12, and looks like someone produced it on a home computer by themselves. Just awful.

Find out more about this terrible, terrible show at Nicktoons.com.