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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follows after the jump.

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Title of Next Michael Moore Documentary Revealed: “Capitalism: A Love Story”

Michael Moore has unveiled the title of his upcoming documentary.  The film, set to hit theaters on October 2, 2009, will be called Capitalism: A Love Story.

“It will be the perfect date movie,” Moore said in an announcement Wednesday. “It’s got it all — lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.”

The film is Moore’s first since 2007’s Sicko.

Source: Variety

Warehouse 13 Premiere Draws 3.5 Million Viewers

Last night’s premiere of Warehouse 13 on Syfy drew a respectable 3.5 million viewers, making Syfy the #1 most-watched ad-supported cable network in primetime Tuesday night.

Fleshing out the numbers more fully, the two-hour premiere drew a 2.5 HH rating, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and 1.3 million Adults 18-49.  For comparison purposes, it’s the 3rd highest total viewership for a Syfy original series premiere, trailing only Stargate Atlantis (4.2 million on 7/16/2004) and Eureka (4.1 million on 7/18/2006).

Additionally, it was a stronger performance than the network’s last original series, Sanctuary, topping that series by 29% among viewers, 20% among Adults 18-49 and 15% among Adults 25-54.

One negative aspect I could find was pointed out by TV by the Numbers, who note that while the show out-drew the series finale of Battlestar Galactica by a hefty 1.1 million (2.4 million vs. 3.5 million), Battlestar Galactica managed a heftier 1.6 million viewers in the very key A18-49 demographic (300,000 viewers better than Warehouse 13).

That weaker position among Adults 18-49 and is also reflected in comparisons with other series premieres for the network:

• Eureka: 1.9 million Adults 25-54, 1.7 million Adults 18-49
• Stargate Atlantis: 2.5 million Adults 25-54, 2.1 million Adults 18-49

By the way if you haven’t seen it, Syfy (check out the new website at Syfy.com) aired a re-branding video before the premiere of Warehouse 13.  Watch it and check out the official press release for the show’s premiere ratings after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

31.14 Million Watch Michael Jackson Memorial

The memorial service held in honor of Michael Jackson drew 31.14 million viewers on U.S. television (not including any online viewing).  The event ran live from 1pm to 4pm ET on 19 networks: ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Headline News, BET, E!, MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic, TV Guide Network, and TV ONE.

14.28 million of the viewers watched via the three main networks ABC (5.31M), NBC (5.12M) and CBS (3.89M), while 9.3 million watched on the four main cable news networks CNN (5.30M), Fox News (2.23M), MSNBC (1.39M) and HLN (377,000).  The remaining 7.56 million came from the other 12 networks.

In terms of historical comparisons, it was behind the 35.07M who watched President Reagan’s burial in 2004 and the 33.25M who watched the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.

Source: Nielsen Wire

Inglourious Basterds Final Cut Will Run 1 Minute Longer Than Cannes Version

Those expecting a radically different version of Quentin Tarantino’s WWII epic Inglourious Basterds from what was shown at the Cannes Film Festival will be disappointed.  The final version of the film is just one minute longer than what was presented at Cannes.

“The movie is actually a minute longer, in running time, than it was in Cannes. It was 2:28, without end credits, and now it’s 2:29, or 2:32 with end credits,” he told DealMemo.

As to what’s been added, well if you read Anne Thompson’s piece from May, it’s exactly what she reported:

“I added a sequence between where Mike Myers and Michael Fassbender discuss Operation Kino [the plot to blow up a theater as Joseph Goebbels and other Nazi brass watch a film], and the shootout scene in the basement tavern La Louisiane. In Cannes, we went from one to the other. I’d shot another scene, right before that, where Fassbender meets The Basterds, before they go to La Louisiane. That’s back.”

Another scene was re-inserted, which Tarantino calls a “laugh-out-loud funny moment that introduces Goebbels’s French translator, and cuts to a scene where she and Hitler’s minister of propaganda are having raucous sex.”  Other than a few cuts here and there to amp up the pace, there are no major changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Jennifer’s Body Red-Band Trailer

Here’s another red-band trailer.  This one’s for the Diablo Cody-scripted/Megan Fox-starrer Jennifer’s Body.  The regular green-band (general audiences) trailer will be attached to prints of Bruno this Friday. Check out the red-band trailer after the jump.

Jennifer’s Body hits theaters on September 18, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

New Red Band Movie Trailer for Funny People

Universal Pictures has released a new red-band trailer for the upcoming Judd Apatow comedy Funny People, starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana and Jonah Hill.  Watch it after the jump.

Funny People hits theaters on July 31, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Dollhouse Season Two Premieres Friday, September 26th

Fox has confirmed that the season two premiere of Dollhouse will air on September 25th on Fox at 9:00pm ET/PT.  The premiere episode was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon.  Full details are included after the jump via the press release. Read the rest of this entry »

Cameron Diaz In Talks For Green Hornet

EW is reporting that Cameron Diaz has been offered to play the female lead in Green Hornet, opposite Seth Rogen.  The site reports that the deal hasn’t been sealed yet, but that sources say she is in early talks for the role.

Green Hornet, directed by Michel Gondry and co-written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, hits theaters on July 9, 2010.

Raja Gosnell Will Direct Smurfs

Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have announced that Raja Gosnell has been tapped to direct Smurfs, the live-action/animated film based on the classic characters.

“With Raja coming aboard, we now have a brilliant director who has proven time and again that he has a deft touch in blending the worlds of physical comedy and honest emotion with both live action and photo real animated characters. Our three-apple-high heroes are in good hands, and we feel absolutely, positively Smurfy to be working with him,” said producer Jordan Kerner.

Smurfs will be released in 3-D and conventional theaters on December 17, 2010.

New District 9 Movie Trailer

TriStar Pictures has released a new trailer for the Peter Jackson-produced/Neill Blomkamp-directed sci-fi film District 9.  Watch the trailer after the jump.

District 9 hits theaters on August 14, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Gary Ross To Rewrite Spider-Man 4

Gary Ross will be reuniting with his Seabiscuit star Tobey Maguire.  The screenwriter has been tapped by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios to rewrite the Sam Raimi-directed sequel Spider-Man 4.

The script was originally written by James Vanderbilt, and then rewritten by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Source: Variety

Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer In Talks To Join MacGruber

Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in negotiations to join the cast of MacGruber, the recurring Saturday Night Live skit that paradies the popular 80’s television series MacGyver.  Jorma Taccone, who created the character and directed many of the skits on ‘SNL’, will direct, while ‘SNL’ producer and creator Lorne Michaels is producing.

The skits star Will Forte as MacGyver’s son and Kristen Wiig as an assistant.  The two will reprise their roles for the feature.

Source: THR

Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, July 7, 2009

ABC, CBS and NBC all devoted at least one hour of primetime to coverage of the passing/memorial service of Michael Jackson.  All three programs at 10:00pm were focused on Michael Jackson, while ABC also aired a 9:00pm special edition of 20/20.

Overall, the four hours of programming drew a combined 18.0 HH rating, 26.18M viewers and an 8.2 A18-49 rating.  The most-watched Michael Jackson-related program on television last night came courtesy of ABC’s Primetime: Family Secrets at 10:00pm, which drew a 6.0/10 HH rating/share, 8.60M viewers and a 2.6/7 A18-49 rating/share.

Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump.

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Untitled Tom Clancy Project Script Due Soon; Clooney to Star?

Variety is reporting that Paramount and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are awaiting the first draft of an original screenplay currently called the Untitled Tom Clancy Project from screenwriter Hossein Amini.

Variety also confirms reports that George Clooney has been discussed for the role of Jack Ryan (previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck), but notes that he would first have to see the script, director and so on before committing, and also that Paramount may ultimately decide to go with an older, or even younger, Ryan.