Premiere date set for the run of “The Sopranos” on A&E November 29, 2006 7:19 pm
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A&E has set Wednesday, January 10 at 9:00 PM for basic cable premiere date for the critic/fan, Emmy-winning HBO series. A&E will air back-to-back episodes every Wednesday at the same time and will run in broadcast order un-edited for time (though it will be edited for content, obviously).
“We are thrilled to be able to offer ‘The Sopranos’ to nearly 150 million viewers who never had the opportunity to see it when it first aired on HBO,” says Bob DeBitetto, executive vice president and general manager of A&E. “This is more than just great television. ‘The Sopranos’ has come to define excellence in programming.”
Both HBO and A&E spent a good amount of time working together to utilize alternate versions of many scenes as well as pre-recorded alternate dialog to make the show acceptable to the basic cable environment.
New episodes of “The Sopranos” return to HBO sometime in the Spring of next year with the remaining 9 episodes of the series.
NBC unveils midseason schedule; a few changes, a few missing shows and a new reality series headline. November 29, 2006 7:03 pm
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NBC today announced its mid-season schedule, which is highlighted by a two-hour reality block on Sundays (which will be taking the place of departing football) and “Friday Night Lights”, which will be moving to a new time slot; Wednesdays at 8:00 PM.
A few shows have been left off the line-up, those are “The Black Donnellys” and “Raines”. NBC, however has stated that both shows will join the schedule sometime in the spring of next year.
As I mentioned previously, one of the highlights of the shedule is NBCs new Sunday line-up which will be headlined by the new reality series “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” (it will feature competing contestants for a spot on the broadway production of “Grease”). Following ‘Grease’ will be the returing “The Apprentice” at 9:00 PM, followed by the returing “Crossing Jordan” at 10:00 PM.
The schedule also shows off what NBC had briefly made mention of a few weeks back; reality/news programs in the early evening with “Dateline NBC” having two airings during the week (Tuesdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 7:00 PM) and two hours of “Deal or No Deal” (Mondays at 8:00 PM and Wednesdays at 9:00 PM).
Following is the current midseason schedule (all times Eastern):
The CW sets debut and schedule for returning “Beauty and the Geek” November 29, 2006 6:34 pm
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The third season of “Beauty and the Geek” will run for 8 episodes on The CW beginning Wednesday, January 3. The premiere will be a two-hour program from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
The remaining 7 episodes will then continue to run every week on Wednesday at 8:00 PM, with repeat airings set for Sunday’s at 9:00 PM.
“Thank You for Smoking” to move to the small screen. November 29, 2006 6:20 pm
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The independent hit film “Thank You for Smoking” will be made into a NBC sitcom.
The comedy series will focus on the same main character in the film (Nick Naylor, played by Aaron Eckhart).
The project is from the producer of the movie, David O. Sacks, and the pilot will be written and executive produced by Rick Cleveland (“Six Feet Under”).
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