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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 11:45 pm
The fourth film in the Indiana Jones saga (currently untitled) will begin filming in June of this year.
The David Koepp penned script will be directed by Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford will star. Frank Marshall will serve as producer, while George Lucas and Kathy Kennedy will serve as executive producers.
Though casting has not [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Court TV has been taken off DISH Network’s channel lineup, effective 12:01 AM Monday, January 1, 2007. Both parties say they failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement.
Turner said that EchoStar (the parent company of DISH Network) is “unwilling to pay…the standard industry rate”, but are willing to work with the [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 9:58 pm
In development for a while, Variety is reporting that ABC has given to go ahead on a small-screen version of the hit Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
The script was originally ordered back in January of 2006. The series will be overseen by Doug Liman and Simon Kinberg as director and writer, and [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Bravo has renewed its top-rated food competition program Top Chef for a third season.
Among comparable food programs on cable, Top Chef is the top rated among adults 18-49 (1.224M) and women 25-54 (755,000).”The second season of ‘Top Chef’ has outperformed even our highest expectations both in ratings and the quality of this non-fictional competitive drama,” [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 9:58 pm
King World (a division of CBS TV) has renewed the two longest running gameshows in syndication; Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for two more years, extending their runs through 2012. The previous contracts for the show had them running through 2010. The shows will now
‘Wheel’ is in its 24th season, while Jeopardy is [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on January 2, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Fox’s first BCS college football game between Oklahoma and Boise State did well, winning the night among all main categories, but it was not as strong as previous presentations, nor was it the nights highest rated football game.