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M. Night Shyamalan on “Avatar: The Last Airbender” April 15, 2008 6:00 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Avatar, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Movies, News.
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Director M. Night Shyamalan is taking a rest from his usual horror fare to write, direct and produce a live-action adaptation of the Nick TV series Avatar.  Empire Online recently sat down with the director at the MTV Films and Nick Movies event to discuss Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Check out the interview here.

Spielberg to Make 3-D “Ghost in the Shell” Movie for DreamWorks April 15, 2008 5:57 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, Television.
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DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese manga “Ghost in the Shell” with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature.  Story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime…

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, April 14, 2008 April 15, 2008 5:34 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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ABC carried the evening among households and viewers, though CBS’s comedies and a CSI: Miami repeat were strong enough to put CBS in first place among adults 18-49.

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CBS Unveils 2008 Summer Schedule April 15, 2008 1:56 am

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, 2008/2009 TV Season, CBS, News, Television.
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CBS has unveiled its 2008 summer schedule.  The schedule, heavily reality based, includes the premiere of three new reality shows, two new drama’s, a summer edition of Big Brother, the premiere of LIVE mixed martial arts events, The Tony Awards and a new edition of the AFI’s 100 Years series.  Details after the jump.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, April 13, 2008 April 15, 2008 1:38 am

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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ABC’s Desperate Housewives returned as the night’s most watched episode, but the series declined by a disappointing 3.78 million/19% among viewers and 22% among adults 18-49, hitting a series low in the process among the key A18-49 demo.

Viewerwise though, the show is still at around the same range as it was last season.  Despite low retention numbers from its lead-in (57% among viewers and 51% among A18-49)  Eli Stone took advantage of its stronger lead-in en route to an increase of 3.31 million/56% among viewers and 61% among A18-49 from its last newly aired episode.  The season one finale, which could turn out to be the show’s series finale, airs this coming Thursday, April 17th.

With the addition of the final segment of The Masters, CBS got solid numbers from its lineup, adding up to a first place finish among households.  The network finished in second place among A18-49 and was just 20,000 viewers shy from first place ABC among viewers (10.46M vs. 10.44M).

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