Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, December 16, 2008 December 17, 2008 5:28 pm
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New Inglourious Basterds Photo December 17, 2008 4:37 pm
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A new photo from writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film Inglourious Basterds has been released. Click to enlarge.
Inglourious Basterds will be released in 2009.
Source: Filmz.ru
Walt Disney Pictures 2009 Preview December 17, 2008 4:26 pm
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Walt Disney Pictures has released their 2009 preview featuring 14 total releases. Here’s the release schedule.
February 13, 2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
February 27, 2009
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
March 13, 2009
Race to Witch Mountain
April 10, 2009
Hannah Montana The Movie
April 22, 2009
Earth
May 29, 2009
Up
June 12, 2009
The Proposal
July 24, 2009
G-Force
Summer 2009
When in Rome
September 25, 2009
Surrogates
October 2, 2009
Toy Story
November 6, 2009
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
November 25, 2009
Old Dogs
Christmas 2009
The Princess and the Frog
Head on over to ComingSoon.net to check out several more new images.
Nielsen Releases First DVR List December 17, 2008 4:12 pm
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Nielsen has released its first yearly top 10 list of time-shifted primetime programming. Topping the list are the Tuesday and Wednesday editionts of Fox’s American Idol, with Live+7-day viewing adding 2.15 million and 1.95 million households, respectively (Note: notice they are ranked by households, not viewers which is more commonly used).
Of the remaining eight shows in the top 10, seven are dramas, including sci-fi shows Heroes (1.83 million), Lost (1.79 million) and Fringe (1.60 million). Those are followed by House (1.45 million), The Mentalist (1.45 million), Survivor (1.40 million), Grey’s Anatomy (1.36 million) and Bones (1.33 million).
A second list ranked shows in order of the percentage increase attributed to time-shifted viewers. SCI Fi’s Battlestar Galactica leads the list with an impressive 53% increase in households. USA’s Burn Notice comes in second with a 37% increase, followed by Heroes and 90210 (both 35%).
Other cable shows listed were SCI FI’s Sanctuary (35%) and Eureka (34%), TBS’s comedy My Boys (32%), USA’s Psych (29%), In Plain Sight (28%) and The Starter Wife (27%) round out the list.
Source: Variety
The Dark Knight DVD and Blu-ray Sales at 13.5 Million Worldwide December 17, 2008 3:59 pm
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that The Dark Knight has sold 13.5 million DVD and Blu-ray disc copies worldwide (US, UK, Canada, Japan, Benelux and Australia). That figure includes a record-breaking 1.7 million Blu-ray Discs worldwide, including 1 million domestically.
The Dark Knight took the world by storm on Blu-ray and DVD, breaking records for 2008. The blockbuster hit from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan became an instant must-own classic with Blu-ray sales of over 1.7 million units and total DVD and Blu-ray sales of 13.5 million worldwide*, including consumer sales and rental sales, in one week. Brisk consumer sales – totaling over 10 million with one week of sales reported – are expected to continue through the holiday season. The Dark Knight is the best selling Blu-ray title in history and will become the best selling 2008 title overall this week. The response to the digital copy offering included on the Blu-ray and Special Edition DVD has been remarkable with the number of consumers activating their digital copies approaching 300,000. The Dark Knight is already the number one movie for the year on the iTunes 2008 Chart.
The full press release follows after the jump.
First 22 Minutes of Watchmen Seen + Court Trial Pushed Back December 17, 2008 3:49 pm
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Devin Faraci of CHUD got the opportunity to watch the first 22 minutes of Warner Bros.’ Watchmen over the weekend at Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin. Here’s what he had to say about the clip:
It will look and feel like a real movie.
That’s a weird thing to say, but there are lots of people out there who, having only seen the trailers released to the public, are jumping to the conclusion that Zack Snyder has made a Watchmen filled with speed ramping and flashy money shots. From what I’ve seen this isn’t even remotely true at all. The footage is stylish – well shot, with rich visuals and dynamic compositions – but it looked more like a modern take on a noir film than anything else. What I saw was moody, sometimes muted. Snyder allows his takes to be long, eschewing a quick cut style that many seem to think would rule the day in this film. The 22 minutes I saw didn’t feel like an action film at all.
Meanwhile, Variety is reporting that Los Angeles federal judge Gary Allen Feess has pushed back the Watchmen court trial two weeks to January 20, 2009.
NBC To Use Super Bowl to ReIntroduce Programming December 17, 2008 3:44 pm
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With several of the network’s high-profile shows experiencing series low ratings, and NBC still unable to successfully launch a new series this fall season, the network is looking to capitilize on the large audience tuning into the Super Bowl to to reintroduce its programming to America.
Promotions are being planned for Heroes, Kings, Medium and NBCU Cable shows among others. NBC will have five minutes’ worth of promotional time during the Super Bowl, plus a potential of between two and four minutes during halftime. Additional time will be available in the network’s pregame and postgame programming. NBC Entertainment president of marketing Adam Stotsky said that the Super Bowl gives the network an opportunity to “reintroduce” viewers to NBC programs they might not currently be watching “as well as give current fans some of the respective shows some special episode points to keep them coming back.”
The network’s Monday night lineup will be most highlighted, set to debut one day after the game airs. They include a special 3-D episode of Chuck at 8pm, the new volume of Heroes at 9pm and the season premiere of Medium at 10pm.
“You want to have a trailer version so [viewers] know what it’s about,” said Mr. Miller. “We also plan a different kind of spot that gets attention, the type of thing that will be displayed on YouTube the next day.”
Source: Advertising Age
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