SCI FI Orders Third Season of Destination Truth January 12, 2009 11:54 pm
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Following its hit second season, the SCI FI Channel has renewed the reality series Destination Truth for a third season. Josh Gates will return to host nine all-new episodes, slated to premiere on SCI FI in fall 2009.
The show premiered in the summer of 2007, but season two was its strongest, outperforming that first season in all key demographics: household rating (+9%) , total viewers (+15%), Adults 18-49 (+17%) and Adults 25-54 (+28%).
Source: SCI FI
TNT Greenlights Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age January 12, 2009 11:44 pm
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TNT has added another show to its lineup of original programming with the pick up Ray Romano’s midlife crisis drama Men of a Certain Age. 10 episodes were ordered by TNT and the network is targeting a January 201o premiere.
The pilot was written by Romano and Everybody Loves Raymond alum Mike Royce and is focused on three forty-year college buddies — Joe (Romano), Owen (Andre Braugher) and Terry (Scott Bakula) — who are each coming to terms with a midlife that hasn’t lived up to their expectations.
“The show isn’t ever going to be weighty tome,” said Royce, who calls his series a “dramedy.” “We’re really just trying to write out of our own experience and make the show relatable.”
Just last week, TNT gave similar 10-episode pickups to the Jada Pinkett Smith-starring medical drama Time Heals and the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced cop drama The Line, which stars Dylan McDermott. On January 26th the network will debut its fifth hour-long series, Trust Me, which stars Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh as Chicago ad executives.
Source: Variety
ABC Considering Bringing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Back to Primetime January 12, 2009 11:23 pm
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Given the critical and commercial success of Golden Globe-winner Slumdog Millionaire, it’s hard not to have seen this coming. ABC is considering bringing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire back to its prime time lineup this summer.
The show went premiered on ABC 10 years ago, and the discussions revolve around an August return. TVWeek reports that the show would likely air as a “multi-night event over one or two weeks…as a commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the show’s American debut.”
ABC also wants Regis Philbin to return as host, but since he’s currently working on another game show, CBS’s Million Dollar Password, it’s unclear if he’d be able to.
If the show does return, it would mark it’s second revival on ABC. Philbin hosted a few “Super Millionaire” events in 2004, with a top prize of $10 million. There’s also a five-day-a-week syndicated version, hosted by Meredith Viera, that has been on the air for several years.
66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Down By Double-Digits January 12, 2009 8:44 pm
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While The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards was the most-watched non-sports program last night, it was far from a success for NBC. According to final national numbers, the event was off 5.43 million or 26% among viewers, 30% among households and 25% among adults 18-49 from the 2007 telecast.
- Households – 13.2/20 to 9.3/14 (-30%)
- Viewers – 20.04M to 14.86M (-26%/-5.18M)
- Adults 18-49 – 6.5/15 to 4.9/12 (-25%)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, January 11, 2009 January 12, 2009 7:09 pm
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New Behind-the-Scenes Avatar Photo January 12, 2009 6:06 pm
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So far, all we’ve seen from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar has been production photos. The same is true today, with yet another release of Cameron on the set of the film. Courtesy New York Times, this latest photo shows a little more of the set than we’ve seen in the past. Check it out in full below.
Avatar hits theaters on December 18, 2009.
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