New Fox Terminator/Dollhouse Promo February 4, 2009 6:54 pm
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While we’re all well aware of the uphill battle Fox is facing in terms of finding success from their upcoming Friday night Terminator/Dollhouse lineup, this new promo at least proves they’re trying. I’d say they did a good job with this new Grindhouse-like promo for the two shows (premiering Friday, February 13th). Watch the promo below, and lets hope the shows do well in the ratings.
New Watchmen Viral Video: “The Keene Act & You” February 4, 2009 6:44 pm
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Warner Bros. has posted a new video on the Watchmen viral website The New Frontiersman. The video is a Government Public Service Announcement from 1977 titled “The Keene Act & You” explaining how the new act will make the streets safer by removing costume vigilantes. Watch it embedded below.
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Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
America’s Army Most Downloaded War Game of All-Time February 4, 2009 6:23 pm
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The US Army has announced that its PC shooter, America’s Army, is the most-downloaded war game of all time. According to official estimates, the game has been downloaded 42,611,601 times in its various forms, with the most recent version having been downloaded 2.4 million times between January and July 2008.
Source: IncGamers
New Astro Boy Images February 4, 2009 6:18 pm
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Summit Entertainment will be at the New York Comic Con this weekend to debut a new trailer for the upcoming CG-animated film Astro Boy. AICN has gotten their hands on two new images that will also be showcased at the event. Click to head on over to AICN to get a closer look.
Astro Boy hits theaters on October 23, 2009.
Mass Effect 2 May Be Going Multiplatform February 4, 2009 6:10 pm
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During the company’s fiscal year conference call, EA’s CEO John Riccitiello dropped some hints about a few games, including BioWare’s space-themed RPG franchise Mass Effect, indicating it may not have an exclusive console home on the Xbox 360:
“[In Q4], BioWare will release Mass Effect 2 on multiple platforms,” he said during a Tuesday earnings call.
While the original game was exclusive to the 360, it later appeared on PC. Riccitiello did not mention any console in his statement, but when Edge Online, who reported the news, tried to contact EA, a rep said that “the company could not get into specifics about what Riccitiello meant by his ‘multiple platform’ comment.”
Donnie Darko Spinoff S. Darko Going Straight-to-DVD February 4, 2009 6:03 pm
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S. Darko, the upcoming Donnie Darko spinoff — with no involvment from the original director — about Donnie’s sister, will not be hitting theaters. io9 reports that MGM home entertainment will instead be releasing the film straight-to-DVD on April 28th. io9 further reports that the trailer will be screened at the New York Comic Con this weekend (February 6-8). I’ve attached a photo from the movie above (courtesy Bloody-Disgusting, click to get a better look).
In the meantime, here’s the already released teaser:
Synopsis
S. Darko takes place in the summer of 1995, seven years after the original film. It follows Donnie Darko’s younger sister, Samantha (Daveigh Chase), who, in the wake of his death, has found herself at age 17 with a broken family, mired in feelings of insignificance. She and her best friend Corey (Evigan) set off on a road trip to Hollywood in a bid to ‘make it big’, but their journey is cut short when their car breaks down unexpectedly, leaving them stranded in a small desert town. When a meteorite happens to crash-land nearby, Samantha is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe’s end and it appears that their breakdown was part of some grander plan. When she finds out she was actually adopted by the Darkos, and that she is in no way related to Donnie, she must face her own demons and, in doing so, save the world and herself.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, February 3, 2009 February 4, 2009 2:08 pm
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Fox easily won the night, outpacing #2 CBS by nearly six million among viewers and NBC by nearly 4 rating points among adults 18-49. The network saw week-to-week growth for both American Idol, and Fringe, more specifically Fringe, which grew by double-digits among households and viewers and more than 8% among adults 18-49.
CBS followed in second place, but perhaps more impressive, is that the network had just one original show air for the evening, 10pm time slot winner (among households and viewers), Without a Trace. Any network that manages to draw over 14 million viewers for two repeats, both of which outpaced the original program at 10pm, deserves major kudos.
Finishing in third place was NBC, which actually managed a second place finish among adults 18-49 thanks to strong showings from both Biggest Loser, which continues to hold up strongly against American Idol (with just slight week-to-week declines) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which won its time slot among adults 18-49 by a comfortable margin, despite losing out among viewers by more than 1.5 million.
ABC was in fourth place, with not much good news to report. All of the networks programs were below 6 million viewers.
In terms of overall audience, The CW, always in fifth place these days, performed quite poorly — the networks best show was 90210 which drew 2.40 million viewers. However, was actually an improvement over the last original episode and the show posted an improvement of 18% in the demo. My full analysis follows after the jump. (more…)
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