Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 8, 2009 March 9, 2009 11:10 pm
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Rebecca Romijn Joins ABC Pilot Eastwick March 9, 2009 8:16 pm
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Rebecca Romijn has joined the cast of ABC’s Eastwick, the networks drama pilot based on the 1987 feature-film The Witches of Eastwick, and based on the John Updike novel of the same name.
Romijn will play the lead character on Eastwick, Roxi Torcoletti, joining previously cast Lindsay Price (who’ll play “Joanna Frankel”), Jaime Ray Newman (“Kat Rougemont”) and Paul Gross (“Darryl Van Horne”).
Source: Variety
Casting Underway for Live-Action Star Wars TV Show March 9, 2009 7:24 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Television.Tags: Rose Byrne, Star Wars
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During a press junket for the Nicolas Cage thriller Knowing, co-star Rose Byrne let slip that George Lucas has begun casting for his live-action TV series based on Star Wars: “A lot of my friends have been auditioning for it,” she said. Byrne (who played Dorme in ‘Episode II’) will not be auditioning for the series, noting she already has a steady gig on the FX series Damages, where she was nomianted for a Golden Globe: “I’m on a show,” she said. “I don’t know if I look that good in space.”
According to past reports, the live-action Star Wars series will focus on minor characters from the franchise and will be set in the time period between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the original Star Wars. Lucas plans to write and shoot an entire year’s worth of episodes before looking for a cable channel to air the series.
Source: MTV Movies Blog
Watch: First 13 Minutes of Castle March 9, 2009 6:54 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in ABC, News, Television, Videos.Tags: Castle, Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic
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Tonight is the premiere of the new ABC drama Castle, starring Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Firefly) and Stana Katic (The Spirit). But ahead of the show’s debut tonight — at 10:00pm following the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars — you can watch the first 13 minutes of the show online, right now. Head on through the jump to watch. (more…)
First Look: Daniel Radcliffe on Deathly Hallows Set March 9, 2009 6:37 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Images/Photos, Movies, News.Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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The Daily Mirror has published the first photo of Daniel Radcliffe on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. A user on the Harry Potter fansite Snitch Sneeker scanned the image, which you can see posted above (along with another one from Oculumedia). Follow the links to see the images in higher res.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I hits theaters on November 19, 2010 followed by ‘Part II’ on July 15, 2011.
via ComingSoon.net
Ashlee Simpsons-Wentz Headed to Melrose Place March 9, 2009 5:07 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, News, Television, The CW.Tags: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Melrose Place
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Singer/Actress Ashlee Simpson-Wentz will star on The CW’s Melrose Place update, returning to network television seven years after her role on The WB’s 7th Heaven. Simpson-Wentz will play Melrose Place’s newest resident, Violet, a bright-eyed but shrewd small-town girl and recent L.A. transplant who has come to town with a secret. THR reports that the character will draw parallels to the original series’ Sandy Harling (Amy Locane).
Simposon-Wentz joins the previously announced cast of Michael Rady and Katie Cassidy (see related story).
Morena Baccarin Cast in ABC’s V March 9, 2009 5:00 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings.Tags: Morena Baccarin, V
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Morena Baccarin (Stargate SG-1, Firefly) has been cast as one of the leads in the ABC drama series V. From Warner Bros. TV, V is a re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries of the same name about an invasion of aliens known as Visitors and the resistance against them. According to THR, Baccarin will be playing Anna, the leader of the Visitors who is remarkably knowledgeable about human culture and media manipulation.
The View Enjoying Its Most-Watched Season Yet March 9, 2009 4:55 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in ABC, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Barbara Walters, Broadcast TV Ratings, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, The View, Whoopi Goldberg
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ABC daytime talk show The View is riding a ratings high. The talk show, featuring a panel of Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Joy Behar and for a few times a week series co-executive producer Barbara Walters, drew its largest audience ever on the morning after Barack Obama was elected president (6.2 million) and has maintained that momentum ever since, enjoying its most-watched season to date with an average audience of 4.2 million viewers (+20% over last season’s 3.5 million).
ABC Daytime president Brian Frons believes that the election has elevated the series, but that it has been making positive strides over the past few years:
“We used to be an internally focused show, more introspective, but now we’re more outwardly looking,” Frons said. “Rosie (former moderator O’Donnell) looked out into the society, and we have built and grown from that.
“We have a group of diverse, intelligent women who filter the news and say, ‘Here’s how we feel about it and here are some things for you to think about.’ “
Source: Variety
ABC ‘Pulling’ For Success March 9, 2009 4:44 pm
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ABC is importing another British series. The network has closed the deal for Pulling, a single-camera pilot based on the 2006 British series of the same name. To be produced by ABC Studios, Pulling revolves around three single thirtysomething women who live together after one breaks off her engagement the day before her wedding. The pilot was written by Rob Hanning (Courting Alex) and will be directed by Elliot Hegarty.
Stacy Traub ins on board as show runner and will executive produce with Francie Calfo and the creators of the original BBC Three series Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly.
Source: THR
ABC Picks Up Impact, New Four-Hour Sci-Fi Miniseries March 9, 2009 4:41 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in ABC, News, Sci Fi, Television.Tags: David James Elliot, Impact, James Cromwell, Natasha Henstridge, Steven Culp
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ABC has picked up Impact, a four-hour miniseries about humanity’s efforts to survive after the moon is hit by a meteor and enters into a collision course with Earth. The $14 million production was directed by Michael J. Rohl and stars David James Elliot, Natasha Henstridge, Steven Culp and James Cromwell.
The SCI FI Channel has second-window rights, while Sony Pictures Home Entertainment acquired the video rights to the miniseries.
Source: Variety
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