Friday Night Lights Gets Renewed for Two More Seasons March 30, 2009 8:50 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in DirecTV, NBC, News, Renewals, Television.Tags: Friday Night Lights
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DirecTV and NBC have finalized a deal to produce 26 more episodes, to be aired over the course of two seasons, of the critically hailed, but poorly rated, NBC series Friday Night Lights.
The 26-episode order will likely be the last for the series, given its low ratings. The 26 episodes will be produced consecutively without a break, but DirecTV will air the episodes as two 13-episode seasons. NBC will get a second window of Friday Night Lights episodes after they air on DirecTV, just as they’re doing currently with the third season.
Through 11 episodes this season, Friday Night Lights has averaged a 2.7/4 HH rating/share, 3.98M viewers and a 1.3/4 A18-49 rating/share on NBC.
But forget the ratings, I love this series and am thrilled to see it’ll be around for at least two more seasons.
Source: TV Week
David Cronenberg Talks Eastern Promises Sequel March 30, 2009 8:22 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Focus Features, Movies, News.Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
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In a new interview with MTV, Eastern Promises director David Cronenberg said that he, star Viggo Mortensen, screenwriter Steven Knight, producer Paul Webster and the studio Focus Features, are planning on making a sequel to the 2007 thriller. Here’s a small excerpt from MTV:
“We are moving forward with it,” Cronenberg told MTV News. “We all are excited about the idea of doing a sequel.”
“We are going to have a meeting very soon between me, Steve Knight and Paul Webster to discuss what the script would be,” Cronenberg said. “I have some very strong ideas about what I would like to see, but I would like to hear what they have to say as well. And then after that, if all goes well, Steve goes away and writes a great script. If we all like it, we make it.”
Eastern Promises grossed just $17.3 million domestically, but did better in foreign markets, pushing its worldwide cume to $56.1 million.
Bruno Gets NC-17 Rating March 30, 2009 8:16 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 20th Century Fox, Movies, News.Tags: Bruno, Sascha Baron Cohen
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Sascha Baron Cohen’s latest film, Bruno, has received a NC-17 rating. The Wrap reports that the film got the rating, in part, due to a scene where the Baron’s character “appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor.”
This actually isn’t much of a surprise because Cohen’s last film, 20th Century Fox’s Borat, initially earned an NC-17 rating as well. That film was later re-edited and got the necessary R-Rating, en route to an impressive $128.9M domestically ($261.6M worldwide) on a budget of just $18M.
Bruno, from Universal Pictures, hits theaters on July 7, 2009.
New Star Trek TV Spot March 30, 2009 8:02 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, Paramount, Video Clips.Tags: Star Trek
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Paramount has begun airing a new trailer/TV spot for Star Trek. The trailer is attached to 2-D runs of Monsters vs. Aliens and was run during Friday night’s Kid’s Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. Check out the new spot after the jump.
Star Trek hits theaters on May 8, 2009. (more…)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Terminator Salvation Video Game Trailers March 30, 2009 7:53 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, Video Game Trailers, Video Games.Tags: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Terminator Salvation
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The trailer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: The Video Game is now online, as well as the opening intro sequence for the video game based on Terminator Salvation. Check them both out after the jump (image above is a screen from the Terminator Salvation game, check out more screens at Crave Online). (more…)
CBS May Cancel Guiding Light March 30, 2009 7:46 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in CBS, News, Television.Tags: Guiding Light
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TV Week is reporting that CBS may soon decide to pull the plug on Guiding Light, the longest-running daytime drama in television history (it started on radio and together with its television run its survived more than 70 years). While no final decision has been made yet, the network’s deal ends in September and the network would likely settle on a decision within the next month.
Last February the show changed its storytelling approach to one that gave the show a more realistic, less stage feel. That was also around the time that CBS renewed the show for its current season and retaining an option for an additional season. But ratings haven’t improved since the switch. According to data from Nielsen, season-to-date, the show is averaging 2.17 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in women 18-49 rating (the target demographic for daytime soaps); that’s down 18% in viewers and 25% in the demographic season-to-season.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 29, 2009 March 30, 2009 3:12 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Sunday
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Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, and individual program analysis, etc., follows after the jump. (more…)
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