FOX Gives Justice A Little Support October 3, 2006 2:38 am
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Perhaps giving the show a little show of support, FOX has ordered three additional scripts for the new TV series.
The series is currently on hiatus until November, when FOX’s Baseball Playoffs end.
Justice premiered on August 30th to an audience of about 8.86M viewers. After dipping to less than 5.6M viewers, the show rebounded some in its last aired episode to a little over 7M and continues to hold most of its lead-in’s audience (Bones).
Yahoo! Begins Streaming Showtime TV Shows For Free October 3, 2006 2:37 am
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Showtime, this month, will begin offering free episodes of a select few of their programs online through the Yahoo! TV service.
Some programs said to be part of the service are Weeds, Dexter, Sleeper Cell and The L Word. These programs, and others will be available to view on the site from October 6-13.
While it’s not unusual in this day and age to stream shows online for free, it is when the medium is on a premium cable station (Showtime has done this sort of thing in the past with it’s critical favorite, but ratings starved original-series Huff).
The service will also stream free previews of new Showtime projects such as The Tudors, which will premiere on the network in 2007.
MTV Set To Premiere New Comedy Sketch Program October 3, 2006 2:37 am
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Set to premiere in the first quarter of 2007, “Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz” has been given an 8 episode order by MTV.
TBS Prepares Late-Night Programming Block October 3, 2006 2:37 am
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TBS has set in motion two new shows to anchor their late-night programming block.
Beginning Monday, November 27, 10 Items or Less will premiere in the 11:00 PM time-slot. The improv comedy program centers around a Manhattan businessman who is coping with the responsibilities of having to take over the family restaurant after his father’s death.
My Boys, a female centered program, will premiere the following night in the same time-slot.
Other programs down the line include a puppet talk show from The Jon Henson company, a project from comedian Frank Caliendo, and a possible sketch comedy show, in the vein of those on Comedy Central, from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart producer Jenny Hunter.
BBC America Expands Its Portfolio October 3, 2006 2:36 am
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BBC America has set forth to double their current programming budget, in an effort to get more viewers to the network and increase their market penetration (BBC America is currently available in 49.7M homes).
The network has green-lit two new series (Goldplated and The Innocence Project), one tv-movie (After Thomas) and purchased the rights to air three new dramas (Eleventh Hour, Northern Lights and Afterlife).
More information about this news can be found at MediaWeek and Broadcasting & Cable.
Charlie Sheen Set To Become Highest Paid Sitcom Actor September 28, 2006 11:52 pm
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According to reports, Charlie Sheen, of CBS’s Two and a Half Men, is set to become the highest paid sitcom star.
Sheen began renegotiating his contract about 2 months ago, right about the time Warner Bros., the show’s studio, began entering into deals for the show’s syndication packages (to Tribune Broadcasting stations for the Broadcast rights and to FX for the Cable rights).
The new contract will reportedly pay Sheen $350,000 per episode, the most for any current sitcom star.
The record for highest paid sitcom star of all time was Ray Romano of Everybody Loves Raymond. He was paid almost $2M per episode for that show’s final season back in 2004/2005.
Mobile ESPN Phone Service Goes Under September 28, 2006 11:52 pm
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Mobile ESPN, the cell phone service catering to the needs of sports fanatics, will close down service. Sales of Mobile ESPN phones and service will end immediately, while current customers will continue to receive their service until the end of this year.
Mobile ESPN has had a hard time growing its subscriber base, only serving 30,000 in its first year.
ESPN has decided to go in a different route, focusing on licensing out their content to other service providers, instead of running their own network.
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