Merlin Renewed for Second Season December 16, 2008 5:37 pm
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BBC has renewed its successful original series Merlin for a second season. The show premiered in the U.K. in September and received an impressive 28% share, or 6.2 million viewers. The show been picked up in over 100 territories, including the United States, where NBC has the rights.
All 13 episodes of the first season have already aired in the U.K.
Source: Variety
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, December 15, 2008 December 16, 2008 4:47 pm
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New Lost Sneak Peek Clip December 16, 2008 4:35 pm
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ABC has released a brand new sneak peek video from “Because You Left”, the fifth season premiere of Lost. The clip features Jack and Ben talking about the passengers who stayed behind on hte island. Watch it below.
American Idol Returns on January 13th December 16, 2008 4:31 pm
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Fox has announced that the eighth season of American Idol will premiere on January 13th. The eighth season will kick off with three weeks of audition episodes.
Read the complete press release after the jump.
Robert Carlye Cast in Stargate Universe December 16, 2008 2:09 pm
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Robert Carlyle (24: Redemption) has been cast as Dr. David Rush in SCI FI Channel’s new series Stargate Universe. ‘SGU’ is the third installment in the network’s successful cable franchise and comes from Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis co-creators Brad Wright and Robert Cooper. Both producers will write and executive produce the new series. The show is expected to receive a 20-episode first season order.
“We couldn’t be more excited to set Robert Carlyle for Stargate Universe. He brings a depth, intelligence, and complexity to his roles, which will fit perfectly with the fresh, new reinvention of this franchise, ” said Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original Programming for SCI FI & Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy December 16, 2008 12:46 pm
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SCI FI’s new 10-part Battlestar Galactica web-series is now online. The Face of the Enemy premiered last Friday afternoon and will be posted on SCIFI.com at 12PM Eastern every Monday and Wednesday up through the on-air return of the series on January 16, 2009.
“The Face of the Enemy” follows the action and suspense inside a stranded Raptor carrying a group of passengers, including Lt. Felix Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) and a Number 8 Cylon (Grace Park). When passengers suddenly start dying in alarming ways, fear, panic and chaos erupt within the confines of the small ship as suspicion grows that there is a killer among them. Michael Hogan (Col. Tigh) and Brad Dryborough (Lt. Hoshi) also star.
Here’s the full schedule:
- Friday, December, 12: Chapter 1
- Monday, December, 15: Chapter 2
- Wednesday, December, 17: Chapter 3
- Monday, December, 22: Chapter 4
- Wednesday, December, 24: Chapter 5
- Monday, December, 29: Chapter 6
- Wednesday, December, 31: Chapter 7
- Monday, January, 5: Chapter 8
- Wednesday, January, 7: Chapter 9
- Monday, January, 12: Chapter 10
SCI FI also released a new poster advertising the new season of Battlestar Galactica. Which I have posted to the right. Click to enlarge
Watch the first two episodes after the jump.
Hugh Jackman to host Oscars December 16, 2008 11:57 am
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Actor Hugh Jackman (“Australia”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) has been tapped to host this year’s Oscar telecast on February 22, 2009. Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, producers of the awards show, called the Australian actor “a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star.”
“He also has style, elegance and a sense of occasion,” Mark and Condon said in a joint statement. “Hugh is the ideal choice to host a celebration of the year’s movies — and to have fun doing it.”
Jackman had the following to say in a statement:
“Thirty years ago when I was in Sydney watching Johnny Carson host the Oscars with my family, I never imagined that I’d one day have the chance to be up on that stage myself,” Jackman said. “I am very grateful to the Academy for giving me this opportunity. And, excited to be working with Larry and Bill on what I know will be a fun and memorable celebration.”
The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, February 22nd on ABC.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, December 14, 2008 December 15, 2008 5:19 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, December 13, 2008 December 14, 2008 6:28 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, December 12, 2008 December 13, 2008 6:16 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, December 11, 2008 December 12, 2008 7:36 pm
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Golden Globe Awards Announced December 11, 2008 11:59 pm
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced their nominations for The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The awards will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 on NBC starting at 8 PM ET. Check out the nominations for both movies and television, after the jump.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, December 10, 2008 December 11, 2008 6:34 pm
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Will Ferrell’s ‘Bush’ Show to Air on HBO December 11, 2008 6:21 pm
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HBO will be airing a live telecast of Will Ferrell’s Broadway show You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush next spring. The cable special will be directed by Marty Callner, who has directed prior HBO comedy specials including those for Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams and George Carlin.
An exact date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it’ll likely air sometime near the end of ‘You’re Welcome America’ on broadway (the limited run ends March 15th).
Source: Variety
Nine, Not Seven, Seasons of Desperate Housewives? December 11, 2008 2:43 pm
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TVGuide.com has learned that during a cake-cutting ceremony marking the 100th episode of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, series creator Marc Cherry announced his desire to have the show on the air for nine seasons, two more than he previously announced back in February of 2007 when Cherry inked a four-year deal with ABC Studios.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, December 9, 2008 December 10, 2008 6:47 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, December 8, 2008 December 9, 2008 8:59 pm
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Showtime Greenlights Syns from Jericho and Supernatural Producers December 9, 2008 6:32 pm
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Showtime is developing a character-driven sci-fi-themed drama called Syns (formerly Dolls’ Hospital) from Jericho consulting producer John McNamara and Supernatural supervising producer/writer Sera Gamble. According to THR, the Syns centers on a world in which humanlike synthetic organisms, known as Syns, are used for various purposes.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Nearly 5 Million Tune in for Leverage Premiere; 5.4 Million for ‘Librarian 3’ on TNT December 9, 2008 2:45 pm
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TNT had a very successful weekend. The third TV movie from The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice got things started by drawing 5.44 million viewers on Sunday night from 8-10pm. That led into the series premiere of Leverage, which held steady from its lead-in and drew 4.99 million viewers from 10-11pm (92% retention).
Leverage’s performance among the key demos was even more impressive, with 94% retention among adults 18-49 (2.06 million out of 2.19 million who watched ‘The Librarian’) and 93% retention among adults 25-54 (2.64 million out of 2.84 million who watched ‘The Librarian’).
The full press release follows after the jump.
New Meet the Press Host: David Gregory December 9, 2008 2:26 pm
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It’s now confirmed. NBC has announced that David Gregory will take over hosting duties on Meet the Press, effective immediately. Gregory’s debut will take place this Sunday.
In Sunday’s edition, temp. host Tom Brokow passed the baton to Gregory, who will become the 10th permanent host of the show:
“This is an honor,” said Mr. Gregory. “You nurtured me in this business. Tim did. And I was in a unique place where I got to see two of the very best in journalism up close. I tried to learn a lot. I’ve thought a lot abut what it means to succeed somebody like Tim Russert. I’m not Tim, but along with this great team, I can just work real hard to make him proud.”
“Well, part of the deal is that you no longer can break up Washington parties by doing your drop-dead imitation of me,” Mr. Brokaw said.
Source: TV Week
ABC To Adapt DC’s Fables for the Small Screen December 9, 2008 2:14 pm
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ABC has greenlit a pilot for a series based on the hit DC comic book Fables. Six Degrees creators/executive producers Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner are writing the script for the hour-long drama.
Fables was created and written byBill Willingham in 2002 and eleven volumes were released. The series revolves around characters from fairy tales and folklore living in exile during modern-day New York.
“Their lives become interconnected in vary big way,” Zicherman said. “They share a secret and a bond.”
Zicherman and Metzner wouldn’t elaborate which fairy tale characters will be featured in the TV series, but noted that Big Bad Wolf and Snow White, who are central to the comics, will have a similar role on the show.
“We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode,” Metzner said.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, December 7, 2008 December 8, 2008 7:27 pm
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The CW to Create Gossip Girl Spinoff December 4, 2008 11:55 pm
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The CW has confirmed that they are looking at ways to spin off a new series from Gossip Girl for next season. CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff told The Hollywood Reporter that the network is in discussions with the producers of the show to see how a new series could be done. Ostroff notes, however, that nothing has been finalized and they are still in the early stages:
“Nothing really tangible yet, but we’re talking about it,” Ostroff said after her speech at the WWD Style + Media conference in Manhattan. The network is in constant contact with executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, whom Ostroff praised.
“If it’s the right idea, we’d all embrace it and be enthusiastic,” Ostroff said. “But nobody more than Josh and Stephanie want to make sure there’s the right idea that they can wrap their arms around and really be excited about.”
In other CW news, Ostroff said that they still haven’t decided what would happen with the Sunday primetime block after the removal of the Media Rights Capital programming and that for the time being, the movies will continue to be on the schedule:
“We did better this past week than we did with the MRC programming,” Ostroff said. “We’re programming a movie. Obviously it’s only a week later, but we’re going to look at Sunday night.”
Jason Bateman Talks Arrested Development Movie December 4, 2008 7:44 pm
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Jason Bateman, who played Michael Bluth on the short-lived, but critically acclaimed Fox comedy series Arrested Development, updated ComingSoon.net on the status of the proposed feature-length film version:
ComingSoon.net: Will it be a relief when you actually start filming the “Arrested Development” movie so that people will stop asking you about it?
Jason Bateman: I don’t mind talking about it! I’m as big a fan of it as they are. So I feel sort of fortunate that I’m able to give them information on it. I would want them to give me information on it if they had it. I can say that we’re looking better than ever. There are just a few more conversations to be had with some cast members to see if they want to be a part of it. Once we get the head count we’ll be able to go forward with it and hopefully start shooting in the summer.
CS: Is the story already on paper?
Bateman: I don’t think so. I know that Mitch has a couple of ideas, but he’s really waiting to nail it down until he knows exactly who’s going to be involved.
CS: Do you see having Michael Cera and your relationship in film as something crucial? I thought that was one of the more important parts of the show.
Bateman: Sure. It’s not obviously my decision to make. It’ll be Mitch’s, but there are so many different ways to go with it just based on it being an ensemble. I can’t wait to see what he cooks up.
Dark Shadow Will Be Tim Burton’s Next Project December 4, 2008 6:39 pm
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Producer Richard D. Zanuck told Collider.com that director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are making Dark Shadowsnext summer and that the film will be Burton’s next project after Alice in Wonderland.
Dark Shadows is based on the 1960’s supernatural TV show created by Dan Curtis that ran from 1966-1971.
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