Source: THR
Battlestar Galactica Season Four Promo November 25, 2008 12:02 pm
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A new promo for the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica has gone live. The teaser is called “The Epic Journey”. Watch it below.
Battelstar Galactica returns with the second half of its fourth and final season on January 16, 2009 at 10pm ET/PT.
Hulu Expands HD Content November 25, 2008 11:19 am
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Hulu’s HD section of its website will no longer be relegated to trailers. Beginning this week, the site will begin adding full length 720p high definition content in its HD Gallery. The move is part of Hulu’s “Hulu for The Holiday’s”, which is set to showcase new movies, TV shows and features every day until December 26th.
The first programs made available in HD are NBC shows, including the latest episodes of 30 Rock, The Office and Heroes. Joss Whedon’s web-feature Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is also available to watch in high definition. So far, only 10 full-length shows are available, and Hulu is not setting a time table as to when they may roll out more.
“Ultimately, Hulu is committed to leveraging and developing innovative technologies that deliver the best possible online video viewing experience,” said a Hulu spokesperson. “To that end, the Hulu HD gallery is the first step in making HD quality videos available on Hulu.”
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
NBC Moves Crusoe to Saturdays, Shifts Lipstick Jungle Up One Hour November 24, 2008 7:30 pm
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In order to move Lipstick Jungle up one hour from Friday’s at 10pm to Friday’s at 9pm, NBC is shipping off Crusoe to Saturday nights. Not at all a good sign.
Starting December 5th, Lipstick Jungle will move into the 9pm slot between Deal or No Deal and returning news magazine Dateline. The remaining three episodes will then air on December 12th, January 2nd and January 9th. Crusoe meanwhile will finish out its run starting Saturday, December 6th at 8pm.
Source: Variety
Hidden Message Found in New Lost Trailer November 21, 2008 5:17 pm
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ABC’s has released a new trailer for Lost, which features music from The Fray’s “You Found Me”, and the trailer features two flashes (1:35: 2:25, respectively) for a tie-in company called Ajira Airways, which can be visited at AjiraAirways.com (pictured above). The video features footage from last season and the upcoming season. Watch it below.
Lost season five premieres on Wednesday, January 21st from 9-11pm, preceded by a clip show from 8-9pm.
Source: ABC (via ComingSoon.net)
ABC Adds To Life on Mars, But Cancels Pushing Daisies and Two Others, While Setting Premiere Date for Scrubs November 21, 2008 4:42 pm
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ABC has decided to order more episodes of Life on Mars, but has decided not to pick up Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone.
The network hasn’t officially canceled the three shows, however, leaving open the possibility of ordering new episodes in the future, although that seems very unlikely. All three shows remain on the schedule for the time being.
Life on Mars, meanwhile, which received an order for four more hours, bringing its first year to a full 17 episodes, will be put go on hiatus starting December 11th, when Private Practice moves into its time period. Mars returns with new episodes January 28th at 10pm, airing after Lost (which premieres its new season the preceding week).
And finally, ABC has set a premiere date for Scrubs. The former NBC series that the network picked up after it was canceled will premiere Tuesday, January 6th at 9pm. with back-to-back episodes for two weeks, before settling into its regular time slot at 9:30pm.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Chef Irvine Returning to Dinner: Impossible November 21, 2008 4:06 pm
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Chef Robert Irvine, who was let go from the Food Network series Dinner: Impossible over news that he exaggerated details in his resume, has been re-hired by the network to return to the hit show, replacing his replacement Iron Chef Michael Symon. Production on six new episodes starring Irvine will begin this month and will air in March 2009.
“Our audience has continued to demonstrate its interest in and support for Robert,” Welch said. “He has taken responsibility and made a conscious effort to clear the air, rebuild the relationship with Food Network and apologize for the earlier inaccuracies.”
“I am very excited to continue taping more episodes of ‘Dinner: Impossible’,” Irvine said in a written statement. “I am thrilled to further my relationship with the network and embark on more challenging episodes of this popular series.”
Source: AP (via Yahoo!)
The CW Ends Sunday Night Lineup with MRC November 21, 2008 3:08 pm
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Poor ratings have forced The CW to end its relationship with Media Rights Capital, the company that had been producing its Sunday night line-up. The contract was terminated after MRC couldn’t follow up with its payments to The CW. That was no doubt the case due to its extremely low ratings on Sunday night, some of the lowest ever for the network.
The three shows that aired on Sunday’s this season were In Harm’s Way, Valentine, Inc. and Easy Money.\
In the meantime, The CW will air repeats of the first season of the canceled CBS drama Jericho at 7pm and movie repeats from 8-10pm.
Source: NY Times
Lipstick Jungle Still Alive? November 21, 2008 2:18 pm
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Turns out Lipstick Jungle may not be canceled afterall (as was recently reported). An NBC staffer has e-mailed TV Squad informing the site that NBC was going to wait out the show’s Friday night “death slot” before making a decision.
Four more episodes of the show are left to air and NBC will make a decision after that 13-episode order is completed.
Source: TV Squad
Sho and Seth Make a Porno November 21, 2008 2:08 pm
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno co-star Seth Rogen and production partner Evan Goldberg are co-developing a new series for Showtime about three guys that run a, you guessed it, pornography shop. The as-yet untitled comedy series is being prepped for a 2009 premiere.
Mathew Bass, who worked as an assitant to both Rogen and Goldberg on Pineapple Express and Superbad will write the script and co-produce.
Source: Variety
60 Minutes Obama Sitdown Draws Largest Audience Since 1999 November 21, 2008 1:30 pm
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Last Sunday’s sit-down interview with President-elect Barack Obama (later joined by wife Michelle) on CBS’s 60 Minutes drew 25.10 million viewers. That’s the highest ratings the show has posted since 1999 as well as the first time since then that it has drawn more than 24 million viewers.
Full ratings for the episode:
- Household – 15.1/23 Rating/Share
- Viewers – 25,104,000 (8.7 Rating)
- Adults 18-49 – 8,325,000 (6.3/16 Rating/Share)
Source: Nielsen Media
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 12, 2008 November 13, 2008 7:03 pm
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NBC Cancels My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle November 13, 2008 6:02 pm
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NBC has pulled the plug on two of its shows: freshman drama My Own Worst Enemy and second-year series Lipstick Jungle, according to THR. NBC had high hopes for ‘Enemy’, but the series got out of the gate poorly and sunk to a very poor 1.8 A18-49 rating and 4.3 million total viewers on Monday night. Lipstick Jungle drew a weaker 3.3 million total viewers and a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 on Friday.
It’s unclear at this time how NBC’s schedule will change. Production continues on the ninth, and final, episode of My Own Worst Enemy (four have aired) while Lipstick Jungle has all 13 episodes of its initial order complete.
Source: THR
Fox Cancels Mad TV November 13, 2008 5:54 pm
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After 14 seasons on the air, Mad TV is coming to an end. Fox confirmed on Wednesday that the Saturday night sketch series, which in the past has escaped cancellation, will end its run at the end of this season.
“There’s been great interest in recent years,” said exec producer David Salzman. “We’ve had a number of networks inquire as to whether the show was coming off Fox and saying that they’d be interested. We have not started to talk to them yet, but now is the time to begin those conversations. I think we have real prospects, but you never know, especially given the economy.”
Fox decided to inform the show’s producers of their decision now, rather than later in the season, in order to give them a chance to end the series with a proper sendoff:
“This will give us a proper sendoff, a chance to promote the finale and bring back old cast members,” Salzman said.
Source: Variety
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, November 11, 2008 November 12, 2008 5:12 pm
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The Cleveland Show Pushed to 2009 November 12, 2008 3:00 pm
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The Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show is being pushed back by Fox and is now unlikely to debut this season. The series is now expected to premiere the fall of next year. At the same time as the delay, however, Fox has ordered the back-nine episodes of Cleveland, giving the 20th Century Fox series a full 22 episode order for the 2009/10 season. Also, Arianna Huffington has joined the show’s voice cast in a recurring role.
Source: Variety
ABC Moves Private Practice to Thursday, Life on Mars to Wednesday November 12, 2008 2:41 pm
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When ABC announced a few days ago that Lost would be premiering on January 21st and in turn take the Wednesday at 9pm time slot beginning the following week, many wondered what that meant for former time slot occupant Private Practice. Well, we now have an answer and in addition to Private Practice, the network will also be moving Life on Mars. According to THR, ABC plans to move Private Practice to Thursday’s at 10pm and Life on Mars to Wednesday’s at 10pm. It’s unclear at the moment if this is a permanent move, or just a temporary change.
Source: THR
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, November 10, 2008 November 11, 2008 4:36 pm
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HBO Picks Up Rights to Barack Obama Documentary November 11, 2008 2:30 pm
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HBO has acquired the rights–paying in the low seven figures–to an untitled Barack Obama documentary from producer Edward Norton. According to THR, Norton’s Class 5 Films approached the Obama campaign in early 2006 about a documentary chronicling the President-elect’s history in politics. Directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams were granted extensive access to film Obama before he launched his run in 2007 and will continue through inauguration on January 20, 2009.
The documentary, which includes interviews with Obama, his senior campaign staff, family, friends and volunteers, willl air sometime next year.
“Senator Obama’s history-making race for the White House has given our film a perfect framework to explore the pulse of the country at this vital moment in our history,” said Norton, who produced the project with Stuart Blumberg and Bill Migliore. “We believe this film will capture a tipping point in American history when a new generation of leadership emerged and old prejudices were finally vaulted over.”
Life Gets Full Season November 11, 2008 2:20 pm
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NBC has ordered the back-nine episodes for Life, bringing the second year show to a full season of 22 episodes. The show has done fared that well this season–last week’s episode drew just a 4th place 2.0 rating among adults 18-49–but it is performing more strongly than it did during its recent Friday night airings.
“This unique crime drama continues to offer consistent and compelling stories each week,” said Teri Weinberg, executive vp, NBC Entertainment. “We love ‘Life’ and are thrilled that we get to see more of these characters and amazing new cases.”
Life airs Monday nights at 10pm on NBC.
Source: THR
Lost Returns in January November 11, 2008 2:19 pm
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ABC has announced the premiere date for the fifth season of Lost: Wednesday, January 21st. The two-hour premiere (9-11pm ET) will be preceded by a one-hour clip show from 8-9pm and will settle into the Wednesday at 9pm time slot the following week (taking over Private Practice’s time slot). The first two episodes of the 17-hour-long season (one more than expected due to the strike shortened fourth season) are called “Because You Left” and “The Lie”.
Fuller May Return to Heroes if Pushing Daisies is Canceled November 11, 2008 2:18 pm
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Pushing Daisies co-creator Bryan Fuller, who worked on the first half of season one of Heroes, said that if ABC passes on a full season or third season renewal of his struggling series, he would be willing to return to Heroes.
“I am exclusive to Daisies through the delivery of the 13th episode of our 13-episode order, which will be mid-January,” says Fuller. “If Daisies isn’t picked up by then, I will definitely be going back to play with my friends at Heroes.”
Source: EW
The Graysons Canceled November 11, 2008 2:17 pm
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The CW and Warner Bros. have been forced to scrap their plans for The Graysons, a series that the network was planning which was to follow the life and story of Dick Grayson before he became Batman’s sidekick Robin. WB Pictures president Jeff Robinev changed his mind in recent days and according to Variety, wants Warner Bros. to “rethink its DC Comics strategy”:
“The studio has opted not to go forward with the development of ‘The Graysons’ at this time as the concept doesn’t fit the current strategy for the Batman franchise,” the studio said in a statement. “Warner Bros. Television is currently working on several replacement options for the CW.”
Also turns out that The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan was never consulted and was uncomfortable with having a TV show related to the Batman franchise on the air, although the decision rested solely with Robinev.
Source: Variety
Dollhouse Pushed to February, Will Air on Friday Nights with ‘Terminator’ November 11, 2008 2:17 pm
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Fox’s updated schedule has bad news for Joss Whedon fans. The network has pushed back the debut of Whedon’s new series Dollhouse from January to Friday, February 13, 2009. The one-month delay is obviously concerning, but the move to Friday nights into the “time slot of death” is even more so. The network also isn’t giving the show much help in terms of a lead-in, deciding to move the struggling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to Friday nights at 8pm.
Production delays are also still an issue, with the LA Times reporting that production on the show’s seventh episode may have to be delayed due to issues with the script.
Meanwhile, Fox is showing more confidence with Fringe, deciding to give the show a boost from American Idol, which will lead into it.
Sources: Fox and LA Times
Clooney May Make Appearance on Final Season of E.R. November 11, 2008 2:15 pm
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In an interview with TV Guide, ex-E.R. star Noah Wyle–who’ll make several appearances this season–said that he believes Clooney will “absolutely” appear in the show in an episode, so long as his schedule is open.
Still no word from Clooney himself
via PopEater
New 24 Season Seven Trailer November 11, 2008 2:15 pm
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Fox has released a new trailer for the seventh season of 24, which returns with a two-night, four-premiere on Sunday, January 11 and Monday, January 12. Also, don’t forget the two-hour movie Redemption, which airs on November 23rd.
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