ABC Adapting “Maid in Manhattan” from Film to TV August 19, 2008 5:14 pm
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The 2002 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Maid in Manhattan, is being adapted from the big screen to Television courtesy of ABC. Lopez will executive produce the planned series, along with Joe Roth and the film’s producer, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, while Chad Hodge will write. The hourlong drama/comedy will not be a remake, however: “The show is a different maid in a different Manhattan,” Hodge said. While the lead will remain a young Latina from the Bronx, the series will focus mostly on her relationships with her co-workers at a Manhattan hotel.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
CBS Developing New “Hawaii Five-O” Series August 19, 2008 5:08 pm
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CBS is developing a new series based on the Hawaii Five-O franchise. The series comes from Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Ed Bernero.
The update will follow the structure of the original series, a procedural chronicling the workings of the fictional Hawaiian state police department, with Bernero noting that they “will try to keep as much of the original show as possible,” adding “I’m not trying to reinvent it.” In the original series, the unit was headed up by Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord). The new series will have McGarrett’s son Chris, as the head cop.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 18, 2008 August 19, 2008 4:39 pm
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“Nightline” At Risk of Cancellation August 18, 2008 1:13 am
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Despite a trend that shows the long-running newsmagazine Nightline closing the viewer gap against CBS’s Late Night With David Letterman, ABC could cancel the news magazine should the network get the opportunity to pick up Jay Leno in a new late-night talk show.
“It would be hard for ABC not to make a play for Leno,” said Greg Kahn, senior vice president of the ad-buying firm Optimedia. “He is still at the top of his game, and the thinking is that a lot of ad dollars would follow him to another network.”
Starting next year, Leno will step down from The Tonight Show, so that NBC can install Conan O’Brien as the new host, but Leno, 58, isn’t ready to retire and rival studios ABC and Fox are already making a play on the talk show host, whose show earns about $50 million a year profit for NBC.
Source: LA Times
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 15, 2008 August 16, 2008 6:15 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, August 13, 2008 August 14, 2008 11:10 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 12, 2008 August 13, 2008 6:22 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
“Gossip Girl” Contest: Enter to Win A $1,000 Gift Card And A 2 Night Trip to NYC + More August 12, 2008 9:25 pm
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The first season DVD set of The CW’s Gossip Girl is just a week away (August 19, 2008), and in celebration of its release and the upcoming second season you could win a $1,000 Gift Card and more. Click the image below to head over to gossipgirltvondvd.com to enter the contest.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 11, 2008 August 12, 2008 5:20 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, August 10, 2008 August 11, 2008 8:24 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
Spingsteen To Anchor Super Bowl Halftime Show August 11, 2008 3:15 pm
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The NYPost is reporting that the 2009 Super Bowl in Tampa Bay has landed Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the Super Bowl Halftime show. The Super Bowl this season airs on NBC on February 1, 2009.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, August 9, 2008 August 11, 2008 2:15 am
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“Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Volume 1”: DVD Review August 10, 2008 10:45 pm
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Cartoon fun so huge it’s Tiny! Rejoice, potatoes du couch, ’cause look what’s finally on 4 deliciously delirious DVDs: the first half of Season One – 35 furry, funny, Montana Max-has-money episodes stretching from inner Burbank to outer space and featuring Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny (no relation!), Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Elmyra Duff, Dizzy Devil and more denizens of Acme Acres. Here you;’ll find cultrual send-ups, sly in-jokes and lfat0out silliness. And here you’ll find Acme Looniversity, where the Toonsters are schooleed under the wise(guy) guidance of Warner Bros. ‘toon legends from Bugs Bunny to Yosemite Sam. Enroll today. (And if you don’t pay attent and stop playing with that Acme Atom Re-Arranger, you’ll get a week’s detention!)
Read my review of the Four-Disc DVD set after the jump.
2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Beijing Draws Record 34.2 Million Viewers August 10, 2008 12:09 am
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NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Beijing was the most-watched ever for a non-U.S. Summer Olympic Opening ceremony, averaging an 18.6/33 national rating/share and 34.2 million viewers. Also, a record 69.9M viewers tuned into at least some portion of the ceremony. Traffic to the official site NBCOlympics.com is also off to a record start, with the site logging 70 million page views on 8/8/2008, an increase of 900 percent or 10 times more than the opening day of the Athens Games in 2004 (7 million). And since August 1, 2008, the site has logged more than 127 million page views, nearly half the TOTAL for the entire Athens Games.
The full press release follows after the jump. (more…)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 8, 2008 August 9, 2008 10:15 pm
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SCI FI Announces 2-Hour “Battlestar Galactica” TV Movie August 9, 2008 8:37 pm
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The SCI-FI Channel has announced that they’ll be airing a brand new Battlestar Galactica TV movie in 2009, following the conclusion of the series’ final 10 episodes. The movie will then be released on DVD. Series star Edward James Olmos will direct and Jane Espenson will write. Shooting begins at the end of this month and so far the cast includes Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas and Dean Stockwell. More cast should be announced in the coming weeks. Here’s the synopsis (the press release follows after the jump):
Starting before the events of the miniseries, our story focuses on familiar characters including Cylon Number One, known as Cavil (Stockwell), Resistance Leader Sam T. Anders (Trucco) and Chief Galen Tyrol (Douglas). In the beginning, the Cylons had a plan, but it didn’t account for one thing: survivors. During the chaotic aftermath of the destruction, two powerful Cylon agents struggle with plots and priorities on the human ships that got away, and among the resistance fighters who were left behind.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, August 7, 2008 August 9, 2008 7:54 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, August 6, 2008 August 9, 2008 7:27 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 5, 2008 August 6, 2008 12:18 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
Top 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Ratings (July 28-August 3, 2008) August 6, 2008 10:37 am
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Here are the top 10 programs for the past week (July 28-August 3) for both broadcast television and cable.
Top 10 Broadcast TV Ratings (Viewers)
- America’s Got Talent – NBC – 13.85M
- Wipeout – ABC – 9.70M
- Two and a Half Men (R) – CBS – 9.34M
- So You Think You Can Dance-WED – FOX – 8.84M
- Criminal Minds (R) – CBS – 8.70M
- So You Think You Can Dance-THUR – FOX – 8.69M
- NCIS (R) – CBS – 8.50M
- CSI: Miami (R) – CBS – 8.44M
- 60 Minutes (R) – CBS – 8.08M
- CSI (R) – CBS – 8.03M
Top 10 Cable TV Ratings (Viewers)
- The Closer – TNT – 7.36M
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Live (Pocano) – ESPN – 6.19M
- WWE Raw – USA – 5.52M
- WWE Raw – USA – 4.98M
- Law & Order: CI – USA – 4.93M
- Burn Notice – USA – 4.86M
- Saving Grace – TNT – 4.78M
- Hannah Montana – DSNY – 4.62M
- Monk – USA – 4.60M
- Pysch – USA – 4.29M
Source: Nielsen Media
Fishburne in Talks to Replace Petersen on “CSI” August 6, 2008 9:37 am
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Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen as the lead star in CBS’s veteran crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sources say that Fishburne is being heavily courted to play a new character, described as a doctor/scientist outsider to the CSI unit who has the same genetic profile as a serial killer but hasn’t previously acted on any homicidal impulses.
THR further notes that Fishburne had been mentioned as one of the CSI producers’ top choices for the role, along with John Malkovich and Kurt Russell.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
“Stargate Atlantis” to Return in the Fall August 6, 2008 9:11 am
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Some good news for Stargate Atlantis fans. In past seasons, its been common practice for SCI FI to air its original series in two batches of 10 episodes. That looks to be changing this season as it appears Stargate Atlantis will be returning with its last 10 episodes of season five in the fall, not next season as originally expected. The Futon Critic reports that after its 10th episode airs on September 26th at 10pm, the show will take a one-week break (for the premiere of two-hour premiere of Sanctuary on October 3rd from 9-11pm) and then return the following week in a new time slot: 9pm.
Through three weeks (we don’t yet have the numbers for the fourth episode of the season that aired this past Friday) Stargate Atlantis has averaged a 1.2 household rating. That’s slightly above what the fourth season averaged through episodes (1.1 household rating).
A new episode of Stargate Atlantis airs this Friday on SCI FI at 10pm.
“Entourage” Season Five Promo August 6, 2008 8:49 am
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HBO has released a promo for the upcoming fifth season of Entourage. Check it out below. Entourage begins its new season on September 7, 2008 at 10pm.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 4, 2008 August 6, 2008 7:09 am
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