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“John Adams” Off To A Solid Start March 18, 2008 7:29 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, HBO, John Adams, News, Television.
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The first two episodes of HBO’s seven-part John Adams miniseries got off to a a solid start on Sunday night, averaging 2.66 million viewers (peaking at 2.8 million for the second episode).

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A&E’s “The Andromeda Strain” Trailer March 18, 2008 7:23 pm

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A&E has launched the official site to The Andromeda Strain, the networks four-hour miniseries, and with the launch comes the new trailer for the film.

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George Lucas On The Live-Action “Star Wars” Series March 18, 2008 7:04 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Interviews, Star Wars, Television.
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George Lucas recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his upcoming live-action television series, and had some interesting things to say about the series, including its setting, the characters and how far along they are in the process of getting the show on the air.

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Clooney Shoots Down “E.R.” Rumor March 18, 2008 12:07 am

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There were rumors of George Clooney returning one more time for E.R. next season (planned to be the show’s last), but Clooney told Extra that he has no plans to return to the NBC drama: “The truth of the matter is they wouldn’t ask, and there really would be no reason for it.”

“House” And “Monk” Cleared for Syndication March 17, 2008 11:54 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in House, Monk, News, Syndication, Television.
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NBC Universal Domestic Television has cleared both House and Monk for off-network broadcast syndication.  Details follow after the jump.

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Season Four Premiere Date Set for “The Deadliest Catch” March 17, 2008 11:44 pm

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The Discovery Channel has set the premiere date for the fourth season of its hit reality series The Deadliest Catch.  The show will premiere its fourth season on April 15th with two back-to-back episodes beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET, and running through 11:00.

CBS Plans Summer Edition of “Big Brother” March 17, 2008 11:42 pm

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CBS has scheduled another edition of its reality TV series Big Brother for this summer.  The series will follow the winter edition that’s currently still on the air.  A specific premiere date yet to be set. [The Hollywood Reporter]

“24” TV Movie Details March 17, 2008 11:38 pm

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24 executive producer Howard Gordon told IF Magazine how the new TV movie (related article here) will fit into the show’s mythology.  Click through the jump for the details.

Gordon told the magazine that the TV movie “will be a standalone movie that takes place almost a year after the sixth season ended, and will set up the story that launches the seventh season,” Gordon tells iF. “It will be entirely new material.”

The TV movie was announced

Source: IF Magazine

George Lucas “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Interview March 17, 2008 2:17 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Interviews, Movies, News, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Television.
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George Lucas recently sat down with ComingSoon.net and talked about the upcoming Star Wars animated and live-action television shows. Highlights after the jump.

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“Wizard’s First Rule” Cleared for Syndication March 17, 2008 1:36 pm

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Sam Raimi’s original series Wizard’s First Rule from ABC/Disney has been cleared to air in syndication.  Based on the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind, the series will air for 22 episodes with production scheduled to begin in May.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, March 15, 2008 March 17, 2008 12:56 pm

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Fox easily took Saturday night thanks to another strong showing from its Cops and America’s Most Wanted lineup.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, March 14, 2008 March 15, 2008 8:41 pm

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CBS led a lowly viewed evening, which saw the series premiere of Fox’s The Return of Jezebel James draw minuscule numbers, debuting with just a little over 3 million viewers and just a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49.

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DVD Giveaway: Win “Justice League: The New Frontier” on DVD! March 14, 2008 1:37 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in DVD, Giveaways, Justice League: The New Frontier, News, Television.
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Justice League: The New Frontier (official site) is now available to own on DVD (also 2-Disc DVD) and Blu-ray Hi-Def (Release Date: 2/26/2008, HD DVD: 3/18/2008) and Your Entertainment Now has some free copies of the DVD up for grabs!

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, March 13, 2008 March 14, 2008 12:56 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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ABC’s Lost won the night among the key A18-49 demographic, but it wasn’t enough to hold off CBS, which was the nights most-watched network among households, viewers and adults 18-49, overall.

With American Idol not airing, the majority of viewers migrated to CBS, which saw its 8:00-10:00 time period (which included the nights most-watched program Survivor) increase by 10% among viewers and 6% among adults 18-49.

NBC’s night was on par with prior performances, while Fox saw solid ratings out of its two returning competition series’ Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, enough to put the network in second place for the evening among total audience.

Over on The CW, Smallville returned after a three week hiatus stronger than where it left off, while Reaper premiered in its new time slot (after a three month break) and had no loss of viewership. In fact, despite the series’ viewership still under 3 million viewers, it increased over its last newly aired episode by 7% among viewers.

Retention for Reaper out of Smallville was 71% among households, 74% among viewers and 75% among adults 18-49. That’s only slightly lower than Supernatural’s most recent retention figures: 75%, 81% and 80% respectively.

Considering the long layoff and the new time slot, this is an okay performance for Reaper.

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The CW Developing Horror-themed Reality Series From Sam Raimi March 14, 2008 12:41 pm

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The CW has given an eight-episode order to 13, a nonscripted horror-themed series from director Sam Raimi and reality veteran Jay Bienstock. The series will premiere sometime this summer.

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Chrstian Slater Signed for NBC Drama March 14, 2008 12:30 pm

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Christian Slater is close to coming to primetime.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC is close to handing out a series order to an untitled drama from writer-producer Jason Smilovic, which would star Christian Slater.  It would be the actor’s first TV series.

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ABC Greenlights “Cupid” March 14, 2008 12:27 pm

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ABC on Thursday gave a pilot order to Rob Thomas’ Cupid, a “reinvention”, as Thomas explains it, of the short-lived 1998 ABC comedy series of the same name.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, March 12, 2008 March 13, 2008 11:08 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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Fox easily won another Wednesday night thanks to a solid performance by The Moment of Truth, and the always reliable American Idol.

Elsewhere on the evening, NBC took an unexpected second place, thanks to strong outings from its lead-off series Deal or No Deal and episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order.

The CW’s once reliable America’s Next Top Model continues to draw below-average crowds, something the struggling network simply can’t afford to happen.

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Miller Says “Prison Break” Returning for Fourth Season March 13, 2008 10:16 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Fox, News, Prison Break, Renewals, Television.
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In Israel doing promotion for his Fox series Prison Break, Wentworth Miller told reporters that the fourth season of the show is on, and that shooting will begin at the end of the month.

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Rob Thomas Developing ‘90210’ Spin-off for The CW March 13, 2008 10:07 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Television, The CW.
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Te CW is a developing a spin-off to Beverly Hills, 90210, and Rob Thomas (creator of Veronica Mars) is in talks to bring the series to life.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, March 10, 2008 March 11, 2008 6:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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CBS, with a mostly repeat filled lineup, managed to take a strong first place finish on the evening.

Elsewhere on the evening, NBC secured a second place finish with solid outings from Deal or No Deal and Medium.

On Fox, the series premiere of Canterbury’s Law got off to a poor start with the key A18-49 demo, with the series failing to crack a 2.0 (receiving only a 1.7 in the demo).  Meanwhile, the time slot premiere of New Amsterdam (the third episode of the series) managed to hold on nicely to its most recently aired episode last Thursday.

Rounding out the rest of the evening, ABC’s October Road ended its season on a low, as it was off by nearly 50% among viewers and over 50% among adults 18-49 from last season’s finale, while The CW’s Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious continues to fare poorly.

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No new sitcom for Jerry Seinfeld March 11, 2008 4:44 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Rumors, Seinfeld, Television.
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NBC and Jerry Seinfeld have shot down rumors printed in Friday’s New York Post, that said the comic was in talks with the network to do a new sitcom in the vein of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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The CW Lays Off Comedy Staffers March 11, 2008 4:43 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Television, The CW.
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The struggling CW Network has laid off 25-30 employees as part of a restructuring that included the elimination of its comedy department.

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“The Sopranos: The Movie” in the Works? March 11, 2008 4:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, Television, The Sopranos.
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Ever since the show went off the air with that unexpected ending, there have been rumors of a possible theatrical film of the hit HBO series The Sopranos. Well, now comes news from the owner (Nick D’Urso) of the Satin Dolls strip club, in North Jersey (the one that served as the Bada Bing strip club in the show) that he received a call, possibly from HBO, telling him to not do any renovations on the club.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 9, 2008 March 10, 2008 4:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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Though week two of new series’ Oprah’s Big Give and Here Come The Newlyweds were off considerably from their series premiere numbers (especially Oprah’s Big Give, which was off by 3.85 million or 25% among viewers and 23% among adults 18-49) ABC still managed to easily grab a Sunday night win across all three marks.

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