“Wildfire” third season premiere date set, and series given an early fourth season renewal November 6, 2006 7:41 pm
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Even though the third season hasn’t even aired yet (set for Monday, January 1st at 8:00 PM), ABC Family has decided to give an early fourth season renewal to one of their key original programs on the basis of faith that fans of the show will continue to tune in.
“We think our passionate Wildfire fans are going to love the new season – this season’s going to be all about who will Kris choose, Matt or Junior, said Paul Lee, president, ABC Family. Were enjoying the creative direction of season three so much we saw no reason to wait on ordering season four.”
“We couldnt be happier about ABC Familys tremendous vote of confidence in the show with this early season four pick-up, said Kevin Beggs, president of television programming and production, Lionsgate. Weve enjoyed great support from the network and look forward to an exciting new year.”
A sneak-peak of the third season will be viewable on ABC Family’s website at http://www.abcfamily.com/wildfire starting December 1st.
Production on the fourth season will begin in January of next year.
“Monster House” leads the pack of newly released DVDs November 5, 2006 1:26 am
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“Monster House” took the top spot among DVD sales for the week ending October 29th. This marks the second week that an animated film took the top spot in DVD sales.
Other new releases for the week that made the top 20 were “Nacho Libre” at #3, “An American Haunting” at #4, “Slither” at #6, “The O.C.: Season 3” at #10 and “The Addams Family: Season 1” at #12.
Rounding out the top 10 then were “Over the Hedge” at #2, “The Break-up” at #5, “Click” at #7, “The Little Mermaid: Special Edition” at #8 and “The Omen” at #9.
Among the top 10 TV DVD sales for the week, the aforementioned tv shows above were followed by the new releases of “Justice League Unlimited: Season 1” at #3, “The L Word: Season 3” at #4 and “Macgyver: The Final Season” at #5.
Rounding out the top 10 of TV DVDs were “Grey’s Anatomy: Season 1” at #6 (the series has been in the top 10 of TV DVDs for a remarkable 34 weeks now), “Charmed: Season 6” at #7, “Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2” at #8, “Scrubs: Season 4” at #9 and “Lost: Season 2” at #10.
Blockbuster will begin testing rentals and sales of High-Defintion DVDs November 5, 2006 1:06 am
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Beginning this month Blockbuster, the nations largest rental outlet, will start testing high-definition dvd rentals and sales at about 250 of its stores, chosen by the basis of where early adopters are said to be.
The outlets will carry about 40 titles of each current high-def format; Blu-ray Disc and HD DVDs, with prices set at an equal setting.
“It’s a careful selection process,” Blockbuster spokesman Randy Hargrove said of store experiments. “We’re looking at DVD adoption rate and hardware penetration. We’ll continue to watch the market and monitor to see where additional expansion will be appropriate.”
High-definition rentals is not new to Blockbuster, as their Blockbuster Online brand has been offering both formats on their site for quite some time.
Barkley and Timberlake top MTV Europe Music Awards November 5, 2006 12:49 am
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Both Justin Timberlake and Gnarls Barkley took home two awards at the MTV Europe Music awards this past Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Timberlake, who was also the host of the show, performed his singles “Sexyback” and “My Love”. He won for best male singer and best pop award.
Gnarls Barkely, composed of producer Danger Mouse and singer Cee-Lo Green, won for best song and the future sounds award, which was voted on by their peers.
Other winners on the evening were Christina Aguilera for best female singer, Depeche Mode for best group, Red Hot Chili Peppers for best album, Kanye West for best hip hop act, Rhianna for best R&B, the Killers were voted best rock band, Muse for best alternative band and the best video award went to Justice vs. Simian’s.
MGM revives United Artists label under leadership of Cruise November 5, 2006 12:36 am
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Tom Cruise will be taking over the famed United Artists studio with his producing partner Paula Wagner.
Wagner will serve as the studio’s CEO while Cruise will star in and produce pictures from the label.
The arrangement doesn’t preclude Cruise from starring in other films from another label, and as of yet there are no films on the slate.
The main goal of UA will be to develop and produce pictures in the $40 million to $50 million range (though some could rise higher), with the intent of releasing around 4 films per year. MGM will be the distributor and marketer.
“The whole concept is to make movies, and we have a company that is artist-friendly,” Wagner said. “We’re going to do a wide variety of films. We are producers, and we know how to make economically sound choices.”Not all the movies will be produced by Cruise and Wagner, as some will be produced by outside producers.
In a statement Tom Cruise had the following to say: “Paula and I are very respectful of the rich history and tradition of United Artists, and we welcome the opportunity to contribute to that legacy by providing a wide range of releases that appeal to all audiences. It’s our desire to create an environment where filmmakers can thrive and see their visions realized.”
Fox Pulls “The Rich List” and “Happy Hour” November 4, 2006 6:40 pm
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Fox has pulled two new series’; “The Rich List” and “Happy Hour” from their schedules due to low ratings.
Next week a special airing of “The O.C.” will fill in the hour left over by the removal of “The Rich List” while an extra episode of “‘Til Death” will occupy the timeslot freed up by “Happy Hour”.
“The Rich List” aired only one episode and struggled to make it out the gate with a dismal 4.14M viewers and a 1.5/4 A18-49 rating.
“Happy Hour” began its run back on September 7th with 5.97M viewers. It aired a total of four episodes with an average of 4.98M viewers, with the most recent airing this past Thursday drawing only 3.18M viewers with a 1.4/3 A18-49 rating.
“The O.C.” given a special Wednesday night airing November 4, 2006 6:29 pm
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Fox has scheduled a special 8:00PM Wednesday airing of “The O.C.” for next week. The series will also air in its normal Thursday at 9:00 PM timeslot the following evening.
In The Gringos episode of THE O.C. airing Wednesday, Nov. 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), Ryan leaves Orange County to put an end to his turmoil, but he comes up empty on his search. Meanwhile, Seth acts like a jackass and finds some new friends (including guest star Steve-O) in Mexico who help him find what hes looking for; Harbor Schools dean forces Kaitlin and Julie to work together on a clothing drive; Julie is ostracized by the Cohens when they learn what shes been up to; and Taylor drops in unannounced on Summer, who continues to separate herself from everything Orange County
Thanksgiving morning finds the Cohen family still dealing with what happened in Mexico in The Cold Turkey episode of THE O.C. Thursday, Nov. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Sandy makes a deal to help Volchok but lets Ryan intervene and finally settle the score. Wondering if she can deal with Newport, Summer packs to come home for the holiday. And Julie cant deal with Kaitlin or Dr. Roberts and finds herself alone for most of Thanksgiving.
The fourth season premiere, which aired Thursday night to weak numbers, is available free on demand on Fox’s MySpace page and on Fox Television Station Groups MyFoxLocal websites.
“Dexter” renewed for a second season November 3, 2006 6:13 pm
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Showtime has ordered a second season of its new show “Dexter”. The series premiered with 603,000 viewers on Sunday, October 1 at 10:00PM with a solid 443,000 viewers tuning in for the immediate repeat at 11:00PM, bringing the total to 1.04M for the first episode. Those numbers were Showtime’s best since the premiere of “Fat Actress” back in March of 2005.
The series has continued to average about 2M viewers a week when tallying all airings on the Showtime networks.
Production will begin on 12 new episodes in early 2007 for a 2nd season premiere of Summer 2007.
“Reba” will return to television via The CW November 2, 2006 1:43 pm
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The CW has resurrected the comedy “Reba”. It will come back starting November 19th and occupy the Sunday at 7:30 PM timeslot leading into “7th Heaven”.
A repeat of the previous episode will also air that same evening at 7:00 PM, leading into new episodes every week.
The series was The WB’s highest rated sitcom for the entire five years it aired on the network.
On The Air Tonight (Wednesday, November 1, 2006) November 1, 2006 8:14 pm
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Here is a quick breakdown of all the new episodes airing tonight on broadcast and cable television.
8:00
- Dancing with the Stars on ABC – “Episode 308a”
- Jericho on CBS – “Long Live The Mayor”
- America’s Next Top Model on The CW – “The Girls Who Made It This Far”
- Bones on FOX – “The Girl with the Curl”
- 30 Rock on NBC – “Jack the Writer”
- Desire on MyNet – “Closed Doors”
8:30
- Twenty Good Years on NBC – “Jeffrey’s Choice”
9:00
- Lost on ABC – “The Cost of Living”
- Criminal Minds on CBS – “North Mammon”
- The Rich List on FOX – “Series Premiere”
- Fashion House on MyNet – “The Shot Heard Round the…”
- The Biggest Loser on NBC – “Duos”
- Ghost Hunters on Sci Fi – “Whispers and Voices“
10:00
- (10:01) The Nine on ABC – “All About Eva”
- Top Chef on Bravo – “Food for the People”
- CSI: NY on CBS – “Murder Sings the Blues”
- South Park on Comedy Central – “Go, God. Go! Part II”
- Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County on MTV – “Episode 312”
- (10:01) Dateline NBC on NBC – “Mad About Madonna?”
- I Pity The Fool on TV Land – “Respect”
- Sci Fi Investigates on Sci Fi – “The Afterlife”
10:30
- Drawn Together on Comedy Central – “N.R.A.r RAY”
Kidnapped Pulled From Schedule November 1, 2006 7:43 pm
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Previously put on life support in a Saturday night timeslot, NBC has decided to pull the new series off the air due to low ratings.
When the series was announced, NBC had promised that they would stick to the show for at least the entire first ordered season (13 episodes) due to the show’s serialized nature, which is why instead of pulling it outright, they moved it to the Saturday timeslot.
But NBC couldn’t justify the cost of keeping it on the schedule, and have decided instead to pull it. The most recent Saturday night airing delivered only 3.71M viewers with a 1.2/4 A18-49 rating.
There is good news though for fans who have continued to watch. According to TV Guide, all 13 episodes will be filmed, and NBC will stream the remaining eight episodes for free on their website at NBC.com beginning this Friday.
On The Air Tonight (Tuesday, October 31, 2006) October 31, 2006 8:20 pm
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Here is a quick breakdown of all the new episodes airing tonight on broadcast and cable television.
8:00
- Dancing with the Stars on ABC – “Episode 308”
- NCIS on CBS – “Witch Hunt”
- Standoff on FOX – “Life Support”
9:00
- The Unit on CBS – “Old Home Week”
- Veronica Mars on The CW – “President Evil”
- House on FOX – “Fool’s For Love”
- Fashion House on MyNet – “The Shot Heard Round the…”
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent on NBC – “Masquerade“
9:30
- (9:31 PM) Help Me Help You on ABC – “Inger Management”
10:00
- (10:01 PM) Boston Legal on ABC – “Trick or Treat”
- The Street on BBC America – “Bold Street: Asylum”
- Nip/Tuck on FX – “Liz Cruz”
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC – “Infiltrated”
- Breaking Up With Shannon Doherty on OXYGEN – “Meet My Parents”
- ECW on Sci Fi – “Episode 121”
11:00
- Ghost Hunters on Sci Fi – “Live Halloween Event”
Bryan Singer Signed for Superman Returns Sequel October 30, 2006 9:02 pm
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Bryan Singer has signed a deal with Warner Brothers to direct and produce the sequel to “Superman Returns”.
Unlike previous rumored reports, there is currently no budget for the movie, but it is expected to have a release of summer of 2009
In regards to casting, the only known is that Warner Brothers has an option on Brandon Routh, though it is expected the entire main cast will be back.
Though even with this information (per Variety) there is currently no script and the sequel hasn’t yet received an official greenlight from the studio.
The movie will be co-financed by Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers.
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