“Brotherhood” Renewed for a Second Season September 19, 2006 11:18 pm
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Showtime has renewed its critically acclaimed freshman series Brotherhood for another year, ordering 10 episodes.
The series premiered with 454,000 viewers back in July of this year. A total of 1.2M viewers watched the premiere and its repeats in the first week.
Second season episodes are scheduled to premiere in January of 2007.
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13.33M Watch Second Regular Season Week of ESPN Monday Night Football September 19, 2006 9:45 pm
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The contest between The Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars drew an estimated 9.81M Households (13.33M viewers), an increase from last week’s first regular season telecast (12.57M viewers for the first game between the Vikings and Redskins and 10.495M viewers for the game between the Chargers and Raiders).
It is now the highest rated program in the history of ESPN.
The game scored a 5.4/15 A18-49 rating, behind only CSI: Miami in the key demo.
The football game gave ESPN the win in all male demos for the evening.
Son of JRR Tolkien Completes Father’s Unfinished Novel, To Be Released Next Spring September 19, 2006 9:19 pm
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As reported to the Associated Press from the books publishers, The Children Of Hurin an unfinished work by the famous Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is set to be released after more than 30 years of editing by one of his son’s, Christopher. Christopher’s works include the creation of maps for the Lord of the Ring’s Trilogy and the publishing and editing of The Silmarillion.
“It has seemed to me for a long time that there was a good case for presenting my father’s long version of the legend of The Children Of Hurin as an independent work, between its own covers.” Christopher said.
The Children Of Hurin (featuring the elves and dwarves of Middle Earth) will be published by Houghton Mifflin in the US and HarperCollins in the UK. It will be released next spring.
Pitt to become new lead in Mission Impossible franchise? [Update: Paramount source says rumor untrue] September 19, 2006 8:51 pm
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Rumors have surfaced on the net with regards to the fate of the Mission Impossible franchise now that Tom Cruise is no longer part of any plans. It turns out that one possible semi-replacement (the character of Ethan Hunt will not be replaced) to helm Mission Impossible IV is Brad Pitt (more recently of Mr. & Mrs. Smith fame).
The British tabloid The Daily Mail is reporting that Paramount is mulling over a decision to offer the lead role to Brad Pitt.
“MI:IV will not include Cruise’s character, agent Ethan Hunt,” the Mail‘s source claims. “They’re considering a brief mention, saying Hunt retired to live a safe life with his new wife. … They’re set on Brad taking over as a gutsy new head operative who puts together his own unique team of specialists.”
UPDATE: A paramount source has told TrekMovie that the rumor is “total fiction”.
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Two (“Smith”) September 19, 2006 2:15 pm
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Before we begin with part two (here is part one for those who missed it) of my look at this Fall’s new series’, lets have a quick rundown on the ratings of last night’s premieres:
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Averaged a 8.7/14 HH Rating with a 5.0 A18-49 rating (13.39M viewers) Overall, thats a strong start and enough for a solid second place in the timeslot (behind the power-house CSI: Miami). It’s not all peachy for the critically acclaimed series though, as audience dipped roughly 2.4M viewers in the second half hour in total viewers (from 14.57M to 12.20M) and in A18-49 (going from a 5.4 to a 4.6). It could be cause for concern, or it could be nothing. Something to watch for no doubt.
(NOTE: I made a mistake and posted the viewers for “Deal or No Deal” instead of those for “Studio 60”. Apologies for the mistake, it’s been edited out. I’ve also added additional data on the 2nd half decline.)
The Class
Averaged a 6.9/11 HH Rating with a 3.7 A18-49 Rating (10.74M viewers). That’s a good start to the show (second place in the time-slot behind “Deal or No Deal”), improving on last year’s time-slot occupant (“The King of Queens”) by almost 9% in A18-49. It’ll be interesting to see where the show goes from here.
Alright, now that we got that out of the way, lets continue on towards tonight’s new premieres, correction, new premiere. That’s right, while there are a few season premieres this evening, there is only one series premiere; “Smith”, the thief focused series led by the very powerful on-screen presence of Ray Liota.
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, September 18, 2006 September 19, 2006 2:00 pm
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Premieres of “Deal or No Deal” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, hold off Comedy block and “CSI: Miami” on CBS for the win on this first night of Fall competition.
Lucky Louie Canceled September 18, 2006 10:57 pm
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The short running adult comedy series that began this season on HBO was canceled today.
The series ran for 13 episodes and averaged 1.3M viewers, hardly enough to warrant a renewal, especially when many critics didn’t find much to like with its approach towards humor. Its sex and curse word laced episodes differed heavily from most half-hour sitcoms out there.
“Louis is an incredible talent and a wonderful partner,” said Carolyn Strauss, president of HBO Entertainment, in a statement. “We loved trying our first multicamera show with him, and we look forward to other projects with Louis in the future.”
Source: TV Week
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part One (“Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “The Class”) September 18, 2006 1:00 pm
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Not for a long time do I remember so many amazing new shows premiering in one season. Whether your favorite genre is drama, comedy or sci-fi, this Falls new shows offer up a little bit of each. I’ve seen most of the pilots, and I’m honestly finding it very hard to narrow down my selection to any sort of top 10 list. Of course, the bigger problem is finding a way to watch all these new shows on top of the current crop that I already watch! I’m sure I’m not the only one in that predicament.
I’m going to do brief reviews of each of the new fall (and winter) series, and we’ll start today with “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “The Class”.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, September 17, 2006 September 18, 2006 12:45 pm
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NBC finished first for the evening with a 10.1/16 HH rating and a 6.2 A18-49 rating.
CBS followed in second place with a 7.5/12 HH rating and a 3.7 A18-49 rating.
ABC finished in third place with a 5.7/9 HH rating and a 3.1 A18-49 rating.
FOX followed in fourth for the evening delivering a 4.3/7 HH rating, though it finished ahead of ABC in A18-49 scoring a 3.3 in that key demo.
And lastly, soon to be ‘The CW’ network The WB delivered a 1.0/2 HH rating and a 0.6 A18-49 rating .
It’s significant to note that this Sunday was the last night of broadcasting for The WB.
The ratings for all the programs that aired last night are viewable below in chart form (click to enlarge):
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, September 16, 2006 September 18, 2006 12:30 pm
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FOX finished first for the evening with a 4.0/8 HH rating and a 2.0 A18-49 rating.
CBS followed in second place with a 3.6/7 HH rating and a 2.1 A18-49 rating.
NBC finished in third place with a 3.6/7 HH rating and a 1.7 A18-49 rating.
ABC followed in fourth for the evening delivering a 3.1/6 HH rating and a 1.6 A18-49 rating.
The ratings for all the programs that aired last night are viewable below in chart form (click to enlarge):
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Cable TV Ratings for Week Ending 9/10/2006 September 17, 2006 4:41 pm
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Source: Nielsen Media Research
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, September 15, 2006 September 16, 2006 9:39 pm
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With the time slot premiere of “Men In Trees” and a new edition of “20/20”, ABC won the evening on Friday night.
“Psych” and “The Dead Zone” Renewed September 16, 2006 8:30 pm
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According to “a person familiar with the matter” (as reported by TV Week), USA Network has renewed both its freshman Dramedy “Psych”and its long running Sci-Fi/Supernatural series “The Dead Zone”.
myNetworkTV Off To A Slow Start In Opening Week September 16, 2006 8:00 pm
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Pretty much the only good news MNTV can lay claim to is that it beat UPN in households and in the key A18-49 demo, albeit not by much.
According to data released by Nielsen Media Research, MNTV programming averaged roughly 1M viewers nightly for the week of September 4th (excluding Labor Day).
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 14, 2006 September 15, 2006 3:30 pm
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While down some from last season’s premiere, it doesn’t appear that the controversy surrounding “Survivor’s” new twists affected ratings much.
Reality show off a little less than 5% from its last season premiere as it leads CBS to an easy Thursday night win.
Nintendo Wii price and launch details announced. September 14, 2006 1:48 pm
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Nintendo this morning in a news conference held in New York, released details on the launch of their new next generation console called Wii (pronounced we).
The system will carry a suggested retail price of $249.99 and launch on November 19th of this year. It will come bundled with the following:
- The Wii console with hardware stand and support plate (purpose unknown)
- One Wii remote (Wiimote) controller with a wriststrap
- One Nunchuck attachment
- A sensor bar, with a stand
- A/V cable, currently unspecified, assumed to be a Component Video connection
- AC adaptor
- 2 double A batteries to power the Wiimote
- 1 free pack-in game, “Wii Sports”
Earlier in the morning in Japan, Nintendo announced that in the Japanese market the system will not come bundled with a free game and will be priced at 25,000 Yen (approximately $213). It will launch in Japan on December 2nd.
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 13, 2006 September 14, 2006 1:30 pm
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Improving upon last season’s first results show, “Stars” helps bring ABC the win in households, but a series of “Sneak Peak” episodes and a Jimmy Kimmel special fail to give the alphabet the win in A18-49.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, September 12, 2006 September 13, 2006 8:00 pm
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The return of “Dancing with the Stars” scored big with ABC, improving upon its series premiere last season in both households and A18-49.
Though the return of fan favorite “Stars” caused a dip in ratings for “House”, the good old doctor still managed to offer tough competition in the 8PM time slot winning the battle over the coveted A18-49 demo.
Amazon unveils new video download service September 13, 2006 7:00 am
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Trying to capitalize on the growing online video downloading market, Amazon has unveiled a new iTunes like service called Unbox.
The service currently is offering a wide range of television shows and movies in high-quality DVD video, including recent movies such as V For Vendetta and Firewall, and even currently airing shows like Prison Break and Bones.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, September 11, 2006 September 11, 2006 8:00 pm
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Building on its audience from the preceding evening, the ABC network’s “The Path to 9/11” helped propel the alphabet to an easy win.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, September 10, 2006 September 11, 2006 6:15 pm
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As expected, NBC rolled past the competition Sunday night en route to a touchdown with its NFL football coverage.
The match-up between little brother Eli and big brother Peyton improved upon NBC’s Thursday night coverage and scored higher than the comparable game from last season’s ABC contest.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, September 09, 2006 September 11, 2006 6:00 pm
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ABC had no problem defeating the competition with their College Football presentation of #1 Ohio State vs. #2 Texas.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, September 08, 2006 September 11, 2006 5:45 pm
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In a night filled mostly with repeats, ABC led the evening with its combination of ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ sandwiched between two hours of ’20/20′.
Pan’s Labyrinth (from Guillermo Del Toro) trailer released. September 9, 2006 11:00 pm
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First a little background from the official website’s summary:
“Is a fanciful and chilling story set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 rural Spain. The film centers on Ofelia, A lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father; a military officer tasked with ridding the area of rebels in her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destines. With post-war repression at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.”
I must say, I was very impressed by this trailer. Del Toro seems to have struck the right balance of a dark creepy atmosphere and fantastical elements.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The movie will be released this holiday season; December 29th.
Direct Links to the download from the official website follow below:
Trailer #2 out for ‘Casino Royale’ September 8, 2006 9:31 pm
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If you have yet to check out trailer #2 for the new Bond flick, Casino Royale, please do yourself a favor and watch it. Watch it now.
I for one can’t wait for this movie to come out. The more and more I see Craig in the role, the more I come to the realization that he is perfect as Bond.
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