Just thought you might like to know that Paris Hilton is “distraught” over her jail sentence. I’m not.
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Obviously, it’s not one of the matinee names…but if you watched “SNL” during the Eddie Murphy / Joe Piscopo years, you may remember this man from the opening roll call. Don’t just click to see who it is, though; go ahead and actually read the article. The case is actually rather eyebrowing raising.
Well, kids, NBC has officially released word of its 2007 – 2008 fall season, and here’s what we have to look forward to…
Monday
The night begins the same way it has for the last several months, with “Deal or No Deal”…but, finally, someone at the network realized that it might be wise to follow “Heroes” with a drama that at least vaguely resembles the program that precedes it. Thus, we have “JOURNEYMAN.”
“JOURNEYMAN“– From Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Kevin Falls (“The West Wing”) and Emmy Award-winning director-producer Alex Graves (“The West Wing”), “Journeyman” is a romantic mystery-drama about Dan Vasser (Kevin McKidd, “Rome”), a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man who inexplicably begins to travel through time and change people’s lives. Along the way, he also must deal with the difficulties and strife at work and home brought on by his sudden disappearances. However, his freewheeling travels through the decades reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia (Moon Bloodgood, “Day Break”) — which complicates his present-day life with wife Katie (Gretchen Egolf, “Martial Law”) and their son. Reed Diamond (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) and Charles Henry Wyson (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) also star. “Journeyman” is a production of 20th Century Fox Television. Falls is executive producer and writer; Graves is executive producer and director of the pilot.
By the way, also very much of note is the fact that NBC is spawning a “Heroes” spin-off, entitled “ORIGINS.” The description is thus: “an innovative new spin-off that each week will introduce a new character — one of whom will be chosen by viewers through the ‘Heroes’ website on NBC.com to become a cast regular the following season.” No details yet on when it’ll air, though.
TUESDAY
Yawn. Another season of “The Biggest Loser” at 8. Hooray! Another season of “Law & Order: SVU” at 10! Sandwiched between the two, we get “CHUCK.”
“CHUCK” – From executive producer, Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.”) and executive producer-director McG (“Charlie’s Angels,” “We Are Marshall”) comes a one-hour, comedic spy thriller about Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, “Less Than Perfect”) – a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government’s most vital secret agent. When Chuck opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now, the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at Buy More. Instead of fighting computer viruses, he must fight assassins and international terrorists. With the government’s most precious secrets in Chuck’s head, Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin, “My Bodyguard”) of the NSA assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA’s top agent (and Chuck’s first date in years) Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strzechowski, “Gone”). They’ll keep him safe by trading in his pocket protector for a bulletproof vest. Also starring are Joshua Gomez (“Without a Trace”) as Chuck’s best buddy Morgan and Sarah Lancaster (“What About Brian?”) as Chuck’s ever-supportive sister Ellie. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak wrote “Chuck,” which is produced by College Hill Pictures and Wonderland Sound and Vision in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Spider-Man 3: $60 million, $242 million to date
Let the doomsday talk begin. Much will be made of the fact that “Spider-Man 3” dropped 60% at the box office, but remember two things: any movie that opens with a $150 million weekend is going to suffer a big drop-off, and it still made $60 million in its second week. The DreamWorks execs would slaughter their children to have “Shrek the Third” pull a stunt like that.
2) 28 Weeks Later: $10 million
Fast zombies plus a whole bunch of shit getting blow’d up? What’s not to love? Lots, to be honest, but we still expected it to do better than this.
3) Georgia Rule: $5.8 million
LiLo + Hanoi Jane = nobody cares.
4) Disturbia: $4.8 million, $66.2 million to date
From this to “Transformers,” Shia LaBeouf is now the Biggest Star on the Planet.
5) Delta Farce: $3.5 million
Last week, we received the following email from a fan of Larry the Cable Guy who apparently thought we stayed in regular contact with Larry after our email interview two years ago.
Dear Larry,
I am 13 years old and I have a new joke for you to say when you get done telling a joke about how frustrated you were. You say “I was more frustrated than Stevie Wonder playing whack-a-mole”
sincerely, (name withheld)
PS: Git-r-dun
This is your legacy, Larry. We hope you’re proud of yourself.
12) The Ex: $1.3 million
Don’t burn your TV bridges, Zach.
With May sweeps wrapping up, it’s a good time to take a look at the status of a few shows and try to determine whether or not they’ll be renewed. I focused on shows that we don’t blog here at Premium Hollywood, because any news about those shows belongs in their respective blogs.
Granted, these are personal favorites, but you’re welcome to post your own news about shows I fail to mention. I’m not sure how some of these shows ended up on the bubble. How can these shows struggle while “American Idol” continues to rollover the competition? Seriously, sometimes I want to go all “Celtic Pride” on Simon Cowell and kidnap him, just to put a chink in the AI juggernaut.
“Veronica Mars” (CW)
Word has it that the network is intrigued by a Season 4 trailer that takes place two years in the future and features Veronica at the FBI academy. Maybe I just have a crush on Kristin Bell (or is it Veronica?), but that idea sounds very promising.
“The Unit” (CBS)
Any regular viewers that missed the season finale of “The Unit” should stop reading immediately and go watch it. Seriously. If you’re still here, you know that the unit has disintegrated, Jonas is in the wind and Bob has joined the CIA. His first task? To track down Jonas! “The Unit” is set to return for another season despite somewhat mediocre ratings.
“Friday Night Lights” (NBC)
Clear eyes…full hearts…can’t lose! After a lot of consideration, NBC has decided to renew the high school football drama for a second season. For those that are interested in diving into the second-best new show of the season (next to “Heroes”), NBC is streaming all episodes online. Choosing my words wisely, I wish the final game hadn’t turned out the way it turned out, but hey, I’m just happy there’s a Season 2 to look forward to.
“Studio 60” (NBC)
It was a very bad sign that the show disappeared during May sweeps, but it will return on May 24th to finish it’s first season. A second season is a serious long shot. In my research, I stumbled across an interesting article by Rick Kushman where he discusses the different ways the networks try to manipulate viewers. There’s one bit about NBC’s Thursday night schedule that is pretty funny.
“Smallville” (CW)
Michael Rosenbaum (who plays Lex Luthor) said in an interview that next season (Season 7) will be his last, and probably the last for the show. Ratings have been pretty strong and there are still a lot of storylines to mine in the world of Superman, but there’s no doubt that, after seven seasons, the actors and creators want to move on to other projects. There’s also no doubt that in a year or two, when the steady paychecks dry up, some of them will wish they had kept the series going. Anyway, we’ve got one more season. Let’s hope it ends with Clark finally becoming Superman.
“Supernatural” (CW)
I couldn’t find much info on a potential Season 3 of “Supernatural,” but Kimiit, a lounge member on the CW message boards, says that we’ll find out about the show’s fate on May 17th, when the network unveils its fall lineup. Kimiit goes on to say, “…you should be able to put your minds at ease. With the contests, all the merchandise coming out and the fact that CW will be repeating the show on Thursdays and Sundays this summer – renewal is pretty much in the bag.” Hey, if it’s good enough for Kimiit, it’s good enough for me.
“Medium” (NBC)
Despite a cast that includes one of the worst actors on TV, NBC has renewed “Medium” for its fourth season. The show has been mostly good, if a bit spotty, but a late push (that included Joe’s workplace scare and a three-part serial killer finale) has put the series on safe ground.
“ER” (NBC)
After a brief flirtation with “Grey’s Anatomy,” (truthfully, the flirtation was with Katherine Heigl) I learned that I can only handle one medical drama in my life, so until “ER” goes off the air, shows like “House” and “Heartland” (and whatever the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff is going to be called) just don’t have a chance. After starring in his own failed medical drama (“3 lbs”), Stanley Tucci joins the cast as the ER’s new Chief for Season 14. (That’s right, “ER” has been on for 14 years!)
So there you have it, a roundup of some of the shows on the bubble. Feel free to post your own updates.
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