An archive of articles about US television programmes and production.
On the back of 700 job cuts, NBC’s chief exec for TV, Jeff Zucker says that the network will no longer show scripted comedy and drama in the 8pm-9pm slot because it’s too expensive. Instead, NBC is going to show reality TV and game shows.
And thus the US version of ITV1 is born. More analysis over at Organ Grinder.
Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring has promised that all the ongoing plots in the series will be concluded by the end of this season. They haven’t yet started working on season three plots, but if they do, it’s unlikely he’ll be involved. “If I were to say the show’s over [after season two], Fox would say… we’ll have someone else run the show. That could happen.”
How refreshing: a series with a serial plotline that actually intends to finish inside of two seasons.
Kristanna Loken, best known as the female terminator from Terminator 3 but also Bloodrayne in Dr Uwe Boll‘s Bloodrayne, is to jump back to television for a new SciFi series, Painkiller Jane. Commissioned for 22 episodes that will air in Spring, Painkiller Jane will follow “a DEA agent recruited by a covert government organisation tasked with capturing genetically enhanced individuals. When she discovers that she has her own set of powers – she’s impervious to injury, but not pain – Jane begins to search for what caused her transformation and her own connection to the people she pursues.”
Now that sounds like quality, doesn’t it?
Sorry guys, but Sky One’s bought the rights to seasons three and four of Lost, I’m afraid. Whoops, Channel 4. Three guesses as to whether it’ll air on Sky Three (available on Freeview) or Sky One/Two (BSkyB only)…
Incidentally, episode three of the third season, which aired last night, is really good, so hang on in there in case you find the first two a bit dull.
And, unrelated to anything in particular, my sister has pointed out to me that all of Sayid’s plans are rubbish and end badly. Plus no matter what happens, whenever anyone asks him his opinion about anything dramatic that has just occurred (eg nuclear warhead detonation, attack of wild buffalos, mysterious smoke signals, etc), he always says “About what?”, as though it’s a complete mystery.
Just thought I’d leave you with that thought.
Well, the first episode was dull and that was pretty much the high point. Ever since then, The Nine has descended into a sea of tranquillity and tedium that makes watching paint dry seem like an Olympic sport.
Unlike Lost‘s flashbacks, The Nine‘s don’t add a single thing. Two minutes of someone hiding in the bathroom: goodie. That was time well spent. The characters are all bonding nicely, but they’re all about as exciting as filling in a tax return.
So a definite thumbs down for The Nine. Steer clear of it.
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