- The Hollywood Reporter reckons the Sci Fi Channel is working on a remake of Flash Gordon. Part of an article looking at how US networks are warming to science-fiction.
- A few spoilers over on E!’s Watch with Kristin: interesting snippets about Heroes, including confirmation that Claire’s gay best friend isn’t gay any more; more on Jack Bauer’s family in 24 (with one very important spoiler); useful stuff about Liev Schreiber’s forthcoming character in CSI; and some nuggets on BSG and Scrubs.
- Mel Gibson’s new Mayan film, Apocalypto, might look historically authentic but it isn’t.
Scrubs
Weekend news
A few of the stories that broke over the weekend:
- NBC’s finally ordered a full season of 30 Rock. Ratings for the latest episode, now in NBC’s two-hour Thursday comedy slot, were 25% better this week. Scrubs, also in a new Thursday slot, got 22% better ratings compared to last season’s average.
- Slate has an interview with David Simon, covering various things including what season five of The Wire is going to cover
- The Scotsman has reviewed the 2007 Doctor Who annual.
- Angela’s Eyes has been cancelled. Hooray!
US TV
Review: Scrubs 6×01
In the US: Thursdays, NBC, 9/8c
In the UK: In the usual places
Characters re-cast: 0
Major characters gotten rid of: 0
Major new characters: Maybe 1
Format change percentage: 10%
Number of babies due: 3
Here we are again. Six seasons of Scrubs. It’s comedy, but in a hospital. As per usual, it’s kind of hard to review a long-running comedy, since ultimately the only thing that’s important is whether you laugh or not. Scrubs still raises a reasonable number of laughs, but there’s a slightly bitter taste to the whole thing thanks to a “Braffisation” of the show.
Scrubs spoilers
Need some Scrubs spoilers? Kristin Veitch at E! has some juicy info for you. Be warned, some of the news might upset you.
News
Hiro to come to Scrubs as Franklyn
If you’re a fan of Scrubs, you’ll be pleased to hear that despite the fact Masi Oka is one of the main stars of Heroes, Scrubs‘s producers still want him to appear in the show this season in his regular role of Franklyn. But, if they manage to get him, they’re going to try to ensure he keeps his Heroes super-powers.
Another interesting fact about Masi Oka: he’s actually a full-time programmer for ILM, George Lucas’s graphics house. He wrote some of the software for the effects on Terminator 3. How’s that for multi-talented?