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Renewed: Fringe
FOX has renewed JJ. Abrams’ sci-is series Fringe.
Entertainment Weekly reports it has been picked up for a third season even though it ranked No. 50 in the all-important adults 18-49 demographic.
Its season average has been 7.6 million viewers.
New episodes return in the US on April 1st.
In Australia Fringe airs on GO! If you’ve stuck with the show care to let the rest of us know how it is working out for you?
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Alex O’Loughlin locks on Hawaii Five-0
After much speculation, Alex O’Loughlin has been confirmed as the new Detective Steve McGarrett in the CBS remake of Hawaii Five-0.
The Aussie actor will play the role of the head of the Hawaii State Police portrayed by Jack Lord in the original series. It is his third US series lead following the short-lived series Moonlight and Three Rivers and roles in The Shield and Criminal Minds.
O’Loughlin will join Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim, who will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the adaptation by Fringe co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and …
Surf’s up on Hawaii Five-0 remake
“Book ‘em, Danno.” CBS is going ahead with its new version of Hawaii Five-0.
The revamp has been under development with the network since October.
The new version doesn’t appear to be straying (or is that surfing?) away from the original premise of an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police headed by Steve McGarrett and answerable only to the governor. The original series, complete with iconic theme tune, ran from 1968-1980.
The new series is under the eyes of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and CSI: NY executive producer Peter Lenkov. All …
So what’s been your summer gem?
The other week a journalist asked me for some quotes on how our TV summer season was faring and I pointed out that historically, the 09 / 10 season has offered an abundance of choice -at least compared to when we had just 5 channels, half of which were stuck on sport.
This year the amount of content has boomed, thanks to our extra digital channels.
But when the article appeared in print, readers hit back saying summer is still a dead zone. I got slammed. Well, it is if you stick with …
Timeshifted ratings: What we’re watching later on
Supernatural, Private Practice, Survivor, Stargate: Universe, Californication, Bones, Cold Case, Fringe and Top Gear are the top shows we are recording and watching later, according to early figures released by OzTAM.
Since December 27 OzTAM has begun adding Timeshifted, or Consolidated, figures to its Ratings in a major change to its survey data. It tallies the programmes that are watched up to 7 days after their live airing, now known as the “Overnight” figure. Homes with OzTAM People Meters are now recognising what is watched on recording equipment including PVRs, DVRs and …
Fringe without benefits
Q: So why would GO! bother taking out single episodes of Fringe and Eleventh Hour just to play a movie and then reschedule them next week instead? It shouldn’t really matter on GO! right? Wrong.
A: It’s the final week of ratings. As of yesterday the Nine Network and the Seven Network were tied on exactly 27.9% each in the 18-49 demographic for the survey year.
Of course, that includes both GO! and 7TWO in the equation, which have only both been on air together for a handful of weeks. But winning that …
Returning: Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, Fringe
As promised, those shows that have been dumped from GO! are back once non-ratings begin.
This is because Nine is keen to lift its network share in the final days of the ratings year. Probably so it can claim the “Nine Network” won key demographics.
South Park is back 8:30pm Sunday November 29th
Curb Your Enthusiasm is back 9:30pm Sunday November 29th
Weeds is back 10:00pm Sunday November 29th dbl ep
The Bachelor is back 10:30pm Tuesday December 1
Fringe is back 8:30pm Thursday December 2
The Wire is back 9:30pm Wednesday December 2
Drop Dead Diva is back …
More changes for GO!
More changes for GO! from as early as tonight.
Moonlight will be a double episode tonight from 8:30pm meaning no Gossip Girl. This will see the Moonlight’s finale air next week, November 19th. Gossip Girl appears to be pausing at Ep 13.
Next Wednesday The Wire is out, replaced by a double episode of Fringe from 8:30pm. Double Fringe also continues a week later.
Drop Dead Diva is out on Thursday 19th replaced by the 2005 movie House of Wax at 9:30pm. The show is back on November 26th but at 10:30pm.
On Sunday 22nd …
The Simpsons scavenger hunt
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons, FOX has put together a very neat little TV scavenger hunt that will see its other shows embedding references and tributes to the show.
Shows including House, Fringe are dropping references all week as part of a viewer competition.
Some shows cite names of Simpsons characters. Others incorporate one of the show’s licensed products into a plot line ,and others have cameos.
When the producers on Fringe were asked if they wanted to participate, they agreed immediately, even though the show is produced by Warner Brothers.
“We’re …
Lost meets Desperate Housewives?
Warning: Spoilers!
A crossover between Lost and Desperate Housewives? Surely one of television’s craziest notions.
But both are ABC shows, so there is a possibility it could eventuate.
Creator Marc Cherry says he is planning a plane to crash into Wisteria Lane as a mid-series cliffhanger. The incident would affect everyone’s lives.
“I’d love to kill somebody ’cause that’s just what I do,” he joked. “But the truth is, right now I don’t have anyone major dying.”
Now it seems the plane could be an Oceanic liner, the same carrier that crashed into Lost.
An insider said …
Book em, Danno – one more time.
Well, we loved the theme song but really…
CBS has given a pilot commitment to an updated version of Hawaii Five-0, to be overseen by the writers of Fringe.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, also wrote the recent Star Trek feature, plus two Transformers movies and Mission: Impossible III. They will create the story while the script will be written by CSI: NY executive producer Peter Lenkov.
Hawaii has been the backdrop for a number of hit series, notably Lost and Magnum P.I., but it is synonymous with the fictional Hawaiian state police department …
Survivor: Tocantins for summer
Survivor: Tocantins will be airing on Nine during the summer.
The 18th season, set in Brazil, aired in the US in February. It follows Survivor: Gabon currently airing on GO!
Also set to come across summer is the long-awaited return of UK fantasy series Primeval with its mix of CGI dinosaurs and family adventure.
Nine also promises Fringe, What’s Good for You, Wife Swap, ER and The Mentalist for summer.
More titles are yet to be revealed.