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Charlie’s Angels nears new mission
America continues to look to the past for its future with the ABC Network is said to be close to greenlighting a new version of Charlie’s Angels.
The update will be helmed by Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman, and Leonard Goldberg, who produced the original series with Aaron Spelling in 1976, plus Drew Barrymore.
Barrymore also featured in the 2000 feature film adaptation.
The new Angels is expected to be geared toward a new generation while paying homage to the past. Maybe Ian Thorpe can play the executive?
The series made news recently …
The cancelled list
As the US Fall Season nears it’s time to take stock of the shows in the US that are not moving forward (including two Aussie adaptations).
Whilst many of us are up to speed on most of these, sometimes one or two escape out attention, and others kinda never get cancelled but remain in permanent hiatus.
For the record here is the list of those that are no more:
ABC has cancelled Cupid, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, In the Motherhood, Kyle XY, Life on Mars, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who, Surviving Suburbia, and The …
Chopping Block serves lukewarm US debut
The premiere of NBC’s adaptation of Nine’s The Chopping Block is reported to be NBC’s lowest rated series premiere this season.
The network fared poorly for Wednesday night with The Chopping Block gaining 4.0 million viewers overall (1.5/4 in 18-49) which came in about in line with the now-cancelled Knight Rider which had been airing at 8pm.
It was beaten by Fox’s Lie to Me with 11m viewers,CBS’ sitcom double at around 7.7m viewers and CW’s Next Top Model on 4.4m. ABC trailed with Scrubs’ 3.6m viewers.
More reviews are in…
The Hollywood Reporter …
Kath & Kim’s future looking shaky
NBC has backtracked on plans for Kath & Kim to enjoy a full season of 22 episodes, trimming 5 off its order.
Instead it will have 17 episodes produced with no clear path of its life thereafter.
It is the same fate that has fallen to Knight Rider -also cut back from 22 to 17 eps.
Its current run will end on March 12th to be replaced by an untitled new mockumentary that looks at the world of local government from April 9th. It is being developed by Greg Daniels (The Office, King of …
David hits a Home Run
Meet Sydney interior designer David Heimann, who is joining Nine’s new reality series Home Run.
Heimann, of lifestyle store Orson & Blake, will play host and mentor to a group of young up-and-coming interior designers for the show which will be stripped across 7pm weeknights later this year. Each week, the designers will be pitted against each other as they work with real clients – families in the suburbs looking for a professional interior makeover.
“This is a higher echelon show, the designers are tastemakers where other home shows are basically DIY programs,” …
Practice makes perfect…
America’s ABC has picked up Private Practice for a full season.
The network has ordered nine more episodes of the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.
Despite the US positivity, the show has languished in Australia, unable to match the enthusiasm for its parent-drama.
Practice is the latest network series to get a full-season pickup, following NBC’s Knight Rider and Chuck, CBS’ The Mentalist, Fox’s Fringe and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Most of those shows have had an uneven reception in Australia too.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Full season for Knight Rider
NBC has now picked up Knight Rider for a full season.
The network has ordered another nine episodes of the action-drama, following an earlier thumbs up for four more, which is good news for Seven.
Knight Rider’s pickup is the first of NBC’s new fall series to receive a full season order, joining CBS’ The Mentalist, Fox’s Fringe and CW’s 90210 -two of which are already struggling in Oz.
In the US its most recent episode was seen by 6.9 million viewers.
The telemovie managed 902,000 viewers when it premiered here on Seven. But Seven …
Knight Rider wins extra episodes
Knight Rider has been given an order for another four episodes by NBC -good news for the Seven Network which owns the rights to the show in Australia.
It follows extra episodes ordered for CBS’ The Mentalist, both just shy of a full season.
So far Fringe and 90210 have been picked up for full seasons.
In the US, Knight Rider has had a shaky start, so the four episode approval is a cautiously optimistic move by NBC.
In Australia the telemovie grabbed 902,000 viewers. Seven has indicated it will air the series in October …
Returning: The Amazing Race
Good news, racers. Seven will fasttrack the newest season of The Amazing Race, which launched this week in the US.
It premieres 8:30pm Thursday October 16th.
Kicking off from LA this is the 13th season of the show, and a repeated winner of the Emmy’s “reality” category.
You can read more on the pitstops of the series here and the competitors here.
The return of Race means that Heroes will sit in the 9:30pm timeslot following its 2 hour premiere next week. Prison Break remains at 10:30pm.
That just leaves Knight Rider still to …
Airdate: Knight Rider telemovie
The telemovie remake of Knight Rider will air this month on Seven before it unleashes the series in October.
Seven has slated the film in the surprising time of 9pm Saturday September 27. For what is effectively a springboard to the subsequent series, it is an interesting choice.
Although the film is rated M the timeslot could be a late start for kids. The film will follow the family movie Cars at 6:30pm. Being a Saturday night, young adults are likely to already be enjoying their weekend too, especially those who have been enjoying the …
Effluent on iTunes
Updated: The American version of Kath and Kim will be released for free download on iTunes a week before it hits US airwaves next month -but not in Australia.
An article in the Daily Telegraph, which suggested Australian iTunes customers could see the remake before American TV viewers, neglected to note that Australians cannot access the US iTunes store with an Australian-based account.
Apple also announced this week that NBC would offer the free season debuts of four other series – Knight Rider, My Own Worst Enemy, Lipstick Jungle and Life – …
Heroes, Prison Break, Knight Rider: October
Heroes, Prison Break and Knight Rider will all be ‘fasttracked’ by Seven in October.
The new Knight Rider joins the list of shows that Seven previously indicated it would screen not long after their American debut.
Heroes launches on September 22 in the US, while Knight Rider has a series premiere of September 24. Seven already has the telemovie, with a cameo from David Hasselhoff, which screened in the US in February.
Prison Break is the slowest of the new ‘fasttrackers’, already having a 2hr season premiere in the US last week.
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