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“Good chance” for more Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David has hinted at more Curb Your Enthusiasm at the PaleyFest 2010 in Los Angeles.
The Q & A event held by the Paley Center for Media allows audience consists of a fireside chat and audience questions.
Moderator Martin Miller of the Los Angeles Times asked Larry David about an eighth season of his wry comedy.
David paused briefly. “I think there’s a pretty good chance,” he said, as the crowd burst into applause. “We’re working on a couple of things.”
As for any more Seinfeld reunions, it’s a no go.
“We think …
Lost catches up on Seven
Good news for Lost fans who watch on Seven, and not 7TWO.
A double episode will air on March 31st to bring them in line with 7TWO.
When the season premiered on Seven last month, just one episode of the double premiere aired, effectively putting the two channels a week apart.
“Recon” and “Ab Aeterno” will air at 10:30pm / 11:30pm respectively on Seven. Thereafter both channels will be in sync with the same episode.
Timeshifting boosts NCIS to #1
NCIS picked up an extra 122,000 viewers in Timeshifted viewers for Week 9. It was enough to rewrite the final week’s tally and shift the show from #2 to #1.
The US show was one of many dramas that picked up more viewers on the week beginning February 21st.
It was an increase of 8.8% on its original Live (and As Live) audience. Meanwhile Lost added an extra 36.4% of its audience from Timeshifting. It was also the show on digital channels to make the biggest gains.
All of the Top 20 improvers were …
Lost meets Baywatch
What if the opening titles for Lost were remade to resemble the opening of Baywatch?
They would probably look like this.
Pretty funny idea….
Cue the drums.
Lost meets The Simpsons
How cool is this pic of the Lost cast drawn in the style of The Simpsons?
It comes from SpringfieldPunx which is a site devoted to illustrating others in the yellow, overbite appearance of Matt Groening.
You can’t quite make it out here, but the group are in a ramshackled version of the Simpsons house on the Lost island.
If you want to see the rest of the cast including Hurley, Jin, Sun, Sayiid, Ben and Locke check it out here.
Lost’s Michael Emerson prison training video
Lost’s Michael Emerson sure has come a long way.
It’s unlikely he could have ever conceived of landing an Emmy Award when he was shooting this 1992 training video for prison staff.
Jane Badler hopes for V cameo
It was 1983 when Jane Badler first appeared in V: The Miniseries.
Playing the role of commander Diana, a chief villainess in the franchise, has brought her international glory. Now with the return of the V saga, she is enjoying attention from all over the world.
“It’s a crazy internet thing happening for me. I’ve got an extraordinary amount of energy in the internet, Facebook wise and IMDb. Something’s happening in the atmosphere!” she tells TV Tonight.
“People all over the world have sent beautiful messages mostly via my …
The Good Wife tops in Timeshifted
Timeshifted data has boosted The Good Wife to the #1 show in the first week of official ratings.
In Overnight figures the show finished #5th for the week on 1,407,000 but after Consolidated (Timeshifted) figures, it picked up another 139,000, which sees it lift to #1.
The figures released were for the week of February 7th.
Of the top 20 audience gains by number, two were comedies, one was light entertainment and the remaining 17 were dramas.
The Age notes that the biggest gains went to 7TWO’s Heroes (up 33%) and Seven’s season premiere of …
Jimmy Fallon does Lost
He recently tackled Glee, now Jimmy Fallon turns his attention to Lost.
No cheap laughs in this long, satirical piece.
Instead of a plane crashing, it’s the lifts in the Late Night office building that have given up.
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 …
Get Lost again on 7TWO
7TWO will be replaying its Lost package once again for anybody who missed it.
Lost: The Final Chapter plus Lost LAX1 & LAX2 will be screened this Sunday night from 10pm (LAX1 at 10:50pm) and again at 11:45pm next Tuesday (LAX1 12:35am Wed).
The show pulled a very big audience for 7TWO of 216,000 (across two eps).
The first episode which aired on Seven was 126,000.
NB: If there are any Seven replays announced I will note them here as an Update.
Seven showing Lost -but where is Part 2?
First the accolades…
It’s great that 7TWO is screening Lost at a decent timeslot tomorrow night.
It premieres at 9:30pm in a two hour episode, following a one hour special at 8:30. A week later it settles into the 8:30pm slot.
It’s also great that it is screening at 11:30pm on Seven for those without Digital TV, and even better that it can be seen in high definition on 7HD.
What’s not so great is that Seven has opted to screen just the first episode on Seven / 7HD. Instead of showing Part 2 as …