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Wonder Woman's invisible jet still off Hollywood's radar
5 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Maybe it’s the invisible jet? Wonder Woman has been soaring as a pop culture icon since the Roosevelt era but she can’t get on Hollywood’s radar when it comes to a solo silver-screen adventure. This summer’s Man of Steel gives Superman his eighth feature film (tying him with Batman) but Wonder Woman is stuck at zero and at this point her best IMDb prospect is a gal-pal supporting role in the shaky-sounding Justice League movie.
We took the topic to filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (Going on 13) whose documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines is »
- Geoff Boucher
'The Bachelorette' premiere moves back a week on ABC
6 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
You'll have to wait seven extra days to watch Desiree Hartsock start her quest for love on "The Bachelorette."
ABC has made a couple changes to its summer premiere schedule, including moving the start of "The Bachelorette" back one week, from May 20 to May 27. In its place on May 20 will go will go to new scripted series "Motive."
The show, a Canadian crime drama starring Kristin Lehman ("The Killing") and Louis Ferreira ("Breaking Bad"), had been scheduled to premiere after the "Dancing With the Stars" finale on May 21. Instead, it will air after the final "DWTS" performances on May 20 before going to its regular Thursday home on May 23.
ABC will fill the May 21 schedule with a "Dancing" recap special at 8 p.m. Et, followed by the two-hour finale.
"The Bachelorette," meanwhile, is now scheduled to premiere at 8 p.m. May 27. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
CNN’s ‘Crossfire’ Back In June; Cancelled In 2005
6 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
After the failed week long experiment of (Get To) The Point and the unsteady The Lead With Jake Tapper, Jeff Zucker is looking for a blast from the past to revive CNN. The ratings-struggling cable new network is bringing back Crossfire in June, network insiders tell me. No hosts have been chosen yet, the sources say. Nor is it clear if the show will definitely remain a half hour, as the original Crossfire was, or go longer. Right now it seems that Crossfire 2.0 is slated to have a variety of CNN personalities and contributors taking up the “left” and “right” roles on the new version of the political debate show. A CNN standard almost from the begining, Crossfire ran on the network in both daytime and primetime from 1982 until it was cancelled in 2005. Crossfire isn’t the first piece of CNN history Zucker has brought back since taking over in January. »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Melissa McCarthy hosts tonight's 'Saturday Night Live': Talk about it here!
7 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Melissa McCarthy has already proven herself. She won our hearts on Gilmore Girls, turned Mike & Molly into something actually worth watching, and broke through on film in the mega 2011 hit Bridesmaids.
Best of all, she showed herself to be a capable and nimble host the last time she stopped by SNL. In 2011, McCarthy’s first night at the rodeo won critical praise and high ratings. It may have spiked Hidden Valley’s salad dressing sales as well. (Er, maybe not.) This time around, she comes to the show as an even bigger star: McCarthy has both The Hangover III and »
- Hillary Busis
'Dancing With the Stars' scoop: Lisa Vanderpump faints during rehearsal, future on show unclear
8 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and Dancing With the Stars competitor Lisa Vanderpump fainted at a rehearsal this week for DWTS, a source close to the show tells EW. It is unclear yet whether she will return to the competition.
Vanderpump, 52, is paired with newcomer pro Gleb Savchenko on season 16 of DWTS. Last week, the pair avoided landing in the bottom two of the competition, but a lackluster performance meant they were still “in jeopardy.”
Read more:
Recap: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Episode 5
‘DWTS’ Hidden Gems
‘DWTS’: Sizing up the season 16 cast »
- Laura Hertzfeld
Primetime Pilot Panic: The Early Buzz
8 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
It’s the first week of April, and we’re kicking off our annual Pilot Buzz series. Keeping with tradition, the first list only includes a limited number of projects that have been garnering strong early buzz as the vast majority of pilots are still filming or going through post-production. So we will omit those on which there is no conclusive feedback yet and will reserve judgement on those that we hear not so good things about until next time. If the rather dull Pirates Of The Caribbean Disney ride spawned a successful movie franchise, could the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad do the same on the small screen? Despite taking jabs for its origins and casting mostly unknowns, Big Thunder is a surprising early leading contender on the drama side at ABC. Not so surprising is the very strong early showing of the McG-directed Romeo and Juliet-esque soap Venice, with another soapy drama, »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Kathy Griffin’s Bravo Talk Show Cancelled
8 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
After two seasons on air, Kathy Griffin‘s late night talk show Kathy is not being renewed, Deadline has confirmed. The comedienne dropped the news during a live stand up show Friday night in Cincinnati, Ohio as first reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer. The cancellation could free her up for a potential jump to CNN for the hourlong show opposite Anderson Cooper that Deadline told you the pair filmed last week. It also comes two months after an exec switch-up at Bravo saw the network change hands from Lauren Zalaznick to Bonnie Hammer. Griffin won two Emmys while at Bravo for her reality series Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D List. Related: CNN Eying Anderson Cooper-Kathy Griffin Series? »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
'Jurassic Park': A drinking game 65 million beers in the making
10 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There was a period of my life when I was watching Jurassic Park on practically a weekly basis. It was the year after graduating from college, and my friends and I had a tradition of popping in the DVD whenever we couldn’t think of anything else to do — which was admittedly often. At one point, we managed to watch the movie more than a dozen times in the course of a single month and it got to the level that we were quoting the entire movie along with it like some crazed cult. Naturally, we also developed a drinking »
- Keith Staskiewicz
'Mad Men': What major world events could appear in season 6?
10 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The new season of Mad Men kicks off this Sunday (read our review of the premiere here). As usual, the plot of the new season remains shrouded in mystery; the only photos that have surfaced so far show Don and Megan Draper lounging on a beach in Hawaii, which could mean that Mad Men is transforming into Mad Men: Hawaii, and the new season will be all about the Drapers’ wacky attempt to run a hotel in Maui. More likely, though, Mad Men’s sixth season will once again track the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce as they »
- Darren Franich
Ratings Rat Race: ‘Shark Tank’, ‘Touch’ & ‘Happy Endings’ Up, ‘Vegas’ Loses, ‘Nikita’ & ‘Fashion Star’ Down
11 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Unlike last week, there was no Ncaa tournament on primetime last night but there were a lot of ups and downs on the TV court. The top rated and third most watched show of the night, 9 Pm’s Shark Tank (2.1/7) had some real bite on Friday. In its second week back after three weeks off, the entrepreneurial reality show rose up 24% from its March 29 airing. With an audience of 8.45 million last night, Undercover Boss (1.6/6) was the second most watched program on Friday and the most viewed reality show. The 8 Pm CBS series was up 14% from its last original almost a month ago on March 8. Easily the most watched show of Friday with 10.77 million tuning in, CBS’ Blue Bloods (1.4/5) returned last night in its 10 Pm slot after three weeks. The cop family drama was even with its last original on March 15. One CBS show up, one even and one way down. »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
NBC To Repeat ‘Hannibal’ Premiere April 10
12 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The new gothic drama premiered Thursday to Ok ratings but will have another chance to audience-build on April 10. That’s when NBC will repeat the premiere of Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal Lecter series, temporarily filling Chicago Fire‘s Wednesday 10 Pm slot. Hannibal‘s second episode airs the following night at its regular time, Thursday 10 Pm. Chicago Fire returns with new episodes on April 24. »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
TV ratings: 'Happy Endings' rises a little Friday while 'Vegas' struggles
12 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Fast National ratings for Friday, April 5, 2013
"Happy Endings" ticked up in its second week on Fridays, rising three tenths of a point in the 18-49 demographic over last week and providing a glimmer of positive news for the on-the-bubble show. CBS' "Vegas," however, struggled in its first Friday airing, failing to reach a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49.
ABC's "Shark Tank" scored the best 18-49 rating of the night, while CBS' "Blue Bloods" had the biggest total audience, as it usually does. "Grimm" scored its best 18-49 rating in four weeks for NBC.
CBS easily won Friday's total-viewer crown, averaging 8.9 million people and a 5.8 rating/10 share in households. ABC (5.2 million, 3.3/6) came in second. NBC took third with 3.7 million viewers and a 2.4/4. Fox (2.3 million, 1.5/3) was fourth, and The CW (924,000, 0.6/1) trailed.
ABC led the 18-49 demographic with a 1.6 rating, beating out CBS' 1.3. NBC managed only a 0.9, but that was still good enough for third. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Ratings: Happy Endings Rises, Grimm Ticks Up, Nikita Dips, Vegas Soft in Friday Debut
12 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Happy Endings has something to smile about this week, rising in the ratings versus its Friday time slot debut.
With 3.3 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating, the ABC sitcom’s first Friday episode was up 11 percent and two tenths week-to-week, while its second half-hour (2.7 mil/1.0) saw gains of 18 and 43 percent.
Related | Happy Endings May Jump to USA Network If ABC Cancels Cult Fave
Leading out of that, Shark Tank (6.8 mil/2.1) was up 9 and 17 percent, netting the nights best demo rating.
Undercover Boss opened CBS’ night with a time slot-dominating 8.5 mil and 1.6, but the older-skewing Vegas only retained 7.6 mil/0.9 of that in its Friday premiere, »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
SAG-aftra & Ad Industry Reach Tentative New Commercials Contracts Deal
13 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
After almost two months of talks, SAG-aftra and the advertising industry early today struck a deal on new television and radio commercials contracts. If approved by the union’s National Board of Directors at its April 20 to 21 meeting, these agreements are intended to replace the last three-year contracts that formally expired on March 31. The negotiations, covering contracts with about $1 billion in yearly earnings, were the first contract talks conducted by the union since SAG and AFTRA merged last March. However, with now typical SAG-aftra secrecy, the union said today that no details of the new agreements would be made public to anyone including union members in advance of the Board’s review. Once the board has signed off, the deal will be sent to the full membership of 160,000 for ratification. SAG-aftra co-President Roberta Reardon did say in a statement Saturday that “we’ve made essential gains for SAG-aftra members and »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Thandie Newton's Cop Drama Series 'Rogue' Debuted This Week; Did You Watch? Thoughts?
13 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
I'd forgotten that this new series was to premiere this week - on Wednesday. And it did, by the way. I really didn't see very much marketing for it online, or much conversation about it on all the social media sites that I'm practically connected to 18 hours a day. I suppose those folks with DirecTV, where the series is airing exclusively, likely did see promos for it leading up to the premiere episode. Did anyone with DirecTV watch it? And if you did, your thoughts? What I don't understand about DirecTV's marketing strategy for it is why they didn't take a page out of Netflix's House Of Cards release plan, which I think would've drawn more attention to the series, and maybe encouraged more new subscriptions to DirecTV. What Netflix did with House Of Cards was that they released episode 1 of the series online for Free for one month, so »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Sluggish Friday Ratings Start for CBS Drama ‘Vegas’
13 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
CBS rookie drama “Vegas” is looking like even more of a long shot to return for a second season after a sluggish debut on its new night Friday. ABC won the night in demos as “Shark Tank” hit series highs and both “Happy Endings” and “20/20″ were on the rise.
“Vegas,” the 1960s-set series starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, averaged a 0.9 rating/3 share in adults 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers overall, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates; it had earned a 1.5 demo rating in its final Tuesday airing, behind the popular “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
While no series transferring from Tuesday to a lower-watched night like Friday would be expected to produce as high of ratings, “Vegas” looked particularly shaky given that CBS performed well both at 8 p.m. with “Undercover Boss” (1.6/6 in 18-49, 8.5 million viewers overall) and at 10 p.m. with “Blue Bloods” (1.4/5 in 18-49, 10.8 million viewers overall).
“Vegas” ran a distant »
- Rick Kissell
Jack Black gets roasted: Here are the top 15 zingers of the night
13 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The moment we heard that Jack Black was this year’s honoree at the infamous Friars Club roast, we expected a good show. What we didn’t expect was that Al Roker and Bob Saget would become the target of more jokes than Black himself.
During Friday’s roast, led by roastmaster Bob Saget, the insults were flying. And while most of them were funny, there were a few topics that got old fast. Yes, Al Roker pooped his pants. We get it. Yes, Jerry Lewis is very, very old. And so is Gene Simmons. And The Beach Boys. People get old, »
- Samantha Highfill
Bravo Cancels Kathy After Two Seasons
13 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Kathy Griffin is now free to pursue that prospective CNN talk show with Anderson Cooper: Bravo has cancelled her late-night gabfest, Kathy, after two seasons, TVLine has learned.
Griffin confirmed the show’s demise during a stand-up performance Friday night at Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre.
Kathy premiered last spring and, despite low ratings, was renewed for a second season (which kicked off in January).
Earlier this year, CNN commissioned a talk show pilot featuring Griffin and her New Years Eve sidekick Cooper. »
- Michael Ausiello
SAG-aftra Reaches Deal on Commercials Contract
13 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Representatives of SAG-aftra and the ad industry have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year deal.
The agreement was announced early Saturday morning after eight weeks of negotiations in New York City. The current pact had been due to expire Sunday, following a one-week extension on March 26.
Leaders of both sides touted the improvements in the successor deal but no details were disclosed. Pact will be submitted for approval at the April 20-21 national board meeting of the union, then sent to out the 160,000 SAG-aftra members for approval.
“We’ve made essential gains for SAG-aftra members and I couldn’t be more pleased,” said SAG-aftra co-president Roberta Reardon, who headed the negotiating committee for the union. “These contracts provide our members with the solid foundation they need to sustain their careers and families.”
Reps of SAG-aftra and the Joint Policy Committee of the American Assn. of Advertising Agencies and the Assn. »
- Dave McNary
What to Watch This Weekend: Mad Men Is Back, Shameless Finale, Vikings Showdown and More
14 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
On TV this weekend: The Mad Men (and women) are back in ad-making action, Mike & Molly star Melissa McCarthy presides over Saturday Night Live for a second time, the Ncaa Basketball Tournament‘s Final Four face off and Shameless, Californication and House of Lies wrap for the season. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 15 programs to keep on your radar.
Saturday, April 6
6 pm Ncaa Basketball Tournament Final Four (CBS) | As the contest draws to a close, Wichita State goes up again Louisville. In the evening’s second match-up, which is slated to begin at 8:30, Syracuse battles Michigan. »
- Kimberly Roots
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