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magicalturkey · 09 Feb 08 :: 00:58

Even though it's not on there, Ghost Whisperer also seems safe *head/desk*

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:11

When are they ever gonna make good on their threat and cancel that poofy-haired lingerie ad once and for all? :fedup:

justme · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:13

I'm glad Scrubs will get their series finale, though. Even if it does go straight to the DVD.

Susanna · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:41

Two and a Half Men
Expected to shoot 5 to 7 new episodes to air in April/May.

Jeez. Why do they insist on keeping this crap on the air?

At least there is cause for celebration for Big Love and The Office. Sucks Jericho doesn't get any extra eps, tho. They're about the only shows I care about, oh, except for Lost, but even that I'm going off, so. meh.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:43

Lost is much better this year than last year. I was so bored last year with all the time half the cast spent locked up and being tortured. This year, it's partly set in LA and there's lots going on and lots of new characters. This week's ep was cracker-jack!

Susanna · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:48

Lost is much better this year than last year.

glad to hear it, might start looking forward to the first episode (airs here on the 13th).

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:51

First one of the season was really good too, but last night was just flat-out fun. Loved the dialog so much I couldn't stop raving about it. Right, Carol?

justme · 09 Feb 08 :: 02:58

It's true. She raved.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Feb 08 :: 03:21

Like, a lot. Good ol' Drew Goddard, late of The X Files & Angel, co-wrote it and he's a wonderful dialog guy. :applause:

TeeJay · 09 Feb 08 :: 19:41

So here's what the writer's strike dictates to be the big hit this summer.

-TeeJay

magicalturkey · 09 Feb 08 :: 19:44

Man, I'd love to see that movie

TeeJay · 09 Feb 08 :: 19:48

Yeah, man, I hope it comes to Germany without dubbing! Farts often lose so much in translation.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 09 Feb 08 :: 20:04

Is that a joke or am I just not getting it? :clueless:

TeeJay · 09 Feb 08 :: 20:42

It's a joke Read the Jack Nicholson poster closely.

-TeeJay

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 09 Feb 08 :: 21:53

TheCentralScrutinizer · 09 Feb 08 :: 22:24

That rocks!

domesticelefant · 09 Feb 08 :: 22:50

I can't read it closely but I am glad that it's a joke. I mean, I knew it was a joke but you can never know. Hollyweird ....

justme · 10 Feb 08 :: 00:55

Yeah, I'm with Ebert on this one.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 11 Feb 08 :: 17:27

IT'S OVER!!!

SUNDAY 12:30 PM: At the WGA's news conference today, union leaders declared the new contract is "a huge victory for us". Trumpeted WGAW President Patric Verrone, "This is the first time we actually got a better deal in a new media than previously." Verrone credited News Corp. No. 2 Peter Chernin and Disney chief Bob Iger, and also CBS boss Les Moonves, with "being instrumental in making this deal happen" after the WGA spent 3 months "getting nowhere" with the AMPTP negotiators and lawyers. WGA negotiating committee chief John Bowman added that, "What happened to the Golden Globes was instrumental in getting the CEOs to this table. It was a huge symbol." Bowman said it was "imperative" that the WGA "get in on the ground floor of New Media. Henceforth, we're in from the start. It's 2% of distributor's gross. They can't have a business model without taking that into account."
Verrone said, "Since we began negotiations in July, we've been saying, 'If they get paid, we get paid.' This contract makes that a reality. It's the best deal this Guild has bargained for in 30 years after the most successful strike this Guild has waged in 35 years. It was arguably the most successful strike in the American labor movement in a decade, clearly the most important of this young century. It is not all that we hoped for, and not all that we deserved. But as I told our members, this strike was about the future, and this deal assures for us and for future generations of writers a share in the future..."
Verrone said it was "heartbreaking for me personally" to drop the WGA's demands relating to reality and animation (Verrone is an animation writer) "But it was more important that we make a deal that benefitted the membership and the town as a whole and got people back to work." Verrone stated that "The legacy of the '88 strike was the ability of the companies to develop content without writers and creators. The legacy of this strike will be the ability of writers and creators to develop content without the companies. We are making deals, and we will continue to make deals, with Google, Yahoo, and others beyond just the 7 conglomerates."
The leaders confirmed that WGA members would have 48 hours to call off the strike and 10 days to accept the newly negotiated contract.
But Verrone said TV showrunners (who have producing duties in addition to writing duties on TV series) would be allowed to go back to work Monday before the 48-hour notice vote by members is conducted. This no doubt solves the dilemma that the moguls made the deal negotiated with the WGA contingent on having the writers go back to work immediately.
The Writers Guild East Council and Writers Guild West Board voted to approve the contract and sent it to membership for a ratification vote, which will be conducted via mail ballot and at special meetings conducted on a date to be determined. In addition, the Council and Board also voted to lift the restraining order (strike) upon the majority vote of the membership, casting ballots in a vote to be conducted Tuesday, February 12th.
Variety reports that industry sources say the WGA contract reached with the majors "includes a provision that will allow scribes who were force majeuered from ongoing series to return to their old jobs. The contract does not address those who were force majeured from overall deals and other contracts if they were not working on a series that will resume production."
I can also report that the Screen Actors Guild, whose contract expires in June, has not set a date yet when it will start negotiating with the moguls. Asked about the possibility of an actors strike, the WGA leaders concurred that "no part of the Industry wants a second strike".

TeeJay · 11 Feb 08 :: 18:09

That's awesome! Did I read correctly and Les Moonves actually did a good thing??

So.... back to work, Chris and Sean. Arriba, arriba! Andale! <slaps them on the back>

-TeeJay

magicalturkey · 11 Feb 08 :: 18:29

TeeJay wrote:

Did I read correctly and Les Moonves actually did a good thing??

No, that's not possible. Must be a misprint.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 11 Feb 08 :: 18:59

I was trying to ignore that part.

domesticelefant · 15 Feb 08 :: 20:55

I heard about that on the news. (Yeah, I still have no internet at home, but at least a working telly. LOL

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Feb 08 :: 00:09

HALF-MAN/HALF-TREE. :rofl:

I never knew there was such a backlash against Hayden Christensen. Of course, I dislike him because he got to roll around naked with Sienna Miller in Factory Girl and Chris did not. :fedup:

Check this out...

Movie Reviews: 'Jumper'
Hayden Christensen might legitimately conclude that all the major critics have suddenly morphed into his most famous character when he reads their reviews of his latest movie, Jumper. Listen for the heavy breathing as you read the words of Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News: "Given its uninvolving story, uninteresting characters and the presence of half-man/half-tree Hayden Christensen, the movie is wholly dependent on special effects, which I rate only so-so." "Christensen was no doubt tapped for the role to pull in Star Wars fans," writes Walter Addiego in the San Francisco Chronicle, "and this comic book material isn't much of a test of whatever talent he may possess." (Hayden's co-star is Samuel L. Jackson, who played Star Wars' Mace Windu.) Describing the film as "a barely coherent genre mishmash," Manohla Dargis in the New York Times concludes that it is "all bad, from the subliterate dialogue to the chaotic direction and heavily edited points in between." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post says that most of the film is simply "a badly edited, hourlong chase sequence with some of the cheesiest special effects seen in a major studio release of late." (Lumenick's colleague, Kyle Smith, gives the film half a star on his blog on the Post's website -- but the responses to his review on his blog suggest how effective he may be in discouraging his readers from watching it. One from "hurt fan" reads: "i was looking forward to this movie man and now youve completely destroyed it for me. i can only pray that i find another artical that completely contradicts your argument." Another writes: "They only hate it because Hayden Christensen is in it. he's still being punished for star wars.") The film does receive a few so-so reviews. Peter Howell in the Toronto Star (perhaps giving Torontonian Christensen the benefit of a doubt) writes: "The movie is something of an abomination in narrative terms. But it does have its moments."

TheCentralScrutinizer · 21 Feb 08 :: 18:41

Item 1, man I hope the actors don't walk out! Item 2, let's get crakin' on that casting!

Strike Over, Aftereffects Linger
Aftereffects from the recent writers' strike will likely linger throughout the remainder of the year, particularly for the network television industry, according to Jack Kyser, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. In his annual Economic Forecast Report for the county and surrounding areas, Kyser said that the strike had already cost $2.5 billion in lost wages and income to support services. But the pain, he said, did not end when the strike was settled. "Some new TV shows will be canceled and others will not resume full production until the fall season," he observed. Moreover, he indicated, new economic storms may be on the horizon. Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild, he said, "are talking tough. So there is growing concern that they will go on strike despite settlements by the two other guilds [the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America]."
NBC Plans 12-Month "Season"
NBC said Tuesday that it intends to depart from tradition by presenting its schedule in a series of unveilings, rather than during a single "upfront" presentation in May. NBC chief Jeff Zucker said in a statement that an outline of the network's schedule over an entire year will be presented to advertisers in April during one-on-one client meetings in the country's three advertising hubs, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. That will be followed on May 12th by what Zucker called a "spotlight event" in which advertising opportunities on all of NBC-Universal's properties, including NBC, Telemundo, and cable channels such as MSNBC and CNBC, will be showcased. In reporting on NBC's plans, the New York Times commented today (Wednesday), "It soon may be time to retire the phrase 'fall television season.'"

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