Archive for 2011

Breaking News: Fox predicts the new Simon Cowell show THE X FACTOR will be huge

Simon Cowell judges THE X FACTOR | ©2011 Fox

There were many doubts with AMERICAN IDOL going into Season 10 that it wouldn’t thrive and survive without iconic judge Simon Cowell at the helm. Yet, with new judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez joining Randy Jackson, the show has been an even bigger player than last year. That said, Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice says the plan was never to replace him and his personality on IDOL, but rather save his iconic personality for his own singing reality competition series THE X FACTOR which will be airing in the Fall and featuring new judges Cheryl Cole, L.A. Reid and […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Fox talks about canceling HUMAN TARGET, LIE TO ME, THE CHICAGO CODE and others

HUMAN TARGET poster | ©Fox

It’s a tough TV business, and every year fan favorite shows get the boot in favor of new shows that sometimes don’t live up to the potential of the departing series. This year, Fox canceled many fan favorites including the three season LIE TO ME, the two season HUMAN TARGET and THE CHICAGO CODE and the comedies TRAFFIC LIGHT and BREAKING IN. While speaking to the press today about their Fall 2011 and Mid-season 2012 schedules, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly spoke about major casualties this year at the network and why they had to make these hard decisions. “I […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Fox network talks 24 movie and new Kiefer Sutherland series TOUCH

Kiefer Sutherland in 24 - Season Eight | ©2010 Fox

Even though the Fox network has no involvement with the proposed 24 movie featuring Kiefer Sutherland reprising his role as Jack Bauer, it didn’t stop Fox Entertainment chairman Peter Rice from being asked about it while speaking the press today about Fox’s 2011-2012 schedule. “I don’t work at the movie company,” Rice cautious, “but my sense about it, is everyone would like to make a 24 movie. I believe they’re working on a script. There’s a great desire to see Jack Bauer on the big screen.” Sutherland is set to return to Fox with the new Tim Kring (HEROES) created […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Why FOX didn’t pick-up LOCKE & KEY to series

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While speaking with the press today before their Upfront announcements in New York on Fox’s Fall 2011 Schedule, Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice and Entertainment President Kevin Reilly spoke about why the ambitious comic book adaptation LOCKE & KEY did not get picked up to series. “I think we made a number of pilots and we made choices based on our schedule,” says Rice noting it’s not about a “specific shows qualities” of whether or not its picked up, but based on the programming needs of the network. “It’s actually a cool pilot with cool talent involved,” adds Reilly. “I wish […]Read On »


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Breaking News: Fox announces Fall 2011 Schedule

Landon Liboiron, Shelley Conn, Jason O'Mara, Alana Mansour and Naomi Scott in TERRA NOVA - Season 1 | ©2011 Fox

It’s that time of year again, as the network’s begin their upfront presentations of what to expect for their fall schedules. The Fox network kicked things off today in New York as they announced their aggressive Fall and Midseason plans, placing the anticipated Steven Spielberg produced TERRA NOVA series on Monday nights in the fall while Midseason Monday nights will debut the new J.J. Abrams genre series ALCATRAZ. Comedy is playing a huge part of the schedule too, as the network will debut NEW GIRL on Tuesday nights in between GLEE and RAISING HOPE, while in the Spring, when GLEE […]Read On »


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TV Review: GAME OF THRONES – Season 1 – “The Wolf and the Lion”

Sean Bean in GAME OF THRONES - Season 1 | ©2011 HBO/Helen Sloan

Stars: Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Sean Bean, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Aiden Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden, Rory McCann, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Jason Momoa Writers: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on George R.R. Martin’s novel “A Song of Ice and Fire” Director: Brian Kirk Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: May 15, 2011 In “The Wolf and the Lion” episode off GAME OF THRONES, we don’t actually see any of the Dothraki, but we hear a lot about them, because King Robert (Mark […]Read On »


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Breaking News: NBC announces Fall 2011 Schedule

David Giuntoli in GRIMM - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC/Scott Green

NBC was the first out of the gate to announce their Fall 2011 and Midseason 2012 schedule in New York today. With the most to gain, NBC has put together a pretty aggressive schedule of newcomers benefitted from expected returning warhorses. While there isn’t anything earth-shattering, it is nice to see NBC going with the CW playbook by booking two genre series back-to-back on Friday night with returning CHUCK and the new series GRIMM. Below is the new schedule. NBC FALL 2011-12 SCHEDULE *New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET) MONDAY 8-10 p.m. – “The Sing-Off” 10-11 p.m. – […]Read On »


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CD Review: TESTAMENT original soundtrack

TESTAMENT original soundtrack | ©2011 Film Score Monthly

Film Score Monthly releases another early, auspicious score by Horner centered on youth. 1983’s TESTAMENT remains one of the saddest films the composer would score, its devastating emotional impact heightened by playing the end of the world with a near-chamber music approach. A latter-day ON THE BEACH, TESTAMENT has a family learning about a nearby atomic war, avoiding immediate devastation only to perish from the effects of radiation poisoning. Somehow, Horner hears Armageddon as a gentle Americana lullabye, his bells, flute, piano and angelic female voices making for simple, deeply affecting melodies that hush the little ones to ultimate peace. […]Read On »


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CD Review: FAST FIVE Original Score Soundtrack

FAST FIVE Original Score Soundtrack | ©2010 Varese Sarabande Records

If there’s a composer whose street rep is of the brash, Young Turk, then it would be Brian Tyler. Possessed of movie star looks and an ability to incorporate a rock-pop rhythm into even his most orchestral film scores, Tyler is more than a double-threat when it comes to seemingly scoring every major youth-action picture out there, the kind of plum-buck assignments most composers with a grey hair can’t seem to get arrested for nowadays. Even if they might feel like screaming as he hot rods it past them in the Hollywood popularity race, the fact is that Brian Tyler’s […]Read On »


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Interview: Neil Jordan explores THE BORGIAS historical crime saga

Jeremy Irons in THE BORGIAS - Season 1 | ©2011 Showtime

Showtime’s THE BORGIAS, airing Sunday nights at 10 PM, concerns the fifteenth-century reign of Pope Alexander VI, aka Rodrigo Borgia (Jeremy Irons), whose family name has become through the centuries a synonym for murder and treachery. The first season runs as a ten-episode miniseries and it has already been picked up for a second season. Filmmaker Neil Jordan, who has directed, written and/or produced such films as THE CRYING GAME, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and MICHAEL COLLINS, makes his first foray into series television as the creator of THE BORGIAS. He also serves as an executive producer, writer and some […]Read On »


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