The new television season is so close. Finally. As we get ready for the premieres to start, the media machines are powering up, bringing us things like the picture above (click it for full size). Heroes, in a desperate last grasp to get some of their viewers back, are apparently basing the new season on Claire’s boobs. The hope is that you’ll be mesmerized by them, unable to turn away. It seems to be working on Hiro. He’s positively transfixed. In other news this week….
ABC announced the celebrity contestants for the new season of Dancing With The Stars, but they held off announcing the partnerships until next week. Screw that, the internet is your friend.You can now look forward to 1000s of comments on the internet, 78% of which will be either “Why even put Tom DeLay on the show?” or “It’s not fair! Mya is a professional!”
We saw the return of Project Runway this week, now on Lifetime. It worked out well for everyone. Well, everyone but Bravo. The debut was the highest rated premiere ever for Lifetime, and dwarfed last season’s Bravo premiere.
Good news for the folks down at Warehouse 13 HQ. The surprise hit of the summer is on pace to be the most watched first season ever for the network, and has been picked up for a second season.
We still have quite a long wait before we see ratings for HBO’s Game Of Thrones, but they are finally rounding out the cast. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the latest addition, as Jaime Lannister. You’ll also see Tamzin Merchant as the best character in the whole series, Daenerys. And someone named Sophie Turner as Sansa, who is not the Sophie Turner from Dr. Who, as has been widely reported.
Lost is doing some casting as well, adding John Hawkes. You may remember him from Deadwood, or Eastbound & Down, but I always think of him as Pete in From Dusk Till Dawn. They’ve also added popular Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada.
Longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt died at the age of 86. He was best known as the creator of 60 Minutes, and also served as executive producer of the show from 1968 to 2004.
Getting back to the fast approaching new season, Nikki Finke has the list of the new shows viewers are most, and least, aware of. Aware of NCIS: Los Angeles I get, but not aware of Community? What kind of rock do you have to hide under to not see that thing everywhere?
Perhaps those people saw the NBC promos for Community, and wiped it from their mind. They’re just terrible. A hint for the NBC promo department: Yes, we like Community. But we like it because Joel McHale is funny. Show Joel McHale in the promotions.
Ah, Heroes… to watch or not to watch, that is the question.
Glad that Warehouse 13 is doing well, it’s a fun show. It’s good to see that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is going to be in another sci-fi/fantasy show. I thought he was excellent in both New Amsterdam and the Virtuality pilot. Let’s hope this one takes.
I’m in that same boat where Heroes is concerned. Ultimately, I think the possibilities of the circus, and Rob Knepper, are enough to get me to try, try, again.
This could be the one for Coster-Waldau. Having read the books, the story is there.
I have no idea what Community is except that it is a comedy, wasn’t even sure the network, and that I can see the pilot online somewhere. I haven’t watched it yet. But, it has gotten some good buzz. I haven’t even seen the previews.
I have high hopes for this season of Heroes (kinda like the Cubs…end of each season..there’s always next year). Let’s hope this is the year for Heroes, cause it definitely doesn’t seem to be the Cubs year.
Hawkes will always be Sol Star to me, but I’m tickled he’ll be on LOST.
Ah, Heroes… to watch or not to watch, that is the question.
Glad that Warehouse 13 is doing well, it’s a fun show. It’s good to see that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is going to be in another sci-fi/fantasy show. I thought he was excellent in both New Amsterdam and the Virtuality pilot. Let’s hope this one takes.
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I’m in that same boat where Heroes is concerned. Ultimately, I think the possibilities of the circus, and Rob Knepper, are enough to get me to try, try, again.
This could be the one for Coster-Waldau. Having read the books, the story is there.
But you missed Hiro being fixated on Claire :)
I consider Coster-Waldau to be the worst part of each project he’s been in, so I probably won’t be giving his new series a chance.
I have no idea what Community is except that it is a comedy, wasn’t even sure the network, and that I can see the pilot online somewhere. I haven’t watched it yet. But, it has gotten some good buzz. I haven’t even seen the previews.
I have high hopes for this season of Heroes (kinda like the Cubs…end of each season..there’s always next year). Let’s hope this is the year for Heroes, cause it definitely doesn’t seem to be the Cubs year.