It may be a bit early to start announcing “Best of 2009” lists, but Darwyn Cooke’s ‘Parker: The Hunter’, ‘Asterios Polyp’ and ’Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe’ made the list. All quality books.
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TNT has picked up Warner Bros.’ canceled sophomore drama “Southland.” The cable network has obtained the exclusive rights to run the show’s six unaired episodes which were scheduled on NBC before the broadcaster unexpectedly axed the show.
TNT will air all 13 produced episodes of the John Wells drama, including its brief first season when it premiered as NBC’s midseason replacement last season. “Southland” will make its TNT debut on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m.
By only committing to airing episodes that have already been produced, the deal minimizes TNT’s financial risk and allows the cable network to evaluate the success of the show before investing in a re-start of production.
(via:THR)
This is great news to wake up to.
Even though there’s a catch to TNT picking up ‘Southland’, at least the second season will air and not be shelved indefinitely. Hopefully it will garner a steady audience on a cable network that doesn’t hinder the show’s mature content.
“Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will not be the only gaming platform with the ability to stream movies from Netflix platform for long. After a long period of speculation, the streaming Netflix option will be coming to Sony’s PlayStation3 in November.
The press release says only ‘next month’, so we don’t yet know the official launch date for the service. When it does go live, Netflix subscribers who have at least the $8.99 per month plan will be able to stream movies to the PS3.
Microsoft was touting Netflix exclusivity as recently as August of this year, but Netflix must see the business advantage of expanding to other consoles. Just last week the company reported that their subscriber base had expanded to 11.1 million users, with many recent users gathered thanks to the streaming Watch Instantly service accessed via computers and the 360. With nine million PS3s out there, a significant number of additional users may subscribe to Netflix starting next month when the system rolls out. (Netflix says it expects up to 12.3m users by the end of the year.)
Initial implementation of the Netflix service won’t be quite ideal: you’ll have to get a freeBlu-ray disc mailed from Netflix, then use that in the console to access the service. That’s said to be a short-term solution, pending a PS3 software update that will integrate Netflix. But that update won’t happen until next year. Sony just released PS3 system software 3.0 in September.(Request a disc for the service here: http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc)
When the service launches next month, users will be able to browse the Netflix catalogue and add streaming titles to their queue directly from the PS3. Xbox 360 users only got that option late this summer, after a year of being able to browse only their instant queue on the 360.”
(via:Slashfilm)
Streaming Netflix on The PS3 is great news since my Xbox360 tends to get sick and red-ring every now and then. It’s going to be nice having the streaming Netflix option on both consoles.
“Benjamin Bratt has signed on to reprise his role as Det. Rey Curtis on Law & Order, sources confirm to me exclusively.
Bratt, who vacated the mothership a decade ago, will shoot his one-episode comeback next month.” (via:EW)
While I’m typically only a fan of ‘Law & Order: SVU’, I was a big fan of Benjamin Bratt’s portrayal of Det. Rey Curtis, which means I sure as hell won’t miss this episode. Shame it’s only one episode, if they got him to return to the show I’d give ‘Law & Order: Classic’ another try.
First Look: ‘The A-Team’
Slashfilm has just posted the first official press photo from Joe Carnahan’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the ‘The A-Team’. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus.
‘The A-Team’ is currently scheduled to be released June 11th 2010.
There’s just far too much badassery going on in this press photo for me to even sum up how elated I am to see this. I am officially on board for the New A-Team.
At an industry summit in NYC on Oct. 21, News Corp Deputy Chairman Chase Carey revealed that online video hub Hulu will begin charging users for content as soon as 2010, according toBroadcasting and Cable. Carey told reporters that a subscription system is likely, although some content will probably continue to be offered free of charge. “I think a free model is a very difficult way to capture the value of our content. I think what we need to do is deliver that content to consumers in a way where they will appreciate the value,” he said.
(via:EW)
All good things…
This reveal doesn’t surprise me at all, I’m actually surprised that Hulu charging users for its services hasn’t happened sooner.
“Actress-comedian Rachael Harris (Fat Actress, In the Motherhood) is relocating to Cougar Town to play the potentially recurring role of Shanna, Courteney Cox’s judgmental nemesis, sources confirm to me exclusively. Wait, there’s more! Ferris Bueller’s BFF, Alan Ruck — who’s currently recurring on FlashForward — has been cast as her husband, Frank. Look for Frank to develop a bit of a crush on Cox’s character, further inflaming the Jules-Shanna rivalry.” (via:ew)
‘Cougar Town’ isn’t the best show on TV, but it’s a fun guilty pleasure show. Rachael Harris is an actress I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed (especially from all of her work on VH-1) and it would be fantastic to see her given a role as a series regular on ‘Cougar Town’. She would be a perfect addition and nicely round out the slightly uneven cast.
Be smart about this TNT and do the right thing. Pick up ‘Southland’.
It’s good to see ABC giving a chance to ‘Cougar Town’ and particularly ‘Modern Family’, two solid comedies that easily some of the best new programing this season. More so ‘Modern Family’ than ‘Cougar Town’.
It’s the end of the road for drama “Southland,” which has been canceled before the launch of its sophomore season. Production on the John Wells-produced cop series is being shut down after six episodes.
“Southland,” from Warner Bros. TV, was originally slated to debut in its new Friday 9 p.m. time slot during premiere week, but in August, NBC opted to push the start to Oct. 23 and air “Dateline NBC” in the meantime.
“Dateline NBC” will now continue to run in the Friday 9 p.m. hour.
It is not clear when the six produced new episodes of “Southland” will air.
Meanwhile, the cop drama starring Ben McKenzie will be shopped to broadcast and cable networks.
The cancellation of “Southland” ends (for now) a long relationship between NBC and Wells, who has been behind some of NBC’s biggest series, including “ER” and “The West Wing,” for the past 15 years.
It hasn’t been a good start for NBC’s scripted dramas this fall, with rookies “Trauma” and “Mercy” struggling along with most of the returning veterans, including “Heroes” and “Law & Order: SVU,” which is still settling into its new Wednesday 9 p.m. slot.
You can thank the Jay Leno Show for causing this bullshit decision from NBC. I’m surprised that ‘Law & Order:SVU’ can even air at a 9PM time slot.
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