Jack Bauer is coming back.
Fox executives said Monday that its drama "24" is returning next May
for a limited run that will stretch into the summer. The adventure
series with Kiefer Sutherland starring as Jack Bauer ended its original
run in 2010.
Fox programming chief Kevin Reilly said creators had been thinking about doing a movie with the original cast. But when Fox announced it was interested in doing a big event miniseries, they realized it was the perfect format.
Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s "Mickey Mouse Club" and a star of numerous 1960s "beach party" films, died Monday at a California hospital, the Walt Disney Co. said.Funicello, who was 70, "died peacefully from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years," the Disney statement said.
"We are so sorry to lose Mother," her three children said in a statement. "She is no longer suffering anymore and is now dancing in heaven. We love and will miss her terribly." (much more at CNN, hat tip Dan Reihl)
Annette Funicello official website here.
Smell-o-vision has been a staple of
bad sci-fi for decades, but could finally be edging closer to the
average living room thanks to a super-accurate Japanese system.
A team from Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan have invented a
'smelling screen' that makes smells waft from the spot on a display that
their corresponding objects appear. (image via PC Authority)
The development promises to make adverts for fried chicken or fresh coffee even more appealing - or alternatively add an as yet undreamed of realism to documentary programmes like Life of Grime
Smell-o-vision is nothing new, having been on the entertainment technology radar for over five decades. [snip]
The invention is 'a new olfactory display that can generate a localised odour distribution on a two-dimensional display screen,' the researchers say.
'The
generated odour distribution is as if an odour source had been placed
on the screen, and leads the user to perceive the odour as emanating
from a specific region of the screen.' (continue at the Daily Mail UK)
If NBC doesn’t want Jay Leno, Fox wants to give him a new home.
The
head of Fox’s powerful affiliate board — who represents the majority of
the 206 Fox stations around the country, said yesterday he favors
building a new late-night show — starting at 11 o’clock — around the
departing “Tonight Show” host.
“If Fox were to present the right business plan, the affiliate board would be interested,” Steve Pruett, the board chairman, told The Post.
The prospect of Leno jumping networks — and gaining a half-hour jump on David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon, who has reportedly been told he is getting Leno’s job — would be a major blow to NBC’s plan for a smooth transition to a younger, hipper “Tonight” show host. (continue at New York Post)
It would serve NBC right if Fox grabbed Leno. Hope it happens.
Via Hyscience:
Via Moonbattery,
while 'somewhat' moderate Fox News provides welcome deviation from the
otherwise homogeneously leftist dribble of television propaganda, it
hardly satiates the demand in the market for news and opinion that
hasn't been predigested for consumption by glassy-eyed liberal fools.
Fortunately another option is coming soon:
Herring Broadcasting Company, Inc, (HBC) announced [Thursday] it is preparing for the launch of a new 24/7 high-definition news channel called One America News Network. Scheduled to launch on July 4th, 2013, the new network will fill a void by providing a credible source of national and international news around the clock along with a number of signature political talk shows.According to Robert Herring, CEO of HBC, "Americans are starved for a credible source of news delivering substance based on facts. One America News Network will prove to be a trustworthy destination for national and international news. In addition, the network's political talk shows will tackle a number of subjects that are being ignored by media today."
One America News Network will also air political talk shows that offer substantive contrarian viewpoints to a plethora of left-leaning shouting-style political news programs. The network's studio talk programs will debate the role of government, protection of civil liberties, fiscal responsibility, along with highlighting political corruption and government waste.
As Moonbattery points out, a relationship with the conservative Washington Times will provide HBC with access to staff and content. Hopefully One America will avoid burdening itself with the likes of leftist stooges like Fox's Shep Smith and Geraldo Rivera.
Can't come soon enough!
(Thanks to Hyscience for this, I had not heard the news previously. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Administrator at Hyscience who is just now getting back into blogging after a month long stay in a VA hospital with life-threatening heart problems. Welcome back.)
Imagine that! TV viewers like watching a presentation about The Bible. Wonders never cease!
According to the latest Nielsens, released Tuesday, Sunday night’s telecast of “The Bible,” produced by husband-and-wife team Mark Burnett and Roma Downey for basic cable’s History channel, managed to attract more viewers than anything on broadcast network NBC … during the entire week.
The second installment of this five-part mini-series airing at 8-10 p.m. Sundays through Easter — the first foray into scripted drama for “Survivor” creator Burnett — drew 10.8 million viewers, good for number one in its timeslot and number 11 overall for the week.
Even bigger was part one the week before, which amassed an audience of 13.1 million viewers, cable’s largest of the year. That series premiere topped the ratings for both of the week’s episodes of “American Idol.” (Not the first time the Almighty has bested idols in head-to-head competition in this ancient rivalry — but, still, an impressive feat, even if Fox’s longtime ratings juggernaut is showing signs of slippage.) [snip]
No critical love. No marketing oomph. No-name cast. Together equal — what else? — ratings smash!
(continue at Washington Times)
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By R.J. Godlewski
© July 12, 2012, All Rights Reserved
Perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of the Son of God in 1977’s critically acclaimed television mini-series, Jesus of Nazareth¸ British actor Robert Powell had moved on to doing voiceover narrations of numerous shows dealing with espionage and warfare appearing on various cable network channels. One of his newer projects, the International Terrorism: the Global War on Terror (© 2011, Image/Madacy Home Entertainment) warrants consideration for any concerned citizen’s personal library. Although somewhat dated by the fleeting sense of 24/7 news cycles today, this 5-DVD set still provides an element of history not presented to the average consumer before. From early Israeli terrorism to Patricia Hearst; from the Mau Mau to Timothy McVeigh; from the Organization Armée Secrète (OAS) to today’s omnipresent Islamic jihadists; they are all presented here employing period footage and modern analysis.
The DVD set is packaged as follows:
Each segment begins with the history of the group and presents the facts, as we know them. From the Jewish bombing of the King David Hotel to the Moluccan hijacking of passenger trains in Europe, International Terrorism takes the viewer on a ride of, well, sheer terror. What remains interesting, however, rests with the added information that even the most astute citizen may not have heard before, such as the preparatory attacks conducted by Aum Shinrikyo before their infamous Sarin attacks in Tokyo’s subway system during 1995. Younger generations will discover the horrors and chaos unleashed by the Weathermen and Symbionese Liberation Army in America during the 1960s and 1970s. For example, did you know that the biggest mistake made by the Weather Underground were attacks targeting retail establishments owned by the Mafia? Apparently, anarchist/Marxist groups listen when the Mafia comes calling.
This entire set can be purchased and shipped for less than $17 at the time of this writing through Amazon. That is less than $3.5 per disc or $0.65 per terrorist group covered. Yes, I could tell you more about international terrorists than you could learn from watching these discs, but then I would have to… :o)
According to the US government National Ocean Service, (NOAA) science has found no evidence that mermaids exist. Why did they feel the need to address the topic of mermaids?
Apparently at least two people had written to the agency asking about the creatures after watching a May 2012 broadcast of Mermaids: The Body Found, on the Discovery Channel's Animal Planet network, a work of fiction but its wink-and-nod format apparently led some viewers to believe it was a science education show, according to the BBC . (Sorry folks, it's just a costume)
I'm assuming these were two adults that made the inquiry, not children. However it is no wonder kids are screwed up when the Discovery Channel presents myth as fact and kids grow up with annimated movies and video games that look better than real life.
Although we don't hear much about mermen, I'm assuming they are a myth too, or do we need the National Ocean Service to make a pronouncement about that too? Perhaps do a study?
Here is a screen grab from the NOAA site:
Daniel Greenfield on Why The Newsroom is Good News for Republicans
The last time Aaron Sorkin had a high-profile political television show, liberals used it to cope with the decline and fall of the Clinton Presidency and the long winter of the Bush Years. The West Wing was a coping mechanism for the death of a liberal dream, and so is The Newsroom. Both are an escape into fantasy to avoid dealing with the harsh reality.
On an episode of Seinfeld, George is stung by an insult but is unable to think of a retort, so he spends days trying to come up with the perfect comeback, until he finally thinks of it and travels around the country to get the chance to deliver it. The Newsroom, set in the past, and jumping in right before the political balance tilted toward the Republicans in the mid-term elections, is the same thing.
The Newsroom is Sorkin's sad attempt to win an argument by rewriting history and coming up with all the comebacks that his side couldn't think of two years ago. It's the sad and pathetic spectacle of an ideology creating its own fantasy version of its reality in which it won the argument.
Unlike The West Wing, The Newsroom isn't set in an alternate world in which the universe innately favors liberals. Instead it's set in an alternate version of the past, in which liberals were smarter and won all the arguments that they ended up losing here. And the existence of The Newsroom is the greatest possible concession that the argument was lost.
There's no reason for Republicans to look down on The Newsroom. It's a safer outlet for liberal anger than Occupy Wall Street. It's a miniature universe in which they are smarter, nobler and better than everyone else. Children have fantasy worlds like that. There's no reason that liberals shouldn't. Not only does it give them the security of believing that they really were superior, but it prevents them from learning any useful lessons from their defeat. (continue reading at Sultan Knish)
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