Posts with tag 13 episodes
Posted Oct 6th 2006 2:21PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Cancellations
First, NBC tells the producers of
Kidnapped to stop production after 13 episodes. Now, according to
The Hollywood Reporter, they've
decided to move the serialized drama (otherwise known as "The Best Show Nobody Watched") to Saturdays, where shows go to die. The switch is effective starting October 21.
Despite what folks like my brother Rich have speculated, though,
Law & Order will
not be moving back to it's old Wednesday at 10 slot. NBC has decided to replace
Kidnapped with an edition of
Dateline. I guess they figure if they're going to come in last place, they might as well do it with a cheap-to-produce show.
Continue reading Kidnapped is being moved to Saturdays
Posted Oct 4th 2006 3:33PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Cancellations
Our favorite
TV Guide scribe, Mike Ausiello, must have his moles working overtime this week (he should at least provide those moles with a free pizza or something; I'm sure they're all quite hungry);
this week's "Ask Ausiello" has the usual set of scoops and spoilers (even one or two with those annoying asterisks he uses), but he also has this one tidbit about the best show no one's watching,
Kidnapped:
According to Ausiello (look near the bottom of the page), the producers of the NBC serialized drama have been told to stop production after finishing the 13th episode. Considering they were shooting episode seven
when I visited the set six weeks ago, that would mean that they are going to wrap up right... about...
now. Anyway, there is an "early cancellation" contingency in place that will show the conclusion to the kidnapping mystery, so the writers won't leave whatever viewers they have left hanging like
Reunion did last year. It's too bad; from everything I've seen, the show was one of the best of the fall season. But lack of promotion and a crappy time slot -- people didn't want to get started with this show when
The Nine was coming two weeks later -- doomed
Kidnapped from the start. Maybe NBC should just hold the show now and air all 13 episodes over the summer; I bet they'd get pretty good ratings then.
(UPDATE 10/5/06: Looks like the show is indeed done. Thanks for the link, dinges!)Posted Jun 22nd 2006 2:44PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, Industry, Programming, TV on DVD, OpEd, Animation, Comedy Central, Futurama
We've reported on
every single little rumor that's come out about
Futurama's return. We've
asked Billy West, who couldn't tell us anything definitive one way or the other. But -- finally! -- we have some confirmation that
Futurama is indeed coming back.
And we can thank Craig Ferguson for it.
When Katey Sagal visited
The Late Late Show the other day, she told Craig that the show is coming back to Comedy Central in 2008 for at least 13 episodes (I was watching that appearance, too. Must have slept through that part). Don Kaplan of the
New York Post confirmed this; his sources told him that all the primary voice actors signed new deals this week. Also according to the article, FOX may have the option to air the new episodes, but probably won't. The new episodes will also come out on DVD after they air.
I just have one reaction: Huzzah!
[thanks to Alex of
BuzzerBlog for the tip.]
(UPDATE: John DiMaggio (Bender) confrims the story even more below. And yes, it's really him.)
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