EleventhHour-related stories
Posted Dec 2nd 2008 9:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Today's news that CBS ordered
five more episodes of Eleventh Hour is not a big surprise. A big surprise would have been if the network didn't give the freshman drama a re-order. The Jerry Bruckheimer production has been in the most-favored nation position at CBS -- meaning whatever Jerry wants, he usually gets.
The network enjoys a very fruitful/profitable relationship with the TV/filmmaker. Together, CBS and Jerry share
Cold Case, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without A Trace and
The Amazing Race. They're thinking of changing the initials CBS to Columbia Bruckheimer System. (Kidding!)
Continue reading CBS orders five more Eleventh Hour eps
Posted Oct 17th 2008 8:58PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Ratings, Reality-Free
Last night's second episode of ABC's new drama
Life on Mars, the American version of the British hit, took a
precipitous drop in the ratings. This is really bad news because
Life on Mars may be the best new show of the season, unless you're in love with
The Mentalist, which I am not, or maybe
The Eleventh Hour or
My Own Worst Enemy has tickled your fancy.
What's clear is that ABC is trying to build a solid Thursday with
Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty and
Life on Mars, but
Ugly Betty is off to a rocky start,
Grey's isn't the powerhouse it once was, and the pressure is on
Mars to keep
Grey's lead and improve on it.
The show got off to a good start in the premiere, but last night was off 25%. That's not good.
Continue reading Life on Mars's ratings falling to earth
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 12:42PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, CSI, NCIS, Reality-Free
A
CBS press release landed in my inbox today with this earth-shattering news: CBS's fall programming ads (20 total) will be featured exclusively in
People's Sept. 22 issue.
From the release: "In a special arrangement with the magazine, CBS will be the exclusive broadcast advertiser in the issue, on stands Sept. 12." Of course, that's right before the launch of CBS's new fall lineup.
And it sounds like this might be a first. George Schweitzer, president of CBS Marketing Group says, "CBS has long valued its relationship with
People, and we're elated that they worked with us to pull off this first-time strategy to be the sole broadcast advertiser in this well-timed issue." You know, whatever. Blah, blah, blah.
So why should we care? Honestly, I really don't. I just keep thinking,
People? What, they couldn't come up with anything snappier? Like, I dunno ... maybe
Entertainment Weekly?
Vanity Fair? I guess with 43 million readers, they'll reach a lot of people in
People.
Continue reading CBS to rule People magazine
Posted Jul 19th 2008 9:43AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
The four CBS show panels on Friday involved four of the five new programs the network is rolling out in the fall (there was no panel for
Gary Unmarried, or whatever they're calling it today, because Jay Mohr and his wife Nikki Cox are renewing their vows overseas). While the panels for
The Mentalist, The Ex List, Eleventh Hour, and
Worst Week had their moments, none of them were particularly newsworthy or interesting.
At least Diane Ruggiero, the creator of
The Ex List, was entertaining enough to keep me from jabbing a pen in my arm to keep me awake. In fact, she might have actually convinced me to watch
The Lake House, as long as I have a drink in my hand.
Continue reading CBS wrap-up: Diane Ruggiero livens up a dull day - TCA Report
Posted Jul 8th 2008 9:38AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free
Nothing is exempt from betting, including television shows. According to Horizon Media's annual television report, Fox's new show
Fringe and CBS' sci-fi drama
Eleventh Hour will fare best of the new wave of freshman television shows. Doing worst would be NBC's
Kath & Kim and CBS'
Worst Week.
The report produced some unsurprising claims, such as that
Grey's Anatomy,
Heroes and
Survivor will continue to kick butt in the ratings. The report did produce some surprises such as ABC overthrowing CBS on Friday nights and the Fox sitcom
Do Not Disturb finding success. I guess we'll have to wait until the fall season to see how correct the report is.
What irks me is that after combing through the article I found no mention of Joss Whedon's
Dollhouse. Did they forget to review that one? Is this a sign of things to come that Horizon Media didn't even find the show important enough to rank?
Posted May 15th 2008 2:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Reality-Free
Yesterday,
CBS presented their new schedule for 2008-09. If you'd like to see a sample of the new shows coming to CBS next year, click over to
TV Week.
There are clips from Eleventh Hour, The Ex-List, Harper's Island, Project Gary, The Mentalist and Worst Week. I've given them a once-over (actually, I watched them more than once) and here's my impressions. That means if you want to watch them fresh without my observations mucking up yours, take a look at them first before reading on.
Continue reading TV Week gives a peek at CBS's new shows
Posted Apr 3rd 2008 9:02AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
It looks like the American version of
Eleventh Hour is
already heading to series. The Bruckheimer-produced series is based on the short-lived ITV series of the same name which starred Patrick Stewart and Ashley Jensen. It will be shown on CBS and the selected showrunners will be Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff, formerly of
Sleeper Cell.
The British version of the show has developed something of a cult following, despite the fact that only four two-part episodes were aired. It is science fiction, but it tries to be very realistic science fiction. It's mood is closer to
CSI than to most of the more fantastic sci-fi shows out there
.
Continue reading Eleventh Hour showrunners picked
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