Warner Bros.-related stories
Posted Aug 2nd 2009 3:01PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
When the San Diego Comic-Con opened its doors to allow
every corner of television onto their floors, they weren't kidding. After seeing the roster of panels, I'm surprised the original panel from PBS's
Washington Week didn't field questions from guys dressed in Transformer cosplay.
Apparently, Warner Brothers set up a panel for just about every television show that have in development including Patricia Heaton's new ABC sitcom
The Middle, making it the most "fish out of water" selection for a panel at the geek confab.
And so did the geeks in attendance. The panel only drew
around 75 attendees and studio heads ordered Heaton not to introduce the panel because the crowd was too small.
Continue reading And the most out of place Comic-Con panel award goes to...
Posted May 21st 2009 12:03PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Upfronts, Reality-Free
In the yearly scramble to pick up pilots, renew old shows, and dispose of last season's weaker offerings, ABC is shorting 80s sci-fi favorite
V.
The original 1983 miniseries featured a race of stealthy, guinea pig swallowing lizards from the stars taking over the world with fascist strategies reminiscent of the rise of Nazi Germany. The following year's TV series dumbed it down a bit and became a weekly battle between freedom fighters and creepy aliens.
You can catch the upfront
trailer for V here. It looks a bit like ABC is being invaded by
Independence Day -- though
Independence Day looked like it was being invaded by the original
V. Fortunately, these new invaders bring
Firefly's Morena Baccarin (right) along for the trip as their spin doctor.
Continue reading Various versions of V's fate arrive with motherships
Posted Jul 28th 2007 1:11PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Pushing Daisies
This morning marked the Comic-Con premiere of ABC pilot
Pushing Daisies. Created by Bryan Fuller and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld,
Pushing Daisies is the story of Ned, who has some complicated powers. He can bring people back from the dead by touching them, but only for one minute. He touches them again, and they go back to being dead. If he doesn't, they get to live, but a completely random person will die in their place. The set-up is a little convoluted, but once you see it, it makes sense.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Pushing Daisies panel report
Posted Jul 27th 2007 3:14PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
Friday at Comic-Con got underway with the Warner Brothers presentation. The swag bag included a
Get Smart t-shirt with "KAOS" written on one side and "CONTROL" on the other. Not so surprisingly, no one under the age of 20 seemed to know what this meant, but Warner Brothers needn't worry because the kids love The Rock. And, because this is Comic-Con, The Rock (Agent 23) put in an appearance along with his
Get Smart co-stars Steve Carrell, Masi "unofficial Comic-Con poster boy" Oka,
Studio 60's Nate Torrence and
Borat's Ken Davitian mercifully wearing pants.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Warner Bros. Panel Report
Posted Jul 26th 2006 1:18PM by Chris Thilk
Filed under: Programming, OpEd
Warner Bros. was trying to be a bit experimental. They were going to try selling new shows they were producing such as
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and others on their own online retail site. They hit a
speedbump in the shape of at least four broadcast networks, though. Seems those networks believe people have such strong associations with the network they're shown on that they didn't want people to be able to find them on the studio's site. This disagreement may mean that unless a deal is hammered out Warner Bros. new shows won't be available on digital platforms at all.
Continue reading Warner Bros. learns hard branding lesson
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