At 8, FOX has four episodes of Cops.- ABC has Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 8.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 8, followed by new episodes of Kidnapped and Law and Order: SVU.
- TLC has two new eps of Little People, Big World at 8, followed by two new eps of Flip That House.
- AMC's Monsterfest continues at 8 with The Exorcist.
- HGTV has a new reDesign at 8.
- Nick has two Halloween themed episodes of SpongeBob at 8.
- Sci-Fi has Pumpkinhead II at 8, followed by Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes.
- At 9, Food Network has the special Candy Convention.
- Comedy Central has Shaun of the Dead at 9.
- At 11:30, NBC has a new Saturday Night Live, with Hugh Laurie and Beck.
- At midnight, FOX has a new Talk Show with Spike Feresten.
- Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed!
harry potter-related stories
What's on tonight: SNL, Kidnapped, Little People, Big World, Halloween movies
Halloween TV: Before she was Old, she was a nymph
That's Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the right, in her groundbreaking performance as a woman turned into a nymph in the classic 1986 horror flick Troll. It was her first big screen appearance after her short stint on Saturday Night Live. Luckily, she went on to a role in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters the very same year, then on some show about nothing. And now, of course, she's on the hit CBS comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine.If you've never seen Troll, it's, um, interesting to say the least. Maybe good for a goofy Halloween DVD to rent. It stars Michael Moriarty, Sonny Bono, Shelley Hack, June Lockhart and Noah Hathaway as the hero of the flick, Harry Potter.
Yup, Harry Potter.
Harry Potter director inks TV deal with ABC
Mike Newell, director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has signed a deal with ABC to develop three pilots for the network. Not much is known about the three dramas, other than that they will be done under the banner of Touchstone, another member of the Disney/ABC megacorp family. Of course, saying 'Harry Potter director' sounds a little more flashy than 'Huff producer', but I think the latter may have a little more bearing on just where this is headed. While mostly known for his movie work (Potter, Mona Lisa Smile, Pushing Tin, Four Weddings and a Funeral), Newell is not new to TV. Along with his work on Huff, Newell also directed episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and a whole mess of television movies and series in the 70s.
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Daniel Radcliffe to star in made-for-TV movie
In what can only be interpreted as an attempt to diversify his acting portfolio, Daniel Radcliffe will star in a made-for-television movie for British network ITV. The actor, whom I will forever identify as Harry Potter, will play the son of real-life author Rudyard Kipling ("The Jungle Book", "Gunga Din").Called My Boy Jack, the television movie is about John Kipling's death in World War I during the Battle of Loos. After his son's death, Kipling wrote "If any question why we died/Tell them, because our fathers lied". Makers of the television movie say the WWI storyline will have present-day applications to the Iraq war.
ABC gives green light to Crime Prevention Unit
ABC has ordered a pilot from Charmed producer Daniel Cerone and Threshold producer David Heyman called Crime Prevention Unit, based on a British detective series.
The series follows a crack investigative team that solves crimes. So it's like Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Or CSI. Or CSI: Miami. Or CSI: NY. Or The Closer. Or how about Criminal Minds? Maybe with a dash of Numb3rs or Without a Trace mixed in?
Hey, it could be good, but how about a cool, old-fashioned private eye show, like Magnum, P.I. or Spenser: For Hire, huh?
Smallville: Vessel (finale)
(S05E22) Smallville really takes a lot out of you with the season finales. They take the concept of a cliffhanger and just screw you up the butt with it. Yup, I said it. I feel a little bit sodomized after tonight's episode. It's the same thing every season -- the long, drawn-out climax and then ugh...it sorta hurts there at the end.
And, this season's finale was no different.
Continue reading Smallville: Vessel (finale)
Disney picks up two new pilots
The Disney Channel has picked up two new
pilots, The Amazing Hannigans and Housebroken. Hannigans will be about wizarding family-run
magic shop (jumping on the Harry Potter bandwagon a little late there). Housebroken will be a spin-off of the hit show
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, also known as one of the most irritating shows in Disney history (placing
somewhere near Lizzie McGuire). It will be about the Tipton Hotel's handyman, Arwin, and his adventures in
helping his sister take care of her kids. So, I guess that means it'll be like The Suite Life if Arwin was the
uncle of Zack and Cody... and didn't want to date their mom.Hustle: Episode 9
We're currently three episodes (including this
one) into the new season and there have been a few changes... I've noticed some stylistic switch-ups, including more
creative angles and a lot more of the characters winking or speaking directly to the camera/viewer. Plus, the stories
have grown a little more far-fetched, which is really saying something because the first season had some material that
was way too bizarre to believe.
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