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July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008

July 12, 2008: CBS' 'Flashpoint' tops Friday
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The premiere of scripted Canadian acquisition "Flashpoint" kept CBS on top Friday with a surprisingly fair debut considering its time period. Expectations were below-the-floor for...

July 12, 2008: PBS threatens to show Gandalf naked
Comments: 2 | Categories: TCA

TCA -- PBS plans to air a performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "King Lear" next year. "Lear" stars Sir Ian McKellen in...

July 11, 2008: Carson Kressley's Lifetime talk show details
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TCA -- Carson Kressley tipped some info about his upcoming Lifetime talk show. "It’s going to have a style focus, not just about makeovers," he...

July 11, 2008: Lifetime picks up 'Army Wives' for third season
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TCA-- "Announcing this early renewal is a testament to the enormous faith and confidence we have in this show and its incredibly talented cast and...

July 11, 2008: New cable reality shows up 536%
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TCA -- "In 2002 there were 27 new reality shows introduced to broadcast and 22 new shows to cable. This year there will be 32...

July 11, 2008: Critics assured 'Crash' won’t depress; Hopper on SAG
Comments: 0 | Categories: SAG , TCA

TCA -- Dennis Hopper and Don Cheadle were promoting Starz’s TV series adaptation of "Crash" when they were asked the Question of the Week --...

July 11, 2008: USA's 'Burn Notice' scores series high
Comments: 0 | Categories: Burn Notice , USA Network

The second season premiere of USA's "Burn Notice" (1.8/6) was 20% higher than its debut last year and led all of cable. This is on...

July 11, 2008: TNT unveils 'Leverage,' 'Raising the Bar'
Comments: 1 | Categories: TCA

TCA -- By Kimberly Nordyke TNT on Friday touted two new shows premiering later this year: legal drama "Raising the Bar," from Steven Bochco, and...

July 11, 2008: First look: 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' TV series
Comments: 0 | Categories: Animated , TCA

By James Hibberd & Kimberly Nordyke TCA -- Taking a cue from Comic-Con, Cartoon Network took the unusual step of screening a full episode of...

July 11, 2008: CBS' 'Dog' has its day
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Article Templatehttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119669402http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=769341148 The debut of CBS' reality show "Greatest American Dog" won its time period with a modest performance Thursday night. "Dog" (9.5 million viewers,...

July 11, 2008: CNN: 'SNL' Hillary skit was a 'wake-up call'
Comments: 1 | Categories: TCA

TCA -- The CNN session Friday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Beverly Hills opened with a sharp question for the news network's...

July 11, 2008: CNN seeks campaign iReporters
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By Kimberly Nordyke CNN said Friday during the Television Critics Assn. press tour that it's launching the iReport Film Festival, the network's first user-generated short-film...

July 10, 2008: 'True Blood' vs. 'Moonlight'
Comments: 102 | Categories: TCA , True Blood

TCA -- It begins. Alan Ball, showrunner of HBO's new vampire drama "True Blood," is asked at TCA his opinion of CBS' canceled "Moonlight." "I...

July 10, 2008: Ricky Gervais: Another 'Extras' special possible
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TCA -- Emmy-winning actor-writer Ricky Gervais swore off doing another season of "Extras," preferring to focus for the moment on doing stand-up, but he left...

July 10, 2008: Live blogging HBO's executive session
Comments: 0 | Categories: Generation Kill , TCA

TCA -- The HBO executive session opens with an untruth. Not an intentional fib, mind you, but a common network executive spin to try and...

July 10, 2008: TCA morning news wrap: Discovery, ESPN
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After a relatively newsless opening couple days, Discovery Networks and ESPN have kept reporters busy Thursday with some programming announcements: -- Planet Green orders more...

July 10, 2008: Buzz Aldrin's freaky space travel story
Comments: 71 | Categories: TCA

Apropos of nothing, but worth a read, is Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's tale of one of the most unusual things he saw during his...

July 10, 2008: Spike Lee on possible SAG strike
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By Kimberly Nordyke and James Hibberd TCA -- The director, on a panel for ESPN’s upcoming "Game Day with Kobe," weighed in on the threat...

July 10, 2008: Wednesday reality ratings steady
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Wednesday's ratings were nearly a mirror image of last week, with Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," NBC's "The Baby Borrowers" and "Celebrity Circus"...

July 9, 2008: Matthew Weiner plans 'Mad Men' future
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Note: The matter of setting an end date for AMC's critical darling "Mad Men," prompted by a quote by creator Matt Weiner at TCA about...

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