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July 26, 2008: 'Battlestar' crew talks about the final 10 episodes
Comments: 4 | Categories: 2008 , Comic Con

Comic-Con -- The grim midseason finale of "Battlestar Galactica" was almost the show’s ending. "That could have been the end of 'Battlestar' if the writers...

July 26, 2008: 'Lost' producers drop hints about next season
Comments: 5 | Categories: 2008 , Comic Con , Damon Lindelof , Lost

Comic-Con -- Viewers watching the start of the next season of "Lost" will not initially know when or where the action is set. Producers will...

July 26, 2008: Tim Kring screens 'Heroes' third season premiere
Comments: 4 | Categories: 2008 , Comic Con , Tim Kring

Comic-Con -- Tim Kring walks through the labyrinthine San Diego convention center on his way to his "Heroes" panel. He’s a little nervous, and understandably...

July 25, 2008: 'When does Jack Bauer take a whiz?'
Comments: 0 | Categories: Comic Con

Comic-Con – Ahh, Comic-Con fan questions. When does Jack Bauer take a whiz, indeed. Mr. Sutherland? "In all fairness, we shot a scene where [Bauer]...

July 25, 2008: Sci Fi's 'Ghost Hunters International' renewed
Comments: 1 | Categories: Sci Fi Channel

Comic-Con -- As just announced at the "Ghost Hunters" panel, Sci Fi Channel has picked up the show's popular spin-off "Ghost Hunters International" for a...

July 25, 2008: Lindelof: networks shouldn't be afraid of sci-fi
Comments: 1 | Categories: Comic Con , Damon Lindelof , Sci Fi Channel

Comic-Con -- "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof defended sci-fi programming at the most appropriate of fan conventions, noting the powers-that-be keep being skittish to brand shows...

July 25, 2008: What Comic-Con is (the color post)
Comments: 0 | Categories: Comic Con

Comic-Con -- Comic-Con is black T-shirts. It's waiting in line, waiting for ballroom panels, for food, for bathrooms and even the escalator. Lines stretching everywhere...

July 25, 2008: 'Flashpoint' benefits from time-period shift
Comments: 1 | Categories: Flashpoint

CBS saw some ratings benefit to shaking up its Thursday night lineup. Crime drama "Flashpoint" (6.7 million, 1.7/5) won the 10 p.m. hour last night,...

July 24, 2008: Showtime shows 'Dexter' preview
Comments: 0 | Categories: Comic Con

Comic-Con -- Showtime screened a first-look trailer of the upcoming third season of "Dexter" to a rapturous reception at Comic-Con. The clips suggest Dexter impulsively...

July 24, 2008: Alan Ball gets some Comic-Con love
Comments: 0 | Categories: Comic Con , True Blood

Comic-Con -- "We have three more days of shooting and then we will wrap," says Alan Ball, creator of "True Blood," when asked how far...

July 24, 2008: Traffic, train killings, snarl Comic-Con plans
Comments: 0 | Categories: 2008 , Comic Con

Somewhere between L.A. and Comic-Con -- According to our Web video editor checking an online traffic site, I'm currently going 3 mph on the San...

July 23, 2008: The Live Feed's Best of TCA Awards
Comments: 0 | Categories: TCA

TCA -- So my Russian optometrist just explained in her "Bullwinkle" villain accent that I have two ulcers on my left eye that are going...

July 23, 2008: Five TCA one-liners
Comments: 0 | Categories: TCA

A few of the most notable head-turning panel comments from the Television Critics Association press tour.... -- "Is this where Karl Rove sat? Because I...

July 23, 2008: 'Wipeout' rebounds to top Tuesday
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reality Show , Wipeout

The big question Tuesday night was whether ABC's "Wipeout" would rebound in the ratings after taking a hit last week due to Fox's presentation of...

July 22, 2008: Whedon plans 'Dollhouse' webisodes
Comments: 2 | Categories: Dollhouse , Webisodes

Article Templatehttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119669402http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=769341148 TCA -- Joss Whedon plans to shoot webisodes for his midseason Fox series "Dollhouse." A lot of them. "We are planning to do...

July 22, 2008: On 'Dollhouse' set: Whedon talks pilot reshoot
Comments: 3 | Categories: Dollhouse , Video

TCA -- Oh the irony, it burns! Ever since Fox canceled Joss Whedon’s beloved 2002 series "Firefly," fans have groused that the network sabotaged the...

July 22, 2008: Ian McShane of 'Kings' spars with 'ignorant' TV critic
Comments: 5 | Categories: Ian McShane , Kings , TCA

TCA -- Former "Deadwood" star Ian McShane cannot tolerate hooplehead critics who don't understand that his upcoming NBC project that recasts the story of King...

July 22, 2008: CBS swaps 'Flashpoint' and 'Swingtown'
Comments: 3 |

CBS is swapping its struggling 1970s relationship drama "Swingtown" with its struggling police drama "Flashpoint." Starting this week, “Flashpoint” will air in the former “Swingtown”...

July 22, 2008: 'High School Musical' is Monday's lowest-rated show
Comments: 4 | Categories: High School Musical , Reality Show

The second episode of ABC’s "High School Musical: Get In The Picture" reality show fell 18% in the ratings from its already dismal Sunday premiere...

July 21, 2008: Silverman's summer do-over thoughts
Comments: 0 | Categories: TCA

TCA -- If he had to relaunch NBC’s "All-American Summer," NBC co-chair Ben Silverman says, he would have done a couple things differently. “I would...

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