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TV Ratings: ‘V’ Down 27% In Second Week

12 November 2009 10:05 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Citizens of Earth, as the resistance against the Visitors grows, mankind just may have a fighting chance against the alien beings. Unfortunately, I don’t believe our favorite alphabet network (ABC) is so gung-ho about this particular extraterrestrial opposition, as resistance means that ratings for their new science-fiction series V have dropped significantly from last week’s debut.

The premiere episode of ABC’s re-imagining of the 1983 sci-fi mini-series raked in 14.30 million viewers, while this week’s episode saw its audience drop 27% to 10.7 million viewers. While all new shows expect to see a slight drop in ratings after their premiere episode, the drop that V saw was the largest since this season started in September.

Still, 10.7 million viewers is nothing to complain about. If V continues to received ratings in that range, fans of the series need not worry about its fate (sorry Dollhouse). Also, looking at Tuesday’s ratings »

- Anthony Ocasio

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Movie Reviews: The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

17 August 2009 4:25 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

What hath Airplane and all those gag-a-second movies of the 1980s ultimately wrought? Well, apparently, according to the critics, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. The movie, and the jokes, move at such break-neck speed that it was apparently hard for the reviewers to get a handle on what makes it work (or not work). Instead, they opt for just going along for the ride. In the end, Manohla Dargis in the New York Times allows: “It takes talent to keep so many parts in play and without much letup.” Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times doesn’t attempt to provide a judgement of the movie so much as to summarize the craziness of it (seemingly not an easy task in itself), finally concluding that his summary is “all another way of saying the screenplay moves at a breakneck pace. If a gag doesn’t work, another one is on its heels.” John Anderson in Newsday apparently finds the whole affair so chaotic that he doesn’t even attempt to provide a description of all the goings-on. Instead, he writes, “You know those nice, sweet, domesticated comedies to which one can bring the entire family without fear of embarrassment, disgust or shock and awe? This isn't one of them.” But Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that although The Goods is “sporadically funny” it “is more often just plain stupid.” Similarly, Roger Moore writes that the movie -- set in the world of used-car salesmen -- “runs in fits and starts, never quite hitting on all cylinders.” Jennie Punter in the Toronto Globe and Mail dismisses it as “a raunchy, fast-paced comedy that, nevertheless, is as flat as the tires on the old Volvo gathering dust in my garage.” And Mick Lasalle, in the San Francisco Chronicle, wears his confusion about how to review the movie on his sleeve. Something about the movie, he writes, “feels forgettable, even though, in the moment, it's often very funny. In a way, it's unfair to call a movie forgettable, because about 80 percent of the movies we take seriously are probably also forgettable, at least in the grand scheme. But this one feels forgettable today, which makes it almost interesting -- so forgettable it's practically memorable.” Not exactly words to remember when you decide whether to see the movie. »

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Bridges Matriarch Dies

19 February 2009 11:10 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Dorothy Bridges, the matriarch of Hollywood's famous Bridges family, has died. She was 93.

The actress/poet, wife of late veteran actor Lloyd Bridges and mother to The Fabulous Baker Boys co-stars Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges, passed away at her Los Angeles home on 16 February.

Lloyd Bridges, famous for his role in TV show Sea Hunt and comedic turns in Hots Shots and Airplane, met Dorothy at university and they married soon after in 1938. They were together for 60 years until his death in 1998.

The pair studied acting together at the Actors Lab in New York, but moved back to L.A. when Bridges won a contract with Columbia Pictures.

Dorothy was a respected poet, performing for Bob Hope at the Hollywood Bowl and publishing the story of her romance with Bridges in the book You Caught Me Kissing.

She starred in several TV shows and films, appearing opposite her husband in Sea Hunt and with her four times Oscar-nominated son Jeff in See You In The Morning. She was also directed by three-time Emmy winner Beau in The Thanksgiving Promise.

She is survived by her two actor sons, her daughter Lucinda and 11 grandchildren. »

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