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Show Killers: Lindsay Price and other suspects

12 November 2009 8:55 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Following the news that ABC will not be ordering additional episode of freshman drama Eastwick, costar Lindsay Price (pictured) has been named a suspected show killer. Though undeniably adorable, the actress has a long rap sheet of failed TV shows that also includes NBC's Lipstick Jungle, Pepper Dennis, and Coupling. Which other actors are on TV's Most Wanted (and Least Lucky) List? Our top offenders: • Jason Gedrick: Truly impressive versatility in terms of the number of networks he's failed on. Victims include: Fox's Class of '96; CBS' Sweet Justice, Ez Streets, and Falcone; ABC's Murder One and The Beast; and NBC's Boomtown and Windfall. »

- Mandi Bierly

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Matthew Perry: Is this comedy his TV comeback?

13 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Matthew Perry is shopping a new single-camera comedy to the broadcast networks this week. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he plans to star in, co-write, and executive produce the untitled show about "a self-involved manager of a second-rate sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday." Perry, who recently turned 40, conceived the idea. (Which also explains why he was drawn to the Zac Efron do-over comedy 17 Again?) Does this sound like a pilot a network should greenlight? Before we take it to a vote after the jump, let's break it down. He'll pen the pilot script »

- Mandi Bierly

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Fall 2009 TV: What’s Premiering Tonight?

23 September 2009 3:13 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

With the Fall season starting, we, once again, get a slew of new and returning shows - So many that it’s impossible to watch everything. I have a DVR and even with my nerdy television calculations (Yes, I do have them), I can’t figure out how to watch everything.

Let’s break this down to see what’s on tonight and whether or not it’s worth watching.

 

What’s New?

NBC: 8pm - Mercy

Mercy is about a whip-smart nurse (that’s not me, that’s straight out of the press release), Veronica Callahan, who has just returned to work at Mercy Hospital after a tour of service in Iraq. She’s not afraid to bend the rules to save her patients, but her outspoken attitude might wind up costing her job. (that’s my favorite part. “she’s not afraid to bend the rules”)

Well, I »

- Anthony Ocasio

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The Good Wife Pilot Review – Complex & Entertaining Start to Series

23 September 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

After last year's short-lived Canterbury's Law, Julianna Margulies takes a chance with another lawyer role in this season's political/courtroom drama The Good Wife. Margulies stars as Alicia Florrick, humiliated wife of Chicago prosecutor Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), who has just landed himself in jail under a cloud of political and sexual scandals. In order to support her two children, Alicia returns to the workforce as a defense attorney in a prestigious law firm.

Alicia has education and skills, but she's been out of the game for over a decade. Law school friend Will Gardner (Josh Charles) is a partner at the firm, and sets Alicia up with a junior position. Unfortunately the position is not necessarily hers to keep–she has six months to prove herself and beat out 20-something hyper competitive Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry) for the job.

Everywhere Alicia turns, she's bombarded with TV, newspapers, and online »

- ValerieDavid

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TV Review: Promising ‘The Good Wife’ With Juliana Margulies

22 September 2009 7:41 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – From the non-stop ads (especially the ones that played all weekend locally with Bill Kurtis), you would be forgiven for thinking that CBS’ “The Good Wife” was solely about a scorned woman who enjoys slapping her lothario husband. There’s a lot more to the drama than that overplayed scene and the potential of the show is in the promise of watching a strong female character get past that moment, not play it over and over again.

Television Rating: 3.5/5.0 Emmy Award winner Juliana Margulies (“ER”) stars as Alicia Florrick, a woman who has always stood by her politician husband through thick and thin. You know those woman who you see standing next to the latest corrupt public figure as they give their apologies via press conference? That’s Alicia, who watches her world collapse when her husband Peter (Chris Noth) suffers a very public sex and political scandal.

Juliana Margulies. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Pushing Daisies’ Bryan Fuller Talks New NBC Projects; Collaborating with Bryan Singer on Sellevision

10 September 2009 9:37 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Last I wrote about venerable TV scribe Bryan Fuller, he was rejoining Heroes after the death of Pushing Daisies. In June, he left Heroes to pursue two other projects for NBC, and today we've finally caught wind of what he's been working on. Variety reports that he's adapting the Augusten Burroughs book Sellevision together with Bryan Singer as an hourlong dramedy. The series will follow the behind the scenes adventures of a home shopping network (could this be Fuller's Sports Night?). The second project is a half-hour sitcom, No Kill, set inside a no-kill animal shelter. I'm glad to see Fuller taking on new territory by tackling a sitcom, but I'm far more interested in Sellevision because I'm a huge fan of his previous dramedy work with Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls (inasmuch as you can call that a dramedy). Also the idea of him collaborating with Bryan Singer sounds »

- Devindra Hardawar

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Aaron Sorkin: Talker, walk with me

6 September 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

This week, EW University takes a look at the people who helped shape the modern TV landscape. Today’s TV auteur is Aaron Sorkin, whose distinct voice pushed network comedies out of the ‘90s and network dramas into the White House. Class is now in session! When Sports Night premiered in 1998, it was met with critical praise, fanatical devotion on the part of its 10 million or so viewers (which at the time made it the 45th most-watched show), and a revived conversation about the future of the laughtrack for network comedies. Sports Night debuted with canned laughs, but it was so out of place that ABC couldn’t help but eventually side with Sorkin and the show’s fans. Out went the laughtrack, and in came an era where the differences between multicamera and single-camera comedies became normal TV fan knowledge, not just inside-baseball musings. Sports Night’s contemporaries were »

- Margaret Lyons

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Officially Cool: The Sumo Sultan – Not Just a Bean Bag Chair

11 August 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

There comes a time in every movie blogger's life when he must get that fateful email. It goes something like this: "Hey, you're fat and lazy. Want to try our product that is perfect for fat and lazy people such as yourself?" It is, as Aaron Sorkin might famously say via one of his Sports Night teleplays, the equivalent to getting "the call." Of course, when the folks over at Sumo reached out to me a little while back to solicit a review for one of their bean bag chairs, they were far more cordial. But I heard their message. I'm chubby. I work in a job that requires me to sit around and watch movies, then sit around and blog about them. Both of these tasks can easily be done from the comfort of a bean bag chair. Thus, I am the target audience for such a product. And even though I'm obviously their guy and »

- Neil Miller

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‘The Social Network’ Wants to be Your Facebook Friend

11 August 2009 10:36 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

I’ve been struggling, I mean, Really struggling to find the words to best describe the unexplainable reason behind why so many big names in Hollywood are clamoring to get a movie about Facebook, tentatively called The Social Network, made and into theaters.

David Fincher has already been confirmed as the director of The Social Network and Kevin Spacey will be producing. Yes, that is the same David Fincher that directed last year’s acclaimed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and other great films like Se7en, Fight Club and Zodiac. He also reportedly is involved in a segment of the newest version of Heavy Metal.  Every one already knows what projects Kevin Spacey has been involved with: Se7en, The Usual Suspects, and American Beauty are among some of his best.

 

Speaking to MTV News, Spacey had this to say about the progress of The Social Network:

“We’re at a very early stage, »

- Paul Young

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‘Beer in Hell’ Trailer Will Date Rape You

4 August 2009 2:01 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Consider this a public warning or a cautionary tale. Last night was my birthday as some of you out there (Greg, the stalker) know. We had a solid little shin dig here at Reject HQ that involved homemade lasagna and a bottle of Dom that Neil has been saving for a special occasion. A close group of great friends, a life-size Danny DeVito pinata, and the entire DVD set of The Super Mario Brothers Super Show later - and everyone was thoroughly ready to crash out. Luckily, or so I thought, the new I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Trailer was cool enough to stay and hang out with me when everyone left. We tossed in my new DVD set of "Sports Night" (Thanks Dave and Emily!) and sat down on the couch. He moved closer. I started to feel a little light headed. I was coming down from my buzz, but »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day One" – Recap

21 July 2009 7:48 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

When last we left the Torchwood team, they were still reeling from the deaths of two of their own and the return of their leader’s now-vengeful younger brother. The four radio plays in between have helped us whet our appetite but if you’re like me, you’ve been waiting with bated breath for the new season of BBC America’s top-rated import. Wait no more, as tonight begins a controversial five-night mini-season that will change the franchise forever.

If you’ve been watching BBC America for five minutes over the last two months, you know the general premise: all the children on the planet Earth stop at random intervals, announcing as one the arrival of a fearsome alien entity known only (and oh how creatively) as the 456. Meanwhile, the members of Torchwood are being hunted down by the British government as their past catches up with them. Anyone want to guess whose? »

- Brittany Frederick

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Moneyball Still Alive, Soderbergh Out as Director

10 July 2009 3:44 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

A couple of weeks ago, Sony's Columbia Pictures unexpectedly announced that it would scrap Moneyball, Steven Soderbergh's planned baseball flick. The announcement came just a few days before shooting was to begin in Phoenix.

Today, Variety reported that Sony plans to continue the project, but without Soderbergh behind the camera. Sony Chairman Amy Pascal reportedly read Soderbergh's rewriteof Steven Zaillian's screenplay and objected to the changes. Soderbergh had apparently planned an unorthodox narrative structure and a documentary style that the studio worried would alienate audiences. There also may have been a secondary concern that the baseball-centric theme would detract from worldwide ticket sales.

Brad Pitt is still on board to star as Billy Beane, the Oakland A's manager whose unique economical and statistical approach allowed the team to compete with more lucrative baseball franchises such as the Yankees.

The studio will also hire Aaron Sorkin to make some changes to Zaillian's script, »

- Rich Z Zwelling

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Aaron Sorkin Joins Columbia’s Moneyball

9 July 2009 11:10 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Although acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbegrh is no longer attached to direct, Columbia’s Moneyball has found new life in writer Aaron Sorkin. The screenwriter, known for his TV credits including The West Wing and Sports Night, has signed on to rewrite the film. Brad Pitt is still attached to star. The original screenplay, which is based on Michael Lewis' nonfiction bestseller Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, was written by Oscar winner Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List). Soderbergh also wrote a draft, which is where the problems first arose. Production on Moneyball was set to start last month, but Columbia’s Amy Pascal wound up pulling the plug on the film just days before shooting was to begin when Soderbergh’s new version of the script wasn’t what the studio wanted to make. Soderbergh's draft and production plans took a more documentary approach that the studio felt »

- James Cook

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Moneyball Back On, Without Soderbergh

9 July 2009 3:56 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Steven Soderbergh made a four-hour epic about Che Guevara, and a digital film starring a porn star. He is not the kind of guy who struggles to get a movie greenlit. But not only did Sony turn him down when he attempted to make his version of Michael Lewis' book Moneyball, they've now kicked him off the project entirely. Variety is reporting that Brad Pitt will still star in the film, and Sony will still make it, but Sodbergh is no longer on board as director. Amid rumors that Steven Zaillian's script was what made Sony pull the plug to begin with, the studio has pulled in Aaron Sorkin to rewrite it. Sorkin, remember, made Sports Night before putting his stamp on politics with The West Wing, so presumably he knows what he's talking about here. Sorkin is currently working with David Fincher on the Facebook movie The Social Network, »

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Aaron Sorkin Goes to Bat for Sony, Takes the Moneyball Pitch

9 July 2009 3:27 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Apparently this game is going to last more than just 9 innings. THR says that Sony is bringing on Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network) to write a new version of Moneyball for the studio after the Steven Soderbergh version of it fell apart in the last few weeks. The studio wants to move forward quickly with the new iteration of the baseball drama, with Sorkin set to turn in his draft as soon as August. Brad Pitt is still attached to star as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, but Soderbergh "is not involved in the film in any capacity," as we reported. So are they close to finding a new director, too? Sorkin is pretty much in bed with Sony and Amy Pascal right now, so this actually makes sense. He has a sports background with the "Sports Night" TV show that he created in the '90s. »

- Alex Billington

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Moneyball Steps Back Up To The Plate; Now Pitching: Aaron Sorkin

9 July 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Just the other day I said we probably wouldn't run any more Moneyball news for a while, and that turned out to be a big fat lie. Because THR is reporting that Aaron Sorkin (who created the show Sports Night, remember) has signed on to rewrite the film for Sony. Steven Soderbergh no longer has anything to do with the project, and a potential director is yet to be announced. But the studio obviously wants to make good on the $10-14m already spent on the project, so I wouldn't be surprised if we get a name before too long. Interestingly, this is very much of a piece with the other big Sorkin script we've been talking about recently: The Social Network, aka Facebook The Movie. Sorkin's Facebook script was described as being without structure and directed conflict, and indeed that's very much the case based on what I've scanned »

- Russ Fischer

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The Social Network’s Script Gets Reviewed (Yes, The Facebook Movie)

7 July 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news »

There’s only one interesting conversation I like having with people who like Aaron Sorkin scripts and that’s this: The guy was On Fire from A Few Good Men, The American President, through Sports Night and into 3 seasons of The West Wing, which he wrote almost exclusively by his lonesome. Thing is, the guy was [...] »

- Dave

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The Facebook Movie Resurfaces With David Fincher

24 June 2009 8:15 AM, PDT | Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news »

Last August, I joined a Facebook Group started for Aaron Sorkin (writer of The West Wing, Sports Night and A Few Good Men) by his assistant Ian Reichbach. Ian was internet savvy enough to manage the Sorkin Facebook presence as Aaron poked around the social networking site so he could better write a Facebook movie [...] »

- Dave

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Facebook Movie Gets a Title and Possible Director

24 June 2009 2:33 AM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Columbia Pictures are in early talks with David Fincher to direct The Social Network, the Arron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War) scripted project about the creation of the popular website Facebook. The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 60 million members. The company was reportedly valued at $16 billion last year when Microsoft outbid Google to invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in the company. Along with the events that created the phenomenon, the film will cover how these unimaginable overnight riches changed the lives of Zuckerberg and his Facebook cohorts. The film is apparently based Ben Mezrich’s upcoming book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. You can read a description of the book here. Sorkin, who was also the creator of such television series as The West Wing, »

- James Cook

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DVD Review: ‘Sports Night’ – The Complete Series 10th Anniversary Edition

17 June 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

There are few television shows that hold my interest past the pilot episode. When they do, they usually get cancelled because most networks can’t seem to identify quality programs without the help of their woefully misguided Neilsen system. In rare instances, such as the Family Guy and Futurama resurrections, a fantastic show gets canceled, then does so well on DVD, the network is forced to place it’s tail squarely between its legs and bring the show back to life. Sports Night was not one of these shows.

The year is 1998. ABC has Home Improvement, NYPD Blue, Ellen, Dharma and Drew. On Tuesday September 22, they premiere a little show-within-a-show called Sports Night.  The ensemble cast includes a few heavyweights, and several actors who earned their street cred long after Sports Night was running on Comedy Central at 3am.

The show centers around the cast and crew of a sports »

- Heather Toshiko

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