Title: JJ Abrams on Conan
Location: NBC Late Night
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Description: JJ Abrams will be on Late Night with Conan O\’Brien today on NBC. He is doing FRINGE promotion.
Thank you Ilsa!
Date: 2008-10-03
Oct
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Sep
30
Disney-ABC-ESPN Television continues to demonstrate a progressive approach to its VOD deals. The House of Mouse has announced a new deal with the Italian provider Fastweb that includes a dedicated interface for the international hit Lost.
The agreement, which also includes Criminal Minds and Alias, was negotiated by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s Edward Humphrey, director, New Media distribution, Stefania Severini, senior manager, Programme Distribution, EMEA (South), working with Claudio Bellinzona, Fastweb’s Head of content and programming.
Maria Kyriacou, Senior Vice President, New Media Distribution, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, said in a statement: “We are pleased to be working with Fastweb to offer consumers in Italy some of our most popular series on demand, for the first time. Making our content available to international viewers to access in a variety of ways, when and how they choose to is an important commitment for us, and this agreement brings us even closer to achieving this.”
Sep
30
NEWS BRIEF: UK digital terrestrial platform Top Up TV has agreed a library deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television that will add more than 400 hours of programming a year, including shows such as Lost and Ugly Betty.
Other shows to be included in the line-up are the first seasons of the ABC Studios series Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Ghost Whisperer. The deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s UK programme distribution manager Holly Blackham and new media distribution director Edward Humphrey, and by Top Up TV’s Dianne Walker.
http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=44709
Sep
30
The blog Scott’s Spotlight talks to Chuck star Zachary Levi about being a fan of Lost.
Here is an excerpt:
It’s not surprising to hear Levi profess his Lost fandom considering that in an episode last season, Chuck referenced Lost’s Oceanic Flight 815. “I literally peed my pants with glee when I read the script,” Levi joked. “I was like, ‘Thank you. I’m so glad we’re making a reference to it.’ I just love [Lost] so much.”
Read the full article here.
Sep
26
By Kelly West And Katey Rich
2008-09-24 21:36:34
Ok, I’ll admit I have a tendency to get caught up in TV romances. If the chemistry is there and the acting and writing is good, there’s nothing like seeing two great characters get together. Even those dragged out on-again-off-agains can be fun to watch when done right. But let’s face it; not all TV relationships are great. In fact, Katey and I came up with a handful of ones that were downright terrible.
Some relationships are doomed for failure. Take Andy and Angela in The Office. I don’t think the writers ever intended for us to fall head over heels for these two. And given the way the last season ended (with Angela and Dwight getting busy in the almost-deserted office shortly after Angela accepted Andy’s marriage proposal), I’m guessing that it’s only a matter of time before things fall apart for Andangela (yeah, that’s the best I could come up with). Anyway, looking back at some of our favorite shows, we came up with our five least favorite romances. These are the ones that weren’t supposed to be humorous side-plots. The ones we thought the writers really wanted us to buy into and instead, made us cringe everytime they were on screen together. Without further introduction, here they are:
