The sequel madness in Hollywood is starting to get out of control. Earlier this week it was revealed that Robert Rodriguez would be producing a Predator remake titled Predators, Ridley Scott was considering making a prequel to Alien, and that Mirage Studios are developing a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Russell Brand is remaking Drop Dead Fred. Yesterday Oliver Stone announced Wall Street 2. Last night we told you about how Joe Dante wouldn’t be directing a Gremlins 3 and how Amy Heckerling may, or may not, be making a sequel to Clueless. And now there is talk of a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel!
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis told MTV that all the new “digital tools and performance capture” has him “starting to think about” doing another Roger Rabbit. Of course, Zemeckis didn’t give any more details, only adding that “new idea” has been “buzzing around in my head.”
The original 1988 film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, four wins. I’m not sure how the new technology would elevate the effect of transplanting 2D animated characters into the real world, but I’m sure it has something to do with performance capture. And I’m sure the result would be a movie that takes place with humans trapped inside of the animated world of Toon Town. But I actually think that there might be more stories to tell in the Roger Rabbit universe, and I even have some really topical ideas. Like I would like to see how Toon Town has dealt with the invasion of computer animation. I’m sure the 2D cartoon stars have now become “old news”.
Many people don’t know that the first film almost spawned a direct-to-video prequel. Written by Nat Mauldin, Roger Rabbit: The Toon Platoon told the story of a young Roger Rabbit, who meets a struggling Hollywood actress named Jessica while traveling west to find his mother. But when Jessica is kidnapped and forced to make pro-Nazi Germany broadcasts, Roger and his human friend Ritchie Davenport go to Nazi-occupied Europe to save her. The film ended with a huge Hollywood parade where Roger us reunited with his mother, and his father… big reveal… Bugs Bunny. Ugh!
Disney later tried to rework the story without Steven Spielberg. Who Discovered Roger Rabbit told the story of Roger’s “inadvertent rise to stardom on Broadway and Hollywood.” Eight time Academy Award composer Alan Menken was even hired on to write five songs for the production, with Looney Toons: Back in Action helmer Eric Goldberg attached to direct the animation. A test sequence was filmed in 1998 which combined traditional animation, computer animation and live action. Disney wasn’t happy with the results, so they also did a test with all the cartoon characters completely converted to CG. The budget quickly skyrocketed past $100 million, forcing Michael Eisner to pull the plug. It’s probably better for everyone involved that neither films earned a greenlight.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Paramore Invite Us Into The Studio!
On Monday, MTV News headed into the winding hills of Calabasas, California, to producer Rob Cavallo’s palatial estate (seriously, he’s got a regulation basketball hoop and a soft-serve machine in the garage), where Paramore are hard at work on their new album.
At first, it seemed like a rather odd place — a suburb in the middle of nowhere — for a platinum-plus rock act to be hammering away on their new album, but it seems like the surroundings have only brought out the best in the guys (and gal), judging from their sunny demeanors, lack of haggard studio beards, and, well the six brand-new songs we heard.
And while we can’t say anything about the new tunes just yet (but know that they do, in fact, rock pretty hard), we do have one rather HUGE bit of news that we can break to you: a release date for the record!
When? Well, read on to find out!
Okay, so get out your calendars. Turns out, according to the band — and confirmed by their labels, Fueled By Ramen and Atlantic — the follow-up to Riot! will be hitting stores this September.
There’s no word on a title, or a first single (though Hayley Williams did say that one of the songs we heard “sure sounds like” it’s gonna be the first one out of the gate), but fans can look forward to hearing a couple of the new songs this summer, on Paramore’s tour with No Doubt.
That’s about all we can tell you right now. But trust us, there’s going to be plenty more from our studio visit in the coming weeks, so, be on the lookout for a whole bunch of news about the new album, straight from Paramore themselves, over on MTVNews.com
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got to get back to that soft-serve.
At first, it seemed like a rather odd place — a suburb in the middle of nowhere — for a platinum-plus rock act to be hammering away on their new album, but it seems like the surroundings have only brought out the best in the guys (and gal), judging from their sunny demeanors, lack of haggard studio beards, and, well the six brand-new songs we heard.
And while we can’t say anything about the new tunes just yet (but know that they do, in fact, rock pretty hard), we do have one rather HUGE bit of news that we can break to you: a release date for the record!
When? Well, read on to find out!
Okay, so get out your calendars. Turns out, according to the band — and confirmed by their labels, Fueled By Ramen and Atlantic — the follow-up to Riot! will be hitting stores this September.
There’s no word on a title, or a first single (though Hayley Williams did say that one of the songs we heard “sure sounds like” it’s gonna be the first one out of the gate), but fans can look forward to hearing a couple of the new songs this summer, on Paramore’s tour with No Doubt.
That’s about all we can tell you right now. But trust us, there’s going to be plenty more from our studio visit in the coming weeks, so, be on the lookout for a whole bunch of news about the new album, straight from Paramore themselves, over on MTVNews.com
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got to get back to that soft-serve.
LaBeouf Joining Douglas in Wall Street Sequel
Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has signed Oliver Stone to return as director of the sequel to his 1987 hit Wall Street.
Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers" films) is negotiating to join Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in the original film. The sequel will once again involve a young Wall Street trader, and the recent economic meltdown spurred by rampant greed and corruption will fit prominently into the plot.
Allan Loeb wrote the script. Edward R. Pressman is back as producer.
Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers" films) is negotiating to join Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in the original film. The sequel will once again involve a young Wall Street trader, and the recent economic meltdown spurred by rampant greed and corruption will fit prominently into the plot.
Allan Loeb wrote the script. Edward R. Pressman is back as producer.
Ridley Scott is Considering Alien Prequel/Reboot
20th Century Fox head Tom Rothman revealed to IESB that there is “some talk” of an Alien “prequel” to go along with the recently announced Robert Rodriguez-produced Predator reboot Predators. Rothman confirms that director Ridley Scott is “toying around with the idea.” And the Fox head gives the impression that another Alien movie, be it sequel, prequel or reboot, would only happen with Scott’s involvement.
I remember reading an interview with Scott where the filmmaker expressed interest in making a prequel that would explore the origins of the space jockey and the Aliens. At one point James Cameron was working on an origin story for a fifth Alien film, but abandoned the development when Aliens vs. Predator was announced. Sigourney Weaver has publicly expressed interest in doing a sequel, but it wouldn’t make sense to include her character in an origin story. But who knows, maybe Ridley is “toying” with some kind of reboot/prequel combo.
I remember reading an interview with Scott where the filmmaker expressed interest in making a prequel that would explore the origins of the space jockey and the Aliens. At one point James Cameron was working on an origin story for a fifth Alien film, but abandoned the development when Aliens vs. Predator was announced. Sigourney Weaver has publicly expressed interest in doing a sequel, but it wouldn’t make sense to include her character in an origin story. But who knows, maybe Ridley is “toying” with some kind of reboot/prequel combo.
Brand to Star in Drop Dead Fred Remake
Universal Pictures is developing a remake of Drop Dead Fred for Russell Brand to star in, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Dennis McNicholas (upcoming Land of the Lost) will write the remake. Marc Platt is producing via his studio-based Marc Platt Productions along with Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
The 1991 original starred Phoebe Cates as a wallflower who loses her job and husband during the course of a lunch hour. Forced to live back home, she's reunited with her childhood imaginary friend (Brit actor Rik Mayall), who promises to help but causes more havoc.
The trade says the take for the update is to make a film in the tone of Beetlejuice, building a universe around the concept of imaginary friends. Brand would play the trouble-making pal.
Dennis McNicholas (upcoming Land of the Lost) will write the remake. Marc Platt is producing via his studio-based Marc Platt Productions along with Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
The 1991 original starred Phoebe Cates as a wallflower who loses her job and husband during the course of a lunch hour. Forced to live back home, she's reunited with her childhood imaginary friend (Brit actor Rik Mayall), who promises to help but causes more havoc.
The trade says the take for the update is to make a film in the tone of Beetlejuice, building a universe around the concept of imaginary friends. Brand would play the trouble-making pal.
ABC might keep 'Scrubs' in rotation
The doctors might still be in.
ABC is in talks to renew the veteran comedy "Scrubs" for a ninth season with some or all of the original cast members coming back full or part-time.
The network is going over the proposed budget for next season with series producer ABC Studios.
"Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence, busy editing his ABC/ABC Studios comedy pilot "Cougar Town," is said to be deeply involved in the renewal talks as well as in the discussions with the cast, who don't have deals beyond the show's current eighth season.
Last summer, Lawrence and ABC chief Stephen McPherson indicated that they were looking into a way to keep "Scrubs" going with new cast members, a la NBC's revolving-door medical drama "ER." This season, the show integrated a new crop of interns.
Additionally, talks are under way with the original cast members about ways to bring them back, possibly as recurrings, as in the case of Zach Braff, who had said this was probably his last year on the show, as well as Donald Faison, John C. McGinley and Neil Flynn, who are co-starring on pilots.
For Faison, McGinley and Flynn, "Scrubs" is in second position to ABC's "The Law," CBS' "Back" and ABC's "The Middle," respectively, which means they can at most be recurring on "Scrubs" if their pilots go to series.
And Lawrence, of course, could be pulling double duty if his Courteney Cox starrer "Cougar Town" goes and "Scrubs" gets renewed.
In its debut season on ABC after seven years on NBC, "Scrubs" has been a modest performer at 8 p.m. Wednesday. But it has helped launch new comedy "Better Off Ted," with both series enjoying critical praise, strong support at the network and talk about possibly extending the pairing into next season.
ABC is in talks to renew the veteran comedy "Scrubs" for a ninth season with some or all of the original cast members coming back full or part-time.
The network is going over the proposed budget for next season with series producer ABC Studios.
"Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence, busy editing his ABC/ABC Studios comedy pilot "Cougar Town," is said to be deeply involved in the renewal talks as well as in the discussions with the cast, who don't have deals beyond the show's current eighth season.
Last summer, Lawrence and ABC chief Stephen McPherson indicated that they were looking into a way to keep "Scrubs" going with new cast members, a la NBC's revolving-door medical drama "ER." This season, the show integrated a new crop of interns.
Additionally, talks are under way with the original cast members about ways to bring them back, possibly as recurrings, as in the case of Zach Braff, who had said this was probably his last year on the show, as well as Donald Faison, John C. McGinley and Neil Flynn, who are co-starring on pilots.
For Faison, McGinley and Flynn, "Scrubs" is in second position to ABC's "The Law," CBS' "Back" and ABC's "The Middle," respectively, which means they can at most be recurring on "Scrubs" if their pilots go to series.
And Lawrence, of course, could be pulling double duty if his Courteney Cox starrer "Cougar Town" goes and "Scrubs" gets renewed.
In its debut season on ABC after seven years on NBC, "Scrubs" has been a modest performer at 8 p.m. Wednesday. But it has helped launch new comedy "Better Off Ted," with both series enjoying critical praise, strong support at the network and talk about possibly extending the pairing into next season.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Moviegoers Obsessed with Beyoncé and Larter
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend.
Screen Gems thriller Obsessed, starring Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles and Ali Larter, dominated the box office with an estimated $28.5 million, making it the seventh-biggest opening ever for the month of April. The film, which was made for just $20 million, debuted in 2,514 theaters and averaged a strong $11,337 per site.
New Line/Warner Bros.' 17 Again dropped 50.8% in tickets sales and to second place, adding $11.7 million in its second weekend. The Zac Efron comedy has earned $39.97 million so far.
The other three newcomers--Rogue Pictures' Fighting, Warner Bros.' The Soloist, and Disneynature's Earth--took third, fourth and fifth place, respectively. Fighting opened to $11.4 million from 2,309 theaters, The Soloist made $9.7 million in 2,024 theaters, and documentary Earth collected $8.6 million from 1,804 theaters. The latter has made $14.2 million since opening on Wednesday.
DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens followed closely in sixth place with $8.5 million in its fifth weekend. The top domestic earner of the year so far has made $174.8 million. Worldwide, the film has reached $317 million.
In seventh, Universal's State of Play earned $6.9 million its second weekend and stands at $25.1 million, while Disney's Hannah Montana The Movie added $6.4 million in eighth for a total of $65.6 million after three weeks.
Universal's Fast & Furious pulled in $6.1 million in ninth for a total of $145.2 million domestically. The action-thriller, produced for $85 million, is the top international grosser so far with $170 million. Worldwide, it is up to $315.2.
Screen Gems thriller Obsessed, starring Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles and Ali Larter, dominated the box office with an estimated $28.5 million, making it the seventh-biggest opening ever for the month of April. The film, which was made for just $20 million, debuted in 2,514 theaters and averaged a strong $11,337 per site.
New Line/Warner Bros.' 17 Again dropped 50.8% in tickets sales and to second place, adding $11.7 million in its second weekend. The Zac Efron comedy has earned $39.97 million so far.
The other three newcomers--Rogue Pictures' Fighting, Warner Bros.' The Soloist, and Disneynature's Earth--took third, fourth and fifth place, respectively. Fighting opened to $11.4 million from 2,309 theaters, The Soloist made $9.7 million in 2,024 theaters, and documentary Earth collected $8.6 million from 1,804 theaters. The latter has made $14.2 million since opening on Wednesday.
DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens followed closely in sixth place with $8.5 million in its fifth weekend. The top domestic earner of the year so far has made $174.8 million. Worldwide, the film has reached $317 million.
In seventh, Universal's State of Play earned $6.9 million its second weekend and stands at $25.1 million, while Disney's Hannah Montana The Movie added $6.4 million in eighth for a total of $65.6 million after three weeks.
Universal's Fast & Furious pulled in $6.1 million in ninth for a total of $145.2 million domestically. The action-thriller, produced for $85 million, is the top international grosser so far with $170 million. Worldwide, it is up to $315.2.
Warner Bros Wins Jonathan Liebesman’s Odysseus: “300 Meets Taken”
Late last week, Warner Bros won a bidding war against Paramount Pictures to gain the rights to Jonathan Liebesman’s Odysseus, a retelling of the story of the legendary Greek King and hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan Wars for 20 years, Odysseus returned home to find his kingdom under the brutal occupation. He is forced to single-handedly fight a battle against an invading force, in order to take back his wife, his son and his kingdom. Producer Gianni Nunnari came up with the story in a general meeting with Liebesman, who brought in screenwriter Ann Peacock who wrote the filmmaker’s Sundance Film Festival thriller The Killing Room.
Listen, I use to call Jonathan Liebesman a hack, His early film efforts left a lot to be desired. We’re talking about the guy who made Darkness Falls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. However, my view of Liebesman changed completely after I screened The Killing Room at Sundance. You can tell Liebesman really tried with this film, and created a movie he wanted to see, instead of a movie the studio demanded. It was enough for me to completely forget his earlier horror efforts.
One of the reasons The Killing Room works is because of the tight minimalistic storytelling, on the screen and on the page. I haven’t read Odysseus, but I’ve talked to people who have. And they can’t say enough great things about the tight 90-page screenplay. THR says that the intent is not to make “a sleepy swords-and-sandles epic but a bloody relentless revenge movie,” like 300 meets Taken. Liebesman told FirstShowing that he wants the movie to be a very gritty, hand-held, hardcore revenge movie, comparing it to Rambo, “where one guy just kicks a lot of ass.”
Up next for Liebesman is the sci-fi action film Battle: Los Angeles, which is getting a fix up from Scott Silver before it goes into production. I heard the earlier draft was actually pretty bad, but offered some nice cinematic visuals.
Listen, I use to call Jonathan Liebesman a hack, His early film efforts left a lot to be desired. We’re talking about the guy who made Darkness Falls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. However, my view of Liebesman changed completely after I screened The Killing Room at Sundance. You can tell Liebesman really tried with this film, and created a movie he wanted to see, instead of a movie the studio demanded. It was enough for me to completely forget his earlier horror efforts.
One of the reasons The Killing Room works is because of the tight minimalistic storytelling, on the screen and on the page. I haven’t read Odysseus, but I’ve talked to people who have. And they can’t say enough great things about the tight 90-page screenplay. THR says that the intent is not to make “a sleepy swords-and-sandles epic but a bloody relentless revenge movie,” like 300 meets Taken. Liebesman told FirstShowing that he wants the movie to be a very gritty, hand-held, hardcore revenge movie, comparing it to Rambo, “where one guy just kicks a lot of ass.”
Up next for Liebesman is the sci-fi action film Battle: Los Angeles, which is getting a fix up from Scott Silver before it goes into production. I heard the earlier draft was actually pretty bad, but offered some nice cinematic visuals.
Weekly Ratings: 4/19 – 4/23
Sunday Ratings: Edie's Farewell, Prison Break's Return and More
7 pm/ET
NBC's coverage of the Miss USA Pageant averaged nearly 5 million viewers over its two-hour run.
8 pm
The Amazing Race topped the hour with 10.4 million total viewers, followed by a repeat of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7.56 mil). Fox's Sit Down, Shut Up premiered to 5.2 mil, fumbling 20 percent of lead-in The Simpsons' audience.
9 pm
An audience of 13.65 million turned up for Desperate Housewife Edie's final hurrah, a 7 percent drop from the show's last fresh outing. CBS/Hallmark's The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler placed second, averaging 9.82 mil over its two-hour run. (Watch my video Q&A with Anna Paquin here, fourth item down.) Celebrity Apprentice's double-elimination drew 8.32 mil, a three-week high.
10 pm
Brothers & Sisters topped the demos but was matched in total viewers (9.63 mil) by Irena Sendler; in fact, CBS' TV movie pulled ahead of the ABC serial by the end of the night.
Monday Ratings: Castle Looks Sharp as Horatio Takes a Siesta
8 pm/ET
Dancing with the Stars averaged 20.28 million total viewers over its 90-minute run, up 6 percent week-to-week. A special Monday broadcast of Bones followed with an audience of 8.38 mil, a drop of 470K from its last Thursday foray. Trailing CBS sitcom repeats, an especially Awesome episode of Chuck drew 6.05 mil, dipping 170K. Gossip Girl talked to 2.36 mil, down 120 thou.
9 pm
Leading out of a Two and a Half Men repeat, Rules of Engagement (10.59 million viewers) dropped more than a mil, placing behind ABC's Surviving Suburbia (10.86 mil) at the half-hour mark. 24 clocked in with 10.28 mil, down 550K, while Heroes (6.36 mil) resumed its stumbling ways, slipping 9 percent. One Tree Hill (2.42 mil) ticked up 130K.
10 pm
With a Mentalist repeat (9.43 mil) subbing for CSI: Miami, ABC's Castle enjoyed an 11 percent surge, hitting 8.44 mil. Medium (7.36 mil), however, missed out on the opportunity, dropping 220 thou.
Tuesday Ratings: Biggest Loser Climbs, Reaper Rises
8 pm/ET
American Idol's Disco Night hustled 23.24 million total viewers, matching the audience of last week's sing-off. The Biggest Loser followed with 9.3 mil, its largest audience in six weeks and its best demo delivery since Feb. 3. A pair of According to Jims trailed CBS sitcom repeats, averaging 3.7 mil (down 17 percent week-to-week). Reaper reaped a 19-percent gain, hitting 2.45 mil.
9 pm
Dancing with the Stars' results show drew 14.47 mil, dipping 300 thou. It was followed by an NCIS repeat (12.34 mil). Fringe scared up 10.52 mil, dropping 9 percent. 90210 inched up to 2.23 mil.
10 pm
A Mentalist repeat won the hour with 12.32 mil, followed by a not-new SVU (7.13 mil). A special Tuesday try-out for ABC's The Unusuals attracted 6.3 mil, which is on par with its last Wednesday outing.
Wednesday Ratings: Top Model Better than Ted
8 pm/ET
What a feeling! Lie to Me led the pack with 7.88 million total viewers, dipping 6 percent from its last outing. It was followed by a Law & Order repeat and CBS laffer leftovers. ABC's Scrubs (4.66 mil) and Better Off Ted (4.2 mil) both dropped 12 percent week-to-week. In fact, Ted got bested in its half hour — in total viewers and demos — by Top Model, which inched up 200K to flirt with 4 mil.
9 pm
American Idol's double-elimination delivered 23.3 million viewers, slipping just a hair from last week's results show. (Side note: Did anyone else get the feeling KC hasn't sung that song since, I dunno, Dec. 31, 1979?) A Criminal Minds repeat claimed second with 9.75 mil, followed by Lost's clip show (6.64 mil) and an SVU rerun.
10 pm
It was BAU — yet not — for Criminal Minds, which bested all comers in a later time slot, drawing 13.55 mil. Lagging behind a(nother) Law & Order repeat, ABC's The Unusuals copped 4.97 mil, down about 20 percent from the freshman dramedy's average-to-date.
Thursday Ratings: Grey's Ails on an Overall Lousy Night
This Thursday, every single network show — save for one! — dropped (if not plunged) from its previous outing. Here's how the breakdown breaks down:
8 pm/ET
Survivor topped the hour with an audience of 11.38 million total viewers, down 240K week-to-week. Bones sewed up second with 8.22 mil, down 500 thou. My Name Is Earl was the night's lone gainer, inching up 200K to 5.5 mil. Lead-out Parks and Recreation, however, dropped 11 percent, to 5.24 mil. Smallville barely managed 3 mil, plunging 19 percent from its last fresh outing.
9 pm
CSI (14.45 mil, -970K) drew the biggest audience, while Grey's Anatomy (13.2 mil, down 16 percent) topped the demos. Both The Office (7.21 mil) and 30 Rock (6.35 mil) slipped 12 percent. Supernatural sank 16 percent, delivering 2.76 mil.
10 pm
Private Practice took No. 1 with 9.23 million viewers, down 12 percent. Southland scored second, freefalling 16 percent to 8 mil, while Harper's Island (7.48 mil) saw another 690 thou get snuffed.
7 pm/ET
NBC's coverage of the Miss USA Pageant averaged nearly 5 million viewers over its two-hour run.
8 pm
The Amazing Race topped the hour with 10.4 million total viewers, followed by a repeat of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7.56 mil). Fox's Sit Down, Shut Up premiered to 5.2 mil, fumbling 20 percent of lead-in The Simpsons' audience.
9 pm
An audience of 13.65 million turned up for Desperate Housewife Edie's final hurrah, a 7 percent drop from the show's last fresh outing. CBS/Hallmark's The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler placed second, averaging 9.82 mil over its two-hour run. (Watch my video Q&A with Anna Paquin here, fourth item down.) Celebrity Apprentice's double-elimination drew 8.32 mil, a three-week high.
10 pm
Brothers & Sisters topped the demos but was matched in total viewers (9.63 mil) by Irena Sendler; in fact, CBS' TV movie pulled ahead of the ABC serial by the end of the night.
Monday Ratings: Castle Looks Sharp as Horatio Takes a Siesta
8 pm/ET
Dancing with the Stars averaged 20.28 million total viewers over its 90-minute run, up 6 percent week-to-week. A special Monday broadcast of Bones followed with an audience of 8.38 mil, a drop of 470K from its last Thursday foray. Trailing CBS sitcom repeats, an especially Awesome episode of Chuck drew 6.05 mil, dipping 170K. Gossip Girl talked to 2.36 mil, down 120 thou.
9 pm
Leading out of a Two and a Half Men repeat, Rules of Engagement (10.59 million viewers) dropped more than a mil, placing behind ABC's Surviving Suburbia (10.86 mil) at the half-hour mark. 24 clocked in with 10.28 mil, down 550K, while Heroes (6.36 mil) resumed its stumbling ways, slipping 9 percent. One Tree Hill (2.42 mil) ticked up 130K.
10 pm
With a Mentalist repeat (9.43 mil) subbing for CSI: Miami, ABC's Castle enjoyed an 11 percent surge, hitting 8.44 mil. Medium (7.36 mil), however, missed out on the opportunity, dropping 220 thou.
Tuesday Ratings: Biggest Loser Climbs, Reaper Rises
8 pm/ET
American Idol's Disco Night hustled 23.24 million total viewers, matching the audience of last week's sing-off. The Biggest Loser followed with 9.3 mil, its largest audience in six weeks and its best demo delivery since Feb. 3. A pair of According to Jims trailed CBS sitcom repeats, averaging 3.7 mil (down 17 percent week-to-week). Reaper reaped a 19-percent gain, hitting 2.45 mil.
9 pm
Dancing with the Stars' results show drew 14.47 mil, dipping 300 thou. It was followed by an NCIS repeat (12.34 mil). Fringe scared up 10.52 mil, dropping 9 percent. 90210 inched up to 2.23 mil.
10 pm
A Mentalist repeat won the hour with 12.32 mil, followed by a not-new SVU (7.13 mil). A special Tuesday try-out for ABC's The Unusuals attracted 6.3 mil, which is on par with its last Wednesday outing.
Wednesday Ratings: Top Model Better than Ted
8 pm/ET
What a feeling! Lie to Me led the pack with 7.88 million total viewers, dipping 6 percent from its last outing. It was followed by a Law & Order repeat and CBS laffer leftovers. ABC's Scrubs (4.66 mil) and Better Off Ted (4.2 mil) both dropped 12 percent week-to-week. In fact, Ted got bested in its half hour — in total viewers and demos — by Top Model, which inched up 200K to flirt with 4 mil.
9 pm
American Idol's double-elimination delivered 23.3 million viewers, slipping just a hair from last week's results show. (Side note: Did anyone else get the feeling KC hasn't sung that song since, I dunno, Dec. 31, 1979?) A Criminal Minds repeat claimed second with 9.75 mil, followed by Lost's clip show (6.64 mil) and an SVU rerun.
10 pm
It was BAU — yet not — for Criminal Minds, which bested all comers in a later time slot, drawing 13.55 mil. Lagging behind a(nother) Law & Order repeat, ABC's The Unusuals copped 4.97 mil, down about 20 percent from the freshman dramedy's average-to-date.
Thursday Ratings: Grey's Ails on an Overall Lousy Night
This Thursday, every single network show — save for one! — dropped (if not plunged) from its previous outing. Here's how the breakdown breaks down:
8 pm/ET
Survivor topped the hour with an audience of 11.38 million total viewers, down 240K week-to-week. Bones sewed up second with 8.22 mil, down 500 thou. My Name Is Earl was the night's lone gainer, inching up 200K to 5.5 mil. Lead-out Parks and Recreation, however, dropped 11 percent, to 5.24 mil. Smallville barely managed 3 mil, plunging 19 percent from its last fresh outing.
9 pm
CSI (14.45 mil, -970K) drew the biggest audience, while Grey's Anatomy (13.2 mil, down 16 percent) topped the demos. Both The Office (7.21 mil) and 30 Rock (6.35 mil) slipped 12 percent. Supernatural sank 16 percent, delivering 2.76 mil.
10 pm
Private Practice took No. 1 with 9.23 million viewers, down 12 percent. Southland scored second, freefalling 16 percent to 8 mil, while Harper's Island (7.48 mil) saw another 690 thou get snuffed.
Olyphant to Star in FX's Fire in the Hole Adaptation
Timothy Olyphant (Hitman, Live Free or Die Hard, "Deadwood") has been set to play the lead in FX's drama pilot based on Elmore Leonard's short story "Fire in the Hole," says The Hollywood Reporter.
The untitled project, from Sony TV, Timberman/Beverly Productions and creator/executive producer Graham Yost, centers on U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Olyphant) who returns to his hometown in Kentucky.
"He has a certain jaggedness, but he also loves his job," Yost said. "He is like an anachronism: He wears a hat, cowboy boots and a holster on his hip. It's a little bit like he was born 100 years too late."
The pilot, to be directed by Michael Dinner, starts production at the end of May.
The untitled project, from Sony TV, Timberman/Beverly Productions and creator/executive producer Graham Yost, centers on U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Olyphant) who returns to his hometown in Kentucky.
"He has a certain jaggedness, but he also loves his job," Yost said. "He is like an anachronism: He wears a hat, cowboy boots and a holster on his hip. It's a little bit like he was born 100 years too late."
The pilot, to be directed by Michael Dinner, starts production at the end of May.
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