Evening Quickies, 2007-05-07

Monday, May 07, 2007 -

TV Squad looks at the upfronts (where networks announce their fall schedules and advertisers buy commercial space). The only thing worth saying is that a mid-grade failure like 30 Rock survived over this years best drama, Studio 60. Pathetic.
Retired cops "protecting" the set of The Sheild think threats, extortion, and bribery are cool beans.
NBC's The Medium will live for another year. Fact: Studio 60 which will not surivive has higher ratings than Medium.
WCBS, the guys who just fired Don Imus for saying naughty words, are celebrating the 30th anniversery of the "Sun of Sam" murders by interviewing the psycho.
IGN with new images from Nancy Drew, Iron Man, and remastered TOS.
If Sanctuary is the first real TV series produced only for web consumption, then I suppose The Internet Killer is the first film.
Sony is already considering replacements for Kirsten Dunst if she own't play ball for Spider-Man 4.
Babylon 5 is coming to Joost via a deal with Warner Brothers. No first-run shows yet, though.
An insiders book on the production of Spider-Man 3 from producer Grant Curtis.
Mike Meyers wants to do more Austin Powers.
Bruce Campbell's flick My Name is Bruce will get a limited theatrical release before hitting DVD.
TV Bloggin is going on a bit of a hiatus while its sole blogger Todd Epp shirks the site for his real job. I welcome any and all become regular visitors here while Todd goes and earns his millions fighting Internet crime.
Win a private screening of Transformers from this site.
The Sci Fi Channel is continuing its trend of not showing any science fiction, this time it's a block of anime from 11pm-1am EDT on Mondays.
Yet another Sci Fi/horror film in the Bermuda Triangle.

Topics: Film, Television, Joost, Babylon 5

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