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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By TRexx / 07:07, 16 January 2005 / Todays Tribblets
"I think I'm the only one on the panel who's actually flown by Saturn," joked Robert Picardo (EMH) at a Planetary Society bash on the eve of the first landing on the surface of another planet's moon (Pasadena Star News.) NASA reports that the ESA Huygens probe returned data from Titan's surface for more than 90 minutes.
Patrick Stewart will be a voice in the North American dubbed version of director Katsuhiro Otomo's STEAMBOY, which Sony's Screen Gems will release in limited theaters on March 18th. ComingSoon.
The gay-themed musical STAR TREK parody "DREAMSHIP SURPRISE - PERIOD 1" is featured at the 11th annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, February 9-13. DREAMSHIP was the most successful German film of 2004, notes DW-World.
"I think Manny is doing a great job, although we all wish Hoshi had more to do but ultimately it is about the bigger picture isn't it," submits Linda Park in a New Year greeting on her message board, highlighting "some martial arts and had fun doing some of that" in episodes to come.
Yesterday:
John Billingsley (Phlox) narrates RING WORLD, a new multimedia planetarium show about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's planetary system. Newsday.
TheBaltimoreSun posted an exclusive interview with VOYAGER star Kate Mulgrew, in which she talks about her play TEA AT FIVE.
Writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens join Liz Shatner live online at TheFandom on Monday, January 17 at 5PT/8ET.
William Shatner will donate his Golden Globe Awards attire to the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation auction (January 17-30) to benefit the UNICEF Tsunami Relief Fund.
Original GALACTICA star Richard Hatch talks about the Sci-Fi Channel remake at the Starlog website.
As GALACTICA unfolds, producer Ronald D. Moore will be posting his thoughts on a personal blog on SciFi.com.
The official site has posted photos and promo for the upcoming ENTERPRISE episode 'Observer Effect'.
Earlier:
A recent chat at BookTrek with YESTERDAY'S SON and TIME FOR YESTERDAY author A.C. Crispin has confirmed that her upcoming planned Yesterday Saga trilogy has been cancelled from publication and reveals she is "not permitted" to write for Pocket Books. Thanks to Daniel! (Jan 14)
Patrick Stewart narrates a 90-minute Animal Planet special, DRAGONS: A FANTASY MADE REAL, which imagines dragons as real animals. Premieres Sunday, March 20 at 8pm ET. Sneak a peek. (Jan 14)
StarTrek.com has posted a round-up of TREK alumns who have received SAG Award nominations, as award season heats up in Hollywood. (Jan 14)
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