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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 Steve Krutzler / 07:40, 5 April 2005 / People
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE may be signing off next month, but the spirit of the show lives on in a charity event being organized by the show's pre-production coordinator Juan Carlos Fernandez.
Fernandez will embark on his own "trek", riding in the June 5-11 AIDS/LifeCycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The ride seeks to raise money and awareness for the fight against AIDS. Traversing the 585 miles on bike, Fernandez will make the journey with other cyclists in seven days.
"Don't let the lack of lapel-pinned ribbons fool you: AIDS isn't over," Fernandez says. "Since 2001, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases annually have increased. Of the 40,000+ new HIV/AIDS cases this year in the U.S. alone, 50% of them will be people under 25 years old!"
ENTERPRISE's own second season episode "Stigma" reminded audiences of one of the many hurdles in defeating AIDS: public perception.
"It's time to stop thinking of AIDS as someone else's disease," Fernandez emphasizes. "It affects us all. If AIDS doesn't discriminate, why should we?"
The AIDS/LifeCycle ride benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. Riders must raise $2,500 to enter the event and as part of his participation, Fernandez has enlisted the help of ENT's 'Doctor Phlox', John Billingsley.
"As part of my fundraising efforts, I have been busy arranging a charity event with the folks at Legendary Bingo in Los Angeles," Fernandez explains. "Legendary Bingo has been working with various fundraisers since April of 1998. Wednesday nights at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood is their current home, where they hold weekly charity bingo events to benefit local and national charities. Even more exciting... John Billingsley has volunteered to assist as a guest/celebrity ball caller at the event."
The bingo event will take place Wednesday, April 27th at 8:00pm at Hamburger Mary's West Hollywood, located at the SE corner of Sweetzer and Santa Monica Blvd (8288 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA). A $20 suggested donation at the door gets donors access to all the bingo games, which will include prize packs of Hollywood and STAR TREK memorabilia.
Every prize package will include at least one ENTERPRISE script signed by the writer, and the grand prize package will include a cast-signed script as well as four tickets to the STAR TREK EXPERIENCE at the Las Vegas Hilton (a $120 value). A second cast-signed script will also be auctioned off. In addition, other prizes will include television show memorabilia from STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, FAMILY GUY, LAW & ORDER: SVU, AMERICAN IDOL, and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, as well as DVDs, gym memberships and training sessions, and gift certificates.
Hamburger Mary's is a 21 and over venue. You can read more about Fernandez's AIDS/LifeCycle ride here.
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