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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 GustavoLeao / 20:25, 11 May 2005 / Enterprise
TREKNews.de just posted an exclusive interview with STAR TREK ENTERPRISE actor Dominic Keating, which was conducted at FedCon XIV, the German convention that took place earlier this month (read the report).
Q: As a British actor, how is it to play a character in an American TV show?
Keating: Hmm, well, surrounded by many American actors I'm certainly the 'British Guy' and my role as 'Lt. Reed' was from the beginning written for a British man. But by now I've lived many years in the United States and I've acclimated myself very well. We're all speaking the same language, but there are still some minor differences and I've still got a close connection to my homeland, even after living for such a long time in America. I see myself more as a 'Citizen of the World'. After 9/11 I was very affected, not as a Briton or American but rather as friend and colleague.
Q: Lately there were elections in Great Britain and Tony Blair did it again, what is your opinion about that?
Keating: Unfortunately I can't vote, because I pay no tax in the United Kingdom, and I also can't vote in America, because I haven't got American citizenship. Currently I plan to request American citizenship, but now to the elections: I think Blair's victory was also a slap in his face. He had lost many sympathies due to his Iraq policy, at least in England. Americans love Blair, because most of them think he is a loyal ally. A few weeks after 9/11 I saw Blair in America standing beside George Bush and Collin Powell, and all the other powerful men, and I thought he relished that. But it was also a difficult situation for him, because since the Second World War the United States and the United Kingdom are deeply embedded. France could say no, Germany could say no, but not England. I don't know what his advisers have told him, but I thought he could hardly say no. He trusted in the American intelligence services, and today we all know how many Weapons of Mass Destruction Iraq had, but not at that time. It's a shame, because Tony Blair is a very good politician, he has done many good things for Great Britain but - due to his Iraq policy - I think he'll recede from his office within a year and Gordon Brown will do the job then.
Q: Is there a kind of exchange about experiences at conventions between the actors?
Keating: Yes, of course we are speaking about that. To be honest, I go to these events, because it is also plain sailing to earn money. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Jolene [Blalock] for example, isn't the kind of person who loves to entertain a crowd of three or four thousand people, although she tries, in order to thank the fans for their allegiance. I was the first from the ENTERPRISE cast to attend a convention, and then I told John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery and the others about that great experience which is to meet fans around world.
Q: For sure you heard about the fan campaigns. What do you think about people who donate money to get another season of ENTERPRISE?
Keating: I believe they collected about 3 million dollars, and I was really impressed by the gesture, that STAR TREK fans in the whole world come together and fight for one thing. But, sadly, 3 million dollars isn't enough for my salary [laughs].
You'll find pictures from the interview here.
The original report (in German) can be found at TREKNews.de.
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