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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 / 17:23, 8 March 2006 / General Star Trek
40th Anniversary Celebration to Feature Multi-Faceted 'Star Trek 2.0' and Saturday Marathons of Original, Un-Cut 'Star Trek' Episodes, Beginning in April
G4's unique, multi-faceted format beams viewers into the action and makes the original series relevant to a whole new generation of fans. The network has created and produced innovative, on-screen features such as: live chat, through which viewers can comment on the episode and interact with each other online; an accumulating tally of "Trek Stats" that highlights the patented Star Trek quirks and plot devices that audiences have loved for decades; a variety of insider "Trek Facts"; and G4's exclusive "Spock Market," through which viewers can "buy" and "sell" stock in the characters online.
Facts, Stats and Trek Chat
During each Star Trek 2.0 airing, a classic Star Trek episode will air within an on-screen "frame" of dynamic Star Trek information, changing in real time over the course of each episode and over the course of the television season:
Trek Facts will offer little-known insider info about the series, the characters, the actors and more, giving viewers an investment in the series and its history:
* The original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage," was produced in 1964 for more
han $600,000.
* The original captain of the Enterprise was not Captain Kirk. It was
Captain Christopher Pike, played by Jeffery Hunter.
* The producers changed the character of the ship's doctor several times.
Trek Stats is an irreverent, affectionate and ever-growing tally of classic Star Trek moments virtually guaranteed to crop up in each episode. Tallies will increase on-screen during each episode, and continue to accumulate over the course of the season. Stats may include:
* Spock says "logical"
* Spock says "illogical"
* Captain's Log entries
* Vulcan salute
* Red shirt deaths
* Red alerts
* The bridge shakes
* Scotty's engine woes
* Enterprise doomed
* Uhura touches earpiece
* Dramatic Kirk pauses
* Dramatic music stabs
* Hot alien women
Beam Me Up is a real-time chat room where viewers can add their two cents to the action by logging on to www.g4tv.com/trek2.0 and responding to on-screen questions and prompts regarding the episode in progress. Viewers' comments will appear in a scroll across the bottom of the television screen, encouraging interaction from other viewers. Sample chat topics include:
* Finish this sentence: "Space ... "
* What's a good captain made of?
* Best Earth female to be trapped with
* Top 10 psychic punishments
* What illusions might help pass time?
* Leave peacefully or smash domes in?
Playing the Spock Market
One of the most unique and dynamic Star Trek 2.0 features is the Spock Market, a stock market simulation that turns the experience of watching Star Trek Classic into a real-time, interactive game. During the airing of each show, viewers who register on www.g4tv.com/trek2.0 are given "credits" with which to buy and sell stock in "companies," commodities and characters associated with the show. Stocks include:
* Captain Kirk (ticker symbol JTK)
* Spock (SPK)
* Uhura (UHU)
* Dr. McCoy (MDM)
* Nurse Chapel (CHP)
* Sulu (SLU)
* Scotty (SCT)
* Starship Phaser and Photon (PHP)
* United Federation of Planets (FED)
A real-time stock ticker running on the right-hand side of the TV screen shows the gains and losses of each stock as they are affected by the events in each episode -- and by the increase or decrease in demand for that stock on the part of other players.
Kirk's stock may increase slightly, for example, if he engages in liplock with a female character (and slightly more if that character is an alien). On the other hand, Kirk's stock may take a dramatic dip if he is relieved of duty at any point during the episode.
Viewer-investors can find detailed stock descriptions and prospectuses on the G4 Web site, along with hints as to the events that might trigger stock changes.
These are the voyages...
The first episode of Star Trek, "The Man Trap," aired on September 8, 1966 -- though it was actually the fifth episode to be produced.
Creator-producer Gene Roddenberry originally produced a pilot episode entitled "The Cage," featuring an almost entirely different cast of characters and actors, led by actor Jeffrey Hunter. (Spock was the only character to survive from that original pilot). When NBC rejected "The Cage," Roddenberry created a second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," starring William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock.
Though it spawned five other television series, 10 movies, scores of Trek merchandise, more than 70 video game titles and legions of fans known as Trekkies, the original series lasted only three seasons. The last original episode, "The Turnabout Intruder," aired on June 3, 1969.
Star Trek: The Next Generation launched on G4 on January 8, 2006. It airs Monday through Sunday at 8:00 and 9:00 PM ET/PT.
About G4
G4 launched in April 2002 and is now available in 55 million cable and satellite homes nationwide. The #1 podcasted cable network in America and a leader in VOD, G4's programming includes breaking video game industry news, trends, reviews, the hottest games and gear, celebrity interviews and insider opinions. Targeting the male 18-34 audience, G4 is the last word on games, sports, technology, animation, interactivity, the Internet and broadband. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and is owned by Comcast Corporation. To learn more, log onto www.g4tv.com.
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