SYTYCD Season 5 Social

Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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“A New Pilot? A New Hope? A Prequel? A Nyquil?”

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Because he explains it better than any of us can:In his own Whedonesque.com blog post, Joss lays it all out about shooting a new Dollhouse pilot, what happens to the old pilot, and the ramifications for Comic-Con this weekend.

The Kansas City Star’s TV Barn gets Whedon on audio about the whole deal too.

The Love Flows at SCC

Friday, July 18, 2008
Lena’s on the phone, but you get to see Summer Glau, Shirley Manson and more of the cast and crew.

It’s an Honor to Be Nominated

Thursday, July 17, 2008
Yay for Fox’s 28 Emmy nominations! Here’s some that might interest you:
Outstanding Drama Series
House

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
House • Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
House • “House’s Head” • Greg Yaitanes, Director

Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
King Of The Hill • “Death Picks Cotton”The Simpsons • “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind”

Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour Or More)
Blue Harvest (Family Guy)

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles • “Pilot”

Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles • “Gnothi Seauton” • Joel Kramer, Stunt Coordinator

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (original Dramatic Score)
Family Guy • “Lois Kills Stewie” • Ronald Neal Jones, ComposerHouse • “Guardian Angels” • Jon Ehrlich, Music By and Jason Derlatka, Music By
The Simpsons • “Treehouse of Horror XVIII” • Alf Clausen, Music by

Outstanding Single-camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles • “Pilot” • Paul Karasick, Editor

Blogging the TCA Blogs #12 - More “Dollhouse”

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hopefully this quote from the master himself will help quell some of your fears:

TheTVaddict.com: So how different is it working with the new regime at FOX, in contrast to what happened with FIREFLY?Joss Whedon: It’s a completely different energy then the last time. FOX understands what it is we’re trying to do. I understand clearly what they want. And while there’s definitely a back and forth, there’s a collaboration. Not just people glaring at each-other.
I feel really good about how they plan to position it, and their feeling about it as a concept and as a show.

Blogging the TCA Blogs #11 - “Family Guy” and “Cleveland”

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
THR’s The Live Feed on Star Wars/FG:

MacFarlane says that the followed up to “Blue Harvest,” an “Empire Strikes Back” parody, is nearly finished. The episode probably won’t air until spin-off “Cleveland” starts mid-season. As for what other property he’d like to parody: “Not to marginalize myself, but if Paramount would let us do ‘Wrath of Khan’ … if we could do ‘Sound of Music,’ we would do that… [’Star Wars’ worked] because our audience generally knows that movie word-for-word.”
TV Squad has more on the Star Wars ep:

Mike Henry and Richard Appel were asked if there was going to be any crossover between Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. Along with MacFarlane, they said no, though Seth said he’ll bring Cleveland back to be R2D2 in his Empire Strikes Back parody.

Blogging the TCA Blogs #10 - “Fringe”

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
What’s that sound, J.J.?:

The prolific writer-producer told TelevisionWeek on Monday that, yes, he has penned the theme song for “Fringe.”
The string-heavy introduction to “Fringe” came to Mr. Abrams while he was getting ready to go to bed one night.
TV Guide on helping confused fans:

“Fringe is in many ways an experiment for us,” says Abrams. “We’re trying very deliberately to do a show that doesn’t require the insane absolute dedication to a series that if you miss an episode, you have no idea of what is going on.”

Blogging the TCA Blogs #9 - More on “24″

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
EW.com on the potential return of a beloved/hated character:

Kim Bauer may be coming back! 24 exec producer/director Jon Cassar just revealed to me exclusively that there have been preliminary discussions about bringing back Jack’s much-maligned daughter this season. “We have talked about it,” he confirms. “But anytime we talk about Kim, we immediately say, ‘Let’s not do anything with her that will result in the audience hating her.’”
USA Today on Exile:

The movie takes place on Inauguration Day. Just as Powers Boothe’s Noah Daniels is handing the presidential reins to Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones), a military coup begins in a fictional African country.

This year’s baddie is played by Jon Voight, who appears in the movie and then resurfaces midway through the regular season.
MeeVee gets the inner struggle description from the man himself:

“It was fantastic,” said Sutherland. “When he left at the end of Season Six, he was so disillusioned by not only with what he’d done with his life but with the circumstances he confronted here in America, that there was something wonderful with the beginning of show in Africa, that he had actually found a kind of peace and a calm there with (guest star Robert Carlyle) as an old friend of his from special forces 15 years ago.

“Bobby’s character had started a school that was trying to provide a safe haven and rehabilitate the children of the African wars, children that had been involved in the fighting, many of those children ranging in age from 8 to 13. It was the first time you saw (Jack) in a place where he felt like he was giving back for a lot of things where he felt like he had been a part of the problem. This was an opportunity for him to kind of clean himself. Not only on a physical level, but on an emotional level, it was a nice fresh start for him.”

Blogging the TCA Blogs #8 - “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
iF Magazine gets the download on Season 2:

(Executive Producer Josh Friedman) also notes that the series will be coming more self-contained vs. serialized like a bulk of Season One was. There will still be an overriding arc, but there will now be more closed-ended episodes as well.
Other info revealed is director David Nutter (who helmed last year’s pilot episode) returns for the Season Two premiere (something he rarely does for series he starts off), Cromartie (Garret Dillahunt) returns and the theme will be “evolution” according to Friedman.
After Ellen on Cameron’s arc:

…afterward I joined a group of reporters who mobbed Summer Glau, and she leaked a few more details about the next season. “I can tell you relationships do change this season,” she said. “I can’t say how, but everything is changing. … [Cameron]’s growing quite a bit, I think people are going to be surprised.”
TV Squad on John Connor:

Thomas Dekker told the critics to expect his character, John Connor, to be a little less of a weak kid this year. “He was able, but didn’t have blood in him to be a leader,” he said. “The plan was to keep him young, have long hair, go to school and be normal, his essence of youth and innocence still there. A lot of that dies at the beginning of this season. (The writers are) trying to do it subtly in the script.”
The TV Addict on SCC vs. the next film:

James Middleton was asked about the challenges about working on the Terminator TV show, and the new Christian Bale Terminator movie coming out next May, and said that they both take “cues” from the original films, but that they take the original idea and go in two different directions. Each franchise is meant to live alone, and they’re buffeted by the idea that “fate is what you make it” - i.e. these could be different alternate realities for the different characters from Terminator.

Blogging the TCA Blogs #7 - “The Simpsons”

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
THR’s The Live Feed with the scoop on the upcoming Seth Rogan-penned episode:

Comic Books Guy creates a superhero, it’s turned into feature film and Homer plays the hero. Seth plays Homer’s personal trainer. Homer gets into great shape, but then when the movie is over he can’t afford the personal trainer anymore and his life falls apart.
TV Squad has exec producer Al Jean answer about upcoming guest stars:

“(W)e had Mark Cuban and Jeff Bezos playing themselves with what’s probably the richest supporting cast in the history of –” which is when (Matt) Groening chimed in with the second-best line of the day: “Other than the The Simpsons cast.”