Saturday, August 30, 2008 Sci-Fi's Fringe Benefits? POST A COMMENT Abrams (Lost-dude) has got my nerd-tention with Fox's Fringe; billed as a paranoid, procedural drama (filmed here in Queens NYC), looks like a cross between the twilight zone and The X-Files. In an interview creator J.J. Abrams talks about the rise in science on the tube: "Popular culture is a mirror, and we are living in a time where every day some kind of shocking or amazing announcement is made. To read today, for instance, that researchers have found a way to destroy HIV or help 80 percent of Alzheimer’s patients, it’s amazing. These types of things are becoming more commonplace. There’s more science in our lives, so there’s more science on TV." “Fringe” launches on Sept. 9 on Fox, and I'll be checking this one out. Source: Popular Science Labels: Fox Shows, Fringe, J.J. Abrams, science 101, Science Fiction, TV Shows posted by Henry Cruz at 2:30 PM Thursday, August 21, 2008 Cho Show not a total train wreck... POST A COMMENT Usually by the time you get to star in a VH1 reality show means it's over -- (cue clips of Whitney and Bobby, or Anna Nicole Smith)... But not so for Margaret Chos' celeb-reality show; there are at least two good things that make it watchable: (1) Margaret, for her quick line liners... (2) and her parents. The rest of it, well, that's why God gave us the fast forward button. The opener premieres Thursday night at 11, on VH1 but, if you can't wait, they loaded the full first episode at their website...'here's the last clip, and will wanna use that fast forward to the funny part, when Margaret finally hits the stage: VH1 TV Shows Music Videos Celebrity Photos News & Gossip Labels: Celebs exposed, Critics, Cruz Reviews, Margaret Cho, Reality Shows, TV Shows, VH1 posted by Henry Cruz at 1:04 AM Friday, August 15, 2008 Ads: Going for the online Gold! POST A COMMENT Those airbrushed pics of Eva Mendes doing nude twirls on a bed...might be worth a thousand words... But, that paper-trails drying up faster than expected -- as 2008 marks -- "the first time in U.S. history" television will get more advertising dollars than newspapers... All this comes while Internet Ads are lined up to "take over as the leading generator of advertising revenue..." "Internet advertising will boast an 18.9% compound annual growth rate from 2007-12, compared with 2.6% for broadcast TV and negative 2.8% for newspapers." -- (according to VSS Data) TV's boost from the Olympics and upcoming presidential race has allowed it to -- "spike to $51 billion while newspapers sink to $46.8 billion..." "And once newspapers relinquish their lead, they aren't expected to regain it any time soon." But, NBCOlympics.com live multimedia has inadvertently set up onlines future's Ad model, especially as more and more Television viewers shift online. "Viewers can watch up to 20 feeds simultaneously. This in contrast to the 2004 and 2006 Olympics when NBC had little to offer in the way of online video..." With Television Ad-revenue expected to sink again in 2009, that leaves it wide-open for the Internet to take the gold sooner than expected. I'm the first to say we should all welcome the pending-death of print media; I mean think of all the trees we'll be saving. Speaking of death...'check out these Olypi-AD-misses: Source: Hollywood Reporter Labels: Ads, Beijing, Business-101, China, economy, Media Trends, News Trends, Print publication, TV Shows posted by Henry Cruz at 4:14 AM Saturday, May 03, 2008 Tom's right move... POST A COMMENT We'll never forget the coach-jumping (there's definately a few skeletons hiding in that closet)...But, a New Improved Tom, back on Oprah (without Gymnastics, in a I'm-not-that-crazy-tour) - showed Oprah his mansion (and funny, we saw no dead bodies buried in his yard) - As two of America's riches celebs sat down to show us, "hey we're really...normal." sounds like somebody took 'ol Tommy-boy on the side and gave him a good-talking-to.... From a pure PR Move, he get's a general thumbs-up by most agreeing that "personal beliefs get in the way of the projects..." said one expert. "And you don't want people to be turned off to you so that they're turned off to your projects." Best Cruis-ism: "Sometimes it's like 'I get it, I get to make movies,'" he said, "...but certain things, you go: "Come on.'" Did he put to rest the rumors of "mental instability" that's been circling through Hollywood? No, but he admitted to "mistakes made." And we all love us a comeback. Source: Yahoo News Labels: Interview, Oprah, Talk Show, Tom Cruise, TV Shows posted by Henry Cruz at 3:24 AM Sunday, April 27, 2008 A Bloody Good thing... POST A COMMENT As May Sweeps in Fans of the CBS vampire drama "Moonlight" are wet for a bloody good ride... The good news: this Friday's return of Moonlight did win it's timeslot,(pulling a 7.99 million viewers and a 2.1/6 in the 18-49 demo). The detective-vampire has a cult-ish following, but fans are still on pins and needles whether it'll be back for a second-season. Wreaking of desperation...fans have coordinated with the American Red Cross for a series of charity blood drives...I'd suggest they save the gimmicks, and write better-- darker vampire-type-scripts; either way, I'm a sucker for my sci-fi...so, I'll be tuned in. Source: TV by the Numbers Labels: CBS, Moonlight, TV Shows, Vampires posted by Henry Cruz at 2:33 AM Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Have nots cry, while the rich get TV shows POST A COMMENT IN: "Gossip Girl," 'bout spoiled rich kids in New York -- which could be a spotlight on the increasing "Have" versus "Have Not" divide in America -- on that show -- 'can't really say if we are "laughing-with" or "laughing-at"...but hey, it makes for good TV: "numerous studies have demonstrated in recent years, income gains over the last few decades have been heavily concentrated at the very top of the income distribution." -- 'sounds like the "haves" are laughing all the way to their expanding trust-fund accounts. Labels: TV Shows posted by Henry Cruz at 9:36 PM     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .