Posts tagged TNT
First Look: The NEW Dallas
Jul 12th
Here it is all you soap fans – the first look trailer for TNT’s new version of Dallas.
As you may know, bringing the iconic 80′s soap back to the screen has been a very long and tortured process. At one point Dallas was even set to be a movie with J.Lo and John Travolta attached – can you imagine that!
But finally Dallas is coming back to TV. TNT showed a sneak peek during the Rizzoli and Isles premiere – and the full series is set to air NEXT summer. Yep, you read that right – a full year away… talk about teasing viewers!
Anyway, the new Dallas is a continuation of the original show, with returning characters including Bobby (Patrick Duffy), Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) and of course JR (Larry Hagman).
But there’s also a batch of youngsters in the mix too. Jesse Metcalfe, who’ll forever be Desperate Housewives’ sexy gardener, John, plays Christopher Ewing, while Josh Henderson (also from Desperate Housewives – he played Austin, Edie’s nephew) will be his nemesis John Ross. Add in The Fast And The Furious star Jordana Brewster and you have a show aiming to capture both the 80′s audience and the under 35 set!
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Ratings Roundup: 25th June 2011
Jun 25th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
WINNERS
GAME OF THRONES: I guess America has a thing for dragons!
After weeks of growing buss and steadily building audiences, Game of Thrones ended its run with 3.04 million viewers and a 1.4 18-49 share, a season high for the show and a strong result for subscription network HBO.
Thrones wasn’t the top scripted cable show of the night – that honor went to Falling Skies (below) – but considering the number of homes HBO is available in these are still great numbers. And with True Blood back this weekend and a second season of Boardwalk Empire on the way, the future is looking rosy for the network once again. Look for Game of Thrones to jump even higher in its second season as people discover the show on DVD and the word continues to spread. Remember True Blood only became a breakout hit in Season 2 itself…
Ratings Roundup: 11th June 2011
Jun 11th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
WINNERS
SWAMP PEOPLE: Lots of cable ratings this week as let’s face it there’s not a huge amount going on on the network front at the moment (barring America’s Got Talent, The Voice and So You Think You Can Dance). And where better to start than History, a network that continues to produce stunning figures for its shows week after week.
Check out Swamp People, which on Thursday pulled in 4.46 million viewers and a 1.7 18-49 share, both a series high and the highest rated cable show of the night.
And let’s not forget that History also topped the cable ratings on Monday night with a Pawnstars double bill (the latter installment pulled in a stunning 7.25 million and a 2.6 18-49 share). No wonder the network is one of the leading cable channel brands out there…
GAME OF THRONES: We’ve just a couple of episodes to go now until the end of Season 1 and while Game of Thrones isn’t a True Blood size hit for network HBO, it’s definitely racked up some nice numbers along the way.
Sunday night’s episode featured yet more brutal bloodshed and also hit a season high with 2.71 million viewers and a More >
FIRST LOOK: FALLING SKIES
Dec 28th
Am I the only one a little bored by alien invasion stories these days?
Between TV shows like V and countless Hollywood movies (from Independence Day and War of the Worlds to the recent Skyline to next summer’s Cowboys and Aliens) the idea of malevolent UFO’s and extra-terrestrials just doesn’t feel so fresh anymore.
And now, next summer brings another version to the mix. Here’s Falling Skies, TNT’s alien epic starring Noah Wyle and produced by Steven Spielberg (who’ll seemingly put his name to ANYTHING these days!)
I really wanted to like this show but I have to be honest it looks kind of lame, like a bad Syfy channel movie with cheesy aliens, gun toting resistance members and the inevitable foreboding alien ships. Plus I think V has covered much of this ground already – and look what happened there!
But this is cable. The ratings can afford to be lower, and frankly the kind of ratings V was getting at the end of its spring run would probably be perfectly acceptable to TNT. But I don’t think we’re seeing the next True Blood / Walking Dead style TV phenomenon here unless I’m really missing something…
What do you think? Are you excited for the show? More >
COMING SOON: RIZZOLI AND ISLES
Jul 10th
When Does It Start: Monday July 12th at 10 / 9c on TNT
In a nutshell: Best female friends solve crimes in Boston. Oh, and they’re complete opposites in personality and background. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before!
What’s It About: Angie Harmon is the tomboyish and beautiful Jane Rizzoli, a detective coping with a hectic police career and a colorful home life courtesy of her overbearing mom and younger brother. Sasha Alexander stars as medical examiner Dr Maura Isles – she doesn’t get a family – at least not according to the official website!
Together the two good friends solve crimes, bicker, bond and go on dates – all while getting down to the usual procedural stuff (rattling off complex medical terms, check; ass kicking takedowns of potential perps, check; in control of their careers but losers in love, check) You get the idea!
Plus Points: Angie Harmon is an old pro at this kind of stuff after starring in Law and Order and Women’s Murder Club, so police procedurals are exactly her terrain. Ditto Sasha Alexander who was a regular on NCIS from 2003 – 2005. The dialogue and one-liners flow fast and there’s an easy camaraderie between the two women. The trailer is More >
