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Ed McMahon... Farrah
Fawcett... Michael Jackson. Three pop culture icons with game show ties,
and the guys in the booth salute all three of them.
Plus, we'll see exactly what
Gordon and Jason saw at America's Got Talent, we try to beat the skid in
Final Jeopardy, and we travel to Hollywood... and beyond.
Meanwhile, Jason's back from vacation. And
we're happy to have him back. That makes one of us, apparently.
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"5th Grader" Returns
Hot-Dog Eating Champion Takes on the Quiz
Tonight
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 7/3/09 |
Hot Dog Eating Champion Joey
Chestnut competes for $1 million on this atypical quiz show
that tests adults' lack of knowledge as revealed by how much
they've forgotten since elementary school. Chestnut will
answer various questions ranging from art to geography and
math to social studies, and if he finds himself in need of
some assistance, he will have the opportunity to get help from
real grade-schoolers who will offer what they think is the
correct answer on an all-new episode of "Are You Smarter Than
a 5th Grader?" airing Friday, July 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on
FOX.
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China Gets "Guts"
Extreme Sports Competition Will Localize
From the Hollywood Reporter |
Posted 7/3/09 |
MTV Networks International will
see one of its formats air on Chinese television for the first
time when "Tiao Zhan Xiao Yong" Shi runs on state-owned China
Central Television this summer. The primetime series is an
adaptation of Nickelodeon's action sports game show "Guts."
Episodes allow child contestants to live out some of their
greatest sports fantasies in a competitive arena and to try
out basketball, high jumping, wave pool, racing track and the
show's trap-laden mountain climbing challenge.
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1 vs. 100 A Hit on XBLA
Game Available to Gold Subscribers
From Examiner |
Posted 7/3/09 |
A recent game show from NBC has
spurred Microsoft into creating a new game version for Xbox
Live subscribers.
Known as 1 vs. 100, the Xbox game allows you to compete with
other players through Xbox Live for points and even prizes!
To play, you must be an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, meaning
that you pay for your subscription to play online games
through Microsoft. You can check your subscription status by
selecting "Memberships" under the "My Xbox" section of your
Xbox (known as the NXE).
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Spinning the Wheel on the iPhone
Available for $5 at App Store
From InfoWorld |
Posted 7/3/09 |
"PRETT- G--D"
That's how InfoWorld describes Sony Pictures Television's $5
Wheel of Fortune app for iPhone. The game plays pretty much
like every other video game incarnation of a TV game show, and
it's certainly fun. A few imperfections mar the experience a
bit, but don't negate the fun.
This is your mother's Wheel of Fortune. Although the game's
evolved some in the approximately 300 years it's been on the
airwaves, you're still pretty much playing hangman for money.
The iPhone version smartly offers a few different play modes.
The fastest way to play is "Toss-Up Game." It's a
single-player race against time; letters reveal at random in
the puzzle, and you've got to solve it before time runs out.
The faster you do, the more virtual cash you earn. In "Normal
Game" mode, you can choose whether to play against easy,
medium, or hard opponents, or you can again play solo. Normal
mode features the game's eponymous wheel, and the developers
included a feature that's simple, and screamingly obvious when
you think about it--and yet, it's a blast.
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Three Ways to Be a "Millionaire"
Yes, the Phone Game Is One of Them!
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 7/3/09 |
Who wants to be a contestant on
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Here's how to apply for the
highly-anticipated 10th anniversary edition hosted by Regis
Philbin and running for 11 nights in August, Sundays-Thursdays
at (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) from August 9 to August 23 on the ABC
Television Network.
There are multiple ways (see below) to become a contestant on
"Millionaire," including the original phone game that was used
when the show premiered in 1999 and video submissions - an
all-new method that will enable people to upload videos of
themselves directly to the show's producers. Would-be
contestants can use more than one method to try to get on the
show but will only be selected one time. No former "Hot Seat"
players are eligible, and you must be at least 18 years old, a
legal U.S. resident and meet all eligibility requirements.
First, THE PHONE GAME at 1-800-999-7878.
Phone lines are open for 10 contest days from 7 p.m. ET to 3
a.m. ET, starting at 7 p.m. on July 6th and ending at 3 a.m.
ET on July 16th. Call the 800 number and attempt to answer
general knowledge questions by putting the 4 answer choices in
correct order. People who correctly answer all 5 questions
will select one of the 6 available tape dates. A random
drawing will be held from among all the people who selected
the same tape date to receive an eligibility call to qualify
to become a finalist on the program. If a person meets all
eligibility requirements they will be flown to New York City
with a companion for the opportunity for the chance to play in
the hot seat.
Call Limit: One call per person per contest day.
(Note: A computer game has been established for persons who
have physical disability that prevents them from using a
telephone to participate in the Phone Game. Go to www.abc.com
keyword Millionaire for details.)
Effective immediately, up until 3 a.m. ET on July 16, people
can submit a 2-minute video explaining why they would make a
good contestant and what they would do with the $1 million.
The Producer will select people from among all videos
submitted to advance to an online test, which is held July 17.
Producer will select from among those who received a passing
score on the online test to receive an Eligibility Call to
qualify to become a finalist on the program. If a person meets
all eligibility requirements they will be flown to New York
City with a companion for the opportunity for the chance to
play in the hot seat. People can go to www.abc.com keyword
Millionaire to submit videos.
"Millionaire" producers hit the road during the month of June
to conduct contestant auditions in Nashville, Charlotte,
Indianapolis, Tampa and Kansas City, Missouri. Auditions will
also be held in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, July 1. No
advance sign up is required for road auditions but space is
limited, people are seen on a first-come, first-served basis
and not all people may be seen. For audition information, go
to www.abc.com keyword Millionaire or www.millionairetv.com.
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" is produced by Valleycrest
Productions Ltd. Michael Davies is executive producer.
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Religion a Game in Turkey
Players Complete for "Salvation"
From Reuters |
Posted 7/3/09 |
What happens when you put a Muslim
imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a
room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a
ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where
spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a
group of non-believers.
The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of
their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for
Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists.
But religious authorities in Muslim but secular Turkey are not
amused by the twist on the popular reality game show format
and the Religious Affairs Directorate is refusing to provide
an imam for the show.
"Doing something like this for the sake of ratings is
disrespectful to all religions. Religion should not be a
subject for entertainment programs," High Board of Religious
Affairs Chairman Hamza Aktan told state news agency Anatolian
after news of the planned program emerged.
The makers of "Penitents Compete" are unrepentant and reject
claims that the show, scheduled to begin broadcasting in
September, will cheapen religion.
"We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of
belief in God," Kanal T chief executive Seyhan Soylu told
Reuters.
"We don't approve of anyone being an atheist. God is great and
it doesn't matter which religion you believe in. The important
thing is to believe," Soylu said.
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Mark Burnett Gets a Star
Ceremony to Take Place Next Week
From CBS2.com |
Posted 7/3/09 |
Mark Burnett, the British
paratrooper turned American TV whiz, will get a star next week
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Burnett is executive producer of the CBS smash "Survivor", as
well as the shows "The Apprentice," "Celebrity Apprentice" and
"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
Media reports sometimes say Burnett created "Survivor" but
that show was actually created by Charlie Parsons. Still,
Burnett is credited with giving the show the slick look and
quick pacing by which all reality competition shows are now
judged by.
Burnett, who is married to actress Roma Downey of "Touched By
An Angel" fame, will receive the 2,387 star next Wednesday.
The Burnett star will be located in front of the Supply
Sergeant store, chosen because it sells survivor gear.
Other Burnett vehicles include "Eco-Challenge," the MTV Movie
Awards, "The Contender" and Martha Stewart's daytime chat show
"Martha."
Burnett's next series, for ABC, is called "Shark Tank", which
will pit budding entrepreneurs against each other in hopes of
selling their business ideas to well-heeled backers.
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Katie Holmes to Hoof It for 100th
SYTYCD
Tribute to Judy Garland Already Shot
From People |
Posted 7/3/09 |
It’s official! Katie Holmes will
perform on So You Think You Can Dance in celebration of the
FOX show’s 100th episode, airing July 23, in a song and dance
tribute to Judy Garland.
While buzz about her appearance began when photos of Holmes
clad in dance gear at the CBS studios in L.A. hit the web last
month, it wasn’t her first visit to the show. “She absolutely
adores dancing as does her daughter,” according to executive
producer Nigel Lythgoe, who said Holmes and her daughter Suri,
3, have been visiting the show’s dress rehearsals for a couple
of years now.
Recently, Holmes has been rehearsing herself, sometimes until
11:30 p.m. — with breaks to be with Suri, Lythgoe says — on a
New York street scene designed for the number, which was lit
by famed cinematographer Dion Beebe, with direction and
choreography by her friend, Tyce Diorio.
Inspired by Garland’s song “Get Happy” from the 1950s musical
Summer Stock, Holmes will wear “the jacket, the little hat,”
Lythgoe says. “It’s just an iconic look. And Katie Holmes has
got the legs. Wow!”
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America's "Funniest"
ABC Orders Show from "Last Comic" Producers
From the
Hollywood Reporter |
Posted 7/2/09 |
ABC has ordered a new reality
competition show from two "Last Comic Standing" producers in
which comedians have to be funny on the fly.
In "The Fast & the Funniest," a group of stand-ups travel
cross-country competing in challenges and performances. The
first three to reach the final destination will perform for a
cash prize.
The project's order is contingent on casting, with APA-repped
Page Hurwitz and Javier Winnik producing the show.
"Funniest" could represent a more urgent take on the
comic-competition series format made popular by "Standing,"
which ran for several years on NBC until it was canceled in
2008.
If greenlighted, "Funniest" would debut on the network in late
midseason or next summer. It joins ABC's upcoming
auto-competition series "Crash Course" and the Jamie Oliver
weight-loss series among the network's reality efforts in
development.
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CBS Sets Up "Neighborhood"
Matt Rogers to Host Game for CBS
From
Multichannel News |
Posted 7/2/09 |
"There Goes the Neighborhood", a
new seven episode reality-competition series, premieres
Sunday, Aug. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television
Network. The series features eight families in a suburban
neighborhood who are enclosed by a massive 20-foot wall as
they compete in family-friendly games for the grand prize of
$250,000.
In what promises to be the ultimate social and family bonding
experiment, this neighborhood will be cut off from the outside
world as it becomes family vs. family in a competition to win
upgrades for their lives and their homes. With virtually no
electricity and no ability to text-message, watch television
or surf the Internet, these families will be forced to
reconnect and work together as a team. For the duration of the
competition, the eight homes will be surrounded by the
daunting wall with no way in or out. Each week, another family
will be voted out of the game until one victorious group
remains to claim the $250,000 grand prize.
"This show is truly a social experiment," says executive
producer Mike Fleiss. "We've never seen anything like it
before. An entire neighborhood trapped behind a giant wall.
It's insane!"
The show is produced by Next Entertainment and Jay Bienstock
Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.
Mike Fleiss ("The Bachelor," "High School Reunion") and Jay
Bienstock ("The Apprentice") are the executive producers. Matt
Rogers ("American Idol," "Really Big Things") is the host.
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A Narrow Wipeout
"Dance" Gets Beaten in Both Hours
From TV Guide |
Posted 7/2/09 |
At 8p last night, ABC's Wipeout
topped the hour with 7.8 million total viewers, up 100K
week-to-week. So You Think You Can Dance's Top 14 performance
show, however, led the demos, and averaged 7.65 mil over its
two-hour run.
At 9p, America's Got Talent was the night's most-watched
program, delivering 11.3 million viewers (up 9 percent
week-to-week). ABC's I Survived a Japanese Game Show (3.83
mil) dropped 350K.So who
won? Depends on who you ask. People who track the 18-49 demo
will claim a narrow victory for "So You Think You Can Dance",
with it and competing series drawing to a dead heat elsewhere.
TV Guide
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Looking for Britain's Best Brain
Five Picks Up Series, Nintendo Sponsors
From Kombo |
Posted 7/2/09 |
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Nintendo is set to fund it's own
TV show starting in October. Britain's Best Brain will be
fully financed by Nintendo, under the agreement that Nintendo
can advertise the Nintendo DS on the program. The show will
tape eight one hour episodes which have contestants using
memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk
assessment.
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Big Brother 11: And The HouseGuests Are...
12 of the 13 Revealed
From Reality TV
World |
Posted 7/2/09 |
CBS has announced the identities
of 12 of the 13 houseguests who will be competing on Big
Brother 11 and revealed the season will feature a "kickin' it
old school" format twist.
Upon entering the Big Brother house, the 12 initial
houseguests will learn that they will be competing as one of
four familiar high school cliques -- "popular, athletes,
brainiacs and off beats" -- and the teams will apply not only
to food and luxury challenges but also to eviction safety.
"You may have graduated, but the truth is we never leave high
school and this summer we are going to prove it," said
executive producer Allison Grodner.
"From the brains to the jocks to the off-beat, everyone will
be able to identify to one of these cliques, giving the
viewers a group to root for and against from the very
beginning. The division will cause instant drama."
"Their backgrounds are diverse, but they have two things in
common: a fierce competitive spirit and a desire to win the
half-million dollar prize," Big Brother host Julie Chen said
during a Wednesday morning Early Show video segment that
introduced the 12 houseguests.
The 12 houseguests will also be joined by a thirteenth
"mystery houseguest" who will "join the game and give an
advantage to one of the cliques," however the houseguest's
identity won't be revealed until Big Brother 11 premieres on
Thursday, July 9 at 8PM ET/PT, according to a CBS
spokesperson.
Following its premiere, Big Brother's eleventh season will
settle into the summer staple's regular thrice-weekly
broadcast schedule, with Sunday night episodes airing at 8PM
ET/PT beginning July 12 and Tuesday night episodes airing at
9PM ET/PT beginning July 14.
Similar to previous Big Brother seasons, the Thursday episodes
will serve as the eleventh season's live eviction shows
beginning with the July 16 broadcast.
The Big Brother house has been "transformed into a mean,
green, eco-friendly living machine" for the show's eleventh
season, according to CBS, which added the interior walls are
covered with a reconstituted wood panel product made from
re-claimed wood flakes, thus reducing the amount of lumber
used to build the house.
In addition, the houseguests "will be made fully aware of the
amount of waste they create" throughout the eleventh season
and will be asked to recycle and place all food items in an
outdoor manual compost center or indoor automatic composter.
The Head of Household room has been designed to resemble the
seaside in Big Sur, CA -- complete with driftwood hanging on
copper patina tinted walls and a working waterfall using
recycled water.
Twelve of the announced 13
houseguests are...
- Braden Bacha, a single
28-year-old surfer from Santa Monica, CA
- Casey Turner, a married 41-year-old father, fifth-grade
teacher and DJ from Lakeland, FL
- Chima Simone, a single 32-year-old freelance journalist from
West Hollywood, CA
- Jeff Schroeder, a single 30-year-old advertising salesman
from Norridge, IL
- Jordan Lloyd, a single 22-year-old waitress from Matthews,
NC
- Kevin Campbell, a single 29-year-old graphic designer from
Chula Vista, CA
- Lauren Crosby, a single 21-year-old bikini model from
Atlanta, GA
- Lydia Tavera, a single 24-year-old special effects make-up
artist from Torrance, CA
- Michele Noonan, a married 27-year-old neuroscientist from
Pasadena, CA
- Natalie Martinez, a single 24-year-old Tae Kwon Do champion
from Gilbert, AZ
- Ronnie Talbott, a married 30-year-old gamer from Belpre, OH
- Russell Kairouz, a single 24-year-old mixed martial arts
fighter from Walnut Creek, CA
There is also
a 13th houseguest which has not yet been revealed. His or her
identity will be revealed July 7 ahead of the season premiere
July 9.
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Want to "Face the Ace"?
Online Qualifiers Announced
From Poker News |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Looking for a chance to match your
heads-up poker skills against some of poker’s most famous
names? Full Tilt is providing just that opportunity, with
online qualifiers now available for seats on the brand new
poker TV show “Face the Ace,” which gives each contestant the
chance to defeat up to three different Full Tilt pros in
head-to-head matches and walk away with as much as $1,000,000.
“Face the Ace” begins filming on July 9th in Las Vegas in
preparation for its television premiere, which will be on NBC
on Saturday, August 1st at 9:00 pm ET. The show, first
announced in late April, is described as “part game show, part
reality show,” will be hosted by “Sopranos” star Steve
Schirripa, and promises to include some formidable poker aces.
Among the “Aces” scheduled to appear in various episodes are
famed Full Tilt pros Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris “Jesus”
Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Phil Gordon, Erik
Seidel, Allen Cunningham, Andy Bloch, John Juanda, Mike
Matusow, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen.
The show’s format begins with a contest (the online qualifier)
facing four smoked-glass doors; behind each is a different
“Ace” who will be the opponent in that heads-up matchup. A
player who wins hus first match must risk his winnings to play
the second match, and must risk his winning again if he wins
that second match to try for the hat trick. Winning all three
matchups, risking the money each time, would produce the
million-dollar winner.
Seven one-hour episodes of “Face the Ace” are currently
scheduled, running from the prime-time August 1st debut
through January 2nd, 2010.
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Karl Malden:
1912-2009
"Streets of SF" Actor Played "What's My
Line", "Movie Game"
From Los
Angeles Times |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Karl Malden, one of Hollywood's
strongest and most versatile supporting actors, who won an
Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in "A
Streetcar Named Desire," died today. He was 97.
Malden starred in the 1970s TV series "The Streets of San
Francisco" and was the longtime American Express
traveler's-check spokesman, warning travelers to not leave
home without it. He died of natural causes at his home in
Brentwood, said his daughter Mila Doerner.
With his unglamorous mug -- he broke his bulbous nose twice
playing sports as a teenager -- the former Indiana steel-mill
worker realized early on the course his acting career would
take.
"I was so incredibly lucky," Malden once told The Times. "I
knew I wasn't a leading man. Take a look at this face." But,
he vowed as a young man, he wasn't going to let his looks
hamper his ambition to succeed as an actor.
In the game show world, he
appeared as a guest on "What's My Line?" in 1970 and "The
Movie Game" in 1971.
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Mollie Sugden:
1922-2009
"Are You Being Served" Actor Played "Cluedo's"
Mrs. White
From the BBC |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Actress Mollie Sugden has died at
the age of 86, her agent has said.
The TV star, best known for playing Mrs. Slocombe in
long-running BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?, died at the
Royal Surrey Hospital after a long illness.
The Yorkshire-born actress's twin sons, Robin and Simon Moore,
were at her bedside, agent Joan Reddin said.
David Croft, one of the writers of Are You Being Served?,
remembered her as a "marvelous character" who would never turn
down chances to make people laugh.
"She would never refuse any sort of comedy situation. No
matter how undignified it was, she would always go along with
it. She was marvelously funny," he said.
Actor Frank Thornton, who played Captain Peacock in the
sitcom, told the BBC she was part of a very happy team.
"We all enjoyed each other's company, which, if you're doing
comedy, is rather necessary," he said.
"You can't play comedy with people you dislike. Mollie, of
course, was an excellent comedian."
In the game show world, she
was the face of "Mrs. White" on the short-lived British game
show adaptation of "Cluedo" in 1991.
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And Now, Equal Time from the
"Girlfriend"
Woman Gets Name-Dropped on "Bachelorette"
From People |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Austin resident Laurel Kagay was
minding her own business and watching The Bachelorette on
Monday when suddenly her name was mentioned, sparking one of
the season’s most dramatic moments yet. Ousted suitor Jake had
returned to tell Jillian that musician Wes still had a
girlfriend named Laurel. Wes denied it; Jake stuck to his guns
— and Laurel sat in shock at home.
“I was like, ‘What?’” Laurel, 29, says. “There was this pause
before he said my name — and then he said it quite a few
times.”
But Laurel, who owns the Peach Body Boutique in Austin, would
like to clear the air. Although she dated Wes for three years,
she says their relationship turned to friendship a year ago.
“I’m absolutely not with Wes, nor would I be with Wes if he
were going on a show to be with another girl,” she says.
“That’s absolutely crazy.”
So how did Jake get things mixed up? “I think he was
definitely upset about not being on the show anymore,” she
says. “And I think Wes did say something about his
ex-girlfriend. Maybe he said he still cares about me or
whatever. Maybe he talked a little too much about me, and Jake
just blew that into something else.”
However, Laurel admits, “We are really good friends and we do
go out to lunch together, so I could see how people could
think we’re together.”
Oddly enough, Laurel is also linked to another famous name in
The Bachelor franchise — Brad Womack, the Texan who chose no
one at the end of his season but introduced fans to DeAnna
Pappas, and thus Jason Mesnick, and thus Jillian Harris.
Laurel dated Brad for four years, she says, adding that she
hears he is still single.
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Paula Abdul Drops Dead for Lifetime
"Idol" Judge to Guest Star in Original
Series
From People |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Paula Abdul will show off her
acting chops in a guest role on Lifetime’s new original series
Drop Dead Diva.
“I am very excited to guest star on Drop Dead Diva,” Abdul
says. “All of the people are extremely talented and it’s a
charming, wonderfully written new show.”
Broadway star Brooke Elliott plays the sassy lawyer lead in
the dramedy about a shallow model who, after death, finds her
soul inside the body of a smart plus-sized attorney named
Jane.
In a September episode, Jane will go before Judge Nina Hodge,
played by Abdul, in a case about a store that refuses to carry
plus-sized clothing.
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Blake Lewis Returns With New Album
"Idol" 2007 Runner-Up Goes from Pop-Rock to
Pop-Dance
From People |
Posted 7/1/09 |
Blake Lewis wants you to dance!
American Idol’s season 6 runner-up will release his second
album, Heartbreak on Vinyl, on Oct. 6 via Tommy Boy
Entertainment. Shifting from pop-rock to dance-pop, Lewis says
his new album, “the culmination of over 10 years in the dance
scene,” will be “filled with electro pop goodness with
melodies I cherish.”
Currently in the studio finishing the record, Lewis called on
producers Rodney Jerkins (who’s worked with Britney Spears and
Lady Gaga) and Dave Aude (who’s worked with the Pussycat
Dolls) to craft his new high-energy sound.
“The music in the dance scene gets me out onto the dance floor
to lose my inhibition,” Lewis says of the inspiration behind
his new project. “The title is an ode to all the record stores
that have been closing down due to my industry eating itself.
These are the stores that brought inspiration to all of us
music lovers and have led me to make the music I create
today.”
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Syndies: Low Points
Results for the Week Ending June 21
From B&C |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Syndication ratings tumbled in the
last week of spring, ending June 21, as a majority of
syndicated shows saw ratings drag as balmy weather and U.S.
Open golf preemptions sent viewing levels down. Many strips
dropped to their low points of the season. Of course, those
numbers don’t reflect the double digit increases most
magazines saw June 25, the day of Michael Jackson and Farrah
Fawcett’s passing.
Most daytime shows had a very rough go of it as well. CTD’s
The Doctors ran its winning streak among this year’s freshman
strips to 22 straight weeks even with a 6% decline to 1.6.
NBCU’s Deal or No Deal was down 13% to 1.4. Sony’s Judge Karen
fell into a tie with Warner Bros.’ Bonnie Hunt after losing
11% to 0.8. Bonnie was flat. Debmar-Mercury’s Trivial Pursuit
remained stuck at 0.6. Program Partners’ Family Court was up
25% to 0.5.
In game shows, CTD’s Wheel of Fortune dropped to a new
season-low 5.6, down 3%. CTD’s Jeopardy also sank to a new
season-low, falling 4% to 4.8. Disney/ABC’s Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire and Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud were flat at 2.2
and 1.3 respectively.
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"Got Talent" the Hit of the Summer So Far
NBC Show Bows #1
From TV By the Numbers |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Paced by “America’s Got Talent,”
which delivered the #1 series debut of the summer in overall
viewership and was the #1 show of the week in adults 18-49 and
other measures, NBC won the week of June 22-28 in primetime’s
key demographic of adults 18-49, averaging a 1.6 rating, 5
share in adults 18-49 and 5.5 million viewers overall,
according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media
Research. NBC also ranked #1 for the week in adults, men and
women 25-54.
“America’s Got Talent” once again demonstrated its broad
appeal, as the season premieres of the Tuesday and Wednesday
editions of “Talent” were the #1 and #2-ranked primetime
programs of the week respectively in adults 18-49, adults
25-54 as well as among teens 12-17. The Tuesday debut of
“Talent” was also the #1 primetime show of the week in total
viewers, while the Wednesday edition of “Talent” ranked #3
among all programs by that measure.
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"Dance Your Ass Off" Records 1.3 Million
Catch It Next Week on Oxygen
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Oxygen's highly anticipated
dance/weight-loss competition show "Dance Your Ass Off" became
the most watched series premiere in network history among
W18-49, A18-49 and total viewers, according to Nielsen Media
Research Fast Nationals. The telecast drew an impressive 1.3
million total viewers; 614,000 A18-49, 432,000 W18-49, and
173,000 W18-34 launching Oxygen's second night of original
programming on Monday nights.
Hits on www.Oxygen.com also reached record breaking levels
with nearly 40,000 unique visitors yesterday alone, a record
for an Oxygen premiere. The show site has generated more than
one million page views since it launched a month ago.
Compared to the previous four Mondays' average, last night
increased 249% among A18-49 (614,000 vs. 176,000), 211% on
F18-49 (432,000 vs. 139,000), 204% among F18-34 (173,000 vs
57,000) and 249% among total viewers (1,269,000 vs. 364,000).
This comes on the heels of Oxygen's strongest first six months
of the year among A18-49 (224,000, up 8% vs. 2008), W18-49
(172,000, up 16%), W18-34 (91,000, up 25%), total viewers
(414,000, up 11%).
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Battle of the Bods to Return July 11
Season Two Back-Six to Launch
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Fox Reality will offer up the back
half of its second season of "Battle of the Bods" starting
Saturday, July 11 at 10:00/9:00c. Then on August 15, look for
"Househusbands of Hollywood" at 9:00/8:00c.
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"Fit Club", The Entertainer Return to VH1
Network Greenlights New Shows
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 6/30/09 |
VH1 has teamed up The Entertainer
from the "I Love NY" and "I Love Money" shows to launch his
own dating series "The Entertainer," featuring his parents as
well as the infamous basement bachelor pad. VH1 has also
renewed two other hit series: "Celebrity Fit Club" (season 7)
and "Sober House with Dr. Drew" (season 2).
VH1 is also on a roll with its debut of new and returning
series year-to-date. The music and pop culture network's total
primetime viewership was up 12% during the second quarter of
2009 compared to the same period the year before. And, the
network has launched nine new and returning series averaging
at least 1 million total viewers in their premiere episodes.
In fact, VH1 has launched five new series year-to-date
averaging at least 1 million total viewers - more than any
other cable network this year.
"No matter if you're a Grammy Award winning artist, a film
actor or a TV reality star with millions of loyal fans, we all
share the same desires of the human experience...to succeed,
to love, and to live our lives to their fullest potential,"
said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President, Original Programming
& Production, VH1. "VH1 has generated a lot of buzz over the
years by evolving from an outlet that commented on pop culture
to a brand that creates it. With these projects, we're
continuing to evolve, building on our core storytelling
expertise to delve deeper into personalities and issues that
connect with millions of our viewers.
"The Entertainer" will star Frank "The Entertainer" Moresco
and the ever watchful eyes of his parents. Frank is best known
as the guy who still lives in his parents' basement from the
VH1 shows "I Love New York" and "I Love Money." Meanwhile, his
parents have grown ever weary of their 32-year-old slacker
son's current living arrangements - their basement. In a last
ditch effort to help Frank get out from under his parents
thumb VH1 is giving him the opportunity to find love from a
bevy of naive hopefuls and the incentive he needs to move out
of the basement and on his own. "The Entertainer" has been
picked up for ten one-hour episodes and is set to premiere
sometime in 2010.
"The Entertainer" is executive produced by Cris Abrego, Mark
Cronin and Ben Samek for 51 Minds. Executive producing for VH1
are Jill Holmes, Kristen Kelly and Jeff Olde.
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Casting for "Untitled Art Project"
Bravo's Latest Game Looking for Players
From the Futon
Critic |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Bravo's latest stroke on the
reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Sarah
Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches,
together with the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves ("Top Chef,"
"Project Runway") and Eli Holzman, to produce an hour long
creative competition series among contemporary artists. The
Untitled Art Project will bring together thirteen aspiring
artists to compete for a gallery show, a cash prize and a
sponsored national tour. Open calls for artists interested in
competing in this highly anticipated new competition series
will be held in cities across the country starting in July.
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Fred Travalena: 1942-2009
Impressionist Hosted "Anything for Money"
From FredTravalena.com & CNN |
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6/30/09 |
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Fred Travalena has
succumbed to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Sunday, June 28, 2009,
after a seven-year battle with the disease. He was 66.
His television
credits began in the 1970s, as a regular performer on The ABC
Comedy Hour and the Dean Martin Roasts. He also has several
voice credits on cartoons as well as appearances on
nationally-broadcast children's programs. Travalena has
also made many guest appearances on game shows and dramatic
programs in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-1980s he
hosted the game show Anything For Money, a game where
contestants attempted to guess how much money it would take an
ordinary, unsuspecting person to participate in a silly stunt.
Travalena was
diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002 and prostate
cancer in 2003. Following five years' remission, the lymphoma
returned in 2008.
"Since that time, he has been in and out of treatment,
consisting of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation," spokesman
Roger Neal said.
During Travalena's 40-year career, he entertained audiences
with impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Dean
Martin and Bob Hope. He was a regular on the "Tonight Show,"
with Johnny Carson.
Travalena is survived by his wife of 39 years, Lois; sons Fred
IV and Cory; daughter-in-law, Kelly; and a granddaughter.
Private services will be held this week, with a public
memorial service to be announced later.
A Memorial Service, which will be open to the public, will be
announced soon.
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"Popular"ity Contest
Graham Norton to Host Game for WEtv
From
Multichannel News |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Next month, WE TV will jump back
into the game show genre.
The women's-targeted service responsible for "Spend It Fast!"
and "American Princess" will debut "Most Popular", hosted by
irreverent British personality Graham Norton, with a sneak
peek on July 19.
Each week, Norton will ask an audience of 100 women to make
judgments that could reward one of seven contestants with a
cash prize of $10,000. WE TV viewers will get a sneak peek of
the series with a special bridal episode of Most Popular,
featuring recent and soon-to-be brides as well, as several
brides who appeared in the current sixth season of the
network's signature series, Bridezillas. The special bridal
episode of Most Popular is scheduled to premiere Sunday, July
19 at 10 p.m. as part of the service's "Wedding Sunday" block.
The show, of which WE has initially ordered six, one-hour
installments, will then settle into its regular 10 p.m.
Thursday time slot on July 23.
Scientists say it takes less than five seconds for one person
to form an opinion about another. In each episode of Most
Popular, the action begins with seven female contestants
standing on a stage awaiting judgment. Based entirely on first
impressions, the first contestant is sent packing before
anyone says a word. With each round the audience, under
Norton's guidance, learns more about each woman and votes one
of them off.
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Let's Make a Deal... You Dress Up, Go to
Pilot
CBS Looking for Players
From About.com
Game Shows |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Like to dress up in costumes? Good
at making decisions on the fly? Got space in your home for a
gigantic rocking chair? If you answered "yes" to all of these
questions, then the revival of Let's Make a Deal is looking
for you!
That's right, we're finally getting the pilot taping for the
new (and maybe improved?) LMAD. This is being planned for CBS
daytime, but of course the pilot has to rock before the
network will pick it up! We're hearing rumors on who the host
may (or may not) be, but all we know for sure is that Monty
Hall was heavily involved in the host selection.
The pilots tape in Los Angeles, on Monday July 6th and
Wednesday July 8th, and you must be available to attend on
both of these dates. The pilot will not air, but if the show
is picked up and production likes you, they may invite you
back for a real episode.
To get your spot in the audience and hopefully become a
contestant, all of the info you need to apply is at Craigslist.
And make sure you check out the YouTube clips that are linked
in the ad! Get your info in as soon as possible, because these
spots are likely to fill up fast.
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Ed McMahon: 1923-2009
"Star Search" Host Given Standing O at
Memorial Service.
From MSNBC |
Posted
6/30/09 |
Friends and family has honored TV
icon Ed McMahon at his memorial service on Sunday. The late
game show host and announcer's service included more than 200
attendees, who all gave him his final standing ovation.
The "Tonight Show" sidekick, who died last week, was
remembered in a memorial service held at the Church of the
Hills at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries in the
Hollywood Hills.
His wife, Pam, and their children and grandchildren spoke at
the service.
R&B singer Natalie Cole gave a heartfelt performance of her
song "Smile" with David Foster. Other celebrities in
attendance include Jimmy Kimmel, Tony Danza, and Johnny
Carson's former wife Joanna Carson, ET reports.
McMahon died at the age of 86 on June 23 in Los Angeles. No
formal cause of death has been given yet, although he had been
battling ill health for so long.
Ed McMahon's publicist says a
celebration of the late "Tonight" show sidekick, who died
Tuesday, is set for July 1.
McMahon's publicist, Howard Bragman, tells The Associated
Press Friday that NBC will host the untelevised event,
scheduled to be held at 5:30 p.m. PST at the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood.
GSNN's Doug Morris
contributed to this report
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Crowley Can't Write About Gabon
"Survivor" Winner to Pen Memoirs
From MaineToday.com |
Posted 6/30/09 |
If it weren't for the CBS reality
show "Survivor," Bob Crowley probably wouldn't have come out
with a book about his life.
So it's a little strange, but perhaps understandable in our
super-litigious society, that the producers of "Survivor"
wouldn't let Crowley include a single word about his stint on
the show in the book.
"We had some stuff about the show in there originally, but we
sent it to ('Survivor' producers) and they penciled everything
out," said Crowley, 58, of South Portland. "When I went on the
show, I signed something that said I couldn't write about it
for three years."
Crowley gained national attention and became a statewide
celebrity in Maine when he won "Survivor: Gabon" in December.
Gov. John Baldacci later proclaimed a "Bob Crowley Day" in his
honor.
Crowley won $1 million for "outlasting and outwitting" 17
other contestants in the wilderness of Gabon, on the west
coast of Africa, plus another $100,000 for being named the
favorite of the TV audience.
But in his biography, "Making Waves: The Stories of Maine's
Bob Crowley," there are no behind-the-scenes tales about the
filming of the hit reality show last year. Instead, there are
126 pages of Crowley talking about his life before "Survivor,"
and how he came to be the man who won the affection of
national TV audiences.
The book is an "as told to" project compiled by Crowley's
carpool mate, David Hladky, who writes under the name David
Ladd.
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Melissa Rycroft Engaged
"Dancing" "Bachelorette" Finally Takes to
the Altar
From People |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Former Bachelor and Dancing With
the Stars contestant Melissa Rycroft is finally headed down
the aisle, proving she may be lucky in love after all.
Rycroft got engaged to Dallas insurance agent Tye Strickland
on June 26 after they dated on and off for more than two
years.
"He's my best friend," Rycroft, 26, gushed last April about
the 28-year-old agent.
The twosome rekindled their romance after Rycroft's engagement
to The Bachelor's Jason Mesnick ended via a televised breakup
on the After The Final Rose special on March 2.
Strickland, who was a frequent audience member during
Rycroft's season eight Dancing stint, popped the question to
the Dallas beauty at White's Chapel in Southlake, Texas. The
couple later joined their respective parents for a celebratory
meal at the Brio Tuscan Grille before heading out later in the
evening to a reception with more family and close friends. No
wedding date has been set.
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Ace Young Engaged
No Date Set for "Idol" Alum
From Us
Magazine |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Former American Idol finalist Ace
Young is engaged, he tells Usmagazine.com.
The 28-year-old singer - who finished seventh on the fifth
season of the hit Fox show - recently popped the question to
Allison Fischer, 20, his costar on Broadway's Grease.
See the weight ups and downs of your favorite Idol stars
"I found my true love in Grease," Young tells Usmagazine.com.
No date has been set.
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Cowell Gets "X"ed
"Idol" Judge to Focus on US Series, "Got
Talent"
From the
Mirror |
Posted 6/30/09 |
Simon Cowell is set to quit X
Factor to launch a billion-pound global TV and entertainment
empire.
After five years on the hit show, the music mogul has made it
clear to friends that the next series will be his last.
Cowell, 49, plans to join Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green to
create and sell TV formats across the world. One of their
first targets could be ITV. An insider said: “Nothing is off
limits.”
Cowell has made it clear he wants Girls Aloud singer Cheryl
Cole, 25, to become the new main face of the show, whose other
judges are Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.
His £20million golden handcuffs deal with ITV ends in December
after the next X Factor run, which starts in August.
ITV bosses, aware of his pulling power, are still desperately
hoping to persuade him to stay. His outrageous put-downs have
helped turn the show into a ratings winner with up to 15
million viewers.
In the process he has become one of the highest paid TV stars
in the world with an estimated £120million fortune.
But insiders say Cowell, who is 50 in October, is reviewing
his future. Although he wants to continue doing Britain’s Got
Talent, he felt something had to give.
A close friend said: “He has found X Factor increasingly
draining and it leaves him little time for serious business.
Now he’s decided this will be his last series and he’s moving
on. In future, he will have a more overseeing role.”
Cowell is said to be excited over his link-up with Sir Philip.
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Ken Roberts: 1910-2009
Announcer of "Make Me Laugh", "Chance of a
Lifetime"
From New York Daily News |
Posted
6/29/09 |
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Overshadowed by
the death of Ed McMahon this week, perhaps, was the death of
an equally towering radio/television announcer: Kenneth
Roberts.
The son of immigrant Jews from Eastern Europe, Roberts would
have turned 100 next February. He was a lifelong New Yorker
and graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School who almost became a
lawyer before he was seduced into showbiz.
His warm and distinct tone took him to Broadway and then to
the young world of radio, where he became the voice for dozens
of shows that are both snapshots from a golden age and
reminders of how rich that age was.
Roberts announced famous shows like "The Shadow" and "Radio
Mercury Theater," where Orson Welles performed "The War of the
Worlds.
He also announced "Ellery Queen," Fred Allen, "Baby Snooks"
and dozens of other programs - some as fleeting, yet
fascinating, as "The 1931 Chesterfield Quarter Hour," 15
minutes of music jauntily billed as "Nicotine's Newest Baby."
From 1935 into the 1940s, he announced "The Hour of Charm" -
Evelyn Kay Klein, billed as Evelyn and Her Magic Violin (a
1756 Bergonzi), plus an "all-girl orchestra."
To qualify for the orchestra, women had to weigh less than 122
pounds and sign a pledge not to marry for two years. Any men
they wanted to date had to be brought to a five-person
orchestra committee for approval.
It was a superb orchestra, and one of the only bands not
decimated by the draft when World War II broke out.
There's a movie here.
On the lighter side, Roberts announced "It Pays to Be
Ignorant," a satire on the serious quiz shows of the day.
Panelists spent the show arguing questions like which king
came first, Henry I or Henry VIII. He was also the announcer
of "Make Me Laugh" and "Chance of a Lifetime"..
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Indie Label Fires Back at Lambert
New Material Being Recorded for Upcoming
Album
From E! Online |
Posted 6/29/09 |
Via 19 Productions, Adam Lambert
issued a statement today about this week's release of some
pre-Idol recordings he had made. The statement reads as
follows:
"Last Friday I was surprised to find out that songs I
recorded back in 2005 were being released. Since then I
discovered the entire track listing, revealed online today. I
was shocked to learn that songwriting demos of songs that I
co-wrote and recorded over the past few years may be released
in an album. Like a rough draft that a writer does before
finishing a book, I did not intend my work on these demos to
be heard by the public. I was unaware that anyone intended to
release these recordings until I heard about it in the press,
and I'm very disappointed by this entire situation."
Hi Fi responded to Adam's
statement this morning, saying, "As we've already outlined,
releasing this music was always the plan. That plan was
changed by 19 Recordings after Adam won America over with his
extraordinary talent. It's a shame that his management/record
company choose to disavow their client's work and discredit
him as a songwriter. As an independent company whose role it
is to help put this out, we at Hi Fi think this is an absolute
slap in the face to Wilshire Records. That small indie music
company, run by an experienced music producer, Malcolm
Welsford, thrives on finding, nurturing and championing new
talent, and now they find themselves at a tremendous potential
loss. Adam's songwriting partner, Monte Pittman now finds
himself at a tremendous potential loss. Via the press, in the
words of the musician they dedicated so much time and money
to, they are being told that their work with Adam should never
see the light of day."
Hi Fi's statement continues: "We apologize for what has become
a tiresome tit for tat, particularly on a day that we mourn
the loss of a truly original, game-changing entertainer, but
unfortunately, each statement released in Adam's name contains
a different story. We remain steadfast in our assertion that
we seek only to share the music Adam wrote, according to plan,
so his fans know the depth of his talent and see that he will
be handsomely rewarded for his work."
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Len Goodman Recovering from Surgery
Should Be Back Judging "Dancing" Series
(Both of Them!) Soon
From Daily Mail |
Posted 6/29/09 |
Strictly Come Dancing judge Len
Goodman is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor
in his prostate gland.
Goodman kept his diagnosis from all but family and close
friends and did not tell the BBC.
Last night the 65-year-old said he felt 'right as rain' and
would be on the next series in September.
He told The Mail on Sunday he will be back on the show in the
autumn, and credited his swift recovery to doctors spotting
the disease early at his annual check-up.
He said: ‘I’ve had the surgery now. Everything’s gorgeously
good. I’ll be back in September for sure.’
Len first discovered he had cancer in March but decided not to
get treatment until after he had finished filming Dancing With
The Stars, the American version of Strictly.
‘I could have said “sorry” and not done the show, but the
doctors felt I wasn’t riddled with it and it wasn’t so far
advanced that it was a life-or-death scenario,’ he said.
‘It takes a few weeks to get everything set up for the
operation anyway, so I went ahead and did the show. I had the
surgery done as soon as I got back from America.’
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Gale Storm: 1922-2009
Early TV Actress Played "Movie Game",
"What's My Line?"
From Washington Post |
Posted
6/28/09 |
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Gale Storm, whose
wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of
early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and
"The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.
Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died
Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, said her son,
Peter Bonnell.
Before landing the starring role in "My Little Margie" in
1952, Storm appeared in numerous B movies opposite such stars
as Roy Rogers, Eddie Albert and Jackie Cooper. After her last
TV series, "The Gale Storm Show," ended in 1960 she went on to
a successful singing career while continuing to make
occasional TV appearances.
Storm was a Texas high schooler named Josephine Owaissa Cottle
when she entered a talent contest for a radio show called
"Gateway to Hollywood" in 1940. She was brought to Los Angeles
for the finals, where her wholesome vivacity won over the
radio audience and she was awarded a movie contract.
The contest's male winner was a lanky would-be actor named Lee
Bonnell, who would later become her husband.
Given the quirky name Gale Storm, she went from contracts with
RKO to Monogram to Universal, appearing in such low-budget
films as "Where Are Your Children?" with Cooper and "Tom
Brown's School Days" with Freddie Bartholomew.
She was often cast in westerns as the girl the cowboy left
behind, and appeared in such B-movie oaters as "The Dude Goes
West" with Albert, "The Kid from Texas" with Audie Murphy and
"The Texas Rangers" with George Montgomery.
"I was really scared of horses," she admitted in 2000. "I only
rode them because that's what you had to do."
She appeared in three Republic westerns with Rogers and
recalled that his horse Trigger did what he could to cause her
trouble. As she would smile and ride alongside Rogers while
the king of the cowboys crooned a song, Trigger (out of camera
range) would lean over and bite her horse's neck.
With her movie roles diminishing in the early 1950s, Storm
followed the path of many fading movie stars of the day and
moved on to television.
"My Little Margie" debuted on CBS as a summer replacement for
"I Love Lucy" in 1952. It quickly became an audience favorite
and moved to its own slot on NBC that fall.
While she was
doing that work, she was invited to play such games as "The
Movie Game", "What's My Line?", and "You Don't Say".
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Cronkite "Not Expected to Recuperate"
Legendary Newsman's Family Speaks Out
From E! Online |
Posted 6/28/09 |
Television's most famous news
anchor is seriously ill.
Walter Cronkite, once considered the most trusted man in
America, is suffering from cerebrovascular disease "and is not
expected to recuperate," his family said in a statement.
The family said it was forced to speak out "to dispel false
rumors." Last week news reports stated the 92-year-old former
CBS News stalwart was in grave condition.
Cerebrovascular disease affects the blood vessels in the
brain, according to WebMD, and is often caused by high blood
pressure.
"He is resting comfortably at home with family, friends and a
wonderful medical team. We thank you for your prayers and good
wishes."
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