US-Fernsehen (inklusive Season- und Pilot-Reviews), britisches Fernsehen etc.
#1041351
ultimateslayer hat geschrieben:
redlock hat geschrieben:Grimm kriegt eine volle Staffel (keine Ahnung ob das jetzt 18, 20 oder doch 22 Folgen sind) und wird Donnerstags um 22.00 Uhr getestet:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ull-264647
Bin echt neugierig ob das klappt. Aber eine einzelne Special Episode, im Dezember? Was genau erwarten die da bitte, dass sie die Show transferieren? Und was passiert mit The Firm wenn das Experiment klappt? Wird das dann auf den Freitag verbannt, in der Hoffnung dass es ein zweites Wunder gibt? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Ich denke, das soll eher dazu dienen, um die Serie auf einem prominenteren Sendeplatz zu präsentieren, als einen neuen Slot für sie zu finden. :wink:
#1041458
http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/akiva-g ... directing/

Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman has signed a two-year exclusive overall deal with HBO. The first project under the pact is an untitled Western drama about Doc Holliday, the famed gambler and gunslinger of the Old West. Feature scribes Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (Accepted) will write the script and will executive produce with Goldsman and his producing partner Kerry Foster. Ron Howard is attached to direct the potential pilot. His father, Rance Howard, will serve as co-producer along with his wife Judy Howard. The project is inspired by Mary Doria Russell’s critically praised novel Doc, which was published in May. Doc Holliday is often portrayed as an ailing sidekick (he died from tuberculosis at age 36), best known for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Val Kilmer portrayed him in the movie Tombstone). But the HBO project aims to put Holliday front and center as the series protagonist, an educated Southern gentleman and dentist by trade, thrust into the cruel and violent world of the Old West in order to salvage his ailing health. The series will feature the never-before-explored love triangle between Holliday, his prostitute wife, Kate Elder and best friend, Wyatt Earp — all set against the lawlessness and desperation of a rapidly changing society.

Goldsman describes the project as “all in the family” when it comes to auspices. His partner at Weed Road Foster came upon the source material. Goldsman mentioned the idea to frequent collaborator Ron Howard while the two were discussing their latest project, The Dark Tower. Howard is set to direct and Goldsman is writing the adaptation of the Stephen King’s book series, which is looking for a home as a feature trilogy and an accompanying limited TV series after being put in turnaround by NBCUniversal. Goldsman, who quipped that he is following the rule “work with Ron whenever possible” after his first collaboration with the director, A Beautiful Mind, earned him a writing Oscar, also penned the Howard-directed The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Cinderella Man. Howard expressed interest in the Western TV project, and it turned out that his father, veteran actor Rance Howard, has a fascination with Doc Holliday. So Rance Howard and his wife came on board as co-producers and Ron Howard became attached as director of the potential pilot. (Howard, whose company with Brian Grazer Imagine is very active in TV, has not directed a TV pilot yet.) Meanwhile, Foster’s husband, Adam Cooper, and his writing partner, Bill Collage, came on board to write the Western. Originally, the project was eyed as a mini-series and was pitched as such to HBO. The pay cable network suggested turning it into a series instead.

Goldsman is not a TV novice. He made a stealth entry into series with Fox’s sci-fi drama Fringe. Several years ago, writer-producer Goldsman was looking to branch out into directing. His friend J.J. Abrams offered him to write and direct an episode from the first season of Fringe, which Abrams co-created and is executive producing. Goldsman did it and then stuck around as an “eccentric uncle”, as he put it. He continues to serve as a consulting producer on the critically praised but low-rated drama, occasionally writing, co-writing or directing episodes. “Nobody watches us but I’m tremendously proud of the show and the work we’re done,” Goldman said of Fringe. “We managed to follow that new trend of serialized storytelling. And HBO is the best in the business for that.” Goldsman had been looking to expand into TV in a bigger way. “I think that the line between film and television is getting blurrier and blurrier, and I think that’s pretty exciting creatively,” he said. Because of HBO’s approach to storytelling, it was the place he wanted to do it. Especially because of his long history with fantasy and sci-fi and the way HBO treats genre series with 2 shows he likes, True Blood and especially Game Of Thrones (“I worship at the alter of that show,” Goldsman said.) “What I love about HBO is that storytelling seems to be king and that genre seems to be almost irrelevant,” he said. Also appealing to Goldsman in signing an overall deal with HBO was the opportunity to be a writing, non-writing producer and director. He does plan to create his first series under the pact, most likely in his favorite mold of character-driven drama within a genre framework. As for Dark Tower, “we’re still pushing the boulder uphill,” Goldsman said but is optimistic that the ambitious project will find a home “very soon.”
Die Aussicht auf eine HBO-Westernserie ist immer höchst vielversprechend (wobei der Part um die Dreiecksgeschichte ruhig weiter unerzählt bleiben dürfte :? ), aber bei dem Deal hoffe ich vor allem, dass die Verknüpfung zum Dark Tower Team dazu führt, dass Brian Grazers mal wieder voreiligen Worten Taten folgen und der DT-Serienpart wirklich auf HBO landet.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/ewan-mc ... rrections/

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HBO’s drama pilot The Corrections continues to assemble a stellar cast. In his first regular TV series gig, Ewan McGregor has been tapped to co-star in the Noah Baumbach/Scott Rudin project, joining previously cast Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest. Based on Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed book, The Corrections revolves around the troubles of a Midwestern couple (Cooper and Wiest), and their three adult children as they trace their lives from the mid-20th century to “one last Christmas” together near the turn of the millennium. McGregor will play Chip, the middle child, a Marxist academic who lost his tenure-track position over an affair with a student and now works for a Lithuanian crime boss defrauding American investors. Baumbach and Franzen co-wrote the adaptation, with Baumbach set to direct the pilot. The two are executive producing with Rudin. Trainspotting and Star Wars star McGregor will next be seen in Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Killer.
Nach Tilda ist bei HBO zwar nichts mehr selbstverständlich, aber es wäre schon verdammt überraschend, wenn das mit den Machern und Schauspielern nicht in Serie geht.
#1041464
Haha, Ewan McGregor ist perfekt für die Rolle. Genau so habe ich mir Chip vorgestellt. HBO scheint ja wirklich aus allen Rohren zu feuern. Wenn man so liest, was da alles in den Startlöchern steht. Comedy mit Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Drama mit Julianne Moore als drogenabhängige Privatdetektivin. Yes, please.
#1041471
str1keteam hat geschrieben: Die Aussicht auf eine HBO-Westernserie ist immer höchst vielversprechend (wobei der Part um die Dreiecksgeschichte ruhig weiter unerzählt bleiben dürfte :? )
Ich will einfach mehr Western. Egal ob mit oder ohne Dreiecksgeschichte. Hell On Wheels hat mich auch wieder sofort angefixt.
str1keteam hat geschrieben: Nach Tilda ist bei HBO zwar nichts mehr selbstverständlich, aber es wäre schon verdammt überraschend, wenn das mit den Machern und Schauspielern nicht in Serie geht.
Für mich bleibt es eine Selbstverständlichkeit, dass The Corrections in Serie geht. Tilda ist ja letztlich an den Produzenten gescheitert und nicht am Interesse des Senders.
#1042023
HBO struggles with originals on Monday
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118045912

The season three debut of 'Bored to Death' garnered only 240,000 viewers. “Enlightened” has faltered in its Monday run on HBO. The cabler has struggled to find another beachhead for originals beyond Sunday night.

HBO is looking back on its experiment with programming comedies on Monday this fall and feeling a bit, well, enlightened.

The pay cabler, which has more original programming than it can fit into its regular Sunday-night schedule, made the decision to air newbie series "Enlightened" and the third season of "Bored to Death" on Mondays. The results haven't been good, raising questions about how HBO will find the real estate to program the large number of originals in the works for the coming year.

While HBO execs always stress that the weeklong cumulative viewer totals are the best indicator a show's performance, "Enlightened" has been a disappointment no matter how the numbers are dissected. The Laura Dern starrer drew only 210,000 viewers for its Oct. 10 launch and is now averaging 175,000 per episode and 1.5 million for the week.

In its season-three debut, "Bored to Death" garnered just 240,000.

That's down from the 1.1 million who tuned in to the "Bored to Death" season premiere a year ago, when the comedy had the benefit of a "Boardwalk Empire" lead-in.

HBO programming topper Michael Lombardo says it would havebeen difficult for any new shows to gain traction on Mondays.

"If we're going to experiment on a new night of the week, it probably would have been smarter to do it in summer," Lombardo told Variety, "and it's not the best idea to do it on a night where you're going up against new fall shows and pro football. No one could've guessed how competitive Mondays were going to be. Knowing what we know now, we probably would've picked a different night. We're a little disappointed, but we knew neither show would be a numbers story."

The experiment was not HBO's first on Mondays. Two episodes of "Six Feet Under" were aired on Mondays about a decade ago before the series was moved back to Sunday, and an entire season of "Big Love" ran on Mondays before eventually switching back to Sunday. Neither show fared well in a Monday timeslot.

Lombardo said that while the ratings have been small for "Enlightened," those who watch are passionate, and he will keep that in consideration when determining whether the show will be renewed for a second season. Critics have been kind as well, with the skein rating higher on Metacritic.com than most new shows.


HBO has a long history of renewed shows that were never big hits but were critically applauded, including "The Wire," "In Treatment" and "Treme."

Producers and cast were made aware of the Monday shift and were told that ratings might take a hit.

HBO didn't have much choice in moving both shows off Sunday. With "Boardwalk Empire" as well as comedies "Hung" and "How to Make It in America" currently airing, there simply wasn't room for "Enlightened" and "Bored to Death."

Holding them until "Boardwalk Empire" ends its season on Dec. 11 wasn't a viable option either. Shows premiering during the winter holidays don't fare well.

The upcoming Sunday slate is overflowing, and HBO may have more enviable situations to deal with going forward.

Net has high hopes for the new David Milch-Michael Mann horse racing series "Luck," set to premiere on Jan. 29.

Also set for the first quarter are the return of "Eastbound and Down" plus the premieres of the Ricky Gervais skein "Life's Too Short" and Chris Lilly's "Angry Boys."

Quarter two includes the return of "Game of Thrones" and, possibly, "Treme," as well as the premieres of Lena Dunham's comedy "Girls" and "Veep," starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Lombardo said that while the Monday experiment has not worked out as planned, it doesn't mean HBO wouldn't try and branch out to an additional new night again. However, it's not going to happen anytime soon because it's not a move that comes cheaply.

"To rebrand a new night would command a financial commitment that we're not prepared to make at this time," Lombardo said.
#1043836
Lifetime Picks Up 10 More Episodes Of Veteran Drama Series ‘Army Wives’

Lifetime has picked up 10 more episodes of its flagship drama Army Wives. The series is currently in production on its 13-episode 6th season order. I hear Lifetime’s decision to stockpile more episodes of Army Wives was made now so the show could stay in continuous production. It comes after both of the network’s new series launched this past summer, The Protector and Against The Wall, underperformed. By not branding the pickup as a new season, Lifetime can have all original cast members locked in. The actresses don’t have deals beyond Season 6 but their contracts requires them to do all episodes produced, which would include a 23-episode 6th season.

The 23-episode order will likely be split into two batches but, from a contractual standpoint, Lifetime could make the stars of the show return for the 10 episodes at their current salary. While legal, such a move is generally frowned upon. I hear that Lifetime, which is currently deficit financing the ABC Studios/Mark Gordon Co.-produced Army Wives, has offered the main cast members a raise of $10,000 per episode. That represents an increase of 10-20% for the actresses, whose salaries vary but are all in the 5-figures, but is far less than what they would get if they have to negotiate new contracts for a seventh season.

Tacking a significant number of new episodes to an existing season order to avoid negotiating new actors’ contracts is common practice. In 2006, the supporting cast of The Sopranos got into a standoff with HBO, which offered them a 10% pay increase when it decided to extend the final sixth season of the Emmy-winning mob drama from 13 to 20 episodes and split it into 2 batches of 12 and 8 episodes. All actors eventually got bigger raises led by Tony Sirico and Steven Van Zandt who held off until the least minute and threatened to leave before more than doubling their salaries. While The Sopranos cast succeeded in getting big bumps, that is considered the exception rather than the rule. For instance, the cast of the FX/Sony TV drama Rescue Me weren’t able to land significant raises when the network opted to split the 19-episode sixth and final season into 2.

[...]

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/lifetim ... rmy-wives/
Mich interessiert zwar Army Wives überhaupt nicht, aber ich finde den Artikel sehr interessant, da ich zum ersten Mal eine Erklärung dafür erhalten habe, warum Sender teilweise überlange Staffeln bestellen und sie dann zweiteilen, statt einfach 2 Staffeln daraus zu machen...
#1044256
Wie ich gerade bei tvbtn geposted habe, mag der Schedule zwar sehr konfus/detailiert präsentiert sein, aber im Prinzip ist es einfach:
Monday:
House
Alcatraz / Touch

Tuesday:
Glee / Breaking In
New Girl
Raising Hope

Wednesday:
American Idol
American Idol / Mobbed

Thursday:
American Idol
The Finder

Friday:
Kitchen Nightmare
Fringe

Sunday:
Animation (Ex-)Domination
Und WTF ist eigentlich dieses Mobbed? :?:
#1044325
Theologe hat geschrieben:
Shepherd hat geschrieben:Und wo ist dann Bones?
Ist "The Finder" nicht hauptsächlich deshalb bestellt worden, weil Emily Deschanel schwanger ist und keine komplette Staffel Bones drehen kann?
jep
#1049361
Teaser für HBOs neue Comedy "Girls":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HAcSmz_pg

Spricht mich jetzt nicht sonderlich an. Auch wieder zu Sex-fixiert, als würde es nichts anderes geben. Die Hauptdarstellerin ist aber immerhin relativ sympathisch.

Teaser zu HBOs Veep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0dMZo3l_5k

Nicht besonders aussagekräftig, aber ich finde ihn witzig.
#1049365
Donnie hat geschrieben:Teaser für HBOs neue Comedy "Girls":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HAcSmz_pg
Wie furchtbar ist es von mir, dass ich gerne hübsche Menschen in Hauptrollen habe? Ich weiß, dass ich sicherlich nur seit 20 Jahren von den Medien dazu manipuliert wurde, das zu erwarten, aber derartig unschöne Frauen in einer Hauptrolle empfinde ich irgendwie als "falsch".
#1049367
ultimateslayer hat geschrieben:
Donnie hat geschrieben:Teaser für HBOs neue Comedy "Girls":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HAcSmz_pg
Wie furchtbar ist es von mir, dass ich gerne hübsche Menschen in Hauptrollen habe? Ich weiß, dass ich sicherlich nur seit 20 Jahren von den Medien dazu manipuliert wurde, das zu erwarten, aber derartig unschöne Frauen in einer Hauptrolle empfinde ich irgendwie als "falsch".
Ich werde zwar von den Medien in der Hinsicht auch stark manipuliert, aber so schlimm finde ich das Mädel eigentlich nicht und begrüße es sogar eine durchschnittliche Serienheldin anstatt eines Supermodels zu haben. Bei der Serie dürfte das aber auch daran liegen, dass die Hauptdarstellerin die Serie erfunden hat und die Rolle so quasi für sich selbst geschrieben hat.
#1049387
Donnie hat geschrieben:Teaser für HBOs neue Comedy "Girls":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HAcSmz_pg

Spricht mich jetzt nicht sonderlich an. Auch wieder zu Sex-fixiert, als würde es nichts anderes geben. Die Hauptdarstellerin ist aber immerhin relativ sympathisch.

Teaser zu HBOs Veep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0dMZo3l_5k

Nicht besonders aussagekräftig, aber ich finde ihn witzig.
Girls wird wohl versuchen in die Fußstapfen von SATC zu passen. Angesprochen hat mich der Teaser jetzt aber auch nicht sonderlich. Dafür war Veep trotz fehlendem Inhalt u.Ä. schon lustiger. Da ist die Idee auch interessanter und kreativer. :D
#1049413
ultimateslayer hat geschrieben: Wie furchtbar ist es von mir, dass ich gerne hübsche Menschen in Hauptrollen habe? Ich weiß, dass ich sicherlich nur seit 20 Jahren von den Medien dazu manipuliert wurde, das zu erwarten, aber derartig unschöne Frauen in einer Hauptrolle empfinde ich irgendwie als "falsch".
Also da überreagierst du schon ein wenig, oder? Klar, bei nem Modelcasting hätten die meisten darin wohl keine Chance, aber wieso sind sie für dich "derart unschön"? Sehen doch wie ganz normale Menschen aus, wie es sie sicherlich auch in deinem Umfeld gibt :?:

Finde deine Reaktion dahingehend schon übertrieben - vorallem, dass es falsch sei, Hauptrollen mit keinen Modeltypen zu besetzen. Wer will denn ernsthaft nur außerlich "perfekte" Menschen vorgesetzt bekommen?
#1049429
logan99 hat geschrieben:Sehen doch wie ganz normale Menschen aus, wie es sie sicherlich auch in deinem Umfeld gibt :?:
Gerade das fällt aber, zu seinem und auch meinem erstaunen, negativ auf. Ich konnte direkt nachvollziehen was er meinte, als ich den Trailer angeschaut habe. Wird mich sicherlich nicht daran hinder, die Serie zu testen, aber schöne Menschen zuzuschauen ist bei jeder Serie ein Bonus.
#1049434
McKing hat geschrieben: Gerade das fällt aber, zu seinem und auch meinem erstaunen, negativ auf.
Warum ist es negativ, wenn sich die Darsteller mehr an einem realitätsnahen äußeren Erscheinungsbild orientieren, anstatt an einem Modeltypen? Verstehe ich grad nicht :?: Wenns jetzt zur Serie nicht passen würde, ok, aber der Trailer macht auf micht nun nicht den Eindruck, dass man da unbedingt genau solche Modeltypen bräuchte, um die Serie glaubhaft zu gestalten.
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