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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:01:23 GMT NYC's Transport Group Will Stage 'Bury the Dead' and New Musical 'Being Audrey' (Playbill) Playbill - Off-Broadway's Transport Group, winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award, has Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead and a world premiere musical about a woman who is inspired by Audrey Hepburn for its 2008-09 season. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:41:55 GMT Top 5 lists in entertainment (AP) AP - 1. "Summer Olympics-Tuesday," NBC. Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:36 GMT Culture clash looms as reality show moves to Paris (Reuters) Reuters - Residents of the historic Marais neighborhood in the heart of Paris are bracing themselves for an invasion of sequins and big hair as the reality TV show "Star Academy" moves into one of its 17th century town houses. Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:38:54 GMT Dave Matthews Band sax player dies from ATV wreck injuries (AP)
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![]() 'American Teenager' stays hot TV Ratings: ABC Family series dominates this summer -- Another week, another record for ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," which has emerged as the summer's hottest new series. Publ.Date : Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:11:24 EST Brits jump to watch Olympics TV Ratings: Success at Games sparks ratings high -- Blighty’s unexpected cache of Olympic gold medals -- the U.K. is third behind China and the U.S. -- gave a huge boost to local TV viewing figures. Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:21:25 EST Phelps helps score ratings gold TV Ratings: Quest for 10th medal draws audiences to NBC -- Auds stayed up late to watch history Tuesday night, as NBC drew its biggest crowd since the Opening Ceremony for the night's primetime action, driven by Michael Phelps' record-setting performance. Publ.Date : Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:50:27 EST Do Emmy noms boost cable ratings? TV Ratings: AMC, FX leverage awards heat to lure auds -- Premiering its second season July 27 amid an avalanche of positive press and just days after claiming 16 Emmy nominations, AMC's "Man Men" saw its ratings more than double from its first-campaign average. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:18:32 EST European eyes turn to Olympics TV Ratings: Ratings mixed as events air at odd hours -- TV audiences all over Europe are tuning into the Beijing Olympics, but the time-zone disparity has yielded uneven results when comparing tune-in with the 2004 Games in Athens. Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:38:08 EST Double whammy clubs golf ratings TV Ratings: Woods' absence, Olympics take toll on PGA -- The PGA Championship took a double hit over the weekend: Tiger Woods wasn't there to defend his title and the tournament went up against NBC's Olympics coverage. Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:20:59 EST 'Dance' finale fuels Fox TV Ratings: Reality competish lifts net to easy victory -- The two-hour season finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" dominated the Thursday ratings race, lifting Fox to an easy victory. According to preliminary affiliate-based Nielsen nationals, "So You Think You Can Dance" averaged a hearty 3.4 rating/11 share in adults 18-49 and 9.9 million viewers overall, peaking in the 9:30 half-hour with a 3.8/11 in the demo and 11.3 million viewers overall. This reps the strongest demo delivery for the program's results show edition this summer, while its total-viewer delivery is the best for any night. (Note: The finale national numbers for each broadcast network could come down a bit due to local preemptions for preseason football in various markets.) Elsewhere, the finale of "Last Comic Standing" on NBC settled for a 2.0/7 in 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers overall from 8 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a 90-minute telecast of "America's Got Talent" on a special night (2.7/8 in 18-49, 8.6 million viewers overall). For CBS, "Big Brother" was down week to week (2.1/7 in 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) -- likely affected by the stronger Fox competition in the night's opening hour. And following a repeat "CSI" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall), "Flashpoint" hit a Thursday high (2.1/6 in 18-49, 7.2 million viewers overall). And at ABC, "Hopkins" ended its season at 10 o'clock with a 1.7/5 in 18-49 and 5.3 million viewers overall. Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 3.4/11; NBC, 2.3/7; CBS, 1.9/6; Univision, 1.5/5; ABC, 1.4/4; CW, 0.7/2. In total viewers:Fox, 9.9 million; NBC, 7.2 million; CBS, 6.8 million; ABC, 4.5 million; Univision, 3.6 million; CW, 1.8 million. Publ.Date : Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:31:00 EST |
![]() Movie Review | 'Mirrors': Evil Reflected A possessed nun, an alcoholic ex-cop and a mess of shattered glass drive “Mirrors,” a minor chiller and major downer from the talented Alexandre Aja. Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:31:12 GMT Movie Review | Tropic Thunder: War May Be Hell, but Hollywood Is Even Worse “Tropic Thunder” is a flashy, nasty, on-and-off funny and assaultive sendup of the film industry. Publ.Date : Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:08:26 GMT Movie Review | 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': The Portrait of Two Ladies “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is a rueful comedy about two young American women who savor many Continental delicacies. Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:39:48 GMT Double whammy clubs golf ratings TV Ratings: Woods' absence, Olympics take toll on PGA -- The PGA Championship took a double hit over the weekend: Tiger Woods wasn't there to defend his title and the tournament went up against NBC's Olympics coverage. Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:20:59 EST 'Dance' finale fuels Fox TV Ratings: Reality competish lifts net to easy victory -- The two-hour season finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" dominated the Thursday ratings race, lifting Fox to an easy victory. According to preliminary affiliate-based Nielsen nationals, "So You Think You Can Dance" averaged a hearty 3.4 rating/11 share in adults 18-49 and 9.9 million viewers overall, peaking in the 9:30 half-hour with a 3.8/11 in the demo and 11.3 million viewers overall. This reps the strongest demo delivery for the program's results show edition this summer, while its total-viewer delivery is the best for any night. (Note: The finale national numbers for each broadcast network could come down a bit due to local preemptions for preseason football in various markets.) Elsewhere, the finale of "Last Comic Standing" on NBC settled for a 2.0/7 in 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers overall from 8 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a 90-minute telecast of "America's Got Talent" on a special night (2.7/8 in 18-49, 8.6 million viewers overall). For CBS, "Big Brother" was down week to week (2.1/7 in 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) -- likely affected by the stronger Fox competition in the night's opening hour. And following a repeat "CSI" (1.7/5 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall), "Flashpoint" hit a Thursday high (2.1/6 in 18-49, 7.2 million viewers overall). And at ABC, "Hopkins" ended its season at 10 o'clock with a 1.7/5 in 18-49 and 5.3 million viewers overall. Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 3.4/11; NBC, 2.3/7; CBS, 1.9/6; Univision, 1.5/5; ABC, 1.4/4; CW, 0.7/2. In total viewers:Fox, 9.9 million; NBC, 7.2 million; CBS, 6.8 million; ABC, 4.5 million; Univision, 3.6 million; CW, 1.8 million. Publ.Date : Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:31:00 EST Movie Review | 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars': An Animated Force “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” comes as something of a surprise: it isn’t the most painful movie of the year! Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:26:19 GMT Movie Review | 'Henry Poole Is Here': When You Plan to Die Alone, Prepare for Lots of Company With characters named Esperanza, Dawn and Patience, “Henry Poole Is Here” traffics in the kind of inspirational kitsch that only a true believer could swallow. Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:58:04 GMT |