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Purplecow
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12-08-2003

Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I looked at the TBS site, but couldn't find anything except a casting call for "beautiful women" which is probably related to the new Sex in the City reality show. Or something else . . .

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Purple!!!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well SAS has been somewhat of a snooze. I'm not sure what I was expecting from the returning survivors but a sappy love story was NOT one of them.

Any way.... on to the good news...Big Brother 5 will initially air Tuesday, July 6th in a 90 minute episode, followed by 90 minutes of Amazing Race.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4147

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's the first clips from ABC's The Benefactor coming in the fall. It comes from Mark Cuban's own website, and it looks like he'll be sharing some of the inside scoop on the show dring the summer...

Kimmo
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05-02-2003

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wasn't sure where to put this...I had heard of Mark Burnett's upcoming "Rock Star" show and wondered who the band would be, but just read that the band the winning "rock star" will perform with is INXS! They are both Australian, so maybe I should have guessed.

INXS News Item About "Rock Star"

I think the article said they'd start casting later this year. I hope it's a good show...INXS have had enough tragedy in their lives already. It also seems a little weird because it mentions teaching showmanship et al, and did Michael Hutchence have such tutelage? I also can't imagine a 20-something young guy (or girl) fronting this band now comprised entirely of men in their mid to late 40s (except for maybe the drummer). It was weird enough seeing the guy from Noiseworks sing with them, why would a complete unknown be better? I was an INXS fan as a teen; it makes me a little sad.

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kimmo it's funny you should say that - it made me sad, too! I was a huge INXS fan and I was so sad when he died. I wish they would go on with another name or something. Yet, I will watch the show, because I can't help myself.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep. I, too, have mixed feelings about "Rock Star". Michael Hutchence was INXS. To find a "replacement" for him via a TV show just seems so tacky and so...disrespectful.

Madelane: You're right. They should just start a new band. Is this new lead singer going to be expected to sing the well-known INXS hits? Please.

Kimmo: You're right as well. Seeing a 20-something with this group of guys who have been around probably as long as the person who wins this thing has been alive is really bizarre.

I'm sure Mark Burnett has a soft-spot in his heart for his fellow Aussie mates, but I think this is a lame idea. Why can't "Rock Star" be like "American Idol" with a "rock twist"?

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well CBS won the rights for "Rock Star" (which won't be the final name) because of it's synergy....they can do stuff on MTV and VH1, as well as the radio stations they own. They have it right now as a Summer 2005 show. They'll be two eps per week, one with the contestants living in a house in LA (auditions will take place in the US, Canada, and foreign cities like London, Tokyo, and Sydney--men and women will be able to take part, and I suspect the age limits will be much broader than AI). The 2nd one will be a live performance show. Eliminations will be based on three things: a home audience vote, a group of judges will have a vote, and the band itself will have a vote--which I think is good because an audience favorite that might not be so good can be counterbalanced by the judges and the band.

Kimmo
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05-02-2003

Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's interesting news, Wilson...I hadn't thought of the CBS aspect-- It still seems odd because the last time INXS had a hit was perhaps "Beautiful Girl" (over 10 years ago), their last major exposure was the Sydney Olympics (which was a little morbid), with a song that was a hit a couple years before *that*.

If MTV and VH1 have sworn off INXS for over 5 years (as a guess, it seems like after the 1992 album there was no exposure related to new albums), why would finding new blood for an old band be something they would be interested in? I guess VH1 has on/off been interested in flashback/ comeback aspects, but in my mind, INXS does not exist-- Like Scorpiomoon and Madelane both observed, it's not the same without Michael Hutchence. Andrew (guitarist) is a music producer as well, I wouldn't mind seeing them in the producer/mentor category-- But as actual INXS, it seems weird.

Also, their tastes are very specific, and as might be hinted at by their total disappearance from the mainstream, I wonder if their tastes or whom they like are even pertinent to a band's success (even their own). Even before MH died they were kind of on their last legs.

I also wonder if they would also need someone who was a lyricist since MH and Andrew wrote many of the songs for INXS. Would that even play in? I just think that MH was not the greatest lyricist, and that if INXS depended on his lyrical talents for years even after they got demonstrably worse, that might indicate that none of the other bandmates are very good at the lyrics aspect, either.

I'll be very happy if it's a good show with a good outcome! :-)

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mark Cuban has posted a new 6-minute trailer for his show the Benefactor.....it's a 70-meg file, so if you have a slow modem, it'll take a while to get...

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fox is developing a reality series called "Who's My Daddy," in which a young woman will try to figure out which of 16 men is actually her father.

Another Fox reality show in secret development, with the working title of "Big Shot," is a sort of "Joe Schmo" meets "The Apprentice": a bunch of young ambitious corporate sharks think they're competing to land a big job with a Donald Trump type, only he turns out to be a fraud.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who's my daddy sounds like a new low for fox

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 10:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
TBS has a new series in delvelopent called "Cut to The Chase"....a three person team has 4 hours and limited cash to get to several different locations in a city and do tasks to win a cash prise. The twist is each "program" (just having one team go against the clock) is only 10-15 minutes long, so they can do multiple games in an episode, or even just show one ep at a time (for things like Braves games rain delays, or after a movie....