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It should have been a grand time to remember the good ol’ days of sudsy primetime TV, as the cast of “Dallas” reunited at the famed Southfork Ranch to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.
But after more fans showed up than expected, the event ended up causing as much drama as J.R. ever did on the show. And some fans who had shelled out up to $1,000 to get a chance to meet stars like Larry Haglund and Patrick Duffy were left feeling cheated.
“It was a huge letdown — totally not worth it,” Elizabeth Knight told Dallas station WFAA after paying …read more

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So, what did you think of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies Friday in Beijing? Did you find them cool and moving, or basically a collection of funny cliches, or an international disgrace?
If you look at what people have said over on Twitter the last two days, opinions are completely random, and a picture over at Kids’ Health Notes is a prime example of the details that people caught.
The one thing that is indisputable is that people watched, and it’s become a two-year tradition for Americans to sit down and enjoy them in our own ways. And if you think of …read more

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Courtesy of Mahalo Daily, here’s some attendees of ComicCon in San Diego talking about all the TV stars and directors they plan to see, along with a sneak peek at J.J. Abrams’ highly anticipated new series, “Fringe”.

On a completely gratuitous and personal note, if anyone goes to the “Doctor Who” and “Torchwood” panels and gets video, please email me. I’ll be happy to post it with credit and squees. (I’ve never properly introduced myself here, but I’m a HUGE UK TV fangirl.)

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(NBC Photo: Chris Haston)
NBC’s panel at the Television Critics Association press tour opened up with a “surprise” that really wasn’t that surprising — in a “stunt that fell a bit flat”, Jay Leno impersonated Jimmy Kimmel impersonating a journalist last week at ABC’s panel. Confused enough? Leno, wearing a bald cap, was “rendered…unrecognizable” to the Los Angeles Times’ “Show Tracker” (and yeah, he pretty much is), and didn’t offer questions as jokes. Even NBC Entertainment co-president Marc Graboff didn’t recognize him in the green room before the event.
But Leno did show that he’s willing to be a good sport and suck up …read more

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Bits and pieces of press coverage of the summer TCA panels, broken into posts over the next couple of days:
“90210 2.0″: If most of the public heard about one thing that happened at the network panels overall, it’s that Shannen Doherty will be in the “Beverly Hills: 90210″ spinoff. Her publicist must be thrilled. People seem to overlook that there are, um, real teens in this show, and DVR Playground has a good look at them.  If you want to feel old, think about the fact that Shenae Grimes (who has Rob Estes and Lori McLoughlin as on-screen parents) was …read more

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Hart Hanson, Executive Producer for Bones, gave an excellent talk at the Banff World Television Festival in Alberta last week: from how the show was created, to how David Boreanaz was cast (and his initial dislike for Emily Deschanel!), to spoilers for the next season. Not to mention what would have happened to Zack Addy had the full Season 3 aired without the strike interruption.
Hart Hanson, who has been a great supporter for our SearchingBones.com site, talks about the series of decisions that led him to Bones. After a number of unusual decisions in the industry, including quitting a series, …read more

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David Hoselton, Producer & Writer for House (recently promoted from co-producer), appeared at the Banff World Television Festival in Alberta last week to give a speech about the "art of story editing" for the show: from concept to execution, and all the changes along the way.
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David Hoselton gave a play-by-play look at the production of episode 3.18, "Airborne", in which House and Cuddy find themselves on a plane from Singapore amidst a possible epidemic. Throughout the discussion, David tells us many interesting things about working for House, such as the three doctors kept on retainer for the series. …read more

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The Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide have awarded prizes to the international television programs which have delivered the highest ratings worldwide from June 2007 – May 2008. Three US programs picked up the awards at the 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
CSI: Las Vegas ( USA ) won for “Drama TV Series”
CSI: Las Vegas gathered more than 83.9 million viewers worldwide in 2007*.

Runners up: CSI: Miami ( USA ) and House ( USA ).

Desperate Housewives ( USA ) for “Comedy TV Series”
Desperate Housewives gathered more than 61.5 million viewers worldwide in 2007*.
Runners up: Monk ( USA ) and Ugly …read more

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Kim Cattrall was in Banff, Alberta this past week for the Banff World Television Festival and the 2008 Banff World Television Awards.
Kim Cattrall was awarded the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the awards ceremony on June 9th. Cattrall, a Canadian actress, has led an outstanding career in the broadcasting industry and spoke candidly about her career in her acceptance speech and in an hour-long "in conversation" session held the next day.
Still glowing from the recent success of the Sex and the City movie, Cattrall had much to share about her life in the theatrical world. For, the theater …read more

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David Krumholtz has played everything from a sarcastic elf to a mouth-foaming psychopath on a terrifying episode of ER. He has finally found a home on his first hit series playing a genius crime-solving mathematician on Numb3rs. Krumholtz sat down with b5media at the 2008 Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
Are you as logical in real life as your character on the show?
I don’t like to admit it, but my girlfriend complains a lot that I like to plan everything out. I must have everything organized, I am very organizational. So yes, I am very logical. I am a …read more

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