Great news : Sarah Shahi was actually at the Press Tour as well, and I was able to find some pictures of both of her and Damian Lewis, at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party in Beverly Hills, July 20th.
More after the jump…
BURBANK - July 21, 2008 — NBC has adjusted its primetime premiere schedule for Fall 2008 and uses strong time periods to launch returning drama “Life” and new drama “My Own Worst Enemy.” “Life” gets four hours of originals in its first two weeks on Mondays and Fridays beginning September 29 (10-11 p.m. ET) and “My Own Worst Enemy,” follows “Heroes” on October 13 (10-11 p.m. ET), giving them a prominent launch after “Heroes” and allowing the new drama to broadcast all original episodes in its regular timeslot (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET) through December.
Returning drama “Life” will follow “Heroes” on two special Monday broadcasts (10-11 pm. ET) in addition to its regularly scheduled timeslot on Fridays (10-11 pm. ET) giving “Life” four hours of originals in two weeks on September 29, October 3, October 6 and October 10.
New drama “My Own Worst Enemy” will make its debut on Monday, October 13 (10-11 p.m. ET) and remain in all originals in its regular timeslot (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET) through December.
In other scheduling changes, new comedy “Kath & Kim” and Emmy Award-winner “30 Rock” will switch time periods on Thursday nights. “Kath & Kim” moves to 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) starting October 9 after “My Name is Earl” (8-8:30 p.m. ET), which will allow for a strong audience flow for these two compatible shows.”30 Rock” will settle into the 9:30-10 p.m. (ET) starting with its season premiere after “The Office” on October 30.
“The Biggest Loser: Families” premieres on Tuesday, September 16 (8-10 p.m. ET). Likewise, summer hit “America’s Got Talent” returns after the Olympics on August 26 (8-10 p.m. ET) and runs through to its season finale on Wednesday, October 1 (9-10 p.m. ET).
Other series’ premieres remain unchanged from NBC’s original premiere announcement.
*source: futoncritic
As you probably now the Television Critics Association press tour is happening right now, and NBC panels are scheduled for Sunday 20th and Monday 21st. It is today at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA that NBC will have a panel about its sophomore dramas, featuring CHUCK, LIFE and LIPSTICK JUNGLE.
For LIFE, creator Rand Ravich and star Damian Lewis are scheduled to appear (sadly, no Sarah Shahi). Hopefully we’ll have some pictures & news for you later…
TelevisionWithoutPity is organizing the 2008 Tubey Awards, asking all of you to vote in a very large set of categories. Looking back at last season, they have no less than 60 different categories you can vote in, so the votes will go on for six weeks, each week introducing a new group of categories you can vote in.
TELEVISIONWITHOUTPITY.COM ANNOUNCES THE TUBEY AWARDS
Honors The Best, Worst, Most Improved And Just Plain Weird Of The 2007-2008 TV Season
NEW YORK July 20, 2008 TelevisionWithoutPity.com, Bravo’s popular website for TV junkies, will unveil The Tubey Awards, a unique opportunity for TV junkies to choose the best, worst, most improved and just plain weird characters, series, moments and more from the 2007-2008 television season. The Tubey Awards are aimed at viewers who love TV when it’s good but love to hate it even more when it’s bad. The announcement was made today by Mari Katsunuma, Vice President, Digital Strategy, Bravo.
Unlike traditional television awards, The Tubeys will go beyond recognizing the best shows and performers with fun, quirky categories that speak to what discerning TV fans are really talking about. Starting today, fans can vote for 60 categories online on TelevisionWithoutPity.com. New categories and nominees will be unveiled weekly through August 31 and fans will have one week to cast their votes before the next set of categories are revealed. Winners will be announced in mid-September.
“The Tubey Awards were created as a tongue-in-cheek outlet for true TV lovers and are meant to reflect what fans consider worthy (or not) of recognition,” said Katsunuma. “The awards serve as the platform for recognizing all of the good, bad, and ugly that television has to offer.”
The votes are now opened, and it is important for every LIFE fan to go vote and support the show right now. And I really mean right now, because LIFE only appears in two categories, Best Sew Show and Best Drama, and those two are up in the first week. You only have up to July 27 to vote for the first categories, and that will be your only chance to vote for LIFE, so go cast your votes now !
Here’s the music info found for The Fallen Women :
- At 16:30, Reese goes into the club to look for Charlie, talking with a model : Face The Day, by Ren Stewart. Can be found on The Steiner Theory.
- At 21:45, Crews & Reese arrest Roman : Land Of Jail, by Gram Rabbit. Can be found on Music To Start A Cult To.
- At 35:10, Crews, Reese and the SWAT team rescuing the guy from the dog cage : Haiku Ten, by Sigmatropic. Can be found on Sixteen Haiku and Other Stories (Buy the MP3).
- At 40:40, End of episode: Charlie getting a “tip” about his partner, looking at his wall, … : In The Sun, by Donna De Lory. Can be found on In The Glow (Buy the MP3).
Air Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on NBC
Episode Title: (#105) “THE FALLEN WOMAN”
10/24/2007 (10:00PM - 10:59PM) (Wednesday) : A WOMAN WEARING ANGEL WINGS FALLS OUT OF A HOTEL WINDOW, PLUMMETING TO HER DEATH - When a woman wearing angel wings falls to her death Detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) and Danni Reese (Sarah Shahi) must figure out if she was pushed or if she jumped. After interviewing a long line of witnesses about the fallen angel, they come across Jasper Williams (Steven Porter) who claims to be the angels wife. Jasper reveals his wife was part of a Russian scam targeting American men who marry Russian brides. Crews and Reese find themselves trying to track down the Russian ringleader of this scam, a man who appears to be untouchable. Crews also learns Constance Griffiths (Brooke Langton) was involved in a physical altercation with one of her clients. Adam Arkin and Brent Sexton also star.
[ Source: NBC ]
Thanks to Andrea of beyond-bickering.net
After a first batch of casting calls for episode 205, here are some more. [Toggle Spoiler]
Networks are constantly trying new ways to sell ads everywhere, and their biggest concern now becomes whether or not viewers will actually watch those ads. Because with time-shifted viewing more and more viewers simply skip through the ads. Hence the raise on new techniques, starting with product placement of course.
Other techniques were tried last season, some successful some not. One of those techniques was used for ads during LIFE, and it worked. According to AdWeek :
Not every new technique has worked as planned. One early NBC trial involved posing trivia questions leading out of the comedy SCRUBS. Viewers had to watch the commercial pod in order to learn the answer.
Retention levels weren’t raised, the network discovered. But a MasterCard spot in the mystery drama series LIFE, which offered new clues related to the content in the program, had a positive effect on DVR viewing: 25 percent of those watching in playback mode stopped skipping through ads to watch the MasterCard commercial, according to the network’s research.
So I guess those kinds of ads will be more prominent next season, especially in shows like LIFE with a serialized mystery going on…
As NBC promised, they’ve integrated a Timeline in the Life official site and has currently added a user generated Conspiracy Wall, which allows fans to create their own versions of the Conspiracy Wall. Unfortunately the Life web designers were a little fuzzy on the details regarding the show and up until last month the Timeline was riddled with errors like this:
They placed Charlie Crews’ incarceration in the wrong year thankfully it looks like the web designers finally wised up and recently made an effort to correct the Timeline and with the addition of the user generated Conspiracy Wall, the site can draw more fans to the show. Hopefully they’ll add a new promo to the website and on air. Its no secret that NBC has done an abysmal job in promoting the show last year and yet the show has managed to draw in a small but loyal fanbase, now if only the network can do something about it.
Since NBC has been reluctant in promoting the show, I think it would be best if we fans pursue a grass roots promotion for the show. Anyone interested in pushing this forward?
