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SMG on the set of "Southland Tales" pondering the best way to tell husband Freddie Prinze Jr. that there is no tooth fairy. |
Ah, how I miss the 80’s sometimes. A few quick items and a couple of thoughts before the weekend rolls around and the lazy sets in.
First, did everyone catch Joss on Veronica Mars Wednesday night? Was he totally hitting on VM or what? Love the total reversal in the background when he was chewing out his employee. Fun times.
And did you see that Smallville Thursday night? I am starting to think that Marsters as Dr. Fine is pretty groovy. I spoke with James Marsters a couple of years back for a just few minutes at a con, and we discussed my Spider-man t-shirt (yep, I got one). He told me that he would love to play a villain in a Spidey movie. Looks like he crossed town to the other comic house in the Big Apple, but he got that villain part. And I am really enjoying it.
It looks like the kitchen is being closed on Kitchen Confidential with Nick Brendon. TV Guide has slightly more information than posted. Check it out here.
Box Office Mojo is reporting that Serenity has taken in $35,620,505 worldwide after six weeks. It’s still playing in 140 theaters (including my hometown, thank you very much). On an original budget of $39 million (sans marketing costs and other built-ins), the DVD may still see a healthy profit for the movie. Click here for the Box Office Mojo page. And for details on the Serenity DVD, due to release December 20 (what a great stocking stuffer), click here.
The first shows that the three networks are offering will be primarily popular network nightly shows like Lost, CSI and Law & Order with some cable offerings like Battlestar Galactica. The prices will be around $1 to $2 per episode and will be commercial-free, pushed directly to DVR units like TIVO or through services like ITunes.
There have also been announcements from the studios about direct-to-DVD units, looking for content to publish, specifically with built-in fanbases. Witness Band Camp, the DVD-only follow-up to the American Pie movies and the recent Stewie Griffin DVD from Family Guy. Check out a related story here.
Here’s hoping that we’re seeing the birth of a whole new medium that benefits fans of “genre TV”. In its last season, Angel (which had at least another good season in it) averaged a Nielsen viewership of roughly four million in about three million homes (apparently that’s not enough to keep a show on the air these days). It also sported a highly-loyal fanbase who buy the DVDs. In its’ first three months of release for example, Angel Season Five took in over $10 million dollars.
To bring things a little closer to reality, NBC, one of the participants in this new venture, also owns the rights to a show about a spaceship, a cranky captain and psychic albatross. Perhaps TV will finally give fans a chance to vote with their pocketbooks rather than allowing a viewer ratings system and advertisers to determine what we see. Ah, perchance to dream, I guess. Agree or disagree? Head over to the forums and talk back or vote in our new poll.
Just looked back and realized that this post was neither quick nor was it a couple of items. Plenty to chew on till Monday, then.
Excelsior,
- Seven [@ 09:12 a.m.]
