Hi Bubba here, I thought we needed this thread for a while. Here you can talk about anything you want. Is everyone ready for autumn? It has been warm here but, now looks like it going to cool off.
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QUOTE (Bubba_Bridges @ Oct 8 2007, 10:56 PM) 
Hi Bubba here, I thought we needed this thread for a while. Here you can talk about anything you want. Is everyone ready for autumn? It has been warm here but, now looks like it going to cool off.
In Poland is cold, cold and cold...nothing has change for a couple of days. Once is rain and second day is fogg like a milk. U just can't see anything...Sometimes sun show's up, but I think this sun is already on vacation. Snow will show up soon too if he show up. Last year we had only snow for few days and then we had very cold air (-15 degree Celsjus) and it was one big mucking up for babies rather than snow...I'll wait I'll see if Christmas in this year will be grey or white
Hi Bubba here, I thought I would post this.
Courtesy of: broadcastingcable.com
Courtesy of: broadcastingcable.com
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USA Network, Sci Fi Channel Aim for Broadcast Networks Next Fall
By Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/7/2007 8:00:00 AM
Cable executives, coming off a summer in which their originals trumped broadcast 2-1 in the 18-49 demo, are already laying plans to tilt broadcast’s dominance next fall and throughout the year.
NBC Universal’s USA Network and its sister network, Sci Fi Channel, are among the leading cable networks stepping up efforts to premiere projects year-round.
USA just signed a trio of script-development deals for dramas it could debut outside of the summer, and Sci Fi green-lighted to series a spinoff of its popular Ghost Hunters show.
The new projects -- which could either run outside of summer or make room for existing shows to do so -- build upon slates of other year-round contenders that both networks announced at their July Television Critics Tour Association presentations.
USA is working on a project from Michael Jacobs, the writing/producing visionary behind ABC’s long-running Friday-night family-targeted programming block, “TGIF.” Jacobs -- whose hits included Boy Meets World and Charles in Charge -- signed on to write Joe Prophet, a lighthearted hour-long drama about a man who may or may not be an angel of God.
The network also ordered a script for a series spinoff of 2005 feature film Thank You for Smoking. The show -- from Universal Media Studios with writer Jim Dodson and the film’s producer, David Sacks -- would pick up where the movie left off.
The new pilots, all designed to fit with USA’s character-driven brand of serious drama with light overtones, join another trio the network announced at its summer press tour presentation: Halo (Fox TV Studios), The Expert (Universal/DreamWorks) and Citizen’s Arrest (Universal). The shows would likely shoot in early 2008.
"We may start taking some of our successful shows and launching them in other seasons," original programming chief Jeff Wachtel said.
Sci Fi is also looking to increase its year-round output. The network green-lighted to series status a spinoff of its popular Ghost Hunters , Ghost Hunters International, and it plans to debut six episodes in January.
"It is definitely a goal of ours to keep reality on all year round," Sci Fi original-programming chief Mark Stern said.
By Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/7/2007 8:00:00 AM
Cable executives, coming off a summer in which their originals trumped broadcast 2-1 in the 18-49 demo, are already laying plans to tilt broadcast’s dominance next fall and throughout the year.
NBC Universal’s USA Network and its sister network, Sci Fi Channel, are among the leading cable networks stepping up efforts to premiere projects year-round.
USA just signed a trio of script-development deals for dramas it could debut outside of the summer, and Sci Fi green-lighted to series a spinoff of its popular Ghost Hunters show.
The new projects -- which could either run outside of summer or make room for existing shows to do so -- build upon slates of other year-round contenders that both networks announced at their July Television Critics Tour Association presentations.
USA is working on a project from Michael Jacobs, the writing/producing visionary behind ABC’s long-running Friday-night family-targeted programming block, “TGIF.” Jacobs -- whose hits included Boy Meets World and Charles in Charge -- signed on to write Joe Prophet, a lighthearted hour-long drama about a man who may or may not be an angel of God.
The network also ordered a script for a series spinoff of 2005 feature film Thank You for Smoking. The show -- from Universal Media Studios with writer Jim Dodson and the film’s producer, David Sacks -- would pick up where the movie left off.
The new pilots, all designed to fit with USA’s character-driven brand of serious drama with light overtones, join another trio the network announced at its summer press tour presentation: Halo (Fox TV Studios), The Expert (Universal/DreamWorks) and Citizen’s Arrest (Universal). The shows would likely shoot in early 2008.
"We may start taking some of our successful shows and launching them in other seasons," original programming chief Jeff Wachtel said.
Sci Fi is also looking to increase its year-round output. The network green-lighted to series status a spinoff of its popular Ghost Hunters , Ghost Hunters International, and it plans to debut six episodes in January.
"It is definitely a goal of ours to keep reality on all year round," Sci Fi original-programming chief Mark Stern said.
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