2007/08/17

  • Best wishes for a very Happy Birthday to Ms. Helen McCrory!
  • Life starring Damian Lewis will preview on US cable television starting September 10th. Variety reports that US television network NBC has negotiated agreements with cable, satellite, and dish networks to preview their new fall shows in advance of the network premiere:

    “NBC has engineered a breakthrough deal to get its fall pilots previewed on virtually every major cable and satellite system in the country.

    “The complete pilots for all four of the net’s newcomers — “Chuck,” “Bionic Woman,” “Journeyman” and “Life” — will be available as free video-on-demand offerings via Comcast, Time Warner, Charter, Cox and other major cable operators. Dish network also will make the shows available to its satellite subscribers, while DirecTV will offer its own version of the NBC preview…

    …Episodes of the frosh four will be available for about two weeks, starting Sept. 10 and leading up to NBC’s premiere week. In addition, most cable operators will also give subscribers access to a 30-minute NBC fall preview special … and making-of featurettes for “Bionic Woman” and “Life.”

  • Starting this Sunday the TV Guide Channel will begin broadcasting their 2007 Fall First Look with coverage of the Television Critics Association summer event including a preview of new fall shows such as Life starring Damian Lewis.