Variety reports that NBC has won a bidding war to acquire “Jason and the Argonauts” for its primetime schedule. The series, produced by Media Rights Capital, is being billed as the first series show completely filmed on a green-screen for primetime television.Â
According to reports, NBC engaged in a fierce bidding competition with Fox for the series. NBC has given the series, produced by Josh and Jonas Pate, a pilot commitment. Jonas Pate previously produced Slice of SciFi favorite “Surface” for NBC.
“My Own Worst Enemy” proved to be its own worst enemy in the ratings Monday evening. NBC’s debut of the new Christian Slater vehicle averaged a 3.0 rating Monday evening. The rating was good for second place in the time slot, but there was a definite decline in viewers from lead-in series, “Heroes.”
Maybe they shouldn’t have cancelled “Journeyman” after all….
On a positive note, the ratings for Monday’s episode of “Heroes” were slightly up.
The Science Channel is preparing to offer original programming for the U.S. and world-wide market reports Variety. The first series developed by the cable outlet will be “Brink,” a magazine-style nonfictioner that will chronicle pioneering research and discoveries in the world of science and technology.
 The new series will debut in November and run new episodes for its first 26 weeks on the air.
“Twilight” won’t hit the big-screen until November 21st, but that’s not stopping Summit Entertainment from preparing for a sequel.
Based on the intense interest from fans of the Stephenie Meyer penned novel series and the next installment of the Harry Potter franchise moving to the summer of 2009, “Twilight” is poised to be a blockbuster at the box-office.  The film has slowly been building a buzz since its teaser trailer debuted earlier this year. Last week a new trailer for the film drew 3.5 million hits in less than 48 hours and the soundtrack, which won’t be released until November, is already a bestseller over at Amazon.Â
All of these factors have led Summit to decide to strike while the iron is hot and get a sequel in the works. “Twilight” is the first of a series of four novels centered on Bella and her vampire lover, Edward and the rest of his vampire family.  All of the novels have been New York Times bestsellers.Â
Britain’s The Daily Telegraph reports this year’s “Doctor Who” Children in Need segment could feature all seven of the remaining Doctors. Ten actors have played the role since it debuted in 1963.
A BBC insider said, “It’s a pretty ambitious idea and it’s still being finalised. Everything is being kept under wraps but Doctor Who fans are in for a big treat.”
This would be the first time since the ’90s Children in Need special “Dimensions in Time” that all the remainng Doctors would be seen on-screen in the same production.Â
As we reported yesterday, fans are currently campaigning to get Fox to move “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” to Wednesday evenings. And while we encourage fans of the show to continue letting Fox know we want the show to survive, there may be a ray of hope for the struggling second-season drama.
According to SyFy Portal, Fox has ordered two additional scripts for “Sarah Connor.”  While this isn’t the same vote of confidence that a full-season pick-up might be, it shows the network has interest in continuing the series beyond its intial thirteen episode order.Â
Of course, you have to take the good news with the bad news. NBC has apparently ordered four more scripts for its struggling Wednesday night series “Knight Rider.” Which despite the fact that I have yet to meet anyone who is actually watching the show, is actually beating “Pushing Daisies” in its timeslot.
I… uh… watch Knight Rider. It’s a bit like watching a train wreck. The last one I saw was all about how women become whiny children when there’s A Man to compete over. It’s good to know that the world’s top spy and tech women can’t be trusted to be professional if there’s a man around to screw.
And I thought it was interesting and ultimately depressing that Kitt tried to point out once how gender is a stupid concept when applied to a car… because “he” is a car and therefore does not reproduce. But the characters sure set him straight on how important it is to smoosh yourself into well established stereotypes so everyone knows how to respond and appropriately comfortable ways! Go show!
I want Kitt to put the woman voice on every one in awhile just to freak Michael out. And hit on him, too, for maximum results.
I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch any of the new Knight Rider yet. From what I’ve heard, it’s just as cheese-tastic as the original series, but it wouldn’t have the same feeling of childhood nostalgia that I have for The ‘Hoff and the voice of William Daniels. Plus, it’s airing opposite both Pushing Daisies and Bones, both of which I love, so there’s really no more room to compete for my affections in that timeslot. My DVR can only record so much.