Zap2It has an article on how USA's Summer Programming keeps the station hopping
USA's late-summer stranglehold on the cable ratings chart continued for the week ending Sunday, Aug. 22. The cable network may slump a bit with "Monk" ready to join "The 4400" and "The Dead Zone" in reruns, but since July, USA has dominated the lists.
MediaPost has an article talking about ratings and how hard it is to keep up with them.
Still, I'm sure "SportsCenter" picked up some points this summer. USA Network's "The Dead Zone" must have done well. FX's "Rescue Me" debuted to good ratings in the summer, yet I don't see it in these stories.
The Kansas City Star gives a list of TV Soundtracks worth looking at.
“The Dead Zone”
(Lions Gate)
** 1/2
Not to be confused with “The Dead Zone: Music From Season One,” this compilation includes music “from and inspired by” the TV series. The only two songs on both are Jeff Buckley's stellar “New Years Prayer” and Anthony Michael Hall's cover of Leonard Cohen's “Hallelujah,” which is about four dollars short of Rufus Wain wright's money cover on the “Shrek” soundtrack. The rest is a decent mix of adult-contemporary rock and pop (Grant-Lee Phillips, Ron Sexsmith), alt-pop (Truman, the Woods), neo-punk (the Vandals) and funk-fried reggae/rap (Kia Kidari). The fish out of water here also delivers the album's standout cut: “Blind Pilots” from the Cooper Temple Clause, who cast some much-needed darkness on the edge of this bright, clean town.
“Golden State”
The NY Daily News has a cute article that points out little hidden "funnies" in this summers TV Shows. The Dead Zone and Monk both get mentioned.
Peter F. Skokandich of Monsey noted that the title and author of the book read by a desk clerk in a recent episode of USA's "The Dead Zone" was "Thinner," by Richard Bachman.
"Richard Bachman," notes Skokandich, "is a name that Stephen King, who wrote the novel the 'Dead Zone' series is based on, wrote some novels under."
This in from the Futon Critic
The USA Network original series The Dead Zone polished off its third season with two back-to-back episodes that were the highest-rated original series programs on basic cable on Sunday among households, key demos (P25-54 and P18-49) and total viewers. The 9P episode earned a 2.4 in households, a 1.6 in P25-54, a 1.3 in P18-49, with an average of 3.1 million viewers tuning in. The 10P finale earned a 2.7 in households, a 1.8 in P25-54, a 1.4 in P18-49, with an average of 3.4 million viewers tuning in, outpacing last season's Summer finale one year ago by +31% in households, +31% in P25-54, +31% in P18-49, and +34% in total viewers. The Dead Zone's third season outpaced last season's performance with a 2.7 in households (+22%), a 1.7 in P25-54 (+27%), a 1.4 in P18-49 (+23%), with nearly 3.5 million viewers tuning in (+27).
Kaj-Erik Eriksen, recently seen as the spurned younger brother on "The 4400," was the adult J.J. on "The Dead Zone" (Sunday, USA). Eriksen has also been on "Boston Public" (as the son of the hook lady) and David Scali on "The Commish."
THE DEAD ZONE
All-New Season Three
Canadian Television Premiere on Saturday, September 11th at 7pm EST
A unique psychological thriller based on the characters and story from the best-selling Stephen King novel The Dead Zone. Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) has been leading an idyllic small-town existence… until the day his life is interrupted by a near fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma. Six years later, Johnny regains consciousness and discovers that life as he once knew it has completely changed.
LOSERS
The Dead Zone (USA Network): Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) is a do-right psychic who sees the future. He sees the past. He solves crimes. He walks with a cane. He always looks constipated. It used to be interesting. Now it isn't. When will Johnny see the show's future cancellation date? The sooner, the better.
With the Dead Zone's 3rd season wrapping up in the States and it's beginning in other Countries, I'd love to be able to have news or schedules from fans in other countries.
Visit SciFiUK's DZ Page
S3 will air Monday nights @ 9PM, starting with "Finding Rachel, pt 1" on Sept. 6.
Here is the Mini-Marathon schedule:
SEP 04 12.30pm - Wheel Of Fortune
SEP 04 01.25pm - What it Seems
SEP 04 02.20pm - Netherworld
SEP 04 03.15pm - The House
SEP 04 05.05pm - Valley of the Shadow
SEP 05 12.30pm - Descent
SEP 05 01.25pm - Ascent
SEP 05 02.20pm - Scars
SEP 05 03.15pm - Precipitate
SEP 05 04.10pm - The Storm
SEP 05 05.05pm - Visions
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And here is the S3 Schedule for September:
SEP 06 09.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 1
SEP 06 00.25 AM FINDING RACHEL PT. 1
SEP 10 08.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 1
SEP 12 06.55 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 1
SEP 13 08.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 1
SEP 13 09.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 2
SEP 13 00.15 AM FINDING RACHEL PT. 2
SEP 17 08.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 2
SEP 19 07.00 PM FINDING RACHEL PT. 2
SEP 20 09.00 PM COLLISION
SEP 20 00.10 AM COLLISION
SEP 24 08.00 PM COLLISION
SEP 26 07.00 PM COLLISION
SEP 27 09.00 PM COLD HARD TRUTH
According to a post from Lozzie at the USA Boards, The Dead Zone is getting more air time. It's not been made "offical" yet and there's no say if it's the rest of season 3 or a season 4, but more Dead Zone is good no matter how it comes!
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Much like the movie, “The Dead Zone,” in which a clairvoyant man foresees a future nuclear calamity caused by a would-be president and decides to stop that candidate from winning by any means, it seems that partisans on both sides of this year’s election have decided that they must act as the savior of their nation’s future.
June 30th's issue of Starburst Magazine has a nice article on The Dead Zone with John L. Adams. There are some great pictures with the article as well.
We reach a happy medium and talk to co-star John L Adams of the haunting TV series. Do you want to know what the new season holds for the spooky show? Knock once for ‘yes’..
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Celebrity guests at this years Dragon*Con include Anthony Michael Hall (Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club), Peter Davison (Doctor Who), Olivia (World Renowned Pin-Up Artist), Lorenzo Lamas (Falcon Crest, Renegade), George Romero (Night of The Living Dead, Creepshow), Soupy Sales, Erin Gray and Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers), Sybil Danning (Chained Heat, Amazon Women on the Moon) and others.
THE DEAD ZONE (USA) - With the loss of "The 4,400" as a lead-in, "The Dead Zone" took a noticeable dip on Sunday, falling from 4.6 million viewers to 3.6 million. The broadcast nevertheless was the top draw on basic cable for the night among total viewers, adults 18-49 (1.8 rating), adults 25-54 (2.3 rating) and households (2.8 rating).
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7 "Sixteen Candles" -- Who can forget Anthony Michael Hall triumphantly holding Molly Ringwald's panties over his head?
8 "The Breakfast Club" -- Sure, the whiny teens would never shut up. But all their complaining was entertaining anyway.
“Practically Perfect in Every Way,” the MARY POPPINS 40th Anniversary Edition DVD is chock-full of spectacular, all-new bonus material that has never been released before. This Disney treasure-trove includes an all-new animated short hosted by Julie Andrews and starring the voice talent of Sarah Ferguson, Tracy Ullman and David Ogden Stiers. Created exclusively for the DVD, the short is based on an original Mary Poppins story by P.L. Travers, “The Cat That Looked At A King.” This magical DVD also includes a first-ever reunion with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and co-composer Richard Sherman as they reminisce about making the film and the music that was such a special part of its success.
1. "The 4400," (Sunday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.9, 4.2 million homes.
2. "Monk" (Friday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.6, 3.9 million homes.
3. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), Spike, 3.1, 3.4 million homes.
4. "The Dead Zone" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.0, 3.2 million homes.
5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), Spike, 2.9, 3.2 million homes.
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The guild also nominated industry professionals in categories such as picture and sound editing in feature films, television series, television movies or miniseries.
Episodes of Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest, The Dead Zone and The Eleventh Hour received nominations for best dramatic television series and episodes from Puppets Who Kill, The Newsroom, An American in Canada and Corner Gas received nominations for best comedy television series.
USA's shows are doing so well that their ratings are every where.
USA is pulling the plug on its freshman drama "Touching Evil," as a network spokesman confirmed earlier this week the cable channel will not renew the series for a second season.
The news comes as USA is experiencing record series numbers from its summer entry "The 4.400" as well as strong showings by regulars "The Dead Zone" and "Monk."
USA had basic cable's three most watched shows. "The 4400" scored big with 6.13 million viewers to take the top spot. Second went to "Monk," which drew 5.77 million, while "The Dead Zone" held onto 4.64 million viewers from the "4400" crowd. Another episode of "The 4400" was No. 5 with 4.19 million.
Viacom divisions Paramount International Television and CBS Broadcast International have been merged under the new banner of CBS Paramount International Television. CBI president Armando Nunez Jr. will head the new entity, it was announced Tuesday. Gary Marenzi, president of Paramount International Television for the past seven years, will be exiting his post. Marenzi was reportedly informed of the move early Tuesday while vacationing in Italy. He was unavailable for comment. The move represents the first major restructuring ordered by Leslie Moonves since he assumed oversight of Paramount's television operations with his promotion to co-president and co-chief operating officer at Viacom in early June. Said Moonves in announcing the merger: "This restructuring will help maximize our programming resources, efficiently streamline our overseas distribution and establish a programming pipeline that can have a huge impact in the global marketplace
USA Network claimed the top three basic-cable spots in total viewers last week with the Aug. 8 finale of The 4400 and new episodes of Monk and The Dead Zone , Variety reported. The final installment of 4400 earned a 2.3 rating among viewers aged 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers overall, while Dead Zone posted a 2.0 rating and 4.6 million viewers, the trade paper reported.
The Herald Sun has a story on Autralian Films that makes mention of Sarah Wynter
Three Dollars, recently wrapped in Melbourne.
Robert Connolly's adaptation of Eliot Perlman's novel was strong enough to bring Mansfield Park's Frances O'Connor and 24's Sarah Wynter back from Hollywood to join David Wenham.
Lloyd Segan has written us once more at the Offical Dead Zone Site...alas, still now word on what's up with the finale, but there's a lot mention on the upcoming Instinct episode.
We also must mention an unusual, very special guest star appearing in "Instinct." I'm talking about a massive, half-ton (that's 1,000 pounds!) Kodiak bear (no, it's not a guy in a suit). This beautiful animal was an awe-inspiring sight to behold, with a head larger than my entire torso and a standing height of over twelve feet. And we think his performance is pretty great as well.
The three most watched programs on basic cable this week belonged to
USA, with The 4400, Monk and The Dead Zone, averaging just over
6.1 million viewers, 5.8 million viewers, and 4.6 million viewers,
respectively. Additionally, six weeks into the quarter, USA is pacing
to be the top rated and most watched basic cable network of the
3rd quarter.
The Dead Zone also had a robust week, earning a 3.7 in households,
with an average 4.6 million viewers. The Dead Zone is exhibiting
remarkable year-to-year growth currently outpacing last season's
performance by 25% in adults 25-54 and 24% in adults 18-49.
Zap2it's TV Gal runs a list of her fav, summer cable programing and guess who's on it!
"The Dead Zone": Now that Johnny is moving on with Jack Bauer's ex-girlfriend, the show has finally broken away from the Johnny/ Sarah/ Walt romance. Truly, there was nowhere for the show to go with a story line that was doomed to keep repeating itself. In its thriving third season, there have been great guest stars, compelling episodes (I loved the recent wedding episode), and new and surprising takes on Johnny's gift (he was able to stop a shooting at a high school by saving a young boy before anything happened to him). "The Dead Zone" is the rare series that seamlessly interweaves stand-alone episodes (watch Johnny save men trapped in a coal mine) with the ongoing arc of Johnny's fight to bring the evil Stillson down. However, unlike other cult, fantasy series such as "Alias," viewers can drop in any time and figure out the plot fairly quickly. "The Dead Zone" is a well cast, well acted series where all the parts (particularly the visually jolting special effects) work. And you don't need to be a psychic to know that.
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THE PUNISHER, GODSEND and the first six days of nationwide release of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 along with library sales were leading revenue drivers for the quarter. Video releases including THE COOLER, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and STEP INTO LIQUID as well as previously released titles such as CABIN FEVER, the cult classic RESERVOIR DOGS, WONDERLAND and HOUSE OF THE DEAD were also significant revenue contributors. In addition, international sales of THE PUNISHER, GODSEND and Lions Gate's coproduction with Paramount Pictures, THE PRINCE AND ME, made significant revenue contributions along with Lions Gate Television's delivery of episodes of the dramatic series THE DEAD ZONE (now in its third season on USA Network) and the television movies and miniseries 5 DAYS TO MIDNIGHT, BRAVE NEW GIRL and INFIDELITY
The Boston Herald thinks it just might be.
The truth is out there.
USA Network's limited-run science fiction series ``The 4400,'' which concludes tonight at 9, is one of the biggest hits of the summer.
The penultimate episode last week attracted 6.5 million viewers. That's more viewers than the network's other hits ``Monk'' and ``The Dead Zone'' draw. The two-hour premiere on July 11 was the most-watched new series premiere on basic cable.
Although there's no word yet, with success like this, even conspiracy theorists can be certain that ``The 4400'' will return in some form.
Viewers who missed an episode or two can catch up with a ``4400'' marathon beginning today at 4 p.m.
The Lowell Sun ran a cute article about the local baseball team giving away Stephen King Bobble Heads at their Friday the 13th Game.
The bobble head depicts Bangor resident King standing on three stacked books and wearing jeans, a Red Sox jersey, glasses and a Spinners hat.
The Red Sox jersey has "King" across the back and the No. 13 for Friday the 13th.
The three book titles are "The Dark Tower, ""The Green Mile" and "The Dead Zone," selected because they represent the author's three favorites.
NEfan at USA Messageboards reports a strong rumor for Dead Zone's 3.5 to start in
Piller Records has the song Melting from the Speak Now episode avialable to listen to at their site.
The Dead Zone TV reports that the Sci-Fi Channel in The UK now has their September schedule is up, and the series will return on Monday, September 6th at 9pm GMT with "Finding Rachel, Part One".
Sunday August 22 - Take a walk in a Park Play Scrabble. Change a burned-out lightbulb. Or, if you're very, very, terrifically bored, watch the 'Dead Zone' finale on USA".
Stop by The Dead Zone's official site to read the lastest letter from Lloyd Segan .
be a rockin' hour of television.
This week's episode, entitled "Cycle of Violence," marks the return of Sarah Wynter in the role of Rebecca Caldwell. In addition to exploring her background as a counselor of troubled youth, it's also the continuation of a budding romantic relationship between her and Johnny Smith.
Directing this episode is a dear friend of The Dead Zone family and the person who cast the pilot. Her name is Ellie Kanner, and I hope you'll agree that she did an awesome job. "Cycle of Violence" guest-stars two tremendous talents -- Judge Reinhold and The Sopranos' Robert Iler. "Cycle of Violence" depicts these two tremendous talents as warriors dueling from opposite ends of a philosophical spectrum.
According to The Calgary Sun, Krista Rae who played Pauline Dionne in the episode: "The Mountain" will be playing Lisa Marie Presley in Man In The Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story which premieres Aug. 5 on Movie Central
The much hoped for Season 4 might be still put off a bit by Sean Patrick Flanery's current filming schedule.
If you're a fan of the character Dana Bright, then stop by and check out Maximus's campaign at the USA Messageboard to bring the character back for Season 4, should there be one.
Anthony Michael Hall has an interview with Game Informer magazine as an online extra
Gear Feature: The Anthony Michael Hall Interview
A lot has changed since the days of Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. Game Informer Associate Editor Lisa Mason chats with Anthony Michael Hall about his show, Dead Zone, as well as video games, books, movies, and movies in our first ever Gear feature.
In a startling achievement, USA finished the week of July 26-August 1 with the top three series on basic cable among total viewers and adults 25-54 thanks to its trio of "Monk," "The Dead Zone" and "The 4,400."
"Monk" (5.40 million, 4.2 household rating) moved ahead of "The 4,400" (5.01 million, 3.5 household rating) on Friday to become the top draw among total viewers while "The Dead Zone" (4.51 million) rounded out the top three on basic cable.
On the flip side, "The Dead Zone" was the number one series last week among both adults 18-49 (2.5 rating) and adults 25-54 (2.7 rating) while "Monk" (adults 18-49: 1.9 rating, adults 25-54: 2.6 rating) and "The 4,400" (adults 18-49: 2.3 rating, adults 25-54: 2.5 rating) finished close behind the Sunday drama.
USA's win was fueled by a trio of hour-long originals. A new episode of Emmy-winning comedy "Monk" drew nearly 5.4 million viewers to rank as cable's second most watched show for the week. The new abduction drama "The 4400" was No. 3 with 5.01 million. "The Dead Zone" was right behind with 4.51 million viewers for No. 4.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Rob Owen has an article on summer programing that makes mention of The Dead Zone
Even as the broadcast networks begin to make an effort in the summer, cable series continue to make new gains. Ratings are up 10 percent from last summer, according to USA Today, while broadcast network ratings are down 8 percent. USA Network's "The 4400" has been a big hit and TNT's "The Grid," USA's "The Dead Zone" and "Monk" and Sci Fi Channel's "Stargate Atlantis" have all performed well by cable standards.
In a move to up it's ratings, Scifi Channel will take a stab at reality programing and will return to viewing the Dead Zone!
Sci Fi's primetime schedule will also be boosted by futuristic legal drama Century City, starring Hornblower's Ioan Gruffudd, as well as the third series of the Stephen King's paranormal drama The Dead Zone.
TOP 10 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SHOWS
Wednesday, August 11
"The Fabulous Life of ... Classic: The Brat Pack"
"The Fabulous Life Classic" takes an exciting look at how the stars of
yesteryear lived life to the fullest; expensive cars, trendy restaurants and
non-stop nightlife. This episode examines the hottest teen movie stars of the
1980s: The Brat Pack. Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy,
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson. Seemingly overnight films like St. Elmo's Fire and The Breakfast Club launched legions of adoring fans, number one tracks, and catapulted its young stars into the fabulous life.(Premieres at 11:00 p.m.)
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/fabulous_life_of/82069/episode.jhtml
Thursday, August 12
"I Love the 80s-1984"
1984 Highlights: Madonna, Prince, The Terminator, Corey Hart-Sunglasses At
Night, Where's The Beef?, Paulina Poriskova, Geraldine Ferraro, Wham!, Day-Glo
fashion, Glow Worms/Transformers/Care Bears, Michael Jackson and the Pepsi
commercial, Webster, Punky Brewster, Mary Lou Retton, Ralph Macchio Miami
Vice, Sixteen Candles, Footloose breakdancing, Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA, This Is Spinal Tap.(Airs at 8:00 p.m.)
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s/62136/episode.jhtml
Sarah Wynters in post production of Robert Connelly's (worked on Swimfan and The Believers) Three Dollars. (an Australian Local Feature)Local Actors David Wenham (Van Helsing) and Frances O'Connor (Timeline) are also involved in this production.
Among ad-supported cable networks, USA rolled to victory in adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), adults 25-54 (1.1) and total viewers (2.9 million). Net's original series -- "Monk" (5.40m), "The 4400" (5.01m) and "The Dead Zone" (4.51m) -- ranked as the week's three most-watched cable programs.
USA Today is running an article on how cable stations are matching thebig three in ratings over summer with their scripted Television programing.
USA has three series scoring big cable numbers: Monk (4.9 million), Friday's quirky detective dramedy; and on Sundays, The 4400 (6.5 million), a limited-run drama, ending this weekend, about a crowd of missing people who suddenly reappear all at once, and The Dead Zone (3.2 million), a spinoff of the Stephen King novel.
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Reviews of all the latest episodes of US shows in our special sealed section: Dead Like Me, The Dead Zone, Five Days To Midnight, The 4400, Kingdom Hospital and Stargate SG-1.
RANK/ PROGRAM NAME /NETWORK /DAY /RATING /AUDIENCE
Read the full story at the Montery Herald
TV Guide's Water cooler Talk finally has some word on the Dead Zone
Finally! After three years Johnny blurted it all out to Sarah: "What about the day you married Walt?... If someone had come up to you at your wedding and told you positively that I was going to wake up, what would you have done?... Would you have waited for me?"
Sarah Wynter returns to "The Dead Zone" this Sunday at 10 p.m. on USA. She'll also be back for the two-part finale on Aug. 22. Robert Iler, Anthony on "The Sopranos," also guest stars on this week's episode as a high school troublemaker. When I interviewed Iler at the start of "The Sopranos" season, he told me he would love to guest star on "The O.C." Ryan and Anthony, Jr. in a fistfight Orange County style. Now that would be some good times.
Various STAR TREK personalities were on hand Saturday, July 31st, to celebrate the wedding of one of their own. Shawn Piller a TNG and VOY writer, and co-creator and supervising producer of THE DEAD ZONE, married actress and singer Lindsay Price over the weekend. They were married under the giant willow tree at the beautiful and exclusive Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California, under a brilliant blue sky.
Piller wrote the stories for TNG's "Journey's End" and VOY's "Death Wish" and "The Q and the Grey." Price has appeared in THE DEAD ZONE (playing "Sharon Weizak" in episode: "Netherworld" (episode # 1.8) ), BEVERLY HILLS 90210 and last fall's NBC sitcom COUPLING. Several hundred guests celebrated the nuptials, including STAR TREK producers Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, and Ira Steven Behr; DEAD ZONE stars Anthony Michael Hall and Nicole deBoer; Tom Welling (SMALLVILLE) and a variety of other industry insiders, friends and family.
Shawn's groomsmen included actors Chris Masterson and Danny Masterson (THAT 70'S SHOW). The best man was Lindsay's brother, Bryan Price. One of the bridesmaids was Shawn's sister, Brent Piller. Ironically, Sunday night's episode of THE DEAD ZONE was entitled "Speak Now" in which 'Johnny' (Anthony Michael Hall) must decide whether or not to stop a wedding. The episode featured the love song "Melting," written and performed by Lindsay Price, and currently available on THE DEAD ZONE soundtrack, available at TheDeadZone.net.
Sarah Wynter who plays Rebecca Cadwell, will also be appearing in the Cycle of Violence episode next week.
8/01/04 39 Speak Now
Sarah Wynter will not be in the Upcoming Fantastic Four movie. Jessica Abla of Dark Angel was the one that got the part.
Although filming doesn't start until next month, Alba has already gotten a glimpse of the skin-tight outfit she and her fellow cast members—which include Michael Chiklis (The Shield) as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Ioan Gruffudd (King Arthur) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic—will be wearing. "I've tried mine on," she said. "And the zippers are on the inside. I was so scared. [The costumer] had to use a tool. ... The costumes are very cool. They are spandex, and we have gloves and boots ... and fours on our chests."
Seems one of TDZ fandom questions may have found an answer.
I decided to watch it with the commentary, and am glad I did. At one point in the episode, Johnny pulls up in his Jeep at the pharmaceutical company security gate. At this point in the commentary, Craig Silverstein, who wrote the script, mentioned how they were going to get rid of Johnny's Jeep b/c "the clutch is rusty" and apparently it was dangerous for AMH to drive...
