Boston Herald
Fridays and Saturdays resemble the dead zone this fall on network television.
I don't mean the sci-fi show with Anthony Michael Hall on USA Network. That's actually a good show, unlike the four new ones the commercial networks are launching.
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Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN) announced today that Lions Gate Home Entertainment, a division of Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF) (TSX:LGF) has signed a multi-year agreement that extends their use of Macrovision's technology to copy protect DVD releases. Lions Gate Entertainment is a leading independent producer and distributor with new movies such as Open Water, The Cookout and Fahrenheit 9/11, television series such as "The Dead Zone" and "Missing" and one of the largest home video libraries containing titles such as Cabin Fever, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper and "Will and Grace." Lions Gate also manages a broad distribution system that delivers home video product directly to over 12,000 retail stores in the United States.
Sources said a logical buyer would be entertainment empire Viacom, whose Showtime network and Paramount movie and TV studio divisions are involved in several deals and ventures with the indie movie company, including hit USA Network series "The Dead Zone."
Lions Gate boasts a vast library. It has 8,000 titles from "Dirty Dancing" to independent film hits like the critically acclaimed "Monster's Ball." And potential new hits are on the way, like Kevin Spacey's upcoming Bobby Darin biopic "Beyond the Sea."
A sale would likely mean a big windfall for Lions Gate's star-studded list of investors, which includes "Benefactor" billionaire Mark Cuban, J.P. Morgan Chase president Jamie Dimon and veteran media investor Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management, as well as Fidelity Investors. They've already seen the stock jump nearly fourfold since the beginning of last year.
USA Network Orders 22 New Episodes for Fourth Season, Bringing Total Number of Episodes to 67; Critically-Acclaimed Series Achieved Best Ratings to Date in Third Season
The new order of 22 episodes for a fourth season, coupled with continued high ratings, strongly positions "The Dead Zone" for the syndication marketplace in the future.
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The DVD also takes the viewer up to Depoe Bay (with its spouting horn) and Lincoln City (where it highlights the casino and factory outlet stores). It heads east along Yaquina Bay Road (with its eagles, egrets and osprey) to Toledo (with its art and antique shops), and south to the sculpture gardens of Seal Rock, to Waldport for crabbing and claming and then to Yachats, "gem of the Oregon Coast.
If the voice on the DVD sounds familiar, it's because David Ogden Stiers narrates it. Frank Geltner of the Oregon Coast Council on the Arts obtained Stiers' participation in the project.
- Johnny Smith (Anthony Michael Hall) has a fresh romance happening, but he still can't quite come to terms with his psychic powers in the third season premiere of The Dead Zone, on Space Ch. 39 at 6 p.m.
at the Omaha World Herald
I recently saw Richard Lewis on "The Dead Zone." I remember him from a series years ago, but can't remember what it was. Please help.
D.W., Ely, Nev.
A. The comedian/actor has starred or co-starred in a number of TV series. Maybe you remember him opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in "Anything But Love" (1989) or in "Daddy Dearest" (1993). He's also credited with "Rude Awakening," "Hiller and Diller," and "Harry." Besides his recent guest starring role as Jack Jericho on USA cable's "The Dead Zone," Lewis is a regular on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as Larry David's real-life pal.
Futon Critic
September 9, 2004– "The Dead Zone," the hit series starring Anthony Michael Hall ("61*," "The Pirates of Silicon Valley," "Sixteen Candles"), has been picked up for a fourth season, as announced by Jeff Wachtel, executive vice president, series and longform programming, USA Network. Twenty-two new episodes have been ordered, bringing the total number of episodes to 67. The series is set to resume production this November.
"'The Dead Zone' continues to perform for USA Network, delivering higher ratings with every season. It is consistently one of the top-rated shows on basic cable and we're thrilled to continue to air it on our network," said Wachtel. "We have a great relationship with Lions Gate and our whole production team, and are excited to produce a new season of a great show with them."
From Variety
USA Network is bringing sci fi drama "The Dead Zone" back for a fourth season. Cabler has ordered 22-episode cycle of the skein with production on the new segs slated to begin in Novembe
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The cover says it includes music “inspired” by the program—and from a listen, it just might inspire this non-viewer to at least try it out, if anything for a little variety in tunes.
The Thoroughbred Times has more info on Sean Patrick Flanery's up coming "Veritas: Prince of Truth"
Veritas: Prince of Truth will be a part live action, part animation children’s film in which Sean Patrick Flanery plays comic book hero Veritas. Bret Loehr stars as Kern Williams, Vertias’s biggest fan, and Veritas needs Williams’s help to fend off the evil Nemesii, played by Kate Walsh, who appeared in "Under the Tuscan Sun." The film also features Amy Jo Johnson, who played the pink power ranger from 1993-’96 on the children’s cult classic television show and in the 1995 movie Mighty Morph’n Power Rangers
USA Messageboard's Maximus is launching a Campaign to Bring Back Bright!
More Info On the screening
WHO: From the film: Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick.
Director: Jeff Nathanson
Producers: Larry Brezner, David Hoberman
Other guests include: Joy Behar, Carol Kane, Bebe Neuwirth,
Irina Pantaeva, Bob Balaban, Dominick Dunne, Walter Bobbie,
Richard Kind, Greg Bello, Frank Whaley
WHAT: To celebrate the release of Touchstone Pictures'
THE LAST SHOT.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 14th
5:30pm Press Arrivals
6:00 pm Celebrity Arrivals
7:00 pm Screening begins
WHERE: Cinema One
1001 Third Avenue
(At 61st Street)
CONTACTS: Broadcast Sue Warde 212/536-6430
Print/ Radio/ Online Chris Bogusz 212/536-6426
Magazines/ Photo Derek Del Rossi 212/536-6427
Magazines/ Photo Ash Curtis 212/536-6423
YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED
Touchstone Pictures THE LAST SHOT is rated R &
opens on Friday, September 24, 2004.
Trek Web has an article talking about Paramounts Exec Producer stepping down
Paramount Network Television will undergo a major refit according to Viacom today. The unit will merge with CBS Productions as part of a new Viacom management reshuffling.
The change means a longtime STAR TREK champion and recent ENTERPRISE defender, Garry Hart, will step down as Paramount Network TV chief. He's taking a producing deal with the studio while CBS's David Stapf will take his job
Top 10 Movies It's OK To Admit You Cried In If You're A Guy
7. Edward Scissorhands- Why does Anthony Michael Hall have to ruin everything?
Thanks so much to Jody for the info!
The "SFX" issue #120 August 2004 with James Marsters on the cover
Here are the pieces in this magazine:
p.24 is a small article called "The Dead Zone Revisited"where executive producer Karl Schaffer talks about season 3.
p. 38-39 is a brief profile of Nicole DeBoer.
p. 44-45 are two pics of Kirsten Dalton. She attended "SFX The Event 2004" as a guest.
Also in this section were SFX Reader Awards. TDZ was nominated in a few categories but didn't win. AMH was nominated for "Best TV Actor" and TDZ was nominated for "Most Improved Show" and "Best TV Visual FX".
There is also a "Spoiler Zone" section where you have to rip sealed pages. They talked of spoilers for "Finding Rachel pt. 1" and gave it 3 out of 5 stars because it had a lot of things going on for the viewer to keep track of.
Veritas, played by Sean Patrick Flanery, is a comic book action hero who steps into reality because he needs the help of his No. 1 fan, Kern.
Kern, a young boy from a single-parent home, loves to draw his favorite character and is upset to learn the comic book is going to be canceled.
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On Monday night, the first night of the Open, USA Network hosted its annual kickoff party at the fancy Aces restaurant in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Those noshing on crab cakes, tuna tartar and caviar appetizers included Joan Lunden, John McEnroe, a robust Anthony Michael Hall, bride-to-be Star Jones, actor Stephen Baldwin, supermodel Maggie Rizer, Elisabeth Rohm from "Law & Order," Diane Neal from "Law & Order SVU," Olympic skater Oksana Baiul and "Aida" star Mickey Dolenz.
C21Media
Recent pick-ups US reality TV show Mad Mad House and the third series of the US ratings sensation, The Dead Zone will form the cornerstones of the new season line-up, which will be pushed with a 'There's a little bit of geek in all of us' tagline cross media campaign beginning September 3
The Futon Critic has a great article on USA's Hot Summer!
USA Network was the #1 basic cable network this summer (June –August) in homes and total viewers, powered by the success of original series The 4400, Monk and The Dead Zone. With 2.5 millions viewers tuning in on average during primetime (M-F 8-11P), USA was not only the top-ranked basic cable net but had more actual growth (+469,000 homes and 614,000 total viewers) than any other basic cable network.
The summer of USA's long-running hit, The Dead Zone averaged a 2.7 in household rating with 3.5 million viewers tuning in weekly. The season's average was up +22% in household rating, +27% in P25-54 delivery and +23% in P18-49 delivery over summer season two's average
Media Bulletin will have a big PROMO push in England
LONDON - NBC Universal-owned Sci-Fi Channel is to launch its largest marketing drive to date including TV, print, radio and PR to promote its autumn line-up of programmes with the tagline, 'There's a little bit of geek in all of us'.
Highlights of the autumn schedule include a new reality TV show 'Mad Mad House', 'Babylon 5' and a third series of US ratings hit 'The Dead Zone'.
The campaign begins on September 3 and includes TV, print and radio advertising as well as PR and guerrilla marketing, which aims to present a humorous yet down-to-earth look at the channel, using real people for the first time.
