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HBO Loosing Ground.

The Star Ledger, has an article on how HBO started cable series, but can't brag this year about how far ahead they are of the other cable networks.

The age of entitlement is over. The channel's less glamorous subscription cable rival, Showtime -- which has traditionally played Donovan to HBO's Bob Dylan -- has earned buzz with such series as "Queer as Folk," "The L Word," "Huff," "Barbershop" and "Weeds." Sci-Fi Channel's best miniseries ("Taken," "Dune," "Children of Dune") and series ("Farscape," "Battlestar Galactica") have earned it a rep for making genre fare that's worth taking seriously. FX stumbled with "Over There" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," but it scored big with "The Shield," "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me," black comedies whose main characters tend to fall into one of two camps, redeemable and irredeemable brutes. TNT has "Closer" and "Wanted," USA has "Monk" and "The Dead Zone." And Comedy Central and Cartoon Network have established themselves as safe harbors for dangerous minds. (The latter's "Adult Swim" block of nighttime programming is as close to avant garde art as TV gets.)

US Programing Is Effecting Britian's TV.

The Observer has an article on how US TV is effecting Britian's Televisions.
USA's The Dead Zone, is one of the shows that helped lend a hand!

Space station

It may be derided by some as a refuge for nerds, but the Sci-fi channel, which celebrates its 10th birthday this week, is a valuable asset for its owner, NBC Universal. In an era when multi-channel TV is growing rapidly around the world, brands with a universal appeal are commodities with huge growth potential. Sci-fi now operates in dozens of countries. In the UK, it is available in more than 9 million homes and reaches an average of 2.8 million viewers a week. The company says its audience is split almost equally between men and women, who tune in for shows such as The Dead Zone and Psychic Detectives.

Dead Zone Schedule

Airdate Ep # Title
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10/31/05 52R Babble On [3 am ET/PT]
11/07/05 53R Coming Home [2 am EPT/PT]
11/14/05 54R Saved [2 am EPT/PT]
11/21/05 1R Wheel of Fortune [2 am EPT/PT]
11/27/05 55 A Very Dead Zone Christmas [10:00 pm ET/PT]
TBA The Inside Man
TBA Articles of Faith
TBA Independence Day
TBA Lotto Fever
TBA The Hunting Party
TBA Panic

Lions Gate Grows In Leaps And Bounds

Lions Gate Entertainment has purchased U.K. film distributor Redbus Film Distribution Limited for $35 million in cash and stock. U.S. Lions Gate also gains Redbus' international rights to more then 130 films, including Bend It Like Beckham, Jeepers Creepers and The Mothman Prophecies.

Happy Birthday!

Actor David Ogden Stiers turns 63 on Halloween! October 31!

From Entertainment News


Sarah Wynter

NEWLYWED Aussie actor Sarah Wynter has revealed she and hubby Dan Peres are ready to start a family. "We would definitely like kids," she told the November issue of Madison magazine, out today. "Though I'm not on a time clock yet."

Are People Watching Less TV?

An Article at The Rocky Mountain News talks about TV's over all slip in ratings.
The Dead Zone and Monk's Christmas Specials get a mention!

CABLE LINES: Lifetime will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Golden Girls on Nov. 11 with an 11-hour marathon (10 a.m.-9 p.m.) of 20 episodes of the NBC series that starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.

• Cable networks often display more flexibility than their traditional commercial brethren. Although Monk and The Dead Zone are not currently on the USA schedule, producers of both series are premiering special holiday episodes to be aired over the Thanksgiving weekend.

On Nov. 25, Monk will offer an episode set during the Christmas season in San Francisco dealing with a murderer who uses poison in a bottle of wine to do his dirty deed.

The Dead Zone (Nov. 27) has a far-out episode story about a missing and confused Santa Claus

The Collector Screencaps Now Available!

The Collector

Godiva's Stephen Lobo To Appear In "Articles Of Faith"

Stephen Lobo

Best known for his role as Ramir, on Bravo.ca's Godiva's, Stephen Lobo will have an appearance as a guard on the up coming "Article's Of Faith" episode scheduled to air in 2006.

Screencaps Are Back!

Broken Circle

Christmas Episode Spoliers!

From the Futon Crtic (there's Monk spoilers there as well.)

USA is hoping to cure the holiday blues of "Monk" and "The Dead Zone" fans as the network has scheduled a first-run, Christmas-themed episode of each series for Thanksgiving weekend.

DON'T READ ANY FURTHER DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

And here's how they describe the "Dead Zone" episode, which is set to air Sunday, November 27 at 10:00/9:00c.

"When female psychic Alex Sinclair (returning guest star Jennifer Finnigan) pays Johnny a surprise Christmas visit, the two work together to solve the mystery of one very lost and confused Santa. Sharing disturbing and contradictory visions of their Santa’s life, Alex and Johnny wonder who this strange old man in a track suit and Santa hat really is. As their investigation unfolds, they become involved with three young street kids who are equally lost, and who wind up joining everyone back at Johnny’s for the best - albeit strangest - Christmas any of them can remember. Don't miss "A Very Dead Zone Christmas," an all new episode of The Dead Zone, premiering Sunday, November 27 at 10/9C!"

David Ogden Steirs Lends His Voice Again!

From Box Office Prophets
David Ogden Steirs will be lending his voice to Hoodwinked!: The True Story of Red Riding Hood
Release Date: December 25, 2005

As Gregory Maguire has taught us in books like Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, there's always at least two sides to every story. The grand tradition of taking classic fairy tales and turning them upside down continues with this CGI animated film. The creators of the story, Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards and Tony Leach, have fashioned the tale in the same fashion as Rashomon.

In Hoodwinked, the story begins at the end. Various furry and feathered cops from the animal world are charged with the task of investigating a domestic disturbance at Granny's college. The parties involved are a girl, a wolf and an axe, and the potential charges that might stem from the incident include breaking and entering, disturbing the peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a license. Even worse, this strange case might be connected to another one they've been investigating - a certain "Goody Bandit" has been stealing recipes from shops across the land, but has been impossible to capture.

Investigator Nicky Flippers is the guy who will hear all four sides of the events that have taken place. He'll question a karate-kicking Red, a thrill-seeking Granny, a sarcastic and back-talking Wolf and a doofy Woodsman. As he hears the various stories, certain threads from previous tales will be tied up.

Co-director Cory Edwards has created the film with an eye to the old Bugs Bunny cartoons, making the film move at a super fast pace. While kids will enjoy the animals, he plans to make it funny for all ages, with in-jokes that might only really be understood by the older viewer. The cast is stellar, including veteran voice actress Tara Strong as Red, Patrick Warburton (The Emperor's New Groove) as Wolf, Sally Struthers as Granny, David Ogden Stiers (Lilo & Stitch) as Nicky Flippers and Andy Dick as Boingo. The concept was certainly good enough for the Weinsteins, who made the film one of the earliest acquisitions of their new distribution venture. The film will be released over the Christmas holidays in 2005. (Kim Hollis/BOP)

The Brat Pack Movie and Music Collection Coming To DVD

From Bellaonline.com

The Brat Pack Movie and Music Collection arrives on DVD on November 1st. This set includes the movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, , and Weird Science. Now you may be scratching your head and thinking that this set sounds a lot like the High School Reunion Collection which was released in 2003. This set features the same movies but also includes a cool music CD with music from the three films. The track list for the songs on the music CD has not been released.

Re-naming and repackaging this set was probably a good idea considering these films were widely referred to as "Brat Pack Movies." It still seems a bit odd that Weird Science is here and not Pretty and Pink, so in many ways this is the Anthony Michael Hall collection since he appears in all three films.

The Brat Pack Movie and Music Collection arrives in stores on November 1st.

Universal Studios Offical sale page link.

SNL IN THE '80s: LOST AND FOUND" DEBUTS NOVEMBER 13 9-11PM

Go to the Futon Crtic for the whole story!

Leading up to the special, NBC has begun re-airing Emmy-nominated and memorable episodes from the '80s in the "All-Night" timeslot (directly following SNL on Saturday nights or at 3 a.m. ET, check local listings) for five weeks leading up to the special (it began this past Saturday with an episode hosted by Rev. Jesse Jackson from the 1984-85 season) and continues through November 12.

The October 22 "All Night" show, with host Madonna and musical guest Simple Minds (from the 1985-86 season), was the first show produced by Lorne Michaels after his five- year absence. The Oct. 29 show features the 1987 Sean Penn/LL Cool J episode featuring the unforgettable sketch with Penn decking Carvey's "Church Lady". November 5 brings the Emmy nominated episode from the 1988-89 season hosted by Tom Hanks featuring musical guest Keith Richards (as well as a cameo from then-staff writer Conan O'Brien with a horse). Finally, on November 12, 1983's episode hosted by Bruce Dern with music from Leon Redbone which features the (literally) show-stopping run of sketches following the assassination of Eddie Murphy's "Buckwheat."

It's That Stephen King Time Of Year.

Askme.com has a feature on Stephen King that includes pics, pictures, biography, video, related news, vital stats, commentary, and cool facts.




Stephen King

"People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them that I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk."
-Stephen King

Debnar-Mercury Entertainment To Syndicate The Dead Zone

Full Article
Debmar-Mercury Entertainment, the newly merged entertainment company run by televisions veterans Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, has acquired U.S. Syndication and basic cable rights to USA Network's hit drama series, The Dead Zone The show will be available beginning fall of 2006.

Lions Gate Considers Take Over of Image Entertainment

According to sources Lion's Gate is considering taking over Image Entertainment.
Image Entertainment is the studio that produced the latest Nicolas Cage Movie, Lord of War .

The Dead Zone Goes Into Syndication!

This just in from the Futon Critic

THE DEAD ZONE (USA) - Debmar-Mercury Entertainment has signed on to sell the repeat rights to all 67 episodes of the veteran USA series, following their successful sales of "Farscape" and "South Park" to local stations across the country this fall. Like most syndicated offerings, the company is expected to offer both five-a-week plays to cable stations (for a cash license fee) and weekend-only plays to local stations (in exchange for seven minutes per hour for national ad sales) beginning in September 2006. No specific cable networks were mentioned as being targeted however USA itself is expected to be among the contenders. Meanwhile, USA has confirmed a special holiday-themed installment of the series - "A Very Dead Zone Christmas" - has been slated to air Sunday, November 27 at 10:00/9:00c.

Jennifer Finnigan Talks About "Close To Home"

Jennifer Finnigan


Jennifer Finnigan talks about life and her new series with The Boston Herald

Finnigan has been doing her own juggling act lately. In addition to headlining her own drama, she's planning a wedding with her fiance, actor Jonathan Silverman

She hasn't had much interaction with the show's executive producer, Jerry Bruckheimer. The man behind ``Without a Trace,'' ``Cold Case'' and ``The Amazing Race'' is busy filming the sequels to ``Pirates of the Carribean.''

``He did come on set once during the making of the pilot. It was so funny because, as usual, the set was loud. Everyone was talking at the same time, and then all of the sudden everyone started speaking in hushed tones. So out loud I was like, `What's going on? Why is everyone so quiet?' And I turned around, and it was like God had appeared.' ''

The Dead Zone Reaches The NFL

Full Article

I thought it was cool that The Dead Zone gets a nod in a sports right up for the Falcons!

"We're all questionable," Mora said this week. "We might be here tomorrow, we might not. I might die in 30 seconds, I might not."

Maybe Mora knows things we don't, sort of like the creepy Anthony Michael Hall character in the TV program "The Dead Zone" who can predict your future by simply touching your hand. Maybe, in handing Vick his playbook earlier this week, Mora had a premonition of his quarterback falling through an open manhole while attempting to cross the street.

Sean Patrick Flanery's New Role

LOS ANGELES, October 14: American Cinema International (ACI) has begun production on a new feature film that will air on SCI FI Channel in the U.S.; and has appointed Cindy Burnett as director of sales and acquisitions.



Savage Planet, currently shooting in Toronto, will be available for presale at MIPCOM and at the AFM. It stars Sean Patrick Flanery (Dead Zone) and focuses on a team of scientists in 2048 who venture to a new planet in search of a plant that will save life on an overpopulated earth but instead find themselves in an even more threatening situation.



Burnett joins the company from Active Entertainment where she served as the Los Angeles production coordinator on several titles for SCI FI Channel. Prior to that she was at Lantern Lane Entertainment.

From World Screen

See AMH in New York!

According to the site,Mercedes Hall, Mary C will be playing at The Bitter End, in New York on Oct 20, 2005.


Mary C

Michael will be seeing Mary's performance for the first time and will be hosting this special event!

Watch for the special Christmas episode of "The Dead Zone."
The episode will feature holiday recordings by Mercedes! We'll keep you informed.

Mary C's music will also be featured in an up coming episode of "The Dead Zone."

For more info check out Mary C's site!

Georgia Craig

Georgia Craig will be playing "Nikki Moore" in episode: "Independence Day" Her other credits include, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,The L Word, Tru Calling,Stargate SG-1 and The 4400

Dylan Bruno

Dylan Bruno will also be starring in Independence Day as Felps/Massey.
He's best known for his roles as Novalee's boyfriend Willy Jack, who ditches her to embark on an ill-fated music career, in 20th Century Fox's Where The Heart Is - 2000

Christian Bocher



Christian Bocher best known for his character Buddy Hooks on Wolf Lake will be playing Grim in the upcoming Independence Day episode.
His credits also include, Bloody Bill Anderson from the series Into The West and Father Malone in The Fog released today.

Anthony Michael Hall's Mom Joins Cast

Taken from The Dead Zone TV

According to Mercedes Hall's Official Site, she will be joining the cast for the Christmas episode.

Christmas episode of USA Network's, "The Dead Zone" to feature music from Mercedes Hall

Mercedes recently completed a recording of "Silent Night" and "Away in the Manger" for a special holiday episode of The Dead Zone! Check back here for more details as the episode come closer to airing!

The Very Dead Zone Christmas Episode will air in Nov.

Dead Zone Makes Bravo's Top 100 Scary Movies

It's that time of year again, time for all of our favorite scary movies to resurface from where ever it is they hide all year long.
Bravo has a Top 100 scary movies of which The Dead Zone comes in at 51.

51. The Dead Zone

Another one of Stephen King’s classics came to the big screen in the form of 1983’s “The Dead Zone”. Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakes from a coma to realize he has the power to see the future by merely touching an individual. Will he be able to change some of the more disturbing visions?

Dead Zone On Channel A

It seems Channel A in Canada did a last minute schedule switch the left Smallville Fans scratching their heads.

It appears that a lot of viewers are wondering what happened to the season 5 of Smallville o­n A-Channel. After premiering the show o­n october 1st, the show didn't air as scheduled o­n saturday.


Most fans of the series sat down saturday @ 7pm o­n A-Channel o­nly to find out that The Dead Zone was airing in it's place.

It seems that an o­n-air scoller mentionned that Smallville would air o­n monday but a lot of people seemd to have missed it as we've received quite a few e-mails concerning this.

So after checking with their advanced listings that we receive for our "Primetime Tonight" feature o­n the main page (that is currently unavailable but will return in november), we discovered that for the next three weeks (at least), Smallville will air Mondays @ 9pm (local time) because Just Legal, who previously aired o­n this timeslot has been canceled late last week by The WB.

Filling the empty timeslot left by the move of Smallville o­n all A-Channels (except A-Channel Victoria/Vancouver), Access Hollywood - Week-end edition will move ahead to 7pm to make room for The Dead Zone @ 5pm.

For A-Channel Victoria/Vancouver which previously aired Smallville sundays @ 6pm, The Dead Zone will air in it's place. The Week-end edition of Access Hollywood doens't air o­n the Victoria station.

This change for Smallville is effective until further notice for all A-Channels.

Here's the episodes that will air over the next followig weeks:
Monday Oct. 10th @ 9pm – Episode: Mortal
Monday Oct. 17th @ 8pm – Episode: Hidden
Monday Oct. 24th @ 9pm – Episode: Aqua

You can also catch Smallville o­n Space, sundays @ 7pm

Dead Zone Schedule

Air Date Ep # Title
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10/05/05 48R Heroes & Demons [1 am ET/PT]
10/10/05 49R The Last Goodbye [2 am ET/PT]
10/17/05 50R Grains of Sand [2 am ET/PT]
10/24/05 51R Vanguard [3 am ET/PT]
10/31/05 52R Babble On [3 am ET/PT]

11/27/05 55 A Very Dead Zone Christmas
TBA The Inside Man
TBA Articles of Faith
TBA Independence Day
TBA Lotto Fever
TBA The Hunting Party
TBA Panic

Upcoming Episodes and Guest Stars For 2nd Half Of The Season

A Very Dead Zone Christmas" Episode: #4.12 - 25 December 2005
Spencer Achtymichuk .... Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman
Jennifer Finnigan .... Alex Sinclair
Bill Mondy .... Deputy Roscoe
Sean Rogerson .... Smalltime Drug Dealer
Jacqueline Ann Steuart .... Starlet
Rimple Sumer .... Soccer Mom


"Independence Day" - 2006
Christian Bocher .... Grim
Dylan Bruno .... Felps/Massey
Ben Cotton .... Hank
Georgia Craig .... Nikki Moore
Matthew Currie Holmes .... Brian Moore
Nolan Funk .... Jake Phillips
Chelan McKenzie .... Denise


"Articles of Faith" - 2006
Stephen Lobo .... Guard
Bill Mondy .... Deputy Roscoe


"Heart of Darkness" - 2006
Artine Brown .... Trooper K .Starvinski


"Panic" - 2006
Emiko Abe .... Mrs. Sakura
Dustin Milligan .... Randy Johnson
Angelo Renai .... Harris Knowles


"Lotto Fever" - 2006
Joëlle Antonissen .... Emily Lumely
Matthew Robert Kelly .... Cowboy
Jocelyne Loewen .... Martha Plumley
Benjamin Ratner .... Boyd Lumely


"The Inside Man" - 2006
Bill Mondy .... Deputy Roscoe

Happy Birthday!

Actor Sean Patrick Flannery turns 40 Oct 11!

Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence' Gets Good Reviews

Go to Toledoblade.com to read the interview.

A History of Violence has a movie star (Viggo Mortensen), the largest big budget he's ever known ($30 million or so), and a story that doesn't ooze, spurt, or slather on the blood or any bodily fluids. It tells of a small town guy, Tom Stall (Mortensen), who kills two men to save the people in his diner. And then it goes beyond that act to look at what it means to his family, and how a few seconds of violence reverberates in ever more violent ways. If it appears to be Cronenberg's most conventional picture to date, look again: He has always been on the short list of major directors who use violence not for effect but formeaning. We spoke last month during the Toronto International Film Festival. The following is an edited version of that long chat.

Jennifer Finnigan Talks About Close to Home and a Dead Zone Christmas Episode!

Jennifer Finnigan
From TV Insider

TVGuide.com: You made an impression with fans of The Dead Zone last June, guesting as a fellow psychic and love interest for Anthony Michael Hall.
Finnigan: Yeah, I had such a terrific time, and Michael and I have really terrific chemistry, so it was so easy to do. They wanted me to come back quite a bit, and I did go back for a Christmas episode [to air in December], and they basically left it open. They said, "Whenever you want to come back, please do. We would love to have you."

USA to Top TNT!

From Variety

The big question for USA is whether the push it gets in the fourth quarter carries over into next year. Bonnie Hammer, president of USA and the Sci Fi Channel, is making no predictions, but she points out that USA's parent, NBC Universal, is cheerleading for the placement of McMahon's most popular wrestlers -- among them John Cena, Torrie Wilson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Carlito and Kurt Angle -- into guest spots on TV movies and original USA series like "Monk," "The Dead Zone""The Dead Zone" and "The 4400."