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| TV Tales |
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The Latest Happenings in Front of and Behind the Small Screen |
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| Bob Newhart is returning to television in a three-episode arc on NBC's ER, where he'll portray an architect going blind due to macular degeneration. The first episode airs October 30. |
CBS' Les Moonves admitted they may not have respected CBS News when it suggested a TV movie to Private Jessica Lynch in exchange for an interview for the former POW. Moonves also announced the network is still considering production on The Real Beverly Hillbillies, despite protests from Americans who feel it mocks their lifestyle. |
Top 10 TV Ratings - 9/29-10/5/03 |
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1. CSI (CBS)
2. Friends (NBC)
3. ER (NBC)
4. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
5. Law & Order (NBC)
6. Monday Night Football (ABC)
7. Survivor: Pearl Islands (CBS)
8. Scrubs (NBC)
9. CSI: Miami (CBS)
10. Will & Grace (NBC) |
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Giovanni Ribisi reprised his role as Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) brother on Friends' final season in an episode that aired on October 2. |
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| There will be a sitcom spinoff for Matt LeBlanc's Joey Tribiani character on Friends, says the Hollywood Reporter. Friends writers and executive producers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan are being eyed to pen the pilot script for, of course, Joey. |
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Top 10 Cable Ratings - 9/22-28/03 |
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1. NFL: Colts vs. Saints (ESPN)
2. NFL Prime Time (ESPN)
3. WWE Raw Zone (Spike)
4. WWE Raw (Spike)
5. Fairly Odd Parents (Sun) (Nick)
6. Nip/Tuck (FX)
6. Stuart Little (DISN)
8. Fairly Odd Parents (Sat) (Nick)
9. Fairly Odd Parents (Nick)
10. Trading Spaces (TLC) |
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EMMYS 2003 ON CCN |
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| Hilary Duff will celebrate her Sweet 16 with a music special for The WB on September 28. The former Lizzie McGuire star will also appear in a musical Christmas special for the Frog network. |
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| John Stamos has inked a deal with Brad Grey TV and 20th Century Fox to star in and possibly produce a sitcom that would bow fall 2004, according to the Hollywood Reporter. |
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| USA is producing the first TV movie about the Washington, D.C., sniper attacks. Actor Charles Dutton will play former Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose in D.C. Sniper, which will air November 14 at 8 pm. |
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| Carson Daly's Last Call started its third season September 2 on NBC with a new set. The show has been beating the competition, CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, in the all-important 18-34 demographic. |
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| Topher Grace has inked a deal with That '70s Show producers to carry him through 2005 and bump his per-episode salary up to the $250,000-$300,000 range, the same as co-star Ashton Kutcher. |
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Former Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo has signed on to become the latest MTV VJ, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Crowned in 1998, Minnillo has since appeared on Fox's drama pilot The Break and CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful, among other things. |
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| What We Watch @ CCN |
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Monday
Everwood (WB-9PM)
Las Vegas (NBC-9PM)
Tuesday
Gilmore Girls (WB-8PM)
One Tree Hill (WB-9PM)
Wednesday
Karen Sisco (ABC-10PM)
Thursday
Friends (NBC-8PM)
Scrubs (NBC-8:30PM)
Will & Grace (NBC-9PM)
What I Like About You (WB-9PM)
Run of the House (WB-9:30PM)
Coupling (NBC-9:30PM)
ER (NBC-10PM)
Without a Trace (CBS-10PM)
Friday
Boston Public (Fox-9PM)
Saturday
Movie on TNT, HBO, TCM, AMC, Max
Sunday
American Dreams (NBC-8PM)
Alias (ABC-9PM)
Boomtown (NBC-10PM) |
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