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Quickie

Not much time today to post so I’ll do a quickie:

Looks like I was right calling Tim Robbins’ Possible Side Effects as Showtime’s next pickup.
Seeing as it is now the only pilot left standing, the pickup seems extremely likely now.
Sho has indeed passed on the other pilot that was still in the running, the Jewish comedy Ronna and Beverly from Weeds‘ Jenji Kohan, Reno 911!‘s Jamie Denbon, and Jessica Chaffin.

Also, something that will most likely make some waves: the Dutch program Devil’s Advocate has ruled that Osama Bin Laden is no guilty of the 9/11 attacks (not enough evidence against him) .
Wow.

Coming soon to a screen near you

Is it just me or is nothing major going on in H-Wood (other than massive layoffs)?
Well, actually, a couple of other things have been happening lately.

For one, here are two pics from upcoming pilots.
One is for ABC’s Flash-Forward ($7 million budget), the other one is for FOX’s Absolutely Fabulous.

Over here, the Jules Verne Festival in Paris has just announced its last event for the whole 3 days, after a disappointing opening night (a documentary about the moon basically), and both a small Lost and even smaller BSG event, the only night left to reveal was the closing one.
Barely two weeks before this night, they finally reveal that they’re going to honor Gerard Depardieu.
What the frak?
Some people were expecting a Star Trek premiere or something similar (they hyped it as if it was going to be something major), and we get a tribute to Depardieu?
I know he’s a great actor and all that, but, seriously, we’re talking about a festival named Jules Verne.
How does he relate in any possible way to “adventure” or “science-fiction” or “fantasy”?
No wonder they waited until the last minute to reveal what was going to be night about.

The jury is also even more ridiculous than last year.
What a disappointment overall.
I hope we’ll at least get something epic off the BSG/Lost events.

In the meantime, let’s take a quick look at Showtime.
The cable network has passed on The L Word spin-off as well as theMatthew Perry/Peter Tolan comedy, The End of Steve.
Is this a huge mistake? Time will tell.
Steve will however be shopped around to other nets.
I’m expecting Tim Robbins’ Possible Side Effects to be picked up though.

Also, no surprise, AMC has renewed Breaking Bad.

Hola, adios

Looks like the Hulu/CBS peace treaty is not lasting very long.
Hulu pulled all of its videos from CBS’ TV.com last Tuesday after CBS failed to distribute on Hulu its shows and content from CBS, The CW or Showtime.
CBS is bitching about it saying that its in their right to stream Hulu vids on TV.com.
Fight! Fight! Fight!

Showtime’s half-hour Nurse Jackie by Liz Brixius, C.S.I.‘s Evan Dunsky & That ’70s Show‘s Linda Wallem, starring The Sopranos‘ Eddie Falco as a NYC E.R. Catholic nurse with a weakness for Adderall and Vicodin, has now a premiere date: June 8th.

The Butterfly Effect‘s Amy Smart is set to play Claudia McIntire from the ABC show I, Claudia, now renamed See Cate Run, revolving around a young prosecuting attorney that could one day become the president of the United States.

CBS’ Accidentally on Purpose will meanwhile star Dharma & Greg‘s Jenna Elfman as the San Fran movie critic getting pregnant after a fling with a younger man.

Sounds wonderful.

What is not wonderful however is that The Middleman has now been (at last) officially canceled.

Farewell. :(

You’ll be able to see the un-filmed (real) season finale on comic-book form though.