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(S01E01) Live for the Moment goes for the heartstrings at the first minute. In the premiere episode, we meet Roger Childs who started to suffer from ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). Even with his body degenerating, he's managed to continue to be positive for his wife and two children. Jeff Probst arrives, hands the family a journal with several "missions" and hopes that the family will live for the moment.

On paper, the show is basically Phil Keoghan's show No Opportunity Wasted, but with a bigger budget and longer timeline. Live for the Moment is truly a combination of The Bucket List, Big Fish, and Up! The show is saccharine sweet and would have fit perfectly on the Hallmark Channel.

Emmy Award-winning producer and director Scott Brazil has died at age 50. He died of complications from ALS and Lyme disease.

Brazil was, as late as last week, working on The Shield as a producer and director. He had an impressive resume, having worked on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Hill Street Blues, JAG, CSI: Miami, and Nip/Tuck.

[via TV Tattle]

The Smoking Gun strikes again! They've gotten their hands on an e-mail that an ABC executive sent out to all the ABC affiliates. It details the type of people that the network is looking for to feature on their Extreme Makeover show. It shows they're really in the market for:

• Kids with "old man's disease"
• Drunk driving victims
• ALS sufferers
• Victims of home invasions
• Amazing people with skin cancer

It also shows that you probably shouldn't use exclamation points too much, especially when you're talking about death and/or tragedy.