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What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, Slings & Arrows, Dresden Files, Rome
At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Without A Trace. - NBC has a new Dateline at 7, then a new Grease: You're The One That I Want.
- At 7:30, FOX has a new War At Home.
- At 8, AMC has The Quick and the Dead, with Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe.
- Sundance has a new Slings & Arrows at 8.
- At 8:30, FOX has a new episode of The Winner (another new episode airs at 9:30).
- At 9, HGTV announces the winner of the Dream Home Giveaway 2007.
- Sci-Fi has a new Dresden Files at 9, then a new Battlestar Galactica.
- Also at 9: HBO has a new Rome.
- At 10, NBC has a new episode of The Apprentice.
Check your local TV listings for more.
What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, The Winner, Rome, Sarah Silverman
At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Without A Trace. - ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos at 7, then a new Extreme Makeover.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 7, then new episodes of Grease: You're The One That I Want, Deal Or No Deal, and The Apprentice.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of The Winner, Family Guy, and The Winner.
- Nickelodeon has a new Zoey 101 at 8.
- Also at 8: Sundance has a new ep of Slings & Arrows.
- At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Dresden Files, then a new Battlestar Galactica.
- Food Network has a new Iron Chef America at 9, then a new Challenge.
- If you haven't seen The Sarah Silverman Program yet, Comedy Central has a marathon starting at 9.
- HBO has a new Rome at 9.
- At 10, Showtime has a new episode of The L Word.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Our house wine is brought to you by HBO's Rome
HBO has launched yet another quirky, viral marketing campaign - this time to promote the return of Rome on January 14th. From January 10th through the 13th, 100 Italian eateries in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago will be offering complimentary bottles of Rome wine, a cabernet sauvingnon bottled in California and labelled for maximum ad appeal. Rather than have servers push the wine on customers, a card will be placed on each table offering diners "a taste of Rome."The brainchild behind the promo is Lime Public Relations & Promotions who feel that the campaign is "innovative but tasteful." Lime president Claudia Strauss reported to AdAge that, "The show is all about indulgence, and we just felt this was a great way to bring to life one of the key aspects of the story line." In keeping with the show's over-the-top sex and gore, participating restaurants will also allow diners to drink the blood of Christian martyrs, sodomize select servers and retire to a vomitorium following their meal.
The newest Bachelor is less prince, more Jersey
ABC's latest Bachelor candidate is starting to sound a little slimy. Sure, Lorenzo Borghese is a member of Italy's royal family who grew up in the United States. But apparently he couldn't speak a lick of Italian so the producers signed him up for an intensive Italian course before the show started, according to Radar online. And, even though his bio says he was raised in Connecticut, Radar can only find addresses for his family in New Jersey, dating back to 1979. Plus, the Radar reporters say there's no way Rome is Lorenzo's "second home", as he claims in the promos. Members of the Borghese family in Rome say the prince has never come to their city. And, quite frankly, they're embarrassed that he's doing the show as a member of the family.[Via TV Tattle]
HBO to launch a science fiction series in Ancient Rome?!
Okay, before I continue here I just want to mention that this is unsubstantiated information from an untested resource. Also, as far as we know, it is not part of the development deal James Gandolfini recently signed with HBO. And, finally, this is not an idea I came up with during a dream I had last night.
According to a poster at Ain't It Cool News, HBO has been working on a new series called The Centurion, which takes place during the peak of the Roman Empire. Now, you're saying, they already have a show like that called Rome. Well, the premise of this series is that aliens regularly visited the famous city to encourage its citizens to aspire to greater heights. According to the poster, The Centurion is scheduled for a fall 2007 release.
This seems awfully fishy to me. HBO is normally not a network that delves into production of science fiction series. This sounds like something that you would see on a channel like Showtime; they have a history in this genre with shows like Stargate:SG-1 and Jeremiah. Perhaps HBO is producing this show in an agreement with the Sci-Fi Channel, or another outlet. Let me know what you think?
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It's all over for Rome
HBO announced that the second season of Rome will be the last. Apparently, Rome was originally planned as a mini-series but HBO was so blown away by the quality of the first episode that it picked up an entire season. HBO says logistics of shooting overseas and a very high price tag--first season topped out at $100 million--were reason enough to shut down the show.Season two is currently filming at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome and it premieres January 7 on HBO.
'The Sopranos' will not be premiering in January
From the "Look, We're Really Not Surprised" department ...
It turns out that the last eight episodes of HBO's The Sopranos will not be premiering in January as originally reported. Blame star James Gandolfini's knee surgery for mucking up the works. Since the surgery has set filming back, HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht decided to push the final episodes back to March of 2007. In its place the premium cable network will air the second season of Rome.
Television critic Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle speaks of this scheduling change in his blog. He talks about Deadwood, The Wire, and Curb Your Enthusiasm as well.
Earl, Office writers nominated for awards
Writers for My Name is Earl, The Office, and Grey's Anatomy are getting some accolades for their good work on their successful new shows. The writing teams for those programs were nominated for Writers Guild of America awards. Earl writers received three different nominations, while Office and Anatomy writers were both nominated for two awards including best new series. Don't worry, shows like Lost and Arrested Development also were nominated. The awards will be handed out February 4 in LA and NY.More categories and nominations are listed after the jump:
Rome: Kalends of February
First off, I'm extremely sorry for the tardiness of this post, I'm sure there's a joke somewhere out there about kidney stones, but I'm at a loss for it. Rome was one of the biggest and grandest shows I've ever seen on TV. It wasn't an "epic-miniseries" or "multi-night event", this was a complete television series, and on the largest scale. The finale certainly upheld the high standard that the foregoing shows set, even if the Egypt episodes slowed the pace a little for me. I'm sorry to speak of it in past tense, but there are many rumors that production on the second season has been halted and if it comes back at all, they will show the few filmed episodes as a mini-series. You know me, I hope it's not true, but it doesn't sound good. So while we still can-- On with the show!Rome: Utica
The war is over, Egypt is unified, and the men are returning home. Everything should be peaceful, right? Come now, this is ancient Rome and the show is aired on HBO, of course it's not gonna be peaceful. For those that complained that the ladies of the show have been in the background for the past couple of episodes, well, this was the week was for you then. Attia and Servilia were at their prime in their machiavellian cat-fight in this episode. This conflict could end up spelling the end of Rome as we know it as the respective men in their lives have to choose a side.
Rome: Caesarian
"It's only hubris if I fail," Caesar says after Mark Antony accuses him of hubris, and decides to stay behind in Egypt and play Cleopatra and her brother/husband Ptolemy 13th. For me, this quote pretty much sums up all of Rome's "leaders" to this point. Everyone sees themselves in the right, even though they know they are wrong. Rome's true downfall was their cockiness. On with the show.
Rome: Pharsalus
This episode of Rome seems to be based completely around faith and the destruction of it. Faith is the downfall and faith is the saviour of so many players in this episode. Pompey has his faith that he will not lose, then, that he still has his colleagues trust, then that he will make it safely to his stronghold. Caesar's faith lies in his soldier's prowess and his friends' forgiveness. Titus' resides in the belief that he's not meant to die in some ridiculous manner. Lucius' in his idea of what a government should be.Rome: Egeria
We've just about reached the halfway point in this season and you can feel things are starting to heat up. It's like the tangible tension that is present in every episode of Deadwood. You know the s**t is gonna hit the fan, you're just not sure how or when. Last week Antony was left in charge of a Rome in dismay, the streets are chaotic and the government in shambles. What could possibly go wrong here?? On with the show!Rome: The Ram Has Touched The Wall
So last week we learned that even the great Gaius Julius Caesar has a chink or two in his armor. The love of his best friend's mother and apparently a form of epilepsy. Neither of these could ever come back to bite him in the ass right? Nah... On with the show.TV Squad Hot Topics
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