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April 18, 2006 - ABC Scares Up Bird Flu Movie
Article by: Zap2It
May sweeps will soon be upon us, and this year ABC will feature one of the ratings-grabbing month's most time-honored traditions: a ripped-from-the-headlines disaster thriller.
The network has scheduled a movie called "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" for Tuesday, May 9. The "meticulously researched" two-hour film will tell the story of an avian flu outbreak in the United States, the people affected by it and those trying to stop it.
Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck") and Stacy Keach ("Prison Break") star. The cast also includes Ann Cusack ("The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H."), Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls"), Justina Machado ("Six Feet Under") and David Ramsey ("All of Us").
ABC has done little thus far to promote the film, which will air against "American Idol" and the CBS combination of "NCIS" and "The Unit."
Richardson plays a doctor from the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemic Intelligence Service who's summoned to China after a new strain of avian flu is discovered. The virus has mutated into a form that can pass between humans (which the current bird flu virus receiving scads of news coverage cannot).
Among those now carrying the virus are an American businessman returning from a trip to Hong Kong, who becomes Patient Zero in an outbreak on U.S. soil. Cusack will play the man's wife. Keach plays the secretary of Health and Human Services, charged with containing the outbreak.
Ron McGee ("Atomic Twister") wrote "Fatal Contact." It was directed by Richard Pearce, a TV and feature-film veteran whose credits include ABC's "South Pacific," "A Family Thing" and episodes of "Party of Five" and "Homicide."
May sweeps will soon be upon us, and this year ABC will feature one of the ratings-grabbing month's most time-honored traditions: a ripped-from-the-headlines disaster thriller.
The network has scheduled a movie called "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" for Tuesday, May 9. The "meticulously researched" two-hour film will tell the story of an avian flu outbreak in the United States, the people affected by it and those trying to stop it.
Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck") and Stacy Keach ("Prison Break") star. The cast also includes Ann Cusack ("The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H."), Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls"), Justina Machado ("Six Feet Under") and David Ramsey ("All of Us").
ABC has done little thus far to promote the film, which will air against "American Idol" and the CBS combination of "NCIS" and "The Unit."
Richardson plays a doctor from the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemic Intelligence Service who's summoned to China after a new strain of avian flu is discovered. The virus has mutated into a form that can pass between humans (which the current bird flu virus receiving scads of news coverage cannot).
Among those now carrying the virus are an American businessman returning from a trip to Hong Kong, who becomes Patient Zero in an outbreak on U.S. soil. Cusack will play the man's wife. Keach plays the secretary of Health and Human Services, charged with containing the outbreak.
Ron McGee ("Atomic Twister") wrote "Fatal Contact." It was directed by Richard Pearce, a TV and feature-film veteran whose credits include ABC's "South Pacific," "A Family Thing" and episodes of "Party of Five" and "Homicide."
posted by Niptuck News on 18 Apr 2006; comments (0)
March 17, 2006 - Actors exit pilot gigs
Article by: Herald News Daily
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bruno Campos has departed ABC‘s comedy pilot "Southern Comfort" and is now set as the lead in Fox‘s one-hour pilot "The Wedding Album,"
Campos, who played the Carver on FX‘s drama "Nip/Tuck," will star as a hotshot New York wedding photographer. Tara Summers has been cast as his assistant, and Ashlie Atkinson as the office manager.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Ross ("NYPD Blue") has left ABC‘s drama pilot "Ugly Betty" and is in talks to join ABC‘s Alicia Silverstone comedy pilot "Pink Collar," which explores the nature of female relationships within the workplace.
Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa L. Williams (UPN‘s "South Beach") will replace Ross in "Betty," which centers on a young woman (America Ferrera) who works at a fashion magazine.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bruno Campos has departed ABC‘s comedy pilot "Southern Comfort" and is now set as the lead in Fox‘s one-hour pilot "The Wedding Album,"
Campos, who played the Carver on FX‘s drama "Nip/Tuck," will star as a hotshot New York wedding photographer. Tara Summers has been cast as his assistant, and Ashlie Atkinson as the office manager.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Ross ("NYPD Blue") has left ABC‘s drama pilot "Ugly Betty" and is in talks to join ABC‘s Alicia Silverstone comedy pilot "Pink Collar," which explores the nature of female relationships within the workplace.
Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa L. Williams (UPN‘s "South Beach") will replace Ross in "Betty," which centers on a young woman (America Ferrera) who works at a fashion magazine.
posted by Niptuck News on 17 Mar 2006; comments (0)
December 21, 2005 - Nip/Tuck Unmasks Record
Article By: Yahoo
The third-season finale of "Nip/Tuck" carved out record ratings for FX on Tuesday.
The two-hour episode, which aired at 10 p.m., drew 5.7 million total viewers, making it the most-watched episode ever of any FX original series. The finale revealed the identity of the Carver, a masked serial slasher whose identity was under wraps the entire season.
"Nip/Tuck" also drew 3.9 million in the 18-49 demographic; no other cable series has generated that large an audience this year. The haul also enabled "Nip/Tuck" to rank as the No. 1 original cable series in the demo.
The episode also repeated strongly at midnight, bringing in a cumulative audience of 7.3 million on the night.
Despite switching its scheduled run from the summer -- where it spent the past two seasons -- to the more competitive fall period, "Nip/Tuck" managed to best its season averages in total viewers (3.9 million) and 18-49 (2.7 million) by 100,000 viewers in both categories over last year.
The third-season finale of "Nip/Tuck" carved out record ratings for FX on Tuesday.
The two-hour episode, which aired at 10 p.m., drew 5.7 million total viewers, making it the most-watched episode ever of any FX original series. The finale revealed the identity of the Carver, a masked serial slasher whose identity was under wraps the entire season.
"Nip/Tuck" also drew 3.9 million in the 18-49 demographic; no other cable series has generated that large an audience this year. The haul also enabled "Nip/Tuck" to rank as the No. 1 original cable series in the demo.
The episode also repeated strongly at midnight, bringing in a cumulative audience of 7.3 million on the night.
Despite switching its scheduled run from the summer -- where it spent the past two seasons -- to the more competitive fall period, "Nip/Tuck" managed to best its season averages in total viewers (3.9 million) and 18-49 (2.7 million) by 100,000 viewers in both categories over last year.
posted by Niptuck News on 16 Mar 2006; comments (0)
December 16, 2005 - Nip/Tuck Fans It's Here
Article by: Eonline
Nip/Tuck Fans, It's Here! Okay, finally, this week, you will all find out (a) what happened to Kimber, (b) who the Carver is and (c) why both are so damn good that I didn't want to spoil either. As you know, I've been giving away clues on the message boards, but so far, I don't think anyone has figured it out. (At least, not that I've seen.)
So, what are the odds on Who's the Carver? According to the Race & Sports Book of Wynn Las Vegas, Quentin and Det. Kit McGraw top the list with 8 to 5 and 5 to 2, respectively. Christian rounds out the bottom with 5,000 to 1.
Nip/Tuck Fans, It's Here! Okay, finally, this week, you will all find out (a) what happened to Kimber, (b) who the Carver is and (c) why both are so damn good that I didn't want to spoil either. As you know, I've been giving away clues on the message boards, but so far, I don't think anyone has figured it out. (At least, not that I've seen.)
So, what are the odds on Who's the Carver? According to the Race & Sports Book of Wynn Las Vegas, Quentin and Det. Kit McGraw top the list with 8 to 5 and 5 to 2, respectively. Christian rounds out the bottom with 5,000 to 1.
posted by Niptuck News on 16 Mar 2006; comments (0)
December 13, 2005 - Nip/Tuck Doc Has Bite
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Joining the cast of any show is a little bit daunting, but joining the cast of a show like Nip/Tuck where you never know what will happen has really got to be overwhelming. But Bruno Campos has been reveling in his role as Nip/Tuck's scheming surgeon Quentin Costa. TVGuide.com gave the 32-year-old former Jesse star a call to discuss the upcoming episodes of the show leading to the season finale on Dec. 20th — and maybe, just maybe, to find out some clues about the Carver's identity. - Full Story
Written by Angel Cohn for TV Guide
Joining the cast of any show is a little bit daunting, but joining the cast of a show like Nip/Tuck where you never know what will happen has really got to be overwhelming. But Bruno Campos has been reveling in his role as Nip/Tuck's scheming surgeon Quentin Costa. TVGuide.com gave the 32-year-old former Jesse star a call to discuss the upcoming episodes of the show leading to the season finale on Dec. 20th — and maybe, just maybe, to find out some clues about the Carver's identity. - Full Story
posted by Niptuck News on 16 Mar 2006; comments (0)
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