Wednesday, April 14, 2010

NEWS: GLEE, Tigelaar, Wand, Taylor Spreitler, Shadows

GLEE returns with a record 13.7 million viewers — nearly double its audience
Fox said that Tuesday's episode of GLEE outperformed the prior season average for the show by 88 percent in total viewers, or 13.7 million people compared to 7.3 million.

Send an SOS for 16 sitcoms and dramas 'on the bubble'
USA TODAY's 13th annual Save Our Shows poll asks you to pick which among 16 television network sitcoms and dramas "on the bubble" between renewal and cancellation are worth preserving.

Dark Shadows movie coming in 2011, in 3-D
Tim Burton returns to his roots with a fantasy film based on the 1960s-era gothic TV soap opera that was a big favorite show for both Burton and Johnny Depp, who is slated to play the lead role of Barnabas Collins, a 200-year-old vampire.

Control Your TV With the Swoosh of a Magic Wand
The Magic Wand Remote Control from Kymera is a button-free wand remote controlled entirely by your gestures. Swoosh it one way and the channel changes, spin it another and you can switch from TV to DVD. With 13 different programmable movements, there's nothing you won't be able to do.

Taylor Spreitler leaving DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Soap Opera Digest is reporting that Taylor Spreitler (Mia) will be exiting the soap. "I have enjoyed playing such a fun and ever changing character on daytime television and it has been an incredibly gratifying experience both professionally and personally," she says. "My heart will always be in Salem. Wanted to say thank you to all my fans for your support. I would also like to say thank you to [DAYS] for letting Mia stay around in Salem longer than expected and for that I am grateful. I will be busy filming at [DAYS] the next few weeks so don't forget to tune-in to see how Mia will leave Salem. Looking forward to the next journey in my career."

INTERVIEW: LIFE UNEXPECTED creator Liz Tigelaar
"Tracking The CW’s numbers in general is difficult because they have such a specific audience. I think they have to have a different way of tallying viewers because they do have a lot of viewers who watch online. That said, of course live ratings matter; especially, since our show doesn’t have a big jump once DVR numbers are factored in. That’s why airing encore presentations on Wednesday night was so great, because it doubled our total audience for the week."

3-D TVs may have hazardous effects on kids, teens, elderly, pregnant women
Samsung's new line of 3-D TVs warn that the new technology might cause motion sickness, lingering depth perception problems, disorientation and "decreased postural stability."

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