Sunday, December 6, 2009

NEWS: Jon Lindstrom, CORRIE, Sessions, VENICE

10 Things to Watch About Comcast-NBCU
#9 The FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Model. A while back, Steve Burke said that if the right opportunity arose, Comcast would look at a similar model to the DirecTV deals, in which the satellite provider gets a first run of a show and picks up a chunk of the production tab, with the second run airing on a network.

ATWT's Jon Lindstrom coming to Broomfield to help kids
Lindstrom will appear at the 2009 Care 4 Colorado Toy Drive. "I haven`t done one in a few years," he said. "This one has a long-standing history with the community," he said. "I love kids and I like to do something for kids. It`s the holiday season, I have some time off, so why not?"

In conjunction with his visit, the Enterprise is holding a contest to win lunch with Lindstrom.

"I'm looking forward to it," Lindstrom said. "Most fans are just good old regular folks who are eager to share with you what they think. ... It can be a very productive way to gauge how the show is doing, how you`re doing. They`ll look you in the eye and politely tell you they didn`t like the way you did this, or liked that."

"Sessions," with GUIDING LIGHT's Robert Newman, to Close in January 2010
Albert M. Tapper's musical "Sessions," which currently features GUIDING LIGHT's Robert Newman, will end its run at Off-Broadway's Algonquin Theater Jan. 3, 2010, following the 3 PM matinee. When it closes, the production will have played 61 previews and 360 regular performances.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We Love Soaps will be interviewing Newman at the show this week.

New Web Series Paints Venice as a Hot Bed of Steamy Action...With a Purpose
"You can drop $9.99 to buy a pass for the whole series as a subscriber, but to take the show out for a spin you can watch the first episode via YouTube, where it's garnered largely positive reviews and over 18k hits. Who knows, if the web series takes off, it might just give landlords and realtors in Venice incentive to hike up rental and home prices and capitalize on the world-changing powers of Gina and her 'prism.'"

CORONATION STREET launches on Google Street View
CORONATION STREET has made internet history by becoming the first soap to feature on Google Street View. CORRIE producers have announced on the soap's official website that the 360-degree images of Weatherfield were now live on the Google service.

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