Primetime’s 10 top-earning men collectively raked in $308 million between June 1, 2009 and June 1, 2010, nearly double the $162 million their female counterparts pulled down during the same period.
BOARDWALK EMPIRE fills the NYC void left by LAW & ORDER hiring 1,200 and spending millions
The acclaimed series hired 1,200 people and poured millions of dollars into local industry coffers while filming in Brooklyn over the past year, Crain's New York Business reported Sunday.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hopefully some of the former ATWT and GL crew is getting work on NYC shot series like BOARDWALK and BLUE BLOODS.
As One World Ends a New World Begins in Daytime Soaps
Jim Romanovich writes: "Technology, evolution and the economy contribute greatly to the decline in daytime television. Although many fans are quick to blame trigger happy executives with killing the genre, what really happened was that they reacted to the panic that was created by the audience erosion years before."
Minka Kelly Is the Esquire Sexiest Woman Alive 2010
According to the Esquire cover story: "She's beautiful. She's athletic. She can act. And you've already fallen in love with her, back when she was a cheerleader."
Former VENICE Director Hope Royaltey Brings Soapy Drama to Twitter via THE P@SSIONATE AND THE PRIVILEGED
"It's going to be in regular language. One of the restrictions is the number of characters (Twitter is limited to 140 characters per tweet) so there might be some ampersands going on in there but no there wont be a lot of 'LOL'."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The first Twitter soap that WE LOVE SOAPS covered was in 2009 - CHICAGO TO CORONADO. Technically, you could call Mindy's GL tweets a Twitter soap. The title is also very similar to indie soap THE PROUD AND PRIVILEGED which debuted earlier in 2010.
Shock Video: LIFE UNEXPECTED cast gets lewd, crude, and nude
Reports Michael Ausiello: "Someone over at The CW’s PG-rated LIFE UNEXPECTED has a decidedly R-rated sense of humor, as evidenced by the following (presumably unauthorized) behind-the-scenes video. If this doesn’t chase those Monday blues away, nothing will."
90210's Trevor Donovan: Teddy's Internal Struggles Will Fuel More External Outbursts
"Everything is so internal. He's battling with himself," Donovan says. "He's creating his own problems and ... there's going to be a lot of external struggles from other people mostly caused by his frustration, his anger, his denial and confusion."
LIVE+7 TV RATINGS: GREY'S Tops Premiere Week; 90210, GOSSIP GIRL & FRINGE Gain BigLive+7 and C3 ratings for premiere week were released today, with most series posting double-digit increases when 7 days of DVR viewing was added to their original premiere week tally. In Live+7, 4 series did that: ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY (6.8 rating, +25.9%), which surpassed Fox's GLEE (6.6, +17.9%) was the highest-rated program of premiere week among adults 18-49.
RATINGS: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Hits Fall Low
DH (3.8/9) was down 14% for its lowest-rated fall telecast ever despite. BROTHERS & SISTERS (2.8/7) continues to hang in there. After a couple of weeks of flat or up ratings, it slipped 7%.
B&S star Dave Annable Ties the Knot!
The actor wed Odette Yustman Sunday in an outdoor ceremony attended by 215 family members and friends in Ojai, California.
B&S hooks Ryan Devlin up with Calista Flockhart
Devlin has been cast as a fun, smart, and precocious grad student in Kitty’s (Calista Flockhart) law class. Rumor has it little Ms. Grieving Widow will take a, um, special interest in Devlin’s character.
MAD MEN's Spurious Comic Strip Origins Further Explored
The latest and some backstory on the MAD MEN comics.
TNT Picks Up 1950s Noir PI Drama Pilot
TNT has handed a pilot order to HOLLYWOOD & VINE, a noir mystery drama from writer Daniel Pyne. The show takes place in post-WWII Los Angeles, a setting made famous by novelist Raymond Chandler. It centers on a savvy private eye with a stoic charm and an uncompromising set of personal values who is dedicated to searching for the truth – even if it means taking on the upper echelons of power in a city balanced precariously between the glamour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills and the dual threat of organized crime and a corrupt police department.
Thad Luckinbill lands Hallmore movie role
Luckinbill has the lead role in an upcoming Hallmark Channel Original Movie! Randall Reunion Races with Roma Downey and Kayla Ewell. He last airs on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS on November 5.
Daniel Benzali Joins GENERAL HOSPITAL
First seen December 6, the character will be admitted to the hospital and develop a friendship with troubled heroine Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough).
Roger,
ReplyDeleteGiven the concern shown for the loss of Law & Order jobs, why was there so little concern for the loss of the jobs provided by the P&G soaps? Didn't they employ as many if not more people consistently?
Also, why aren't soaps in New York eligible for tax breaks that prime time shows seem to get?
P&G, ABC, and CBS are all major corporations, why didn't they and the unions lobby for tax breaks for soaps produced in NYC?