Friday, March 16, 2012

NEWS ROUNDUP: Game of Thrones DVD Record, Thomas Calabro To GLEE, GRIMM Renewed

'Game of Thrones' DVD sales set HBO record
HBO has moved about 350,000 units in the first week since the show’s March 6 release. That’s the biggest first-seven-day tally for any TV series title in the network’s history. #yearofthesoap

LUCK Director Blames TMZ for Killing Show
Michael Mann and producer David Milch addressed the staff right after HBO pulled the plug on the show yesterday ... and explained, 'If you take a look at the media coverage that has been spun unfairly. If you saw the media coverage ... It's TMZ and everybody else.'"

Anatomy of Shonda Rhimes, the Busiest Woman in Hollywood
"I've really loved GREY'S and PRIVATE, but at a certain point you want a new challenge. I get itchy and I start looking around for a new challenge and a new world. The thing that all my shows have in common are smart women, I like to believe anyway, and that's what SCANDAL has in common with these shows. I don't think the venue really matters so much, if it's medicine or politics, you're watching people playing at the top of their game."

The Lagging Economic Indicator of TV Shows
"TV networks want a great economy to sell ads in, but TV writers probably like working with the assumption that it’s tough out there—not for propaganda reasons but dramatic ones."

Thomas Calabro joins GLEE cast
The former MELROSE PLACE star will play Puck's dad.

NBC Renews GRIMM For Season 2
With its most recent outing, GRIMM drew 5.2 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, but of significance is the fact that at last tally, it’s 18-49 numbers enjoyed the largest increase — 87 percent! — of any network series in DVR Live+7 data.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Jury Says It’s Having Trouble Reaching Verdict
After its first full day of deliberations, the 12-member jury (9 women, 3 men) came out of the jury room at 4 PM to express its concerns to Judge Elizabeth Allen White and the lawyers for Sheridan and defendants Marc Cherry and ABC. Judge White, visibly surprised by the jury’s return to the courtroom on this matter, advised that they recess slightly early, spend the evening reflecting on the matter and then reconvene Friday morning.

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