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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By Steve Krutzler / 14:38, 1 July 2004 / People
The British press reports today that STAR TREK actor James Doohan is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. According to Sky News, the 84 year-old 'Scotty' star has also battled Parkinson's, diabetes, and lung fibrosis.
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I wanted to express my sincere sympathy to Doohan's family and appreciation for all Doohan's hard work over the decades in many venues in Trek (including voicing many of the parts in the TOS Animated Series). My brother-in-law's father died around Easter time after suffering from Alzheimer's, dementia, and cancer, so I know what type of stress that this can bring to a family. He was in his 80s as well and I miss him because he was the nicest, most down-to-earth guy.
And I hate to see that this thread has turned like this, however I would agree with what you said about TNG "Relics" and it is something that I have posted about a number of times on this site before. It was an utter disgrace what was done to the character in an episode that was supposed to be a "tribute. Yet even the episode name "Relics" evokes a "has-been" feel to the whole thing, suggesting that what remained in him was but a tiny glimmer of what he supposedly "once was". But if anything, the episode should have been titled "Legends" instead.
However I put the blame SQUARELY ON on a writer who everyone around here loves so and genuflects to, the crafter of the silly re-imagining of BSG:
Ronald D. Moore
Yes, the SAME one who crafted the death of Kirk.
Moore has been one the architects of the destruction of TOS and TNG, along with his former writing partner and buddy Brannon Braga, because his focus was to do a show which would be the antithesis of those previous 2 - a show NOT created by Roddenberry, and it was called DS9. And if not for the likes of Behr and Echevarria and Micahel Taylor, one can imagine what DS9 might have become with respect to whether it would have anything to do with the original concepts of Star Trek at all, outside of name-dropping and glancing references to the previous shows.
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"I think the show talked to people through the characters. They're stories that speak to the heart. They talk about love, they talk about friendship, they talk about loyalty, they talk about patriotism, exploration, curiosity, reaching out... And I think all those things still touch people. Even when you look at a 30-year old show, it still has something to say." - D.C. Fontana, Sci Fi Channel Special Edition TOS 1998
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"If the season finale involves the re-built USS Reliant coming back in time to the 21st Century crewed by Moogie, Dr. Selar, Morn, Transporter Chief Kyle, and the Salt Vampire, then we'll know that Coto has gone too far." - tomba1701
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