TV Talk: Practical Magic Series, 21 Jump Street Movie

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, FOX, Syndication, Amazing Race, The, News,

-A television series based on the movie Practical Magic is currently in the works for ABC Family. The 1998 film starred Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters in a family of witches.

-Meanwhile, a premiere date has been announced for the big screen version of 21 Jump Street. That film, based on the old FOX series, will premiere on March 16, 2012. Jonah Hill will be one of the stars.

-Love The Amazing Race? Well, you might enjoy the scenery even more next season. "We are doing Amazing Race in HD next year. I just announced it, there you go," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler promised.

-Longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer Charlie O'Donnell passed away on Monday from unknown causes. O'Donnell, who had been a fixture on the program for nearly three decades, was 78 years old.

TV Talk: Kardashians Break Ratings Record, Bad Girls Club Good for Oxygen

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, HBO, Ratings,

-The “Balloon Boy” family will get no reality show despite all their efforts. Richard Heene and Mayumi Heene will, though, get jail time and probation for the stunt they pulled in October.

-Viewers are having no problem Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Sunday’s episode was the most-watched show on the network…ever.

-Speaking of bad girls, Oxygen is quite happy with its Bad Girls Club. Yesterday’s episode was that network’s biggest show to date.

-Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will start their new years in HD. Their Comedy Central programs will be shown in the new format come January 4.

-Another HBO program will be centered on Ricky Gervais. The Extras stars is now going to voice an animated series called…The Ricky Gervais Show.

Get to Know the Cast of Survivor: Gabon

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With the premiere now just days away, it’s time to familiarize ourselves with the next round of Survivor castaways.

For the program’s 17th installment, the reality show will be kicking things up a notch. This season, the contestants will be “battling extreme conditions and interacting with wildlife such as elephants and gorillas” during their stay in Gabon. The filthy castaways will also have all of their flaws exposed in high-definition. (That’s a first for the long-running series.)

Host Jeff Probst says the African locale is the perfect setting for the contest we will be seeing this year. “In a strange coincidence to Earth’s Last Eden—good vs. evil emerges as a major theme this season. I think the audience will quickly identify with one group or the other.”

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