Tyra Banks And Ashton Kutcher Combine Deadly Reality Forces

Seth — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:17:57 EST

· If the concept of the two names Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher (Tyrashton?) melding into a single, reality-TV -producing force for ABC would drive you to incontinence with excitement, well, maybe you should take a bathroom break before reading this story. [THR]
· Quarterlife, the drama from the creators of thirtysomething that started as a pilot at ABC, then got resuscitated for MySpace, and finally was resurrected on NBC, tanked last night, posting a 1.6 rating/4 share. The series about "twentysomethings coming of age in the digital generation" was doomed to be outdated before it ever reached a wide audience, already replaced with far more timely takes on the same material, like ABC's mid-season replacement, Tumblr Road. [Variety]

· Les Moonves's "Suck It, Strikers—We Won!" Tour continues. The future galactic despot told investors yesterday that not only did it not affect CBS's financial bottom line, it actually helped, allowing them to slough off dead-weight development deals "in ways that will allow us to operate more efficiently going forward." [Variety]
· The Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. is offering "strike insurance" to any production currently covered under one of their policies, in anticipation of a possible SAG strike. Said Les Moonves, "We'll pass. A couple absent or dead actors could really push us into the black next quarter!" [Variety]
· Milkshake co-opting victim Paul Dano will star in and executive produce Gigantic, an offbeat romantic comedy from Killer Films. [THR]

Movable Type: The Series

Mark — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:48:08 EDT

· Just in case you didn't take the initiative to look further into this Quarterlife thing (the MySpaceTV series about "twentysomethings coming of age in the digital generation") we mentioned earlier today, we dug up the preview for you. And man, there's a lot of blogging talk! We love it! If only we had a nickel for every time a teary-eyed Brian Grazer stormed into our bedroom crying, "You put my face all over the frickin' net!"...
· Ask Mary-Kate Olsen if you can make her a bowl of tomato soup, get the opportunity to impregnate her.
· Demi Moore learned the hard way that spending $448,000 on cosmetic surgery doesn't necessarily increase the quality of scripts she's sent.
· New, shocking evidence has emerged that Britney Spears may not have been taking the preparations for her disastrous VMA perfomance seriously.
· 168 years in showbiz finally pays off for Larry King.

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Tyra Banks And Ashton Kutcher Combine Deadly Reality Forces

Movable Type: The Series