Tuesday, August 08, 2006

News briefs: Prison Break and more

Quickies this time:

You all picked up Prison Break Season One, right? Okay, me neither. Hopefully I'll have a little money left over on Saturday.

Speaking of PB, creator Paul T. Scheuring said his plans for Patricia Wetting (VP Reynolds) are to "wait and see" if ABC's Brothers and Sisters is successful before deciding on what to do with the character. Hey, it worked for Charles ("C-Note") Dunbar, who had little presence in early episodes due to his commitment on Head Cases, which lasted all of two episodes. By episode 8, C-Note was a featured player.

You can read the rest of Scheuing's interview at http://www.tvguide.com/news/insider/. Be sure to check Tuesday's Insider as the link probably won't bring you right to it in a few hours.

Want to help choose an alternative to the Emmy's (which, somehow, really screwed up nominations this year), then head to http://www.mediavillage.com/fanawards/ and vote for the actors/shows that MediaVilliage lead critic Ed Martin nominated. I'll tell you, it's hard to pick just two in every category, but he sure got more right than the Emmy's.

Comedy Central has greenlit Jon Stewart's Three Strikes, about a minor league baseball team.

And, while I hate to even mention this waste of oxygen, I just wanted everyone to know that Paris Hilton has announced she's staying celibate for one whole year. I think she may just have reached the top of the Media Whore mountain.

All the above stories-- and tons more-- can be found on TV GUIDE online's news section (my mandatory daily check) by Matt Webb Mitovich. The link is http://community.tvguide.com/forum.jspa?forumID=700000044

Until next time...

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