Fox is reaching even more viewers as the fourth television network to offer hit shows for download on Apple’s very successful iTunes. On Thursday, Fox confirmed the actuality of this deal.
Fox said Thursday it has become the fourth television network to offer hit shows for download at iTunes. On Sept. 9, Apple landed ABC, CBS and NBC shows for HD downloads at iTunes. Since then, 1 million episodes have sold for $2.99 per episode, as opposed to 200 million episodes for $1.99 apiece in standard definition.
Shows viewers can download from Fox over iTunes include “Bones,” “House,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “Prison Break.” Those shows join such titles as “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” from ABC, “Heroes” and “Knight Rider” from NBC and CBS’ “NCIS” and “Numbers.”
Of the 30,000 TV episodes and 2,500 movies sold at iTunes, 600 of the titles are available in HD, Apple said. ITunes customers have proven they love watching television on their computer, iPod, iPhone and TV with Apple TV
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There had been rumors that “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” would be only up to thirteen episodes. I guess now, there will be more than that since Fox announced last Friday that it would pick up the remaining nine episodes to make it a full season. That would actually make this the series’ first complete year, as that ill-timed writer’s strike left “Sarah Connor” fans with only nine original episodes to watch last year.
That first season’s short life span enabled creators to re-work and re-design the show. However, with this move by Fox, I’m pretty sure Chronicles are going be just fine. I know, mediocre ratings, but given time and lots of hard work, I’m sure that would be remedied in the future.
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Bad news for the fans of the surprisingly above-average fans of the Terminator TV series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Despite the rather good feedback from critics and fans alike, the diminishing ratings of the second season could ensure that the series will be axed.
Last year the show debuted to an excellent 11% share of the USA viewing audience, with the series averaging out at 9%, which is a reasonably good average. However, the new season (including the new arrival of a T1000 “morphing” terminator, as seen in T2) has been getting shares lower than 6%. This equates to a damaging 34% drop from Season One last year.
Over at SyFY Portal a source from broadcasting network Fox has said that “production will likely stop”, although nothing is official as of yet. This is a real shame, as the show (at least Season 1, I have yet to see Season 2) was quite watchable, and will certainly be better than next year’s piece of crap, helmed by McG, far more watchable than the latest season of Fox’s leading show, the silly and contrived Prison Break.
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Posted on Sep 29, 2008 under Comedy, TV |
This season has seen a solid start from many television shows, but the first one to get an axe is Do Not Disturb, a much-panned comedy by Fox.
The series averaged four million viewers over the three episodes that have been aired; they were so criticized that the production team wrote a letter of apology to critics.
It focused on the lives of an egotistical general manager of a New York hotel and the head of human resources, centering on the clashes between them.
Other shows like Fringe and The Mentalist have been doing well, along with 90210.
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Watchmen has to be one of the most anticipated films of next year. An adaptation of one of the most well-received graphic novels ever created, and directed by 300’s Zack Snyder, the impressive trailer set fanboy forums on fire last month, with most agreeing on its authentic feel. Yet, the curse of the project returns once again. Since the 80’s the film has befallen difficulty over difficulty, from Terry Gilliam giving up on it, to rumours of Aronofsky directing it, to Peter Greengrass starting filming only to see the film enter turnaround. And the problems continue. According to a report on Worst Previews, 20th Century Fox, who once owned the rights to the film, has won the case in Warner Brothers’ (who are currently producing the film) attempt to quell an ongoing lawsuit. While this normally wouldn’t be a great concern, and Fox would get a percentage of the profits or a giant wad of cash, the article suspects that Fox would rather use the case to halt Warner’s film from ever getting released.
This is bad news for the millions of fans of the graphic novel. Fox are certainly getting nasty by using such tactics- rather than getting some money they’d prefer to block a competing studio- sour grapes after Warner’s success with The Dark Knight, perhaps?
There is good news, however. Over at Ain’t It Cool News the word is that Warner will most certainly stick to the release day of March 6, and that Warner will just have to bite the bullet and pay off Fox.
More news as it arrives…
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Shock Till You Drop carries word that Wrong Turn 3 is officially in production, noting that casting has already begun. The site’s Fox rep has confirmed that Declan O’Brien is attached to direct. He most recently worked on Cyclops and Genesis Code for the Sci-Fi Channel. It is not known if he is writing the script for the third entry, too.
The original film was released back in 2003 and grossed an estimated $28 million worldwide. The sequel arrived in 2006 on DVD and became one of Fox’s most popular direct-to-DVD sequel.
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