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Sons of Anarchy Renewed for a 4th Season

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FX Network officially announced that it is renewing the gritty drama, Sons of Anarchy for a fourth season.  This while we still have eight episodes left from the third season!  Too Cool Indeed!

Then again, are we surprised? It is the No. 1 rated drama on cable and this is great news and more and more shows are getting their next seasons announced!

Check out the FX announcement:

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Scott Pilgrim Bombed.

Let’s Let it Go Quietly.

People are still writing about the shock of the horrible failure of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  Hell, it’s doing so bad that my website’s ‘tags auto-detect” system doesn’t want to recognize that I’ve typed it!  Dudes, dudettes,  let it go.

Sure, Universal Pictures dropped about $100 million in budget and advertising and has only made back less then $20 million.

Sure, Michael Cera has a bland rep. But he was perfect for this role.

Sure, anyone who actually saw the movie loved it. Including myself. But it was a weird sell to pitch to the non-fan. And it caused a huge separation between critics and fans getting mad at each other about expectations and the reality of it.

Me, I was surprised, but I loved it. Other friends of mine had the same experience. Our audiences broke out in rampant applause at the end of the movie.

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Damages Saved By DirecTV But Theere’s a Catch

July 19, 2010

Just when we thought we were doomed and lost Damages to lousy ratings, DirecTV stepped in and saved the day by wrangling up a 2-year deal with 20 episodes, giving Damages it’s 4th and 5th seasons. But. There’s always a Butt in the picture no matter where you’re at. Unlike DirecTV’s deal with NBC that [...]

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Damages on FX Is Done – Canceled

July 6, 2010

According to a TV Guide interview with Matt Roush, even though Damages was a much better show in its third season than its second, it looks like FX isn’t going to foot the bill for their high profile cast for a show that wasn’t drawing in enough viewers. Sadly it did not perform in the [...]

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TV Reminder – Rescue Me Returns in Late June to FX

June 16, 2010

A Reminder:  Rescue Me, starring Denis Leary, is returning to FX on June 29 at 10:00 pm. Did you know that Rescue Me is slated to close out its run with the series’ seventh and final season in the summer of 2011?  Yep. The final two seasons of Rescue Me will be watching Tommy Gavin’s [...]

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Walton Goggins Becomes A Justified Regular Cast Member

May 5, 2010

After Justified was renewed for a 2nd season, another extension of sorts was created.  Originally Walton Goggins was going to be Marshal Raylan Givens’ (Timothy Olyphant) nemesis for a few scenes before being put away properly! Goggins’ portrayal of Boyd Crowder has been rather captivating and he was part of the success of the pilot [...]

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JUSTIFIED Gets A 2nd Season on FX

May 4, 2010

If you’re a fan of Justified on FX, starring Timothy Olyphant, you and I are in serious luck!  FX just ordered a 2nd, 13-episode season! Justified has been averaging 3.4 million viewers per episode. My only gripe is that Comcast doesn’t air the most recent episode of FX’s Justified on their On Demand until 7 [...]

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Justified Draws Millions for Premiere Ratings

March 17, 2010

The Timothy Olyphant starrer, Justified, on FX, did pretty good for a cable premiere…  it drew in just over 4 million curious or interested viewers for its premiere episode ratings. The only other FX premiere that did better premiere ratings was The Shield, when it drew in 4.8 million viewers for its 2002 premiere. Check [...]

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Joss Whedon: Is He Headed to FX Cable?

January 19, 2010

When people have lunch, they have lunch.  It’s not something that might tilt the world on its axis… in most cases. Then again, the last time the media reported Joss Whedon and lunch, it was with Eliza Dushku, we ended up with the insidious plots of Dollhouse. HitFix is reporting that FX network president John [...]

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The Most Watched Cable Network of 2009 Was?

January 2, 2010

The most watched cable network out there for 2009 turned out to be the USA network.  USA had an average of 3.3 million viewers.  They were followed by the Disney channel with 2.5k viewers, ESPN was 3rd with 2.3 million and Fox News was the 5th most watch cable network with 2.2 million average viewers. USA [...]

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Will Fox & Time Warner Cable Settle Before Jan 1 2010?

December 31, 2009

The waning hours of the contract between Fox (Parent company News Corp) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) is upon us. Fox and Time Warner are locked in a legal battle about contractual renewal fees.  Fox wants more while Time Warner is trying to keep costs down for customers.  At least that’s what they say. But [...]

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Time Warner To Lose FX & SPEED Channels?

December 18, 2009

It’s being reported that the Charlotte-area cable provider Time Warner might not be showing showing Speed, FX and a few other channels. It seems this little situation is about money and if their resolution doesn’t resolve itself, these and other channels could go dark come January 1st. It’s January 1st because their contract comes to [...]

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