When I watched what I thought was the series finale of The Event, I had a few choice thoughts about it… like leaving us hanging with a new planet in our sky, earthquakes rattling the world and those pesky aliens wanting to take back the planet for themselves. We had stopped their evil plans to kill us all with a plague, to find out that would have been the humane method of ridding the rock of these pesky humans.
The finale for The Event, I presumed, kept us and our creative hopes engaged by forcing us to decide for ourselves, what was to become of everyone and everything on Earth. I presumed humanity would win and adapt, with lingering aliens either accepting their fate and to continually plot for another 65 years to try again.
But now it seems that my imagined outcome and future of the mythical Earth may no longer be the case! Right now the “word on the street” is that the Syfy channel is in talks to possibly pick up The Event and continue it as a miniseries.
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The last episode of The Event with Jason Ritter that I watched clocked in at a ’2.9/ 4′ in the TV ratings. Which isn’t bad considering how many breaks they’ve been taking while airing the show. It would seem that just as the series is almost starting to get its feet under it, it’s taking another break and will be back in two weeks from now.
When someone in the upper office dictates that you draw the short straw, there is very little you can do about it. I’ve seen this and The Event seems to be experiencing some sort of crash and burn.
It’s almost getting interesting. My problem is that since I’ve invested my time into the story already, that I will continue to watch. But because of all the breaks it takes, it is no longer a priority for me.
On Jason Ritter
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Wondering where your favorite celebrities might be showing up on TV? I have a list of a few names for ya… Here are some selected names showing up on these different shows:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , The Wendy Williams Show , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Jimmy Kimmel Live & Late Show with David Letterman
The lists are not all inclusive and as always, times and dates can change or appearances are not guaranteed.
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Ben Stiller, 3-23 (David Letterman)
Carol Burnett, 3-23 (Jay Leno)
Chris Rock 3-31 (David Letterman)
Dario Franchitti, 3-23 (David Letterman)
Donald Trump, 3-25 (David Letterman)
Helen Hunt, 3-20 (Jay Leno)
Howie Mandel, 3-29 (Jay Leno)
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The Event season premiere from NBC confused me as the premiere episode came hurtling at me. The marketing for the new TV series was superb and was in-line with the feel of the episode, and I presume, the series. NBC has been doing its homework. When you want to succeed, you model yourself after someone you respect, who is also successful. While watching The Event, I couldn’t help thinking of Flash Forward and Lost.
There was an underlying event that was taking place in the present and yet we jumped around in time to develop some background for each character and situation. But the time leaps weren’t consistent. 29 minutes, 3 weeks, 3 months or something like that and was nearly confusing. I had to focus. Hard. It hurt! They had 5 time jumps in the first 4 minutes I think! But if you made it past the first half-hour, the 2nd half hour started to piece it all together.
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Blair Underwood has signed up to play the President of the United States in the upcoming NBC pilot titled The Event.
The Event is a great stepping stone for Jason Ritter, who plays the role of Sean. Sean is every man’s man, a regular Joe who tries to fight his way through the muck of circumstances regarding a consipiracy to assassinate the president.
Underwood as recently been in In Treatment, Dirty Sexy Money and The New Adventures of Old Christine. Jason Ritter has been keeping himself busy in The Class, W & Peter and Vandy.
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