In this chunk of TV news from Cinema Static, we touch on the renewal of the Syfy channel TV show, Alphas; what pageant Chris Harrison of The Bachelor franchise fame, has been tapped to host, and for just how long will ESPN hang on to Monday Night Football (MNF)!
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Syfy’s Alphas
It was announced that the Syfy network has gone and renewed their new scripted sci-fi drama, Alphas. Syfy has ordered 13 new episodes of the TV show.
When Alphas premiered, it was their best performing scripted series in the last two years, up to that premiere date. (The power of curiosity and hope for a good show will kick butt every time with any TV viewer!)
Though numbers are not quoted in today’s press release, or whether they were up against new or rerun episodes, the press release noted that…
“in both key demos, Alphas has outperformed other new and returning scripted series this season including Teen Wolf, Rescue Me, Hawthorne and The Killing. Alphas also tops Memphis Beat in Adults 18-49.”
They also go on to chat about the on demand numbers are pretty good also, averaging over 240,000 episode plays within the first 7 days of an episode airing.
(Yes, that’s all capturable data, much like then TiVo let it out of the bag when someone had a nip-slip!)
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I do watch Alphas, but it is on Monday nights and that’s not my best night for catching the TV show. I’m one of those on demand viewers. The TV show is not bad, if I must say so myself.
More press release snippets:
{Alphas, airing Monday nights at 10PM ET/PT on Syfy, follows a clandestine group of ordinary people whose unique neurological condition equips them with extraordinary physical abilities. Led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (Temple Grandin, Good Night, and Good Luck) and operating within the Defense Department, the team investigates cases involving other Alpha activity. The ensemble cast also stars Malik Yoba (New York Undercover, Why Did I Get Married?), Warren Christie (October Road), Azita Ghanizada (Castle), Ryan Cartwright (Bones) and Laura Mennell (Watchmen). Valerie Cruz is a recurring guest star.
Notable guest stars this season include Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope), Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Rebecca Mader (Lost) on September 12th and John Pyper Ferguson (Caprica) on September 26th.
Created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow, Alphas is a production of Universal Cable Productions and BermanBraun Television.}
[Syfy press release]
After break is Chris Harrison and Monday Night Football TV news:
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If you were watching Monday Night Football tonight with Indianapolis vs. Tampa Bay, you’d notice that the usual opening that Hank Williams Jr. belts out for the show wasn’t there. And neither was Williams.
