TV legal drama Damages will be moving exclusively to DirecTV. The Sony Pictures/FX production will air 20 new episodes during 2011 and 2012 on DirecTV’s 101 network. DirecTV also gained distribution rights for seasons 1 through 3. Damages stars Glenn Close and Rose Byrne, with episodes also including William Hurt, Lily Tomlin, Martin Short and Ted Danson. Damages broadcasts in 1080i HD and Dolby Digital 5.1.
FOX’s “24″ will end tonight after eight seasons and 194 hours of episodes. The 2-hour conclusion will depict the hours from 2PM – 4PM, as President Taylor gets closer to a “world-changing” peace treaty and Jack Bauer takes “matters into his own hands for one last and unforgettable job.” The finale will air 8 p.m. through 10 p.m. Eastern Time in high-definition 720p. Full Story
This news hitting the wires today NBC has announced it will cancel “Law & Order” after 20 years of episodes. The long-running drama will finally come to end — its termination possibly having to do with “sagging ratings and creative fatigue,” writes the DailyNews. Full Story
Season 4 of Friday Night Lights will premiere tonight, May 7 on NBC. Although the series already had its run on DirecTV, this will be the first time the episodes will be seen on NBC who partners with DirecTV in producing the show. Like Season 3, Season 4 of FNL consists of 13 episodes. Full Story
Epix has partnered with producer/writer/director Oliver Stone and writer Bruce Wagner to develop a new dramatic series titled “Still Holding.” The show will be based on Wagner’s novel, exploring the lives for three disparate characters in Los Angeles and “the violent consequences of love and betrayal.” Full Story
ABC’s drama “V” will return tonight (Mar. 30) after a successful November ‘09 run. In the premiere episode titled “Welcome to the War” Erica is attacked in her home, the Resistance recruits a dangerous new member, and Ryan’s concern over Val’s abnormal pregnancy grows. “V” will follow “LOST” at 10:00 p.m. ET (9:00 Central) and is available in 720p HD on ABC. Full Story
Even if you don’t subscribe to HBO you’ve probably seen commercials for the upcoming series The Pacific from the makers of the Band of Brothers. The Pacific, honing the tagline “Hell was an ocean away,” is a story that follows the journeys of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and John Basilone — as they engage the Japanese following the attack of Pearl Harbor in WWII. Full Story
A new miniseries coming to HBO from the producers of “Band of Brothers.”
Executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, who brought the Band of Brothers miniseries, will be premiering The Pacific miniseries March 14 on HBO. Along with HBO, Comcast is giving its subscribers exclusive On Demand content including a scene from The Pacific, interviews with the producers, and sneak peaks into the making of the series. Comcast is also loading up a Band of Brothers episode every week as a primer for the premiere. Full Story
In case you missed it, Friday Night Lights Season 4 started running this week. The new season takes you back to Dillon, Texas, where Coach Taylor (fired from the Panthers) has been forced to take a job at new rival school East Dillon High. The show is running on DirecTV’s 101 Network, where it is shown exclusively until NBC starts running the show in 2010. Full Story
Kill the lights on this one. This film is dark, dark, dark. I must have seen “Escape from Alcatraz” a hundred times over the years in standard-definition, and each time it seemed the quality got progressively worse. But it is just one of those films that I can’t turn off, even with commercial interruptions. Full Story
HDNet will premiere The Girlfriend Experience this Wednesday, May 20th at 8:00 p.m. ET, two days prior to its national theatrical release. The latest film from Steven Soderbergh stars Sasha Grey as Chelsea, an upscale Manhattan call girl who provides more than just a sexual encounter; for a price, she’ll simulate a complete romantic relationship. Full Story
NBC has renewed “Friday Night Lights” for two more seasons, which will run until 2010-11. The NBC arrangement with DirecTV, in which the satellite TV provider picks up some of the production costs in exchange for airing the season first on satellite, is expected to continue. The show will air in both standard and high-definition (HD). Full Story
Friday Night Lights Season 3 will debut tonight on NBC in HD. But the new season will not be without any spoilers, as the show has already aired last Fall on DirecTV. So while the show’s third season will have its second premiere, it has a chance to build a bigger audience who didn’t catch it via satellite. Full Story
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