Crossing Jordan’s new season was trimmed down from 22 episodes to 20. Not huge but were still wondering will James (Michael T. Weiss), her brother, return.

According to E Online! someone will be killed of Desperate Housewives sometime in February.

Australian Jamie Denton fan’s you’re in luck. Desperate Housewives will be heading to a channel near you in February 2005. Desperate Housewives will begin airing on Australian free-to-air TV station Channel 7.

Desperate Housewives was named one of the American Film Institute’s Top 10 Television Programs of the Year for 2004. Congratulations to the cast and crew!

Desperate Housewives has been nominated 5 times:

Best Television Series (Musical of Comedy)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Musical of Comedy):
Marcia Cross
Teri Hatcher
Felicity Huffman

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Nicollette Sheridan

The Golden Globes airs Sunday, January 16 from 8 to 11 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

Posted Thursday November, 2nd 2004, 5:24 pm (Greenwich time) at Frustrated Pretender Fans Yahoo Group.

“I bought the DVD of the movies and I watched the very interesting interview of the creators of the show. I wanted news about the show but also about the question of the 3rd movie.

And then I was excited: according to them, they’re currently looking for money to launch the project. The whole cast is ready and very frequently asking Craig and Steven when they’re ready.

They really want to make this movie and talk about it several times in the interview. This movie would be the last and would answer all the questions.

Confirmation: CVS and SLM are really looking for money to make the third movie, the WHOLE cast is ready, and the scenario is almost finished. They add in the interview that even if they can’t make the third movie, the scenario would be released as a novel/book.

Spoilers for the 3rd movie are :
We will know the identity of Jarod, and he will find what he is searching for.

We will know why Jarod is essential to the Center.

We will know the first and last names of Jarod and Miss Parker. ” That is the key of the series” nothing less.

We will most probably know at least a part of it, the secret of Catherine Parker who confined Jarod before she die.

All the dead are they really dead ??? Maybe we will know later.

We will finally have some answer concerning the fact that the Center is keeping Jarod from seeing his mother, The Center is ” on top ” of Jarod (this theme is essential). The big secret of his mother is a part of the final secret.

Jarod knows half of the secret (Catherine Parker secret) and his mother has the other half of the secret, which he will find out, and will give him the opportunity to destroy the hierarchy of the Center.

We will understand that the powers that be (The Center) will have a surprise.

We will understand the fight for their power, the key “Jarod” and find an answer you will finally understand.

It will explain why Jarod is the choosen one.

The origin of Jarod, his inner talent.”

And what does this mean for us?
So according to the movies which have been released in Belgium and now France. The creators have their story. All they need is funding and that is where we come in. Go to the Campaign Third Movie site and pledge money to help pay for The Pretender’s Third movie. Show the cast, crew, creators, and sponsors where not leaving until we get what we want!!!!!!!

Fox’s long-anticipated announcement of The Pretender – Season 1 on DVD is set to arrive on March 15th, it will contain all episodes from the first year: Pilot, Every Picture Tells a Story, Flyer, Curious Jarod, The Paper Clock, To Serve and Protect, A Virus Among Us, Not Even a Mouse, Mirage, Better Part of Valor, Bomb Squad (a.k.a. Potato Head Blues), Prison Story, Bazooka Jarod, Ranger Jarod, Jaroldo!, Under the Reds, Keys, Unhappy Landings, Jarod’s Honor, Baby Love, and The Dragon House (double-length season-ender).

In addition, look for two Featurettes and multiple Commentary Tracks as bonus features on this set, which runs around 1100 minutes and will sell for $39.98 SRP. Video is 1.33:1 full frame, and audio is English Dolby Surround, Spanish Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround. Also look for subtitles in English and Spanish.

Box artwork hasn’t been distributed quite yet, but will be posted as soon as Fox Home Entertainment makes it available. Please stay tuned!

The majority of this message is taken from TV Shows on DVD.

Do you want The Pretender in Germany? Click to vote!

::Michael T. Weiss (Jarod)::
Michael has a couple movies due: Iowa, and Sledge. You may or may not know, Michael T. Weiss is starring in a play called “Burn This”. Here is the address if you want to send him fan mail:

Michael T. Weiss
“Burn This”
c/o Huntington Theatre Company
264 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

The play runs until December 12, 2004.

::Patrick Bauchau (Sydney)::
Patrick can currently be seen in the Ray Charles biopic, Ray, starring Jamie Foxx. He also recently appeared on CSI: NY, will be in an upcoming episode of the new Fox series, House, as well as roles in several independent films.

::Richard Marcus (Mr. Raines)::
I believe Richard Marcus has been doing some work on 24, so check for him there.

::Jon Gries (Broots)::
Jon recently appeared in Napoleon Dynamite and an episode of Las Vegas, and he has a film due out next year called Waterborne.

::Sam Ayers (Sam the Sweeper)::
Sam, keep an eye out for him in the following commercials including America Prepared / Ready.gov PSA, (Central and East) Cellular One, Circle K. If by chance you are in a Spanish market; Radio Shack. And Coming soon: Ace Hardware! Busy guy.

He also will appear in an episode of Alias entitled “Detente” in January as a character named Anton.

Also, he’s going to be in an episode of the new CBS series, “Numb3rs.” The show debuts Jan. 21 (I think). As of right now, the episode Sam is in should be episode #2 and is called “Couplings.”

Season 1 will be released in the USA sometime in 2005! I’ve heard many of the cast have been interviewed by the DVD producers and word is that there will probably also be some sort of documentary feature that includes input from some of the fans. Interesting. I would bet Lois from Jamie Denton’s Official Site would be in there. No specific details yet as to release date, but I’m told that it might be sometime this coming spring. When I find out anything more, I will let you know.

Zap2it Reported: With all the recent hype and controversy and critical buzz Desperate Housewives has generated since it’s inception the new ABC series has reached a new height only after airing eight episodes. The series was the top-rated show for the week beating everything among all networks in total viewers, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Desperate Housewives, goosed by rumors of the offing of a main character, scored with 27.24 million viewers, its largest audience yet, doing a 16.1/23 on Sunday.

The November 28th – December 4th issue of the TV Guide is out and it’s Cover is James “Jamie” Denton and Teri Hatcher. Inside the article “Will They or Won’t They?” We can only hope they will! Go to the newstands now and purchase your copy of Jamie… I mean TV Guide.

Futon Critic Reported: Actor Will Sasso (“Less Than Perfect”) is set to topline a new comedy project for ABC and Touchstone Television from “Perfect” writer Chuck Tatham and producers Nina Wass and Gene Stein. The project, which has a script commitment from the network, features Sasso as the bartender at a local country club who raises his younger brother and sister. Wass and Stein will executive produce via their Wass/Stein Productions banner along with Tatham.

PHQ Note: Does this mean no more Carl on Less Than Perfect? We have yet to find out but we will let you know.

MTW Building
Create your own pretender brick at TopDog City for MTW or The Pretender.

The November 7th -13th issue of TV Guide is out and it is Wicked Good! Read about the Wisteria Lane residents in the new issue for The Naked Truth about John, Gabrielle’s hunky boy toy. In the real life romance section we learn that Eva Longoria is now divorced from our Pretender little brother, Ethan played by Tyler Christopher (currently of General Hospital). Also, don’t you just love the pictures of Jamie? I do. (I can’t call him James. He’ll always be our Jamie.)

ABC’s Housewives Pulls Largest Audience to Date
ABC had all the tricks and the treats as a Halloween night airing of Desperate Housewives racked up its largest audience to date. The suburban dark comedy delivered 22.3 million viewers and 9.8 rating/23 share in the adults 18-49 demographic at 9 p.m., according to preliminary estimates for Sunday from Nielsen Media Research.

Cast Your Vote!

Just a few questions about Desperate Housewives.

We heard James “Jamie” Denton (Mr. Lyle, Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives) would be on the cover of the October 31st TV Guide. Notice that it is about the OC and not about Jamie. Check weekly in November for a Jamie cover as his sight states he may be on the cover in November.

Here’s to hoping I’m not the only one who loved Desperate Housewives. According to ratings the show racked in 21+ million viewers on the pilot episode. Also look for Jamie Denton on the cover of TV Guide October 31st and possibly again in November! Check out Jamie’s site for some pictures from the Desperate Housewives Episodes. You know, since The Pretender I thought Jamie was awesome. I knew he was nice looking but as Mike…. *sigh* he’s just HOT!

There have been rumors floating around about cast members and the show so were going to try and clear up anything that has been floating about.

RUMOR: Andrea Parker will not rejoin the cast of Less Than Perfect for its 4th season.
FALSE: This rumor was started before the 3rd season of Less Than Perfect and has not been confirmed by anyone. Andrea has been on talk show stating that she loves working on LTP. In our opinion this is just a RUMOR and is FALSE, like it says at the beginning. If we learn differently we will let you know.

RUMOR: FOX is trying to obtain the right to produce The Pretender on DVD.
TRUE: FOX was or is working to this goal. Last hear the DVD’s were being put out in France (who know’s why) with an English version included on the discs. Go to the Shop page for more information.

RUMOR: PHQ is working on putting transcripts up for the episodes of The Pretender.
TRUE: Okay I only told someone about this recently and was a little surprised when I read this on a board. The Pretender fans spread word fast… its a little freaky. Anyways, I am working on a few episodes but I am far from having them all. Any help would be appreciated.

RUMOR: The DVD’s offered in French also have a English version.
TRUE: I’ll let Ron from the PHQ Forum answer that: “The French Pretender DVDs (look for “Le Camleon” on Amazon.fr or alapage.com) contain the French AND ENGLISH versions of the Pretender.

The quality is superb and the sets are nicely done, lacking any bonus features however . The menu doesn’t let you switch off the French subtitles with the English version… but no harm done, this function isn’t locked: you just turn the subtitles off with your remote control.

The only thing that unfortunately always remains in French is the writing in the opening credits… to be honest: I can live with that.

The DVDs are coded for region 2 which means everyone in another region has to switch his/her DVD player to region 2. This can be done with most DVD players… search the internet or ask a well-known dealer how to accomplish that… mostly it’s done with a “secret” (in fact: not so secret) code or a key combination on the remote control.

There should be releases of season 3 and 4 and the two movies this year.

I can only recommend these discs to every fan! It was a pleasure to see all these brilliant episodes again… and the more DVDs are sold in France, the higher are the chances for the rest of the world to get our favorite show on DVD as well.”

The navigation system is different, yet again but the point is to try and make this site work efficiently and easily. As you can see there are six categories Jarod’s Lair, Red Notebook, Red Files, Tech Room, Blue Notebook, Sublevels, and Data Annex. (Try clicking on one link twice and watch the system disappear!)

Jarod’s Lair is information, such as news, about the Pretender. It also contains the faq, shop and a few details about the PHQ.

The Red Notebook is the same as on the show. It is all about Jarod’s pretends so that is where you’ll find the episode synopsis and pictures.

Red Files are about the cast just like they were about the children on TP.

Tech Room is just like at the Centre. It contains all the information they may or may not want you to know… personnel files, projects, subject files and Centre locations.

Blue Notebook… well those were Kyle’s but since his death the PHQ has used them and so that is all about us.

Sublevels are things related to us; such as; Clubs, Guestbook, and cast members new shows which are all directly related to this site.

Data Annex has a few sites we created but are not necessarily what we’re about. It also includes a few of our favorite links and a connection to our links section. This is all off site like the Data Annex is for the Centre. Have fun lurking around.

Did you watch this? You have no idea what you missed. Yes, when you see the ads you’re probably think, “How stupid.” I actually said that. And then I thought I will try it out because I love Jamie or James (Jamie Denton, Mr. Lyle) as he is now known. So I watched it. I can’t believe how much I laughed. These people are completely messed up but you find yourself choosing who you completely loved (the less messed up people, I suppose).

Let’s see. There is Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) who narrates the entire episode, and episodes to come. She’s one of five housewives who go to each other for support, but for some reason Mary Alice can’t go to the others and ends her life, but not after she made sure her household chores were complete. Of course; her husband, Paul Young (Mark Moses), acts strangely; witnessed by their son who wakes one night after his mothers death to find his father digging up the pool in the backyard.

Then there is Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) who gave up her career for her monster children. With threats of calling Santa Claus’s cell phone and telling him they want socks, she drags her boys to the wake for Mary Alice. Her life is one ‘exciting’ moment after another and the only thing that would make it worse is adding more kids.

Then there is Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) who’s husband, Carols Solis (Ricardo Antonio Chavira), is all business and money. Being an ex-model, she’s beautiful but she mistakenly married for money and now goes to the gardener for her ‘happiness’, goings as far as to race home from her husbands business party to mow the lawn because she had the gardener, John, engaged in other activities.

No one could forget Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) who looks and acts like she is “running for the mayor of Stepford”. She does everything gardens, upholstery, cooking, and cleaning. Problem is she is driving her husband, Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp), absolutely crazy. Careful he’s allergic to onions. Oops!

Last but not least is Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) who is divorced and living with her teenage daughter, Julie (Andrea Bowen). The relationship between these two is fun and fresh and their major concern is how to clog a sink just to get Mike Delfino (James Denton) to come over and use his plumbing skills. Of course, it is a big race against Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) to trap this eligible bachelor, but Mike might just have some secrets of his own. But I’m sure he’ll tell you not to eat Susan’s macaroni and cheese. It is the only things she can make but it doesn’t mean she makes it good.

Personally my favorites with just the first episode are Bree (okay very messed up) and Susan… and I will always love Jamie, excuses me James (Mike). The lengths Susan goes to just to get closer to Mike are hilarious and worth seeing. So if you missed this pilot episode set your PVR’s, DVR’s, and VCR’s for Saturday at 7pm for the encore performance and watch it every Sunday at 9pm.