Congratulations to Desperate Housewives for winning the People’s Choice Award for New Television Drama Series!

I’ve been reading up on the Tsunami that killed at least one-hundred thousand by the last count I heard. The mere thought of it makes me want to cry and then do something. Donating money is a grand idea so here are a few options.

Tsunami Relief Effort:
Salvation Army: The Salvation Army will allow you to designate your donation to go to the relief efforts.

Samaritan’s Purse: This is run by Franklin Graham (Bill Graham’s son). They do international relief work as well and you should be able to designate your donations.

Red-Cross: The Red Cross is a very respectable organization; however, their is no garentee your money will go to the Tsunami victims. Of course, they have may great relief works which are wonderful to donate to.

Go to Celebrity1000’s Vote for Your Favorite TV Show and vote for your favorite tv show! The Pretender is # 2 and a ways behind so get voting and spread the word!

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I hope you all had a safe but fun New Year! We’re getting closer to the release of The Pretender Season One. Thanks for your continuing support of The Pretender, the cast, and our little corner of the internet.

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.

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::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.

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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.