Jeffrey Donovan comes to the USA Network on Friday March 12th at 9pm for his new series Touching Evil. Touching Evil has been credited as a mini-series when really it is going to be a show. Jeffrey plays Detective Creegan, a man who died for 10 minutes but then is brought back to life. Vera Farmiga from UC: Undercover will also star. Updates about this show will be posted as they become available.
“‘The Pretender’s’ Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle are developing a new drama at the Peacock from NBC Studios and Marla Ginsburg’s Vertiakal Entertainment. No additional details were available.”
As of October 31st ABC picked up the remaining 9 episodes of Threat Matrix, meaning, that Threat Matrix will have a full, 22 episode, first season!
The December 4th episode of “Threat Matrix” will reunite series lead James (Jamie) Denton with his former Pretender co-star Patrick Bauchau (Sydney). In the episode titled “Flipping,” Bauchau plays a deadly international arms dealer which Denton’s Homeland Security Team must thwart.
The French magazine Series TV prompted fans to show their support of The Pretender by saying they would publish a special issue of their magazine dedicated to The Pretender if they received at least 200 letters of support from people also promising to buy the issue. The fans response was 300 of these letters. The issue should be coming out in the next six months.
The Pretender is hitting DVD on December 2nd, but only in France. Apparently, Fox is testing the waters to see how the Pretender fans react. The DVD’s will have dubbed voices but will also have the English format; however, these are region 2 DVD and are not playable in the US on our region 1 DVD players. We will just have to wait for The Pretender to come to us!
I went to the Fox TV to DVD Poll to see what the current results were only to have a “This Page Can Not Be Found” message appear. Either Fox is having trouble or the poll is over and the results are as follows:
1) The Pretender (24.3)
2) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (21.1)
3) The Lone Gunman (16.7)
4) The Wonder Years (13.1)
5) John Doe (11.7)
Updates will be posted when I find out more.
The poll has had little to no activity in quit a while so I think these will more than likely be the final results.1) The Pretender (24.3)
2) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (21.1)
3) The Lone Gunman (16.7)
4) The Wonder Years (13.1)
5) John Doe (11.7)
6) Millenium (10.4)
7) Roswell (10.2)
8) The Simpsons (9.38)
9) Ally McBeal (6.00)
10) Remington Steele (5.93)With The Pretender in the #1 spot it is highly possible that we will see DVD’s in our future. Any news on DVD’s, VHS’s or merchandise will be added to this page and will be announced on the front page.
The Pretender is still in the number 1 spot!1) The Pretender (24.3)
2) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (21.1)
3) The Lone Gunman (16.7)
4) The Wonder Years (13.1)
5) John Doe (11.7)
6) Millenium (10.4)
7) Roswell (10.2)
8) The Simpsons (9.38)
9) Ally McBeal (6.00)
10) Remington Steele (5.93)
I am happy to report The Pretender is still in the number 1 spot. Of course, some of the other shows still baffle me but here is an up-to-date list of the top FIVE… even though the top five are the important ones.1) The Pretender (23.3)
2) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (21.1)
3) The Lone Gunman (16.9)
4) The Wonder Years (14.1)
5) John Doe (11.8)I am considering only updating the current results every Monday until this poll closes with the exception of The Pretender slipping out of first or returning to first. I am only considering this. I may decide to just keep posting them. Spread the voting word!
I am a Pretender fan. This may make me biased when it comes to its cast members but I did enjoyed Jamie Denton as Mr. Lyle. When I heard about Threat Matrix, I just kept thinking to myself, “Mr. Lyle as good guy?” I know Jamie’s an actor and not just Mr. Lyle, which I am happy to say he proved. I completely enjoyed Threat Matrix last night! I have a TiVo like device and had to record it for later in the evening but as I watched it, I became agitated that the ads were preventing me from seeing more of the story when I wanted to see it. Thank goodness for the fast foreword button. This is a one-hour show that I felt flew by too quickly, it may have been that edge of your seat feeling. I think and hope that ABC has another hit on their hands. It reminds me of Alias only more plausible and a little less all about me (i.e. Sydney).With too many new shows, it seems the first episode is all about introducing the characters and giving you a little information about them. I have never like this approach. I mean sure you want to know about the characters, but I always felt it is something you should learn over time. Threat Matrix didn’t go into this is so and so and so on. They opened with the team doing something that truly puzzles you. Then it is explained, and very well might I add (I actually laughed, kind of like when Jarod pulled off stuff). By the time the show ended, I couldn’t tell you what every characters job was but I knew enough… I know John Kilmer and his ex-wife Frankie Ellroy-Kilmer still care very much about each other and work well together. I know who Holly is (Do You?). I know who Mo, Tim, Jelani, and Anne Larkin are. Of course, there is that older man that I assume is Col. Roger Atkins, but I have yet to find out and I do plan on finding out. This show was well worth the 45 mins (fast forwarded threw ads remember) that I gave it. The concept is great, the cast is good together and the delivery was superb. Thanks again ABC! If you missed the premiere episode of Threat Matrix you can watch it this Sunday at 8pm on ABC.
Otherwise watch Threat Matrix on Thursday nights at 8pm on ABC…. yes across from Friends!
The Pretender fans are fighting and all I can say is you are all awesome! I have to give credit where credit is due. The Pretender fans haven’t backed down and it looks to be paying off. Latest Results: #1 The Pretender (22.3) #2 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20.9) #3 The Lone Gunman (17.1) #4 The Wonder Years (15.4) #5 John Doe (11.6)I have to say this is a strange thing to see. I am so excited about The Pretender, but where in the world are the votes for Voyage coming from? I have never heard of this show though my mother tells me it was popular. The Lone Gunman, while they were funny on X-files, they didn’t do too well on their own but apparently they have a following. The Wonder Years is no surprise and it’s about time they come out. John Doe? I did like this show… reminded me of The Pretender, but it only ran for 13 episodes. I guess that would make it a cheap buy. The closest threat to John Doe is Roswell and The Simpsons who are tied for 6th place with 10.4 of the votes. The Simpsons are already coming out on DVD and I can’t foresee a reason why that wouldn’t continue. As for Roswell, the apparent attitude of the fans is “There supposed to come out anyway.” Still it would be nice to support your show.
People are still voting and The Pretender is still doing good. It is in a very close second place. #1 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20.9) #2 The Pretender (20.7) #3 The Lone Gunman (17.0) #4 The Wonder Years (16.2) #5 John Doe (11.7). The top five are still the same but votes are rising. The next five shows in the top ten are #6 The Simpsons (11.1) #7 Roswell (10.9) #8 Millenium (10.7) #9 Ally McBeal (7.48) #10 Remington Steel (6.70)
Jamie Denton comes to ABC at 8pm in Threat Matrix! The Threat Matrix is a report given to the President of the United States every morning to update him on the current threats to U.S. Security. Special Agent John Kilmer (Jamie Denton) is the leader of a special ops group put together to respond to these threats. A former FBI agent who has the White House authorization to call upon the technical skills, firepower, and the special agents of the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Kilmer reports to Colonel Roger Atkins (Will Lyman) the operations liaison to the President. Then there’s Kilmer’s ex-wife Special Agent Frankie Ellroy-Kilmer (Kelly Rutherford) who is a trained interrogation expert and profiler whose skills allow her to crack the most hardened enemies. The rest of Kilmer’s team is made up of Mo (Anthony Azizi), the Egyptian-American former CIA operative; Lia “Lark” Larkin (Melora Walters), a former FBI forensics specialist; Tim Serrano (Kurt Caceres), a DEA agent from Miami; and Jelani (Mahershalalhasbaz Ali), an African-American computer genius who intercepts phone, fax and radio signals from around the world and supports the team with the latest NSA technology.
With the word spreading about this poll more and more fans from the other show have started voting bring The Pretender down to Number Two. 1) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with 19.7 of the votes. 2) The Pretender with 18.7 of the votes. 3) The Wonder Years with 17.5 of the votes. 4) The Lone Gunman with 15.9 of the votes and 5) John Doe with 12.7 of the votes.
According to Op-Stp they will be closing down their site in December of 2003. Op-Stp has played a large part of keeping The Pretender out there. They have been leading us towards more Pretender movies and merchandise since the end of the show in 2000. They also played a huge part in the fight to get movies out on TNT. They have been a blessing to the Pretender community and they will be missed.
According to the Operation Save the Pretender Site there is still hope for a final movie. Nothing definite but it is a possibility. Here is what you should do to help make it happen…Take a bit of time out of your busy schedules and write FOX, TNT, and NBC to request a final movie. FOX owns a good chunk of the show, NBC owns part and TNT has their rights to the show. Send letters to all three to increase or chances of a movie. We also ask that you write FOX and request Pretender merchandise especially the Episodes and Movies released on DVD/VHS. They won’t do this unless there is a demand (in other words they want to know they will make money). FAQ Page has contact info for FOX, TNT, & NBC.
FOX TV is out with a poll to let us viewers tell them what we want. Go now and vote for the Pretender! The Pretender is in the top 5 so let’s bring up by voting constantly.
According to the Futon Critic it is possible The Pretender could be coming to DVD & VHS.NBC Enterprises plans to bring 10 of its series to DVD by the end of 2003. They have already chosen several which have been released recently such as Will & Grace the first season, Kingpin, Saved by the Bell the first and second season, Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Collection, and more. NBC hopes to release Crossing Jordan, Ed, and The Pretender. These are only title they are considering. Please note that the above information does NOT mean “The Pretender” is coming out on DVD. All it states is that NBC is talking to other DVD distributors. I apologize for any confusion. (Futon Critic Links added to home page)