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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.

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.)

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.

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Just a few questions about Desperate Housewives.

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.”

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!

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.

Jamie Denton’s new show premieres this Sunday at 9pm on ABC! Everybody watch!

Busy! Busy! Busy! I have put up the Desperate Houswives Pictures, Less Than Perfect pictures and Threat Matrix Pictures. Please use the links under SubLevels to access these pictures.

I have been revamping the synopsis pages and the screen cap pages for a long time now and I finally have all The Pretender 2001 screencaps and behind the scenes photos up. Check them out using the Red Notebook Menu and then head to surveillance.

I have the caps from the trailer, 5 screencap pages, media pictures, behind the scenes with the Jamie Denton Cam, on the sent with the cast, scenery shots, and the crew! Let me know if something isn’t working.

Check out What’s New page for descriptions of the upcoming episodes of Less Than Perfect and Desperate Housewives.

Less Than Perfect premieres Friday, September 24th at 9:30pm on ABC: Andrea Parker stars.

Crossing Jordan premieres Sunday, September 26th at 10pm on NBC: No word on any further guest appearances by Michael T. Weiss.

Desperate Housewives Series Premiere airs Sunday October 3 at 9pm on ABC: Jamie Denton stars.

Campaign TPM, an initiative by fans of The Pretender to unite for the common cause of pooling their funds to make the dream of a third and final Pretender movie a reality.

Find out Premiere Dates for you favorite ABC shows.
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — USA is pulling the plug on its freshman drama “Touching Evil,” as a network spokesman confirmed earlier this week the cable channel will not renew the series for a second season.

The news comes as USA is experiencing record series numbers from its summer entry “The 4.400” as well as strong showings by regulars “The Dead Zone” and “Monk.”

“Evil” debuted in March on Friday nights to the tune of 3.37 million viewers, falling to 2.3 million on average by the following month. A last ditch effort to relaunch the series on Mondays at 10:00/9:00c didn’t ignite any ratings sparks either.

Bruce Willis, Arnold Rifkin, Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes, Robert Palm and Antony Root were the executive producers of “Evil.”

As for USA’s other originals, “The 4.400” closed its five-week run on Sunday with 6.1 million viewers tuning in, including a 2.3 rating/6 share among adults 18-49, while lead-out “The Dead Zone” continued to fare well, earning 4.6 million viewers and a 2.0 rating/6 share in adults 18-49.

Friday mainstay “Monk” also remained a powerhouse this past weekend, earning 5.8 million viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share among adults 18-49, both season highs for the series.

and “Boston Legal” to Premiere Sunday, October 3, on the ABC television network.

(“Scrubs”) has been tapped for a recurring role on the freshman drama. He’ll play an accomplished marriage counselor who works with Marcia Cross and Steven Culp’s characters.

Get info on Jamie Denton’s new show Desperate Housewives which will begin airing on September 26th at 9pm on ABC!

According to Ryan Merriman’s site (which he personally writes for) he will be getting married today. Check out some engagement photos.

According to Ryan it is a small part but he’s really excited about the part. The Ring 2 will be hitting theatres November 10th.