“ABC has rolled back its commitment to ‘Threat Matrix,’ as the network revealed over the weekend that production will halt on the series after its 16th episode.’Matrix’ joins fellow freshman drama ’10-8′ and midseason comedy ‘The Big House’ as series on the Alphabet’s roster to have their episode orders trimmed. ABC cut ’10-8’s’ run from 22 to 15 instalmesnts and ‘Big House’s’ from 13 to 6 back in Decemeber….As for ‘Martix,’ ABC reps insist the series remains under consideration for its fall 2004 schedule. Daniel Voll, Fred Gerber, Emile Levisetti, Keith Addis, Micahel Edelstein, Jim Parriott, and John Shiban are the executive producers of the series, a co-production of Touchstone Television and Industry Television.”

USA is hoping to add a third tent pole to its original series lineup as the cable channel has scheduled the premiere of “Touching Evil” for Friday, March 12th.The drama will kick off with a two-hour premiere beginning at 9/8c that night before settling into the 10/9c hour the following week. USA has committed to 11 episodes of the series in addition to its two-hour pilot. “Evil” takes the place of “Monk,” which wraps its second season on March 5.Here’s how USA describes “Touching Evil” (via press release):Allen and Albery Hughes (Menace II Society, From Hell) make their television debut as executive producers of Touching Evil, a USA Network original series based on the hit series by British Granada Television. Cheyenne Enterprise principals Arnold Rifkin (Tears of the Sun. Crocodile Hunter) and Bruce Willis (Armageddon, Die Hard) also executive produce the series. The series pilot is directed by Allen Hughes and penned by Bruno Heller (The Expendables, The Huntress).Jeffrey Donovan (Storyteller, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, The Pretender) stars as Detective David Creegan, who after surviving a near fatal gunshot wound to the head, takes a 12-month psychological leave of absence. He returns to work for the FBI’s new Organization and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response, elite crime squad. His brush with death renders him fearless in his relentless pursuit of justice as he and his partner Vera Farminga (UC: Undercover) specialize in solving shocking, high profile crimes.PHQ: Apparently Det. Creegan also has no shame and was dead for 10-minutes. Can’t wait to see the pilot.

Recent questions asked of 20th Century Fox’s senior vice president of marketing discussed the possibliity of shows coming to DVD. On the subject of Pretender, no word yet if it is coming.

Touching Evil will be produced by actor Bruce Willis. There was a mention that Bruce might make a guest appearance on the series, which is set to air on March 12th.

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.

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!

Threat Matrix’s premiere will air again  September 21st at 8pm on ABC

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.

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.

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.

Less Than Perfect season premiere September 23rd at 9:30pm on ABC

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