Filed under: Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free

It looks like Yogi and Boo-Boo are going to be introduced to a new generation. They’re getting the massive screen treatment in a combination of live-action and CGI, a la Alvin and the Chipmunks or The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle. Unlike the aforementioned, one can only hope that a decent script will be done before anything is committed to the screen. However, being that I have no faith in Hollywood, I doubt it.

As a matter of fact, when I think of Hanna Barbera properties on the huge screen, I automatically think of the 1994 motion picture version of The Flintstones. Then I shudder. The script will probably be clich

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Filed under: Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free, Fringe

You ever get excited about a new show, and you watch the first couple of episodes, and while you like the show it doesn’t absolutely grab you, and you end up dropping it and watching something else? That’s how I feel with Fringe. It’s a good show, but it’s just not “must-see” for me, and I’d rather watch The Mentalist over on CBS.

But that doesn’t mean it’s not popular. In fact, so far it’s the #1 new show of the season (in the 18 to 49 demo that advertisers love, as we’ve pointed out here many times), and FOX is so happy that they’ve given the J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama a full season.

The show is actually getting better ratings since the debut, which is something you don’t often see. If there’s one thing that the networks really love is seeing a show actually increase in viewers over the weeks, even if the first episode ratings didn’t blow everyone away.

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