Wednesday, December 21, 2011

'Hobbit' Trailer Reactions: The Good, Bad And Ugly

When a trailer as hyped as the first one for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" finally drops, its reception can live or die on the impressions of entertainment writers and bloggers. Last night's trailer met its fair share of criticism, but the general response was overwhelmingly positive from fans and writers alike. Reactions to the "Hobbit" trailer! Even though some lucky writers first saw the trailer two weeks ago at Butt-Numb-a-Thon, some prominent bloggers took to Twitter to voice their opinions for the trailer's wide release. We've collected a few below. Devin Faraci (@devincf), Badass Digest: You Can Go Straight To Mordor If You Dont Like This THE HOBBIT Trailer Kristopher Tapley (@kristapley), InContention: Truly, what I'm most looking forward to? Howard Shore's contribution. Daniel Fienberg (@HitFixDaniel), HitFix: I still think Hines Ward is gonna be more of a distraction than an asset in "The Hobbit." Matt Patches (@misterpatches), Hollywood.com: Look, I'm just scared to revisit something I love. Blame Star Wars. Blame Crystal Skull. Blame Tron. #TheHobbit #ButImSoIn Matt Signer (@mattsinger), IFC.com: Already tired of HOBBIT tweets. Go back to making fun of Bane. That's something I can relate to. Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier), /Film: Though I first saw The Hobbit trailer almost two weeks ago, the best part of watching it again is that new Shore score. Wowzers. Do you agree with any of these "Hobbit" trailer reactions? What did you think of this first return to Middle Earth? Give us your thoughts in the comments section and on Twitter!

Rare Tuesday triumph for NBC

Though CBS prevailed in its target demo with repeats of its regular lineup, it was NBC that edged ahead among young adults Tuesday with improved numbers for ''Who's Still Standing'' and a good repeat showing for ''A Very Gilly Christmas.''According to preliminary national estimates, gameshow ''Who's Still Standing'' grew 20% from its modest premiere of Monday to average a second-place 1.8/5 in 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers overall in the 8 o'clock hour; the show is airing as a four-night event this week before shifting to its regular Monday 8 p.m. timeslot next week. From 9 to 11, the Peacock rebroadcast the special ''Saturday Night Live: A Very Gilly Christmas'' (2.1/6 in 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall), which was down a bit from last year's airing but still did a good number and won its time period in 18-49.CBS, which led the night in adults 25-54 and total viewers with repeats of its dramas, won across the board at 8 p.m. with ''NCIS'' (2.0/6 in 18-49, 12.3 million viewers overall) and then stayed on top in some categories at 9 p.m. with ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (2.1/6 in 18-49, 11.4 million viewers overall), which tied with ''Gilly Christmas'' as Tuesday's No. 1 show in 18-49. And at 10, ''Unforgettable'' averaged a 1.7/5 in 18-49 and 8.0 million viewers overall.ABC didn't do much Tuesday, seeing its best numbers with repeats of ''Last Man Standing'' at 8 (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall) and 8:30 (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.5 million viewers overall). It was followed by encores of ''The Middle'' (1.3/3 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall), ''Suburgatory'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 3.4 million viewers overall) and drama ''Body of Proof'' (0.8/2 in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall).Fox too had a quiet night with encores of ''Glee'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall), ''New Girl'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall) and ''Raising Hope'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall), and CW barely registered with repeats of ''90210'' (0.3/1 in 18-49, 0.8 million viewers overall) and ''Ringer'' (0.3/1 in 18-49, 0.6 million viewers overall).Univision, led by 9 p.m. drama ''Fuerza del Destino'' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 4.4 million viewers overall), moved up to third on the night in 18-49 , behind only NBC and CBS.Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: NBC, 2.0/6; CBS, 1.9/5; Univision, 1.4/4; ABC, 1.1/3; Fox, 1.0/3; CW, 0.3/1.In total viewers: CBS, 10.6 million; NBC, 5.8 million; ABC, 4.7 million; Univision, 3.4 million; Fox, 3.0 million; CW, 0.7 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Monday, December 19, 2011

Football ratings setback Sunday for NBC

Due to an Nfl overrun as well as the season finale of "Survivor," CBS had a benefit in Sunday's preliminary primetime ratings over NBC, that have a lackluster "Sunday Evening Football" game just like a counter.The Nielsen amounts were prone to revision, that may temper the end result the 8. rating and 23 share (26.9 million audiences overall) that CBS had due to its first halfhour in primetime. The Interest adopted with "an hourInch (4.4/12, 18.8 million) after which it a couple-hour "Survivor" (4./10, 13.millions of), getting another "Survivor" reunion special (3.2/8, 10.2 million) just like a postscript.The primary one-around the sides game between Baltimore and Hillcrest showed up at 5.2/13, 13.8 million for NBC, in comparison to 8.5/20, 22.5 million in preliminary amounts the last Sunday for your Dallas Cowboys in the NY Leaders. "Football Evening within the usaInch (2.9/8, 8.4 million) preceded the sport.Sibel went a evening of animation, all repeats besides the 8:30 season finale of "Allen Gregory" (1.5/4, 3.3 million). "American Father" and "The Cleveland Show" had similar amounts at 7 and 7:30 p.m. "The Simpsons" (2.2/6, 5. million) and "Family Guy" (2.1/5, 4.5 million) completed better.ABC was the network laggard in 18-49 with "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1.5/4, 6.5 million), "Not such a long time ago" (1.2/3, 4.4 million) and "The Santa Clause 3" (1.3/3, 4.millions of).Preliminary 18-49 earnings: CBS 4.5/11, NBC 4.3/11, Fox 1/8/5, ABC 1.3/3, Univision .7/2.In general audiences: CBS 15.9 million, NBC 11.8 million, ABC 4.8 million, Fox 4.2 million, Univision 1.8 million Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Globes heap TV noms on beginners

Fox's frosh series 'New Girl' acquired two Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actress in the Comedy Series for Zooey Deschanel.It absolutely was by helping cover their the old too as with while using new round the TV side in the Golden Globes. The kudocast saw a hostile reshuffling in the decks across groups, which injected plenty of fresh blood stream including many rookie series.While HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," the reigning drama series champion, has came back again but it is the lone returning entrant. Another four are frosh: HBO's "Wager on Thrones," Showtime's "Homeland," FX's "American Horror Story" and Starz's "Boss." With CBS's"The Truly Amazing Wife" neglecting to nab a repeat nomination, the dramas will probably be entirely represented by cable series.Broadcast exercised just a little better round the comedy side, where Fox will dsicover this year's champion, "Glee," return and add another in rookie series "New Girl." ABC's "Modern Family" has came back too but alongside some dark-equine competitors -- HBO's "Enlightened" and Showtime's "Episodes" -- that handled to knock out some broadcast faves: NBC's "30 Rock" and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."Cinemax had its typically strong showing overall, nabbing 18 nominations -- half which showed up movies/miniseries groups introduced by four for "Mildred Pierce." Only PBS' "Downton Abbey" had as much noms. "Mildred Pierce" made Globes fave Kate Winslet a double nominee, along with her mention for film comedy actress for "Carnage."Among series alone, there's nobody dominant player, with "Boardwalk," "Modern Family" and "Homeland" each getting three. Showtime got all eight of the noms in series groups, second in general only to Cinemax."Mildred Pierce" made Kate Winslet a double nominee this time around around around, as she's also around the feature comedy/musical side for "Carnage."Inside the comedy thesping warmth, "Large Bang" was knocked for just about any loop inside the lead actor category in which the 2011 champion, Jim Parsons, didn't get yourself a nomination, but his co-star, Johnny Galecki, did. He's grew to become an associate of by "30 Rock's" Alec Baldwin and "Hung's" Thomas Jane, additionally to 2 beginners from Showtime: David Duchovny for "Californication" and Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes."For lead comedy actress, the reigning champion Laura Linney returns again for Showtime's "The Big C." Laura Dern of "Enlightened," Amy Poehler of "Parks and Entertainment" and Zooey Deschanel of "New Girl" complete the course. Particularly absent within the category is Edie Falco, a kudos darling for Showtime's "Nurse Jackie."Probably the finest surprise inside the thesping groups was the shutout for "Glee," which acquired most likely probably the most nominations connected having a series a year ago. But all stars who've been nominated didn't get requested to compete, including Matthew Morrison, Jum Michele, Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer.The drama actress category saved while using Globes' upheaval theme by only returning "The Truly Amazing Wife's" Julianna Margulies and becoming by 50 percent competitors who've been on handful of shortlists to acquire a nomination: Madeleine Stowe in the new ABC sudser "Revenge," and Callie Thorne of USA's "Necessary Roughness." They're grew to become an associate of by two more expected newcomers, AMC's Mireille Enos of "The Killing" and Showtime's Claire Danes of "Homeland," a Globes fave who won this year inside the miniseries category on her behalf submit HBO's "Temple Grandin."Kelsey Grammer acquired his first Globe nom since 2002, and also the first lead drama actor bid, for his turn since the tyrannical politician in Starz's "Boss." "Homeland's" Damian Lewis is an additional new face inside the category, rounded out by Steve Buscemi of "Boardwalk," Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" and Jeremy Irons for Showtime's "The Borgias."Competing against "Downton Abbey" and "Mildred Pierce" inside the longform warmth are HBO's "Too Big to Fail" and "Cinema Verite" and BBC America small "The Hour." PBS and BBC America also fielded other players, with Idris Elba of BBC America's "Luther" returning for the longform actor category, which welcomed Bill Nighy of PBS' "Page Eight." The comfort were William Hurt ("Fail"), Hugh Bonneville ("Abbey") and Dominic West ("Hour")."Hour," which recreated the 19 fifties British news biz, also recognized Romola Garai inside the miniseries/movie actress category. Also inside the race are Winslet, Diane Lane ("Verite"), Elizabeth McGovern ("Abbey") and Emily Watson of Sundance Channel's "Appropriate Adult."Inside the supporting acting groups, where series talent intermingles with longform thesps, "Modern Family" shown its strength by returning Sofia Vergara and Eric Stonestreet. Stonestreet will face off against "Wager on Thrones' " Peter Dinklage and three longform players: Paul Giamatti of "Too Big to Fail" Guy Pearce of "Mildred Pierce" and Tim Robbins of "Cinema Verite." Competing against Vergara are Jessica Lange of "American Horror Story," Kelly Macdonald of "Boardwalk Empire," Maggie Cruz of "Downton Abbey" and Evan Rachel Wood of "Mildred Pierce.""American Horror Story" joins all of the rookie suggests which should get yourself a nice jolt of fresh attention within the public after scoring dual nods that place them in contention for series and acting honors, including Fox's "New Girl," Starz's "Boss," HBO's "Enlightened" and Showtime's "Episodes."While AMC was prone to lighten its statuette load given "Mad Males" was qualified for your Globes race this year, it could have wanted for a far greater showing given "The Killing" and "Breaking Bad" only came one nomination each while "The Walking Dead" was ignore entirely.Ditto for Foreign exchange, which saw no passion for "Justified," "Louie" and "Sons of Anarchy." Other notable omissions were "Friday Evening Lights," "Work,Inch and "Dexter." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

7 Items to Watch out for In the Golden Globe and SAG Nominations

Expect an avalanche of award news in the future now once the Screen Stars Guild nominations are introduced on Wednesday and Golden Globe bids debut on Thursday. What's most significant? Some film noms could trip in the Oscar race -- or cement faves on their own visit to the Kodak Theater in Feb. Ahead, seven important aspects to bear in mind throughout this busy nomination week, thanks to GoldDerby.com. 7 Items to Be Careful for in the Golden Globes and SAG Honours Will 'Extremely Noisy and extremely Close' be Nominated for the best Picture Drama in the Globes?Will the world for the best Comedy/Musical Picture Predict the very best Oscar Champion?Will 'Bridesmaids' Get Nominated for the best Comedy/Musical Picture in the Globes?Will The Actor-brad Pitt Return in the Globes?Will the Golden Globes Continue Its Romance with Scarlett Johansson?Can 'The Muppets' Get Nominated for the best Comedy/Musical Picture in the Globes?The number of Oscar Longshots Can Get Nominated by SAG? See All Moviefone Art galleries » For additional about honours season, mind to GoldDerby.com to determine how some limited release faves do in the box office.

Former William Morris Headquarters Offered for $47.8 Million (Exclusive)

Christiane Amanpour is walking lower in the anchor chair at ABC's Sunday news program Now. She's located this program for any year . 5 and can still report for ABC via various news special offers in addition to launch a brand new global matters program on CNN Worldwide.our editor recommendsMusical Chairs: Basic steps Christiane Amanpour Employs Ousted Katie Couric Professional ABC's Christiane Amanpour Comes Under Attack in Cairo 24 Hour as Anderson CooperChristiane Amanpour to anchor 'This Week' Amanpour walked in to the Now position following George Stephanopoulos' proceed to Hello America. Stephanopoulos will return because this Week's anchor and stay at GMA, reviews the Connected Press. Amanpour stated inside a statement Tuesday, "It is really an exciting and different chance that i can take my passion for story telling to primetime at ABC News with multiple special offers, in addition to being a roving Global Matters anchor across all ABC platforms. PHOTOS: Probably The Most Spoken About TV News Faces "I'm searching toward getting into the area to report tales on global problems that matter greatly towards the United states citizens. Simultaneously, I'll be broadcasting once more to huge numbers of people around the globe having a week day show on CNN Worldwide.This role is groundbreaking, bold and incredibly different! I'm thrilled and honored. "It's been an amazing experience to possess were built with a front row chair to democracy for action only at that Week. It's been an amazing recognition to anchor this type of exclusive program and that i thank everyone who've assisted me on that journey." With Amanpour as anchor, Now was lower 1 % in rankings from this past year and continued to be no. 3 Sunday political matters talk show behind NBC's Satisfy the Press and CBS' Face the country, notes AP. PHOTOS: 10 Artists Dems and Republicans Like to Hate Just before her ABC gig, Amanpour spent 27 years at CNN where she offered as chief worldwide correspondent and anchor of Amanpour. CNN Worldwide leader Jim Walton stated, "Christiane Amanpour continues to be symbolic of worldwide confirming with CNN for several years. We're able to 't be more happy that through this excellent arrangement with ABC News her experience and global perspective are coming back to some nightly news broadcast for the worldwide audience." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Probably The Most Spoken-About TV News Faces Related Subjects Worldwide ABC News

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

'The Hunger Games' Music Score: Danny Elfman Out, James Newton Howard In

A few days of "probably the most news you have ever find out about Benicio Del Toro" seems to become visiting an finish. On Friday, Latino Review published a scoop that Del Toro could be playing Kahn Noonien Singh in J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' follow up -- a component made famous by Ricardo Montalban throughout a chapter from the original series as well as in 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.' On Saturday, Abrams' told Hitfix this was "not the case.Inch Well, stop the web presses: based on Vulture, it seems that Del Toro won't be within the 'Star Trek' follow up as Khan or every other character. What's interesting relating to this is the fact that, now, both Latino Review and Hitfix might be correct. Vulture can also be confirming that Khan would be the villain within the approaching follow up, so, before Del Toro bowed out, that could simply have been a legitimate scoop. On the other hand of the, when Hitfix swept up with Abrams to verify, Del Toro had been from the project. So by Abrams simply stating that it's, "not the case,Inch that Del Toro could be playing Kahn, he wasn't laying. He just did not elaborate, "Yeah, Khan's totally within the movie, it is simply that Del Toro will not maintain the film.Inch Which leaves poor Del Toro, alone, searching at this photo of he and J.J. Abrams, arm and arm, added around the refrigerator. Basically listen carefully, I'm able to almost hear Del Toro spitefully mumbling, "From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee." (Though, I'm able to certainly hear George Costanza yelling "Khan!") [Via Vulture] You are able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook