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7 articles from 2007

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U.K. Producers Accuse BBC of Favoritism Toward Lloyd Webber

23 April 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

A group of British producers has complained to the BBC that the publicly supported TV network is giving undue promotion to Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions in London's West End. Like the U.S. TV show, You're the One That I Want, the BBC has held a talent contest to find a star for Lloyd Webber's revival of The Sound of Music and has announced plans for a similar show, Any Dream Will Do, to find the leads for Lloyd Webber's planned production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which is due to open in July. The London Sunday Times reported that one producer wrote to BBC Controller Peter Fincham: "I asked if the BBC had looked for or considered other musicals which were not connected with Lloyd Webber." »

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Not the One That They Want?

4 April 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Although producers of the Broadway revival of Grease had boasted that advance ticket sales have totaled more than $9 million, largely due to the recently concluded reality contest Grease: You're the One that I Want, they may have spoken too soon. According to New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel, the Ticketmaster switchboard in New York was flooded with phone calls following the final segment Sunday night with calls from ticket buyers wanting their money back. According to Riedel, callers were unhappy with the actors chosen to star in the revival, Max Crumm and Laura Osnes. "There was a bit of a frenzy because a lot of people wanted Austin and Ashley to win," a source told Riedel, referring to the runners-up, Austin Miller and Ashley Spencer. A spokesman for the TV show denied that there was a "substantial number of calls" for refunds. »

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'Grease' TV Show Spurs Broadway Ticket Sales

27 March 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

It may have tanked in the ratings, but Grease: You're the One That I Want has done wonders for ticket sales of the Broadway revival of the '70s hit. Producers of the show said Monday that they had sold $8 million worth of tickets in advance of the opening, which is still more than four months away. Winners of the TV competition, Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, will have their names in lights at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York when the play opens for preview performances on July 24. »

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College Basketball Scores for CBS

26 March 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

With an overrun of the NCAA basketball tournament giving the overall schedule a big boost, CBS dominated every half hour of primetime Sunday night. The combination of the basketball game and the first half hour of 60 Minutes (featuring Katie Couric's interview with Senator John Edwards and his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth) led the way at 7:00 p.m. with an 11.5 rating and a 21 share. Even the final -- and deciding -- episode of NBC's Your the One That I Want, aimed at finding the leads for a Broadway revival of Grease, could not find a substantial audience, settling for a third-place 4.8/8 at 8:00 p.m. »

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Show's Ratings Down -- But Far from Desperate

5 March 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

ABC's Desperate Housewives may no longer command the blockbuster ratings that it once did, but a new episode on Sunday nevertheless drew the biggest ratings of the night, an 11.7 rating and a 17 share during the 9:00 p.m. hour. The network also scored strongly an hour earlier with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which recorded an 8.6/13. The two shows helped give ABC a Sunday-night win as it posted an average 8.5/13 for the night to edge out CBS's 8.1/13. The now-football-less NBC was left far behind in third place with a 4.8/8. Although it moved its game show Deal or No Deal into the 9:00 p.m. hour -- pulling a 6.8/10, its highest ratings of the night -- other duds weighted down the network's overall marks, including a 4.2/6 for Grease: You're the One That I Want and a 4.5/7 for The Apprentice 6, which moved into the 10:00 p.m. hour. »

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With NFL Gone, NBC Loses Yardage

8 January 2007 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

In its first Sunday night of the season without football, NBC recorded disappointing results for the debut of Grease: You're the One That I Want and the season premiere of The Apprentice. The 90-minute Grease special recorded an unimpressive 7.2 rating and a 10 share in the 8:00 p.m. hour to place third. It edged up a bit to a 7.7/11 in the 9:00-9:30 p.m. segment, but remained in third. Donald Trump's move to California saw a corresponding move downward in the ratings as the first half hour of The Apprentice recorded a 6.1/9, the reality show's worst ratings ever. The 10:00 p.m. hour didn't fare much better, averaging a 6.7/10. Earlier in the evening, Deal or No Deal, with a 5.7/8, was trounced by a football overrun on Fox that recorded a spectacular 23.1/23 and CBS's 60 Minutes, which registered a 7.8/12. »

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Newton-John Joins 'Grease' Talent Search

2 January 2007 | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Pop star Olivia Newton-John will revisit her famous role in the film Grease when she helps find a new Sandy as part of a TV reality competition. Grease: You're The One That I Want will search for a whole new Grease cast and Newton-John will guest-star on the first two episodes of the new series. The initial episodes will focus on nationwide auditions in the US and will start a process in which voters will choose the next Sandy and Danny to star in a Broadway revival of the hit musical. Newton-John will provide commentary for the show, which debuts on US network NBC on January 7. The singer recently sued record label Universal Music Group, claiming she is owed more than $1 million in royalties from sales of the soundtrack from the hit 1978 movie. »

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2007 | 2006

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