FlashForward – According to Hollywood Reporter, the series is about to get another show runner but no one knows who it is. The first show runner left early on and was replaced by David Goyer. Now he’s leaving to return to films. The show runner revolving door is never a good sign for a TV production and I fear it will mark the end of this innovative series which returns on March 18.

In other fun news, Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim will be taking on the role of Chin Ho Kelly in the Hawaii Five-O remake. This casting implies that they will be using the original characters and not a new generation of characters as was previously discussed. That means that Alex O’Loughlin would indeed be playing Steve McGarrett if that casting goes through.

Jericho’s Emily Rose has joined the cast of Syfy’s new supernatural drama series Haven, based on the novella The Colorado Kid by Stephen King. She’ll play Audrey Parker, the shrewd and confident FBI agent with a lost past who arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve the murder of a local ex-con.

FLASHFORWARD – ABC’s “FlashForward” stars Jack Davenport as Lloyd Simcoe, John Cho as Demetri Noh, Sonya Walger as Olivia Benford, Zachary Knighton as Bryce Varley, Christine Woods as Janis Hawk, Joseph Fiennes as Mark Benford, Courtney B. Vance as Stanford Wedeck, Peyton List as Nicole Kirby, Dominic Monaghan as Simon and Br’an F. O’Byrne as Aaron Stark. (ABC/BOB D’AMICO)

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Heroes:

Full panel at NBC

Some great photos: Starbright31 on Flickr.

Chuck

Full panel at NBC

MajorTripps69 has some nice photos from the panel and the signing.

Lost

Toastie14 has the Lost panel in several parts on YouTube.

Downbeat has photos of the Lost prop display.

Chuck cast at Comic Con photo: Newscom

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The master chefs for this round are Wylie Dufresne (wd~50), Suzanne Tracht (Jar), Graham Elliot Bowles (Graham Elliot Restaurant) and Elizabeth Falkner (Orson). They’ll need to create a fabulous three course meal using ingredients such as fish, wild boar, fresh fruits and canned goods chosen by The Dharma Initiative, among other island specialties. And to make sure they get it right, Lost co-creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof will be sitting in on the judging panel.

It all happens on Top Chef Masters, Wednesday, June 17 at 10:00 on Bravo.

Get a sneak peek by visiting: http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/videos/lost-supper.

Pictured: Kelly Choi — Bravo Photo: Kelsey McNeal

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– Jesse Alexander via Twitter

Day One is NBC’s new apocalyptal aftermath series helmed by Heroes and Lost producer Jesse Alexander.

The story follows a band of eclectic neighbors from the same apartment building in Los Angeles who are forced to ban together in order to survive. Now they’ve got some hefty talent backing them up in the form of Javier Grillo-Marxuach (seen here with his friends from Lost) the creative genius behind the underrated Middleman series along with Erik Oleson from E-Ring and The Agency. Sounds like this show’s survival chances just went up a notch.

And speaking of The Middleman, Grillo-Marxuach announced on his blog that the DVD would be ready for release sometime this summer. If you’re a fan, and you really should be, check out the Shout! Factory website for the evolution of the DVD cover art. It’s all good stuff.

Photo: William Mapother, Mira Furlan, Jorge Garcia and Javier Grillo-Marxuach attend the Official “Lost” Fan Convention held at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Towers in Burbank, California on June 11, 2005 (Pictured:William Mapother, Mira Furlan, Jorge Garcia, Javier Grillo-Marxuach). Photo By Baxter/ABACA.

Source: Newscom

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You would expect something less from TV’s most plot-twisted, confusing but always exciting show? With a firm end date in sight and the answers to at least a few questions in place, the most popular castaways not involved in a three-hour tour are keeping us captivated. 

In a 100th episode, you can almost guarantee somebody’s going to get bumped off. In terms of shock value, it was more the way Daniel Faraday died that was a surprise.

Anyway you slice it, getting blown away by your own mother years before you were born sucks. Even more so when Daniel performed his last bit of logical thought and realized this meant his mother sent him to the island knowing he would die.

From a character standpoint, he wasn’t a character that I can’t believe they killed. He was a relatively late visitor to our island in the grand scheme of things. I think the only deaths that would totally blow me away at this point would be Kate, Jack or Sawyer. And I suspect all those characters are safe and I have nothing to worry about. But, apparently the island can bring people back to life if it chooses. Add in the elements of time travel now in play and just about anything is possible.

Even with Daniel gone, he’s changed the way folks on the island think about time travel. At first, his stance was a hardline “If it happened, it happened” and there’s nothing that can change it. But once he put the idea in everyone’s head that the catastrophic events surrounding Oceanic 815 could be prevented, all bets were off.

Of course, if they somehow prevent the explosion that leads to everything, what happens? I don’t think we have a show. If we’ve learned anything from science fiction, it’s that messing with time often has undesirable consequences. I could totally see them changing the course of history and then realizing they were better off before. Whatever happens, you can be certain that it won’t lead to sunshine and flowers for the Oceanic survivors. That’s just not how it works on this show.

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Paid Content is reporting that Disney could grant access to its ABC programming in exchange for equity in Hulu. The service would certainly benefit from having a show like Lost, which warrants repeat viewings to figure out what the heck just happened. There’s still no clear indication whether Disney programs like Aaron Stone would be part of the deal.

The sci-fi tinged commercials with Dushku and Alec Baldwin are part of a huge national branding campaign to make Hulu a household name. Getting the Disney empire behind Hulu would be a gigantic step in garnering that name recognition.

Image: Bauer Griffin

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ABC’s former watercooler show is losing viewers weekly and having a heavyweight like Idol move into the same timeslot is not good news. FOX’s new project Lie To Me will move to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. The Tim Roth vehicle has more than held its own against Lost, so it makes sense FOX would want to see what it does without any big competition.

I’m a Tim Roth fan, but sheesh. Taking into account Psych and The Mentalist, Lie to Me gives us three TV shows on the air right now about a guy that can tell who the criminal in the room is just by looking at them. Yet  somehow shows like Sarah Connor can’t draw an audience. Dismayed sigh.

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Yes, some of these shows are new shows that are probably already as good as canceled. I’m looking at you, Game Show in My Head and Howie Do It. But there are some bigtime shows like Battlestar Galactica (Jan. 16 at 9 p.m. CT) and Lost (Jan. 21, 8 p.m. CT).

The CW jumps to the forefront as both Smallville and Supernatural give us new episodes Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. CT respectively. Overall, this is like a belated Christmas gift for sci-fi and fantasy fans. Will it ever be like this again? It’s hard to say, but I suspect it will have something to do with the ratings from this “winter season” of TV.

We know right now that we’re going to lose Galactica after this year, although Caprica looks poised to replace it. Smallville is very much up in the air as well. Most reports we’re hearing indicate Knight Rider is on life support. If NBC’s treatment of Journeyman and Bionic Woman is any indication, there won’t be an official announcement on Knight Rider from NBC. It just won’t come back to the schedule and finally some exec will begrudgingly cough up the news after it’s already been widely reported for months.

– Pictured: Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin,Michael Hogan as Col. Saul Tigh –SCI FI Channel Photo: Carole Segal

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Nielsen

Variety reports that Heroes picks up an additional 1.83 million viewers off DVR recordings, Lost gains 1.79 million, and Fringe adds 1.60 million. A second list ranked shows by the percentage of viewership increase from DVR. SCI FI Channel did very well in those ratings as Battlestar Galactica topped that list with a 53 percent increase. New show Sanctuary sees a 35 percent increase in its ratings with DVR factored in, while SCI FI Channel mainstay Eureka gains 34 percent.

Now the next step is getting network bigwigs to take notice of these numbers before dropping the axe on shows.

Pictured: Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet–NBC Photo: Adam Taylor

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Flickdirect tells us about the fourth season of ABC’s hit Lost on DVD. This is a show that pretty much requires repeated viewing to even begin to understand what’s going on. So a DVD set is a perfect way to get caught up.

Special features includes behind the scenes footage and a compilation of bloopers as well as deleted scenes. One of the unique features puts all of the season’s “flash forwards” together in chronological order. A lot of the features here have been available online for a while, but it’s neat to get them all together in one place. The show is back January 21, so this is a great way to get prepared.

In big movie releases, The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is out this week as well. Extras include “Preparing for Battle with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li,” a look at the fight choreography between the film’s hero and its Dragon Emperor villain. “Jet Li: Creating the Emperor Mummy” looks at the process that turned the famed martial arts star into a CGI creation. The third Mummy installment played to lukewarm reviews. But if you’re shopping for Mummy DVDs, the reviews are likely not that important to you.

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