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Fall TV Press Tour: 24, Fringe, Truth Talk & More
24 by Kelsey McNeal/Fox and Fringe by Mark Holzberg/Fox
Matt and Mickey here at the TCA press tour. Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly has taken the stage to field questions.
First discussing Fringe, Reilly says that Fox was hot to work with J.J. Abrams, and thus offered him a series "on Day 1." Pegging Fringe as "X-Files meets Indiana Jones," Reilly says, "Sometimes with these big show runners, it's all hype and no delivery.... This one is going to bring the goods."
Reilly reiterates that which has been said before and by others: "24 is going to come back rocking and rolling" after suffering hard from a full season's postponement. "It was a good opportunity for [exec producer] Howard [Gordon], who is such a perfectionist," he explains. "He was really wanting this next season to be great, and it was unfortunate that he got interrupted [by the WGA strike]." Reilly adds that the "prequel" movie airing Nov. 23 "is a cool piece of business."
Explaining the decision to get in bed with Ozzy Osbourne and family, Reilly says, "What's old is new again and this
throwback to talent-driven variety shows is a good bet right now. [Versus derivative reality programming] this is zigging while the other guys zag."
Answering for Moment of Truth's perceived sins, Reilly shrugs, "This is Fox. We never give up our DNA." As long as the network continues on with "quality scripted shows," he argues, "Fox is free to do these types of things. No excuses for that."
Teasing an in-development sitcom from the team behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "It's like The Office in space."
Responding to Fox's last-place finish in GLAAD's ranking of gay visibility on network programming, Reilly said there are several shows with gay characters in the pipeline, including Peter Berg's in-development drama Virtuality, which, he says, "features a gay relationship as honest and dimensional as anything on TV."
Reilly says he has seen "no skittishness" in Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon in the wake of his struggle with Fox on Firefly: "I thought, No way is that guy coming back." But he has really enjoyed working with him. "That is a guy who has earned his reputation."
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Jul 14, 2008 1:24 PM
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This is so baffling to me. Someone who respects JJ Abrams & Joss Whedon so we get Fringe & Dollhouse also has Moment of Truth & The Osbournes.
I really don't know what to say.
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Jul 14, 2008 3:49 PM
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Yes, Whedon HAS earned his reputation and Fox was totally idiotic to have ended Firefly. I still resent its cancellation. The only thing I watch on Fox is House and even Whedon's return may not be enough to have me give a Fox program another go. too many times they've canceled good, quality shows, while keeping the drivel.
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Jul 14, 2008 5:37 PM
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"Yes, Whedon HAS earned his reputation and Fox was totally idiotic to have ended Firefly. I still resent its cancellation. The only thing I watch on Fox is House and even Whedon's return may not be enough to have me give a Fox program another go. too many times they've canceled good, quality shows, while keeping the drivel. "
Lemme get this straight: You're going to punish FOX for cancelling Whedon's show by not watching the new one, thereby dimishing the ratings, and leading to them cancelling ANOTHER show of his?
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Jul 14, 2008 7:42 PM
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Moment of Truth: Better called Moment of Idiots. How can anyone believe this show is real? This has to be prediscussed with the family of the contestant. Either they are already getting a divorce, and the winnings are in the settlement, or it is a setup from the beginning.
My question is why is it on, I watched , flicking mind you, about two shows, and what intelligent person wants to watch this garbage is beyond me.
You canceled excellent shows and leave this trash on. I'm with T smitts.
House, 24.. and thank god Sara Connor chronicles will still be on.
I guess you go by the public and ratings, but maybe it is that there is nothing else to watch and it was a lead in for "Hell's Kitchen". Personally I would rather watch reruns of Law and Order, than that fabricated reality show.
Or maybe people are that sad that they like watching other peoples misery. I would say you fan status for "truth" are probably the same people who watch "Jerry Springer", must take a heck of writer to do this show.. And I am unemployed, that writer should be at the head of the line.
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Jul 15, 2008 6:51 PM
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