Show will end after four seasons
While it isn't exactly news to Airlock Alpha readers, it is official. The fourth season of "Battlestar Galactica" will be the show's final season.Executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick made the joint announcement late Thursday confirming what has been reported by a number of news sources ...
Read MoreNetwork disputes new reports from tabloid about show
Fear not, Whovians: "Doctor Who" is here to stay.BBC has denied reports made Thursday by Britain's The Sun claiming that the network will pull "Doctor Who" off the schedule following its fourth season in 2008. The reports were spurred by an anonymous tip the tabloid claimed it received that executiv ...
Read MoreIra Steven Behr promises answers
When "The 4400" returns for its fourth season on June 17 on the USA Network, the controversy and battle over the use of promicin -- the chemical believed to give the characters their powers -- will be central to its story arcs.Promicin is a fictional neurotransmitter that enables the 4400 abductees ...
Read MoreNew Nielsen program tracks DVR commercial viewing
It's no secret that networks are more about the bottom line they receive from commercial advertising revenue than they are about the product itself.So it may be no surprise that a new ratings system offered by Nielsen Media Research could fuel the fire for a return of "Jericho," which showed that th ...
Read MoreUPDATED: Could this be a battle between a tabloid and the BBC?
Either the Scottish tabloid The Sun has the biggest scoop in genre history, or the newspaper has declared war on the BBC.Just days after claiming that new companion Freema Agyeman was being dumped by the show, The Sun is now claiming that showrunner Russell T. Davies plans to end the iconic "Doctor ...
Read MoreShowrunner Tim Kring talks about season finale
"Heroes" made waves when it launched on NBC in September becoming this year's surprise hit. Well, the finale has just aired and already the writers are looking to the future of the story and they are already working on an expansion of the superhero saga.Speaking in an interview with Comic Book Resou ...
Read MoreZachary Quinto says he would be interested in Star Trek
In what probably gives a whole new meaning to "Spock's Brain," Zachary Quinto -- who amazed (and scared) audiences with his portrayal of the evil Sylar in the NBC series "Heroes" -- told Starburst magazine that he hopes producers of the upcoming Star Trek movie give him a ring."When the news about t ...
Read MoreWill donate money to tornado victims in Kansas
Thousands of fans might be banding together to save a fictional Kansas town called "Jericho," but a nut distributor in the thick of it all is looking to help a real Kansas town.Nuts Online, the New Jersey nut distributor that has already sent nearly $40,000 worth of nuts to CBS executives on behalf ...
Read MoreWill split business, entertainment aspects
One of the people who played a key role in getting "Heroes" on NBC's schedule last fall is no longer with the network.As previously reported, Kevin Reilly left his position as NBC Entertainment president to have the network's creative decisions taken over by producer Ben Silverman. However, in an ad ...
Read MoreDon't want a repeat of last week's finale leak
The following story contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the third season finale of "Lost."While it should've been expected, it still pissed off the producers of ABC's "Lost."Just days before the "game-changing" season finale was expected to air, some Web site somewhere on the Internet had leaked the details ...
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