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  • Fox renews ‘House’ for a fourth season

    Fox renews ‘House’ for a fourth season

    MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has renewed the drama show House and Bones for next season. House, picked up for its fourth season, stars two-time Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie as Dr. Greg House, a brilliant and unconventional physician with a brutally honest demeanor.

    In India House airs on AXN which at the moment has been banned. Bones picked up for its third season, stars Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who can read clues left behind in victims bones, and David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth.

    These unlikely partners take on homicide cases involving human remains most forensic specialists cant handle.
    Fox adds that for the psidoe that aired on 13 February 2007 House posted its highest rating ever among Adults 18-49; the shows highest-rated broadcast ever among Adults 18-34, Teens, Women 18-34 and Men 18-49/18-34; and its second-highest ever among Total Viewers, while achieving the highest retention of its American Idol lead-in among Adults 18-49 (86 per cent and Adults 18-34 (93 per cent).
     

  • Oprah is America’s favourite TV personality for fifth year in row

    Oprah is America’s favourite TV personality for fifth year in row

    MUMBAI: For the fifth year in a row, Oprah Winfrey has topped a Harris Poll in the US which asked people who their favourite television personality is.

    Jon Stewart who hosts the satirical new show The Daily Show is in second place for the second year, while Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly moves up one notch to third place.

    Next is a newcomer to the list — Hugh Laurie whom stars in the television show House who debuts in fourth place. He won a Golden Globe for his role last week. Veteran late night talk show host David Letterman drops from number three to fifth place.

    Letterman’s arch rival, Jay Leno, is number six on the list (dropping from 2005 when he was tied for fourth place). In the Harris Poll 1,162 US adults were surveyed online from 12-18 December, 2006 by Harris Interactive.

    Besides Laurie, there are two other new TV personalities who make it into the top 10 list, one for the first time and one from previous years. Ray Romano returns at number seven while the star of 24 Kiefer Sutherland, who plays counter terrorism agent Jack Bauer makes his debut on the list, tied for eighth place. Rounding out the top 10 are Ellen DeGeneres who will host the Oscar Awards and Conan O’Brien, who are also tied for eighth place on this list.

    DeGeneres dropped from number six while O’Brien dropped from number seven. Three people dropped off the list: Jerry Seinfeld , George Lopez and comedian Tim Allen. Interestingly, the list lost three sitcom stars and gained two drama stars and one sitcom star. This might be an indication of what types of television shows viewers are watching.

    Not surprisingly, there are differences in favourite television personality when it comes to some demographic breaks. Women cite Oprah as their top television personality, but men choose O’Reilly. There are also interesting age breaks: Echo Boomers (ages 18 to 29) say that Conan O’Brien is number one. GenXers (ages 30 to 41) turn away from talk shows and say that Laurie is their favorite television personality. Baby Boomers (ages 42 to 60) say that Oprah is their favourite while Matures (ages 61 and over) say that it is O’Reilly.

    Finally, even with television stars, political boundaries are drawn. Conservatives say that O’Reilly is number one while liberals say that Stewart is their favourite.

  • Teri Hatcher recalls tough times before landing ‘Desperate Housewives’ role

    Teri Hatcher recalls tough times before landing ‘Desperate Housewives’ role

    MUMBAI: On UK pubcaster BBC One’s show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross which aired a few days ago Golden Globe-winning Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher admitted that she is full of insecurities. Hatcher – who revealed that she wasn’t wearing underwear all evening – recountted how she’d fallen on hard times before she won the role of Susan Mayer.

    She also spoke on the dificulties women have to face in Hollywood. “I was practically begging for a job, I really needed it,” she says of a failed sitcom audition. “I didn’t get it, I cried for 18 hours … I was desperate.”

    She also lashed out at the fake world of LA. “There’s this illusion that we feel so great. I wanted to admit [in her new book, Burnt Toast] that we women in Hollywood put on extra hair, shove our feet into shoes that don’t fit . There are a lot of women where there are parts that aren’t satisfied. As you gain confidence you are less sensitive about what other people think. That’s played itself out in my life.”