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Sept-December
2007
This page comprises archived news items from September
to December 2007. You can find current news here...
December 19th 2007
Contact confirms BW
still alive and kicking!
I got an email from a hollywood agent who works
for the William Morris Agency earlier this
week, confirming he spoke to NBC over the weekend
and Bionic Woman is NOT cancelled, contary
to reports on the internet. He says that unless
anything changes, NBC are not planning to make
any decision on the show until after the writer's
strike is over. This information also seems to
be confirmed by SyFy
Portal yesterday. From what I can gather NBC
are looking to make good on their commitment to
produce all 13 of the promised episodes!
December 16th 2007
Bionic Woman
cancelled says Hollywood.com
Hollywood.com is reporting that the show
is officially cancelled, although there is no
word from the studio yet. Several sites are reporting
the same. The article says...
An insider tells British newspaper the Daily Star,
"This is devastating news for the cast. They
loved working on the program. Michelle is going
to be very upset. This was a huge break for her--a
chance in a lifetime. "The show has been
criticized. People complained about the poor storylines.
But the writers have hardly any time to work with
the characters. They were just getting used to
them." We'll report further when we
hear anything more definite, but this could be
it. Stay tuned.
December 5th 2007
Michelle on GMTV today
Michelle was in the GMTV studio today,
on the UK ITV1 channel, for a brief 5 minute interview.
We didn't really find out anything new, they covered
the usual ground of how she was finding fame on
a hit show, how she got the role, and if she was
enjoying it. They did ask about romance and she
said there wasn't anyone at the moment although
she had dated once, or twice. She catagoricaly
denied the rumours of her and Owrn Wilson dating,
saying she hadn't even met him. She revealed she
was over here at the moment due to the writer's
strike, but gave no indication of the future of
the show or when she might be back at work - it
kind of felt it was almost avoided on purpose.
Given the nature of breakfast TV and the light-weight
interviewers, I guess it was never going to be
hard hitting or very revealing. Anyway, here are
some screengrabs for anyone who didn't manage
to catch it.
  
 
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December 3rd 2007
Bionic Woman's fate
still in a holding pattern
Despite several sites, including aint-it-cool-news
reporting the strike is almost over, other sites
are not so optimistic. Variety.com
has news of how the networks are rre-arranging
their winter schedules in the absence of new episodes
of their shows. As far as NBC go, Variety
reports that NBC has yet to confirm the fate of
Bionic Woman or Life, although Life
had been renewed for a full season, NBC
hasn't made any official decisions on Bionic Woman.Variety
also says "Most industry insiders consider
Bionic Woman a long shot for a renewal.
There have been discussions about revamping the
show and relaunching a sort of "Bionic"
2.0, but as ratings for the skein continue to
sag -- and the strike drags on -- that's become
less likely."
November 30th 2007
Katee sets the record straight!
Regarding the comments about her wanting
to leave Bionic Woman and not getting on with
fellow star Michelle Ryan, Katee Sackhoff tells
TV
Guide this week neither could be further from
the truth "I have no plans to leave Bionic
Woman, and Michelle Ryan is doing a great job.
There's not one ounce of bad blood between us."
Sackhoff tells TV Guide that she absolutely did
not diss either BW or its star at a recent convention.
(as reported by Roadrunner on her blog) "It's
sad," says Sackhoff, "because you want
to connect with the fans, and then they throw
it in your face in a negative light."
Sackhoff confides she's meeting with producers
"to discuss my involvement in the show, which
was pretty limited this year" pre-strike,
she was slated for seven episodes "because
of my obligations to Battlestar Galactica."
Making clear she's "contractually obligated
to a six-year deal" on BW, she insists she'd
be "happy as a clam" to stay that long.
"It's fun and it's a physical role, and god
knows that's what I love to do." That said,
"If they want to cut my involvement, that's
totally fine. I understand that it's called Bionic
Woman, not "Women." It would be nice
to actually do a pilot season."
Michelle on GMTV next week
GMTV
has Michelle Ryan down as a guest in the studio
for the Wednesday, December 5th, edition of ITV's
flagship breakfast show. Her segment is between
7:00am and 8:35am GMT. It will be nice to see
Michelle interviewed on a British show, presenters
who are familiar with her previous TV work. This
will be the first UK TV interview since winning
the BW started airing back in September. We'll
post footage and screengrabs ASAP!
November 28th 2007
Michelle promotes BW
on ITV2
Here
is a short clip of Michelle promoting the ITV2
winter schedule. ITV2 is the station the series
will air on in the UK, probably in January 2008.
November 25th 2007
Roadrunner convetion report
wrong?
Several people have commented on the news
of November 21st and Roadrunner's report of what
she heard Katee Sackhoff say at the convetnion.
Some people have said they DIDN'T hear what Roadrunner
reported. Marimba emailed Superheroflix.com
and said:
"We all attended this con and at NO TIME
did Katee Sackhoff say that she was quitting the
show or that she had any problem with Michelle
Ryan. She did say that the show was a "clusterfrak"
which is no more thanmediapundit has been saying.
Also I never heard Katee say that she quit, I
got the impression that she had filmed all the
eps that she was contracted for, prior to the
strike. Nor did I hear her utter negative comments
about Michelle Ryan."
On Marimba's
Live Journal, LJ user pandora_576 summed up
Katee Sackhoff's panel:
"Well, I and a few others attended the Con
and Katee's talk. This is what we basically heard.
Katee doesn't know if BW will survive the strike.
She's meeting with a new show runner in a couple
of weeks to talk about the future of the show.
Battlestar has such a following that it does make
sense for them to finish it.
BW is an expensive show and the ratings are (Katee
made a raspberry noise).
Katee said that one of her trivia questions should
have been 'Who knows why Bionic Woman isn't doing
well' To which the audience shouts lots of diff
things, I heard 'no Katee' Katee shrugged and
said I didn't say that. I don't know what will
happen."
November 21st 2007
Sarah Corvus no more?
At a recent Burbank convention where Katee
Sackhoff was a guest, Roadrunner reports on her
blog
that Katee has all but disassociated herself from
the Bionic Woman series! Roadrunner says:
"Katee Sackhoff is
done with Bionic Woman, and not just because of
the strike. She has a meeting with one of the
producers after Thanksgiving, but does not expect
to return to the show even if it does resume production
(which I don't personally believe will happen
anyway). She is even already trying to divorce
herself from being associated with Sarah Corviss.
Katee never came out and explicitly stated the
reason for her departure from the show, but her
thinly veiled sassy comments made it pretty apparent
that there isn't a lot of love going on between
her and Michelle Ryan. (Frankly, I'd go so far
as to say that Katee was skating a fine line toward
being rather unprofessional at times. I'm no fan
of Michelle Ryan or Bionic Woman, but it's bad
form in any industry to insult your co-workers
in front of the customers, and Katee needs to
be careful that she doesn't start burning bridges.)"
If true, this would be a great shame as fans
of the show have said some of it's best moments
where with the 2 Bionic woman together, either
in the Pilot or 'Sisterhood'. If the show does
return, we may not get the closure we expected
from the Sarah-Jaime plots lines already out there.
It might also mean we don't find out what caused
Sarah to go haywire in the first first and escape
the Berkut compound. With the absence of the Sarah
Corvus character from the past 3 episodes, and
no mention of her in episode 8, 'Do Not Disturb',
there may be some truth in this report.
November 18th 2007
'Do Not Disturb' promo photo's
Here are a selection of shots from the
next [and perhaps final] episode to air. The show
is currently in limbo after this episode due to
the writer's strike and we'll look to keep you
up-dated on what is happening as the news comes
in. In the meantime,enjoy...
  
  

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BW
cast suspended on half-pay
The Hollywood Reporter is saying that stars
such as Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Bionic Woman's
Michelle Ryan have all seen their TV contracts
suspended as a consequence of the Hollywood's
writers strike. Studio Universal Media Studios
have informed the casts on hit TV shows 30
Rock, Bionic Woman and The Office
that they will be suspended on half-pay for five
weeks. Other studios
are expected to follow suit within days.
Kevin Rankin interview
Bionic tech Nathan, aka Kevin Rankin, has given
an interview to Media Boulevard in which he talks
about his career to date and work on the new Bionic
show. Read it here...
November 16th 2007
BW cancelled by Christmas?
SyFyPortal, amoungst others, are reporting
that the Bionic Woman's days appear to
be numbered, after the series dropped again in
the ratings this week to an all-time low of 4.0/7
share, and was even beaten by Journeyman
[4.1/6]. A further blow came as the writer's srtike
bit into TV filming schedules and NBC was forced
to shut down it's BW shooting in Vancouver on
November 9th, a full month ahead of it's planned
December 12th hiatus, thanks in part to a lack
of new scripts. The Sci-Fi channel also stopped
production on Battlestar Galactica, for
the same reason. CanMag reported that Ken Ferguson,
president of Toronto Film Studios says the value
of the Canadian dollar is as much to blame as
the WGA [Writers Guild of America] Strike when
it comes to the Bionic Woman. With the
US dollar losing strength, studios aren't enjoying
the savings they once had by shooting up North.
Several sources have said the show could be culled
from the ratings as soon as Christmas, meaning
we wouldn't even get to see NBC's planned January
2-parter re-launch episodes that has recently
been talked about.
November 10th 2007
'Trust' promo pics
Here are the latest promo pics from next
week's episode:
  


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Novermber 7th 2007
New Miguel Ferrer interview
TVGuide.com have a straight-talking interview
with Miguel Ferrer, aka Jonas Bledsoe,who talks
about how the show is going, how the writer's
strike is affecting things, and what the plans
are for the future. Read it
here...
November 4th 2007
Titles for episodes #7 &
#8
Episode 7 is called 'Trust Issues' and
leads to a deadly confrontation when Jaime over
hears a conversation between Antonio and an assasin,
which leads her to question whether she can trust
her partner. #8 is called 'Do Not Distrub' and
has Jaime and 'Becca on vacation at a Spa!
November 1st 2007
BW relaunch in January?
In an interview on BuddyTV Michelle has
said that despite slipping ratings she is confident
that they are still in the thick of the fight,
especially with the network's plans for the coming
year. She says "NBC
will be giving the series a big second launch
in January," Your guess is as good
as our what this means, but it is another good
sign that NBC are commited to the series. Michelle
also talks about how she feels Jaime is ready
for some romance. "It's
definitely time," Ryan said. Everything
she does is for others. The time has come for
her to think of herself and have some fun."
This is referance to guest star Jordan
Bridges, who plays Tom.
"He's going to be doing three episodes -
at least, Ryan mentioned, adding that the
two of them have a nice chemistry. I think
it will be a good addition to the show."
October 29th 2007
Miguel joins The Justice
League
Miguel Ferrer will voice the DC character
the Martian Manhunter for the Direct-to-video
animated movie Justice League: The New Frontier.
There are a whole bunch of other stars voicing
other superheroes such as Xena's Lucy Lawless
as Wonder Woman, Kyle MacLachlan as Superman,
David Boreanaz as the Green Lantern, Brooke Shields
as Carol Ferris [Green Lantern's love interest]
and Kyra Sedgwick asLois Lane. The release for
the DVD is around February 26th 2008.
october 25th 2007
BW gets new showrunner
The Hollywood Reporter tells us Jason Cahill
is now coming aboard Bionic Woman as a showrunner
and will help steer the series behind the scenes.
For the past month, the writers' room on the show
has been run by Friday Night Lights exec
producer Jason Katims. Katims has been pulling
double duty on BW and Friday Night Lights
since joining BWas a consultant in early
September. Cahill has worked on some prestiges
hit shows, including NYPD Blue, ER,
Profiler and The Sopranos. He won a
WGA Award for his work on The Sopranos,
and most recently served as co-exec producer on
another freshman drama, CBS' Cane. This
continues to support NBC's faith in the Bionic
show and that they are prepared to make changes
to ensure it is a hit. Let's keep our fingers
crossed!
Michelle goes SFX
The popular UK genre magazine SFX has Michelle/Jaime
on the cover this month. There is a 5 page spread
inside with various photo's [sorry, nothing new
guys] and an interview with David Eick.The feature
is called 'Never mind the BIONICS'. The magazine
hit the stands this week and should be availble
at most main newsagents. Overseas fans can order
online directly from their website: http://www.sfx.co.uk/

October 23rd
New photo's from 'Eductaion
or Jaime Sommers' and 'The List'
Here you go people, some new images from
the next 2 BW episodes, featuring guest
star Jordan Bridges:
 
'Education of Jaime Sommers'' - Click to view
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'The List' - Click to view full size
Cast &
crew podcast
Listen to a great 30 minute [yes, THIRTY minute]
podcast featuring the cast and crew from the show
discussing their roles and work on the new show.
Also includes clips from the Pilot. It's very
informative and is one of the first times Molly
Price [Ruth] and Chris Bowers [Will] have been
interviewed. Listen to it here...
October 22nd 2007
Rating drop & Writers
Strike go-ahead
Bionic Woman was dealt a double
blow this week, when the show saw a fourth week
ratings drop, since it's premiere at the end of
September, as well as reports that the film and
Tv unions have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike
at the start of November. Last week's ratings
dropped to 8.5 million and NBC's Wednesday night
was placed third out of the 4 networks. The show
still tails behind Criminal Minds and
Private Practice [which dipped slightly last
week]. This week's episode looks to be crucial
to the show. There have been rumours NBC
might move it to Monday night's after Heroes,
to give it more of a boost, a sure sign the network
hasn't given up on it's Bionic creation.
Regarding the impending writers strike, the Associated
Press have confirmed the unions have voted over
whelmingly to strike from the 1st of November.
More than 5,000 members of the Writers Guild of
America cast ballots, with 90 percent voting in
favor of authorizing the strike, the union said
last Friday evening. Studios and TV networks have
stepped-up filming of shows and movies and begun
stockpiling scripts in case of a strike. The last
strike in 1988 lasted 22 weeks. Losses to the
industry were put at $500 million.
October 13th 2007
Ratings hold up, more scripts
ordered
The ratings for episode 3, 'Sisterhood',
held steady this week, which is a relief and it
came with around 10.10 million viewers. Whilst
not an out and out runaway, this is a safe number
and NBC will be watching what happens to the show
over the coming weeks. Despite the fact the show
still came in thrid behind Criminal Minds
and Private Practice, 2 shows everyone
knew would be tough competition, BW is still doing
better in it's timeslot than last years similar
place Biggest Loser.In addition NBC has
given the greenlight for 3 new scripts for all
four of it's new Fall shows. This is sometime
seen as a sign the networks are looking to greenlight
to show for a full season, however this year it
might also be in anticipation of the impending
writer's strike.
Michelle chats on The
View
Michelle was on the American chat show
The View this week. Nothing really new
was said, but it was a nice interview with the
participants all excited about Michelle and her
show and made a change from the usual one-on-one
interviews we've had of late. Watch it here....
Jason Katims in charge?
aintitcool.com reports, that a relaibale
source inside the BW writers room has said that
Jason Katims is now virtually in charge of the
day-to-day running of Bionic Woman. As
of right now, the show is being entirely run by
Katims, the insider told Aint It
Cool. Make of that what you will.
Katims was initially brought on as a "consultant".
David Eick is said to be busy with the fourth
season of Battlestar Galactica and the
Lifetime miniseries The Gathering and is
maintianing a supervisory role on the show. Laeta
Kalogridis wrote the original Pilot for BW,
but has not been involved creativly with the show
and apparently Laeta's Pilot script was extensively
rewritten by an uncredited Jason Smilovic. Smilovic
apparently left Bionic last month,
around the time Katims came aboard.
Originally, Smilovic was supposed to showrun
BW for a 12-week period, to help it get
off the ground, with the possibility that he'd
stay on longer if the show was doing well,
said the insider. However, when people started
getting fired and Jason Katims was brought on,
Smilovic left after the 12-week period ended.
October 10th 2007
Strike threatens BW production
Variety reveal that the Eriters Guild may
be preparing to go on strike at he end of October,
placing a burden on the networks whether to continue
with new and un-proven shows, such as our beloved
Bionic Woman. By Nov. 1, the Networks will
have enough episodes of current shows in the can
to get them through to mid-January. But the February
sweeps [an all important ratings period for TV
networks] would be decimated by the strike, and
new shows would halt production well before they'd
filled their initial 13 episode orders.
"If Fox has to shut down a show like K-Ville
in the middle of filming the seventh episode,
they might just decide it makes more sense to
simply cancel it," one agent said.That's
because keeping the K-Ville sets in place
and its cast together would be costly. If the
show were a hit, keeping the skein in a holding
pattern would make sense, but given its weak early
numbers, Fox might simply decide it makes sense
to cut and run. That decision would have a cost,
too. TV shows generally need to produce 13 episodes
to earn international coin. If shows such as
K-Ville -- or CBS' ratings-challenged Cane
or even our Bionic Woman -- wrap before
they get to 13 segs, they'll likely end up a total
loss for both the network and the studio that
produces the show.... watch this space!
Molly Price gets back into
55-david forDVD
Anyone wanting to catch Molly Price in her role
as much-applauded role as police office Yorkis
in the hit show Third Watch, will be pleased
to hear the show is finally coming to DVD early
next year. The complete 1st season, 6 disc set
is due to hit the streets on Region1 February
5th 2008. Check out the news and cover art at
TVShowsOnDVD.com right
here....
October 5th 2007
5 clips for 'Sisterhood'
Yet again IESB come up trumps with five
new clips for next week's show. Go
here....
Rating update
Okay, so BW didn't hold up well in the
ratings this week, apparently losing a thrid of
it's audience. This isn't as bad as it first sounds
and although it trailed well behind Gray's
Anatomy spin-off, Private Practise,
[which is going to be a hard show to beat], Bionic
Woman still drew bigger audience numbers than
NBC's flag-ship show Heroes.
October 4th 2007
'Sisterhood' photo's
Catch this week's episode? Impressed? We
were! Well, not to let you feel left out but we've
got the latest set of pictures from next week's
episode, 'Sisterhood' right here. The photo's
make it look more character-driven than action-packed
[that looks to be left for 'Face off], and we've
16 images you will find in the gallery. There
don't appear to be any real spoilers, so feel
free to check them out. Go
here...
   
Isaiah to get Bionic spin-off
series?
There is already talk, according to SyFy Portal,
that Isaiah Washington may get a spin-off show
for his character of Pope on Bionic Woman... this
before his first appearence has even aired! That's
right, the new series has only aired a single
episode, yet NBC is already trying to turn the
"Bionic Woman" concept into a 21st century
franchise, hedging its bets that the controversial
former "Grey's Anatomy" star will provide
the power needed to get it going.
"I may end up doing more that five episodes,"
Washington said, "I don't see myself becoming
a series regular, but there's some talk about
spinning me off into my own show once 'Bionic
Woman' becomes a huge hit." Washington will
play the character of Antonio Pope on the series
for a half-dozen episodes who the actor says is
"very good with a 9mm and an M16."
October 3rd 2007
Building a Bionic body
Michelle has been caught at the gym working out
for her taxing role on the action/drama Bionic
Woman. Various sites have carried the pictures,
mostly 'gossip' sites. There is A
Socialites Life and some more can be found
at Rockland
USA.
October 2nd 2007
'Face off' photo's
Well, NBC have now released 14 images from
'Face off' for us. We have posted some thumbnails
below which are spoiler-free, if you want to see
ALL the photo's [and there are some spoilers in
there, trust us!] check the full gallery
here...

 
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October 1 2007
Episode order update
The running order for the first 4 Bionic
episodes now look like this: 'Pilot'; 'Paradise
Lost'; 'Sisterhood'; and 'Face Off'. An interview
with BW's diretcor of photography here,
reveals that most of the footage from 'Birds'
[supposed to be the second episode, picking up
after Will's father escapes the Supermax Prison]
was thrown out, and what remained combined with
newly shot scenes for 'Paradise Lost'. Seems with
the loss of Glen Morgan, when Katims came on board
he helped rewrite the first 3 stories. [thanx
to Andy for the info]. The article is abit techie
and talks about various camera techniques, but
has several behind the scenes shot of Michelle
working with a green screen.
'Sisterhood' summary
Spoiler Tv also say the storyline for 'Sisterhood'
has Jaime protecting a contractor's daughter.
At the same time, she ponders whether or not to
help Sarah move past her personal demons. Interesting
and this may be the first steps to getting Sarah
Corvus back into the Berkut group as an ally,
rather than an adversary.
September 29th 2007
Isaiah preview clip!
Get the first look at Isaiah Washington
on Bionic Woman, at BuddyTV, as he first meets
Jaime in next week's episode. The pair meet in
a bookstore... coincidence? I think not. It's
a nice couple of minutes long and Jaime is oblivious
to who this person really is. Let's see what she
makes of him when she finds out the truth.Jon
Lachonis, BuddyTV Senior Writer, certainly seems
impressed with their first meet.
Go
to clip... If you are really in spoiler
mode, IESB have 6 clips up from the second episode
and feature a great work-out between Jaime and
Jae. Clips
are here...
New cast member announced
TheTVRemote.com reports that Jordan Bridges, of
NBCs Conviction, is to join the show and
he will play Tom, an unassuming teachers
assistant at a prestigious university who also
works for the CIA and is a potential love interest
for Jamie.
September 27th 2007
BW storms the ratings!
As was hoped, BW has done exceptionally
well in the ratings with it's premier episode.
NBC bested ABC as Bionic Woman beat
Private Practice, the Greys Anatomy
spin off, in the important 18-49 demographic,
garnering 13.6 million viewers overall, according
to Nielsen. However, Private Practice had
more total viewers than Bionic Woman with
14.2 million.For all you number crunchers, Reuters
have a breakdown in terms of market share, demographics
share, etc. Go stats-nuts
here....
Review, review, review
There are just too many reviews to list
for the show this week, everyone has his/her opinions
on the new and returning shows. What we've done
is take a sample of some of the bigger sites/newpaper
reviews which have shown up and put them all on
one page for your perusal. They are a mix of positive
and negative [only fair!] and it will be interesting
to go back and read the same reviews maybe half-a-dozen
episodes further along, or even a full season
in and see how accurate they were in their impressions
of Jaime's first steps. Review
page....
September 24th 2007
Watch BW, meet & discuss
it afterwards
SureToMeet.com have set up a forum-style
site for fans to meet and discuss Bionic Woman
after it's premier on Wednesday. The site allows
you to make/contact friends and set up meetings
both locally and on-line. The BW site is at:
http://www.suretomeet.com/bionic_woman/
September 21st 2007
'Paradise Lost' promo stills
Here are a bunch of brand new promo stills
from episode 3, featuring all the usual suspects:
Jaime; Jae, Jonas, Sarah, Pope and this time Ruth
Treadwell, getting in on the action [if that gun
she is carrying is anything to go by!]
   

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September 20th 2007
New title.... new spoilers
We now have a title for episode 7, and
it's...'Everything Will Change' and is due to
air on November 7th. We also have some kick-ass
spoilers just in from episode 6, 'The Journey'.
Not to give too much away, but Jaime finds herself
working alongside her arch-nemisis Sarah Corvus,
following on from events in the previous week's
show, 'Faceoff'. If you want them, the spoilers
are here....
More series woes?
Judd, on our very own forum, says he has
heard from a reliable source in the industry that
NBC are really unhappy with the episodes that
Glen Morgan worked on and are thinking of junking
them and re-shooting them. This feeds into the
rumours that the show may go on hiatus early in
it's run as the production staff play catch-up.
Along with re-casting, re-shoots, change of production
staff and now possible major re-structure of the
show, times are tough for our Bionic heroine and
we can only hope people tune in in droves and
stay with the show through it's early episodes,
demonstrating a solid and loyal fanbase for it.
It's a tough timeslot, as we've spoken about before,
and BW needs to put on a good show as it comes
out of the starting gate if it is to survive.
On-set filming in Vancouver
Vancouverfilm.net has several nice photo's of
when the BW production staff were filming on West
Pender Street, in the 'Smile' Resturant - thanx
to Michelle from aarondouglasfans.com.
See
report....
September 17th 2007
'Bionic Wednesday'
is coming
With just over a week to go before the
official start of Bionic Woman on NBC,
the network is advertising Wednesday the 26th
of September as 'Bionic Wednesday'. As
things steam-roll towards the series debut, watch
for both press and tv adverts to appear in abundance!
September 14th 2007
NBC BW press call
NBC held a telephone press conference for
Bionic Woman this week, you can find the
transcipt at Entertainment New International
here...
Men's Health magazine also has a
new interview with Michelle this month, and that
is here...
If you are having trouble accessing either
of the articles, we'll be posting them here, on
the site next week, so check-back then and you'll
find links to them in the Articles
section of the site.
September 11th 2007
Glen Morgan's replacement
named
Writer-producer Jason Katims, who created
the TV version of Roswell and currently
serves as showrunner on NBCs Friday
Night Lights, will serve as a consultant
on the networks Bionic Woman,
according to a TV Guide report by Michael Ausiello.Katims,
who last year wrote and produced Foxs short-lived
Wedding Bells as he oversaw FNL,
will now split his time between FNL
and Bionic, according to Ausiello.
And whilst we're on the
subject...
According to DigitalSpy, David Eick had this to
say about Morgan's departure due to 'creative
differences:"Finding
the peoplenot just people who get it, but
defining what the 'it' is that you want everyone
to get... is its own sort of separate endurance
test. I think this is really no different from,
frankly, most of the genre shows I've done in
that there's a lot of turnover early in the process.
It's just the way it works."
Eick also stressed the variety of different interpretations
possible for the new television series, which
stars English actress Michelle Ryan in the title
role. "Some people
come in thinking, 'Well, if it's got someone with
super strength, it must mean it has to be really
kind of funny and kooky,' and other people come
in and said, 'Well, we've got someone with a tortured
soul who's had this thing perpetrated on her,
then it's got to be very dark and twisted.' Other
people might say, 'Well, it should be very female
and soft.'
September 9th 2007
New interview with Michelle
and Davdi Eick
This interview has turned up on several
sites, including Cinemablend.com and Comingsoon.net.
The interview is bang up to date and chats about
possible changes to the show and david's comments
about Glen Morgan quitting the show - news which
only broke a couple of days ago. Michelle also
discusses how she sees her chatacter going and
her motivation in the show around other people
on the show. The Comingsoon.net link is
here...
September 6th 2007
Morgan quits, show breaks
production schedule?
Variety.com have confirmed that Executive
Producer and fan-fave Glen Morgan has left Bionic
Woman after "creative
differences", cited NBC insiders.
"Glen Morgan has helped
create a great template for 'Bionic Woman' but
has decided to pursue other endeavors now,"
says a statement from Universal Media Studios,
which produces the show. "We
wish him the best." This is a disapointment
to genre fans who were pleased to see someone
they knew, on board as a driving force behind
the new show. Rumours are also going about that
the showwas also shutting down production, but
an NBC rep said that isn't the case. However,
industry insiders believe it's possible the showwhich
is now in production on its fifth episode -- still
might take a break for a while in order to give
the writers a chance to focus on refining the
show's directions. Variety.com states that shutting
down production doesn't always have a negative
impact on a new show's future. ABC's Grey's
Anatomy and Brothers & Sisters
both took brief hiatuses early in their run --
and went on to become hits.
September 5th 2007
Top 10 Hottest Fall females!
Yep, it had to happen... there is a list
of the Top 10 hottest woman in fall TV shows and
quite right our Michelle is in there.At the far
end of the scale, at no. 10, is Leighton Meester
from Gossip Girl and Kaley Cuoco from Big
Bang Theory sits pretty at 9. Okay, okay,
Michelle makes the top five at 4, just beaten
by another robotic female, the equally lovely
Summer Glau at 3, from The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Wanna know who is Numero Uno? Check the full list
at IFmagazine.com. Go
there...
September 2nd 2007
New glamour photoshoot
Michelle has done a photoshoot and interview
for PARADE magazine, whilst not a lengthy interview
- you can find it here
- there is a nice set of casual photo's of Michelle
to go with it. We 've put them in an album for
your viewing pleasure right here....
  
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