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NBC Cancels HEROES, TRAUMA, MERCY, Officially Picks Up CHUCK, THE CAPE, OUTLAW, HARRY’S LAW, FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 14th, 2010 at 10:02 pm

There’s been plenty of speculation, but now it’s official: Heroes is cancelled.  The Live Feed reports that the ratings simply sunk too low to justify the budget, though fans may hold out hope that NBC is considering a “special or movie” to wrap up loose storylines.  Likewise, NBC has no use for the low-rated freshman medical dramas Mercy and Trauma, so neither will get a second season.

On the flip side, NBC officially renewed Chuck for a fourth season(!) and picked up four new series: the superhero-centric The Cape, retitled legal dramas Outlaw (formerly titled Garza) and Harry’s Law (formerly titled Kindreds), and twenty-something singles comedy Friends With Benefits.  Check out a press release with all the details after the jump.

NBC Rumors: HEROES Cancelled? Jimmy Smits on LAW & ORDER: LA? Plus, Emmy Submission for THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and More

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 12th, 2010 at 10:11 pm

The once powerful superhero saga Heroes has fallen on hard times in the past couple seasons, whether the metric is critical praise or viewership.  No shock, then, that Vulture reports it is increasingly unlikely that Heroes will get a fifth season.  The show was very much a pop-culture sensation in its first season, reaching upwards of 16 million viewers at one point.  It now averages less than 5 million.  The series still has a shot at another season based on solid DVD sales and a strong international brand, though those factors can only sway the decision rather than make it.

There is hope for fans, though, as NBC is apparently looking into a one-off movie (two to four hours) to resolve the various dangling plotlines.  Although, I recall something similar promised upon the network’s cancellation of Las Vegas which never came to fruition.  After the jump, details on NBC’s Law & Order: LA offer to Jimmy Smits as well as the network’s Emmy submission selections.

ShoWest 2010 Movie Posters – BEASTLY, SCOTT PLIGRIM VS. THE WORLD, KICK-ASS, GET LOW, MERCY, TWILIGHT, More

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 13th, 2010 at 10:59 pm

In a few days ShoWest starts up in Las Vegas.  If you haven’t heard of ShoWest, it’s a convention for theater owners and operators to see what’s new in their industry and be wined and dined by the Hollywood Studios. Basically, it’s Comic-Con for the people that make big decisions in the movie industry.

But the other reason ShoWest is cool is the studios send tons of movie posters and theater standees to the convention to pimp what they have coming.  And while the convention doesn’t begin till Monday, a friend of the site was there tonight and was able to snap a number of photos of what’s already on display.  So hit the jump for the posters for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Little Fockers, Get Low, Beastly, Charlie St. Cloud, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, a 75th Anniversary 20th Century Fox poster, Ramona and Beezus, Mercy, The A-Team, The Losers, Toy Story 3 and theater standees for Kick-Ass, Nightmare on Elm Street, Clash of the Titans, and a lot more!

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