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August 29, 2008 - Podcast #306
All the HDTV and Home Theater news and info you need, without all the reading.


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News:
Intel and Yahoo Look to Widgetize the Living Room Web
Sony To Drop Blu-Ray Player Pricing In Sept.-Other Makers To Follow
Vudu Plans 1,000 HD Titles, Lifetime Content-Recovery
Mitsubishi Unleashing Wireless HDTV
TiVo Posts Profit as Revenue Rises 4%

Other:
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Clean up the Popcorn Hour UI with SwissCenter

Today's Show:
Each year since we've been doing this show we tale a look at the Fall TV season and try to pick shows that we'd like to watch. Back in 2006 when we first starting doing this, a good number of shows were in SD. Today pretty much all of them are in HD with the exception of a few reality shows.

Fall TV Preview

CBS:
Worst Week, The Mentalist, Gary Unmarried, Eleventh Hour, The Ex List

NBC:
America's Toughest Jobs, My Own Worst Enemy, Knight Rider, Kath and Kim, SNL Weekend Update Thursday, Crusoe

ABC:
Opportunity Knocks, Life on Mars

FOX:
Fringe, Do Not Disturb

CW:
90210, Privileged, Stylista, In Harm's Way, Surviving Suburbia, Valentine, Easy Money


Braden's Picks:

New:
  • NBC: Knight Rider, Crusoe, SNL Weekend Update (all 3 of them)
  • ABC: Life on Mars
  • Fox: Do Not Disturb
Possible:
  • CBS: The Mentalist
  • NBC: My Own Worst Enemy
Old:
  • CBS: NCIS, Without a Trace, The Unit, Numb3rs
  • NBC: Chuck, The Office, 30 Rock, ER
  • Fox: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 24, Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares

Ara's Picks:
New:
  • ABC: Life on Mars
  • Fox: Fringe
Old:
  • ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Lost, Pushing Daises, According to Jim
  • CBS: CSI NY and Miami, Ghost Whisperer, NCIS, The Unit, Numb3rs, Two and a Half Men, How I met your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, Survivor
  • NBC: Chuck, 30 Rock, Deal or No Deal, Heroes
  • Fox: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Bones, House, 24, Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, American Idol

Midseason Replacements
ABC - Lost, According to Jim, Scrubs (formerly of NBC) and The Bachelor.

CBS - Rules of Engagement and Harper's Island.

The CW - Reaper

Fox - 24, American Idol and Hell's Kitchen,

NBC - Law & Order, Friday Night Lights, Medium, Merlin, and Kings

TV Guide has a nice grid with all the new and returning shows: Fall TV Preview
Yahoo! has short descriptions for some of the new shows: New Fall Shows



 


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