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Black Belt Auntie writes: I haven’t seen any mention of the avalanche of commercials for the Science Channel’s new show Dark Matters, hosted by Denethor, er, John Noble, which starts later this month, I believe on August 31. Looks creepy! Trailer can be viewed here.
Check out this clip from local coverage of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit new video blog posted on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page. [TV3 News]
Another one for the rumor mill? On ‘Reel Late with Kate‘ last night, she let it slip that Simon Pegg & Nick Frost visited the Hobbiton set while in New Zealand during filming of Tintin. Could this be for a possible cameo in The Hobbit or just curiosity? Click on the link for the Video. [YouTube] [Reel Late with Kate]
slugbelch chimed in to let us know Orlando Bloom will be on “Live with Regis and Kelly” Tuesday, April 25. Will he talk about heading down to NZ for ‘The Hobbit’? Check local listings.
HBO has picked up a second season of fantasy series “Game of Thrones” on the heels of solid numbers for Sunday’s premiere. Genre shows have been popular with young adults over the past year, with HBO’s “True Blood” and AMC’s “The Walking Dead” often beating their broadcast competition in adults 18-49.
On its opening night, “Thrones” drew 2.2 million viewers in its regular 9 o’clock slot, and then added another 1.2 million for its quickie repeat at 10:05 p.m. (where it likely picked up viewers following the completion of the Boston-New York NBA playoff game on TNT). Throw in the 11:15 p.m. airing (800,000) and “Thrones” drew 4.2 million viewers, according to HBO. More..