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January 28, 2004

Nets Tap Power Players for Pilots

Alphabet net has opted to push back development on its J.J. Abrams pilot "The Catch," a bounty hunter actioner set to star "Alias' " Greg Grunberg. Project will now be targeted for midseason 2004-05.

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The Hollywood Reporter

January 28, 2004

5 Drama Pilots Get Greenlight

by Nellie Andreeva

ABC and Fox have solidified their commitments to two high-profile dramas, greenlighting pilots of J.J. Abrams' "The Catch," starring Greg Grunberg, and John Wells' "Johnny Zero," toplined by Franky G, respectively.

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"The Catch," from Touchstone TV, revolves around male and female bounty hunters with Grunberg attached as the male lead.

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USA TODAY

January 26, 2004

After Globes, the Revelry Gets Rolling

by Bill Keveney, William Keck and Claudia Puig

After attending the ceremony solo, Jennifer Garner was joined at the party by her boyfriend and Alias co-star, Michael Vartan, who chose to play hockey rather than sit through the ceremony. He gave his date's Zac Posen dress high praise: "Jennifer would look beautiful wearing only a sponge."

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Zap2it

January 19, 2004

TV Gal Frets for Underused Characters

by Amy Amatangelo

Here's my list of the most underused characters currently on television:

Dixon on "Alias": He's in charge now, and we even found out that he knew Sydney's secret all along. Yet, he isn't given anything to do. He's got vengeance on the brain ("I want that bitch dead" is one the best lines from last year) and he still only pops up from time to time to give the occasional order. While I'm on a rant, why bump up Greg Grunberg to series regular and then rarely show him? Hereafter this phenomenon will be known as the Nina Effect (see "Everwood").

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The Hollywood Reporter

January 2004

ABC hoping for "limited' success

By Scott Collins

Are limited series here to stay on network TV? ABC is betting big on the format, which until recently was largely confined to premium cable networks like HBO and Showtime.

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ABC execs also hope to boost ratings for "Alias" by debuting the reality home-improvement show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" in the 8 p.m. Sunday slot, replacing the drama "10-8." (Entertainment President Susan) Lyne said that "10-8" was not canceled and could come back next year.

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Cox News Service

January 15, 2004

[Alias blurb]

By Steve Murray

Good news for fans worried about the fate of Jennifer Garner's series, a critical hit with respectable but not great ratings: "We love that show," (ABC Entertainment President Susan) Lyne said. "It's not going anywhere."

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Ain't It Cool News

January 4, 2004

Hercules Picks The Best Scripted Hourlongs of 2003!!

by Hercules

2. Alias.

"What was wrong with the black one?"

"Alias" pretty much owes its number-two position to an episode that aired nearly a year ago.

"Phase One," which followed the 2003 Superbowl, was the single most exciting and gratifying hour of episodic television I believe any of us saw last year. I don't think there were ten movies released last year that I enjoyed as much. Syd parading in the black lingerie to AC/DC, the henchman getting sucked into the plane engine, Dixon learning from a teary, desperate Syd that his life has been a lie, the shocking, sudden collapse of SD-6, and that final shot of one too many Francies in the kitchen.

"It will leave permanent grip-marks on the arms of your sofa, even perhaps if those arms are made of aluminum," I yammered, anxious not to give away the store just hours before the episode hit the air. "All fans of quality filmed entertainment, 'Alias' fans and not, football fans and not, TV fans and not, will love tonight's installment of 'Alias.' But. Tonight's installment of 'Alias' also contains wildly important chunks of continuity certain to make longtime fans pee their recliners." (If you doubt your memory of how great this episode was, click the link above and read the talkbacks. Make no mistake my friend: J.J. Abrams is a fricking genius.)

Sadly, nothing the series has done subsequently – including misplacing two years of Syd's life – has approached the pilot-rivalling perfection that was this episode. But I don't dare stop tuning in for Sydney Bristow's Sunday-night adventures, fearful still that the Abrams genius will again rain from the sky. (And, while I'm waiting, I sure do find myself entertained by that David Cronenberg science-guy they just introduced!)

Last new episode (3.10) aired Dec. 7. Next new episode (3.11) airs Jan. 11.

© Ain't It Cool News 2004

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