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Pins and needles for some in Hollywood this morning, and I don’t mean the Oscar nominations or even the resumption of "informal" talks in the writers strike. It’s the ratings for Fox’s "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Last night’s episode was excellent, opening new stories for Sarah, John and Cameron, and the evil Cromartie.
But today’s ratings revelations may be even more dramatic. The "Terminator" premiere on Jan. 13 scored over 18 million viewers, by far the year’s best debut, but dropped by nearly half in its second episode the next night. No doubt Sunday’s audience was pumped up by huge promotion and a football lead-in, and the second night’s rating was pretty good by itself. But another big drop for last night’s episode would be bad news indeed.
In the meantime, you might want to check out this interview with Summer Glau, aka Cameron, by our friend The TVAddict. And […]

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This week’s debut of Fox’s "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" added two hours to the tale but about a million twists and turns for those trying to parse the "real" chronology of future resistance leader John Connor and the robot apocalypse. Blogger Todd Seavey has taken on the thankless and possible task of untangling them. It’s entirely possible to enjoy the TV series without caring about any of this, of course. But there’s a certain appeal, not unlike rapture of the deep, in paragraphs like this:
At the end of the second film, a new timeline is created (branching off from the point in 1995 [though the film came out in 1991] when CompuDyne HQ was blown up, two years before it could trigger the nuclear war). In this new timeline, though (as we learn in the third film), the nuclear war still happens eventually (“Judgment Day iss inevidduble”) — specifically […]

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Feast your eyes on the image of Randy Jackson and Renaldo Lapuz, one of the "American Idol" loons from last night, while you enjoy these morning links:

AP updates the networks’ stock of new shows at this point in the strike. (AP)

Barnhart has a long and substantive interview with Shawn Ryan, creator
of "The Shield" and a member of the Writers Guild negotiating team. And
he takes issue with some of those numbers. (TV Barn)
The WGA gets ready to make reality an issue. (Scribe Vibe)
Matt Roush says it’s "Nip/Tuck" that needs reconstructive surgery these days. (TV Guide)
Chris Daughtry has backed off his comments dissing "Idol." Taken out of context, blah blah blah. (Page Six)
A closer look at "Lipstick Jungle." I’m having a hard time caring, myself. (Televisionista)
First look at Brian Austin Green on "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." (TV Addict)

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"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" stars British actress Lena Headey as, well, you can guest. With the second hour of the hotly anticipated series airing tonight, Headey and executive producer James Middleton met the press on a conference call to talk about all things Terminator. There may be a spoiler or two…

Question: When you were with us back in July at the press tour, there was extensive discussion of how the school shooting scene in the pilot was going to be changed. From what I can tell, it mostly hasn’t been. Were there changes that I just couldn’t see? J. Middleton: Yes, we are very sensitive in the show in general to the ramifications of violence, and to this actual event. We did make quite a few edits in the school shooting to cut down the number of shots, and to remove any implication that those students had been shot. […]

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Do you miss explosions and gunfire and desperate peril and cybernetic hotties? Have I got a show for you.
Fox’s "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" could be the smokin’ sci fi thriller that people expected NBC’s "Bionic Woman" to be. Or it could be another flash in the pan. But it will definitely liven up a scripted-TV landscape decimated by the writers strike.
Debuting with hourlong episodes Sunday at 8 and Monday at 9, "Terminator: TSCC" features zingy dialogue and the kind of full-tilt action sequence that has become increasingly rare on TV. The only question is how long they can sustain the pace.
Sunday’s pilot delivers the most pedal-to-the-metal action you’ll see outside of "24" - which we’re not going to see this season, so get it where you can. Although a school shootout scene was supposedly toned down after the Virginia Tech massacre, there’s plenty of terminator-on-terminator action, really all kinds […]

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The stars were out for a special screening of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" last night, with Summer Glau looking… well, a little off. I may not be a makeup expert, but I don’t think you’re supposed to match your cheeks to your dress.
Nonetheless, I’ve seen the rough cuts of the new "Terminator" show and it’s freaking fantastic, and Summer Glau is freaking fantastic in it. The rest of the actors are nice and all, but daaaaamn, she kicks ass six ways to Sunday.
This kind of review might be a little frustrating to Glau. It suggests that her roles in "Firefly" and "Terminator" have overshadowed everything else she’s capable of, and that she’s getting typecast as an otherworldly ass-kicking beauty.
Still, there are worse ways to be typecast: She could be stuck with Queen Latifah’s roles.
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One of the few bright spots to look forward to on a strike-afflicted winter TV schedule is the Jan. 13 premiere of  Fox’s action-packed "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." And one of the best parts of the show, at least in the pilot, is Summer Glau as a high school hottie soon revealed to be a good terminator named Cameron. All of which I write just so I can show you this creepy poster:

Go ahead, tell me that doesn’t creep you out just a little.
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As our friends over at GMMR point out, this is a pretty badass Monday lineup. The show, now titled "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," will bow Jan. 14 at 8, right before "24." The pilot was one of the best of the season, a full-out, balls-to-the-wall action thriller, with Sarah (Lena Headey) on the run in today’s America, protecting her son John (Thomas Dekker) from the future’s wrath with the help of a hottie who happens to be a good cyborg (Summer Glau).

One scene in which a classroom gets shot up has been tweaked after the Virginia Tech massacre, but I don’t think that will slow up the show. The only question is whether the pace can be maintained week after week on a series TV budget. This ought to be a gi-normous hit, although the post-time-travel mother-son nudity was a little creepy. Dekker’s picture will adorn many an […]

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