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| Tina |
Date: Wednesday, 08-Apr-15, 11:42 AM | Message # 931 |
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Thank you so much amanda !  This is my new little boy. |
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| June |
Date: Saturday, 11-Apr-15, 10:50 PM | Message # 932 |
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Mathew Perry could be on the list but he wasn't in Bruno's mind.
From Le Mentalist de A à Z
Did Simon Baker immediately become the only actor for the role?
No, but he was on top of a short list of five or six actors that CBS, which produced the series, supplied me. He had that same grace in his movements, his attitude that mentalists have when they make their performances. First thing that caught my attention.
Who were the other actors?
Understand that I can not name. They wouldn’t want. What you need to know is that when a new series is launched in U.S., your choice of performers is ultimately limited. Between actors in Hollywood and others, you must make your choice from those available and willing to sign a contract for six years, which is the expected duration of the commitment to a series. Simon was my first choice, but I had to fight to convince him to sign because that meant he had to say goodbye to his film career, at least for a time.
What was your first encounter with Simon Baker?
We started talking a lot by phone. I had seen his screen tests and I loved, but I should to persuade him to commit to long term. That takes time. We were face to face for the first time a week before the shooting of the pilot.
What Bruno said in his Walk of Fame speech was this: "The first time I met Simon to talk about The Mentalist, he arrived on a bicycle, and he pulled the script out of his back pocket, all rolled up and sweaty and dog-eared, and every page of the script was covered in notes and black marks and kind of exclamation marks saying NO, crossing out, underlines. Now usually that’s not a good sign, and I was very apprehensive. But Simon analysed that script like an old soldier breaking down a rifle, he made sure all the parts were clean and oiled and working, and then he put it all back together again just the same as it was but better. And he made the character of Patrick Jane his own."
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| marta75 |
Date: Sunday, 12-Apr-15, 1:55 PM | Message # 933 |
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Bravo Tina for your last adorable puppet. You knitted even the glasses and the towel ! |
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| marta75 |
Date: Sunday, 12-Apr-15, 2:00 PM | Message # 934 |
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Tina one day you should present your complete collection of little Jane and Lisbon for the new members because they are so amazing |
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| Tina |
Date: Sunday, 12-Apr-15, 3:19 PM | Message # 935 |
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Thank you so much marta! You are really nice!
I have photos of all my "babies" on instagram, my name there is wollpavillon |
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| Fran |
Date: Monday, 27-Apr-15, 11:11 AM | Message # 936 |
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From TVLine: Mentalist DVD Sneak Peek: Who Was 'Scared' About Jane/Lisbon Hook-Up?
http://tvline.com/2015....romance |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 10:10 AM | Message # 937 |
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TM won the USA Today poll for "canceled shows to rescue".
http://www.usatoday.com/story....6659499
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| Ivana |
Date: Thursday, 21-May-15, 5:27 AM | Message # 938 |
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http://thecomicscomic.com/2015....-june-5
Not quite Stupid Human Tricks: Repeats of “The Mentalist” will replace Late Show with David Letterman from May 21-June 5
Getting over David Letterman's retirement certainly won't be easy.
It'll take more than mental feats of strength, or even the final season of The Mentalist -- and yet, CBS has chosen the latter for the short-run. Starting Thursday, CBS stations will rebroadcast the final 12 episodes of The Mentalist's seventh season in the void left behind by Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10:35 p.m. Central/Mountain.
Your TV listings and DVR equivalents will show the following episodes of The Mentalist instead of Letterman:
Thursday, May 21: Episode 702 - Nothing But Blue Skies Friday, May 22: #703 - The Greybar Hotel
Monday, May 25: #701 - Orange Blossom Ice Cream
Tuesday, May 26: #705 - The Silver Briefcase
Wednesday, May 27: #706 - Green Light
Thursday, May 28: #707 - Little Yellow House
Friday, May 29: #708 - The Whites Of His Eyes
Monday, June 1: #709 - Copper Bullet
Tuesday, June 2: #710 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Wednesday, June 3: #711 - Byzantium
Thursday, June 4: #712 - Brown Shag Carpet
Friday, June 5: #713 - White Orchids
After that? CBS plans to plug in other dramas to fill the summer until Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuts in September.
What, no comedies? |
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| Ivana |
Date: Thursday, 21-May-15, 5:29 AM | Message # 939 |
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http://theinterrobang.com/david-l....ntalist
David Letterman is leaving. As of this week, his long running ‘Late Show’ will go into hiatus as the Ed Sullivan Theater set will be torn down and rebuilt for late night’s newest challenger, Stephen Colbert. But with Letterman’s final guests, acts and viral tribute montages soon to be but a memory, there still remains one question left unanswered – who is going to be replace the ‘Late Show’ time slot for this interim summer period? Well the question has finally been answered.
According to the website Zap2it.com, CBS has listed their popular crime drama “The Mentalist’ as the only natural fit to replace the ‘Late Show’. It seems to be logical choice, too. “The Mentalist” is a non-threatening drama that drew a huge audience and was once the highest rated television show is the world during its seven season run. With the lack of late night conversation at 11:30pm until September, CBS has decided to play it safe while still half-heartedly trying to draw as many viewers away from Fallon, Kimmel and Conan O’Brien as they can.
So for your mind-reading crime action dramas, tune into CBS for ‘The Mentalist’ at 11:30pm. Here’s to a quick summer!
(via the Comic’s Comic) |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Thursday, 21-May-15, 12:33 PM | Message # 940 |
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CBS… They'll never cease to amaze me
Not quite Stupid Human Tricks: Repeats of “The Mentalist” will replace Late Show with David Letterman from May 21-June 5
By Sean L. McCarthy
Getting over David Letterman's retirement certainly won't be easy.
It'll take more than mental feats of strength, or even the final season of The Mentalist -- and yet, CBS has chosen the latter for the short-run. Starting Thursday, CBS stations will rebroadcast the final 12 episodes of The Mentalist's seventh season in the void left behind by Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10:35 p.m. Central/Mountain.
Your TV listings and DVR equivalents will show the following episodes of The Mentalist instead of Letterman:
Thursday, May 21: Episode 702 - Nothing But Blue Skies Friday, May 22: #703 - The Greybar Hotel
Monday, May 25: #701 - Orange Blossom Ice Cream
Tuesday, May 26: #705 - The Silver Briefcase
Wednesday, May 27: #706 - Green Light
Thursday, May 28: #707 - Little Yellow House
Friday, May 29: #708 - The Whites Of His Eyes
Monday, June 1: #709 - Copper Bullet
Tuesday, June 2: #710 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Wednesday, June 3: #711 - Byzantium
Thursday, June 4: #712 - Brown Shag Carpet
Friday, June 5: #713 - White Orchids
After that? CBS plans to plug in other dramas to fill the summer until Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuts in September.
What, no comedies?
source: http://thecomicscomic.com/2015....twitter |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Thursday, 21-May-15, 10:09 PM | Message # 941 |
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Even though I have the DVD I will be compelled to watch these real time. #sickpuppy #notobsessed |
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| DaboGirl |
Date: Friday, 22-May-15, 3:21 AM | Message # 942 |
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Quote Hayseed (  ) Even though I have the DVD I will be compelled to watch these real time. #sickpuppy #notobsessed
I'm with you and I'm using the DVR just in case I miss it and can't find the DVD or downloads  |
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| Ivana |
Date: Saturday, 23-May-15, 5:01 AM | Message # 943 |
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http://www.ew.com/article....2014-15
The 50 Most Watched Broadcast Shows of 2014-15
25. The Mentalist (CBS) 11.80 million |
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| Peithon |
Date: Sunday, 24-May-15, 0:06 AM | Message # 944 |
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Only two shows on that list were cancelled, TM and CSI (which gets a 2 hour farewell episode next season with William Petersen (Grissom) and Marg Helgenberger (Willows) returning.
Message edited by Peithon - Wednesday, 03-Jun-15, 7:23 AM |
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| Ivana |
Date: Wednesday, 03-Jun-15, 5:51 AM | Message # 945 |
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http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2015....locally
"The Mentalist" holds its own in late-night here; Game 7 hockey big hit locally
This is what I’m thinking:
CBS’ decision to delay the premiere of Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show until September rather than start right after David Letterman's farewell has gotten a lot of local criticism, led by Channel 4 meteorologist Don Paul.
Paul might be advised to worry more about predicting the weather than local viewing habits.
The local results of the first week indicate that repeats of “The Mentalist” on Channel 4 are holding up quite nicely against “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Channel 2 and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Channel 7.
From Tuesday through Friday in a week that started with Memorial Day on Monday, Fallon’s program won locally with a 2.9 rating on Channel 2.
“The Mentalist” was close behind with 2.6 rating on Channel 4. It even won Thursday night. Kimmel was third with a 1.6 rating. On Monday, "The Mentalist" won by a narrow margin again.
Of course, Fallon undoubtedly has much better demographics, but that also was the case when Letterman was CBS’ late-night host. Additionally, Fallon was running some repeats last week, which surely lowered his ratings. His lead should expand with original episodes.
But CBS’ strategy is working here and also is giving it time to remodel the Ed Sullivan Theater this summer for Colbert’s show and time to promote the new program.
“The Mentalist” run ends this week. CBS plans to follow it with rerun episodes of several programs that are popular in Western New York, including “Hawaii Five-O,” “CSI: Cyber,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” The Good Wife," “NCIS: L.A.," “NCIS,” “Scorpion” and “Madam Secretary.” |
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