Variety is hearing that A&E has made the agonizing decision not to renew Patrick Swayze's show The Beast. Although when trade publication asked if a decision had been made about the future of the show the network said none had been made. They also heard speculation that the show was looking for a possible replacement for Swayze just in case. One of the names tossed around was Lou Diamond Phillips, but the sources said he didn't feel like he was a headliner.
I feel for A&E having to make that decision. I mean what do you do when the star of your show has cancer, but the ratings are soft. Do you pick it up or cancel it? It is a decision I am glad I don't have to make. I can tell you I tried to watch the show, but it was way too dark for me and I am sure I am not the only one who felt that way which is probably why A & E made the decision they are about to make.
Tom Kapinos, who was a show runner on Dawson's Creek and now works on Showtime's Californication, is speaking out about his former-show and its stars and let's just what he has to say about them isn't very nice according to Watch with Kristin!.
In talking about the genesis of Californication, Tom explained: "The idea came out of my own misery of working on Dawson's Creek. I came out here to write screenplays, and I ended up on Dawson's Creek, which was very lucrative and fun, but it was not what I wanted to do."
"The experience was miserable," he continued about Dawson's. "But it was a four-year boot camp. It was like going to TV grad school and learning how to run a television show. Anybody on that show who could make a decision was allowed to run it at some point. I inherited the very awkward college years, and I almost ran the show into the ground. But I learned everything that I needed to know about how to run a show."
When the panel moderator asked, "What was it specifically that made it such a challenge?" Tom dropped this bomb: "It was the four monstrous actors at the core of it."
The audience erupted in laughter as Tom continued, saying: "They were very young, and they got very famous, and they made life miserable for any writer or producer on the show."
Wow, now I completely understand the bitterness about Californication. Dang, sounds like it was the wrong show for him. I don't know why I feel the need to defend Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, Joshua Jackson and Michelle Williams, but it doesn't only happen to young stars become famous so fast because I have heard other show runners say the same thing.
The Game Show Awards will air this Saturday on GSN and the host of the New Newlywed Game Show, Carnie Wilson was out there to support her fellow game show hosts! Carnie Wilson, who is 9 months pregnant stopped and talked to me, contractions and all, before she went in to watch the show. Carnie talked to me about her new hit show that, The Newlywed Game, that is airing on GSN, and how the show tries to keep the show like the original one! She also said she is ready for her second baby, who as far as we know has made an appearance as of yet. BTW she looked amazing for being so far along!
So make sure to watch her this Saturday at the Game Show Awards this Saturday at 8p on GSN and daily on the same network at 6p for The Newlywed Game.
Christina Ricci and her giant, Owen Benjamin have called off their engagement according to People.
“Owen had a birthday party this past Sunday, and everything seemed fine. Sometime after, they got into a fight and decided to reevaluate things. [Then] the engagement was off,” says a source close to the couple.
Another source close to the actress says the pair called off the engagement before last week. “They really are still close,” adds the source. “They talk almost every day. It was a very mature decision and they both felt good about it. They’re definitely still friends.”
So sad, I thought they were going to make it. And I wanted to see just how tall their kids were going to get because their is such a height difference between the two.
