Universal Studios backlot suffered major damage today to a fire according to KNBC.
The iconic courthouse square from “Back to the Future” was destroyed, and the famous clock tower that enabled Michael J. Fox’s character to travel through time was damaged, fire officials said. Two mock New York and New England streets used both for movie-making and as tourist displays were a total loss, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Darryl Jacobs said.
An exhibit housing a mechanically animated King Kong that bellows at visitors on a tram also was destroyed.
The Back to the Future clock tower set was also used for Eddie Murphy’s Nutty Professor and Ghost Whisperer. No word yet how GW will be effected by the fire.
The fire broke out on a different end of the lot from City Walk and the Gibson Amphitheater, so the MTV Movie Awards will go on.
UPDATE: A quick assess of the Ghost Whisperer set showed that the secondary exterior suffered some damage. Prepping for season 4 begins today and more should be known how much Ghost Whisperer will be effected by the fire.
“Pater Familias” – Melinda discovers the truth about her family’s past through a series of bodily possessions, on the third season finale of GHOST WHISPERER
I can’t wait to see how this season ends on Ghost Whisperer tonight on CBS at 8p.
BTW I am hearing that Jay Mohr will not be a series regular on the show next season because he is doing Project Gary. I will miss Professor Payne but I am looking forward to his new show.
“Stranglehold” – After Melinda is mysteriously given the file number of a murder case her father prosecuted in 1979, she embarks on a quest to determine if the young victim’s murder or trial is tied to her father’s long-ago disappearance.
Finally we get to really meet Melinda’s dad on Ghost Whisperer tonight. I wonder what dynamic he will bring to the show because afterall his son (her half-brother) changed things up!
So tune in to Ghost Whisperer tonight on CBS at 8p to meet Melinda’s dad and guest star Corin Nemic.
And stick around after GW to watch my favorite new show of the season Moonlight as Mick’s mortal past comes back to haunt him.
“The Gravesitter” – After a string of break-ins, Melinda faces the town blogger who knows her secret and plans to tell, on GHOST WHISPERER,
Looks like Melinda secret that she talks to the dead is revealed on tonight’s Ghost Whisperer on CBS at 8p, so tune in to watch as her world is turned upside down.
Ned thinks his girlfriend, Lisa, might be haunted by her overprotective dead father, and asks Melinda to help her. Melinda discovers that Lisa, and her sister and brother, are actually being haunted by their overprotective mother, who before she died of cancer, instructed her minor children to not tell anyone about her death. She told them they would be split up as a family by social services if her death was discovered, so they hid it from the town.
TV is slowly coming back and I am so glad it is. I have so missed Ghost Whisperer, so I am so excited that our work week is ending with a new episode of Ghost Whisperer!
So watch Jennifer Love Hewitt help the dead and the living on tonight’s Ghost Whipserer on CBS at 8p!
