NEWS: 1-800-MISSING Renewed, Reuben Out
Ian J. Ball
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Lifetime's 'MISSING' Gets New Season, New Star
By Brian Ford Sullivan
CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- Lifetime has renewed its freshman drama
series "1-800-MISSING" for a second season of 13 episodes. The news was
announced via press release this morning.
Series star Gloria Reuben however will not return for the show's second
outing, as the actress has left the series in order to pursue other
projects. Vivica A. Fox ("Kill Bill," "Soul Food") has signed on to fill
the void left by Reuben's exit, playing "a hard-nosed FBI agent who'll
bend any rule to solve a missing person's case."
"We're delighted that Vivica Fox, one of television and film's most
popular personalities, is joining the roster of talent in Lifetime's
family of dramas," Barbara Fisher, Lifetime's entertainment executive
vice president, said in a press release touting the news. "With her
charm and charisma, alongside the equally talented Caterina Scorsone,
'1-800-MISSING' will continue growing as a top-flight drama series
offering our audiences intelligent and suspenseful entertainment."
Fox's involvement stems from a development deal the actress signed with
"MISSING's" distributor, Lions Gate Television. As part of the pact, Fox
will develop, produce and star in low-budget movies for the studio in
addition to starring in "MISSING."
The series, along with fellow freshman drama "Wild Card," is set to
return in August where it will continue in its current Saturday,
10:00/9:00c time period. For its 18-episode inaugural season, "MISSING"
averaged 2.1 million viewers and a 2.0 household rating. The series also
scored strongly in several key female demographics, placing first in its
time period among household ratings, versus all basic cable networks.
Glenn Davis & William Laurin ("Once a Thief," "Power Play") and Debra
Martin Chase ("The Princess Diaries," Rodgers and Hammerstein's
"Cinderella") are the executive producers of "MISSING," a co-production
of Lions Gate Television and CHUM Television.
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David
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>Just beating David to the punch...
(yawn) I find cable to be beneath me
David Johnston
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>Just beating David to the punch...
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>Lifetime's 'MISSING' Gets New Season, New Star
>By Brian Ford Sullivan
>
>CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- Lifetime has renewed its freshman drama
>series "1-800-MISSING" for a second season of 13 episodes. The news was
>announced via press release this morning.
>
>Series star Gloria Reuben however will not return for the show's second
>outing, as the actress has left the series in order to pursue other
>projects. Vivica A. Fox ("Kill Bill," "Soul Food") has signed on to fill
>the void left by Reuben's exit, playing "a hard-nosed FBI agent who'll
>bend any rule to solve a missing person's case."
>
>"We're delighted that Vivica Fox, one of television and film's most
>popular personalities, is joining the roster of talent in Lifetime's
Oh...shit.
Jude Cormier
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Just beating David to the punch...
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>
> Lifetime's 'MISSING' Gets New Season, New Star
> By Brian Ford Sullivan
>
> CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- Lifetime has renewed its freshman drama
> series "1-800-MISSING" for a second season of 13 episodes. The news was
> announced via press release this morning.
>
> Series star Gloria Reuben however will not return for the show's second
> outing, as the actress has left the series in order to pursue other
> projects.
Gloria seems to bail out on everything--she left "ER" to do "The Agency",
which she left to do this.........what's next, a sitcom?
Sort of sounds like Courtney Thorne-Smith-- "Melrose" to "Ally McBeal" to
"According to Jim"
David
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>"Ian J. Ball" <ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Just beating David to the punch...
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>>
>> Lifetime's 'MISSING' Gets New Season, New Star
>> By Brian Ford Sullivan
>>
>> CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- Lifetime has renewed its freshman drama
>> series "1-800-MISSING" for a second season of 13 episodes. The news was
>> announced via press release this morning.
>>
>> Series star Gloria Reuben however will not return for the show's second
>> outing, as the actress has left the series in order to pursue other
>> projects.
>
>Gloria seems to bail out on everything--she left "ER" to do "The Agency",
>which she left to do this.........what's next, a sitcom?
Local news in Mexico
piscesrr
shawn wrote:
> "Brandy Alexandre" <bra...@kamikaze.orgy> wrote:
>
>
>>Jude Cormier <jh...@hotmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>>Man, she's such a quitter. I thought she was involved in producing the
>>series just so she could be in it. What? Not making her star? She
>>never will be. She should be happy to work at all.
>
>
> My guess is she just gets bored. She was certainly getting nice press,
> and earning a good bit of money for her work on "ER". It's my
> understanding that she left "ER" to be a backup singer for Tina Tuner,
> since singing was what she really wanted to do.
She did. Then Tina announced that that was her last tour and that
she would (semi?-)retire. Seems that Gloria just has bad luck with
projects.
Sarah
Well in the case of The Agency I know that Gloria only intended to be
there for six months, not a long term character, but then she extended
her stay. This one surprises me though, with ER she had been on the
series for years, like it was said before, she had her own money in this
show and seemed very involved. What the heck happened?
sarah
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Ian J. Ball
wrote:
> Well in the case of The Agency I know that Gloria only intended to be
> there for six months, not a long term character, but then she extended
> her stay. This one surprises me though, with ER she had been on the
> series for years, like it was said before, she had her own money in this
> show and seemed very involved. What the heck happened?
My guess? They were dissatisfied with her performance, and canned her.
Reuben was clearly outshone by her co-star Caterina Scorsone who is
pretty much of a newcomer.
Corwin2
>Ian J. Ball wrote
>> Sarah <sar...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Well in the case of The Agency I know that Gloria only intended
>>> to be there for six months, not a long term character, but then
>>> she extended her stay. This one surprises me though, with ER she
>>> had been on the series for years, like it was said before, she
>>> had her own money in this show and seemed very involved. What the
>>> heck happened?
>>
>> My guess? They were dissatisfied with her performance, and canned
>> her. Reuben was clearly outshone by her co-star Caterina Scorsone
>> who is pretty much of a newcomer.
>>
>
>True. I find Gloria dull, dull, dull. And it wasn't just her
>character. She was the same in ER and The Agency. She just has a
>blinking dullness about the way she presents herself that makes it
>impossible to actually like her. That said, I didn't *mind* her on the
>show and thought she made a good anchor to the flighty subject matter.
>
>So, does she get written out by marrying Rick Fox and moving to China?
Her character was offered a promotion but it involved moving to an FBI office
across the country, on the west coast.
Roj
"dull dull dull" though I might have given her only one dull.
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Roj
> In article <4048FF...@pacbell.net>, Sarah <sar...@pacbell.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Well in the case of The Agency I know that Gloria only intended to be
> > there for six months, not a long term character, but then she extended
> > her stay. This one surprises me though, with ER she had been on the
> > series for years, like it was said before, she had her own money in this
> > show and seemed very involved. What the heck happened?
>
> My guess? They were dissatisfied with her performance, and canned her.
> Reuben was clearly outshone by her co-star Caterina Scorsone who is
> pretty much of a newcomer.
Scorsone really does upstage Reuben. She's awesome. But it's
unfortunate that Caterina is in a show that is so lame.
Roj
> popular personalities, is joining the roster of talent in Lifetime's
> family of dramas," Barbara Fisher, Lifetime's entertainment executive
> vice president, said in a press release touting the news. "With her
> charm and charisma, alongside the equally talented Caterina Scorsone,
> '1-800-MISSING' will continue growing as a top-flight drama series
> offering our audiences intelligent and suspenseful entertainment."
>
> Fox's involvement stems from a development deal the actress signed with
> "MISSING's" distributor, Lions Gate Television. As part of the pact, Fox
> will develop, produce and star in low-budget movies for the studio in
> addition to starring in "MISSING."
By coincidence, Vivica Fox was born in Indianapolis.
Roj
nearly every scene in 1-800-MISSING. Two years ago, she wore the same
necklace in the movie My Horrible Year. She is also wearing it in her
publicity photo at the IMDb. It's especially odd because the necklace
has a large gaudy pendant. Strange. I would like an explanation.
G. M. Lupo
: Caterina Scorsone wears the same necklace in every episode and in
My behind-the-scenes sources report that she really, really likes that
necklace.
Matt Lupo
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