ANGEL,SEX,CSI AND THE MUPPETS

[Guest THE HEAVY METAL MANIAC]

In The News: Angel, Sex and More!

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Sarah Michelle Gellar

 

HIGH STAKES: Angel fans may be deeply divided as to whether or not a certain slayer should play a part in the show's series finale in May, but exec producer Joss Whedon isn't: He wants Sarah Michelle Gellar back. "We'll put out some feelers [again] to see if there's some interest there," he told TV Guide Online last night. "We'd certainly love to have her." But Gellar nixed an earlier offer to guest-star on Angel this season and Whedon says he isn't "banking" on her changing her mind. Still, we had to ask: If the Chosen One were to reappear in the Buffyverse, which of her undead loves would she be returning for — Spike or Angel? "You think I'm going to tell you that? I'm not going to tell you that," Whedon says. "If she were to come back it would be to answer that question."

 

MORE HIGH STAKES: In other Angel news, rumors that the axed WB drama could follow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's footsteps and put down stakes at rival network UPN are just that — rumors. "We've talked about the possibility," Whedon says, "but it's a long shot." A UPN spokeswoman had no comment, but an Angel insider confirms that execs at Twentieth Century Fox (Angel's producer) are putting together a proposal for UPN.

 

SEX AT THE MOVIES: Here's some good news for Sex and the City fans dreading Sunday's series finale: Carrie and Co. are already plotting their comeback. According to Variety, HBO is in the process of making deals with Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall to reprise their signature roles on the big screen. Exec producer Michael Patrick King is currently at work on a script.

 

 

NOT SO FAST: William Petersen might want to investigate the terms of his CSI deal. As reported here yesterday, the actor hinted in the current issue of Playboy magazine that he might leave his gig on TV's No. 1 show "at the end of next year." But before you could say "negotiations ploy," a CBS source presented TV Guide Online with some rather damning evidence: Petersen is contractually bound to play Gil Grissom through the 2006-07 season.

 

MICKEY'S NEW FRIENDS: Is the Walt Disney Company big enough for Minnie Mouse and Miss Piggy? It better be now that Disney has acquired rights to the Muppets. In addition to Kermit and Co., the deal — announced late Tuesday by Disney and the Jim Henson Company — includes the entire Muppet film and television library as well as Bear in the Big Blue House. The pact doesn't, however, include Sesame Street characters such as Big Bird and Ernie. Those guys are owned by Sesame Workshop.

 

 

WILD

[Hank Kingsley]

MORE HIGH STAKES: In other Angel news, rumors that the axed WB drama could follow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's footsteps and put down stakes at rival network UPN are just that — rumors. "We've talked about the possibility," Whedon says, "but it's a long shot." A UPN spokeswoman had no comment, but an Angel insider confirms that execs at Twentieth Century Fox (Angel's producer) are putting together a proposal for UPN.

Praise be to Allah.

[Guest THE HEAVY METAL MANIAC]

YES I AGREE TOTALLY.PRAISE BE TO ALLAH PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.

 

WILD

[Art Sandusky]

YES, WHAT THE MAN ABOVE ME SAID

[Youth N Asia]

MORE HIGH STAKES: In other Angel news, rumors that the axed WB drama could follow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's footsteps and put down stakes at rival network UPN are just that — rumors. "We've talked about the possibility," Whedon says, "but it's a long shot." A UPN spokeswoman had no comment, but an Angel insider confirms that execs at Twentieth Century Fox (Angel's producer) are putting together a proposal for UPN.

Praise be to Allah.

ANd Buddah, and Jesus and anyone else who can make this happen

[dubq]

"But I don't even believe in Jeebus!"

 

Sorry, I had to get that in.

 

Here's hoping UPN picks up the show. And if not them, then some other network that would be very smart to do so.. [FOX, SpikeTV, etc]