Newsgasm: Law & Order Edition - 
by B-Side

- Stephen Bochco to develop a police drama for The WB. Finally. Something fresh. [Variety]
- Oh yeah. Stephen Bochco to develop a legal drama for Fox too. This guy is on a roll. What's next? A medical drama? Can't wait! [Hollywood Reporter]
- The Sopranos next season might be longer than ever before. Don't they tell us this every year? [Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo]
- Some ungrateful orphans are suing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The article is a bit vague as to why, but I think it's because they've been traumatized by Ty Pennington's soul-patch. I could be wrong though. [AP]
- Simon Cowell and ABC are getting sued too. Their upcoming reality show, The Big Idea, allegedly ripped off some people from Minnesota. Their reality show: The Big Idea, Ya? [E! Online via Yahoo]
- Speaking of ABC, Mountain Wind and Little Big Bear and Burning Feces took a break as Brat Camp was preempted last night for a Peter Jennings tribute. The special raked in over nine million viewers, coming in first place. [Hollywood Reporter]



Comments
When I lived in Minnesota, I watched that Million Dollar Idea show a few times. It was poorly produced, but there were some really great ideas!
Posted by: Lyndsay | August 11, 2005 11:56 AM(#1 of 7)
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Posted by: is | August 11, 2005 1:52 PM(#2 of 7)
That Extreme Makeover lawsuit kills me. That episode was so touching. I really loved Mr. Leomiti, he was so caring about the Higgins kids. And now they're all living "with friends."
Terrible.
Posted by: Lady J | August 11, 2005 2:05 PM(#3 of 7)
Extremely vague....and even if the Leomiti's kicked the orphans out(like the orphans were used to get a mansion built for the Leomiti's - if we think the worst)why could EM-home edition get sued? That makes no sense.
Posted by: jameswoods | August 11, 2005 3:18 PM(#4 of 7)
Word on the newsgroups is that Rodeo show with kids of semi-famous people is a hoot.
Robert Blake's son was competing in a team in something, and won. He trash talked them with the worst possible line ever for being the son of Robert Blake: "We murdered you guys!"
Posted by: British | August 11, 2005 3:45 PM(#5 of 7)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS! West Coast people will understand soon enough.
Posted by: The Dogg Pound | August 11, 2005 5:51 PM(#6 of 7)
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Posted by: Vesper | August 11, 2005 8:42 PM(#7 of 7)