Camacho Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 http://community.tvguide.com/thread.jspa?threadID=800003889 NBC at TCA: Talent 2, Madonna and More Ausiello just IM'd me live from the TCA Summer Press Tour that NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly has ordered six scripts of Nobody's Watching, a quirky 2005 WB comedy pilot that recently resurfaced on YouTube.com and concerns two young sitcom fans who wind up on a reality show. Also per Reilly: A Madonna concert special is coming in November; Thief's Andre Braugher has been booked for a six-episode ER arc; and America's Got Talent will return with a second season in January 2007. [Cue the Regis overkill.] Posted by: Matt Mitovich 07/21/2006 12:20 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Well I'm glad it's being aired, but it looks like we're going to get lots of DELIGHTFUL commecials! :square: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacho Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah978.shtml NBC Gets Madonna's First Ever Network Special PASADENA, CA (July 21, 2006) -- NBCwill broadcast "Madonna: The Confessions Tour Live" - a two-hour special set to air in November 2006, the network announced Friday. The special will be taped this summer at Wembley Stadium in London, UK during the pop icon'sworldwide sold-out 25-city "Confessions Tour." The special marks the first-ever broadcast network performance by the internationalsuperstar. "Madonna is one of the greatest artists of our time and never fails to generate excitement," said Kevin Reilly, NBC Entertainment President. "We think this is going to be a big event for television." The concert special will feature songs from Madonna's recent multi-platinum Warner Bros. Records release "Confessions On A Dance Floor," which debuted at No. 1 in 29 countries and has sold overeight million copies around the globe. The broadcast will also include some of Madonna's greatest hits from her legendary career. In the course of that career, thestar has racked up a staggering 35 No. 1 hits on Billboard's Dance charts. The multi-Grammy winning artist, songwriter, producer, best-selling children's book author, video visionary and cultural icon has sustained an unrivaled reputation for astonishing stage spectacles and has made musical history many times over, including international record sales of over 200 million albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Well, if it airs with commercials that will suck. However, she is going to reach a much LARGER audience with a network television broadcast - which will mean more record sales (ideally) - and in the hot holiday shopping season of November that could translate BIG TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 MADONNA SELLS OUT INCOMPLETE WEMBLEY STADIUM THATS NOT EVEN BUILT SHOCK I gues tehre will be CUTS a plenty then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 But I wonder if LIVE TO TELL will be edited...I hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayman Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I bet she will time this TV special (Neilsen sweeps month and Thanksgiving/Holiday season) with a re-release of CODF that includs HU/Sorry/Get Together/Jump....videos and 2 new tracks (maybe one of those from the Arthur movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR! Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yuck indeed! HBO would have been better! And this tour is not full of her greatest hits, so that statement is wrong I'll watch it but the DVD will be better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I bet she will time this TV special (Neilsen sweeps month and Thanksgiving/Holiday season) with a re-release of CODF that includs HU/Sorry/Get Together/Jump....videos and 2 new tracks (maybe one of those from the Arthur movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 But, NBC does have a larger audience. Probably Thanksgiving week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I can EXCLUSIVELY REVEAL that the CONFESSIONS TOUR will be eventually released in 18 years time...on BETAMAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 But, NBC does have a larger audience. Probably Thanksgiving week... Hopefully the Wednesday before Thanksgiving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dressUup Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 So, I assume we can say bye-bye to: Live To Tell, Sorry Interlude, Let It Will Be (hand in crotch)...what else? However, a sanitized Madonna show that will give major exposure to a whole new TV audience may not be THAT bad....better than nothing. Just think of all the young people out there who have never Madonna the time of day. They will see what a real American idol is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qaz Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 At least we having it aired and posible DVD released by xmas time (due the TV factor). Guys, that's more than nothing and it's NETWORK TV. Potential new fans with a nice sales increase in that time . You are so hard-to-please fans! Must be happy with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldtooth Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 So, I assume we can say bye-bye to: Live To Tell, Sorry Interlude, Let It Will Be (hand in crotch)...what else? However, a sanitized Madonna show that will give major exposure to a whole new TV audience may not be THAT bad....better than nothing. Just think of all the young people out there who have never Madonna the time of day. They will see what a real American idol is! What's wrong with those? There is no nudity, and rarely any profanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 JONAS A. is directing...fantastic!!!!! What he did for the concert footage of RIT in the doc. is utter amazing.......great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 And one more thing how can this be anything but bad news???? Great promo and i'm sure we'll get the full uncut version by xmas. All u guys do is bitch! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste_Dub Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 From Madonnatribe: First Look: Channel 4 filming the Cardiff gig? Insiders in the UK report about Channel 4 getting ready to set up at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff at the end of the next week - apparently to prepare for filming the Madonna concert. There is no news at the moment about a possible broadcast planned or how the footage will be used. It will be great if both shows are broadcast, so we'll get an Arena show and a Stadium show! Hope it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR! Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 What's wrong with those? There is no nudity, and rarely any profanity. Eh... it will be broadcasted in America where you can't offend anyone thus they will cut all those things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Let's hope we get the DVD for Christmas, but what about the RIT DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldtooth Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Eh... it will be broadcasted in America where you can't offend anyone thus they will cut all those things People may be outraged, but I don't think they are illegal to show on television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 NBC brings in Madonna to put sizzle in new season By Bob Tourtellotte PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NBC on Friday said it plans to air a two-hour concert by global pop star Madonna this November as it struggles to climb from the basement of U.S. television ratings. "Madonna: The Confessions Tour Live," is being taped this summer in London's Wembley Stadium, and will feature songs from the Material Girl's CD, "Confessions On a Dance Floor." The pop singer's shows are notorious for their sexual content, and NBC said it will tape the concert and pick which songs and dances to edit from the network's broadcast. "She is going to do her show, and we will decide which numbers are in the (TV special) and which are not, and that is whole numbers. We are not going to make piecemeal edits," Kevin Reilly, president of NBC Entertainment, told a gathering of TV critics. NBC is mired in fourth place in viewership ratings among the four major U.S. broadcast networks, including ABC, CBS and Fox, and ratings success is critical for boosting advertising revenue. The Madonna special is expected to lure audiences who then may return to NBC to watch new shows. The network's new programs this fall season, which begins in mid-September, include a drama that looks at the inner workings of TV called "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" from the producers of hit "The West Wing," Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme. NBC also has a drama called "Friday Night Lights," which is based on the movie of the same name about a high school football team in a small Texas town. Comedies include "Twenty Good Years," starring John Lithgow from "3rd Rock from the Sun," and "30 Rock," which is written and executive produced by "Saturday Night Live" comedian Tina Fey, who also stars. Reilly acknowledged NBC's losing streak of previous seasons' new programs, but he likened the network's experience to sailing in rough seas. He said he felt confident that there was now a shift in the wind. "I feel we are headed into the fall with a tailwind, and we are about to get this thing going again," Reilly said. NBC is a division of the NBC Universal media wing of General Electric Co.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Hecty Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Damn, she should have followed the Drowned World Tour approach with this. A Madonna concert on a public channel, damn. Even VH1 would have been a better choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickens Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 If some songs have to be cut from the Confessions Tour for the NBC broadcast, which ones should they be? Here are the ones I would most readily cut: Like It or Not Let It Will Be Paradise (Not for Me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I guess this a a decent outlet. The album will be long gone from the Billboard 200, and may not even re-enter once it airs (with sales higher at that time), but it definitely will provide a boost. Songs that must NOT be excluded: Like a Virgin Live to Tell I'd guess that the interludes won't be included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 If NBC airs Live to Tell I will have sex with a female! Thats how sure I am that they will not air it. The christian right and Catholics would be up in arms. There will be mass protests by these dumb shits and on and on. It will be great for sales though and if Jump becomes a hit maybe Confession could pass the 2 mil. mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest espio98 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 If NBC airs Live to Tell I will have sex with a female! Thats how sure I am that they will not air it. The christian right and Catholics would be up in arms. There will be mass protests by these dumb shits and on and on. It will be great for sales though and if Jump becomes a hit maybe Confession could pass the 2 mil. mark. Are you female? Just wondering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Topaz Scorpio Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 A two hour concert will have about 30-40 minutes of commercials. Her show is about 1:50 minutes long I believe, which means approximately 20-30 minutes of cutting, or about 5-6 numbers. I would assume it would go something like this: Future Lovers Get Together (commercial) Like A Virgin Jump (commercial) Live To Tell Forbidden Love (commercial) Isaac Sorry (commercial) I Love New York Ray of Light (commercial) Music Inferno Erotica (commercial) La Isla Bonita Lucky Star (commercial) Hung Up (commercial and closing credits) Based on the times of the audio recordings I've downloaded that would come to about 85 minutes of show time, which would mean 35 minutes of commercials. We would lose Confessions Interlude, Like It Or Not, Sorry Remix Interlude, Let It Will Be, Drowned World, and Paradise. And I know people will scream that Lucky Star and Hung Up need to be together, but I guarantee they would want to save Hung Up for the very last thing all on its own. I think the two together would run just a bit too long for the network not to throw a commercial in. There are still a few things she would have problems with though such as her shooting the bird at the end of "Sorry", saying "fuck off" in ILNY, and the George Bush line in that song also, if she decides to sing it. Or if she throws in any other random swears. They would probably bleep or blur all those things. I am shocked by this decision by Madonna though. I thought her big battle with CBS was over their wanting to censor the RIT and insert commercials. Now NBC is plainly stating that they will be chopping the show up. Strange that she would agree to that. Guess money does talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Little Red Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 She may have realized that she has to conform if she wants to get some sort of exposure. For the RIT, she didn't budge in her negotiations with CBS and what did she get out of it? Nothing. sure she got to keep the money, big deal, like she needs it... but the show never aired. Zero exposure in the country where she needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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