Sharon Gless on Burn Notice
Jul 13, 2007 Burn Notice, Co-Stars
?We’ve seen spies deal with parental issues before, on Alias, but that’s when the whole family was in the business. The spy on Burn Notice has a civilian mom, played by TV legend Sharon Gless.
Sharon Gless on Burn Notice
“This character is not like any character I’ve ever played,” said Gless. “In Queer As Folk
I did play the mother. This is more the mother from hell. She loves
him, but I mean, she is a real thorn in his side. And the fact that
he’s dumped into Miami is the last place he wanted to be because she
lives there. I like her. She’s fun. She’s a lot of fun. She manipulates
him, and she’s smart. She’s smart, like he is. I guess they’re going to
be doing some stuff with that.”
New USA show has charm to burn
Jul 9, 2007 Burn Notice, Reviews
Question: When does a cable TV show deserve a place in a column ordinarily reserved for movie reviews?
Answer: When it’s as effortlessly cool, amusing and addictive as “Burn Notice,” a new USA sitcom that rivals “Monk” and “Psych” in originality.
With its inventive storyline, smart dialogue and a charming, resourceful main character, “Burn Notice” is “CSI” for the spy crowd.
Set in sun-drenched Miami, “Burn Notice,” which premiered June 28, centers on Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan), a first-rate spy who returns from a mission in Nigeria to discover his bank accounts frozen and his contacts evaporated. The reason? Westen’s bosses have placed a “burn notice” on him, effectively cutting him loose from the spy world and bankrupting him in the process.
But Westen, who’s clearly seen an episode or three of “MacGyver,” is far from helpless. He reconnects with Sam (the always-watchable Bruce Campbell), a semi-retired intelligence officer more interested in pounding back vodka tonics than going undercover. Westen also contacts his ex-girlfriend, Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), a femme fatale with ties to the IRA, and lands a job as a private investigator for a rich hotelier. The deeper he digs, the more he finds he’s got enemies in very high places.
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USA viewers take ‘Notice’
Jul 9, 2007 Burn Notice, Reviews
“Burn Notice,” USA Network’s light-touch action hour, performed a rare feat Thursday night, keeping ahold of the 4 million people who tuned in to the show’s premiere June 28.
Multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns can lure large numbers of people to sample the premiere of a new series. But the second week’s Nielsens invariably tail off by 10%-20% as the big marketing bucks go away and people unimpressed by the first episode don’t return.
USA’s programmers helped “Burn Notice,” which stars Jeffrey Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar, overcome the second-week handicaps by slotting the hit movie “National Treasure” as a three-hour lead-in. That Nicolas Cage pic built its audience throughout the three hours, funneling 3.3 million viewers into “Burn Notice.”
“Treasure” delivered more viewers to “Burn Notice” than the premiere-week lead-in, the concluding hour of limited series “The Starter Wife,” which drew 3.1 million viewers.
This week, USA plans to use a rerun episode of “Law & Order: SVU” as the table setter for “Burn Notice.”
Shot in Miami, “Burn Notice” is a 20th Century Fox TV production in association with Fuse Entertainment. Exec producers are Matt Nix, Jeff Freilich, Nick Thiel and Mikkel Bondsen.
Source: Variety
Burn Notice Screen Captures?
Jul 6, 2007 Site Stuff
I’m had several emails this week asking when the Burn Notice screen captures will be posted. I have decided NOT to screen cap the episodes at this time because of the quality of the captures. From the official USA Network website:
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Q. When will USA Network broadcast in high definition?
A. An HD version of USA is tentatively planned for the fourth quarter of 2007.
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This is great news and I plan on making captures when they go to a HD format. The quality will be worth the wait!
~GertieBeth
USA Network feeling the ‘Burn’
Jul 3, 2007 Burn Notice, Reviews
USA Network’s new series “Burn Notice” has gotten off to a good start.
The series, starring Jeffrey Donovan as a spy who suddenly finds himself blacklisted, averaged 4 million total viewers in its commercial-free debut from 10-11 p.m. Thursday, according to Nielsen Media Research. That includes 2 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demo and 2.2 million in adults 25-54, making it the No. 1 basic cable program of the night in both demos.
“Burn” built on its lead-in, the finale of the limited series “The Starter Wife,” which averaged 3.1 million total viewers, including 1.6 million in 18-49, from 9-10 p.m. Both programs also beat some broadcast competition in their respective time periods, with “Burn” outperforming a repeat of ABC’s “Men in Trees” in 18-49 and 25-54 and “Wife” beating a repeat of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” in 18-49.
