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What Was Old Is New Again In Television

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News and Notes from the world of television: It seems that CHARLIE'S ANGELS can do no wrong. Here is just some of the heavenly news for Columbia Pictures and Aaron Spelling productions: The feature film, based on the classic 70s series, is about to break the $100 million mark at the box-office. ABC, the network which broadcast the original series, just paid Columbia Pictures $30 for the broadcast rights to the feature film. The classic series recently began airing reruns on the TV LAND cable network. Now comes word that ABC and Columbia Pictures are currently in negotiations for a remake of CHARLIE'S ANGELS television series to air on ABC.

Speaking of CHARLIE'S ANGELS, I have determined the winner of my first ever-trivia contest here at Suite101.Com. The winner is being notified. Once I have their permission, I will publish their name and home city and state. I hope to do that next week. Note: Next week I will also re-publish the questions and include the winning answers as well. Thanks to all who entered.

Gov. Ventura joins the XFL: Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has signed on to broadcast football games for the fledging XFL league on NBC. Ventura, who has changed his nickname from "The Body" to "The Mind," is no stranger to the broadcast booth. He previously called NFL games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1989 - 90) and the Minnesota Vikings (1991). The league begins their first week of play in January 2001. The Gov. has not given up his day job, however. He also plans to continue to fulfill his duties as the governor of Minnesota.

Sci-Fi Channel Launches a new version of DUNE: Frank Herbert's DUNE, considered by many to be a science fiction masterpiece, is coming to the small screen. The Sci-Fi Channel has developed a mini-series based on the classic book. It is scheduled to air on December 3, 4 and 5. Sci-Fi is to be credited with putting a sizeable amount of money into this production.

The theatrical film adaptation that was done several years ago was considered a big disappointment by many, including myself. I'm hoping the expanded length of a mini-series will give the producers the time they need to properly tell the story. I'll be in my recliner come December 3rd anxiously waiting to find out. I'm hoping it is so good that I'll be in my recliner on December 4th and 5th too. For more information on this latest production of DUNE, check out http://www.scifi.com/dune/

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