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Writer’s strike winding down?

Friday saw a breakthrough in talks between Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild, reports the New York Times:

Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood’s striking writers and production companies have eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, which could lead to a tentative agreement as early as next week, according to people who were briefed on the situation but requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak.

We can only hope…

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Gate Geek – All sorts of goodness and angst!

Happy Friday! Or, as the US fans know it, happy new episode day!

  • Tonight’s episode is Outcast. Those wishing to get a wee bit spoilery, head on over to the usual GateWorld teaser or the production blog on SciFi.
  • In other SGA news, Amanda Tapping (Sam Carter) will be changing her status to that of guest star in Season 5 since her show Sanctuary has been picked up by SciFi. (If you haven’t seen Sanctuary online yet, head on over. It’s really interesting.)
  • Per producer Joe Mallozzi, The Big Announcement (TM) of the full Season 5 casting will be made on Monday. You can practically feel all the various character camps in a big ol’ whirl. Will certain are-they-or-aren’t-they dead characters come back? Okay, so we found out early that Sam won’t be there all the time, but that isn’t fair! Are they going to make us suffer through more new characters? Are we losing anyone else? Oh, the tension! Stay tuned.
  • In much more pleasant Stargate news, more The Ark of Truth goodness! GateWorld has them some new pictures. The official site got them a new teaser video about the story. (Anyone else boggled by seeing Ben Browder with long hair?)

It’s all good.

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Dr. Phil disses Star Wars widow

It’s a problem many mixed marriages have to deal with: how does a mundane deal with the geek’s fascination with all things Star Wars?

Well, the issue was raised to national prominence when the wife took her issue to Dr. Phil. The celeb-doc chastised our intrepid fan on the air, but then leaned over after the taping to show a bit of sympathy towards him.

Valentine’s Day is approaching, my fellow geeks. If you have a mundane as a spouse, now is the time to start thinking of something non-fandom to give them!

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Sci-Fi squeezing yet more ratings out of BSG

Buddy TV reports that two half-hour Battlestar Galactica specials are coming in March:

The two specials are entitled “Battlestar Galactica: Revisited” and “Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon.” The first will give a helpful recap of the first three seasons of the series, as well as “Razor,” while the second special will take a look at the positive response that fans and critics have had to the show. “Revisited” and “The Phenomenon” will air back to back on Friday, March 28 at 10pm.

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Gate Geek – Extra! We have a segment

Assuming no other tragic circumstances bump it, the entertainment news show Extra! will be airing a behind-the-scenes visit on the set of this week’s episode Harmony.

Speaking of Harmony, Joe Mallozzi posted a behind-the-scenes video on his blog showing a small set-up and (of course) David Hewlett tormenting Jodelle Ferland.

Going back to last week’s episode, the official site posts interviews with episode writer Carl Binder and Katie Brown herself, Brenda James.