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(Last updated 25 Dec 2007)

A bit of archived news from off the front page:

July 2005: PAX TV has changed their name to i and has begun airing Early Edition again. Who knows for how long, so watch it while you can!

Sept 2004: EELFest 2004 took place in Chicago on September 18. For details, visit the EELFest News Website. PAX TV says that EE will not be on their schedule this fall, but may continue airing it sporadically anyway. Your guess is as good as mine. /shrug/

Sept 2003: PAX TV has begun airing Early Edition Monday-Thursday evenings. Check their schedule for details.

July 10, 2005

• Kyle Chandler will be appearing as "Bruce Baxter" in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong, which will hit theatres in December 2005.
   
• PAX TV, which had been airing Early Edition until sometime in March 2005, has changed their name to i. (You read that right -- they changed it to a lower-case i. It's supposed to stand for "Independent Television".) At any rate, this change appears to be good news for Early Edition fans -- as of July 4, 2005, the show once again began airing on i/PAX.

June 17, 2003
From Multiple Sources at NBC/PAX

MD writes:
I am writing to let you know that starting this fall the Pax TV network has slated off net (reruns) of Early Edition to air Mon - Thurs 9PM - 10PM E/P. Pax TV (Paxson Communications) owns and operates over 60 television stations in the United States with family friendly programming free of strong sexual/violent content. In addition to the 60 stations owned by Paxson there are dozens of other Pax affiliates across the nation. You can check www.pax.tv on the web for markets with a Pax owned station.

Yay! I will try to keep the website updated with additional information as it comes along, so stay tuned! (For faster news, join the Early Edition Lover's Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earlyedition/ -- that's usually the first place I send updates to. :)

June 2003
From Various Sources

More information on Lyon's Den can be found at NBC's website here:
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Primetime_Preview/drama/The_Lyon's_Den.shtml

Join the Yahoo Group "Grant's Place" to discuss this new series with other Kyle Chandler fans: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grantsplace/

[Update: November 2003: Lyon's Den is pulled from schedule for "sweeps" week, but is never returned. Cancellation announced later that year.]

February 27, 2003
From Zap2it.com

CASTING NEWS: ABC PLAYS POLO, CBS GETS BUSY

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) <snip information about other programs>

In other casting news, at NBC Kyle Chandler has been added to the cast of "The Lyon's Den" playing an attorney who resents the presence of a new lawyer, played by Rob Lowe.

September 8, 2002
From Hollywood Reporter

NBC SUBPOENAS LURIE TO OVERSEE FBI-SET PROJECT
by Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Writer-director Rod Lurie is back on the primetime development beat with an FBI drama project for NBC.

The network is close to giving a premium script commitment to a one-hour project to be produced by DreamWorks TV and Touchstone TV, where Lurie has a joint overall deal.

The untitled show is described as a juxtaposition of the stories of a young female FBI agent and a mobster in a major U.S. city, probably Seattle.

"I think that if we show parallel stories between a member of the mob and a member of the FBI, we can show how thin the line really is between the law and lawless," Lurie said.

Leslie Bibb, who toplined "Capital City," Lurie's two-hour drama pilot for DreamWorks TV, Touchstone TV and ABC this past season, is being eyed for the role of the FBI agent. According to sources, several other "Capital City" cast members, including David Paymer and Kyle Chandler, have been approached by Lurie to star in the drama for NBC.

DreamWorks last month inked a pod development pact with NBC, though sources said the Lurie project was in the works before that deal was finished.

Lurie said he was very encouraged to set up the project at NBC when he saw copies of the network's 2002 pilots "Kingpin," "Boomtown" and "War Stories."

"NBC is almost like being at HBO," he said. "They're giving a lot of leverage to their creators, and that's pretty extraordinary." Lurie plans to go to "places that've never been explored on TV, taking absolutely everything to the edge."

Lurie wrote the NBC project and will executive produce with his producing partner Marc Frydman. Lurie, who also directed "Capital City," said that he "would dearly love to direct the (NBC) pilot" if his schedule allows.

On the feature side, Lurie, repped by Agency for the Performing Arts, WMA and Brillstein-Grey, recently signed on to direct the romantic comedy "Beat the Eagle" for Intermedia Films and is penning a script for DreamWorks that Steven Spielberg might direct.

Lurie's feature directing credits include "The Contender," which he also wrote, and "The Last Castle."

Bibb is best known for her starring role on the WB Network's "Popular." She recently signed to do a five-episode arc on "ER." Bibb, whose feature credits include "The Skulls," is repped by ICM, Raw Talent and attorney Mark Stankevich.

March 4, 2002
From Zap2it.com

MARSHALL LANDS 'HIDDEN HILLS' & OTHER CASTING NEWS

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) <snip information about other programs>

At ABC... Also, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Horton will appear in ABC's untitled pilot by Rod Lurie for DreamWorks TV and Touchstone TV. Steenburgen will play the House majority whip, while Horton portrays an ambitious investigative lawyer newly assigned to cover Capitol Hill.

February 25, 2002
From Reuters/Variety

MR. BERENGER GOES TO WASHINGTON

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Tom Berenger and Kyle Chandler are headed to Congress for ABC, while Laurie Metcalf will reunite with former ``Roseanne'' producer Chuck Lorre for CBS, as the networks firm up casting for their fall series contenders. <snip>

Here's the latest in TV pilot casting:

Berenger will portray the majority party Senate leader in writer/director Rod Lurie's yet-untitled Washington-set project for ABC. It's the ``Platoon'' star's first regular starring role in a primetime TV series.

Chandler, who co-starred in ABC's short-lived ``What About Joan,'' will play the legislative director for a congressman played by David Paymer. Chandler's character develops a romantic interest in former ``Popular'' star Leslie Bibb's lead character. Katharine Ross joined the cast last week as the first lady to Peter Fonda's recurring role as president. <snip rest of unrelated info>

February 25, 2002
From Zap2it.com

PROCTOR JOINS CAST OF 'CSI' SPIN-OFF
(With related television news)

Rod Lurie's drama pilot from DreamWorks TV and Touchstone Television has cast Tom Berenger and Kyle Chandler. The project will be Berenger's first foray into primetime series television.

Berenger will play a powerful, arch-conservative Senate majority leader in the Washington-based pilot, while Chandler will play the legislative director for Rep. Benny Fletcher (David Paymer), who develops a romantic interest in Fletcher's assistant, the show's leading character, Paige Armstrong (Leslie Bibb). Other cast members include Katharine Ross and Peter Fonda.

February 12, 2002
From Zap2it.com

PETER FONDA ENTERS WHITE HOUSE FOR ABC

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - The man who was once the on-screen symbol of the counterculture may soon be playing the on-screen version of the ultimate establishment figure.

Peter Fonda, who co-wrote and starred in "Easy Rider," is close to signing a deal to play the president of the United States in an ABC pilot from writer-director Rod Lurie ("The Contender," "The Last Castle" ). Fonda will join fellow Oscar nominee David Paymer ("Mr. Saturday Night" ) on the project.

"Peter Fonda as the president of the United States, the Easy Rider as the commander in chief," Lurie muses to The Hollywood Reporter. "How much cooler does it get than that?"

Lurie's two-hour pilot centers on a female congressional staffer in her first year on Capitol Hill. Should the pilot, which Lurie is writing and directing, be picked up, Fonda's president would become a recurring character in the series.

Paymer is set to play a Republican congressman in the pilot. Lurie says the character is modeled on several current and former politicians, including former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and current House Majority Whip Tom DeLay.

(Per 11/08/2001 zap2it article, this program is tentatively titled "The Beltway.")

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Archived News

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APRIL 2001:
Changed the colors on all of the fanscripts, etc., so they're easier to read (I hope!), added some more photos for the "Christmas" episode. Slowly, but surely, I'll get updated... one of these days.

Added transcript for the 04/03/2001 KC interview on Regis. (Thanks, Vickie Jo!)

MARCH 2001:
Have created a new low-tech site for WHAT ABOUT JOAN here: http://earlydues.usanethosting.com/waj/

Haven't been able to add any more trivia or fanscripts lately. Been too busy with that dreaded Real!Life stuff. You've survived this long without it... what's a few more weeks or months, right? <g>

JANUARY 2001:
Archived the older news and updates to make way for new goodies. :) Previous Website Updates can be found on the Updates Archive page.

Moved Cusack Show related stories to their own page.

Added bunches more Trivia; more to come soon!

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