Powetcast 33: No More Heroes

It’s sweeps month! So many cancellations already announced: FlashForward, Law & Order, Scrubs, HEROES. But many shows also picked up! V, The Cape, and Conan O’Brien’s new TBS show! Plus, Iron Man 2 and Halo: Reach “Pre-Season 1” in Cool Beans

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(Were you still watching Heroes? WHY? Will you miss it? What about the majority of ABC’s 2009 lineup getting canned? Leave your thoughts below!)

Show notes after the jump!

Panel

• Sean “Warrant Officer, Grade 2” Corse
  
• Zac “M*A*S*H” Shipley
  
• aDam “In 3D” Gardner

News

• LOST finale extended by half an hour, will (probably) bump the evening news
• The Dreaded Sweeps! (Doesn’t that sound like Scourge and a couple of his cronies determine the fate of Television?)
• Heroes is (FINALLY) canceled! Maybe…
• NBC Also axes Law & Order (Replaced with Law & Order: LA) just shy of record-breaking 21st season
• NBC Fall Schedule




• ABC’s battle to replace LOST:
• Despite abysmal ratings, wodden acting, and poor writing, Flashforward might get another season
• Or that’s how it looked until V got a 14% ratings bump and was renewed
• Now, FlashForward’s fate is sealed
• Also canceled: Scrubs, Better off Ted
  




• Renewed: Chuck, Community, The Office (possibly final season), SMALLVILLE, THE CLEVELAND SHOW
• Fox Developing Napoleon Dynamite animated series (might replace American Dad)




• Conan O’Brien appearing on TBS @ 11pm starting in November
• Pushes back George Lopez an hour
• Kevin Eubanks announced he’d be leaving “Tonight” the same day (but does anyone care?)
• CONACO produced “Outlaw” starring Jimmy Smits is picked up on NBC.




• Saban Buys Back Power Rangers
• Green Lantern:
• Hal Jordan’s suit will be entirely CG
• Peter Sarsgaard’s Hector Hammond looks like Rocky Dennis (why not just hire Eric Stoltz?)
  




• DC sues Siegel’s Attorney (how meta!)
• Bungie signs a ten-year deal with… ACTIVISION (WHY???)

Cool Beans

Movies

• Iron Man 2 (and how anyone could possibly hate on it)

TV

• Community is now the best show on TV

Games

• Halo: Reach “Pre-Season 1” ending May 19th
• Check out your Reach stats! http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/CareerStats.aspx?player=[GAMERTAG]




• Portal: Free on Steam!

Conventions

• No Brand Con 2010 – EFFING SWAT TEAM!! Full riot gear, weapons drawn.

Pimpin’

• New Videos Every Wednesday (or your money back)


• KEEP PLAYING: Rewind – House of the Dead (two weeks ago)
• Famicom Dojo Season 2: What Nintendon’t (FINALLY!) (last week)
• KEEP PLAYING: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (this week)
• PowetToys (next week)




• Powet Alphabet
• R is for Resident Evil, S is for Sixteen Bit, T is for Three D
• U is for …?, V is for …?



• RIP Ronnie James Dio, 1942-2010