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Bruckheimer's Big Money for ELEVENTH HOUR

By Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor     September 19, 2007
Source: Variety


The team of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION.
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CBS seems to be paying producer Jerry Bruckheimer big amounts of cash for a new import story concept for their network. The story is based off a 4-part British mini-series thriller called ELEVENTH HOUR which starred Patrick Stewart last year. No surprise the network is coveting the producer after creating the CSI franchise for the network but the dollar amount for this new show which seems to based around an "X-Files" like story is surprising...

The pilot for the show cost 4 million dollars to produce and the first 13 episodes amount to 1.75 million per episode. A lot of shows have been cancelled or changed networks over these kind of budget costs (Joss Whedon's Buffy was one..)

 

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rgtchtiger 9/19/2007 11:33:31 AM
Okayyyyyyyy....so what's the show about?
metalwater 9/19/2007 6:10:06 PM
Eleventh Hour (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eleventh Hour is a four part British television series developed by Granada Television for ITV by writer Stephen Gallagher. It follows the adventures of Professor Ian Hood (played by Patrick Stewart), Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, who troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting "scientific endeavour." He is joined by Rachel Young (played by Ashley Jensen), a Special Branch operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as Hood has made powerful enemies through his work. Each episode is 90 minutes long. The first episode was broadcast on 19 January 2006. When Eleventh Hour went into pre-production in April 2005 it raised considerable interest and media attention, both because of Stewart's involvement and the amount of money ITV were spending on it (reportedly around £4.5 million). Stephen Gallagher (a two-time writer for Doctor Who himself) made the distinction that Eleventh Hour will be "science-based," not science fiction or speculative fiction. Material was added to the scripts by the producers once the early episodes went into production, and creator Stephen Gallagher is said to have left the series because of it. The subject matter and direction of the later stories appear to differ from those originally announced.
ponyboy76 9/20/2007 4:35:27 AM
I watched parts of episodes. It was good, but it just didn`t keep me glued to the channel. Maybe because it came on at the same time Prison Break did, but I just didn`t fully get into it.
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