July 31
TV -- Latest Enterprise Airing Dates in
Australia
Enterprise will now be shown on Tuesday nights on Channel 9 at 10.30p.m
"consistently as from next Tuesday"
thanks to Trudy
July 30
Fanzines/Scott Interview -- Essentially
Enterprise going to press
from Emma:
The first issue of Essentially Enterprise, the newsletter that Diane and
I have started to replace the now defunct Quantum Quest, will be
available within the next couple of weeks. Our premiere issue features an
exclusive interview with Scott (which took place in March '02 - the same day
as the Communicator interview, actually) and two wonderful Hamilton Benefit
reports from Anita and Debbie.
For subscription details, please visit our website:
Essentially
Enterprise or e-mail: emmacmfee@aol.com
Please, if you want to subscribe, we ask that you do so as soon as
possible, as we have to print an exact run due to the non-profit (EXTREMELY
non-profit) nature of the newsletter.
Emma
Copyright Stuff -- More impending news for TV
Tapers and others
from CNet news,
about a coming bill regarding copyright law:
Under current copyright
law, Americans who record a TV program or radio segment generally may
"sell or otherwise dispose of" that analog recording or digital file
as they wish.
The proposed bill would end that exemption, handing copyright owners substantial
new control over the distribution of their works by curtailing copying rights
granted to consumers under a doctrine known as "fair use."
"If you were to take today's episode of 'E.R.' and tape it and give it to
your mother, it would be copyright infringement under this bill," said Jessica
Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright
law.
read the full
article from July 11 at CNet
Print/Interview -- Star Trek Communicator
I'm just bumping this up because it finally hit the
newsstands
The current issue of Star Trek Communicator (Issue 139) features Scott on the cover, a cover
story featuring Scott and his thoughts on the first season. To subscribe, check
out this link,
cover picture of Scott, a few of Scott's words, and more details can be found at
TrekToday
Anyway, looks like something worth buying... :-) (If I bought everything
with Scott in it now, I wouldn't have a place left to sleep! Then again, that's
actually good news, isn't it? :-) )
thanks to TrekToday
July 28
News -- Enterprise Production Notes
These have been edited for the Spoiler Allergic (I've been avoiding spoilers so
assiduously, I don't know anything at all) and also for length.
from StarTrek.com -- 7/25
"Shockwave, Part II" and "Carbon Creek," the first two
episodes of season 2,
have completed photography and are now in post-production.
The first episode set to air this fall was the second to go into production.
..."Shockwave"
part 2 saw the full
cast reunite after hiatus. .."Carbon Creek" was scheduled first
because that episode involves only three principal cast members, Scott,
Connor and Jolene.
..It began production on July 26, on location near San Bernardino, California,
for two days. Blalock and the guest cast returned to the Paramount lot that
Friday ... Bakula and Trinneer reported to work on Monday, July 8, to
shoot ..on the standing Enterprise sets
On Wednesday, July 10, everyone was back... Fortunately... new air conditioning
systems were installed in the soundstages during hiatus. That episode wrapped
last Thursday. (July 18)
On Friday, the 19th, the crew did some exterior pickup shots for
"Creek" on Paramount's backlot, and began production on the third
episode, "Minefield," which is currently in production.
the rest of the details can be found in this
article on the Official Star Trek site
July 25
TV -- this week
Barbara's Scott
Weekly TV jas also been updated (Barbara scans 3 online TV listings sites, and then
combines them) There are quite likely some things listed that aren't listed at
TV Now, so you might want to check it out
thanks Barbara
TV, Australia -- Enterprise time change
Quantum Leap will now be shown on Tuesday afternoons at 12.30 on TV1
thanks to Trudy
TV -- Monthly (and this week's) TV in the US,
Quantum Leap Time Change
Scott's
monthly schedule was updated yesterday at TV Now.
A lot of Scott's movies are re-airing this month, so check it out. If you are
looking for just one (or a couple) of Scott's movies, try MovieMinder.com.
They will send you an email when it's airing
Please note that I don't usually list the reruns on this page (my page, the one
you are on now, not TV Now's page, which is theirs--for those of you who were
not confused before but probably are now) unless they are something special. I
generally just post talk shows and other things that we didn't know about in
advance ("unscheduled stops", they called them on Quantum Leap)
Reruns of Quantum Leap **(now
airing at 8am ET weekdays on SciFi until August 23)** and Enterprise (Wednesdays at 8PM ET on
UPN, other times, depending where you live) are listed on the TV Now page. It is
assumed that visitors to this page :-) already know these are the usual
airing times (okay, at least for Enterprise)
You can also check out TV Guide's search results for Scott for the
next two weeks. If you have not set up TVGuide.com to know your local viewing
area, cable company, etc, you may need to set that up. If you are getting an
error message, or listings for the TampaBay area rather than your own, please let
me know.
Video -- Papa's Angels available for preorder
Great news, you can now preorder
Papa's Angels on VHS -- it will be out on October 15 -- from amazon.com.
Less great news -- it's only VHS, no DVD news at this time. (See? I'm spoiled
already)
thanks to Gail
July 23
Comments on Scott -- Patrick Stewart
From the latest issue of Dreamwatch
"I wish ENTERPRISE really well," he states. "They're a terrific
cast. Scott Bakula is a wonderful actor and has proved to be a good colleague,
because they were filming at Paramount all the time we were doing NEMESIS."
"No one else may know this, but my chair was stolen from the bridge. It was
a $20,000 chair. Scott had a replacement made for me which was a kind of rickety
old wooden chair on wheels."
thanks to Gail and TrekWeb
July 18
News -- No Emmys
Enterprise failed to receive any nominations outside the technical
categories, where the show received a total of 5 nominations
The Creative Arts awards, encompassing all the categories for which Enterprise
was nominated (and in which Scott was a presenter last year), will be handed out
during a special banquet on the 14th of September.
thanks to and more detail at Trek
Today
July 16
Chats --
The fannish chats
AOL's Wednesday night Scott chats are held in The Remote Control
chat room at 10PM EDT. If this link does not take you there, please IM to ETV
Helene and she'll send you an invite. If this link does get you there,
please let me know,
so I can add it to the appropriate page... (I can't test it, I no longer have
AOL)
thanks to Helene
Interview -- Scott Interview in SFX Magazine
The interview can be found in the August 2002 issue of SFX Magazine, available
in the United Kingdom now. A quick summary can be found at TrekToday.
A transcript is also available
at the Great Link. Or you can subscribe.
thanks to TrekToday
Site stuff -- It's Luminarias
Last week someone somewhere made a valiant effort... If you drop through again,
whoever you are, what you were looking for was Luminarias.
It's out on DVD now... (as well as some of the extremely premuium cable stations
that no one really has)
July 15
Pictures -- from the Paramount party
can be found at Wire Image.
You will have to do a search for Bakula
thanks to Carol
Scott watch -- Television Critics association
The Television Critics association is on their Summer (?) Press Tour and
have chatted with some of UPN "talent." So who knows what coverage
that will get. So far, all I have learned on that front is that Enterprise will
premiere (season 2) on September 18th (but then, we already knew that)
DVD, US -- Do you want Enterprise on DVD?
No guarantees here -- the theory is that if enough people pre-order (or is
that pre pre-order?), amazon.com will tell Paramount how much demand there is,
and possibly consider putting the series on DVD (in the US) sometime in this
decade (gee, did that sound cynical?) In any case, it can't hurt, since they
will contact you before charging you anything (if it ever does become
available). So I'm off to give them my vote :-)
Here's the text from their site:
"Enterprise (2001)
Price information not available. You can still order this item, and we will
request approval of the price via e-mail prior to shipment.
NOT YET RELEASED: The studio is currently not producing this title on DVD, but
to be notified when it is available, enter your e-mail address at right. (Follow
this link) You'll also be voting for this release; WE'LL LET THE STUDIO KNOW
HOW MANY CUSTOMERS ARE WAITING FOR THIS TITLE"
thanks to Amy
Quantum Leap Page -- oops
Seems I never linked my QL page to
my home page. However 99
creative people managed to find it this month anyway :-)
The link is now in place. Sorry for making you search. (Movie news is still on
this page, however.. for now)
Enterprise, UK -- Enterprise begins on
terrestrial, channel 4, Wednesday July 17
I'm not really clear on this so don't quote me, but Enterprise is being listed
for the following dates in Radio Time website TV listings
Wednesday 17 July
6:00pm
Channel 4
Thursday 18 July
6:00pm
Channel 4
thanks to Carol, Pippa and a bunch of other people.
Also you can keep your eyes out on Channel 4 for adverts (did I get the word
right?)
TV News, St Louis -- No Enterprise till April
or so it looks..
the following are quotes from the St
Louis Post-Dispatch article on it's new UPN affiliate
On April 1, WHSL (Channel 46), currently an affiliate of
the Home Shopping Network, becomes UPN46, St. Louis' first, full-time UPN
station.
KPLR (Channel 11), a full-time WB affiliate, currently airs "Buffy"
and "Enterprise" but won't pick them up for fall. General manager Bill
Lanesey isn't confirming, but sources at UPN say the deal is definitely kaput.
"UPN is shopping the shows around to other stations, hoping to find someone
to pick them up," says Gregg Filandrinos, WHSL's general manager. At this
point, however, most stations' fall schedules are filled....
Filandrinos has approached HSN about pre-empting two hours of its programming a
week so that "Buffy" and "Enterprise" could air on their
future home station. But HSN, which makes money every hour it's on the air, has
no incentive to allow the pre-emptions, Filandrinos acknowledges. "And I
have a contract," he says. "I can't just pre-empt Home Shopping
without an OK."
If no station agrees to run "Buffy" and "Enterprise," fans
have few options other than having out-of-town friends tape the shows for
them...
If anything changes, I'll let you know
thanks to TrekToday and their source, Brad Young
July 12
Print -- Mad magazine does Enterprise
The Enterprise parody, which sounds really good from what I have heard so far,
is in the August issue of Mad
magazine. It's on stands currently (July 17)
thanks to Kay
Video -- Role of a Lifetime (only in
Australia) -- update
The movie previously known as Ghost
of a Chance, appears to be on sale at Jaguar
Mobile Service. (scroll down or do a "find") By the way, that's in
Australia and it's $98 AUS. For those of you not knowledgeable about video
formats, who live in the US, it probably will not play on your VCR unless your VCR plays PAL format.
According to Frankie, who called the store (from Canada--we are so
motivated!) they will not ship outside Australia, "due to copyright
laws" and it's only VHS, no DVD.
for more answers to questions, and even more questions <g>, visit this
thread on the SBFF where they are trying to sort this out
thanks to Emma and Frankie
July 11
QL Movie -- Articles, Commentary, Places to
write
First off, in case I didn't make this clear last time, in the event of a movie,
there is no guarantee Scott would be in it. (You might have noticed he's
kind of busy at the moment, and SciFi seems to want to springboard a new series
from the movie.) The best we are hearing is "Cameo." (okay that was a
question from a reporter. Bonnie Hammer just says "You Never Know"
Considering that, here are some links to news articles and the address of the
aforementioned President of Programming at SciFi
Cinescape
Article
TV
Guide's Article is below:
Quantum Leap fans, brace yourselves: Sci Fi Channel is remaking the NBC series
into a two-hour movie, which may serve as a launch pad for a new series. Sci Fi
president Bonnie Hammer says a female leaper may take over Scott
Bakula's role.
Story at
TrekToday
Joy has amassed a bunch of news links at her really optimistic :-) Quantum
Leap Revival site
Ms. Bonnie Hammer
President of Programming
The Scifi Channel
1230 Sixth Ave.
New York, NY 10020
Quantum Leap Movie -- Update
Further reports about the proposed Quantum Leap movie reveal that
Scott's involvement would be.. let's just let them tell you.
From Cinescape Exclusive
Breaking News: Bakula may appear in QUANTUM LEAP movie
“We’ll see,” says Sci-Fi president
Dateline: Wednesday, July 10, 2002
By: CHRISTOPHER ALLAN SMITH AND ERIC MORO
While talking up the recently announced QUANTUM LEAP TV movie set to air on the
Sci-Fi Channel next year, channel President Bonnie Hammer told our own
Eric Moro onetime series star Scott Bakula may be making a cameo. [okay,
"cameo" was Eric's word]
....When asked if Bakula would return, she said with a smile, “You never know.
You never know.”
thanks to Gail on the SBFF
This "news" is breaking all over the SciFi and Hollywood
communities, and their media and web outlets. I could devote an entire page just
to reports of it. And yet another to the fan response. Even a third to my own
opinion which is--
After years of begging from the fans of Quantum Leap, which was met with complete
indifference by the holders of the rights to Quantum Leap (Universal), suddenly Scott has a hit
series and now they are trying to cash in on his name (and then start a new
series on their own, not using the original stars of the series, at least one of
whom is now in a far more stable job situation than he could be in any series produced by
SciFi).
But I'm not in the business... and I've love to see a movie, IF Scott
would be in it.
For more news articles from different sources, as well as discussion from the
fans, please visit Trudy's
Scott Bakula Fan Forum (SBFF)
If there is any sign that Scott will be involved, I will be sure to
let you know as soon as I do. -- Pam
And... letter writing campaigns
Fans have agreed that we should let the Powers that Be know how we feel about
the prospect of a Quantum Leap movie, they just haven't yet agreed what would be
the best way to do this (some of us have serious reservations about a few
aspects of a possible new series)
Someone somewhere (please let me know who you are, I didn't get a source)
suggested writing to Don Bellisario. If you wish to do that, please note the
following up to date address from Project
Quantum Leap fan club (the longest-running US based unofficial Quantum Leap
fan club, as far as I know)
Belisarius Productions
Bow Bldg #204
Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Ave.
LA CA 90038
PQL adds:
IMHO, there's no harm in writing to Don - although they're still out on hiatus.
However, I doubt that he's the final arbiter on content. Remember that Universal
TV Group (which is now owned by the French firm whose name I can't remember)
owns Quantum, and if SciFi is considering a movie as a back-door pilot, they
might mandate the way they want the movie to go.
thanks to PQL
July 9
Quantum Leap News -- in development
and I am quoting:
The SCI FI Channel,
which is now a part of Universal Television Group, is developing a number of
original series and films based on existing Universal titles, the network
announced. SCI FI will develop a two-hour movie based on the TV series Quantum
Leap, which will also serve as a back-door pilot for a possible series.
Series creator Don P. Bellisario will executive produce.
more
details at SciFi Wire.com
thanks to Gail on the SBFF and Dermot Devlin at quantumleaping.com
Pictures -- More from I Do I Do
Jo has added more pictures
from I Do I Do (not the show, which we could not photograph, of course, but
more pictures of Scott and Chelsea) to her site, where you can also find her complete
report on the play.
Scott Article -- Scans
Scans of the recent article from Star Trek Communicator 139 can be found at the SBFF.
They are graphics and should take a while to load...
thanks to.. I think it's Billie
July 4
Audio -- Radio Interview
This would be the interview that aired on KMOX, St Louis, June 17. It contains some Trek talk
(continuity, fans, and techno babble).. and a bunch of other stuff.
The file and
instructions for downloading it can be found here.
*After* following the link, please right click and save the file to your hard drive before attempting to
play it (take pity on my bandwidth). It's just under 8MB.
thanks to Janice and Sally in St Louis for passing on the word, and for
taping--not to mention for carting me around during the weekend! I really
appreciate it and it was fun hanging out with you. (yes my brother
calls me a lunatic,
but only cause he wants traffic at his website) Thanks also to Debbie K.
July 1
Production News -- Back from Hiatus (already)
Apparently Shockwave part 2 is being shot second. Vaughn Armstrong may not have
to report to work till next week but, according to StarTrek.com,
"The cast and crew reunited last Wednesday and kicked off the fall
production slate with two days of location shooting on "Creek." They
returned to the Paramount lot Friday to resume work on the standing ship sets.
New "swing" sets are being prepared now for "Shockwave, Part
II," which will begin production shortly." [This info was actually...
partial. Scott returned the following week, after his vacation in MO]
thanks to Donna
Pictures -- from I Do I Do
There's a batch on Trudy's
board. If you have time for just one, try the
one with the warning...
thanks to everyone on the board
June 29
Online -- I Do I Do Program
For those of you who couldn't get to St Louis, Janey
has scanned the Program, playbill, whatever.
It's a graphic and therefore a large file, but the bios and thanks are so cute,
it's on my recommended reading list :-)
thanks to Janey
also, Jo has done some corrections and updates to her
I Do I Do report on the show, itself.
Conventions -- UK Leap 2003 Reminder
From the organizers -- just a reminder to let you all know that plans are
rolling along for the convention - well, except for the small fact that the
amount of attendees registered has yet to reach double figures!
So they are requesting that if you are thinking of going, you might want to get
in touch with them. To read the details of their request check their
post on the SBFF For more details on the Con or to register, check their website.
If you have any questions, one of those places should have contact info.
June 27
Reports -- from St Louis
Jo's report from the Performance in St Louis starts on this
page at her site
Pictures included. (btw, a note on the front page of her site says all pictures
are copyrighted, so please contact her before... doing anything with them)
June 26
Review -- Trek fan
reviews I Do, I Do
Altho Trek Web's page is arranged so klutzily (or maybe it's just Internet
Explorer incompatible?) that I can't quite read this review on my 640 by 480,
15inch monitor, a copy and paste reveals that TrekWeb visitor
Jason Vest from the Washington University in St. Louis attended the event in St
Louis and here
is his review. (As for the meet and greets, I was told there would be none,
so I was obediently in my motel, having lunch, hanging with friends...
elsewhere)
thanks to Jason, Trek Web, and Pat on the SBFF
Article -- Scott "does" St Louis
Pop over to the The Webster
Groves-Kirkwood Times for details.
thanks to Kate for the correction of the source. Hopefully I have it right now?
Reports -- St Louis
Many reports from the weekend can be found on Trudy's Scott
Bakula Fan Forum
June 22
Australia -- A note for Enterprise viewers
Be careful with the time Channel 9 shows Enterprise, especially if you time set
your VCR. Enterprise is normally shown at 10.30p.m Wednesdays, the week before
last it started a good fifteen minutes earlier, this week by about five minutes.
thanks to Trudy (who I have quoted)
June 18
Radio, St Louis -- Reports from the Radio
Interview
Scott was on the Jack Carney radio talk show on KMOX St Louis Monday
night.
He called in, they are rehearsing in LA. The Monday show is sold out, but not Sunday. If Sunday sells out they might consider opening the dress rehearsal for tickets
(and they did, and it was fun!)
And yes, they got it on
tape.
Congratulations and thanks to "the network" for getting it right this
time!! Yay!
thanks to Amy and Sally and Janice in St L. also to Janey for dubbing.
June 15
Fan Video -- Mailing Instructions Regarding
Hamilton Video
More details from Helene re: the
Hamilton Video on just what is a SASE and the increase in US postage rates,
and other issues related to getting a copy of the video, can be found here.
(If you haven't read the post from yesterday, do scroll
up...)
thanks (again) to Helene for the clarification
June 14
TV -- Some International Enterprise Schedules
Enterprise.PsiPhi.org appears to have airing
schedules for Enterprise episodes in several countries outside the US
Print -- Scott in St Louis Post Dispatch
The article
promoting I Do, I Do can be found here
thanks to Amy
Fan Video -- from the Reception in LA
Helene has completed her compilation and editing of the four different video
tapes from the reception with Scott and Jay after the Hamilton Benefit in April
(this year)
For those of you who were not there, Scott spent almost two hours in the
classroom with us, answering questions while we were sitting at "our"
desks, and then doing autographs and pictures. You should also be able to see
(hopefully) his reaction to Debbie from NV's gift of a bottle of Canada Dry (and
his story of the cast's April Fools trick on him)
Since no one wanted any of Scott cut (even tho there will be a lot of
repetition, we really don't care in the least) it will be a 2 tape set. $10 plus
an SASE (I'm guessing bubble pack envelopes, tho she has not said that
yet).
You can email her for her mailing address at hjkapl@aol.com.
If you are going to the event in St Louis,
she might be able to bring yours with her. Depends on how many she can carry. If
not, please note that she is going away for the weekend next weekend, so it will
take a bit of time to get everything dubbed and mailed to everyone.
I have posted a copy of Helene's
posting of details on the Hamilton page. Instructions are also included on how
to make a SASE (for you newbies)...
Special thanks to Helene for all the work completed and to come, and also to Ann,
Barbara, and Myrna, whose footage is included.
June 13
Info -- on I Do I Do
For those who, like me, have never seen the show, I found a website with the plot and midi files of some of the songs.
Barbara noted that there are 20 songs... whew!
Oops -- wrote a lot but forgot to upload. It's was 1:30am,
can I be excused? More info on the St Louis Performance is below...
Appearance Info -- Hotels, Transit, Questions
For those interested in attending the Benefit
in St Louis, there is much chatter, with info, going on over at Trudy's
board--in several threads. Since, somewhat like lemmings, we all like to stay
together (tho none of us have dived off anything together yet ;-) ) most of the
gang is staying at the Red
Roof Inn in Florissant (which is somewhere near the college where the
performance will be. I figure with that many people--someone will know exactly
where it is and how far.) There are phone numbers on the website--toll free and
local.
For those of you "on the fence" I'd like to note that Scott has not
been in a show that was just two people since 1999, not in a musical since 1995
and in the musical he was in in '95, he only had 4 songs. This is a two person
show. Much singing.. and My Cup Runneth Over. <sigh>
Oh, and if you've never heard Scott play the saxophone... <g>
As far as we have been told (by Scott's publicist), there will be no
"meet and greet" receptions and it's a pretty good bet there will be
no video of the performance. [This has been upgraded to a definite
No, as of
Thursday]
It's quarter of 1. I'm going to bed... (apparently without thinking of uploading
the file)
June 11
Live Appearance -- Scott and
Chelsea in St Louis
SCOTT BAKULA AND CHELSEA FIELD TO STAR IN BENEFIT PERFORMANCES OF I DO! I DO!
FOR OUR LITTLE HAVEN
St. Louis native, Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field, will give two benefit
performances of ?I Do! I Do!? for OUR LITTLE HAVEN (a therapeutic
residential treatment facility in St. Louis, MO, caring for babies and children
ages birth through five years of age who are drug affected, abused, or
neglected, and who may be HIV impacted. For more information, go to www.ourlittlehaven.org/)
on Sunday June 23, 2002 and Monday June 24, 2002 at 7:00pm at the Terri M.
Fischer Theater in St. Louis, MO.
Performances will be Sunday June 23rd and Monday June 24th, 2002 both at 7:00pm
at the Terri M. Fischer Theater in St. Louis, MO. Tickets are $25.00 per person,
and can be purchased by calling
1-866-4-I DO I DO (866-443-6436).
for the entire press
release please check Trudy's board
thanks to Jay and PQL
June 9
DVD -- Cats Don't Dance
...from Barbara's CDD friends
The DVD release for CDD is Sept. 3 this year [I'm not sure if that is general,
or region specific--Pam]. There are going to be some special features, but no
word yet on what those will be exactly. It will be released in pan and scan
instead of a widescreen version. A capture
of the menu can be found on Trudy's board
thanks to Barbara
June 7
Interview -- Star Trek Communicator
There is an interview in the last issue and also, I believe there should be
pictures of Scott at the Toy fail in NYC. Not usre on that though, I looked at 3
different magazines at the bookstore yesterday. A transcript
of the interview can be found at PhoenixChi's site. The magazine can be
found at newsstands or subscribed
to here
thanks to PhoenixChi
TV -- Singapore
Enterprise debuted in Singapore at 12:00 GMT June 6 on Channel 5
sorry about that (tho, if you are from Singapore, I'd love to hear from you!)
thanks to TrekToday
June 5
Emmy Stuff -- Paramount Tries for Trek Emmy's
Hey, I'm the girl who didn't believe Scott was up for this role, so if I don't
dare to hope, it doesn't mean much..
Paramount has created a website for Emmy voters'
consideration. I haven't
visited yet, but from TrekToday's
coverage, it doesn't seem to be anything we haven't seen--just new
packaging. TT also notes that Trek usually gets passed by in the Emmy
nominations (aside from 2 for Leonard Nimoy and a couple for TNG's last
season--no wins). They also mention Scott's 4 Emmy nominations and his Golden
Globe win.
Interview -- Star Trek Monthly
The magazine is out currently in the UK and the excepts (quotes) are at SciFi
Pulse
thanks to TrekToday
Merchandise -- Scott Dolls
Pre-orders for the Archer "action figures" (which look somewhat like
Scott and are 7 inches tall) are available at startrektoys.com
Older news (May and earlier) continues on Page 2
for past interviews, pix, projects, links,
CD's etc.