CBS, Univision top tame Tuesday

Auds flock to CBS drama ''NCIS'' even in repeat, as Tuesday's encore was easily the night's No. 1 program in key demos and total viewers. The net's annual airing of the ''Kennedy Center Honors'' drew typically lackluster numbers and was down sharply vs. last year. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, CBS opened well with ''NCIS'' (2.1 rating/6 share in adults 18-49, 12.5 million viewers overall), but ''The Kennedy Center Honors'' settled for a 1.1/3 in the demo and 8.4 million viewers overall. This matches the show's lowest 18-49 result to date and was down 27% from last year's 1.5. CBS won the night in 18-49 (tied with Univision), 25-54 and total viewers. Univision earned a share of firstin 18-49 behind a two-hour episode of ''Una Familia Con Suerte (A Fortunate Family)'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall). In the 10 o'clock hour, ''Aqui y Ahora'' did a 1.0/3 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall. Elsewhere, ABC did OK with repeats of comedies ''Last Man Standing'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall at 8 p.m. and 1.5/4 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall at 8:30), ''The Middle'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall) and ''Suburgatory'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 4.1 million viewers overall), followed by an encore of crime drama ''Body of Proof'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall). ABC's comedies certainly repeated better than Fox's, as ''Glee'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall), ''New Girl'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall) and ''Raising Hope'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall) put up puny numbers. NBC similarly struggled on the night with repeats of the special ''The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?'' (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) and drama ''Parenthood'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.0 million viewers overall). Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS and Univision, 1.4/4; ABC, 1.3/4; NBC and Fox, 0.8/2; CW, 0.3/1. In total viewers: CBS, 9.7 million; ABC, 5.1 million; Univision, 3.4 million; NBC, 2.7 million; Fox, 2.5 million; CW, 0.9 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

New trailer for Underworld: Awakening

Not had enough trailer-based goodness for one week? Reckon you can squeeze in one more? Well that's handy, because a new teaser has been released for Underworld: Evolution, and it's stuffed to the brim with supernatural antics.The film sees Kate Beckinsale putting on the lycra suit one more time to play vampire warrior Selene, who breaks out of her long-standing imprisonment to find the Vampires and Lycans temporarily united by a common foe... man.The new trailer gives us a closer look at India Eisley's character Eve, a hybrid child whose existence could spell the end for both clans, as well as the fearsome-looking mega-Lycan.Take a look at the new trailer, below... Fairly exciting stuff, if you ask us. Sure, it's all OTT explosions and dizzying quick-cuts, but it does at least look as though the latest instalment won't skimp on the action. And Selene's throat-slitting corridor slide is truly badass!Underworld: Awakening opens in UK cinemas on 20 January 2012. Get ready to pick a side...

Full The Dark Dark evening Increases trailer online

The initial full trailer for your Dark Dark evening Increases has hit the web, which is whatever you wanted plus much more.We have got The Dark Dark evening Increases teaser trailer means by This summer time with Harry Potter As Well As The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but this trailer (which turned up having a Virtual Detective: A Game Title Title Of Shadows) gives a more substantial glimpse at what expect within the finished film.Set eight years following a Dark Dark evening, Increases sees Batman face his (physically) hardest challenge yet: Tom Hardy's Bane.Batman may have spent the positive thing from the decade abroad within the law for crimes he didn't commit but things aren't all dangerous towards the non selfish vigilante, as Anne Hathaway's leather-clad Catwoman has rocked up in Gotham.Just what will be the highlights within the trailer then? Well, there's Hathaway As Catwoman just like a slinkily threatening Selina Kyle, the initial give consideration to Bane's unsettlingly strangulated voice together with a stadium-based action sequence that may have been lifted in the Roland Emmerich movie! That's enough from us, get watching the completely new trailer by yourself... The Dark Dark evening Increases opens on 20 This summer time 2012 (exactly like you didn't have that date inside your calendar in permanent marker pen).

George Lucas's Indy 5 MacGuffin Problem, and 5 Other Stories You'll be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: The plug is pulled on Paradise Lost (for now)… A pair of Weinstein award horses sniff the backlash… Universal gets back in the Angelina Jolie business… and more. · I guess that George Lucas being out of ideas barely counts as news, but for the record: There’s still no real peg to hang Indiana Jones 5’s story on. Or, in Lucas’s words: “I told [Steven Spielberg] about the story, but I really haven’t found the MacGuffin yet. I mean, I know what it’s about, but I just have to find a MacGuffin that fits into the arena we’re working in.” Poor George is stumped! Can anybody out there help old Stumpy MacGuffin? [Vulture] · “STUNNER! Legendary Pictures Postpones January Start Of Alex Proyas-Directed Paradise Lost,” shouts the headline at our sister site Deadline. I mean, totally! Why would anyone think twice about letting Alex Proyas go a reported 15 percent over a $120 million budget to adapt John Milton’s poem with **Bradley Cooper **in the lead? Come on! Be stunned, already. [Deadline] · I’m no conspiracy theorist, but… Oh, who the hell am I kidding: The timing of this slur campaign against My Week With Marilyn — in which the son of Marilyn Monroe’s former manager calls the film’s source material “a complete lie” and even prompts skepticism from lead actress Michelle Williams herself — is a little strange as critics awards and the Golden Globes hammer out their favorites of 2011. Of course, The Weinstein Company has both this film and the Best Actress frontrunner The Iron Lady. Harvey wouldn’t sabotage one for the other’s sake, would he? [LAT via Moviefone] · Also experiencing the early stages of backlash: The Artist. Here’s Glenn Kenny: “[T]he fact that this movie is being proclaimed the Best Film of 2011 by various critics’ groups is literally — there’s no other word for it — insane.” Worth a read, and don’t worry: No Uggies were harmed in the writing of this review. [Some Came Running] · Universal, which has ridden the Angelina Jolie express to both box-office glory (Wanted) and Oscar-night recognition (Changeling), is back in business with the superstar and director Luc Besson. The studio will distribute the duo’s untitled “large-scale dramatic thriller” — with sci-fi elements — which commences shooting next spring. [Deadline] · This tribute to Charles Grodin’s late-night TV legend is the best possible procrastination device I can offer you today. The Johnny Carson exchange alone —”I’m just looking for warm bodies!” — will brighten your day immeasurably. [Splitsider]

Mitt Romney's $10,000 Bet to Rick Perry Sparks Criticism Around the Web

Peter Iovino/The Weinstein Co. The Artist and the entire Harry Potter film series were voted special awards as the American Film Institute chose its official selections for AFI Awards on Sunday.our editor recommends'The Artist's' Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo to Receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival's Cinema Vanguard AwardAFI Fest Hands Out Audience Awards to 'With Every Heartbeat,' 'Bullhead' The AFI Awards, which focus on American features, cited ten movies of the year: Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, J. Edgar, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. For TV programs of the year, it selected Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, Homeland, Justified, Louie, Modern Family and Parks and Recreation. The selections were made by two juries, one for film and one for television. They were chaired by producers and AFI board of trustees vice chairs Tom Pollock, for movies, and Richard Frank, for TV, and included Whoopi Goldberg, film historian Leonard Maltin, uniiversity professors, critics and members of the AFI board of trustees. The creative ensembles behind the chosen film and TV shows will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on Jan. 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. Harry Potter Oscars 2007 The Artist

TV Ratings: CBS Season Highs Best 'X Factor' and 'Bones' on Thursday Night

NY - Retail giant Lowe's has pulled advertising from Discovery Communications-owned TLC's reality show All-American Muslim.our editor recommendsVIDEO: All American Muslim: Sneak Peek The conservative Florida Family Association in a statement said it has sent three email alerts, encouraging supporters to email advertisers on the show. "All-American Muslim is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values," it said. On its Web site, the Association posted an email from a Lowe's representative saying: "While we continue to advertise on various cable networks, including TLC, there are certain programs that do not meet Lowe's advertising guidelines, including the show you brought to our attention. Lowe's will no longer be advertising on that program." On its Twitter feed, the home improvement retail company said Friday in response to a tweet: "We did not pull our ads based solely on the complaints or emails of any one group.It is never our intent to alienate anyone. Lowe's values diversity of thought in everyone, including our employees and prospective customers." A TLC spokeswoman declined comment on the issue, but said: "There is strong advertising support for the show." Some still expressed outrage at Lowe's decision. A person using the Twitter handle LawyerAsif, who says in their profile that they are a tax lawyer in Washington, DC wrote to Lowe's that "your actions did alienate people and you knew it would. Will you next consider KKKs demands to pull ads from BET?" Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Discovery Communications TLC All American Muslim

Bradley Cooper Eager to Shoot 'Hangover III'; Says Todd Phillips Is Working on Script (Video)

Veteran filmmaker Bruce Beresford has signed on to develop and direct Taliesin, a film about fabled American architect Frank Lloyd Wright from writer Nicholas Meyer. our editor recommendsRon Burkle Buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House for Just Under $4.5 Mil The title refers to the architect's former home and studio in rural Spring Green, Wis., where the key events in the film take place. The rambling hillside compound, considered a masterpiece of Prairie-style architecture, was the focus of scandal as Wright built it for himself and his married mistress Martha "Mamah" Cheney. In 1914, while Wright was away, a domestic worker murdered Cheney, her two children and four others by locking them inside and setting fire to the building. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Real Estate Deals of the Week: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Hudson, Robert De Niro "It's a very good script," Beresford toldThe Hollywood Reporter. "It doesn't cover his whole life, just a small section of it, and it doesn't whitewash him into some sort of saint." Beresford, who directed the best picture Oscar winner Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and was nominated for best director for Tender Mercies (1983), says he sparked to telling the tale of the private life of one of the greatest architects ever. "There's a documentary by Ken Burns [the 1998 film, Frank Lloyd Wright] that's quite good, but it's odd that there's never been a [feature] film about him," Beresford said. Producers J. Todd Harris, of Branded Pictures Entertainment, and Chicago-based Ed Bachrach, of Kartemquin Films, sent Beresford the script. They are currently raising money for the project, and Beresford has recently been scouting locations in and around Chicago. STORY: Ron Burkle Buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House for Just Under $4.5 Mil Who would Beresford like to play the lead? "We have someone in mind, but I can't tell you yet," he says. Beresford's Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, a generational comedy starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year and was picked up today by IFC Films. Beresford is repped by Gersh and Anonymous. Meyer, repped by CAA and Bloom Hergott, recently penned Elegy and The Informant!. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Real Estate Deals of the Week: Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Willis, 'Twilight' Honeymoon House, Justin Bieber's Manager Related Topics

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Carla Gugino in "Hide"Filmed in New Orleans by Stephanie Germain Prods. Executive producer, Germain; producer, Christopher Morgan; director, John Gray; writer, Janet Brownell; based on the novel by Lisa Gardner.Detective D.D. Warren - Carla Gugino Det. Bobby Dodge - Kevin Alejandro Alex Wilson - Mark-Paul Gosselaar Annabelle - Bridget ReganTNT's "Mystery Movie Night" is certainly a throwback to the olden days of TV movies, but do the projects actually have to be plucked directly out of a time machine? Enter "Hide," a grim, nasty and almost comically overheated potboiler, featuring Carla Gugino as a Boston detective investigating the mummified remains of six young women. It's a mystery, it's a workplace romantic triangle, it's two taste treats in one. While it's nice to see made-fors making a mini-comeback, it won't last long if they're as dunderheaded as this one. The bodies are found in an abandoned mental hospital, and D.D. Warren (Gugino) and fellow detective Bobby Ridge (Kevin Alejandro) are quickly on the case. Oh yes, and they're also sleeping together, but without any commitment because, as D.D. explains, "I am in love. With this. With what I do." Having not read Lisa Gardner's novel, let's assume writer Janet Brownell tried to be faithful to the tone, but it thoroughly flummoxed her and director John Gray, who have concocted a movie filled with stilted dialogue and improbable twists and turns. Most of them center on a mysterious woman named Annabelle (Bridget Regan) with a vague past who becomes part of the case, and a potential target for the shadowy killer. D.D. also picks up a new investigator, Alex (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), who almost immediately feels at liberty to psychoanalyze her relationship with Bobby when he isn't helping seek clues. If their banter is supposed to be flirty, the real mystery is why she doesn't mace him the first time the bozo starts insinuating himself into her head. All of this builds toward a breathless climax ridiculous even by the conventions of the thriller genre. It's almost worth watching for the last 15 minutes just for giggles. Although Gugino has been good in many things, it's hard to figure out what she's trying to convey with this role, playing a presumably hard-bitten detective as if she's a kittenish Jessica Rabbit. Then again, that's probably over-thinking things, which is something nobody will accuse the filmmakers of doing. Many doubtless harbor fond memories of the "Mystery Movie" wheel, and TNT -- with its lineup of mostly meat-and-potatoes series -- deserves kudos for trying to revive that nostalgic franchise for a new generation. Something like "Hide," though, is no way to jump-start the genre -- unless the goal is to try hiding in plain sight.Camera, James Chressanthis; production designer, Jaymes Hinkle; editor, Neil Mandelberg; music, Michael A. Levine; casting, Cami Patton. 120 MIN.With: Jay Carnes Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Segal gets kudo as biz manager

SegalMickey Segal, managing partner at Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, will receive Variety's Business Manager Elite Award today for his tremendous impact on business management and his tireless dedication to philanthropy.NKSF is a certified public accounting firm with expertise in business management and other entertainment industry-related services. The presenting sponsor of the award event, City National Bank, will make a donation to Segal's charity of choice, the Motion Picture Television Fund. Segal will receive the honor at a breakfast at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons hotel. Event will include a keynote conversation with Sam Gores, chairman of the Paradigm Agency.Segal started NKSF with two partners in 1981. "There were just three of us and a secretary," he recalls. Today, that practice has grown to a staff of 220 and represents high-net-worth clients across the entertainment industry (actors, directors, producers, writers, musicians) as well as athletes and sports figures."We're often referred to as their personal CFOs," Segal says. "We pay their bills, deposit income, do tax returns and estate planning, file medical claims, ensure they have proper insurance, deal with buying and building property, hire domestic staff, and handle their travel." A-list clients include David Letterman, Lenny Kravitz and Maroon 5. "We're totally committed to service, whatever it takes," Segal says. "It's very competitive and to make an impact, you have to be flexible and completely dedicated to your clients."SHOWBIZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT REPORTHelping hand lifts bizzers | Segal gets kudo as biz manager | No boom, no bust | How to avoid the downside of Westside wealth | Social media money trail Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com