Archive for March, 2012

WonderCon 2012 Photos

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

ALCATRAZ
The cast and producers of ALCATRAZ participated in a breakout panel session and signing at WonderCon. Check out the exclusive pics!  The two-hour season finale airs Monday, March 26 at 8/7c on Fox.

FRINGE
WonderCon fans “fringed out” at the mind-altering panel session and signing with series stars and producers at WonderCon.  FRINGE airs Fridays at 9/8c on FOX.

DC NATION
Combining GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, YOUNG JUSTICE and all-new DC animated shorts, the first-ever DC NATION panel and signing session premiered at WonderCon.  The new DC NATION airs Saturdays from 10-11 am ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

 

 

WONDERCON EXCLUSIVE: THE FRINGE TEAM’S FAVORITE “WALTERISMS”

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Ever wonder what Walter wonders? WonderCon did. Check out these “Walterisms” compiled by the friendly folks at Fringe unveiled at today’s panel session

WonderCon fans “fringed out” at the mind-altering panel session featuring series stars Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Blair Brown and Seth Gabel and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman. With everybody’s fates hanging in the balance between two universes, two timelines and too many creepy bad guys to around, the Fringe team dished on doppelgangers, shapeshifters, Observers and whatever’s in store for Fringe which airs on Fridays at 9/8c on FOX.

WONDERCON BREAKS OUT WITH ALCATRAZ HIGHLIGHT REEL

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

What happened to the Alcatraz 63s? Find out in this explosive highlight reel, which premiered exclusively today at WonderCon!

“Escapist” entertainment was out in force as members of the Alcatraz team participated in a breakout panel session at WonderCon. Series stars Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne and Parminder Nagra were joined by executive producers Jennifer Johnson, Daniel Pyne and Jack Bender and co-creators Bryan Wynbrandt and Steve Lilien in a classified Q & A panel and signing that divulged ultimate insider information about the series which airs Mondays at 8/7c on FOX.

SEE WHAT’S NEXT FOR GREEN LANTERN: EXCLUSIVE WONDERCON CLIPS

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

DC Nation plants a flag at WonderCon! Check out these way-outta-this-world Green Lantern: The Animated Series clips of Hal Jordan, Kilowog and Razer in action, seen for the first time at today’s WonderCon session!

Hal Jordan and all of his DC Entertainment pals from Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice were covered in-depth in the first-ever DC Nation panel session at WonderCon. Featuring Young Justice producers Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman, Green Lantern producers Jim Krieg and Giancarlo Volpe, and DC animated shorts producers Lauren Faust and Ben Jones, this talented crew answered fan questions about bringing some of the most legendary heroes from the DC Universe together in the new DC Nation block airing Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

Fringe At WonderCon 2012

Friday, March 9th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 OBSERVE THIS!

 JOSHUA JACKSON & BLAIR BROWN CROSS OVER TO
JOIN THE FRINGE TEAM AT WONDERCON 2012

BURBANK, Calif. (March 9, 2012) — All the way from the Other Side, Fringe stars Joshua Jackson and Blair Brown are crossing universes to the O.C. to appear at WonderCon 2012. Jackson and Brown will take part in the previously announced Fringe signing (12:00 Noon at the DC Entertainment Booth #501) and mind-bending panel session (1 p.m. in the Ballroom) on Sunday, March 18.

Jackson — who plays Peter Bishop, the alternate-universe–born traveler who’s trying to keep two universes at peace — and Brown — who plays Nina Sharp, the closely guarded keeper of Massive Dynamic — will join series stars John Noble (Walter Bishop), Seth Gabel (Lincoln Lee) and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman for a Q&A session and a sneak peek of what is to come. With the fates of the fan-favorite characters hanging in the balance between two universes, two timelines and too many creepy bad guys to go around, look for the Fringe team to talk doppelgangers, shapeshifters, Observers and whatever Walter is cooking up!

Now in its fourth season, Fringe continues to explore new cases with endless impossibilities. From Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Fringe airs Fridays at 9/8c on FOX. Become a fan of Fringe on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Fringe and follow the show on Twitter @FRINGEonFOX.

For continuing information about the Studio’s plans at WonderCon, please follow us on Twitter at @thewbdotcom. For complete details regarding Warner Bros. Television’s panels at WonderCon, click here: http://bit.ly/A3vcFF

 FRINGE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS

 TWITTER

Fringe                                     @FRINGEonFOX

Lance Reddick                        @lancereddick

Jasika Nicole                          @jasikanicole

Jeff Pinkner                            @JPFringe

J.H. Wyman                            @JWFRINGE

FACEBOOK:            www.facebook.com/Fringe

DOMESTIC PRESS:            Lauren Townsend, Twitter: @laurenttownsend

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Contacts:         Warner Bros. Television Publicity

Tammy Golihew, (818) 954-4855

tammy.golihew@warnerbros.com, Twitter: @teeveegal

 

Tom McAlister, (818) 954-7222

tom.mcalister@warnerbros.com, Twitter: @tom_mcalister

 

For Fringe

Lauren Townsend, (818) 954-1985

lauren.townsend@warnerbros.com, Twitter: @laurenttownsend

TheBigBangTheory hits 2 million check-ins on GetGlue!

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

FANS OF WARNER BROS. TELEVISION’S THE BIG BANG THEORY
CHECK IN MORE THAN TWO MILLION TIMES ON GETGLUE.COM,
RANKING AS THE #1 SERIES ON THE SITE AND DOUBLING
IN POPULARITY IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS

 The Hit Comedy Series Also Accumulates Over 235,000 “Likes”

 Fans Who Check In to The Big Bang Theory on GetGlue.com Receive a 20%
Discount on Merchandise from TheComicCenter.com, Using Code GetGlue

BURBANK, Calif. (March 8, 2012) — Who needs physics to figure out this equation? Funny plus smart equals a multiplatform hit! Fans of the Warner Bros. Television comedy The Big Bang Theory (Thursdays 8/7c on CBS) are showing their love on interactive entertainment site GetGlue.com, with the show ranking as the most popular series on the site, as well as the fastest-growing. Recent statistics show that The Big Bang Theory, which airs weekly on CBS and five nights a week in syndication, has just passed two million check-ins — the first show to hit that milestone on GetGlue.com, doubling its number of check-ins since reaching the one million mark in late November 2011.

  • At the time of this release, viewers of The Big Bang Theory have checked-in over two million times — the highest number of check-ins of any show on GetGlue.com.
  • Additionally, the series has over 235,000 “likes,” with numbers steadily climbing.
  • Among the stickers fans can unlock on GetGlue are portraits of the characters Penny, Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard; fans are also rewarded with a Mystic Warlords of Ka’a sticker or one bearing the Bang-friendly burn: “Bazinga!”
  • And when fans of The Big Bang Theory check in to GetGlue.com, they’ll unlock a sticker giving them 20% off at The Comic Center of Pasadena (code: GetGlue), an e-commerce site with fan-favorite gear and apparel.

“Fans of The Big Bang Theory go bazinga for this show, and it’s great to see their passion,” said Lisa Gregorian, Chief Marketing Officer, Warner Bros. Television Group. “Whether they’re blowing up the blogs and fan pages, playing The Big Bang Theory: Mystic Warlords of Ka’a on Facebook, watching the series or checking in to GetGlue.com to get stickers and interact with other fans, it’s a real community. We wanted give them both a virtual- and a real-world reward since we know both have relevance with this audience.”

The Big Bang Theory is not only one of the most popular shows on TV right now, but it’s also the most checked in to show on GetGlue,” said Alex Iskold, CEO and Founder of GetGlue. “The Big Bang Theory has been on our weekly Top 10 chart since September and is the fastest-growing show to date. We are excited to be partnered with Warner Bros. Television to reward these loyal and passionate fans with exclusive stickers, discounts and more.”

One of television’s highest rated sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory ranks as the #1 Thursday night series on television among Adults 18–49 and Total Viewers for the 2011–12 season to date. It ranks as the #2 comedy on network TV for the season among Total Viewers and Adults 25–54, behind only Two and a Half Men, and is the #3 scripted series among Adults 18–49. Additionally, off-network episodes of The Big Bang Theory on broadcast stations and TBS rank as the #1 program in all of syndication among Adults 18–49 and 25–54.

A social networking site specifically for entertainment, GetGlue encourages registered users to check-in to television shows, movies, books or music they are experiencing and share their thoughts with friends and other users via the site itself, or via Facebook, Twitter or email. Users will be rewarded with special stickers, which users can then post proudly or share with friends and other fans. The site also provides recommendations based on one’s check-ins, and offers incentives to use the site via exclusive stickers, discounts and other rewards from their favorite shows and movies. Users will get actual stickers mailed to them after unlocking 20 virtual ones.

  • For more information or for an interactive experience, fans and viewers can check in anytime to The Big Bang Theory and see why it is the fastest-growing check-in site with over two million check-ins and 235,000 likes.
  • Plus, catch the series live Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS or five nights a week in syndication.

 

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Media Contacts:

Tammy Golihew

Warner Bros. Television

(818) 954-4855, tammy.golihew@warnerbros.com, Twitter: @TeeVeeGal

Susan Kesser

Warner Bros. Television

(818) 954-7608, susan.kesser@warnerbros.com, Twitter: @skesser

GetGlue.com

Claire Gendel

(310) 425-9962, claire@getglue.com