""Nip/Tuck" ended its third season with more young adult viewers than any other single episode of a cable series this year. Two-hour season finale averaged a 3.0 rating/9 share among adults 18-49 and 5.7 million total viewers from 10 p.m.-midnight Tuesday. FX said "Nip/Tuck's" Tuesday numbers also made the episode the most-watched single telecast among adults 18-49 in the cabler's history. Third season of "Nip/Tuck" remained the highest-rated series on basic or pay cable among adults 18-49. Among all viewers, "Nip/Tuck" was cable's fourth most-watched show of 2005, behind "The Closer," "Monk" and "The 4400"..." (full details)
"Barry Kemp's Bungalow 78 Prods. has acquired an untitled comedy script set in the world of NASCAR racing from scribes Jason Jordan and Matthew Lawton. Story centers on a rising NASCAR driver who has been dropped and exiled by his sponsor for bad behavior. He gets a second chance with the only sponsor who will have him: a young cosmetics maven who is looking to expand her brand into the female NASCAR fan base..." (full details)
"The appeals board of the Classification and Ratings Board said Wednesday that it is upholding the NC-17 rating awarded "This Film is Not Yet Rated." The docu by Kirby Dick examines the ratings board and contains a number of clips from movies that have been rated NC-17. The board attributed the rating to the fact that the movie, which will premiere next month at the Sundance Film Festival, has "some graphic sexual content". The appeal had been requested by Chain Camera Prods.; Dick and producer Eddie Schmidt spoke on behalf of the film..." (full details)
