How Did Dog the Bounty Hunter Do?

Dog the Bounty Hunter was on for the full hour of Larry King Live last night, with one segment of the show including his oldest son, Chris, and the last segment adding his pastor, Tim Storey. During the show, Larry King kept score on the CNN.COM website poll asking if Dog's show should return to the air. By the end of the show, the poll was over 80% "yes."

Today, TMZ.COM is running its own poll, and as of this post, their question "Do you forgive Dog?" is running 73% yes. The CNN.com poll is at 87% this morning.

Looks like Dog's getting his second chance.

Posh Spice, the Crime Doctor, Bette Davis, and Dog the Bounty Hunter

Okay, this Writers' Strike already has my attention.

I'm all for the writers getting what they want (go check out their blog, United Hollywood, for details) but man -- it's already making me fixate on TV, when I'm trying to beat my TV addiction.

Tonight, I've got an extra-thin crispy crust 4-cheese pizza all ready to go when Dog the Bounty Hunter hits the airwaves on Larry King Live.

I want to hear good things, I want this all to be all better, because I like the Dog. I don't know what I expect him to say that will fix all this. Not wanting your daughter to date an African American because of your vocabulary -- is this what I heard? And while I'm here, let me just say that I only recently learned that according to the US Census of 1977, I am supposed to call myself European American. Who knew.

Then, tomorrow, there's the wedding on Ugly Betty and I'm just so happy that Henry and Betty are together. But I really like the Sandwich Guy, too -- you KNOW there's a future relationship there -- and hey, the Wedding is this week with Posh Spice as maid of honor for Willi.

And, today, while I was typing at the keyboard all day long, Turner Classic Movies had a marathon of the old Crime Doctor movies. Have you seen these? Shrink-sleuth combo, it's just fabo. But then again, I love all those 40s mystery shows in black and white: Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Charlie Chan, The Saint, The Falcon, .... I only recently discovered the Crime Doctor, by the way. Along with the Lone Wolf. Both from Saturday showings on TCM.

Fine. I admit it. I love TV. Did you see The Letter with Bette Davis last week? Nothing better. Just nothing.

Dog on Larry King Live This Wednesday

TMZ is reporting that Dog the Bounty Hunter will be Larry King's guest this Wednesday on CNN's Larry King Live.

Since writers like Tina Fey are manning the picket lines with the 2007 Writer's Strike, and Nancy Grace is out of pocket, having just given birth to twins, heck. Looks like Dog may get a really big audience share on Wednesday night.

And how will A&E interpret this? They haven't cancelled Dog the Bounty Hunter, after all. They've "suspended production."

By the way, if you want to e-mail a question to Larry for the Dog, the Larry King Live website invites you to do so here.

Update - American Gangster and Bee Movie: The Pirate Bay Is Terrible Movie Forecaster

Update: As Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily explains so well, American Gangster and Bee Movie both had spectacular opening weekends.

So much for The Pirate Bay being a forecaster of how upcoming movies will do.

Laughing, laughing at me. I really thought it was going to work .... :-)

American Gangster and Bee Movie: The Pirate Bay As Movie Forecaster

American Gangster opens the weekend, and ThoseInTheKnow are predicting great things. There's a hush as American Gangster, combined with Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie, are hoped to bring in big bucks to a lackluster American Box Office this year.

Sure, it's got Denzel Washinton and Russell Crowe. But, here's the thing. A full, high-quality pirated version has been available to a world-wide audience over at The Pirate Bay for a couple of weeks now.

American Gangster hasn't held a lead over there -- this morning - as I write this - it's in 6th place, with Death at a Funeral in the #1 spot.

No, I'm not suggesting that you go watch American Gangster for free courtesy of the Pirates. That's stealing.

I'm just curious about TPB as a predictor of how popular a movie really will be, and if my hunch is right, then American Gangster is not going to be a Bourne Ultimatum ($412 million worldwide as of last weekend) nor a Ratatouille ($555 million worldwide as of last weekend). (Both Bourne and Rat are in the top 5 at TPB right now, despite being released several weeks ago.)

Bee Movie? It's not even on TPB top ten -- and it's getting "rotten" reviews over at Rotten Tomatoes.