Off The Wireless

Wired reports that there is a betting site making odds on The Final Cylon. I guess they aren’t worrying about the kittens. Sigh.

A few more tidbits from all the recent TV network upfronts announcements:

...David Eick has, as was previously rumored, taken the showrunner reigns for the NBC series THE PHILANTHROPIST coming in midseason. The series was originally being written and produced by Tom “OZ” Fontana, who wrote the pilot and several other scripts but has since departed.

...Thanks to Margie at WatchingBSG for the news that LIFE ON MARS has been added to ABC’s '08-09 schedule. The show features Stephanie “Kendra Shaw” Chaves-Jacobsen and as Margie notes, “they gave it the post-GREY’S ANATOMY time slot, which could be great for that show and for Stephanie.”

...All About Tahmoh continues to attentively follow all news on Fox’s DOLLHOUSE, the midseason series that Tahmoh Penikett is co-starring in.

...It’s probably a tad too early, but anyone interested in Ron Moore’s VIRTUALITY should keep an eye on this Fox blog, which will certainly start pumping info if the show gets a green light to go to series. For now, any of you JJ Abrams & Joss Whedon crossover fans should take a look…something is definitely a-brewing over there. I'm still trying to figure out their methodology for post tags...

Lucy Lawless will be giving a free concert in Los Angeles at the Universal City Walk on June 29th. Her fan club will no doubt be covering all the juicy lucy details.

IGN recently spoke to Tricia Helfer…also note that her film WALK ALL OVER ME is now out on DVD. Cinematical has some details, and here’s an interview with the film’s director Robert Cuffley.

The Chief’s Deck examines the newly launched web site for BLOOD A BUTCHER’S TALE starring Aaron Douglas.

Tipster Luigi just sent us a nifty Easter Egg for the the newest version of Firefox now available for download: if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, all will be revealed (screen shot).

Discussions of the religion and science in BSG continue apace.

Livejournalists and fanfic lovers take note: the novel WIT’S END, by Karen Fowler (THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB) sounds really good…