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Melanie Cross
''Under the Dome'' is an American science-fiction mystery drama television series. It premiered on CBS on June 24, 2013, and concluded on September 10, 2015. The series was developed by Brian K. Vaughan and based on Stephen King's 2009 novel of the same name. ''Under the Dome'' tells the story of the residents of the fictional small town of Chester's Mill, when a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of the world. Military forces, the government, and the media positioned outside the barrier attempt to break it down, while the residents trapped inside must find their own ways to survive with diminishing resources and rising tensions. A small group of people inside the dome must also unravel complicated mysteries to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away. ''Under the Dome'' was an instant success for the network; the premiere in June 2013 broke the record as the most-watched summer drama premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Cahill
Edmund Patrick Cahill (born January 15, 1978) is an American actor known for portraying "Miracle on Ice" goalie Jim Craig in the 2004 film ''Miracle'', and for playing the roles of Tag Jones in ''Friends'' and Detective Don Flack in ''CSI: NY.'' He has had numerous roles in television, films, and theater. His most recent starring role was in 2016 as District Attorney Conner Wallace in ''Conviction''. Early life Cahill was born in New York City, New York. He is the middle of three children with an older and a younger sister. He is of Irish descent from his father, a stockbroker, and of Italian descent from his mother, an elementary school teacher. Cahill graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York in 1996. He attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and the Atlantic Theater Acting School, part of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career In 2000 Cahill performed in Nicky Silver's Off-Broadway production of ''The Altruists''. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science-fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High-definition Television
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the generation following standard-definition television (SDTV), often abbreviated to HDTV or HD-TV. It is the current de facto standard video format used in most broadcasts: terrestrial broadcast television, cable television, satellite television and Blu-ray Discs. Formats HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: * 720p (1280 horizontal pixels × 720 lines): 921,600 pixels * 1080i (1920×1080) interlaced scan: 1,036,800 pixels (~1.04 MP). * 1080p (1920×1080) progressive scan: 2,073,600 pixels (~2.07 MP). ** Some countries also use a non-standard CEA resolution, such as 1440×1080i: 777,600 pixels (~0.78 MP) per field or 1,555,200 pixels (~1.56 MP) per frame When transmitted at two megapixels per frame, HDTV provides about five times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Television Distribution
CBS Media Ventures, Inc. (formerly CBS Television Distribution, Inc. and CBS Paramount Domestic Television, Inc.) is an American television distribution company owned by CBS Studios, part of CBS Entertainment Group, a division of Paramount Global. It was formed from the merger of CBS Corporation's domestic television distribution arms CBS Paramount Domestic Television and King World Productions, including its home entertainment arm CBS Home Entertainment. The division, the main distribution arm of the parent company CBS Studios (formerly Desilu Productions, the first incarnation of Paramount Television, CBS Paramount Television and CBS Television Studios), the CBS and The CW television networks, and other Paramount Global television studios, such as the Paramount Media Networks division, was formed on September 26, 2006, by CBS Corporation and was headed by Roger King, the CEO of King World until his death in 2007. Background The company handles distribution rights to acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Television Studios
CBS Studios, Inc. is an American television production company which is a subsidiary of CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. It was formed on January 17, 2006, by CBS Corporation as CBS Paramount Television, as a renaming of the original incarnation of the Paramount Television studio. It is the television production arm of the CBS network (CBS Productions previously assumed such functions until 2004, when it was merged into Paramount Television), and, along with Warner Bros. Discovery through its Warner Bros. Television Studios, it is also the television production arm of The CW (in which Paramount has a 12.5% ownership stake). Background and timeline CBS In 1952 the Columbia Broadcasting System formed an in-house television production unit, CBS Productions (commonly referred to as ''The CBS Television Network''), as well as facilities in the newly established Television City in the Fairfax District, Los Angeles in Westside. Also formed is CBS Television Film S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblin Television
Amblin Television is the television production division of Amblin Partners. It was established in 1984 by Amblin Entertainment as a small-screen production arm for Steven Spielberg's ''Amazing Stories'' anthology series for NBC. The company has produced television series including ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''Animaniacs'', '' SeaQuest DSV'', '' ER'', '' Falling Skies'', and ''The Americans''. In 2012, DreamWorks Television, producer of such series as ''Spin City'', '' Taken'', '' Band of Brothers'', '' The Pacific'', ''United States of Tara'', '' Smash'', and the HBO film ''All the Way'', was merged into Amblin Television. Since then, the combined company has produced television shows including '' The Borgias'', '' Under the Dome'', '' The Haunting'' and '' Roswell, New Mexico''. History In the 1980s and 1990s, Amblin Television produced television series, specials, made-for-TV and cable films, and animated children's programming such as ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and ''Animani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Geddes (cinematographer)
David A. Geddes (born 1949 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is Canadian cinematographer. Life David Geddes studied at Banff School of Fine Arts, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Simon Fraser University. He started his career with documentaries and independent short films. In the late 1980s he turned to TV and worked on series such as ''21 Jump Street'' and '' Beverly Hills, 90210''. Geddes is a member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). His son Shane Geddes also works as a cinematographer. Selected filmography * 1976: ''Post Partum Depression'' (documentary short) * 1978: ''Family Down the Fraser'' (documentary short) * 1979: ''What the Hell's Going on Up There?'' (documentary short) * 1979: ''Horse Drawn Magic'' (documentary short) * 1979: ''Bill Reid'' (documentary short) * 1980: ''Big and the Blues'' (documentary short) * 1980: ''A Visit from Captain Cook'' (documentary short) * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Schlattmann
Timothy (Tim) Schlattmann is a three-time Emmy award nominee television writer and producer. Nebraska born and raised, this former disc jockey and college professor's writing credits include ABC's number one hit ''Roseanne (TV series), Roseanne'', Fox's ''Get Real (U.S. TV series), Get Real'', the WB's ''Smallville'', the feature ''XCU: Extreme Close-Up'', and the critically acclaimed ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' for Showtime (TV network), Showtime. As an Executive Producer since 2012, Tim Schlattmann completed the eighth and final season of ''Dexter'' and authored "Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo", an ongoing web series for Showtime. He has served as an Executive Producer on CBS's "Under the Dome (TV series), Under The Dome". Dexter Schlattman joined the crew of the Showtime (TV network), Showtime drama series ''Dexter'' as a story editor for the first season in 2006. Schlattman was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Awards, Writers Guild of America Award for best dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Baer
Neal Baer (born 1955) is an American pediatrician and television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the television shows ''Designated Survivor'', '' ER'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Biography Education Baer was born in 1955. His father, Sylvan, was a surgeon and his mother was very active politically. He graduated from Cherry Creek High School in 1973 and later graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a B.A. in Political Science from Colorado College. Baer attended the AFI Conservatory as a directing fellow in 1983. Baer studied for a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Sociology and focused on family policy. Baer attended Harvard Medical School from 1991 to 1996. The final part of his training overlapped with his work in television, and he completed his degree by undertaking electives at UCLA and returning to Harvard during breaks in production. Baer graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bender
Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film director, television producer and former actor best known for his work as a director on ''Lost'', ''The Sopranos'' and '' Game of Thrones''. Biography Bender grew up in a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles. His father was a furrier to the Hollywood community. He studied art with Los Angeles artist Martin Lubner (spouse of actress Joanna Merlin) and then went into acting "because it seemed like what I could do and make a living." As an actor, Bender guest-starred on ''All in the Family'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He co-starred in ''The Million Dollar Duck'', ''Savage'' and ''McNaughton's Daughter''. He then went into directing, working on a number of television series. He directed the popular slasher film ''Child's Play 3'' before becoming an executive producer and lead director on the ABC TV series ''Lost'', directing 38 episodes of the show, including the series fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Snider
Stacey Snider (born April 29, 1961) is an American film industry executive. She previously served as Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox before its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company. Biography Snider was born to a Jewish family. From 1999 to 2006, Snider was Chairman of Universal Pictures. From 2006 to 2014, she served as the Co-Chairman/CEO of DreamWorks. On June 16, 2016, it was announced that Snider, after serving as Co-Chairman since 2014, would be taking over for Jim Gianopulos as Chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as of June 30, 2017. She now runs Elisabeth Murdoch's Sister. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1985. Personal life Snider is a member of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Wilshire Boulevard Temple, known from 1862 to 1933 as Congregation B'nai B'rith, is the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, California. Wilshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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