What's your Cafe Quotient?

The OC
- In an early draft of the series, Ryan Atwood was going to be Sandy Cohen's illegitimate child.
- On the sets of The OC, the Cohen's pool is only 4 feet deep, so the cast does the pool scenes on their knees.
- Josh Schwartz, The O.C.'s creator, used a "trojan horse" strategy to get FOX's (US television network) attention.


Friends
- David Schwimmer (Ross) is reported to have dated all his female co-stars from 'Friends'
- Before the show was cast, the main love interest was intended to be Monica and Joey.
- Courtney Cox was originally asked to play Rachel, but she asked to play Monica instead after reading the parts.
- Other titles considered for Friends were 'Friends Like Us', 'Six of One', 'Across the Hall' and 'Insomnia Cafe'
- When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for the role of 'Joey' he only had $11 in his pocket.

The Sopranos:
- The First cable-television series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
- The cast of Sopranos was #9 on the annual forbes magazine Celebrtiy 100 list in 2006.
- Originally creator David Chase was going to call the key character Tommy Soprano. He later changed it to Tony Soprano.

Will & Grace
- Grace's middle name is Elizabeth.
- Sean Hayes's character Jack received a Screen Actors Guild Award for best supporting actor.
- Will & Grace is nominated for 27 Golden Globe Awards.

How do you find the words?

Adapted from a stage play by Anne Nelson, The Guys (2002) is a drama centering on a slice of the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy.

Nick, a fire captain, who lost eight men in the collapse of the World Trade Center, enlists help from an editor, Joan, to prepare their eulogies.

Nick builds a relationship with Joan, who helps him put together the difficult, heartfelt speeches that he must deliver with honor, humor and poise--all the while, navigating his way through his own emotional response.

This week's Saturday Night Lights - 8 PM (28th July)

The Sopranos earns 15 Emmy® Nominations

The Sopranos led all series with 15 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (James Gandolfini), Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Edie Falco), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Imperioli), 2 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Lorraine Bracco, Aida Turturro), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Tim Daly), Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Alan Taylor), and 3 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Matthew Weiner and David Chase; Terrence Winter; and David Chase).

The Primetime Emmy Awards® will be announced Sept. 16.

We do it Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs (in French Juste Pour Rire) is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest festival of its kind in the world. It began in 1983 as a Francophone event and introduced its English language side in 1985. The month-long schedule showcases French speaking comics during the first half, and English speakers in the second half. International and non-verbal acts (acrobats, pantomimes, etc.) are scattered throughout the program.

This show airs on Zee Cafe every Thursday, 9 PM. And will feature Dave Attell, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, Anthony Clark, Drew Carey.

And dont miss Russell Peters tomorrow at 9 PM.

"Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad" - on Zee Cafe on 26th July

Here's a news that anyone who loves stand-up comedy cannot afford to miss.

Russell Peters - The top brat stand-up comedian that all Indians love will be on Just for Laughs on Thursday, 26th July @ 9PM.

Dawson's Creek Music - some interesting numbers

Number of songs played in all 128 episodes: 907 view entire list
Number of different songs played in all 128 episodes: 853
Number of songs performed by the main characters: 21 view list
Number of songs heard in more than one episode: 47
Most number of episodes featuring the same song: 4
"As I Lay Me Down" - Sophie B. Hawkins "Say Goodnight" - Beth Nielsen Chapman
Number of songs played in 24 season 6 episodes: 204
Number of songs played in 23 season 5 episodes: 176
Number of songs played in 23 season 4 episodes: 141
Number of songs played in 23 season 3 episodes: 144
Number of songs played in 22 season 2 episodes: 158
Number of songs played in 13 season 1 episodes: 84
Most number of songs heard in a single episode: 16 #614 "Clean And Sober"
Least number of songs heard in a single episode: 1 #410 "Self Reliance"
Number of featured artists/bands: 538
(does not including characters)

Most songs featured by a single artist or band: 12 (Mary Beth Maziarz)
Most songs featured by same artist/band in one episode: 4
Feel Love Fury - #501 "The Bostonians"
Murderdolls - #606 "Living Dead Girl"

Number of songs performed by Katie Holmes (Joey): 5 view list
Number of songs performed by Busy Phillips (Audrey): 8 view list


Source: www.dawsonscreekmusic.com

This Saturday on The Gig: Michael Buble

Meet this critically acclaimed Grammy-nominated, multiple Juno Award-winning Canadian crooner, big band singer and actor. While achieving modest chart success in the United States, his 2003 self-titled album has reached the top ten in Canada, the UK and Australia.

In 2004, a live album and video called Come Fly with Me was listed on the Billboard music video charts and reached Australia's top 40 album charts.

This Saturday, "Come Fly with Me" airs exclusively on Zee Cafe at 5 PM.

New X Files Movie in 08?

Actor David Duchovny, best known for his role as Fox Mulder on The X Files, insists that the movie adaptation of the science fiction television series may hit theatres next year.

The Golden Globe winning star Duchovny said he was looking forward to playing Fox Mulder again, and when asked why, answered, "Because he's cool! It's a great show and I love playing the character and I like the people."

What's the Rank Structure of the Colonial Fleet on Battlestar Galactica?

The rank structure for the officers serving in the Colonial Fleet are as follows:

OFFICERS: Admiral, Commander, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant (junior grade), Ensign.

ENLISTED: Master Chief Petty Officer, Chief Petty Officer, Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class), Specialist, Deck Hand, Recruit.

There are also Marines aboard Galactica which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors, etc.

Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure.

Catch Battlestar Galactica on Zee cafe, every Monday @ 9 PM
Also, catch it at
Tuesdays 10:30 AM
Sundays 12:00 Noon
Saturdays 11:00 AM
Sundays 8:30 PM
Mondays 4:00 PM

CREATURE COMFORTS

So, what's your creture comfort?

The OC
Seth: Captain Oats
Summer: Princess Sparkle

Full House
Stephanie: Mr. Bear

Doogie Howser
Doogie: Computer

Dawson's Creek
Dawson: Camera

Ally McBeal
Ally: Ice Cream

Friends
Joey: Hugzie & of course Women
Ross: Dinosaur
Phoebe: Cat, Dog

Winnie Cooper - The Mathematician !!

After her famous role as Winnie Cooper in the legendary TV series The Wonder Years McKellar studied at UCLA, majoring in mathematics, and graduated in 1998.

As an undergraduate, she coauthored a Scientific Paper with Professor Lincoln Chayes and fellow student Brandy Winn. The paper proves a theorem in mathematical physics that could be called the "Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem".

This paper makes her one of the very few people, and perhaps the only full-time acting professional besides Natalie Portman, with a finite Erdős-Bacon number. Referring to the mathematical abilities of his coauthor students, Chayes was quoted in the New York Times as saying, "I thought that the two were really, really first-rate."

McKellar even provides free online math tutoring for her fans at her official internet website.

Brad Pitt's on Zee Cafe this Saturday

Saturday Night Lights is showing SPY GAME

When: 8 PM, 14th July.

Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack

'Who's the boss' star Alyssa Milano - a businesswoman !!

Building on the overwhelming success of the clothing line, TOUCH by Alyssa Milano, the brand will now enter into partnership with Aminco USA and Major League Baseball to launch a line of Fan Fashion Jewelry.

TOUCH by Alyssa Milano’s Fashion Jewelry line is set to launch at the upcoming MAGIC show in Las Vegas, from August 27-30, 2007 and will be available for retail sales in the Spring of 2008. The line is set to include bracelets, necklaces/pendants, earrings and hair accessories.

Milano launched TOUCH by Alyssa Milano in partnership with G-III Apparel Group and Major League Baseball this past spring to overwhelming success. “It was only natural that the line should grow to include a line of jewelry for women who are baseball fans and are looking for a fashionable way to accessorize at the games, as well as outside the ballpark,” said Ms. Milano.

Milano has spent almost her entire life in the public eye. She has a history of starring in long running successful television series. She began her television career on ABC’s “Who’s the Boss” which aired for eight years (Now showing on Zee Café, Tuesdays 6.30pm & 11.30pm) and most recently she starred on the hit WB series “Charmed” for eight years, the longest running show in the history of TV with female leads. She also starred on the Fox cornerstone series “Melrose Place”.

For many years, Milano has been a strong presence on the internet. Her company, CelebrityLoop.com is one of the premiere celebrity networks, housing websites for many top performers as well as Alyssa’s own, http://www.alyssa.com/. Alyssa’s baseball blog at http://www.alyssa.mlbblogs.com/ includes her thoughts on the game as well as insightful analysis of the sport she loves. It is also one of MLB’s most successful blogs.

In 2003, Alyssa was invited by UNICEF to become a National Ambassador. Since that time, she has traveled with the organization to Angola, Africa (May 2004) to see first hand the issues plaguing the newly liberated country and India (June 2005).

Alyssa has also been named the founding ambassador for The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control (GNNTDC), an alliance of international partnerships based at the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington D.C. and formalized by the Clinton Global Initiative to lead the global effort to treat, control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world’s poorest countries. In this role, Milano will work to raise awareness of GNNTDC and NTDs among the mainstream media and with the general public.

TOM CRUISE'S WIFE ON ZEE CAFE

Katie Holmes, Actor
Born: 18 December 1978
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio
Best Known As: The Dawson's Creek actress who married Tom Cruise

Katie Holmes starred as Josephine "Joey" Potter on the coming-of-age TV series Dawson's Creek. (Joey was the best chum and sometime love interest for Dawson, played by James Van Der Beek; the show ran from 1998-2003.)
Holmes parlayed her TV fame into roles in films like The Ice Storm (1997, with Tobey Maguire), Go (1999), and the academic dramedy Wonder Boys (2000, with Michael Douglas). She also played the lead in Pieces of April (2003, with Patricia Clarkson and First Daughter (2004, with Michael Keaton, co-starred with Christian Bale in the big summer movie Batman Begins, and played an insatiable reporter in Thank You for Smoking (2005).

She became engaged to actor Tom Cruise in June of 2005 after a much-publicized courtship and a proposal from Cruise at the Eiffel Tower. Their daughter, Suri, was born 18 April 2006. They were married at a medieval castle in Italy on 18 November 2006.

On The GIG: HISTORY OF THE CORRS

This Saturday's GIG features The Corrs' concert - All The Way Home.

All The Way Home is the complete story of The Corrs from their early beginnings in Dundalk, Ireland to their current position as artists with more than 30 million record sales.

In their own words the band describe their incredible global success, covering their whole career, including the making of their latest album ‘Home’, a return to their Celtic roots.

AMAZING ALLY McBEAL QUOTES

You only die once!

We're not only wired to want what we can't have, but we're also wired to want what we really don't want.

There's no sin in loving men. Only pain!

When guys are persistent, it's romantic, they make movies about that. If it's a woman, then they cast Glenn Close.

We're women. We have a double standard to live up to.

Law and love are the same - romantic in concept but the actual practice can give you a yeast infection.

I've been dumped before, Renee. This isn't pain I'm feeling, it's nostalgia.

Catch Ally McBeal on Zee Cafe on
Thursdays 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Fridays 12:00 AM – 01:00 AM
Sundays 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Thursdays 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM

The X-Files & the Internet grew together

As The X-Files saw its viewership expand from a "small, but devoted" group of fans to a worldwide mass audience, digital telecommunications were also becoming mainstream.

According to The New York Times, "this may have been the first show to find its audience growth tied to the growth of the Internet."The X-Files was seen to incorporate new technologies into storylines beginning in the early seasons: Mulder and Scully communicated on cellular phones, e-mail contact with secret informants provided plot points in episodes such as "Colony" and "Anasazi", while The Lone Gunmen were portrayed as Internet aficionados as early as 1994.

Many X-Files fans also had online access. Fans of the show became commonly known as "X-Philes, a term coined (from the Greek root "-phil-" meaning love or obsession) on an early Fidonet X-Files message board.

In addition to watching the show, X-Philes reviewed episodes themselves on unofficial web sites, formed communities with other fans through Usenet newsgroups and listservs,and wrote their own fan fiction.

As has also become commonplace in television today, episodes never displayed their titles on screen or in TV Guide; the producers disseminated the information via the Internet.
Unusually for the time, review sites and fan groups were also influential on the producers. Chris Carter claimed to read them: "The show originally [from 1993 to 1996] aired at 9 o'clock on Friday night and at 10 o'clock, I could get on the Internet and see what people thought of it."

The X-Files on Zee Cafe
Fridays 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturdays 12:00 AM – 01:00 AM
Sundays 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM

Check here for episodic reviews

History on Zee Cafe this Saturday

This Saturday on The GIG: Paul McCartney in Red Square.
Saturday, 5-7 PM

Back when McCartney was a Beatle, his music was considered very dangerous in the former Soviet Union.

The Beatles, it seems, were seen as the epitome of
Western debauchery, proof positive that too much capitalism and freedom leads to a meltdown in values.

Things were different in 2003.

Thousands of Russians packed Red Square to see the rock legend Sir Paul McCartney perform his first-ever concert in the former Soviet republic. McCartney told the audience, "We have come here tonight to rock Red Square", before kicking off the show with the Beatles' classic All My Loving.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who earlier gave Sir Paul a personally-guided tour of the Kremlin, was among the audience.

The BBC's Nikolai Gorshkov in Moscow says people in the audience wept and hugged each other and many called their less lucky friends on mobile phones to let them hear the concert.

McCartney, he says, mastered some Russian to tell the audience how great it
was and how happy it made him.

Fans felt the same.

Don't miss this concert for the world. Only on Zee Cafe.

What's your Cafe Quotient?

Zee Cafe is running Cafe Carnival this entire month (July'07) and giving away some amazing prizes (iPOD shuffles, USB pen-drives, Caps etc..).

All one has to do is wait for the Cafe Quotient question to pop up on screen and send teh answer to 7575 using your mobile phone.

You can also answer the questions on Zee Cafe website.