'Smallville' executive producer Darren Swimmer has revealed that the Legion will be made up of Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad, and they will be revealed in the 10th episode of the new season || Joel B. Michaels, an executive producer on 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,' was promoted to president of production at The Halcyon Co., the group that owns the rights to the Terminator franchise, says The Hollywood Reporter || Helena Bonham Carter had to take a break from filming 'Terminator 4' to return to Britain to grieve with her family after four relatives were killed in a minibus crash in South Africa, according to E! Online || A new trailer is out for the upcoming direct-to-DVD release of 'Dead Like Me' at deadlikemedvd.com || Jud Taylor, who directed five episodes of the original 'Star Trek' series including 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield,' died at the age of 76 || 'Smallville' executive producer Darren Swimmer has revealed that the Legion will be made up of Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad, and they will be revealed in the 10th episode of the new season || Joel B. Michaels, an executive producer on 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,' was promoted to president of production at The Halcyon Co., the group that owns the rights to the Terminator franchise, says The Hollywood Reporter || Helena Bonham Carter had to take a break from filming 'Terminator 4' to return to Britain to grieve with her family after four relatives were killed in a minibus crash in South Africa, according to E! Online || A new trailer is out for the upcoming direct-to-DVD release of 'Dead Like Me' at deadlikemedvd.com || Jud Taylor, who directed five episodes of the original 'Star Trek' series including 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield,' died at the age of 76 ||

Door Closed On 'Dresden Files'

Paul Blackthorne gets new job on ABC

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: TV Guide
Aug-03-2007

Following weeks of speculation, including a possibility that production could move to Edmonton, Alberta, SciFi Channel has officially pulled the plug on "The Dresden Files," ending the show after just a single season.

TV Guide's Matt Roush broke the news to fans saying that the show just didn't make a big enough profit for the network to continue production.

SciFi Channel had avoided the topic of "Dresden" for some time, and would practically outright ignore anything asked about it. Robert Hewitt Wolfe -- the showrunner best known for his work on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" -- warned fans several weeks ago that the show was in danger of cancellation, but hoped still hinge on the fact that a final decision had yet to be made.

Don't worry about Paul Blackthorne, however, who played Harry Dresden in the series. He has joined the new ABC show "Big Shots" in a recurring role this fall, joining Dylan McDermott, Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus and Joshua Malina.

"The Dresden Files" premiered last January on the network and starred Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz and Terrence Mann. The series premiere earned a 1.37 household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, giving it 1.73 million viewers, considered by many analysts a "weak debut" for a new series. At the time, however, it was doing just a bit less than "Battlestar Galactica," which had 1.8 million viewers the same time and a 1.39 household rating.

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