Ron Ziskin, who produced the competition program American Gladiators, morning TV shows hosted by Maury Povich and Regis Philbin and films including the William H. Macy-starring Stealing Sinatra, has died. He was 69.
Ziskin died Saturday in Las Vegas of complications of vascular disease, his wife of 38 years, journalist Diane Wedner, said.
Ziskin also executive produced such telefilms as 1998's Futuresport, starring Wesley Snipes, Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams, and 2004's The Goodbye Girl, a remake of the Neil Simon hit starring Jeff Daniels, as well as Hunting the Lost Symbol, a 2009 documentary based on the Dan Brown best-seller The Lost ...
Ziskin died Saturday in Las Vegas of complications of vascular disease, his wife of 38 years, journalist Diane Wedner, said.
Ziskin also executive produced such telefilms as 1998's Futuresport, starring Wesley Snipes, Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams, and 2004's The Goodbye Girl, a remake of the Neil Simon hit starring Jeff Daniels, as well as Hunting the Lost Symbol, a 2009 documentary based on the Dan Brown best-seller The Lost ...
- 5/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ron Ziskin, who produced the competition program American Gladiators, morning TV shows hosted by Maury Povich and Regis Philbin and films including the William H. Macy-starring Stealing Sinatra, has died. He was 69.
Ziskin died Saturday in Las Vegas of complications of vascular disease, his wife of 38 years, journalist Diane Wedner, said.
Ziskin also executive produced such telefilms as 1998's Futuresport, starring Wesley Snipes, Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams, and 2004's The Goodbye Girl, a remake of the Neil Simon hit starring Jeff Daniels, as well as Hunting the Lost Symbol, a 2009 documentary based on the Dan Brown best-seller The Lost ...
Ziskin died Saturday in Las Vegas of complications of vascular disease, his wife of 38 years, journalist Diane Wedner, said.
Ziskin also executive produced such telefilms as 1998's Futuresport, starring Wesley Snipes, Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams, and 2004's The Goodbye Girl, a remake of the Neil Simon hit starring Jeff Daniels, as well as Hunting the Lost Symbol, a 2009 documentary based on the Dan Brown best-seller The Lost ...
- 5/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Producers: John Brenkus, Mickey Stern and Ron Ziskin. Cast: Jael De Pardo, Devin Marble, Jack Osbourne, and Dana Workman. Just where can a "Haunted Highway" take a weary traveller? SyFy's latest entry into the paranormal reality genre answers that question by going not to where no man has gone before, but into the lakes, riversides and forests of, so far, America's hidden registry of cryptids. The two teams that make up this show are headed to nowhere fast if the bland production values are any indication. Unlike this network's two better known products, namely "Ghost Hunters" and "Destination Truth," which is embellished with some character drama and a few charismatic figures, this new series has the feel of giving the supporting characters of Jael de Pardo and Devin Marble from "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files" their own vehicle to make it out on their own. The other pairing in the...
- 7/16/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Genre: Sci-Fi | Reality | Paranormal
Air Date/Time: Tuesday, July 3 at 10/9c
Network: Syfy
Summary:
Syfy’s newest paranormal reality series, Haunted Highway (formerly known as Paranormal Highway) follows two teams, Jack Osbourne & Dana Workman and Jael de Pardo & Devin Marble, as they do their own first-person investigations of the most frightening claims of paranormal activity along America’s remote back roads.
Fueled by eyewitness interviews and evidence collected with state-of-the-art equipment, the two teams will self-document their harrowing face-to-face encounters with the paranormal. The six episode series will feature examinations and investigations that will take the teams off the beaten path in Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Arkansas and Louisiana as they seek hellhounds, skin walkers, ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.
Haunted Highway is produced by Base Productions. John Brenkus, Mickey Stern and Ron Ziskin serve as executive producers.
Although there are a few things I’d like you to know...
Air Date/Time: Tuesday, July 3 at 10/9c
Network: Syfy
Summary:
Syfy’s newest paranormal reality series, Haunted Highway (formerly known as Paranormal Highway) follows two teams, Jack Osbourne & Dana Workman and Jael de Pardo & Devin Marble, as they do their own first-person investigations of the most frightening claims of paranormal activity along America’s remote back roads.
Fueled by eyewitness interviews and evidence collected with state-of-the-art equipment, the two teams will self-document their harrowing face-to-face encounters with the paranormal. The six episode series will feature examinations and investigations that will take the teams off the beaten path in Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Arkansas and Louisiana as they seek hellhounds, skin walkers, ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.
Haunted Highway is produced by Base Productions. John Brenkus, Mickey Stern and Ron Ziskin serve as executive producers.
Although there are a few things I’d like you to know...
- 7/3/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
The seemingly endless wait for the Syfy summer schedule is finally over! There is good news and bad, and one thing that is both good and bad. Let’s start with that: the Eureka Season Finale. We love Eureka, so every episode is good news; the fact that it’s a series finale, not so much. Mark your calendars – and have plenty of Kleenex in stock – for July 16 at 9/8c. Right after Comic-Con, which is early this year. We’ll see if that means a panel or not.
The good news: Warehouse 13 and Alphas return on July 23. The hmmm news is that Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10 on July 20. Hey That’S Haven’S Spot. So Where The Heck Is Haven? Admittedly we had a head’s up that Haven would be pushed to fall when we learned that the DVDs for Season 2 weren’t being released until September but Argh.
The good news: Warehouse 13 and Alphas return on July 23. The hmmm news is that Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10 on July 20. Hey That’S Haven’S Spot. So Where The Heck Is Haven? Admittedly we had a head’s up that Haven would be pushed to fall when we learned that the DVDs for Season 2 weren’t being released until September but Argh.
- 5/15/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Earlier today, reported on the news that Syfy would be adapting Stephen King’s The Eyes of the Dragon. Syfy has officially announced that project as part of their new development slate, which includes 28 new scripted and reality projects:
“New York – April 24, 2012 – Coming off Syfy’s most watched First Quarter ever in total viewers, Adults 18-34 and key women demos, Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe today ignited the imagination of the advertising community by unveiling the next phase of the channel’s largest original programming slate in history. This will feature Syfy’s most original primetime hours ever, a record 28 scripted and reality development projects and the 2013 premiere of the highly-anticipated Defiance, the visionary transmedia experience that will unite television and Massive Multiplayer Online (Mmo) gaming for the very first time.
Said Howe: “Syfy’s Upfront celebrates the power of Igniters, our influential audience who has the highly coveted...
“New York – April 24, 2012 – Coming off Syfy’s most watched First Quarter ever in total viewers, Adults 18-34 and key women demos, Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe today ignited the imagination of the advertising community by unveiling the next phase of the channel’s largest original programming slate in history. This will feature Syfy’s most original primetime hours ever, a record 28 scripted and reality development projects and the 2013 premiere of the highly-anticipated Defiance, the visionary transmedia experience that will unite television and Massive Multiplayer Online (Mmo) gaming for the very first time.
Said Howe: “Syfy’s Upfront celebrates the power of Igniters, our influential audience who has the highly coveted...
- 4/24/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Breaking News: Syfy Announces New Scripted and Reality Programming Including Stephen King Adaptation
Syfy is having its Upfront tonight, during which they present their schedule and slate of projects in development to potential advertisers, and the announcements are flowing. An adaptation of a Stephen King novel into a miniseries, a new Charlaine Harris weekly series, a great movie being adapted into a weekly series, and a whole load of new reality shows may be in our future. Where to begin? We’ll break this down into manageable bites, but have included the entire press release below for your study.
First up, new series! We’ve already told you about some of these, but now we’re getting official word. For scripted series, Syfy is now confirming that Defiance, the series that will affect and be affected by the game of the same name, will be coming in 2013.
All other new series on or soon to be on the schedule are unscripted/reality shows – eight of em!
First up, new series! We’ve already told you about some of these, but now we’re getting official word. For scripted series, Syfy is now confirming that Defiance, the series that will affect and be affected by the game of the same name, will be coming in 2013.
All other new series on or soon to be on the schedule are unscripted/reality shows – eight of em!
- 4/24/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
So what's next for the channel that has given us plenty of things that have gone bump in the night along with more CG monsters than anyone could possibly keep up with? Read on for details of Syfy's "upfront" presentation.
As you'd expect from a network named Syfy, several of these projects are more sci-fi than horror, but we thought we'd pass on all the news anyway:
From the Press Release:
Coming off Syfy’s most watched first quarter ever in total viewers, Adults 18-34 and key women demos, Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe today ignited the imagination of the advertising community by unveiling the next phase of the channel’s largest original programming slate in history. This will feature Syfy’s most original primetime hours ever, a record 28 scripted and reality development projects and the 2013 premiere of the highly-anticipated Defiance, the visionary transmedia experience that will unite...
As you'd expect from a network named Syfy, several of these projects are more sci-fi than horror, but we thought we'd pass on all the news anyway:
From the Press Release:
Coming off Syfy’s most watched first quarter ever in total viewers, Adults 18-34 and key women demos, Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe today ignited the imagination of the advertising community by unveiling the next phase of the channel’s largest original programming slate in history. This will feature Syfy’s most original primetime hours ever, a record 28 scripted and reality development projects and the 2013 premiere of the highly-anticipated Defiance, the visionary transmedia experience that will unite...
- 4/24/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Jeff Daniels is in talks to star opposite Patricia Heaton in TNT's telefilm The Goodbye Girl, Neil Simon's updated take on his 1977 feature. Goodbye, from Warner Bros. TV and TNT, centers on the relationship between a dumped-on divorcee (Heaton) and an aspiring actor (Daniels) who become unwilling co-tenants in a New York apartment. The original film starred Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss, both of whom landed Golden Globe awards and Oscar nominations for their performances. Dreyfuss won the Oscar. Simon is penning the remake and is executive producing with Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins, with Don Safran co-executive producing. Daniels most recently was seen in Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Clint Eastwood's Blood Work, the Civil War drama Gods and Generals and Super Sucker, which he also wrote and directed. He is repped by ICM.
Emmy-winning actress Patricia Heaton is in negotiations to star in TNT's telefilm The Goodbye Girl, Neil Simon's updated take on his 1977 feature, sources said. Goodbye, from Warner Bros. TV and TNT, centers on the relationship between a dumped-on divorcee (Heaton) and an aspiring actor who become unwilling co-tenants in a New York apartment. The original film starred Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss, who landed Golden Globe awards and Oscar nominations for their performances. Dreyfuss won the Oscar. Simon, who won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for his original Goodbye Girl screenplay, is penning the remake and is executive producing with Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins (Showtime's Stealing Sinatra) with Don Safran co-executive producing (HR 10/29). Heaton's role as no-nonsense mom Debra Barone on CBS' hit comedy Everybody Loves Raymond has earned her four consecutive Emmy nominations, with wins in 2000 and 2001. Her recent credits also include the CBS telefilm A Town Without Christmas. She is repped by UTA.
- 3/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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