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LotS on DVD this summer?

According to Elbakin.net, a French fantasy website, “Selon le producteur Robert Tapert, la première saison de Legend of the Seeker devrait arriver en DVD/Blu ray cet été (aux États-Unis). ”
i.e. “According to the producer Robert Tapert, the first season of Legend of the Seeker should arrive in DVD / Blu ray this summer (in the [...]

LotS to start airing in New Zealand in March 2009

Prime adds NZ-made Seeker to merry men band
Prime has pumped up its arsenal of fantasy shows with the Disney-ABC coup, Legend of the Seeker. The Rob Tapert-produced series for ABC Studios, which is shot in Auckland and syndicated on US TV stations, will launch here next month – not on TV2, which you’d expect [...]

Syndication Fantasy: ‘Seeker’ Renewed

Good news for fans! Let’s hope they take advantage of this to bring the series back more toward the books.
Disney-ABC Domestic Television’s “Legend of the Seeker” will continue for another season, as Tribune Broadcasting’s owned stations have renewed the weekend drama.
The sale means the first-run fantasy-adventure hour has been cleared in 35% of the [...]

Legend of the Seeker now available from Hulu.com!

Unfortunately for our overseas friends, it looks like only folks in the U.S. can access episodes on Hulu, but if you’re not signed up for the eps on iTunes, here’s a good alternative!
http://www.hulu.com/legend-of-the-seeker
(This is both a legal and free place to watch the series online.)

Michael Hurst to appear in Episode 12...

Michael Hurst to appear in Episode 12…

Thanks to the infinitely-connected MaryD at AUSXIP, there’s a bit of news about Michael Hurst showing up in LotS. (He played Iolaus in “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and in “Xena:Warrior Princess” – among other roles – and directed quite a few of the episodes of both shows.)
Gotta say I’m thrilled about this. Not [...]

Week 2 ratings…

Syndication Ratings: Syndies Step Up For November Sweeps
National ratings for the second week of Disney-ABC’s Legend of the Seeker were down 31% to a 2.0 following the highly anticipated two-hour premiere, with three million viewers tuning in. While the show was down overall, it was up in many big cities, including a 200% gain in [...]

Ratings: ‘Legend Of The Seeker’ Performing Well

In its first week on the air, Disney-ABC’s Legend of the Seeker scored a 2.9 live plus same day household rating, with more than 4.1 million viewers tuning in the for the fantasy hour’s two-hour premiere on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2. That’s 53% higher than the premiere rating of syndication’s last major [...]

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Screengrabs from “Prophecy” finished (finally!)

Just finished up taking and posting screengrabs from “Prophecy”. You can find all 140 in the Galleries.
Next….”Destiny”!

News from the LotS Facebook site:

DON’T MISS THE NEW “LEGEND OF THE SEEKER” EPISODE THIS WEEKEND! BRIDGET REGAN IS ON JIMMY KIMMEL’S SHOW TONIGHT ON ABC!
Darken Rahl puts a bounty on the Seeker’s head, turning Richard Cypher from hunter to hunted. Ted Raimi guest stars as a maker of magical maps who sends the bounty hunters on Richard’s trail. Go [...]

WGN to re-air LotS premiere Wed. 8e/5p

If you missed it over the weekend, and you have WGN, they’ll be re-airing the 2-hour premiere Wednesday night at 8pm eastern/5pm pacific.
Thanks to rainshadow over at terrygoodkind.com for the heads-up!