The Seeker’s Omnibus

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Disney-ABC’s new, first-run weekly hour, Legend of the Seeker, turned in respectable premiere ratings, improving its time periods by an average of 15% compared to the prior month. Legend of the Seeker scored a 1.5 rating/3 share primary-run average among 54 metered markets.
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Snippet of an interview with Bridget on SciFi.com:
“The world is not the world that we know,” Regan said in an interview. “It’s a world of magic, and there are different rules, because different things exist, different creatures and laws of who has what power and on and on. For example, I have a magical power. [...]

A nice interview with a little background on Bridget…
Seeker, filmed in New Zealand, is based on the Sword of Truth fantasy novel series by Terry Goodkind. Regan plays Kahlan Amnell, a mystical woman who protects a young man with a heroic destiny.
“This is a real step out of my zone,” she said — and not [...]

Come with me now to a time of magic! A time when the green woods were alive with wizards and witches, and a hero and heroine rose to defend the defenseless from those who would oppress and enslave them.
I refer, of course, to the 1990s. Then it was that “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and “Xena: [...]

An excerpt:
What, if anything, did you know about Wizard’s First Rule?
Horner: When I first heard about the audition, I didn’t know much, but I have a friend who’s a writer, and he’s a big fan of the books. He was like, “Dude, dude, you have to do this. It’s amazing.” He’d read four or [...]

New article on SciFi.com (short interview with Bridget Regan)…
I’m curious though….”Regan (New Amsterdam)”…?? Someone ’splain please.
Bridget Regan, star of the upcoming syndicated fantasy TV show Legend of the Seeker, told SCI FI Wire that episodes will spin one-off stories while following the basic trajectory of the fantasy book Wizard’s First Rule, on which the [...]

Phooey on them. I’ll let you read it for yourself.
WARNING!! SPOILERS!!
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938847.html?categoryid=32&cs=1&nid=25

Woot!
Disney-ABC Domestic Television Offers First Look at Highly-Anticipated Series, Legend of the Seeker
30-Minute Preview of Nationally Syndicated Action-Adventure Epic Available as a Free Download Exclusively on the iTunes Store
BURBANK, Calif., Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Action-adventure fans can enjoy a first look of the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series “Legend of the Seeker” [...]

IN the world of television, it’s nearly impossible to go wrong with a sweaty, half-naked hunk chopping wood in slow motion. But Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert know that better than anybody.
Before Mr. Raimi went off to turn “Spider-Man” into a multibillion-dollar movie franchise, the two men were credited with creating a genre of television [...]

Part 2 of 2 of a Scifi.com interview with Sam Raimi & Rob Tapert:
In part two of our Q&A with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, executive producers of the upcoming syndicated television series Legend of the Seeker, they talk about diverging from the books, how the first-run syndication landscape has evolved since they produced Xena: [...]