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Show 'Starter Wife' restarts on USA in October mi USA has set an October premiere date for the return of the g original "The Starter Wife." run of "The The Starter Wife" will launch on Friday, Oct. 10 on USA. It's unclear if this is counted as the second season for "Starter Wife," or a first season spun off of USA's hit 2007 Emmy-winnin- 4'R 1 DVDVideo releases 'Shine a Light' CBS Ascenerom"NCS." viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week that ended Sunday. Prime-tim- e 1. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 13.24 million viewers. ABC, 9.99 million viewers. 3. "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 9.76 million viewers. 4. "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.52 million viewers. 5. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday), Fox, 8.60 million view- CBS, 8.52 million viewers. 7. "Criminal Minds," lion viewers. CBS, 8.44 mil- 8. "So You Think Can Dance" (Thursday), Fox, 8.38 million viewers. 9. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 8.13 million viewers. 10. "House," Fox, 7.90 million viewers. Bestseller List HARDCOVER FICTION 1. TRIBUTE, by Nora Roberts 2. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski 3. RULES OF DECEPTION, by Christopher Reich 4. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer 5. THE LAST PATRIOT, by Brad Thor HARDCOVER NONACTION 1. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris 2. LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA, by Christopher with Wendy Leigh Ciccone 3. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler 4. THE DARK SIDE, by Jane Mayer : and Sara Parriott and life focuses on the of Molly Kagan, played again by Debra Messing. "The Starter Wife" is being post-divor- filmed entirely in Los Angeles. going through the motions in concert alongside Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. The DVD and Blu-ra- y disc come with four extra performances, among them "Paint It Black," plus a s segment. ' V USA spots DVD, $29.99; Blu-ra- y, ' The summer hit "In Plain Sight" will return for a second season, USA announced. The "In Plain Sight" renewal is hardly a surprise given that New Line Cinema $39.99. John Cho left stars as Harold and Kal Penn right stars as Kumar in New Line Cinema's release "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay." (Paramount) 'Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" John Cho and Kal Perm return for another road-tri- p adventure in this follow-u- p to their cult comedy "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle." The sequel picks up moments where the first flick left off, with the bright, resourceful pot smoking duo having satisfied their munchies and preparing for a trip to Amsterdam. Mistakenly branded as terrorists en route, they end up on the run from Guantanamo, encountering Southern inbreeders, George W. Bush and, once again, Neil Patrick d Harris as a partying version of himself. The movie sex-fien- s comes in a single-dis- c DVD or Blu-ra- y and two-dis- c DVD releases with bare-bone- an unrated version, deleted scenes, commentary and a digital copy of the movie for computers and portable players. DVD, $28.98; DVD set, $34.99; $35.99. (New Line) is Also debuting on Blu-ra- y "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," $28.99. (New Line) Single-dis- c two-dis- c Blu-ra- 'Never Back Down' It's the same old story: Teen moves to a new school, more 'In Plain Sight' behind-the-scene- -- New York Times miniseries. Based on the bestselling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer, "The Starter Wife" is executive produced by Josann McGib-bo- n "The Last Waltz." Yet Scorsese's rock documentary on the Stones seems 20 years too late, catching Mick Jagger energetically but predictably ers. 6. "NCIS," t rock soundtrack and made the great rock documentary TV Ratings 2. "Wipeout," It sounds like a match made in rock 'n' roll heaven: The Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese, who blazed trails . when he loaded his early film "Mean Streets" with a hip meets a babe, gets beaten silly by her boyfriend then learns mixed martial arts to avoid another thrashing. Sean Far is stars as the new kid, who finds a mentor in a martial-art- s trainer (Djimon Hounsou), his lessons preparing him for a rematch and inevitably imparting wisdom on when to refrain from fighting. The movie arrives in an unrated extended cut in the release and two-dis- c DVD set, both containing deleted scenes, commentary with the cast and director Jeff Wadlow, plus a couple of featurettes. The theatrical version is available on a single-dis- c DVD, with commentary and deleted footage. Blu-ra- y DVD, $26.99; two-dis- c DVD set, $32.99; Blu-ra$34.99. (Summit) Single-dis- c The Band's Visit' Adult band geeks from Egypt show up in dorky uniforms in a sleepy Israeli town. So begins this little marvel from writer-directEran Kolirin, who spins a quiet charmer about cultural chasms narrowed through the power of music. The simple story follows the misadventures of a police band with a stoic yet supremely compassionate leader (Sasson Gabai), the group traveling far off course for their performance at an Arab Cultural Center in Israel, where they get stranded in the wrong town among curious locals including a vivacious diner owner (Ronit Elkabetz). The DVD includes a making-o- f featurette. DVD, $28.96. (Sony) the series has been cable's top new scripted series of 2008, averaging 5.22 million viewers per episode since it premiered at the beginning of June. USA has ordered 16 episodes for the second "In Plain Sight" season. Production is expected to begin in October in and around Albuquerque, with Paul Stupin staying on as executive producer. "In Plain Sight" has helped USA become the top cable network in its Sunday time slot, also averaging 2.21 million viewers in the 1849 demo and 2.56 million among adults The drama has also audik retained its ence, with its July 13 episode delivering the largest overall viewership since its premiere and showing improvements in most key demos over the pre25-5- week-to-wee- TV on DVD "Stargate: Continuum" History is rewritten in this second straight-to-DVfollow-u- p of the sci-f- i show " reuniting "Stargate cast members Richard Dean Anderson, Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black and Michael Shanks. The movie-lengt- h adventure pits the gang against old enemy Ba'al, who goes back in time to prevent humanity from using its ancient Stargate so he can lord it over Earth The DVD and Blu-ra- y disc have filmmaker commentary and three featurettes. DVD, vious episode. SG-1,- $26.98; Blu-ra- $39.98. (20th Century Fox) David Germain The Associated Ben Affleck, Jennifer Gamer expecting second child Victor Garber, who played Jennifer Garner's father on "Alias," confirmed the speculation that the actress is indeed pregnant with her second child with husband Ben Affleck, reports Usmagazine.com. Garner, 36, has been wearg ing tops of late, fueling rumors that she's ex-- 1 loose-fittin- pecting. Presst Zap2it.com. |