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Date Posted: 14:35:35 12/07/05 Wed
Author: Kathy
Subject: Here's some really cool scoop on The Triangle. It shattere rating records. This is so cool. Go CB!

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
'THE TRIANGLE' SCORES!
Released by Sci Fi

'THE TRIANGLE' SCORES!

NIGHT ONE OF SCI FI'S ORIGINAL MINISERIES 'THE TRIANGLE' SHATTERS RATINGS RECORDS

NEW YORK, NY--December 6, 2005--The premiere of Night One of SCI FI Channel's Original Miniseries 'The Triangle' averaged a 3.7HH rating and over 4.3 million viewers (P2+) in its 9-11pm block! Night One of 'The Triangle' is the highest-rated program to air on SCI FI since 2003 and is the Channel's highest-rated and most watched miniseries premiere night since the Emmy Award-winning 'Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN' (12/2/2002, 4.9 HH/6.1 million P2+).

SCI FI's audience of over 4.3 million bests the #2 entertainment program of the day, Nickelodeon's 5pm telecast of Spongebob, by nearly half a million viewers. 'The Triangle' also delivered more total viewers than Fox's 'Arrested Development' (4.1 million P2+) and 'Kitchen Confidential' (3.1 million P2+), as well as all programs on the WB and UPN.

'The Triangle' was the #1 non-sports program on cable Monday--second only to WWE's 'Monday Night Raw' on USA--in HH ratings and P2+ audience delivery. SCI FI's miniseries 'The Triangle' continues tonight @9pm and concludes on Wednesday, December 7.

In the tradition of SCI FI's blockbuster December miniseries events 'Legend of Earthsea,' 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN' and 'Frank Herbert's Dune,' 'The Triangle' has wowed audiences and brought in record ratings for the Channel.

'The Triangle' marks the first collaboration between Hollywood filmmaking talents Bryan Singer ('X-Men,' 'Superman Returns') and Dean Devlin ('Independence Day'), with a teleplay by Rockne S. O'Bannon from a story by O'Bannon and Singer & Devlin. In the SCI FI Channel miniseries, billionaire Eric Benirall (Sam Neill) is losing his cargo ships and their crews at a frightening pace-and now, he wants answers. Looking to put an end to these disappearances once and for all, Benirall commissions a diverse team of discipline-specific experts, to get to the bottom of this legendary anomaly.

Benirall's handpicked team features lead skeptic and Florida-based tabloid journalist Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), deep ocean resource engineer Emily Patterson (Catherine Bell), meteorologist/adventurer Bruce Geller (Michael Rodgers) and psychic Stan Lathem (Bruce Davison). Pulled together with the promise of limitless funding for their research and the chance for once-in-a-lifetime riches, the team sets out to solve this most daunting of puzzles. Deepening the mystery is Meeno Paloma's (Lou Diamond Phillips) first-hand encounter with the deadly forces at work in the Triangle. The lone survivor of a Greenpeace expedition lost at sea, Meeno is having difficulty readjusting to the life he had before that fateful expedition. A research expedition with the promise of riches soon becomes a frantic, head-turning ride through the unstoppable force that is 'The Triangle.'

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[> According to Zap2it, Part 2 did just as well as Part 1, this is a ratings winner for Sci Fi! That's good to hear! -- Jennifer, 19:32:42 12/07/05 Wed

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[> Amazing what a little advertising can do, huh? Wonder what would have happened if CBS/Paramount had....never mind. Too late. -- Deemus, 20:46:29 12/07/05 Wed

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[> [> It wasn't just advertising Deemus....you had two very big producers in Devlin & Singer (Independence Day, X-Men, the next Superman) you had 3 male actors who are well-known Neill, Stoltz, Phillips (Jurassic Park, Hunt for Red October, Memphis Belle, Mask, La Bamba, Courage Under Fire) Bruce Davison has been in the business 30+ years, Catherine coming off of JAG, etc....Sure it was promoted, but it also had a good team behind & infront of the cameras. I'm glad for them all, & glad that our JAG crew is finding work. -- Jennifer, 23:32:38 12/07/05 Wed

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[> [> [> I didn't mean to sound as if I were putting down the show--I'm certainly not. I've taped it (it was on too late for me!) and I'll watch it this weekend. I was remembering all our griping about how little JAG was promoted and advertised. -- Deemus, 19:59:15 12/08/05 Thu

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[> [> [> [> Oh I agree with on CBS and the fact that they never seem care enough to promote JAG....And I'm not saying that promotion didn't help, but there were lots of factors IMHO that made The Triangle the success that it was :) -- Jennifer, 10:36:55 12/09/05 Fri

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[> [> [> [> [> I only watched Triangle because of CB -- p, 20:32:33 12/09/05 Fri

To me the show was a real dud. None of the actors or characters did anything for me.

The story line was less than stellar. Lou Diamond character was a waste to the story. It added nothing other than to give the impression that the Triangle had an effect on life outside the triangle.

it was nice to see him end up with boy number two.

Triangle did pose intersting questions during the first part.

What happened to the passengers?
Why was the little girl the only one left?
Why were there so many sluggish sharks around?

Obviously the plane went through a vortex, but how did the little girl survive for 60 years?

CB or Emily's vision gave many answers to those questions. She saw the plane sinking in the water. Many of the passengers got out, but were in the water. Many I must assume were injured and bleeding enough to attract the sharks.

So the sharks arrived and ate all the surviving passengers before the rescue ship arrived with the FAB FOUR.

As for the girl, she had gone to the restroom. She didn't get out before the plane went back in time.

But how did she survive? It surely was quite cold. Regular food sources would run out within several months to a year. I suppose she could have eaten the dead corpses, but how long would they be edible to eat?

What about drinking water? Surely there wasn't enough air on board for sixty years even if the girl sept 90% of the time.

In the end the movie was 6 hours long. It easily could have been cut down to 2 hours, even 1.

A 6 hour movie only gave them more opportunity to sell more ads to pay their stars, only CB was worth watching.

Other than CB the only part of the movie worth watching was the end when we see all the planes and ships together converging in one time period. It was an amazing sight.

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[> Im really enjoying this mini-series seeing CB and the head honchos involved on this project --big fan of them too. -- Lorey, 21:50:37 12/07/05 Wed

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The hype maching helps but dont underestimate scifi fanbases and new viewers tuning in too. Plus TPTB behind this effort have a huge following and such confidence from the biz and many viewers.Hats off to all those involved and so cool for Bell to be part of this. -- Ethel, 00:57:41 12/08/05 Thu

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Hype or not when its a true find and viewers like it then ratings climb up.No matter the hype but when the something sucks people will slowly tune out and ratings on the second half or next night falters not improve. My grade: B+ -- M, 02:30:16 12/08/05 Thu

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[> I want it already on dvd. -- Keith, 11:39:02 12/08/05 Thu

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Thumbs up on the Triangle too. -- Agorra11, 20:46:24 12/08/05 Thu

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Its really a watercooler on our Dark Horizon board and we cant stop talking about Bell. -- Eric, 01:31:01 12/09/05 Fri

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[> Our Jag/Lost board had a blast watching CBell and The Triangle. -- Jim, 18:55:49 12/09/05 Fri

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Will they repeat again because I missed it. I was too sick with the flu to watch. -- Beverly, 16:46:35 12/10/05 Sat

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[> Triangle Rateings. -- Louise, 06:34:10 12/12/05 Mon

Hi Kathy. Thankful the ratings were high. "Triangle" entire episodes were on all afternoon yesterday, could you
possibly see what the ratings were for Sunday?

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[> I wonna buy CB's miniseries on DVD. -- Jeda, 22:33:09 12/14/05 Wed

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[> I really enjoues it but I just didnt get the last half hour or the explanation. Didnt make any sense to me -- Karen, 03:04:25 12/17/05 Sat

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[> [> I caught up with the reruns and truly enjoyed it eventho Im not scifi nut. CB was great and my thanks to all those involved in this miniseries production. -- Annlovell, 04:01:43 12/17/05 Sat

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[> [> [> The Bell actress is hot. -- Jeff, 14:07:19 12/20/05 Tue

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