Legend of the Seeker gets 2nd season

tvweek.com is reporting that Legend of the Seeker has been renewed for its second season.

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 country and seven of the top 10 markets for the 2009-10. “‘Legend of the Seeker,’ the No. 1 new first-run syndicated show of the 2008-09 season, has proven to be a great fit for our Tribune launch group,” Janice Marinelli, president of Disney-ABC Domestic Television, said in a statement. “We’re enormously pleased with their confidence in this exciting new scripted hour and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with them into ‘Seeker’s’ second season,” she said. “We are thrilled with Disney’s commitment to this production,” Sean Compton, senior vice president of programming at Tribune Broadcasting, said in a statement.

Woohoo! Nice to see another genre show getting some love. :D

Eric Kripke speaks out on the passing of Supernatural Executive Producer and Director Kim Manners

From Holly Ollis, publicist at Warner Bros.

Supernatural executive producer and director Kim Manners passed away last night in Los Angeles, following a battle with cancer.  Below please find a statement from “Supernatural” creator and executive producer Eric Kripke:

"Everyone at 'Supernatural' is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated.  Kim was a brilliant director; more than that, he was a mentor and friend.  He was one of the patriarchs of the family, and we miss him desperately.  He gave so much to 'Supernatural,' and everything we do on the show, now and forever, is in memory of him."



Edit:

Frank Spotnitz, longtime writer and producer of The X-Files, posted the following in his blog:

"Kim had a blazing intensity that inspired everyone -- writers, producers, actors and crew. "Kick it in the ass!" he'd say to us. And "I love you," really meaning it. As long as he'd been a director, he never lost his passion for his work. Every time he got a script, he gave it his all. He was driven to execute what he saw in his mind's eye in the most powerful and beautiful way he could. On "The X-Files," the friendly sparring between Kim and Rob Bowman to see who could out-direct the other was a beautiful competition between two fiercely talented friends. Kim was an incredible force of life. It is hard for me to believe or accept that he is gone."

Edit II:

If anyone reading this knows the proper place for condolences to be sent, and/or a charity fans can contribute to in Kim's memory, please comment here or email me at hanncoll@livejournal.com.

Edit III:

Jim Beaver has written a lovely obituary for Kim HERE.

 I have never
had such fun working with a director, and Kim became a dear friend.  He was
the willing butt of the enormous humor on that set, most of it from the two
leads, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, who delighted in tormenting him,
and he was as good at giving it as taking it.  He was an AMAZING director,
who knew everything I can imagine a director might need or want to know
about directing television.  And he was one of the very best people, one of
the very best friends, a person might ever want to have.