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TV on DVD: October 12, 2010

The Tudors final season DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday:

  • Angel (Complete Series)
  • The Commish (Complete Series)
  • CSI: Miami (Season 8)
  • The Dead Zone (Complete Series)
  • Dexter’s Laboratory (Season 1)
  • Dollhouse (Season 2)
  • Ghost Whisperer (Season 5)
  • Inspector Lewis (Series 3)
  • In Treatment (Season 2)
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (Season 2)
  • Renegade (Complete Series)
  • Santa Baby 2 (TV Movie)
  • The Tudors (Final Season)
  • Wolverine and the X-Men (Complete Series)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Google’s Taking Over TV, Too

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: HBO, Internet, News,

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It’s official: Google is in charge of the modern world. The Internet giant recently signed a deal which brings together HBO, Netflix, Pandora and the NBA under a new banner: Google TV.

It’s all part of Google’s multimillion-channel TV system, which will launch in the fall. The system runs on Google’s Android OS, making it possible for Web viewers to watch content on their television sets. And next fall, Google’s going to present Google Mind, which allows users to plug their brains directly into their computer systems. (We’re just kidding about that last bit … or, are we?)

NBC Universal, Time Warner and Twitter will also be involved, offering apps which will allow users to access content from their TVs. alone plans to offer 600-plus hours of programming (which just about covers the first two seasons of The Sopranos), and the NBA has created an app which will keep viewers updated on games and scores in real time. Google is hinting that even more news will unfold in the next few weeks.

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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (9/24)

Boardwalk Empire

Here’s an update on the shows you’ll be seeing more of in the months to come:

 

EXTENSIONS
  • Hellcats (CW) - Six more scripts ordered
  • One Tree Hill (CW) - Six more scripts ordered

 

RENEWALS
  • Army Wives (Lifetime) - Season 5
  • The Big C (Showtime) - Season 2
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO) - Season 2
  • Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime) - Season 3
  • Dual Survival (Discovery) - Season 2

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Preview Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood in Mildred Pierce

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Cable, HBO, Video,


Could this be the event that brings viewers back to HBO?

Early next year, Oscar winner Kate Winslet will be featured in , a five-part miniseries based on the James Cain novel. (Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her role in a 1945 adaptation.) The Depression-era set tale centers on Pierce (Winslet), a mother who fights to maintain a middle-class position for her family, and the troubled relationship with her daughter (True Blood‘s Evan Rachel Wood).

Mildred—directed by Far From Heaven‘s Todd Haynes—will debut in the spring.

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TV Talk: High Interest in Law & Order: LA, Low Numbers for HBO

Law & Order: Los Angeles-Which new shows are you looking forward to checking out? According to a TiVo poll, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-0 are the most-anticipated programs of the upcoming season.

-When is an Oscar nominee not considered “famous enough”? When her name is Carey Mulligan. The Wall Street 2 star says she would love to be in Glee, but she’s apparently not recognizable enough for a cameo.

-Has HBO lost some of its appeal? Despite shows like True Blood, Entourage and Hung, the cable channel’s second quarter audience numbers were the lowest in four years. New series Boardwalk Empire begins this Sunday.

-Sunday Night Football, though, is doing just fine for NBC. This weekend’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins scored the best overnight ratings for any opener—on a Sunday or Monday—in 13 years.


TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (9/2)

Hung

Here’s an update on the shows you’ll be seeing more of in the months to come:

 

RENEWALS
  • America’s Got Talent (NBC) - Season 6
  • Hung (HBO) - Season 3
  • I Love Money (VH1) - Season 4
  • Memphis Beat (TNT) - Season 2
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo) - Season 3
  • The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo) - Season 4
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC) - Season 6

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TV Talk: Kevin Spacey’s HBO Series, Fantasia’s Promotional Tour

Kevin Spacey-Oscar winner Kevin Spacey could be making a home on television. The American Beauty star is in talks to play a cult leader in a The Crux, a new HBO series. Details on the project are scarce.

-A reported suicide attempt won’t keep Fantasia Barrino from a publicity tour. The former American Idol winner will being promoting her new album next week. First up, an appearance on GMA on August 24.

-Will Jet Blue steward Steven Slater slide his way onto a television show? Stone Entertainment has reportedly offered the flight attendant a chance to host a reality series about disgruntled employees and their dramatic exits.

-The Office will soon be opening a new headquarters overseas. Creator Ricky Gervais has announced that a Chinese version of the comedy is currently in development. The U.S. version will start Season 7 on September 23.


TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (8/19)

Eureka

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

 

EXTENSIONS
  • The Antonio Treatment (HGTV) - Additional 13 episodes ordered
  • Are We There Yet? (TBS) - Additional 90 episodes ordered
  • Minute to Win It (NBC) - Additional 24 episodes ordered

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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (6/30)

Party Down

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

 

EXTENSIONS
  • Pretty Little Liars (TV Guide) - **Twelve more episodes ordered**

 

RENEWALS
  • True Blood (HBO) - Season 4

 

CANCELLATIONS
  • Party Down (Starz)
  • Gravity (Starz)

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TV Talk: Lower Numbers for Entourage, Longer Episodes for Project Runway

Thomas Jane-Enthusiasm for the men of HBO was down this summer. Viewer numbers for the Sunday premieres of Entourage and Hung were down 25% and 13% respectively.

-Would you be enthusiastic to watch The Office without Steve Carell? The NBC star thinks his eventual exit could bring a “dynamic change” to the comedy.

-Change will also be coming to Project Runway. The Lifetime reality program will expand to 90 minutes per episode when it returns on July 29.

-Expect more drama ahead for The Real Housewives of Atlanta. According to a report, NeNe Leakes - who recently had a nose job - is splitting from Greg, her husband of 14 years.

-The soon-to-be canceled As the World Turns nabbed three Daytime Emmys for acting over the weekend. The Bold and the Beautiful won for Best Drama.


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