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Army Wives Re-Enlist on Lifetime
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Cable, Renewals, Video,
Lifetime’s runaway success Army Wives will return this summer for a third season. The second season of the show, which finished it run in November 2008, drew more than 80 million total viewers.The series has already been picked up by the cable network for a fourth season.
Army Wives focuses on a group of wives, and one husband, whose spouses are actively serving their country. The show, set on a military post, has been critically acclaimed and well-received by fans. Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara, Sterling K. Brown, Wendy Davis, Drew Fuller, Terry Serpico, Katelyn Pippy and Catherine Bell make up the cast.
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Exclusive: Twitter and Facebook widgets coming to FiOS TV
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Internet,
Earlier we posted a fairly in-depth piece looking at some of the upcoming FiOS TV features, but we figured some of you might just be interested in this juicy tidbit. We know a bunch of you are addicted to Twitter and/or Facebook, and if you are a Verizon FiOS TV subscriber, you’ll be interested to know that both are going to be integrated into your television viewing experience by way of widgets.
The Twitter integration is particularly cool, as the widget will give you a look at what people are saying about the show you are currently watching. Could be fun for sports, or reality shows. Not so much for Keeping Up with the Kardashians (hat tip to Jason on that one.)
We have no timeline for when the widgets will be pushed out, but we do know that they are currently in beta.
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Howie Mandel to Host Game Show Awards
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Games, Reality, Cable, Amazing Race, The, American Idol, Gossip,
The Game Show Network will sponsor the first-ever game show awards, an event that will celebrate everything the cable channel loves about televising gaming. Howie Mandel will emcee the event, which airs June 6 at 8pm ET on GSN.
“I want the game show awards to be unlike any awards show on television,” Mandel said in a recent statement. “We’ll see what happens.” Mandel’s comedic career enjoyed renewed success with the launch of Deal or No Deal, which became a hit for NBC. Mandel was nominated for an Emmy in 2008 by virtue of his work on the show.
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Arr, Matey: Spike TV Docudrama Details Pirate Pursuits
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Reality, Cable, Gossip,
Spike TV is all set to present Pirate Hunters: USN, which comes just on the wake of national news involving Somali pirates. The series showcases the U.S. Navy’s pursuit of pirates and piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
Though the series is in the same locale where piracy made recent headlines, the deal has already been in the works for months. The Navy has allowed cameras aboard the USS San Antonio and the USS Boxer, the latter of which was part of the recent rescue effort.
A Pirate Hunters pilot is in the works, but there’s no word on when it will air.
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DTV Transition Makes Man Shoot TV
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV,
We thought it most amusing when we learned that Elvis shot his TV when he would see Robert Goulet, but we guess this man took that kind of anger a bit too far. A man in Joplin, Mo. got so irritated at the DTV transition that when he lost his cable and couldn’t get the converter to work, he shot his television. Apparently, he had been drinking at the time, still that was an extreme reaction. He was charged with unlawful use of a firearm.
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Bullrun: The Great Reality Show You Probably Don’t Know About
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Cable, Gossip, Video,
Looking for an adrenaline rush with your reality TV? Want something high-speed to kick your evening into high gear? The original series Bullrun has it all - speed, horsepower, an exciting race, team tension and drama, drama, drama. It’s even got Bill Goldberg.
Speed is one of those channels that’s pretty high up on the dial, putting Bullrun outside the cable reality loop. There is something of an Amazing Race feel to the format - teams of two are racing to a finish line to win. Each team strives to race between check points and eventually to a finish line at the end of the day. Bullrun, however, comes with its own unique twists and turns.
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Get in Trouble with Chris Brown and Rihanna
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, Cable, MTV, Gossip,
Cable TV is capitalizing on the scandalous post-Grammy headlines that paint Chris Brown as a woman-beater and Rihanna a victim. They were two young, hot popstars. Now, they’re young, even hotter tabloid fodder. Want to see one version of this relationship?
MTV will air Chris Brown & Rihanna: Love in Trouble on Monday night at 6pm EST. A presentation of MTV News, the special will be studded with specialists, journalists and other “experts” who will provide “insight” and “commentary” into how the recent events might unfold in the future. An audience of young Brown and Rihanna fans will pepper the stands, offering their take on the events.
The relationship between the pair, which lasted for about a year, will be retold and explored during the special. It will also delve into Brown’s background, which is said to be fraught with abuse. A relationship expert will also participate, offering insight and advice to help young people face domestic violence in their own relationships.
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Watch United States of Tara Now
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Cable, Showtime, Video,
Earlier this week, we told you how to gain advanced - and free - access to an upcoming Showtime premiere. Now we’ve made it one step easier for you.
In the clip above, you can preview an edited version of United States of Tara. In the new series, Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense) stars as a married mother of two dealing with multiple personalities.
Like what you see? Then make sure you have your Showtime membership in place when the program makes its official debut on January 18th.
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Watch Showtime Premieres Without a Subscription
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Cable, Showtime, Internet, News,
Still deciding whether to renew your Showtime subscription? Maybe some free previews will help.
On Thursday, January 8th, Netflix will offer advanced access to United States of Tara. The series - which won’t officially debut until January 18 - lists Steven Spielberg and Diablo Cody as two of the program’s executive producers. Cody (Juno) also penned the show’s pilot.
Tara tells the story of a woman (Toni Collette) with dissociative identity disorder (a.k.a. multiple personalities). John Corbett (Sex and the City), Brie Larson and Keir Gilchrist play the family members who must deal with the appearances of the “provocative teenager,” the “gun-toting Vietnam vet” and the “Betty Crocker homemaker.”
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Gov. Paterson Proposes iPod Tax
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Movies, Music,
New York’s Governor David Paterson is trying to come up with creative ways to pad the state’s $15.4 billion deficit. One of these is an “iPod tax” that would charge for downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.” In addition, cable and satellite TV services, movie tickets, taxis, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages will also be taxed. The proposal must still get legislative approval and we expect that if it passes, there may be an influx of New Yorkers flooding to places like New Jersey to get their tunes.
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