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Google’s Taking Over TV, Too
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: HBO, Internet, News,
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. HBO 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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NHL and HBO team up for reality series
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: NHL,
When the NHL started its “Winter Classic” tradition a few years ago, it received a lot of praise for coming up with a style of game that embraced its roots and actually generated some interest in hockey from those who normally wouldn’t dare ever watch the ice-bound sport. This year, they’re hoping to build on its success by pitting the game’s two biggest players – Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin – against each other. Also, they’ve tapped HBO to create a reality series documenting the road leading up to January’s outdoor game.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (9/24)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, FOX, HBO, Showtime, The CW, So You Think You Can Dance, Renewals,
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 Mildred Pierce, 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.
Read More | The Live Feed
TV Talk: High Interest in Law & Order: LA, Low Numbers for HBO
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Sports, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, DVR, Ratings,
-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)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, HBO, NBC, TNT-HD, Renewals,
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
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, HBO, The Office, Rumors,
-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)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, Syndication, Cancellations, Renewals,
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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Comic Con International 2010: Super Ray and Dean Haspiel
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Reviews, Television, IDW Publishing,
One of the things I enjoy most about the San Diego Comic Con is that I can always find stuff I didn’t know existed before I trundled down an aisle and stumbled across it.
The Birth Of Super Ray was one of those. Created by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel, and published by IDW, the black-and-white, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch, ashcan-sized delight ties into Ames’ TV series, Bored To Death on HBO. You know, the one with Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson and Jason Schwartzman.
The Birth Of Super Ray stars a stylized Galifianakis as a guy who - thanks to a subway accident - inadvertently becomes Super Ray, a character that the Galifianakis character created as a webcomic. Now, Super Ray has “a great responsibility to guard and protect Brooklyn.” The Birth of Super Ray is a fun, silly comic; a great freebie to drop into my bag as I made the rounds. My only “complaint” is that the whole thing wasn’t in color. The cover coloring is so awesome, I’d've liked to have seen it throughout.
If you missed your copy, you can download it from the HBO website.
[Artwork: Cover to The Birth of Super Ray, © HBO]
TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (6/30)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, HBO, Cancellations, Renewals,
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)
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
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