TV on DVD: January 29, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Cable, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, TNT-HD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Volume 5)
- Chancer (Season 2)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 6)
- Damages (Season 1)
- Emergency! (Season 4)
- JAG (Season 5)
- Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
- Ranma 1/2: Martial Mayhem (Season 5)
- 60 Minutes: The Face Behind Facebook
- 60 Minutes: The King of Sushi
- 60 Minutes: The War Against Women
- Spongebob SquarePants: To Love A Patty
- Thomas the Tank Engine: Thomas and the Treasure
- Witchblade (Volume 4)
(Click here to see the HD DVD and Blu-ray options for this week.)
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2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Extras, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Office, The Sopranos,
Thanks to the cancelation of the Golden Globes ceremony, the hottest ticket in town was tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Without a picket line to cross, celebrities from TV and Film were allowed to celebrate - and commiserate - together for the first time in a long while.
For star-deprived fans, the SAG red carpet was also a treat for sore eyes. What were our favorite actresses wearing? What were the latest trends? Which dresses were going to be copied by Allen Schwartz tomorrow?
Unfortunately, the evening was not all about partying. The recent deaths of Suzanne Pleshette and Heath Ledger cast a somber tone on what would normally be a festive occasion. Thankfully, tonight was not about dissecting their lives, but merely about honoring them.
Meanwhile, the neglected winners of this month’s Globes were also hoping to get a share of the honors. If they were able to pull off another victory tonight, maybe they would have a chance to give the speech they already had written.
Well, without further ado, here’s the play-by-play of tonight’s events coming to you from the fashionably late West Coast!
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Writers Return to ‘Mad Men’, ‘Weeds’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Cable, Showtime, Announcements, News, Renewals,
Thanks to an interim deal between Lionsgate and the WGA, fans of at least two scripted programs have the comfort of knowing their shows will eventually return.
Because they are part of Lionsgate Television, production on both Mad Men and Weeds can once again resume. Writing on the AMC drama was scheduled to begin way back on November 7th. Meanwhile, this recent turn of events has proved quite timely for the Showtime series; work on the 4th season was originally slated to start about now.
As a bonus, AMC has just started re-airing episodes from Mad Men’s first season. Those interested in catching up on the Golden Globe-award winning series should set their DVRs for Sunday nights @ midnight (12am on Mondays).
Variety
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Cable news network CNN will try something never-before-seen for this year’s exciting election coverage: they’re going to squeeze all the fun out of it with consecutive forty-hour live coverage. And you thought they couldn’t possibly make poll results more uninteresting.
February’s “Super Tuesday” is the event. Coverage begins at six in the morning Feb. 5, when polls open in more than twenty states. The coverage ends at 11 pm the following Wednesday. Results of the polls won’t even be available until well into the evening of Feb. 5, but that’s not stopping CNN. Meanwhile, the network will show live coverage of candidates through the weekend, including debates. It’s all the politics you can stand, complete with tired TV anchors and plenty of pretty poll graphs. But don’t let’s get too far ahead of ourselves…the White House isn’t empty yet.
So that no one forgets we still have a President in office, George W. Bush (Dubya) will preempt network programming this coming Monday night for an hour-and-a-half-long State of the Union address. I always have a bad feeling when one of these occurs, fearful as always that the US is about to declare war on yet another country. But who knows? Maybe he’s just going to give us all health care instead of going to war. That’ll be that day.
Hollywood Reporter
Gallery: CNN: In it for the Long Haul
Reality Renewals: ‘D-List’, ‘Inn Love’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Renewals,
After three years toiling her way through the bottom of the celebrity barrel, comedienne Kathy Griffin has not quite worked her way up. (Or so she says.) Thankfully for fans, this means another season of her Emmy-award winning series, My Life on the D-List.
While we can expect more appearances from Griffin’s usual assistants, there’s one thing we won’t see: more orchestrated blind dates like the one she had with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Kathy - who is currently dating millionaire Steve Wozniak (Apple’s co-founder) - recently told Jimmy Kimmel that “The Woz” will be seen on the show. No return date has yet been announced for the Bravo program.
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TV on DVD: January 22, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, PBS, ER,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- Barney Miller (Season 2)
- ER (Season 8)
- The Girls Next Door (Season 3)
- Hawaii Five-O (Season 3)
- The Hustle (Season 4)
- The Jeff Corwin Experience (Season 1)
- Make Room for Daddy (Season 6)
- Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey
- The Odd Couple (Season 3)
- The Simple Life (Season 5)
- 60 Minutes: The Executioner
- 60 Minutes: President Musharaff
- 60 Minutes: Roger Clemens
- Swamp Thing (Series)
- Torchwood (Season 1)
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This Week on TV (1/21-1/27)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, Bravo, Cable, FOX, NBC, Apprentice, The - Donald, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break,
(You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (1/21)- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): “T-Bag enlists Bellick to display his gladiatorial skills once again as the battle between Lechero and Sammy for control of Sona comes to a head.” If they can’t beat American Gladiators, FOX will encourage its characters fight like ‘em.
- Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC, 8pm): “Viewers cast their first vote for their favorite teams after they perform live song-and-dance routines.” They’ve finally reached the phase I actually care about.
- Wildfire (ABC Family, 9pm): Season 4 premiere. I have absolutely no idea what this show is about, but it sounds like a trashy romance novel. Oh wait - this is a family channel. Never mind.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 9pm): “John and Cameron try to fit in a new school.” Is an education really the most important thing for John at this point? Shouldn’t he be honing his street smarts or something?
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Five Best Moments from ‘Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Editorial, Gossip,
Last Thursday night, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon my latest reality obsession. Surprisingly, it lacked a competition element and it, thankfully, didn’t compete with American Idol. (Though it does have a connection to it). My current must see fave? Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.
Given my predilection for Train Wreck television, the series immediately had one thing going for it. But I like to think my voyeuristic eye is drawn toward things with a bit more substance, and this show filled that role quite nicely. Rehab combines the grittiness of A&E’s fabulous Intervention, the B-list comedy of VH1’s Surreal Life, the hopefulness of NBC’s The Biggest Loser and the frank, yet informative, talk usually seen from Oprah’s Dr. Oz. The nice whole package was then topped off with the appealing and non-judgmental presence of Dr. Drew Pinsky.
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Is Stephen Colbert Different?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Talk Shows, Cable,
On his Wednesday night show, Stephen Colbert told viewers that, although he is lumped together with other late night hosts, he is different. He is a newsman. This was said all very tongue-in-cheek of course, but Colbert may not be far from wrong. The Colbert Report is a little different from other variety shows, and the program’s host definitely stands out from the pack.
In his quest to find ways to fill up air time, Colbert taped three recently-aired hilarious segments in which he chronicled his quest to hang in the nation’s museum: The Smithsonian Institution. For six weeks, Colbert’s portrait (from season three, this one features four different Stephens in the picture) will hang just outside the Hall of Presidents in the National Portrait Gallery. To be specific, right under the sign for the restrooms. This is, of course, only a temporary arrangement. (An official for the museum said the Institute is going along with the joke, and the portrait will not be a permanent fixture.) Since Colbert’s announcement, several young visitors have flocked to the museum to pose with the portrait - even some who had never been to the National Portrait Gallery before.
The sheer loyalty Colbert commands sets him apart from other hosts, and the attention he receives is no laughing matter. Somehow, I can’t help but think Colbert’s portrait won’t have any trouble finding a permanent home in some prestigious locale.
Yahoo! News
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More Un-‘Real Housewives’ to Come
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable,
If you’re anything like me, you were absolutely sickened by last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County. (Yes - every woman should have a nice 40th, but did Tamra really “deserve” a $40,000 Rolex for her birthday?) But Tuesday’s airing really didn’t differ from the previous episodes—nor will it keep me from watching again.
Sensing my need to know these women better, Bravo has chosen to branch out. (Now that Jeana and her husband are finally kaput, the awkwardness level has decreased a bit.) Hoping to tap into a new set of neuroses - while surviving the writers strike - the cable channel will be taking it the other coast. That’s right. We’ll soon be introduced to the The Real Housewives of New York City! In other words, expect to see more furs (less fake tans), more drivers (less convertibles) and more Broadway openings (the same amount of drunken outings).
The socialites featured in this Housewives spinoff will include a businesswoman, a former model/actress and a countess. I’m also hoping this installment will include the overworked nannies that are so lacking in the O.C. version (and the hours the mistresses spend writing ‘To Do Lists’ for the help).
Expect more head-shaking entertainment when The Real Housewives of New York City debuts on March 4.
Hollywood Reporter
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