TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (5/27)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, Cable, FOX, Renewals,

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

• American Pickers (History) - Season 2 **Series returns June 7**
• Basketball Wives (VH1) - Season 2
• Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business (VH1) - Season 2
• Glee (FOX) - Season 3
• I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant (TLC) - Season 3 **Series returns June 9**
• Iron Man: Armored Adventures (Nicktoons) - Season 2
• Next X (Disney XD) - Season 2 **Series returns on June 21**
• What Chilli Wants (VH1) - Season 2

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PBS Reopens Century-Old Crime

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, PBS, Video,

On Monday night, PBS will be digging into Georgia’s old case files to present The People v. Leo Frank, the story of a factory supervisor who was tried for the murder of a young girl who worked at the plant.

The case sparked national media attention, the trial carrying on for days and days until eventually Frank was convicted of the crime. A Yankee, a Jew, an outsider and a convenient target, Frank was charged with the terribly brutal murder of Mary Phagan, 13. After he was interred in jail, local citizens formed a vigilante squad to forcibly remove Frank from captivity. They took him to the outskirts of town, where a lynch mob waited. An unknown man later gave Frank’s wedding ring to his wife, ostensibly Leo’s last request.

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TV on DVD: May 26, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, TNT-HD, DVD,

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Cities of the Underworld (Season 3)
• The Closer (Season 4)
• Designing Women (Season 1)
• Gunsmoke (Season 3, Vol. 2)
• The Invisibles (Series 1)
• Jeeves & Wooster (Complete Series)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Season 9)
• Land of the Lost (Complete Series)
• The Mod Squad (Season 2, Vol. 2)
• UFO Hunters (Season 2)
• The Universe (Season 3)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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TV on DVD: January 20, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC,

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:

• Criss Angel: Mindfreak (Season 4)
• Emergency! (Season 5)
• Johnathan Creek (Season 3)
• Jurassic Fight Club (Season 1)
• The Last Detective (Complete Series)
• MI-5 (Volume 6)
• MonsterQuest (Season 2)
• Moonlight (Complete Series)
• My Three Sons (Season 1, Vol. 2)
• Paranormal State (Season 2)
• The Powerpuff Girls: 10th Anniversary Collection (Complete Series)
• The Rockford Files (Season 6)
• This American Life (Season 2)
• Waking the Dead (Season 3)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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The Day American History Changed

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Editorial,

The first televised presidential debates took place between a man named John Kennedy, and another by the name of Richard Nixon. The latter had a darker complexion, a five o’clock shadow and let’s face it - he wasn’t as young and attractive as JFK. Many historians believe that if these debates had not been televised, for the very first time giving Americans an up close and personal look at their candidates, the election might have gone a different way. That’s the power of television.

Now, all debates are televised. Hours and hours of news coverage are devoted to those debates, to interviewing the candidates, to talking about political ideas and promises. For months, those same television newscasters have been talking about this year’s presidential election, and in their way they have helped to write one of the most important pages of history. That’s right: it’s official. Barack Obama has secured the democratic presidential nomination. CNN, via television, broke the story first.

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The Day American History Changed