The Onion Preparing to Take Over Television
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, Cable, Video,
Followers of The Onion will soon have a new way to get their satirical news content.
Starting Friday, Jan. 21, IFC subscribers will have access to "over a century of broadcasting experience" on that cable channel. That is when the Onion News Network -- fronted by anchor "Brooke Alvarez" -- will attempt to "talk sense into millions of people."
The half-hour series will be just one of two Onion-related programs to hit the airwaves next year. Comedy Central will also premiere The Onion SportsDome in January.
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| The Hollywood Reporter
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TV Talk: Levi Johnston Eyes Mayor’s Office, Ricky Gervais Says No to The Office
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, NBC, The Office, Rumors,
-Actor Ryan O’Neal and daughter Tatum O’Neal may soon make nice—for a reality show. The estranged relatives are shopping a series called Lost and Found.
-Levi Johnston is also pitching a reality program. Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office would follow Bristol Palin’s ex as he runs for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
-Ricky Gervais insists he has no intentions of replacing Steve Carell in The Office. He says he doesn’t want to get up at “6am every day of the week for 7 years.”
-The Kids in the Hall will be reuniting for an eight-part original series. The comedy troupe can be seen on IFC starting August 20.
-Polygamy will be the focus of a new TLC series debuting September 26. Sister Wives will center on “Kody Brown, his three – soon to be four – wives and their many children.”
TV on DVD: June 8, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, ABC, BBC, Cable, FX, FOX, HBO, Nip/Tuck, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- The A-Team (Limited Edition Box Set) (Complete Series)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 7)
- Family Matters (Season 1)
- Ghostwriter (Season 1)
- Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- iCarly: iSaved Your Life (Disney movie)
- Nip/Tuck (Season 6)
- Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind
- Starstruck (Disney movie)
- Tales of the Gold Monkey (Complete Series)
- Z-Rock (Season 2)
Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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TV on DVD: June 9, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, NBC, The CW, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- The Cleaner (Season 1)
- Father Knows Best (Season 3)
- Get Smart (Season 3)
- Making Fiends (Season 1)
- Open All Hours (Complete Series)
- Perry Mason (Season 4, Vol. 1)
- Reaper (Season 2)
- The Shield (Season 7)
- Survivorman (Season 3)
- Time Warp (Season 1)
- Waiting for God (Season 4)
Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (4/16)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, BBC, Cable, HBO, Showtime, TNT-HD, Cancellations, Renewals,
Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:
CANCELLATIONS
- Trust Me (TNT)
RENEWALS
- Crime 360 (A&E) - Season 2
- Eastbound & Down (HBO) - Season 2
- Hotel Babylon (BBC America) - Season 3
- Intervention (A&E) - Season 7
- The Tudors (Showtime) - Season 4 **This will also be the final season**
- Z Rock (IFC) - Season 2
(To get a look at TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule, click here.)
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
TV on DVD: December 4, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, TNT-HD, WB, 24, Saturday Night Live, DVD,
In need of a few gift ideas? Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves this Tuesday.
- 24 (Season 6)
- 7th Heaven (Season 5)
- Battlestar Galactica: ‘Razor’
- Crank Yankers, The Best Of
- Diagnosis Murder (Season 3)
- Dinner for Five: ‘Best of Directors’
- Dinner for Five: ‘On the Road’
- The Grafters (Season 2)
- House of Payne (Volume 1)
- Instant Star (Season 2)
- Law and Order: SVU (Season 4)
- Saturday Night Live (Season 2)
- Touched by an Angel (Season 4, Volume 2)
- Will & Grace (Season 7)
- The Wire (Season 4)
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