The Kennedys Set Ratings Record
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Specials, Cable, Gossip, Ratings,
The little-known Reelz Channel was only too happy to relieve The History Channel of their miniseries burden, and the decision is paying off. The Kennedys was watched by a record-setting audience on Sunday night, putting the small cable channel on the map.
An average of 1.9 million watched the “cursed” miniseries, a re-telling of the Kennedy family history that The History Channel was too afraid to air -- despite doing all the work on the project. The numbers aren’t exactly epic, but when you consider that only 60 million homes receive Reelz it’s a huge accomplishment - and the biggest numbers the channel has ever earned.
The Kenendys stars Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson.
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The Kennedys Miniseries to Air After All
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Specials, Cable, Gossip, Video,
… but, the History Channel still isn’t going to touch it.
The much-talked-about Kennedys miniseries, which was created by the History Channel and (allegedly) pulled off TV by the Kennedy family, will make it to US households after all. Mmm … some of them, anyway.
No major networks were bold enough to accept the series, but the cable ReelzChannel will begin showing The Kennedys starting on April 3rd.
If you’ve never heard of that channel, you aren’t alone. The website has a helpful locator so you can find out how to get it ... and then, you’ll finally have the chance to see Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy. Honestly, it’s hard to hold a grudge against the Kennedy clan for trying to put a stop to that.
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Quote of the Day: Kate Winslet on Doing TV Projects
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Cable, HBO,
"It never occurred to me, beyond the moment of reading those scripts, 'Wow, this is television, therefore it's going to be different somehow.' Sure we have more to shoot ... but the level of determination and level of focus was so much more intense than certainly any film I've ever been apart."
-Oscar winner Kate Winslet on filming Mildred Pierce, an HBO miniseries that will debut on March 27.
(Make sure to check out our other notable quotes.)
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Kennedy Miniseries—Featuring Katie Holmes—Already Canceled
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Cable, Cancellations, Video,
It appears the actual Kennedys are the ones to thank played a role in the cancellation of The Kennedys – a miniseries once destined for the History Channel.
The eight-hour event, featuring Greg Kinnear as President John F. Kennedy, was to have focused on focus on the personal relationships within the famous family. And though Katie Holmes “worked as hard” as she could to portray former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, the project was scrapped from the channel’s schedule.
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TV on DVD: November 23, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Mini Series, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, Showtime, The CW, WB, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this week:
- 7th Heaven (Final Season)
- 12 Men of Christmas (TV Movie)
- Batman Beyond (Complete Series)
- Deadwood (Complete Series) **Blu-ray**
- Durham County (Season 2)
- Murder, She Wrote (Season 12)
- The Pillars of the Earth (TV Miniseries)
- Sekirei (Season 1)
- Space Precinct (Complete Series)
- The Tudors (Complete Series)
- Wagon Train (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: November 2, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mini Series, Reality, ABC, BBC, Bravo, Cable, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, Nip/Tuck, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this week:
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (Final Season)
- Deadliest Catch (Season 6)
- Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (Story 79)
- Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis (Story 154)
- The Facts of Life (Season 5)
- The Fugitive (Season 4)
- The Larry Sanders Show (Complete Series)
- Mad About You (Season 5)
- My Life on the D-List (Season 2)
- Nip/Tuck (Complete Series)
- The Pacific (HBO Miniseries)
- V (Season 1)
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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.
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Getting Into Character: Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Prime Time, Cable, Gossip,
Although she’s widely known now for being Tom Cruise’s wife, actress Katie Holmes has taken on the challenge of playing another famous significant other.
These pictures of Holmes as former First Lady Jackie Kennedy were taken from the set of The Kennedys, the History Channel’s eight-hour event about the historical family in the years before President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
The miniseries, which also stars Greg Kinner as JFK and Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy Sr., is scheduled to air sometime in 2011.
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Katie Holmes to Play Jackie Kennedy in TV Miniseries
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Prime Time, Cable, Gossip,
The Gift‘s Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear will soon be reuniting for an entirely different project. It’s just been announced that the former costars will be headlining an upcoming miniseries about The Kennedys.
History Channel’s eight-hour event, which is reportedly “being annotated and vetted by History’s resident historians,” will focus on the personal relationships within the famous family.
The television project is not to be confused with Jackie, the big screen biopic Darren Aronofsky has planned about the hours after JFK’s assassination. (British-born Rachel Weisz is scheduled to play the First Lady in that film.)
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TV on DVD: April 27, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mini Series, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, PBS, Showtime, Syndication, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- The Buddha (TV Documentary)
- Georgia O’Keeffe (TV Movie)
- Ghost Hunters (Season 5, Part 2)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Season 2)
- The Hills (Season 5, Part 2)
- It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (Season 1)
- Last of the Summer Wine (Vintage 1982-1983)
- Mega Piranha (TV Movie)
- Murphy’s Law (Series 2)
- Pride and Prejudice (Restored Edition) (BBC Miniseries)
- Rita Rocks (Season 1)
- Sex and the City (Seasons 1-6)
- Sherri (Season 1)
- Survivors (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Survivors (Complete Original Series 1975-1977)
- Tales from the Darkside (Season 3)
Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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