Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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Showtime Renews Sunday Night Lineup
Showtime has announced they have made early pickups of new seasons for Shameless, House of Lies, and Californication.  It'll be the third season for the hour-long dramedy Shameless, the second for the recently premiered comedy House of Lies, and the sixth for the David Duchovny comedy Californication. “These three shows are clearly resonating with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights," said the network's entertainment president David Nevins. "We are ext...
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Teaser Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 2
HBO has released a teaser trailer for the second season of Game of Thrones - set to premiere on April 1st. The season will be based on the second book (A Clash of Kings) in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. A Clash of Kings picks up where A Game of Thrones ended. The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros are plagued by civil war, while the Night's Watch mounts a reconnaissance force north of the Wall to investigate the mysterious people, known as wildlings, who live there. Meanwhi...
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NBC Plans Dwight Schrute Spin-Off
Though still doing admirably ratings wise The Office has seen a big drop in relevance and quality since the departure of Steve Carell. NBC currently plans to keep the series going into a ninth season in which they'll phase out Rainn Wilson's character of Dwight Schrute and transition him to a series of his own for mid-season 2013. The proposed spinoff is a family comedy...and will have Dwight living at the Schrute family beet farm and bed & breakfast. The writers on The OfficeÃ...
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Hulu Launching Original Programming
Not only is Netflix and Youtube beginning to roll out exclusive original programming but they'll joined by Hulu as well next month. The site's first original series will be the political comedy Battleground which will debut on February 14th for a 13 episode run. To follow are two more exclusives - a second season of Morgan Spurlock's A Day in the Life and a travel show to be known as Up to Speed. Both are expected to debut over the next few months. All of the shows will be availa...
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2012 Golden Globe Award Winners
The 2012 Golden Globes are in the books - here's a look at all the winners. Homeland picked up Best TV drama as well as Best Actress for Claire Danes - while Kelsey Grammer pulled off an upset over Bryan Cranston and Steve Buscemi for Best Actor with his performance in Boss. In movies it was The Artist and The Descendants that came away as the night's big winners. **Winners** Best picture, drama **The Descendants** The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse Best pi...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 17th
It's not an especially inspiring set of new releases this week - but The Ides of March stands out as easily the best of the bunch while a few classics also arrive on Blu-ray. The Ides of March (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot a...
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The Walking Dead Has Third Season Episode Order Extended
AMC today announced that the third season pickup of The Walking Dead, announced back in October shortly after the debut of the second season, is being extended in its order. Instead of the planned 13 episodes the third season will feature 16 full episodes and premiere next fall. Though creatively season two has been at times frustrating, with many fans of the series growing somewhat disgruntled, the series remains a juggernaut for the network. In the critical 18-49 demo it continues to de...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 10th
In a relatively light week of DVD and Blu-ray releases comes the highly-regarded baseball film Moneyball, the action-filled Killer Elite, and the first season of HBO's award-winning Boardwalk Empire. Moneyball (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's...
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