Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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Community Renewed for Third Season
Great news today as NBC has announced that the comedy Community is being picked up for the third season. The show has had some ratings struggles which left it on the bubble but is consistently one of the funniest on TV. The positive reviews, strong DVR numbers, and good DVD sales have helped in its recognition. Its worth noting that Community often faces the likes of American Idol and Big Bang Theory in its time slot and it has remained consistent even with that competition. Along with Co...
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Netflix To Begin Offering Original Programming with House of Cards
Netflix has reportedly landed the original drama series House of Cards by outbidding established networks such as HBO and AMC as reported by Deadline. The series is set to star Kevin Spacey and is executive produced by Spacey and David Fincher with the commitment being for 26 episodes at a cost of over $100 million. This represents a huge move by Netflix, which has broken through in a big way with their streaming service by offering primarily catalog titles, television content, and Starz ...
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Terra Nova Premiere Moves to Fall
The upcoming Fox sci-fi series Terra Nova has moved its premiere date from May until fall. The network had originally planed to air a two hour premiere spread over two nights in May and then officially roll out the series in the fall premiere season. That is the same strategy they used to launch Glee. The special effects heavy Terra Nova however apparently needs more time to complete and won't be ready to air any episodes until fall. “TERRA NOVA is one of the most ambitious television...
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Eastbound & Down To End With Third Season
Danny McBride, who plays the lead character Kenny Powers on the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down, has stated that the upcoming third season of the series will be its last. The season is being written now with filming to occur over the summer and premiere expected late this year or early 2012. It will almost certainly revolve around the coming parenthood for Kenny and April. This is probably good news given that the show just didn't work as well in its second season and the characters quick...
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Trailer for ‘Tron: Uprising’ Animated Series
Disney has released a trailer for the upcoming animated television show Tron: Uprising. The series takes place during the time when CLU takes over the grid and Flynn flees to the safe house. Voice talent will include Bruce Boxleitner, Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, and Nate Corddry. Tron: Uprising is slated to premiere on Disney XD in summer 2012. Beck, a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Gri...
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Trailer for the new Thundercats Series
The first trailer for the upcoming reboot of Thundercats from Cartoon Network has arrived. The series is being animated by Studio4°C (The Animatrix) in partnership with Warner Bros animation. The trailer provides the first look at the show besides the official image above. There is still no premiere date for the series however it is expected to debut sometime this year. The new “ThunderCats” will appeal to viewers who have loved the characters all their lives as well as y...
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TBS Cancels Glory Daze
Earlier today TBS announced that they have decided against renewing Glory Daze for a second season. The hour-long comedy series pulled in respectable ratings for the network which makes the cancellation news somewhat surprising. The show debuted with a 1.0 in the critical 18-49 demo and tailed off by the finale to a .6 which for TBS still is a decent number. The show also was supported with relatively strong DVR numbers but apparently it wasn't enough. I started watching Glory Daze as it be...
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Amazon Launches Streaming Video Service for Prime Members
Today Amazon.com launched their 'Instant Video'Ă‚Â service for Prime members. Over 5,000 movies and television series are available to be streamed in unlimited and commercial-free fashion. Amazon Prime carries a yearly cost of $79 and offers free two-day shipping and discounted overnight shipping on items purchased from the website. Considering that Netflix's streaming-only service costs $96 a year on the surface Amazon's package is more appealing. As a member of Amazon Prime that has found...
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