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Dec 14 2015
TV News: Travel Channel Greenlights Second Season of MAN FINDS FOOD
Travel Channel announced today that “Man Finds Food” has been greenlit for a second season. Hosted by comfort food connoisseur Adam Richman (“Man v. Food,” “Man v. Food Nation,” “Fandemonium”), “Man Finds Food” will air on Travel Channel in the United States and across Scripps Networks’ international portfolio of channels in more than 100 countries and territories in summer 2016.
Dec 14 2015
TV News: Travel Channel’s Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Debuts Jan 27
Gear up for exhilarating new adventures with actor, wildlife enthusiast and curious traveler Dominic Monaghan (“Lost,” “The Lord of the Rings”) as he treks through the world’s most extraordinary places in search of some of the weirdest, most majestic and dangerous animals out there. “Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan” debuts on Travel Channel beginning Wednesday, January 27 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with brand-new episodes. This season, comprised of 13 hour-long episodes, features new expeditions that take Monaghan diving into the emerald waters of a South Pacific paradise to face a giant crab; scouring the Peruvian Amazon for a creature that’s part fish and part stun gun; and hiking through Madagascar’s rich ecosystem to uncover a mythical lemur.
Dec 10 2015
TV News: Fox Picks Up New Event Series SHOTS FIRED Debuting in 2016
SHOTS FIRED, from 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television, will star Sanaa Lathan (“The Perfect Guy”) as an expert investigator who digs into the cases, alongside a special prosecutor sent to the town by the Department of Justice. The pair must navigate the media attention, public debate and the social unrest that comes with such volatile cases, as they seek justice before the divided town erupts.
Dec 10 2015
TV News: STARZ Receives Six Golden Globe® Award Noms for OUTLANDER, FLESH AND BONE, and BLUNT TALK
This marks the first time the network has received nominations in all three television categories across drama, comedy and limited-series, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for Caitriona Balfe in “Outlander,” Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Sarah Hay in “Flesh and Bone,” Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Patrick Stewart in “Blunt Talk” and Best Performance by an actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Tobias Menzies in “Outlander.”
Dec 09 2015
TV News: Discovery Channel’s First-Ever True Crime Series KILLING FIELDS Premieres Jan 5
There are isolated places in America that appear untouched by anyone. But underneath the surface, these beautiful landscapes reveal a much more sinister reality – a dumping ground for bodies and a home to countless unsolved murders. Shot in real time, the series follows the hunt for the killer. KILLING FIELDS will go inside a case that went cold nearly two decades ago in the small community of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, located just 15 miles from the state capitol, Baton Rouge. In June 1997, Louisiana State University graduate student Eugenie Boisfontaine was last seen near LSU’s lakes. Two months later, her body was found nearby in a watery ditch with evidence of blunt force trauma to her head.
Dec 08 2015
TV News: Discovery Channel Revs Up Engines and Tricks Out Trucks With New Series DIESEL BROTHERS
In the world of diesel vehicles, no one has more fun or builds bigger, badder trucks than Heavy D, Diesel Dave and their crew at Dieselsellerz. Their mega builds and awesome truck giveaways are the stuff of diesel legend. DIESEL BROTHERS follows the team at Dieselsellerz as they trick out trucks, work hard and play harder in the process. The new series joins Discovery Channel’s Motor Mondays on Discovery Channel on January 4th at 10PM ET/PT.
Dec 08 2015
HBO Debuts HEROIN: CAPE COD, USA Documentary On Dec 28
Opiate-related overdose deaths have quadrupled in the U.S. since 2001. In 2014, Massachusetts had more than 1,250 deaths from heroin overdose; today, 85% of the crimes on Cape Cod are opiate-related. HEROIN: CAPE COD, USA is a cinema-verité look at the heroin epidemic currently sweeping America’s small towns and communities, focusing on eight young heroin addicts in idyllic Cape Cod, Mass. Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Okazaki (HBO’s “White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”), this searing documentary debuts MONDAY, DEC. 28 (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
Dec 08 2015
TV News: Queen Latifah Lands Lead Role In New Untitled Lee Daniels Music Pilot
Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Queen Latifah has been cast in a leading role in UNTITLED LEE DANIELS MUSIC PILOT. Written, created and directed by award-winning filmmaker Lee Daniels (EMPIRE, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”), the new drama pilot follows three young women, who form a girl group with hopes of making it big in the music industry, and the choices with which they’re faced along the way. Tom Donaghy (“The Whole Truth”) will serve as writer and executive producer on the pilot with Daniels. From 20th Century Fox Television, the project begins production this month in Atlanta, GA.
Dec 08 2015
TV News: Spike Lands on Mars With New Scripted Series RED MARS
Spike is bringing Kim Stanley Robinson’s award-winning “Mars Trilogy” to television with Skydance Television serving as the studio on the original one-hour scripted series, titled “Red Mars.” The books, “Red Mars,” “Green Mars,” and “Blue Mars,” chronicles mankind’s colonization and transformation of the red planet, have been adapted in 21 languages and are regarded as the best novels ever written on the subject.
Dec 07 2015
Conference Call: Syfy’s CHILDHOOD’S END Mike Vogel, Yael Stone, EP Matthew Graham Talk About the 3-Night Event
Childhood’s End stars Mike Vogel and Yael Stone, and Writer, Executive Producer Matthew Graham discuss the mini series based on Arthur C. Clarke’s legendary science fiction novel. The three-night television event begins Monday December 14, 2015.
Dec 02 2015
TV News: Syfy’s Killjoys Season 2 Production Begins In Toronto. Premiere Date Set for July 1
Syfy, Space and Temple Street Productions announced today that production has commenced in Toronto, Ontario for Season Two of the space-adventure series KILLJOYS. The 10-episode second season will air in summer 2016 on Syfy, with Hannah John-Kamen (as “Dutch”), Aaron Ashmore (as “John Jaqobis”) and Luke Macfarlane (as “D’avin Jaqobis”) reprising their roles.
Following the shocking KILLJOYS season one cliffhanger, season two begins with Dutch and John trying desperately to find their brother-in-arms who’s been kidnapped at the hands of Dutch’s duplicitous and mysterious childhood mentor, Khlyen (Rob Stewart, Suits). As surprising truths are revealed, the Killjoys’ loyalties are tested as they struggle to balance the lives of their killjoy family and defending the good of the Quad.
Nov 24 2015
TV News: TABOO Starring Tom Hard Begins Filming in London – Major Cast Announced For BBC One and FX Drama
TABOO, a major eight-episode drama series created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Locke) and directed by Kristoffer Nyholm (Danish TV series The Killing, The Enfield Haunting) for BBC One and FX, is to start filming in London this week starring Tom Hardy in the lead role alongside a major international cast.
TABOO will star Hardy as ‘James Keziah Delaney’ who returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to discover that he has been left a mysterious legacy by his father. Driven to wage war on those who have wronged him, Delaney finds himself in a face-off against the East India Company, whilst playing a dangerous game between two warring nations – Britain and America.
Nov 20 2015
Kick Off the Holidays with Royalty! Cartoon Network Original Miniseries LONG LIVE the ROYALS Airs Nov. 30
he holidays can be a chaotic time for any family; throw in a few bejeweled crowns, lofty titles, and an entire kingdom and you’ve got Cartoon Network Studios’ newest original miniseries, Long Live the Royals. Created by Sean Szeles (supervising producer, Regular Show) and based on his Emmy® Award-winning animated short, the four-night holiday event begins Monday, November 30 at 7:45 p.m. (ET/PT).
Nov 18 2015
TV News: Fox to Air AMERICAN GRIT, a Military Inspired Competition Series Starring John Cena April 2016
FOX has ordered AMERICAN GRIT, a new, 10-episode competition series starring WWE Superstar John Cena. Sixteen of the country’s toughest men and women will be split into four teams as they work together to face a variety of military-grade and survival-themed challenges. Cena and an elite group of mentors from the nation’s most exclusive military units will push these civilians beyond their limits. The mentors, known as “The Cadre,” include Rorke Denver, Noah Galloway, Tawanda “Tee” Hanible and Nick “The Reaper” Irving. These real-life heroes, who represent diverse backgrounds and top branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, will impart their first-hand knowledge and experience to help the competitors work together as teams to surmount near-impossible mental and physical challenges.
Nov 17 2015
Smithsonian Networks Launches SMITHSONIAN EARTH Stand Alone Streaming Service
Smithsonian Networks has just launched a new subscription video streaming service delivering spectacular original nature and wildlife content. The stand-alone ad-free service SMITHSONIAN EARTH will bring viewers closer than ever before to nature’s most remarkable animals and wildest locations. The announcement was made today by Tom Hayden, President of Smithsonian Networks. SMITHSONIAN EARTH is available to watch in both HD and Ultra HD (4K) resolution to users with compatible devices and televisions. Subscribers can watch a wide array of all new original programs, refreshed on a weekly basis, which includes documentaries and short series that explore everything from the sea life of Socorro Island to the creatures of Madagascar and active volcanoes in Ethiopia. Subscribers also will be able to immerse themselves in some of the most breathtaking and wildest places on earth with Nature Scenes, striking videos of the world’s natural wonders.
Nov 17 2015
Fox’s The All-Star Dog Rescue Celebration Hosted by Kaley Cuoco Airs Thanksgiving Night.
Actress Kaley Cuoco is set to host THE ALL-STAR DOG RESCUE CELEBRATION, airing on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, Nov. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. PEDIGREE® Food for Dogs will return for its second year as the official sponsor and will present the Cutest Puppy Award. Viewers can help choose by voting for their favorite Puppy at FOX.com/CutestPuppy or tweet their puppy nominee’s hashtag to Twitter. Results will be available following the broadcast at FOX.com/CutestPuppy.
Nov 13 2015
Movie Trailer: A24 Films Presents The Witch Coming in 2016
New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest – within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately – animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit.
Nov 11 2015
News: Fox Orders New Live-Action/Animated Hybrid Comedy Series SON OF ZORN
Upon arriving home on Earth for the first time in 10 years, ZORN (the voice of Jason Sudeikis), a fully animated, legendary warrior, finds that reconnecting with his live-action son, ALAN (Johnny Pemberton), and ex-wife, EDIE (Cheryl Hines), while suffering through a mundane office job and the banality of suburban life, is harder than waging actual war in his distant, mystical homeland of Zephyria. Tim Meadows (“Saturday Night Live”) also stars. The series is scheduled to debut during the 2016-2017 season.
Nov 10 2015
TV News: Fox Announces Winter 2016 Premiere Dates
FOX is announcing premiere dates for new series COOPER BARRETT’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE (Jan. 3), BORDERTOWN (Jan. 3), SECOND CHANCE (Jan. 13) and LUCIFER (Jan. 25); and returning series NEW GIRL (Jan. 5), AMERICAN IDOL (Jan. 6 and Jan. 7) and HELL’S KITCHEN (Jan. 15). In addition, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE will move to Tuesdays (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on Jan. 5, joining GRANDFATHERED (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) and THE GRINDER (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), each in new time periods. SLEEPY HOLLOW moves to Fridays beginning Feb 5. Read here for more…
Nov 09 2015
TV News: Get Ready To Be PITCH SLAPPED with Lifetime’s New A Cappella Docu-Series Premiering Jan. 5
Lifetime’s puts singing in the spotlight with new docu-series Pitch Slapped (#PitchSlapped) premiering January 5, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT. The eight hour-long episodes reveal what it’s really like in the intensely competitive world of high school a cappella. The pressure is on when two cross-town rival teams from New Jersey are given the chance to work with the world’s best coaches and face off in weekly competitions, crescendoing in a champion sing off. Vocal powerhouse Deke Sharon (Pitch Perfect) will stop at nothing to get his team, Stay Tuned from Cherry Hill, to come out of their shells and get them in-tune while a cappella rock-star and performance coach Diana Preisler (Blue Jupiter) guides The Voices from Allendale, to harmonize their way to a win.
Nov 06 2015
TV News: Syfy’s Z Nation To Return For Season Three
Syfy and The Asylum today announced that scripted drama series Z Nation will be back to Z-Whack its way through a third season of zombie road trippin’ action. A 15-hour third season is slated to premiere on Syfy in 2016. Z Nation takes place three years after a zombie virus gutted the country. A team of everyday heroes is tasked with transporting the only known survivor of the plague across the country to the last functioning viral lab in post-apocalyptic America, in hopes of using his blood to create a cure for the virus.
Nov 05 2015
TV News: Lifetime Gets Into THE RAP GAME New Unscripted Series Coming Jan 2016
In a press release: LET THE RAP BATTLES BEGIN! QUEEN LATIFAH AND FLAVOR UNIT TEAM UP WITH MEGA PRODUCER JERMAINE DUPRI TO HELP FIND THE NEXT BIG NAME IN HIP HOP WITH THE RAP GAME, PREMIERING NEW YEAR’S DAY LOS ANGELES, CA (November 4, 2015) – The next big rap star is about to …
Nov 04 2015
Video: First Look At Riley Keough In Steven Soderberg’s New Starz Original Series THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE
The Girlfriend Experience follows Christine Reade, a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and a new intern at the prestigious firm of Kirkland & Allen. Working hard to establish herself at the firm, her focus quickly shifts when a classmate introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.
Nov 03 2015
TV News: CBS Holiday 2015 Programming
CBS Holiday Programming kicks off in November with rebroadcasting of Christmas classics such as Frosty the Snowman, Frosty Returns, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Other programming highlights include animated features The Story of Santa Claus and the Flight Before Christmas. Also airing in December is Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
Nov 03 2015
TV News: Syfy to Debut THE EXPANSE On VOD, TV Everywhere, and Digital Platforms On Monday, Nov. 23
Syfy’s highly-anticipated 10-hour series The Expanse will debut its first episode Monday, November 23 on a variety of VOD, TV Everywhere and digital platforms, three weeks ahead of its linear debut on the network. The series premieres on Syfy with a two-night premiere Monday, December 14 and Tuesday, December 15 at 10PM ET/PT, and continues on Tuesdays at 10PM for the remainder of the season. Set 200 years in the future, The Expanse follows the case of a missing young woman that brings a hardened detective (Thomas Jane, Hung) and a rogue ship’s captain (Steven Strait, Magic City) together in a race across the solar system that will expose the greatest conspiracy in human history. The series is based on the New York Times bestselling book series collectively known as The Expanse, written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey).
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