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Jul 10 2014
Syfy Greenlights Pilot of THE MAGICIANS
Continuing its strategy to create bold and distinctive sci-fi fantasy drama, Syfy announced that it has greenlit a pilot of The Magicians, an adaptation of Lev Grossman’s best-selling fantasy book series which has been published in 22 countries.
Jul 10 2014
Lifetime Sets New Network Record With 17 Emmy® Noms
Driven by The Trip to Bountiful, Bonnie & Clyde, Flowers in the Attic, Project Runway, Return to Zero, Anna Nicole, House of Versace and Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Lifetime this morning set a new network record of 17 Emmy® Award nominations, marking the second year in a row it has received the most Emmy nods in its history (up from 12 last year) and tying FX among basic cable networks for having the most individual projects nominated (eight) this year.
Jul 09 2014
FYI™ (Formerly BIO) Posts Immediate Growth With Rebrand
BIO officially rebranded to FYI last night with the 9:00pm debut of the new original series “Married at First Sight,”posting double-digit growth across all key demographics. FYI™ – For your inspiration, for your imagination or for your innovation, FYI™ embraces an adventurous, personalized and non-prescriptive approach to peoples’ taste, space, look, story and more.
Jul 01 2014
Tribeca Films Presents: VERY GOOD GIRLS Starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen (Trailer)
Best friends Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Gerry (Elizabeth Olsen), home for one last New York summer, make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college. But when they both fall for the same handsome artist (Boyd Holbrook) and Lily starts seeing him in secret, a lifelong friendship is tested.
Jun 27 2014
Trailer: James Franco’s CHILD OF GOD In Theaters Aug 1
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker James Franco, and based on the chilling novel by Cormac McCarthy, Child of God, tells the provocative story of Lester Ballad (Scott Haze), a dispossessed, violent man, attempting to exist outside the social order. Consecutively deprived of parents and housing and driven by famished loneliness, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and degradation.
Jun 27 2014
THE NEWBURGH STING, A Startling Expose of a Controversial FBI Undercover Operation Debuts July 21 on HBO
On May 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely African-American city of Newburgh, NY, were apprehended for an alleged terror plot. They had no history of violence or terrorist ties, but had been drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated scheme to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy New York City suburb and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a SWAT team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major TV outlets, ultimately resulting in 25-year prison sentences for the “Newburgh Four.”
Jun 23 2014
Showtime Gives Pilot Order to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The project centers around Rebecca (Bloom), a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure:West Covina, Calif.
Jun 19 2014
Lifetime Movie The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
Lifetime takes a nostalgic look back at the ‘90s TV show that changed the landscape of Saturday mornings with America’s favorite teens. The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny while trying to maintain the squeaky clean image of their popular characters both on and off-screen.
Jun 18 2014
20th Anniversary of O.J.’s White Bronco Chase. National Geographic Channel, Kelton Global Release Survey Results: Was O.J. Guilty?
Twenty years ago, in the early evening of June 17, 1994, after failing to turn himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department on charges of double homicide, former football player O.J. Simpson took to the highway in a white Ford Bronco. In advance of the July 6 premiere of “The ’90s: The Last Great Decade?” the National Geographic Channel and Kelton Global today release the first results of their national survey gauging people’s attitudes toward the decade, in which 86% said they believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
Jun 17 2014
HBO Presents 112 Weddings An Intimate Exploration of Relationships and Marriage
For the past two decades, filmmaker Doug Block (HBO’s “51 Birch Street,” “The Kids Grow Up”) has helped support his documentary work by shooting the occasional wedding. Known for his intimate, fly-on-the-wall style, he repeatedly found himself bonding with couples on their big day, never to see them again once the video was completed. Having long wondered what became of some of these marriages, Block began to track down a few of his favorite couples. Juxtaposing rapturous wedding-day flashbacks with remarkably candid present-day interviews, the documentary 112 WEDDINGS asks what comes after “I do,” exploring timeless themes of love, romance and commitment when it debuts MONDAY, JUNE 30 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
Jun 17 2014
Showtime Presents KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST Documentary Airing July 10
On Thursday, July 10th at 7:30pm ET/PT, SHOWTIME will premiere KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST, a powerful, award-winning documentary that chronicles the shocking truth behind Escuela Caribe, a controversial Christian behavior modification program in the Dominican Republic for “troubled” U.S. teenagers.
Jun 16 2014
HBO To Host Key Events At Film Life’s 18th annual American Black Film Festival
HBO, the founding and premier sponsor of Film Life’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), will once again have a major presence at the premier urban event which is being held for the first time in New York City, June 19-22, 2014. The move follows the festival’s objective to tap into the city’s expansive and diverse creative community and promote the universal appeal of Black cinema and talent.
Jun 12 2014
Syfy Scheduling Alert: The Wil Wheaton Project and Heroes of Cosplay
Beginning Tuesday, June 17, schedule changes for The Wil Wheaton Project and Heroes of Cosplay.
Jun 04 2014
Lifetime Greenlights Four Unscripted Series: Born in the Wild, Girlfriend Intervention, Kosher Soul, Threads
On the heels of successfully launching its newest hit series Bring It! and True Tori, Lifetime has picked up four new unscripted programs, including Born in the Wild, a series about natural child birth in the wild; the complete makeover series Girlfriend Intervention; the docu-sitcom Kosher Soul, which follows hip-hop tastemaker O’Neal McKnight and his fiancée, celebrity stylist Miriam Sternoff; and the reality-competition show Threads, from the producers of Project Runway and featuring Vanessa Simmons and Christian Siriano, in which skilled teen and tween fashion designers showcase their gift for style.
Jun 04 2014
Syfy Casts Brian Van Holt In “ASCENSION” An Original Event Series
Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town, The Bridge) will star in the channel’s new original, six hour event series Ascension, portraying eponymous ship’s captain, William Denninger. Van Holt joins the previously announced Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) in the intergalactic mystery series; the two will play husband and wife.
Jun 03 2014
Showtime Presents David Beckham Into the Unknown Premiering June 13
This 90-minute documentary special chronicles global superstar athlete David Beckham and his friends’ unforgettable journey deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. After an illustrious 22-year career, the former soccer star is now retired and able to step away from his hectic life and experience this latest adventure as he contemplates what’s next.
Jun 03 2014
HOMELAND Casts Laila Robins and Corey Stoll For Season 4
Acclaimed actors Laila Robins (Bored To Death, In Treatment) and Golden Globe® nominee Corey Stoll (House of Cards) have joined the fourth season of the Emmy® and Golden GlobeAward-winning drama series HOMELAND.
Jun 03 2014
Smithsonian Channel To Air “A Star-Spangled Story: Battle For America” June 14
Sung before almost every sporting event in the nation, The Star-Spangled Banner has stirring lyrics and a powerful melody. But many Americans don’t actually know the words or the historic events that inspired them. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key’s iconic song, Smithsonian Channel will premiere A STAR-SPANGLED STORY: BATTLE FOR AMERICA, an original one-hour documentary revealing the story surrounding America’s National Anthem, on Saturday, June 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Jun 03 2014
TravelChannel .com Names Top 10 Travel’s Best: All-American Vacations of 2014
TravelChannel .com names the “Travel’s Best: All-American Vacations” for 2014. Whether you want some quiet time alone with nature or are looking for the ultimate family road trip, this year’s 10 best will take you across the country to must-see U.S. destinations that will make you proud to be an American.
May 29 2014
Showtime® To Premiere L WORD Mississippi: Hate the Sin Aug. 8
What is life like for lesbians living outside more progressive metropolitan areas in America today where gay women endure hardships, bigotry, bullying, sexism and racism while trying to live among their predominantly straight neighbors? SHOWTIME will give viewers a look inside the daily struggles of a group of Southern lesbians in L WORDMISSISSIPPI: HATE THE SIN, a 90-minute documentary, which will premiere on the network on Friday, August 8th at 9 PM ET/PT.
May 29 2014
Syfy’s Summer 2014 Original Programming Features Premieres of Dominion and Wizard Wars
Syfy’s hot Summer 2014 original programming lineup will be led by the series premiere of Dominion (June 19); the second season return of the critically acclaimed Defiance (June 19); the Season 7 return of Face Off (July 22) and the debut of the competition series Wizard Wars (August 19).
May 28 2014
Danny McBride Returns to HBO In New Comedy ‘Vice Principals’
Danny McBride, star of the hit HBO comedy series “Eastbound & Down,” will return to the network in the comedy series VICE PRINCIPALS. VICE PRINCIPALS tells the story of a high school and the people who almost run it, the vice principals.
May 27 2014
Syfy Unleashes First Ever ‘SHARKNADO WEEK’ July 26 – Aug 2
Sharks. Sharks. Everywhere – sharks! From the eagerly anticipated premiere of Sharknado 2: The Second One (July 30), Roger Corman’s Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (August 2) and Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (July 26) to the greatest moments in shark film history, Syfy viewers will be swimming with fin-tastic special programming during the channel’s first ever Sharknado Week, airing Saturday, July 26 through Saturday, August 2.
May 22 2014
Science Channel’s ‘ALIEN ENCOUNTERS’ Season 3 Premieres May 27
How would the world react to an alien race arriving on Earth? How would the human race be forever changed by extraterrestrials? What would be the impact of human contact with aliens? With 74-percent of Americans believing in the existence of aliens and 15 million believing they’ve actually made contact with extraterrestrials, many people have burning questions about life beyond Earth and its impact on humans. Season three of ALIEN ENCOUNTERS, world premiering Tuesday, May 27 at 10 PM ET/PT on Science Channel, continues to raise hypothetical questions about, and explore the potential impact of alien contact with humans.
May 15 2014
‘FALLEN’ Movie Wraps Production In Hungary
Mayhem Pictures, Lotus Entertainment, and Silver Reel announced today that production for FALLEN, the much anticipated feature film adaptation of Lauren Kate’s worldwide bestselling young adult novel, has officially wrapped. The film was shot primarily on location in and around Budapest, Hungary.
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