Three-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and culinary explorer Andrew Zimmern believes the best way to explore a city is to get to know the locals and, in Travel Channel’s new series, “Andrew Zimmern’s Driven By Food,” premiering Tuesday, August 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, the first local he usually meets is his cab driver. Hosted and executive produced by Zimmern, the new series turns to neighborhood drivers to set the itinerary. Never staying in the backseat for long, Zimmern and his new guide – whether it’s a cab driver in the South, a shikara driver in Kashmir or a gondolier in Venice – take viewers on an entertaining behind-the-scenes, insider’s adventure to check out off-the-grid dives, regional eats and local activities.
Jul 06 2016
VIDEO: Starz Releases Season 2 Teaser Trailer and Photo For ASH vs EVIL DEAD
STARZ released a new teaser trailer and photo for the highly anticipated 10-episode second season of #AshvsEvilDead. The second season roars back into action with Ash leaving his beloved Jacksonville and returning to his hometown of Elk Grove. There, he confronts Ruby. The former enemies have to form an uneasy alliance as Elk Grove soon becomes the nucleus of evil.
Jul 05 2016
Casting News: Rob Lowe Joins Cast of CBS’ CODE BLACK
Rob Lowe has joined the cast of the medical drama CODE BLACK as a series regular. His character will be introduced in the series’ second season premiere, Wednesday, Sept. 28 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Lowe will play Colonel Ethan Willis, a doctor in the U.S. Military’s prestigious Combat Casualty Care research program who has been pulled out of a combat hospital in Afghanistan and embedded at Angels Memorial to teach what the military has learned about combat medicine.
Jul 05 2016
TV News: RUNNING WILD With BEAR GRYLLS Returns Aug. 1, With Celebrity Guests Nick Jonas, Julianne Hough, and More!
“Running Wild with Bear Grylls” is returning to take A-list celebrities on adventures of a lifetime when the series returns Monday, Aug. 1 (10-11p.m. ET) with actress and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Julianne Hough and Tuesday, Aug. 2 with triple-platinum recording artist and actor Nick Jonas (10-11p.m. ET). The series will follow summer hits “American Ninja Warrior” on Monday and “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesday.
Jul 05 2016
TV News: FX Sets Fall Premiere Dates for ATLANTA, BETTER THINGS, and Season 6 of AMERICAN HORROR STORY
FX has set the premiere dates for two of the year’s most anticipated new comedy series, Atlanta and Better Things, as well as the return of the acclaimed and award-winning American Horror Story for its sixth installment, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. Atlanta, a half-hour comedy series created by and starring Donald Glover, will premiere on FX on September 6, followed two days later by Better Things, a half-hour comedy series co-created by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. and starring Adlon. Then on September 14, the as-yet-untitled sixth installment of the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning limited series American Horror Story returns from co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.
Jun 29 2016
TV News: Travel Channel Special ISLAND FEVER Premieres July 9
Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police is on a mission to soak up all the sun, fun and adventure the island paradise of Bali has to offer in Travel Channel’s “Island Fever,” premiering on Saturday, July 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT. “You discover the rhythm of a place through the eyes of the locals,” said Copeland. In the hour-long special, Copeland dives headfirst into the Java Sea to surf Bali’s famous waves, drinks local moonshine in the rice fields and jams with a Balinese gamelan drumming group.
Jun 29 2016
TV News: AMC Renews PREACHER For An Expanded Second Season
AMC announced that it has renewed its cinematic and critically acclaimed supernatural series “Preacher” for an expanded 13-episode second season, slated for 2017. Based on the popular cult comic book franchise of the same name, “Preacher” is a supernatural and darkly comedic drama that follows a Texas preacher named Jesse Custer who is inhabited by a mysterious entity called Genesis that gives him the power to make people do whatever he commands. Once this power attracts the attention of two mysterious angels, Fiore and DeBlanc, Jesse, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip, and an Irish vampire named Cassidy are thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.
Jun 29 2016
TV News: Smithsonian Channel Gets Wild With Series WILD WEDNESDAY Premiering July 13
Smithsonian Channel goes to where the wild things are this summer as the network ramps up WILD WEDNESDAYS with an exhilarating new block of wildlife programming beginning July 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Through five consecutive weeks of one-hour specials, WILD WEDNESDAYS will span the globe in search of elusive sharks, mighty lizard kings, viper queens, killer hornets and desert lions. Traveling from tropical waters and volcanic islands to stark deserts and steamy jungles, each hour will investigate some of the world’s fiercest and most iconic apex predators while unraveling the mysteries behind their behavior.
Jun 29 2016
Video: BBC America Presents THE HUNT Narrated By Famed Naturalist Sir David Attenborough.
THE HUNT illustrates in dramatic detail the strategies predators use to catch their prey (and those that the prey use to escape), with each episode centering on one of our planet’s key habitats. From open grasslands and dense forests to the arctic and the open ocean, the cutting-edge, seven-part series features rarely seen wildlife and animal behavior — revealing like never before the challenges that predators and prey face in each of these vastly different worlds.
Jun 29 2016
TV News: HBO Debuts Heartwarming Documentary OPEN YOUR EYES On July 18
Nearly 40 million people worldwide are blind, mostly from cataracts, and 90% of them live in the poorest countries. Yet most cataract blindness can be cured by simple surgery implanting an intraocular lens that once cost $500 and is now available for less than $2. OPEN YOUR EYES follows Manisara and Durga, an aging couple from the remote Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, as they embark on a transformative odyssey to regain the sight they lost over the years by undergoing this life-changing procedure. Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky (HBO’s Oscar®-nominated “The Final Inch”), this inspiring documentary debuts MONDAY, JULY 18 (7:30-8:10 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO
Jun 28 2016
TV News: Two Travel Channel Specials To Feature Food Network’s Guy Fieri
Food Network personality Guy Fieri is exploring some of the world’s most exciting and fascinating places in two specials for Travel Channel this summer. The first special, “Guy & Hunter’s European Vacation,” premieres on Tuesday, July 5 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT andfollows the chef and his eldest son, Hunter, on the ultimate food-filled European expedition. In “Guy Fieri’s Cuban Adventure,” premiering on Tuesday, August 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, Guy embarks on a legendary adventure in one of the most captivating cultural destinations in the world.
Jun 28 2016
Casting News: Freida Pinto Joins GUERRILLA, Limited Series Set To Air On Showtime and Sky Atlantic In 2017
GUERRILLA centers on a couple, “Jas” and “Marcus” (casting to be revealed soon), whose passion propels them into making the leap from political activism to radical militancy. Academy Award® winner John Ridley (American Crime) will write, direct and executive produce the limited series. Golden Globe® winner Idris Elba (Luther, Beasts of No Nation) will co-star and serve as an executive producer through his Green Door Pictures. Ridley will write the majority of the episodes and will direct the first two episodes and the finale, with Emmy Award nominee Sam Miller (Luther, No Good Deed) directing the other episodes.
Jun 27 2016
TV News: Travel Channel’s New Special Series CELEBRITY ADVENTURE CLUB Premieres July 1.
Award-winning actor, Jon Cryer, sets flight for a journey that tops his bucket list in the first installment of Travel Channel’s new series of specials, “Celebrity Adventure Club,” premiering on Friday, July 1 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. In each hour-long feature, Travel Channel hands the camera to some of the world’s biggest stars and asks them to explore what compels and inspires them, taking viewers along as they travel around the world on an intimate adventure of discovery and exploration.
Jun 27 2016
TV News: AMC To Air PREACHER Marathon on Thursday, June 30
Fans of the series who can’t get enough and viewers who need to catch up on the action can watch the first five episodes of “Preacher” and enjoy bonus, behind-the-scenes footage within each episode. The new, sixth episode of the season appears on AMC this Sunday in the show’s regular timeslot at 9:00 p.m.
Jun 23 2016
Casting News: Taylor Lautner Joins Season Two of SCREAM QUEENS On Fox.
Taylor Lautner (“The Twilight Saga,” “Cuckoo”) has been cast in a series regular role in the upcoming second season of SCREAM QUEENS, the comedy-horror series from award-winning executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Premiering Tuesday, Sept. 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), on FOX, Season Two of SCREAM QUEENS graduates from the college campus and into an all-new location, as a terrifyingly funny mystery will begin once again. Set in a hospital, where some of the most fascinating and bizarre medical cases are under observation, Lautner is one of the series’ new male leads, playing DR. CASSIDY CASCADE, a doctor at the hospital who suffers from a strange medical condition.
Jun 22 2016
Casting News: Brian Austin Green Joins Cast of Fox’s ROSEWOOD
Brian Austin Green has been cast in a series regular role in the upcoming second season of ROSEWOOD. Green will play AARON SLADE, East Miami Police’s newest member with a mysterious past, who will both challenge and complicate an already messy situation between DR. BEAUMONT ROSEWOOD, JR. (Morris Chestnut) and DETECTIVE ANNALISE VILLA (Jaina Lee Ortiz).
Jun 22 2016
TV News: Showtime Reveals Eclectic ROADIES Music Roster
Episodes Will Feature Handpicked Music From Artists, Including: Bob Dylan, Jim James, Tom Petty, The Ramones, Lindsey Buckingham, The Replacements, T.L.C., and Lucius. Republic Records And Stardog Records to Release Official ROADIES Soundtrack on August 26th. In advance of this Sunday’s premiere of the network’s highly anticipated series ROADIES, SHOWTIME is unveiling some of the music, personally curated by series creator/executive producer/writer and music supervisor Cameron Crowe, that will be featured in the one-hour ensemble.
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