Bill Hader may be best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and voice work in projects ranging from the very adult The Venture Brothers to the family friendly Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but he’s also quietly earned a reputation as something of an expert in family films as the host of […]
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Saint George Comes to FX!
FX has closed a deal for Saint George, a new sitcom that stars George Lopez as a recently divorced working class Mexican-American balancing a number elements in his increasingly chaotic life. The series, created by Lopez, will be produced on the same model as Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management, with an initial ten-episode order that will, […]
71st Golden Globes Date Set!
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC have announced that the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 8/7C.
First Look: Creepy Trailer Teases Syfy’s Helix!
First Look: Black Sails–Starz’s Pirate Series!
Gore Verbinski made pirates big on the silver screen. Now Michael Bay and Starz hope to do the same for the small screen with Black Sails. The series is a kind of loose prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, with Luke Arnold playing the not-yet-legendary pirate, John Silver, and Clara Paget as the notorious […]
Starz Gives Da Vinci’s Demons Second Season!
Da Vinci’s Demons has been renewed for a second season. The historical action-fantasy series from Starz premiered to some of the network’s best ratings and no small amount of critical acclaim (yours truly gave it an A+ based on the first three epsiodes). Check out the full press release following the jump.
2013 Oscars® Producers Re-Up for 2014!
2013 Oscars® producers Craig Zadan and Neil Maron have signed to produce the 2014 ceremonies. I imagine they’ll have to really search to find a host that can top Seth MacFarlane’s energetic job at this year’s show. Read the official press release following the jump.
The Online Network Previews: All My Children and One Life to Live!
In less than two weeks, The Online Network will learn if their investment in creating new episodes of One Life to Live and All My Children is a good one. After checking out the preview of One Life to Live, above, follow the jump to the preview of all My children following the jump.
NBC Reveals 2013 Summer Schedule!
NBC, whose ratings have yoyoed like crazy this season, has announced its summer schedule. Among the network’s new summer shows are: Camp, starring Rachel Griffith (Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters) as a divorced camp director looking to make a fresh start; Save Me, starring Anne Heche (Men in Trees) as a Midwestern wife […]
Monstrous May Ahead For Fox!
May sweeps will be something else again for Fox this season. Among its more momentous events: the season finale for the off-the-wall dark The Following; the two-night season premiere of so You Think You Can Dance; the world premiere of the music documentary Rihanna 777; the on-hour season finales for The Cleveland Show, Family […]
Silver Linings Playbook and The Avengers Lead MTV Movie Awards Wins!
David O. Russell’s little film about people with mental health issues didn’t just kick butt at the box office, it also tied Marvel’s The Avengers in MTV Movie Awards wins, nabbing Best Female Performance (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Male Performance (Bradley Cooper) and Best Kiss (Lawrence and Cooper). The Avengers took Movie of the Year, […]