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Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review Hairspray, Chuck & Larry, and Premonition in this episode of FilmCrunch.
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This Week on TV (8/11-8/17)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Action, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, MTV, PBS, TNT-HD

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(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
(You can navigate NBC’s Olympics schedule here.)

MONDAY (8/11)

  • Sesame Street (PBS, check local listings):  Season 39 premiere. ”One, two, three, four...chickens just back from the shore.”
  • High School Musical: Get in the Picture (ABC, 8pm):  “The contestants get a lesson on how to express emotions without using words.” Tip #1: If you need to cry, cut a hole in your pocket, take a pair of tweezers, and just start pulling. (Thanks, Joey Tribbiani.)
  • The Closer (TNT, 9pm):  “Provenza gets in hot water when he loses evidence from a successfully executed sting operation.” Somebody better buy the boss a box a chocolates asap.
  • The Mole (ABC, 10pm):  “The mole’s last victim and the Mole are revealed in the fifth-season finale after all 12 players reunite.” If a mole is revealed but nobody’s there to see it, will a show get whacked?

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Feist Performs 1234 on Sesame Street

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Daytime, Kids, Music, PBS, Video

Okay - this was just too cute not pass on.

If you don’t have a reason to watch on a regular basis, you can have your brief moment of childish fun here. For the show’s upcoming premiere, Feist has put together a special version of its song ‘1234.’

Warning: If you’ve worked hard to get that iPod commercial out of your head, this may not be the best clip for you to watch.


Sesame Street‘s 39th season begins on August 11.


TV on DVD: July 15, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, PBS, TNT-HD, WB, DVD

Birds of PreyHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • America’s Test Kitchen (Season 8)
  • Aquarion (Season 1, Part 2)
  • Birds of Prey (Complete Series)
  • Dallas (Season 9)
  • Eureka (Season 2)
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Complete Collection)
  • Reno 911 (Season 5)
  • Saving Grace (Season 1)
  • Swamp Thing: The Series (Volume 2)

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Ken Burns Tackles National Parks in 2009 Offering

Posted by Jacci Lewis
Categories: Mini Series, Reality, PBS, Announcements, Editorial, News

Ken BurnsMark out some time in 2009. says it will air Ken Burns new documentary on America’s national parks sometime in the fall of that year.

The 12-hour, six-part documentary is called “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”.

According to the Associated Press the series traces the origins and growth of the national park system over 150 years. The series will highlight both the lofty idealism that lead to their creation and the opportunism of some who sought to make money on some of America’s most majestic natural locales. 

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TV on DVD: June 24, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, PBS, DVD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

TV on DVD: May 27, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Drama, Reality, Specials, Sports, Cable, CBS, NBC, On Demand/PPV, PBS, Degrassi, DVD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Degrassi: The Next Generation, Season 6

  • Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Everything
  • The Adventures of the Black Stallion (Season 3)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 6)
  • Frontline: Bush’s War
  • The Grand (Complete Collection)
  • Gunsmoke (Season 2, Vol. 2)
  • Intervention: Then and Now (Season 1)
  • Lipstick Jungle (Season 1)
  • Monsterquest (Season 1)
  • One Piece: First Voyage (Uncut) (Season 1)
  • Rawhide (Season 3, Vol. 1)
  • WWE: Backlash 2008

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The Opposite of the Grammy Awards: ‘Masterpiece Theater’s Pride and Prejudice’

Posted by Jacci Lewis
Categories: Drama, Mini Series, Prime Time, BBC, PBS, Editorial

Pride and PrejudiceIf you are looking for an alternative to the Grammy Awards tonight (live at 8 p.m. ET on CBS) here is one, no actually here is the absolute opposite of the Grammy Awards: .

Okay before you frantically click to close this story consider this: one of the best adaptations of a Jane Austen book begins tonight on the venerable series.

’s 1995 version of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice begins it’s three part run tonight on PBS at 9 p.m. as part of Masterpiece Theater’s The Complete Jane Austen series.

The series has already presented admirable new versions of Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey as well as Miss Austen Regrets, a film biography that tells the story of Jane Austen’s lost loves and why she herself, never married. Miss Austen Regrets stars of The Sixth Sense (1999) and Rushmore (1998) fame. All of these Austen titles are well worth the time and effort it would take to seek them out on DVD or even read them!

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President Bush Delivers Last ‘State’

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, Editorial

George BushMonday night saw the very last (scheduled) address delivered by our Commander-in-Chief, President (Dubya). He preempted a great deal of network and coverage for this speech to members of Congress and the nation. (A full transcript of the speech can be found at the official White House site.)

The real meat of Bush’s speech centered on the last seven years and bills he wants Congress to pass in the coming weeks. After a ton of hemming and hawing on a number of topics - he did mention voting in the next election at the top of the hour and alluded to the possible recession and economic decline in which the country currently finds itself - he got around to the issue everyone wants to know more about: our troops.

Calling the War on Terror “the defining ideological struggle of the 21st century,” Dubya announced he will require 3,200 more Marines in Afghanistan. He also talked on his Return on Success policy which will help bring 20,000 troops back to U.S. shores in “the coming months.”

He lauded his own success with No Child Left Behind and promised new budget cuts would create a surplus in the nation’s finances. Speaker of the House gamely managed to keep a straight face as Dubya applauded his own efforts with the nation’s education. Bush called for new Pell Grants for Kids totaling $300 million, and at least mentioned the possibility of renewable energy during his time on the floor. But he also asked that Congress continue to fund the troops, praising those who are currently serving on the front lines (to stirring applause from both sides of the aisle). 

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TV on DVD: January 29, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Cable, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, TNT-HD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Volume 5)
  • Chancer (Season 2)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 6)
  • Damages (Season 1)
  • Emergency! (Season 4)
  • JAG (Season 5)
  • Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
  • Ranma 1/2: Martial Mayhem (Season 5)
  • 60 Minutes: The Face Behind Facebook
  • 60 Minutes: The King of Sushi
  • 60 Minutes: The War Against Women
  • Spongebob SquarePants: To Love A Patty
  • Thomas the Tank Engine: Thomas and the Treasure
  • Witchblade (Volume 4)

(Click here to see the and for this week.)


TV on DVD: January 22, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, PBS, ER

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday:

The Girls Next Door

  • Barney Miller (Season 2)
  • ER (Season 8)
  • The Girls Next Door (Season 3)
  • Hawaii Five-O (Season 3)
  • The Hustle (Season 4)
  • The Jeff Corwin Experience (Season 1)
  • Make Room for Daddy (Season 6)
  • Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey
  • The Odd Couple (Season 3)
  • The Simple Life (Season 5)
  • 60 Minutes: The Executioner
  • 60 Minutes: President Musharaff
  • 60 Minutes: Roger Clemens
  • Swamp Thing (Series)
  • Torchwood (Season 1)


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