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TV on DVD: March 11, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, TNT-HD, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Aquarion (Season 1, Part 1)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (Season 2, Part 2)
• Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States (Season 1)
• Love American Style (Season 1, Vol. 2)
• The Mod Squad (Season 1, Vol. 2)
• One Foot in the Grave (Seasons 3 & 4)
• Sam & Max Freelance Police (The Complete Series)
• 60 Minutes: The Murder of Chauncey Bailey
• 60 Minutes: The Prosecution of Governor Siegelman
• 60 Minutes: What’s Wrong with the Bees?
• Stargate: The Ark of Truth
• Tin Man
• Witchblade (Volume 5)

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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 TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• 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 HD DVD and Blu-ray options for this week.)

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14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Extras, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Office, The Sopranos

Thanks to the cancelation of the Golden Globes ceremony, the hottest ticket in town was tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.  Without a picket line to cross, celebrities from TV and Film were allowed to celebrate - and commiserate - together for the first time in a long while.

For star-deprived fans, the SAG red carpet was also a treat for sore eyes.  What were our favorite actresses wearing?  What were the latest trends?  Which dresses were going to be copied by Allen Schwartz tomorrow?

Unfortunately, the evening was not all about partying.  The recent deaths of Suzanne Pleshette and Heath Ledger cast a somber tone on what would normally be a festive occasion.  Thankfully, tonight was not about dissecting their lives, but merely about honoring them.

Meanwhile, the neglected winners of this month’s Globes were also hoping to get a share of the honors.  If they were able to pull off another victory tonight, maybe they would have a chance to give the speech they already had written.

Well, without further ado, here’s the play-by-play of tonight’s events coming to you from the fashionably late West Coast!

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LIVE RESULTS: 2008 Golden Globe Awards

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Specials, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, TNT-HD, ER, Extras, Grey's Anatomy, House, Medium, My Name Is Earl, The Office, The Sopranos, Announcements

Without a formal ceremony to introduce the winners, tonight’s ‘presentation’ at the Beverly Hilton was simply about the facts.  Here are the 2008 Golden Globe Award Winners:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM

• Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There **WINNER**
• Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War
• Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
• Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “That’s How You Know,” Enchanted
• “Grace Is Gone,” Grace Is Gone
• “Guaranteed," Into the Wild **WINNER**
• “Despedida," Love in the Time of Cholera
• “Walk Hard,” Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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Christmas Day TV

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, Family Guy, The Hills

Looking for a distraction from the holiday season? Want to check out that new HD TV Santa left under the tree? Or, do you just want to put something on the tube to undercut happy holiday melodrama? Use Christmas Day TV to give you an escape when holiday pressure has you looking for the nearest exit.

ABC will offer fanciful diversion for the kids with the Walt Disney World parade starting at 10 am. Later in the afternoon, the network will offer NBA action while CBS gets sporty with golf. NBC will show the Holiday Celebration on Ice in the afternoon. On cable, ABC Family will showcase holiday movies including A Very Brady Christmas and Santa Baby. At 6 in the evening, Disney’s The Incredibles will offer CGI delight. 

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Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (TV)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Extras, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Office, The Sopranos

Take note.  If you want to see your favorite actors and actresses lined up in their finest, this may be the gala to watch.  Thanks to the relationship between the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild, the 14th Annual SAG Awards presentation will be allowed to go on as planned.  (The same cannot currently be said of the Golden Globes or the Academy Awards.) So set your Tivo to TNT on January 27.  This may be last time you get to see a group of actors celebrating together for quite some time.

This year’s television nominees are:

OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES

• James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
• Hugh Laurie, House (FOX)
• James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES

• Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
• Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)
• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
• Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

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Golden Globe Nominations (TV)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, TNT-HD, Entourage, Extras, Grey's Anatomy, House, Medium, My Name Is Earl, The Office, The Sopranos

So who cares if no one will be in attendance, the Golden Globe nominations must go on!  (If the ceremony continues on as planned, it will air Sunday, January 13th on NBC.)

Here are the most notable omissions/additions in this year’s list of television honorees:

TV on DVD: December 4, 2007

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, TNT-HD, WB, 24, Saturday Night Live, DVD

In need of a few gift ideas? Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves this Tuesday.

• 24 (Season 6)
• 7th Heaven (Season 5)
• Battlestar Galactica: ‘Razor’
• Crank Yankers, The Best Of
• Diagnosis Murder (Season 3)
• Dinner for Five: ‘Best of Directors’
• Dinner for Five: ‘On the Road’
• The Grafters (Season 2)
• House of Payne (Volume 1)
• Instant Star (Season 2)
• Law and Order: SVU (Season 4)
• Saturday Night Live (Season 2)
• Touched by an Angel (Season 4, Volume 2)
• Will & Grace (Season 7)
• The Wire (Season 4)

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This Week on TV (9/17-9/23)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, CBS, FOX, NBC, Showtime, The CW, TNT-HD, Family Guy, Prison Break, Survivor

• Prison Break (FOX, 8pm):  Season premiere.  What will happen to Dr. Sara Tancredi?
• Deal or No Deal (NBC, 8pm):  Special Monday-night premiere (will regularly air on Weds/Fridays).
• K-Ville (FOX, 9pm):  Series premiere
• Saving Grace (TNT, 10pm):  Season finale
• Weeds (Showtime, 10pm):  Mary-Kate Olsen will begin a ten-episode arc tonight.

TUESDAY (9/18)

• Beauty & the Geek (CW, 8pm):  Season premiere

WEDNESDAY (9/19)

• Back to You (FOX, 8pm):  Series premiere
• America’s Next Top Model (CW, 8pm):  Season premiere
• Deal or No Deal (NBC, 8pm):  Wednesday night premiere
• Kid Nation (CBS, 8pm):  Series premiere.  Will child slave labor make for great TV?
• ‘Til Death (FOX, 8:30pm):  Season premiere
• Gossip Girl (CW, 9pm):  Series premiere
• Kitchen Nightmares (FOX, 9pm):  Series premiere.  Gordon Ramsay moves on from tormenting individuals to terrorizing whole restaurants.

THURSDAY (9/20)

• Survivor: China (CBS, 8pm):  Season premiere

FRIDAY (9/21)

• Deal or No Deal (NBC, 8pm): Friday-night premiere
• Friday Night Smackdown (CW, 8pm):  Season premiere

SUNDAY (9/23)

• CW Now (CW, 7pm):  Series premiere
• Online Nation (CW, 7:30pm):  Series premiere
• The Simpsons (FOX, 8pm):  Season premiere
• King of the Hill (FOX, 8:30pm):  Season premiere
• Family Guy (FOX, 9pm):  Season one-hour season premiere
• Cold Case (CBS, 9pm):  Season premiere
• Shark (CBS, 10pm):  Season premiere

(To check out our Fall Programming Schedule, click here)

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This Week on TV (9/10-9/16)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, ESPN-HD, FX, FOX, NBC, Syndication, TNT-HD, Oprah Winfrey Show, Cable/Satellite

• Today (NBC, 7-11am):  The show expands to an unnecessary 4 hours.
• Oprah (syndicated):  Season premiere includes a first appearance by David Letterman.
• Rachel Ray (syndicated):  Ray’s Second Season premiere includes guests from High School Musical 2
• The View (ABC, check local listings):  The official introduction of their final new host (a.k.a. Sherri Shepherd).
• Wheel of Fortune (syndicated):  25th season premiere.
• Monday Night Football (ESPN):  A double-header special.  Cincinnati Bengals vs Baltimore Ravens (7pm ET)/ San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals (10:15 ET).
• The Closer (TNT, 9pm):  Part-two of the season finale.

TUESDAY (9/11)

• 106 & Park (BET, 6pm):  To kick off their massively hyped album launches, 50 Cent and Kanye West will both appear in a sing/rap-off event.
• The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm):  Two-hour premiere

WEDNESDAY (9/12)

• Rescue Me (FX, 10pm):  Fourth Season finale

THURSDAY (9/13)

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, 10pm):  Season Three premiere

FRIDAY (9/14)

• Live With Regis and Kelly (syndicated):  Former co-host Kathie Lee Gifford returns to help celebrate the show’s 20th Anniversary.
• Nashville (FOX, 9pm):  Series premiere
• Monk (USA, 9pm):  Season finale
• Psych (USA, 10pm):  Season finale

SUNDAY (9/16)

• 59th Primetime Emmys (FOX, 8pm):  Ryan Seacrest brings his comedic (??) abilities to this year’s festivities.  Tape delayed on the West Coast.
• The Dead Zone (USA, 10pm):  Season finale

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