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TV on DVD: July 15, 2008

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

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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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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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)


This Year’s Emmy Nominations for News

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Award Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, PBS

EmmyIt’s the biggest thing in television, and a great pat on the back – the annual Emmy nominations. The 28th News and Documentary Emmy Awards nominees this year were outshined by , a network that received 22 nominations to ’s 19, ’s 15, and with 14. PBS is in the running for the honor with Nature, POV, American Experience, and Nova. CBS garnered the largest chunk of nominations for segments of 60 Minutes, while NBC got nine of its nominations from NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams. CNN and each received six nominations, with five apiece going to Cinemax and the History Channel. News Channel wasn’t in the competition – the network was too busy pushing its conservative agenda. At a ceremony in New York City, the winners will be announced September 24, 2007.

Read More | Emmy Online via LA Times


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