TV on DVD: May 26, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, TNT-HD, DVD

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

• Cities of the Underworld (Season 3)
• The Closer (Season 4)
• Designing Women (Season 1)
• Gunsmoke (Season 3, Vol. 2)
• The Invisibles (Series 1)
• Jeeves & Wooster (Complete Series)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Season 9)
• Land of the Lost (Complete Series)
• The Mod Squad (Season 2, Vol. 2)
• UFO Hunters (Season 2)
• The Universe (Season 3)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Celebrity Feuds Win for NBC

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Editorial

The first ever spin-off of Family Feud, a game show which itself was originally a spin-off, premiered last night on NBC. Very few changes to the standard show format, along with celebrities and much larger cash prizes helped NBC pull down promising ratings for this summer show.

Feud first began airing in 1976 with host Richard Dawson at the helm. His charm, slightly chiding nature and constant kissing quickly cemented him as one of TV’s best-loved hosts. In those early days, ABC owned the show, which was canceled by the network in 1985.

The show was born again on CBS in 1988, this time with petite Ray Combs holding center stage. This version was officially canceled in 1993, but continued as a syndicated version (amid some host troubles) until 1995. The show would not return again until 1999 on FOX as a daytime syndicated spot. Nine years of set changes and host changes have kept Feud on FOX ever since, with re-runs always available on GSN.

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This Week on TV (6/23-6/29)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, MTV, NBC, Showtime

(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)

MONDAY (6/23)

• I Love the New Millennium (VH1, 10pm):  “Eight-part series featuring stars reminiscing about pop culture phenomena of the new millennium begins with the year 2000.” Is it too soon to wonder what VH1 will cover in 2011?
• Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods (MTV,10pm):  “The ladies perform with a canine costar: Bruiser, the dog from the musical.” I had no idea Ashton Kutcher revived Punk’d.
• Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (A&E, 10pm):  “A 14-year-old boy, who claims to see spirits of people and animals, is introduced to siblings close to his age who supposedly have paranormal gifts.” I’m always happy when freaky kids find someone to play with.
• Weeds (Showtime, 10pm):  “Celia’s hard time in county lock-up gets harder when her cellmate decides to make Celia her ‘special girl’.” Yeah - that would definitely suck.

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