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TCA 2011 News: Why THE HOUR is more political thriller than MAD MEN

THE HOUR - Series 1 | ©2011 BBC America

BBC America will be debuting THE HOUR, its new co-production with BBC 2 on August 17th and critics got a first taste of the impressive looking  new series at the Summer’s 2011 TCA session. Set in the mid 1950s, the series created by Abi Morgan is an espionage thriller set in the news room of the BBC as it follows the triangle of a young journalist (Ben Whishaw), an ambitious young producer (Romola Garai) and the new lead anchor of the show (Dominic West). While similarities between THE HOUR and MAD MEN are inevitable, executive producer Derek Wax says those […]Read On »


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TCA 2011 News: BBC America to launch COPPER as its first original production

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During today’s 2011 Summer TCA session, BBC America announced that they will be launching their first, self-produced original series in the summer of 2012. Called COPPER, it will be a ten episode series from Cineflix Studios and producers Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. “Copper captures the immigrant experience in 19th Century New York,” says BBC America General Manager Perry Simon. “The show maintains our U.K. connectivity in a bold and smart way. I didn’t want our first original series to be a ‘A London cop gets transferred to Las Vegas.’ COPPER explores the multi-culturism in early America and it’s a […]Read On »


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AMERICA’S GOT TALENT Recap: Third Hollywood Quarter-Finals eliminations

Professor Splash moves on (pictures with Nick Cannon and Seth Grabel) on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT - Season 6 | ©2011 NBC/Trae Patton

To mix it up a bit this week on the third week of eliminations during AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: The Quarter Finals, they did something almost too cruel to imagine. Host Nick Cannon called to the stage three acts – Purrfect Angelz, Summerwind Skippers and Ian Johnson. Then, after the traditional looooonngggg pause, Cannon delivered the message to all three acts that “NONE” of you are going to the semi-finals. Man, that’s cold! AGT quickly made up for it when Cannon called out PopLyfe and Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. and told them, after the long pause, they were BOTH going to […]Read On »


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TV Review: TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – “Dead of Night” – Review #2

Bill Pullman in TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - "Dead of Night" | ©2011 BBC Worldwide Limited

Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Lauren Ambrose, Kai Owen, Bill Pullman, Arlene Tur, Wayne Knight Writer: Jane Espenson Director:  Billy Gierhart Network: Starz, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: July 22, 2011 Last week I was speculating how long it would take to have the mysterious group behind “The Miracle” unveiled, and it looks like this week in “The Dead of Night”, the layers have started to peel back to reveal some of the machinations. PhiCorp is a pharmaceutical company that is stock piling so many meds and antibiotics they could keep the planet healthy for years, […]Read On »


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TV Review: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – Season 6 – “Hollywood Quarter-Finals” – Week 3

POPLYFE perform on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT - Season 6 - "Hollywood Quarter-Finals" - Week 3 | ©2011 NBC/Trae Patton

Twelve more performed on AMERICA’S GOT TALENT during Week 3 of the “Hollywood Quarter-Finals” hoping for the chance to go to the semi finals. None of the hopefuls seemed all that impressive this week. Sure there were a couple of good singers, some adequate novelty acts and maybe a jump roping crew that can really swing their ropes but it doesn’t look like this week will garner the ultimate winner of AGT. However, Piers Morgan only buzzed three acts this week as opposed to buzzing four in each of the past two weeks. Still, it was not an exceptional night. […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING – Season 1 – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Grey Damon and David S. Lee in THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING - Season 1 - "Nothing Compares 2 U" | ©2011 ABC Family/Bruce Birmelin

Stars: Skyler Samuels, Amy Peitz, Grey Damon, Grace Phipps, Benjamin Stone, Alyssa Diaz, Ki Hong Lee Writer: Yolanda E. Lawrence based on the novels by Liz Braswell Director: Joe Lazarov Network: ABC Family, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: July 19, 2011 It’s date night on THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING with the episode “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Both Chloe (Skyler Samuels) and her mom, Meredith (Amy Pietz) are prepping for big important moves forward in their lives. Meredith is going out on her first official date with a man she worked with on a project and Chloe is going […]Read On »


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TV Review: ALPHAS – Season 1 – “Anger Management”

Azita Gahnizada in ALPHAS - Season 1 - "Anger Management" | ©2011 Syfy/Ken Woroner

Stars: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Laura Mennell, Malik Yoba, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Devon Graye, Callum Keith Rennie Writers: Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe, series created by Zak Penn & Michael Karnow Director: Nick Copus Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 10 PM Airdate: July 25, 2011 While not as morally gray as last week’s episode – maybe because this week’s antagonist has caused much more harm with much less cause – “Anger Management” has a lot of strong scenes. Director Nick Copus seems to have picked up on some thematic similarities with 28 DAYS LATER/28 […]Read On »


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TV Review: TEEN WOLF – Season 1 – “Wolf’s Bane”

Tyler Hoechlin in TEEN WOLF - Season 1 - "Wolf's Bane | ©2011 MTV

Stars: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes, Linden Ashby, JR Bourne Writer: Jonathon Roessler Director: Tim Andrew Network: MTV, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: July 26, 2011 When a genre show is good, and we mean really good, it opens up the doors for all kinds of possibilities with characters, plot developments and amazing surprises. With TEEN WOLF, it’s three-quarters of the way through its first season on MTV, and all the characters and mythology that has been paved during the first half has finally come together in so many rewarding ways, particularly in […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER premiere

Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell at the premiere of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER | ©2011 Sue Schneider

Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures held the World Premiere of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER at the El Capitan Theater on July 19th. The carpet was red and white, and at the end of the carpet before the stars of the film and guests walked into the theater was the CAPTAIN AMERICA shield. The premiere was sponsored by Harley-Davidson, and where I was they had a white Harley that the stars autographed when they walked on the carpet.  In the film, CAPTAIN AMERICA rides a Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle.  Also sponsoring was Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ Donuts. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER […]Read On »


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TV Review: EUREKA – Season 4 – “Glimpse”

Niall Matter in EUREKA - Season 4 - "Glimpse" | ©2011 Syfy/Eike Schroter

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, Stan Lee Writer: Ed Fowler Director: Michael Robison Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: July 25, 2011 Once again, multiple plates are spinning in an episode of EUREKA. In “Glimpse,” Jo (Erica Cerra) and Zane (Niall Matter) are grappling with their relationship – with Jo wanting to call things off even though they’ve had six weeks of “last times” – and Jack (Colin Ferguson) and Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) are dealing with more subtle nuances of their romance. Meanwhile, Fargo (Neil […]Read On »


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