Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

TCA: 7 episodes make up “perfect” Mad Men series finale

January 10, 2015 Barb Oates

It’s not often that a cast panel can weigh on your emotions, but tears filled some of our eyes at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press tour as AMC and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner shared a “road to the finale” video montage that captured the emotion of the series’ last seven seasons (less the final episodes). The images were played along to Paul Anka’s “Times of Your Life” and served as a timeline to showcase the last 10 years of these characters’ amazing journeys. The final seven episodes of Mad Men begin on Sunday, April 5 at 10pmET/PT on […]

TCA: Black Sails cast talk Season 2, new trailer released

January 10, 2015 Barb Oates

Captain Flint , Captain Vane, John Silver, Max and Eleanor — all characters in Starz’s bloody swashbuckler Black Sails — took center stage in Pasadena today at the 2015 Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour to talk about Season 2, returning Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9pmET/PT. The first season averaged 5.3 million viewers an episode and was one of the network’s most watched series. The series has already been renewed for a third season. The new season begins where it left off with the Walrus crew stranded with an army of Spanish soldiers standing between them and the Urca gold. […]

Preview: Born in the Wild docuseries showcases alternative birthing practices

January 9, 2015 Barb Oates

Lifetime’s new Born in the Wild takes a personal look at a subset of families who set out to create their own birthing experience by packing up their gear and pushing out a babe in the wild. […]

TCA: Starz releases new photos for Outlander

January 9, 2015 Barb Oates

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, from Starz’s enormously popular Outlander series, are in Pasadena for the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The remaining eight episodes of the first season return to Starz beginning Sunday, April 4 at 9pm ET/PT. Prior to the panel with the cast, which we’ll have more details later, Starz released the following images for the upcoming episodes. Enjoy!

Bob Odenkirk tells us what to expect in “Better Call Saul”

January 9, 2015 Barb Oates

In August of 2013, millions of fans strapped in for the final eight episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Breaking Bad from mastermind Vince Gilligan and took the ride of their lives, witnessing the dark, dark descent and crumbling of almost every single character. The only certainty at that point was that one character would see an afterlife, and that was Walter White’s “two-bit, bus-bench attorney” Saul Goodman, played by comedy great Bob Odenkirk. Gilligan had announced just a few months prior to the final episodes of Bad that he and writer Peter Gould would be developing a spinoff series, […]

TCA: Whitney Thore inspires in “My Big Fat Fabulous Life”

January 8, 2015 Barb Oates

Whitney Thore, whose web videos “fat girl” became viral hits, is the subject of a new TLC reality series titled My Big Fat Fabulous Life, premiering Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 10pmET/PT. The refreshingly upbeat Whitney made a visit to the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour in Pasadena where she reinforced her message that size doesn’t matter when it comes to finding and doing things that make you happy. In her case, it’s her passion and love for dance. Whitney’s unapologetic approach to her body size is an inspiration. The series is a heartfelt look into her life — […]

TCA: National Geographic Channel’s lineup impresses with more smart TV

January 8, 2015 Barb Oates

Thank you National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild for staying true to your brand. At the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour in Pasadena today, network executives announced an impressive lineup of new specials and new series that continue to explore our world in breathtaking detail, as well as, help foster the “smart” in all of us. Despite fierce competition, CEO Courteney Monroe said that no matter what: “compelling content will always prevail.” Shows she credited for “currently working and resonating with our audience” are the network’s docuseries Ultimate Survival Alaska (airing Sundays), Wicked Tuna (returning Sunday, Feb. […]

Recap: Who was the first person fired from Celebrity Apprentice 2015?

January 5, 2015 Barb Oates

Of the 78 celebs who have played in Donald Trump’s reality competition in the past, no one wants to be the first person fired from Celebrity Apprentice. In the premiere episode of Celebrity Apprentice’s seventh season (original air date Sunday, Jan. 4) Keshia Knight Pulliam “a.k.a. Rudy Huxtable” got the axe from Mr. Trump. So what led to the firing? Here’s how things went down. Let’s start with the players and the teams — it’s the men against the women again. The men’s team includes: Johnny Damon, two-time World Series champion Gilbert Gottfried, actor and legendary comedian Sig Hansen, captain […]

Preview: TNT’s new “Wake Up Call” should be required viewing for all teens

December 12, 2014 Barb Oates

A new level of respect and thanks goes to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with his latest reality series Wake Up Call debuting tonight on TNT at 9pmET/PT. The show is an emotionally charged journey that gives a good kick in the ass (in a good sense) to people who have been faced with extreme challenges. While some compassion is given to their personal hardship, Johnson provides a tough-love approach — in his candid, can-do-anything style — as he believes these individuals can and should be doing better. Johnson is certainly an ideal host / lead interventionist for the series as […]

Jimmy Kimmel asks Eaten Alive’s Paul Rosalie for a make-good: “get eaten by another animal”

December 9, 2014 Barb Oates

Viewers of Discovery’s entertaining two-hour Eaten Alive special sounded off on social media when naturalist/author Paul Rosalie failed to be actually eaten by the snake. Jimmy Kimmel said it best last night when he had Rosalie on his show via Skype. “What a rip off. All I wanted to do was relax on my couch and watch a man get eaten by a snake,” Kimmel joked. In the last 15-minutes of the two-hour special, we did see the 20-foot snake make a few strikes at swallowing him (some great interior shots of the snake’s inner throat cavity were captured), but […]