Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

“Deal With It” host Theo Von talks Season 2, celeb guests include Nick Cannon, Jenner sisters & more

March 19, 2014 Barb Oates

TBS’ Deal With It host Theo Von tells us “I was laughing at some points, even crying with laughter,” in regards to some of the hidden-camera pranks they pull off in Season 2 of the comedy series, debuting tonight on TBS at 10:30pmET/9:30pmCT. From executive producer Howie Mandel, Deal With It is a hidden-camera game show in which everyday people are secretly dared to pull a prank on their unwitting companion with no time to prepare. The tasks usually involve the contestant doing something incredibly embarrassing or insulting in public to the prank victim. The contestant must obey all instructions […]

Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills star Jonny Drubel answers our 7 Questions

March 14, 2014 Barb Oates

We talked to # Rich Kids of Beverly Hills star Jonny Drubel, an aspiring singer/songwriter who is far more passionate about building his career than Dorothy Wang is about those selfies. Drubel opened up to us on being just a little bit dramatic, his diverse tastes in television and his overall dislike of shopping. What? He doesn’t like to shop? Hard to believe with those onscreen pals. You can watch Drubel and the rest of the clan on #RichKids of Beverly Hills Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on E!. (pictured below from left to right: Roxy Sowalty, Jonny Drubel, Dorothy Wang, […]

A&E pulls “Those Who Kill” from Monday lineup

March 14, 2014 Barb Oates

This is for all those people come Monday who will be asking what happened to Those Who Kill? Was Those Who Kill canceled? No. No. No! Those Who Kill was NOT canceled. Thankfully. It is, however, being pulled immediately from A&E’s current lineup. After airing just two episodes, A&E has pulled Those Who Kill from its Monday lineup in order to allow executives time to go back and either retool the show and/or its scheduling with plans to relaunch the 10-episode first season at a later date. It was unknown at this time when and even where – of the […]

What to expect in True Detective finale this Sunday

March 9, 2014 Barb Oates

All the clues have been laid out and the answers are supposedly right under our nose for HBO’s True Detective finale airing tonight (March 9 at 9pm ET/PT). Much speculation and online chatter has centered on whether Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) or Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) are somehow connected to the Yellow King in this eight-episode, eerie chiller, but that would be way too typical for series’ screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto and not the core of the story — which is really about who Cohle and Hart truly are. McConaughey actually told Channel Guide’s Lori Acken at the start of the […]

2014 Long Island Medium Tweet to Win sweepstakes entry details

March 8, 2014 Barb Oates

TLC kicks off the Season 5 premiere of Long Island Medium with another Long Island Medium Tweet to Win sweepstakes. The live event begins Sunday, March 9 at 8pmET where Theresa Caputo will randomly select winners during live segments of the premiere episode. Winners will be announced live during the show and will win an all-expenses paid trip for two to meet Theresa in addition to a private reading. The value of the trip is listed as $3,500 and includes a three day/two-night stay in New York, as well as $500 spending cash. According to the official rules, you must […]

#RichKids of Beverly Hills star Dorothy Wang on lunch, her allowance and more!

March 7, 2014 Barb Oates

Life sure is good for #RichKids Of Beverly Hills star Dorothy Wang. Shopping, spinning and hanging out with costar and fellow selfie-obsessed pal Morgan Stewart (pictured together below) has traditionally filled her non-committal days. But last week we saw that things are changing as Wang is getting a little more serious — just a little — in pursuing an income on her own at an elite Beverly Hills real estate agency. Yay Dorothy! In this Sunday’s episode of #RichKids of Beverly Hills (March 9 at 10pm ET), Dorothy takes another step toward true independence and moves into her posh new […]

Those Who Kill recap: Chloe Sevigny, James D’Arcy in A&E’s new crime thriller

March 3, 2014 Barb Oates

Those Who Kill recap (March 3): Chloë Sevigny and James D’Arcy delve into morally gray areas in their edgy new crime thriller Those Who Kill airing Mondays on A&E beginning March 3. TV is on a gruesomely dark killing spree of late with series like The Blacklist, The Following and The Returned. Now A&E jumps into the serial killer genre with its 10-episode thriller Those Who Kill. Based on the Danish crime series of the same name (you’ll recall The Killing was also a Danish TV translation and success), this series is set in Pittsburgh and follows the work of […]

Private Lives of Nashville Wives Episode 1 recap: Bright Lights Big City

February 24, 2014 Barb Oates

Private Lives of Nashville Wives Episode 1 recap (original air date Feb. 24, 2014): Tonight TNT introduced us to their version of a “Real Housewives” franchise with Private Lives of Nashville Wives, a quick character study on another group of really pretty people — some with big personalities — all looking to either further their hubby’s careers or their own in this spotlight into their “private” lives. Our first introduction to this posse is with Sarah Davidson, an aspiring singer who is wife to award-winning songwriter Dallas Davidson. Sarah is trying to establish a voice of her own in the […]

Belly up with Blake Lee and Ginger Gonzaga in “Mixology”

February 24, 2014 Barb Oates

Blake Lee and Ginger Gonzaga in Mixology offer the perfect chemistry to give this midseason comedy potential. “I honestly never loved a pilot more,” says Ginger Gonzaga, of Mixology coming to ABC Wednesdays at 9:30pm ET/PT beginning Feb. 26. The actress, who was in 2012’s top-grossing comedy Ted, knows funny. The series was one of 60-70 pilots she read last year and it was the standout. “It’s addictive. It’s very avant-garde.” Created and executive produced by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (the writers who penned The Hangover), the series follows the misadventures of 10 singles at one bar, over one […]

Interview with “Private Lives of Nashville Wives” star Cassie Chapman

February 24, 2014 Barb Oates

TNT joins the reality TV craze following the “Private Lives” of women in the country music biz in their newest series Private Lives of Nashville Wives debuting tonight at 10pm ET. We caught up with Private Lives of Nashville Wives star Cassie Chapman who gives us some insight on why it’s taken the ladies of Nashville so long to get their own reality series. “What’s interesting about Nashville is that we are really private people. As a Southern lady, the first thing you learn as a child is that you keep your business private,” tells Cassie Chapman, a former Hooters […]