Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Honey Boo Boo holiday specials get premiere dates

December 12, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

We heard they were in the works a few months back, and now TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo “holladay” specials have finally gotten premiere dates — after all their respective holidays. Oh, well. Maybe they will give you something to look forward to during that post-Christmas/New Year’s lull and help entertain you enough to fight off the after-the-holidays blues. The Honey Boo Boo “holladay” specials will all be pretty much be airing over the course of a month in January and February, as follows, on TLC: Halloween special — Jan. 6, 9pm ET/PT Thanksgiving special — Jan. 13, 9pm ET/PT Never-before-seen […]

Meredith Vieira returns to “General Hospital”

December 12, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Meredith Vieira will reprise the General Hospital role of Bree Flanders that she originally played in March 2003 when she returns to the venerable soap as a guest star this Friday, Dec. 14. A decade later, though, fans will find that Bree has moved up in the world. “At that point [in 2003, Bree] was a madam,” says Vieira. “Now she’s a Senior Vice President of a company, so she’s definitely improved her lot in life.” As a madam, Bree once tempted Luke Spencer’s girlfriend to join her ranks, but, as Vieira says, she is now the SVP of Marketing […]

Where to watch “12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief”

December 12, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you are anywhere near a TV tonight, Dec. 12, you’ll be hard-pressed to miss 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief , a live concert from Madison Square Garden in New York City to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, since it is airing on many channels here and abroad. It is expected to be seen by over 2 billion people on international and U.S. television stations. 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief begins at 7:30pm ET (sharp, according to the press release), and at that time, musical artists and other celebrities will take donations via phone throughout the evening. […]

2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced

December 11, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

At a press conference in Los Angeles today, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist (and 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee) Flea announced the list of performer inductees and Ahmet Ertegun (non performer) recipients for the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013: Performers Heart Albert King Randy Newman Public Enemy (pictured) Rush Donna Summer Ahmet Ertegun (non performer) Award Lou Adler Quincy Jones For the first time in its history, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offered fans the opportunity to officially participate in the induction selection process. The top five artists, as […]

mun2 remembers Jenni Rivera with “I Love Jenni” marathons

December 11, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Updated Dec. 13, 2012, 11:17am CT To honor its network star Jenni Rivera, who tragically lost her life in a plane crash on Sunday, mun2 will be continuing to air marathons of its original reality series in which Rivera starred and for which she was a co-executive producer, I Love Jenni. I Love Jenni followed the life of the Mexican-American singing superstar as she balanced life at home with her five children, a grandchild and a new husband with maintaining her life at the top of the Latin music charts. A marathon of I Love Jenni Season 2 (which had […]

mun2 and Telemundo statement on Jenni Rivera

December 10, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

mun2 and Telemundo networks have released a statement on the tragic passing of singer Jenni Rivera, who, along with six others, died in a plane crash early Sunday outside of Monterrey, Mexico. Rivera had been involved with the two Spanish-language networks as the producer/star of the hit reality show I Love Jenni, as well as the producer of her daughter Janney Marin’s new show Chiquis ‘n Control. Statement from Diana Mogollon, general manager, mun2, and Emilio Romano, president, Telemundo Media: “It is with a heavy heart that both the mun2 and Telemundo Media family mourn the tragic passing of Mexican-American […]

Taylor Swift celebrates 23rd birthday by premiering 23rd music video on MTV

December 10, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

It’s a weeklong party on MTV in celebration of singing star Taylor Swift’s 23rd birthday this Thursday, Dec. 13. The festivities, beginning today, Dec. 10, culminate on Thursday, her actual birthday, with the premiere of her 23rd music video — “I Knew You Were Trouble,” the third single from her No. 1 album Red — during MTV First: Taylor Swift Dec. 13 at 4:40pm ET. Shot over two days in and around Los Angeles, the video features Swift playing the character of a girl completely drawn in by her attraction to a guy (Reeve Carney) with a beautiful smile and […]

“La Teniente” (“The Lieutenant”) to make U.S. premiere on mun2 in January

December 5, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Since making its debut on Azteca 7 in Mexico in September, the scripted action series La Teniente (The Lieutenant) has quickly become one of the top programs in the country. The much-buzzed-about show will be making its U.S. debut Jan. 13 at 10pm ET on mun2. The series will be shown on mun2 with English subtitles. La Teniente takes a cinematic approach to scripted TV, using locations throughout Mexico and top Spanish-language TV actors as it depicts the adventures of a Special Operations unit of the Mexican Navy. Centering on Mexican Naval graduate Lieutenant Roberta Ballesteros (María Fernanda Yepes), the […]

Pearl Harbor 71st anniversary TV programming

December 5, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

This Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, marks the 71st anniversary of the “date which will live in infamy” — the day in 1941 when the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing America into World War II and effectively changing the course of that conflict. That date, as President Franklin Roosevelt predicted, has indeed lived in infamy as a symbol of treachery, but it has also lived on as a symbol of resolve. In commemoration of the event, and in honor of those who lost their lives, several TV programs about the Pearl Harbor attack will […]

When is the Yule Log on TV 2012?

December 4, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

When is the Yule Log on TV 2012? RELATED: WHEN IS THE YULE LOG ON TV 2013? PIX11 The original WPIX (New York) Yule Log will be celebrating its 46th anniversary in 2012, and PIX11 in NYC will be airing the familiar favorite Dec. 25, from 9am-1pm local time (it will also be available in HD). Other Tribune affiliates across the country will be making the original log available for viewing as follows on Dec. 25 (all times are in the city’s local time zone): WPHL/Philadelphia: 8am-12pm WDCW/D.C.: 9am-11am KCPQ/Seattle: 4am-10am KZJO/Seattle: 9am-11am WSFL/Miami: 6am-10am KTXL/Sacramento: 4:30am-9am KRCW/Portland: 6am-10am WXMI/Grand […]