Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

HBO makes first full episodes of “Girls” and “Veep” available for free

April 16, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you missed the premiere of HBO’s new comedy series Girls (pictured) last night, or want to catch it again — or never saw it because you don’t subscribe to HBO — the network is giving you the chance to see the series premiere for free. All audiences, HBO subscribers and non-subscribers alike, will be able to watch the first full episodes of both Girls and Veep — another of HBO’s new comedy series, which premieres next Sunday, April 22 — on multiple platforms. Both series’ pilots will be available on these platforms beginning the day after they premiere on […]

James Cameron and Bob Ballard NGC specials explore the Titanic disaster

April 6, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

“For me, the mysteries [of Titanic] have never died.” So says filmmaker James Cameron during the opening of his new National Geographic Channel special about the legendary, doomed ship. Ever since the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage and sank to the bottom of the sea 100 years ago this month — on April 14, 1912 — people have been fascinated with its tale, a mix of human tragedy, engineering marvel and hubris. Of the 2,223 people onboard, 1,517 lost their lives in the sinking. And while the ship had the ability […]

President Obama to introduce USA Network airing of “To Kill a Mockingbird”

April 5, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee is notoriously press-shy (she gave her last interview in 1964 before retiring from the limelight), but the writer of the acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird has had her name in the media a bit this week. On Monday, there was an American Masters episode about her, and now word comes that USA Network will be presenting a special airing of the film based on her memorable work. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, which was nominated for eight Oscars and won three, including Best Actor […]

Planet Green being rebranded Destination America starting May 28

April 4, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

I had recently been wondering about the change in programming Planet Green has undergone, and what that meant for the future of the network. It had seemed to stray from its original mission of programming about ecological matters to become a catchall lifestyle channel, airing reruns of shows about ghosts, UFOs and other things very far removed from its “Green” title. A dead giveaway that it was no longer the “Green” network was when it was one of only two networks in the Discovery family that did not simulcast the series premiere of Frozen Planet last month, which would have […]

Teaser for 25th anniversary celebration of Discovery’s Shark Week (video)

March 30, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

This morning, Discovery Channel released this teaser video for the 25th anniversary installment of Shark Week, which will air in mid-August. Seven new specials will include a look at the full impact that the movie Jaws had on sharks — and on Peter Benchley, the original book’s author; a re-creation of the prehistoric shark Megalodon, which was the size of a Greyhound bus; the true story about how two men survived in shark-infested waters for 47 days; a look at the “Great White Highway” off the coast of California; and a countdown of the 25 best moments in the history […]

Jeremy Wade fishes for American “River Monsters” in Season 4 premiere

March 30, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the special two-hour Season 4 premiere of Animal Planet‘s River Monsters, premiering this Sunday, April 1, at 9pm ET/PT, host Jeremy Wade visits the United States to investigate various reports of freshwater fish that have grown to enormous — potentially human-threatening — size. His first stop is in Florida, where he searches for the bull shark, which has been reported to frequent inland canals and rivers (and which is also the shark whose infamous series of 1916 attacks in New Jersey inspired Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws). Wade does in fact find and catch a bull shark, verifying the reports […]

“Jesse James: Outlaw Garage” extended preview (video)

March 29, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Here’s a peek at an upcoming Discovery Channel special, Jesse James: Outlaw Garage, which premieres April 9 at 10pm ET/PT. It follows former Monster Garage host Jesse James in his new life after he left California in the wake of his tabloid scandals and well-publicized divorce from Sandra Bullock, and moved back to Austin, Texas. With the help of some of the world’s top car customizers, James has partnered up with the Austin Speed Shop. But James is unsure if his crew at the Shop is able to handle the workload expected of a world-class operation. So he challenges them […]

“Glee” star Amber Riley among performers at 2012 Celebration of Gospel

March 28, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Taped at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on March 16, the two-hour Celebration of Gospel — Rise Up! Renew! Rejoice! will premiere on television this Sunday, April 1, at 8pm ET/PT on BET. Steve Harvey once again serves as host of the telecast, which brings mainstream artists and gospel greats together. Among the performances: Ricky Dillard and New G Choir join R&B sensation Johnny Gill to open the show with a performance of “He Turned It”; original Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday and Glee star Amber Riley join gospel legends Pastor Shirley Caesar and Yolanda Adams to pay tribute to […]

Tease campaign for TNT’s new “Dallas” references original series’ “dream” season

March 28, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

TNT has revealed the tease campaign for its new series Dallas, which premieres June 13 and catches us up with what several original members of the Ewing clan, as well as its next generation, are up to. The steamy campaign artwork flashes back to one of the most iconic scenes from Dallas history — and one of the silliest moments in TV history — when, in a May 1986 cliffhanger episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) awakens one morning to find her supposedly dead husband Bobby (Patrick Duffy, who returns in the new series) alive and well in the shower. When Dallas […]

“Deadliest Catch” returns for a new season with its 100th episode (video)

March 28, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

The Season 8 premiere of Discovery Channel’s hit, Emmy-winning reality series Deadliest Catch, debuting April 10 at 9pm ET/PT, will be the show’s 100th episode. Captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand (F/V Time Bandit), Captain Sig Hansen (F/V Northwestern), Captain Keith Colburn (F/V Wizard), Captain “Wild Bill” Wichrowski (F/V Kodiak) and returning newer captains Scott Campbell Jr. (F/V Seabrooke) and Elliott Neese (F/V Ramblin’ Rose) again take to the icy Bering Sea to fish for Alaskan king crab. This season, the crews have their fishing quota slashed by almost half, which brings home a cold economic reality. With the change in […]