Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Bravo declares September 15 “Top Chef Just Desserts Day”

September 8, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

To promote its new spinoff series Top Chef Just Desserts, Bravo is naming September 15 — the date of the series’ premiere — Top Chef Just Desserts Day. The national event will offer free desserts through various outlets across the country. Consumers will be able to sample free desserts at local participating bakeries and retailers, from Top Chef Just Desserts-branded trucks in certain cities, and through a special partnership with Opentable.com.

“Boardwalk Empire” costars help introduce TCM’s night of Prohibition biopics

September 3, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From Turner Classic Movies: Before the debut of HBO’s Prohibition-era series Boardwalk Empire, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will get viewers in the speakeasy mood with an evening of biopics about some of the time period’s most notorious gangsters and bootleggers. TCM’s “Prohibition All-Stars” marathon, scheduled to air September 15, will showcase five films about such figures as Al Capone, John “Legs” Diamond, Arnold Rothstein, Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll. Rod Steiger, Tony Curtis and David Janssen are among the stars in the title roles. Boardwalk Empire co-stars Vincent Piazza (Rescue Me), who plays Lucky Luciano, and Michael […]

NBC.com announces online “Undercovers” sweepstakes

September 2, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From NBC: NBC.com announced the “Undercovers: Get A Room Private Screening” romantic online sweepstakes to promote the debut of the new drama Undercovers today. The sweepstakes will reward five lucky winners with an all-expense-paid romantic adventure for two to New York City for a luxurious stay at the posh London Hotel, dinner at the Gordan Ramsay restaurant and includes a private in-room advance screening of the series for each couple. The “Undercovers — Get A Room Private Screening” online sweepstakes will give fans the chance to win their own personal premiere experience in New York City. The winner will receive […]

Crossover event planned for “Life Unexpected” and “One Tree Hill”

September 1, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Grammy Award-winner Sarah McLachlan performs her new single “Forgiveness” in the Life Unexpected crossover episode with One Tree Hill, which is currently filming in Vancouver. The episode will air October 12 at 9pm ET on The CW. Also singing in the episode will be One Tree Hill series star Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley) and recurring guest star Kate Voegele (Mia), along with Ben Lee and Rain Perry (singer/songwriter of the Life Unexpected theme song). The crossover episode of Life Unexpected brings One Tree Hill characters Haley and Mia to a music festival, sponsored by a Portland radio station and hosted […]

ABC announces pairings for Season 11 of “DWTS”

September 1, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

In alphabetical order, and with their professional partners, the 12 stars making their dancing debut on the new season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars are: MICHAEL BOLTON, Grammy Award-winning singer, teams up with CHELSIE HIGHTOWER, who returns for her fourth season. BRANDY, actress and singer, joins MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY, who is back for his ninth season.

Conan O’Brien announces name of new talk show

September 1, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Over the past few months Conan O’Brien has proven to be very adept (and funny) at using Twitter. Furthering his comedic mastery of new technology, he has now used YouTube to announce the long-awaited name of his new talk show, premiering Nov. 8 on TBS. It’s Conaw … er, Conan. Well, see for yourself:

“The Walking Dead” trailer from AMC — scary good

August 24, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

AMC is getting us excited (and creeped out) with this trailer for its new series The Walking Dead, from producer/writer/director Frank Darabont and based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book about a zombie apocalypse. The series debuts, fittingly, on Halloween at 10pm as part of AMC’s Fearfest horror marathon. The premiere is 90 minutes; subsequent episodes will be an hour long.

Cox reunites with Aniston on “Cougar Town”

August 23, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Last season, Lisa Kudrow made an appearance, and ABC has announced today that Jennifer Aniston will now guest-star on former Friends co-star Courteney Cox’s ABC series Cougar Town. Aniston appears in the Season 2 premiere, airing Sept. 22 at 9:30pm ET. No word yet on her character. This marks the first time the two actresses have worked together since Cox’s former FX series Dirt. Aniston can currently be seen in theaters in the film The Switch.

CBS to air preview of new fall lineup

August 19, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell, stars of CBS’ new drama The Defenders, will be hosting CBS Fall Preview, a special airing Sept. 6 at 8:30pm ET/PT on, naturally, CBS. The program will also be available On Demand to customers of AT&T U-Verse, Bright House, Comcast, Frontier Communications, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS TV. The program includes sneak peeks of five new additions to the CBS primetime schedule — Hawaii Five-0 (premieres Sept. 20); The Defenders (Sept. 23); Blue Bloods (Sept. 24); $#*! My Dad Says (Sept. 23); and Mike & Molly (Sept. 20). And you can rest assured that, […]

“Modern Family” has ushered in a new age of the feel-good sitcom

August 19, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Lori Acken When ABC began promoting its new sitcom Modern Family this time last year, critics and viewers alike weren’t sure quite what to make of it. On paper it seemed awfully gutsy — or maybe even lazy — replete with that guy who played Al Bundy (in a red velour tracksuit!) as its biggest star and what, in any but the deftest of hands, would be a barrelful of touchy stereotypes and TV clichés. Rich older gent with hotsy-ditzy trophy wife. Bumbling suburban dad and know-it-all mom. Homosexual couple with adopted Asian baby. And here’s the kicker — […]