Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

VOD Spotlight: “Legion” imagines the Apocalypse

June 10, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Legion is a terrifying vision of the Apocalypse from writer/director Scott Stewart (Priest). As mankind destroys itself in a savage fury, a small group of peple trapped on the edge of nowhere prepare to make a last stand, with the help of a mysterious and powerful stranger. Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton, Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki and Kate Walsh star. Stewart’s rewrite of the original script takes a “less is more” approach to the horror elements. “The original was a more explicit, ‘we’re going to show you everything,’ way of telling the story, as opposed to, […]

FOX launches new “Glee” Superfan experience online

June 10, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From FOX: With New Directions’ journey to Sectionals now complete, are you mourning the end of Glee‘s first season? Now you can be a GLEEk all summer by catching encore episodes every Thursday (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) beginning June 10 on FOX and by visiting the all-new Glee Superfan online experience exclusively at www.fox.com/glee/gleesuperfan/. The new Superfan experience allows GLEEks to watch full-length episodes while concurrently monitoring the live Glee Twitter feed, exploring the official Facebook page, playing interactive Glee games and sharing video with fellow fans. At their fingertips, visitors have easy access to insider content relevant to the Glee […]

Fox Soccer Channel in-studio show highlights World Cup coverage

June 9, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Starting June 10, Fox Soccer Channel will include among its hundreds of hours of World Cup programming a daily in-studio show called Ticket to South Africa, which will air at 4:30pm ET throughout the soccer competition, after the final whistle blows each matchday. The 4:30pm airings are live, and are repeated throughout the evening. The program presents daily previews and recaps of World Cup action, plus live reports from FSC’s correspondents in South Africa. Richard Keys of Britain’s Sky Sports hosts the one-hour show, which features analysis from Andy Gray, also of Sky Sports. Additional in-studio experts include former U.S. […]

VOD Spotlight: “Dear John” sparks more interest in author’s book adaptations

June 9, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Author Nicholas Sparks has hit it big in Hollywood ever since his best-selling novel The Notebook was made into a successful film in 2004. Two of his other books, Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember, had previously been filmed, but The Notebook really helped cue movie audiences in to the Nicholas Sparks style of romantic drama. That was followed by the 2008 adaptation of Nights in Rodanthe, and this year’s The Last Song. That style has also continued with this year’s movie version of Sparks’ Dear John. It’s a romantic drama about a soldier (Channing Tatum) who […]

Get ready for another “BrainSurge” on Nickelodeon

June 3, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Nickelodeon is bringing back its very popular game show BrainSurge starting June 21 at 6pm ET/PT with the first of 40 new episodes. Jeff Sutphen returns as host of BrainSurge to energetically guide kids through mind-bending challenges that test their visual, memory and analytical skills as they compete for fun prizes. Season 2 premieres with a week of special episodes that feature Boys vs. Girls — where the live audience is divided by gender and the contestants (3 boys and 3 girls) are playing for bragging rights and T-shirts for the audience. In addition, the new season will include celebrity […]

ESPN2 and ABC to broadcast World Cup kick-off concert from South Africa

June 2, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From ESPN/ABC: ESPN Inc.’s unprecedented coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup from South Africa will kick off before the games even begin when ESPN2 broadcasts complete live coverage of the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert from Soweto/Johannesburg on Thursday, June 10, beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. The three-hour concert, considered the biggest entertainment event to date in South Africa, celebrates the arrival of the first-ever FIFA World Cup on the African continent and will take place at 30,000-seat Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Shakira and Juanes will perform […]

David Hasselhoff returns to “The Young and the Restless”

June 1, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

The Hoff is feeling a little “Restless” again, as he returns to the series that first gave him fame. David Hasselhoff played Dr. William “Snapper” Foster Jr. from 1975-82 on the long-running CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, and he will be briefly reprising that role on the series this month. Hasselhoff appears on the episodes airing June 15-18, and June 21. The character of Snapper has been working in London, but returns home to visit his sister, Jill (Jess Walton), and finds himself unexpectedly caught up in a family drama. “I was so honored to be asked […]

TCM’s Eastwood movie marathon and new doc celebrate Clint’s 80th birthday

May 27, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

He’s made our day, many times over the years, with dozens of memorable, if not classic, films in which he has starred or directed — or both (and in some cases also served as the composer of music scores). Now, Clint Eastwood is getting his own day on TCM when the movie network devotes 24 hours of programming to the works of the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker. The celebration airs this Monday, May 31 (Eastwood’s 80th birthday), beginning at 6am ET. At the center of the marathon is the world television premiere of The Eastwood Factor, a new documentary written […]

Back to the “Futurama” — Billy West interview

May 26, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Never underestimate the ability of fans to influence the decisions of entertainment powers-that-be in this age of the Internet and DVD sales. They were effective enough to get new episodes of Family Guy made, and now they have scored another coup by being a major force behind the return of Matt Groening’s Futurama, which begins its sixth season June 24 on Comedy Central, after unceremoniously disappearing from FOX seven years ago (but continuing in an unofficial “season” via a series of successful direct-to-DVD movies over the years). “[The fans] never let up,” says star Billy West, who […]

TNT’s marathon of memorable “Law & Order” episodes marks series finale

May 21, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Nonstop episodes of Law & Order on TNT? Sounds like a typical weekend, doesn’t it? In this case, though, the network will be airing some of the series’ most memorable episodes in a special marathon to mark the occasion of it coming to an end after 20 years. In case you haven’t heard, NBC has decided to cancel the flagship show (but to keep Law & Order: SVU and pick up the new spinoff Law & Order: Los Angeles, lamely shortened to LOLA), and Monday, May 24, will be its final episode.