Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Getting To The Roots Of More Fascinating Families

February 6, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

The 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives was justly praised by many, most notably The New York Times, which called the show “the most exciting and stirring documentary on any subject to appear on television in a long time.” In the program, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduced many, particularly black Americans, to new ways of discovering one’s family history through groundbreaking genetic analysis, which was used to trace back the roots of black celebrities such as Chris Tucker and Whoopi Goldberg. Gates, and the series, are back this month for African American Lives 2, airing Feb. 6 and […]

Pooper Bowl Sunday

January 17, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

The hype has started already — only 17 days until the big game! And I can already guarantee who will be there. With plenty of hard-hitting tackles, lots of running, occasional biting, and, yes, some befouling of the field of play, this event is once again a must-see for you and all of your rowdy friends. Of course, I’m talking about Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl, now up to number IV (still a ways off from the XLII of the Super Bowl, but ahead of DIY’s inaugural Toilet Bowl (?!), also on the same day). Airing at 3pm ET on Feb. […]

“Ghost Hunters” Take On The World

January 11, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

SCI FI Channel‘s Ghost Hunters International debuted Wednesday night as the network’s No. 1 reality telecast in its history, and bested its broadcast time slot competition, including the dreadful, and dreadfully popular, Gossip Girl. The episode found a new team of Ghost Hunters — lead investigators Robb Demarest and Andy Andrews; Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, Barry Fitzgerald (whom you may recall from the original Ghost Hunters’ frightening exploration of some Irish ruins) and newcomer Shannon Sylvia — traveling to England’s Chillingham Castle and Scotland’s Mary King’s Close to see what kind of spirits Europe can throw at us. As […]

The Peebles Choice

January 10, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Posted By RabbitEars A quick note for you All My Children fans: ABC has announced that Mario Van Peebles (our second favorite Mario, after Lopez) will be joining the daytime drama’s cast starting January 29. The award-winning director, writer and actor brings more talent and credentials than are often seen on a soap, and will play Samuel Woods, a U.S. District Attorney who is running for the Senate. Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) takes special notice of Woods, primarily as a guest on her talk show. But he will soon become a nightmare — albeit one with romantic possibilities. Luckily for […]

Animal Planet Of The Apes

January 10, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Animal Planet is going ape once again, with a new show on the heels of its successful, cute and educational series Orangutan Island. (By the way, have you checked out the fun site that lets you find out which orang from the show you are most like? To give you some hint about myself, my results find that I am most like Donald, the loyal, easy-going, slightly co-dependent one. Wait, don’t leave me all alone on this post just yet!) On February 8, the network debuts Escape to Chimp Eden at 9:30pm ET (it will then air at 9pm ET […]

Do You Like “Gladiator” Shows?

January 9, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Well, if ya do, you’re not the only one! NBC’s revived American Gladiators premiered Sunday with this season’s highest adult 18-49 rating for any new series premiere, and was the Peacock’s top new series debut since Heroes back in 2006, and led the network to its highest non-sports rating during the Sunday 9-11pm ET time period in three years. “We’re extremely excited by the response to American Gladiators,” said John Wallace, president of NBC Local Media Division, in perhaps an understatement. The reason the Local Media president is now excited about the show too is that NBC plans to pummel […]

Soap Serenade

January 9, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

Anthony Geary makes his recording debut! If you’ve been waiting to hear those words, an ABC announcement this week has just made your dreams come true. Perhaps trying to follow in the fine tradition of Rick Springfield and Jack Wagner, several stars of General Hospital and the other ABC soaps, One Life to Live and All My Children, are part of a CD to be released January 29 called Love Affair. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s a collection of love songs. Will any of these stars be the next Springfield or Wagner? Do we want them to be? […]

“Ghost Hunters International:” Passport To The Paranormal

January 6, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

SCI FI Channel‘s Ghost Hunters series has taken us to plenty of creepy haunted places around the United States. But if we start getting all America-centric and thinking we have a monopoly on things that go bump in the night, Ghost Hunters International is here to show us otherwise with a collection of Continental specters to rival the best we have to offer. The series, debuting Jan. 9 and airing Wednesdays, is a spinoff of the popular Ghost Hunters, with a few of the investigative team members coming from the American TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) team. As the show’s […]

Role-Playing Documentary Darkon Has Maximum Charisma

November 22, 2007 Jeff Pfeiffer

Crime in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area seems to have been decreasing lately. Perhaps that is because of all the +1 maces and Daggers of Inquisition that are being wielded in the area. No, these weapons aren’t being carried by police. These fictional items and other elements of an intricate fantasy world are being used by the folks who inhabit Darkon – an imaginary medieval world that is played out in live re-enactments throughout the real-life Maryland/D.C. area. Moving beyond the tabletop world of 20-sided dies and pencil and paper, and even online arenas like World of Warcraft, the role-players of […]

“Battlestar” Gains A New Edge

November 16, 2007 Jeff Pfeiffer

During October, you SCI FI Channel viewers may have seen some Battlestar Galactica “mini-sodes” that aired during episodes of Flash Gordon (although, given Flash‘s lukewarm reception with audiences, maybe you didn’t catch them. But they are still available on scifi.com). Whatever the case, these shorts looked at the original Cylon War, when a young William Adama (Nico Cortez) discovered a dangerous Cylon weapon that would come back to haunt him and his crew 40 years later. These shorts lead up to a two-hour special TV movie called Battlestar Galactica: Razor, which makes its eagerly awaited debut Nov. 24. Honing the […]