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When does Daylight Saving Time 2013 end?

Daylight Saving Time 2013 (a.k.a. “Daylight Savings Time”) in the United States ends Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2am. It is indeed time to “fall back” — set your clocks back one hour — at that time, and begin to experience the increasing darkness as winter approaches (and grab a little extra sleep, if you are so inclined). When does Daylight Saving Time 2013 end? In most of the United States, Daylight Saving Time 2013 ends at 2am local time on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. When Daylight Saving Time 2013 ends, do I gain an hour or lose an hour? When Daylight Saving Time […]

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Sports

El Clasico 2013: Where to watch Barcelona vs Real Madrid in the U.S.

beIN SPORT and beIN SPORT en Español will have live coverage of El Clasico 2013 — the epic Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) matchup of Barcelona vs Real Madrid — in the United States on Saturday, Oct. 26, with the match beginning at 11:55am ET. The highly anticipated match pits soccer’s biggest stars, Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Lionel Messi (Barcelona), against one another at Camp Nou in Barcelona. Prior to Barcelona vs Real Madrid, beIN SPORT and beIN SPORT en Español will have a live pre-game show at 11am ET. The networks will also feature halftime and post-game shows, with match analysis, highlights […]

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Leon vs Toluca on Telemundo: Liga MX playoff berth on the line

Telemundo will have live coverage of Club Leon vs Toluca in a Liga MX Apertura 2013 match this Saturday, Oct. 26, at 9pm ET. A postseason playoff berth is on the line for both teams as they face off at Nou Camp Stadium (Leon needs a win to advance, while Toluca can also clinch with a win and a Veracruz and Puebla tie or loss). Andres Cantor will call the Leon vs Toluca action, alongside Sammy Sadovnik. Leon is currently in third place with 25 points, seven behind tournament leader America, with three matches and a total of nine points […]

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Drama

Sherlock Season 3 gets U.S. premiere date

Along with several other announcements, PBS confirmed today that Sherlock Season 3 will make its U.S. premiere Jan. 19, and air Sundays through Feb. 2 at 10pm ET (check with your local PBS affiliate for confirmation in your area when the time comes, of course). During its run on PBS, Sherlock Season 3 will follow Downton Abbey, which airs its fourth season in the U.S. Sundays at 9pm ET, Jan. 5-Feb. 23. Sherlock Season 3 will again air as part of PBS’ Masterpiece brand, and features Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman returning as Holmes and Watson in Steven Moffat and […]

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Holiday

Lady Gaga teaming with The Muppets for ABC holiday special

On Thanksgiving night, Nov. 28, ABC will debut Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, a 90-minute special that the network says will offer an “avant-garde twist” on the concept of the classic holiday variety show. So it might be best if you left your memories of the old John Denver/Muppets specials behind right now. A press release says that in the Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, Lady Gaga will go backstage with The Muppets, and they combine forces to sing holiday favorites and Lady Gaga hits. “I was so excited when ABC called me about doing a […]

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TV News & Program Updates

ABC stars to live-tweet during Halloween specials and episodes

ABC is running a “Trick or Tweet” Twitter event that began last night during the Super Fun Night Halloween episode, and will continue over the next two weeks, with various stars live-tweeting during Halloween episodes of series, and Halloween specials. RELATED: HALLOWEEN TV EPISODES AND SPECIALS 2013 Fans looking to take part in the live-tweeting event should use the show hashtags, along with the hashtag #ABCTrickorTweet. The remainder of ABC’s Trick or Tweet schedule is as follows (the network notes that talent participation is subject to change based on availability): Friday, October 18 8pm-8:30pm ET “Last Man Standing” @LastManABC #LastManStanding Amanda Fuller (@amandafuller27) […]

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Sports

Telemundo coverage of Mexico vs Costa Rica World Cup qualifier reaches 8 million total viewers

Although they lost the World Cup-qualifying match with Costa Rica on Tuesday, Mexico still managed to stay alive for possible inclusion in the 2014 World Cup by virtue of the USA defeating Panama via two goals late in their match on the same night. Mexico will now face New Zealand in a home-and-away playoff in November (Mexico will host a match Nov. 13 or 14, then play in New Zealand Nov. 20), with a 2014 World Cup berth at stake. As exciting and suspenseful a night it was for fans of Mexico on Tuesday, it was every bit as exciting […]

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Animation

Power outage delays new “South Park” episode

The new South Park episode originally scheduled to air tonight (Oct. 16) — Episode 1704, “Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers” — has been delayed by a week due to a power outage at South Park Studios last night, according to Comedy Central. Due to the power outage (an image from the outage is pictured below), all computers at the studios were down, so everything from animation to rendering to editing and sound on the episode was unable to be completed in time for the episode to air tonight, as originally planned. According to South Park co-creator Trey Parker, […]

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Competition

Telemundo announces La Voz Kids Season 2 auditions

Telemundo will begin auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 at the end of October, the network announced today. La Voz Kids is a singing competition series spun off from NBC’s The Voice, and features children competing for its singing title. Season 1 of La Voz Kids, which was won by Paola Guanche (pictured, in pink), was a hit for Telemundo, reaching 14.6 million viewers over the course of its 13-week run. RELATED: LA VOZ KIDS SEASON 2 PREMIERE DATE Auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 will be open to children between the ages of 7-15. Contestants are not permitted to register themselves; only the parent or […]

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Drama

Homeland Season 3 recap: Episode 3 – “Tower of David”

Homeland Season 3 recap: Episode 3 – “Tower of David” After not seeing Brody (Damian Lewis) in the first two episodes of Homeland Season 3, we finally got a big dose of him in last night’s third episode of the season, “Tower of David.” The episode was a fairly claustrophobic one for the show, keeping us, for the most part, in Brody’s new location, while occasionally interspersing this with Carrie’s (Claire Danes) similar predicament still a resident of the psychiatric hospital. We see Brody first, and he’s been through hell. He’s in Venezuela, the next leg of his escape journey, but things […]