Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

World Cup qualifier: Mexico vs Costa Rica on Telemundo

October 14, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Mexico kept its World Cup hopes alive last Friday with a thrilling win over Panama, courtesy of Raul Jimenez’s spectacular bicycle kick goal, and now goes to Costa Rica’s National Stadium in San Jose, where a draw with Costa Rica (which has already obtained one of the direct berths in the 2014 World Cup) would guarantee Mexico fourth place in the Hexagonal and a berth in the World Cup playoff against New Zealand next month. A win, along with some help from Jamaica in defeating Honduras, might even help get Mexico to Brazil 2014 directly. The Mexico vs Costa Rica […]

World Cup qualifiers: Mexico vs Panama, and USA vs Jamaica on Univision networks

October 11, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the United States, UniMas and Univision Deportes Network are broadcasting live, Spanish-language coverage of the FIFA World Cup qualifying matches of Mexico vs Panama and USA vs Jamaica on Friday, Oct. 11. Additionally, Univision Deportes Network will be airing a two-part special about the importance of the Mexico vs Panama match. RELATED: ENGLISH-LANGUAGE COVERAGE OF MEXICO VS PANAMA AND USA VS JAMAICA The evening’s matches begin with USA vs Jamaica at 6:30pm ET on UniMas. The American team is home free after having qualified for the World Cup, but tensions still run high as winning this match will improve […]

NBC announces next Day of Days “Days of our Lives” fan event

October 11, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Soap operas have fallen on hard times in recent years, with some notable, long-running ones being canceled after decades on the air. NBC’s sole survivor in the genre, Days of our Lives, continues to maintain its viewership, however (it recently delivered its biggest one-week overall audience in four years), and in recognition of its fans, the series will again be holding a “Day of Days” fan event, featuring several stars from the daytime drama. (With the ever-increasing possibility of a soap’s cancelation, events such as this, where stars connect and maintain bonds with fans, might prove to become even more important […]

BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 – date and time

October 11, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

What: BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 When and Where: Oct. 15 at 8pm ET/PT on BET. About: Uncle Snoop (Snoop Dogg) hosts the annual event, which honors the biggest names in hip hop music, along with recognizing new and rising talent, and which BET says has been the No. 1 hip hop-themed telecast for five consecutive years. Included will be performances from Snoop, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Future, Meek Mill, Diddy, Rick Ross, Rocko, ScHoolBoy Q and more. At the ceremony, which was recorded in Atlanta Sept. 28, there was a surprise reunion from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony that brought […]

Adelaide Kane says The CW’s era-mixing “Reign” is a “beautiful mishmash” of historical fashion

October 10, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

You probably know you’re watching The CW when you see a historical drama based on Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots) and the screen is filled with impossibly beautiful young people wearing clothes not quite of the era, including stiletto heels. And to drive home the fact that a bit of creative license was taken with The CW’s new series Reign, star Adelaide Kane (Teen Wolf), who plays Mary, confirmed for me in an interview this summer at the Television Critics Association Press Tour that, “This isn’t the History Channel. … It’s a TV show. It’s supposed to be fun! […]

2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards – date, time, channel

October 9, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

What: 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards When and Where: Oct. 9 live at 7pm ET on Telemundo. About: The Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the only awards show on a major network that honors the albums, songs and most popular singers of Regional Mexican music. The 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the third annual ceremony, and celebrates all types of Mexican music, including Banda, Norteño, Ranchero, Mariachi, Duranguense, Grupero and Cumbia. Finalists and winners of the Billboard Mexican Music Awards are determined by chart performance as chronicled in Billboard Magazine and on billboard.com during the eligibility period of Aug. 18, […]

Homeland Season 3 recap: Episode 2 – “Uh … Oo … Aw …”

October 7, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

There was still no sign of Brody (Damian Lewis) in last night’s second episode of Showtime’s Homeland Season 3, but there was no shortage of drama, some of it from Brody’s family who, along with so many others, are still dealing with the events of the explosion at Langley. In fact, last night’s episode — while featuring good doses of Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and Peter (Rupert Friend) — proved to be carried in large part by the female characters of the show. Not only by Dana (Morgan Saylor) and Jessica (Morena Baccarin) Brody, but also by, or course, Carrie Mathsion (Caire Danes) […]

Scandal Season 3 premiere sets series-high viewership

October 4, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Scandal opened its third season last night with a 71% viewership increase year to year over the Season 2 premiere in Adults 18-49, according to ABC. The network says that the Scandal Season 3 premiere episode, which aired in the 10pm ET time slot, set series highs in Total Viewers (10.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.6/10). The episode generated ABC’s best numbers for a Thursday 10pm series telecast since January 2010 in viewers, and since November 2010 in young adults. The Scandal Season 3 premiere was the No. 2 TV show of the night in Adults 18-49, behind only The Big Bang Theory on CBS. ABC also […]

New FOX News primetime lineup debuts Oct. 7

October 4, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

After Gretchen Carlson moved from morning to daytime, FOX News Channel continues tweaking its programming when the new FOX News primetime lineup debuts on Oct. 7, the date that marks the 17th anniversary of the launch of FOX News Channel (FNC). Also on that day, the network will debut a new program in daytime, hosted by Shepard Smith. The new FOX News primetime lineup will kick off with On the Record, hosted by Greta Van Susteren, which airs at 7pm ET starting Oct. 7. After hosting her show at 10pm for many years, Van Susteren joked in a recent release about […]

Gold Rush Season 4 begins Oct. 25 on Discovery

October 3, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Discovery Channel announced that its highest-rated series, Gold Rush, will be back for Season 4 with a two-hour premiere Oct. 25 at 9pm ET/PT. The Gold Rush pre-show, The Dirt, will also be back, again hosted by series executive producer Christo Doyle, starting Oct. 25 at 8pm ET/PT. In Gold Rush Season 4, Todd Hoffman puts his life on the line, and asks his crew to do the same, braving malaria, poisonous snakes and quicksand to set up a mining operation in a patch of jungle deep in Guyana, South America. Last year, their Klondike operation delivered a million-dollar season, […]