Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Telemundo Hispanic Heritage Month special looks at Hispanic NFL players

September 25, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

A one-hour Telemundo special premiering Sept. 28, called Futbol Americano, Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, will look at the life and times of some of the most prominent Hispanic NFL players. Airing as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the program also takes a glimpse inside the NFL’s command center, and features an appearance from La Voz Kids winner Paola Guanche, who sang the national anthem before the Bears/Steelers game this past Sunday night. Included during Futbol Americano, Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Hispana is an interview with Manny Ramirez and Louis Vasquez, the Hispanic duo that plays for the Denver Broncos […]

George Takei appearance helps kick off Syfy’s new “Fangasm” series

September 20, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Oh, my! George Takei will make an appearance on the series premiere of Syfy’s Fangasm, a reality series that follows seven fanboys and fangirls. Which makes sense, since Takei — an original Star Trek cast member (Sulu) who also appeared in several Trek films — is a sci-fi fan icon, and currently has a legion of followers on his website and social media outlets, where he often passes along funny Internet memes. In the series premiere of Fangasm, George Takei makes a surprise visit that becomes a life-changing moment for the gang of fanboys and -girls. According to Syfy, Takei shares with the group some laughs […]

“The Watsons Go to Birmingham” a moving family film

September 20, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

This week marked the 50th anniversary remembrance of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. — a notorious, racially motivated crime that killed four little girls and helped gain support for the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. That event marks a pivotal scene in the Hallmark Channel original movie The Watsons Go to Birmingham, premiering Sept. 20 at 8pm ET. The film, based on the Newbery Honor-winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis, also touches on other key civil rights moments from 1963 that we are commemorating this year, including the Birmingham marches and […]

“La Voz Kids” winner Paola Guanche to sing national anthem before Sunday Night Football

September 18, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

As part of the NFL’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Paola Guanche — winner of the first season of Telemundo’s hit singing competition series La Voz Kids — will perform the national anthem before the game between the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 22. The 12-year-old Guanche will be flanked by a U.S. Army color guard of Hispanic soldiers as she sings before an audience of nearly 24 million viewers for NBC’s nationally televised Sunday Night Football game. From Miami, Paola Guanche comes from a family of well-known Cuban singers and performers. She began acting and singing in […]

Key & Peele Season 3 starts Sept. 18 on Comedy Central

September 18, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

The hit sketch comedy series Key & Peele returns to Comedy Central tonight, Sept. 18, at 10:30pm ET/PT, to start Season 3, after a second season that found the show averaging 1.5 million viewers each week, and becoming No. 1 in its timeslot with Men 18-34 and Men 18-24 in all of television. Key & Peele Season 3 will include 13 new episodes. Once again, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele combine filmed sketches and live stage segments, with elements of improv, celebrity impressions and original characters. Popular characters from the first two seasons make their return, including substitute teacher Mr. […]

Joshua Malina narrates Scandal Season 3 pre-special

September 17, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

In advance of Scandal Season 3 beginning Oct. 3 on ABC, the network will air a Scandal clip special earlier that same evening. Narrated by series costar Joshua Malina (who plays David Rosen), the one-hour special — called Scandal: The Secret is Out — will feature the most buzzed-about moments from the breakout hit. Along with clips from Scandal Season 1 and Season 2, Scandal: The Secret is Out dissects the rumors, lies and affairs, and lets viewers catch up on characters and storylines, with common Twitter hashtag questions — like #WhoIsQuinn?, #WhoShotFitz? and #WhatTheHuck? — being explained for any […]

PBS’ ambitious “Latino Americans” chronicles 500 years of history

September 17, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the past few years, in the wake of the Latino impact on the 2012 presidential election, and with heated immigration discussions, the effect of the Latino population on America has been put more toward the forefront of people’s consciousness. But as PBS’ new, three-part, six-hour documentary miniseries Latino Americans shows, Latinos have been contributing to and impacting America for much longer. Narrated by Benjamin Bratt, the series looks back at the past 500-plus years to show how, at more than 50 million people, Latinos have risen to become the largest minority group in the United States. Latino Americans airs […]

Discovery special chronicles Costa Concordia salvage operation

September 17, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

A 19-hour operation to pull the crippled cruise ship Costa Concordia into an upright position was successfully accomplished early today. This Friday on Discovery Channel, a one-hour premiere special called Inside Raising Concordia will follow this salvage operation of the ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy in January 2012, leaving 32 people dead. The Costa Concordia remains where it capsized, becoming not only an eyesore, but a growing environmental hazard. The salvage operation to rotate the massive ship into an upright position, and eventually remove it from the sea, is the most expensive and daunting salvage operation ever […]

Pivot airs Occupy Wall Street documentary

September 17, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Sept. 17 marks the two-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, which began with Occupy Wall Street in New York City and gradually expanded throughout the country, and the world, in a series of protests and “occupations” against income inequality. While the physical nature of the protests and the presence of protesters has largely faded over the years, the idea behind the Occupy movement seems to have stayed, even subtly, as the national discussion has turned more toward topics of income disparity, and money in politics, and we regularly hear phrases such as “the 99%” that were borne of that movement. […]

“The Middle” coming to ABC Family

September 16, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

ABC Family will begin airing episodes of its mothership ABC’s hit family comedy The Middle starting Sept. 17. The show will air on ABC Family weekdays at 5pm ET/PT. To kick off The Middle‘s arrival on ABC Family, a marathon of the sitcom will air on ABC Family Sept. 16 from 11am-7pm ET/PT. The Middle revolves around frazzled mother Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton), her calming husband Mike (Neil Flynn) and their three crazy kids: oldest son Axl (Charlie McDermott), an underachiever; socially awkward middle daughter Sue (Eden Sher); and quirky youngest son Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The sitcom is told from […]