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My Little Pony Special: A Very Minty Christmas

December 5, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Attention, Bronies and wishful residents of Ponyville, your favorite equines have a new ponyventure in time for Christmas! My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas premieres December 13 at 7pmET on Discovery Family. Make sure to set your DVR too: after you watch it once, you and your loved ones will clamor to watch it again and again. The hour-long family adventure features two new songs that will make you forget all existence of a certain Disney princess with a panache for spewing ice from her frigid fingers — this winter, it’s going to be all about the ponies. Since […]

Pixar And ABC Team Up For “Toy Story That Time Forgot.”

December 1, 2014 Kellie Freeze

America’s favorite playthings are back in a new animated adventure, Toy Story That Time Forgot. In the new ABC special, a post-Christmas playdate takes an unexpected turn when the season’s hottest action figures turn out to be dangerously delusional. Many actors in the Toy Story franchise — like Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn — reprise their famous roles in the 30-minute special. This time, Trixie the triceratops, voiced by Kristen Schaal, takes center stage as she leads the effort to get the lost toys back to Bonnie’s room. “It was delightful to get to spend more […]

When is “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on TV 2014?

November 24, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

When is A Charlie Brown Christmas on TV 2014? A Charlie Brown Christmas — Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at 8:30pm ET on ABC; Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at 8pm ET on ABC. RELATED: CHANNEL GUIDE’S 2014 HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING GUIDE (Description below from ABC) In the digitally remastered 1965 special A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees everywhere during the Christmas season. Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant, and Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with […]

FX and FXX set return dates for Archer, The Americans, It’s Always Sunny and more

November 21, 2014 Ryan Berenz

FX and FXX set return dates for Archer, The Americans, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Justified and more in January 2015. American Horror Story: Freak Show will return for its final three episodes, and FXX will premiere the new comedy series Man Seeking Woman starring Jay Baruchel. FX and FXX January 2015 Premiere dates: American Horror Story: Freak Show: Returns for final three new episodes beginning Jan. 7 at 10pm ET/PT, culminating in the season finale Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 10pm ET/PT Archer Season 6: Premieres Thursday, Jan. 8, at 10pm ET/PT on FX It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season […]

When is Rudolph on TV 2014?

November 19, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 50th anniversary airing — Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, and Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at 8pm ET/PT on CBS. In 2014, the classic 1964 Rankin-Bass stop-motion animation special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer celebrates its 50th anniversary! It airs on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 8pm ET/PT and Saturday, Dec. 23, at 8pm ET/PT on CBS. (Description below from CBS) The special, narrated by Burl Ives, who is also heard as the voice of Sam the Snowman, is a musical story based on the popular song of the same title by Johnny Marks. It recounts the tale of a […]

When is Frosty the Snowman on TV 2014?

November 18, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

When is Frosty the Snowman on TV 2014? In 2014, CBS will again be airing the beloved 1969 special starring that “jolly, happy soul” Frosty the Snowman, along with the 1992 special Frosty Returns: Frosty the Snowman — Friday, Nov. 28, at 9pm ET/PT on CBS. Frosty Returns — Saturday, Dec. 13, at 9:30pm ET/PT on CBS. (Descriptions below from CBS) Friday, Nov. 28 (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) FROSTY THE SNOWMAN — Frosty, that “jolly, happy soul” whose old silk hat full of magic has turned him into a musical Christmas legend, once again demonstrates his unique showmanship. Comedian Jackie Vernon […]

“American Dad!” recap: “Now and Gwen”

November 18, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Francine took the spotlight in last night’s American Dad! episode “Now and Gwen,” which was fairly unmemorable and, again, not as “edgy” as TBS keeps promising (I heard a “shit” and a “God damn,” which would have been bleeped on broadcast, but otherwise …) We start with Francine having a nightmare in which she’s back in high school, trying to run away from her sister Gwen (voiced by Uma Thurman), who transforms into a fiery monster that burns down the school. In the dream, Francine is led to safety by Scott Baio, and upon awakening, admits to Stan that she’s […]

“American Dad!” recap: “Scents and Sensei-bility”

November 4, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Despite its title being a play off a Jane Austen novel title, last night’s episode of American Dad! was unrelated to any of her classic works (sorry Austen fans). The main plot was more akin to The Karate Kid, as Steve and Snot decide to take up karate after witnessing supposed fellow nerd — new kid Martin — beat the crap out of an unsuspecting bully (with Martin being told to “FINISH HIM!” with the Mortal Kombat-style voice of a fellow student, which becomes a running joke in the episode, with this kid speaking everything in the tone of that […]

New Season of Transformers Rescue Bots Premieres Nov. 1

October 31, 2014 Kellie Freeze

I was a huge fan of Transformers when I was a kid. I remember my best birthday was when I turned 7 and I received the Transformers Buzzsaw, Grapple and Inferno. I was pretty sure that my friends were the best friends in the universe. The theme song to the 1980’s cartoon is still among my favorites and I will forever make that Kee-kah-koh-kuh sound whenever I am folding/ bending/ or changing the shape of anything (and this happens quite frequently at Casa de Freeze). I also sometimes to it just to annoy my kids. Now, a new generation of […]

“American Dad!” recap: “CIAPOW”

October 27, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Last week’s season premiere of American Dad! on its new network, TBS, topped basic cable entertainment programs for the evening — delivering 2.5 million viewers between its TBS premiere and its encore presentation on Adult Swim. The episode also was tops for basic cable entertainment in key demos, drawing in over 1.6 million adults 18-49 and 1.2 million adults 18-34, according to a TBS release. We’ll see if the new episodes continue to draw similar numbers, of if people tuned in that first night to see if the show may be “edgier” than its FOX incarnation. As I wrote about […]