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“Modern Family” Game a winning gift for TV fans

December 6, 2011 Ryan Berenz

Follow @ChannelGuide Need a gift for that TV fan on your list? Try the Modern Family board game from Pressman Toy. Based on the hit ABC sitcom, the Modern Family Game is suitable for ages 10 and up and can be played with two or more players. Players move their “families” — Pritchett, Dunphy or Pritchett Tucker — around the board. Players collect tokens along the way for things like correctly answering questions about the show, correctly guessing a charade, or discussing an interview topic. The interview cards include questions like “Is it more important to listen or to offer […]

VOD Spotlight: “The Hangover Part II” headliner Bradley Cooper is officially a box-office star

December 6, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA Bradley Cooper seems to have taken a page from the George Clooney playbook — cloak your matinee-idol looks in such an easygoing everyman charm that ladies will happily sit through man-centric films and their guys won’t question the reason they’re there. Still, it took 10 years and a pair of irresistibly goofball buddy films to make Bradley Cooper a Clooney-class star (and People‘s Sexiest Man Alive for 2011). Sure, plenty of folks loved him as Sydney Bristow’s sidekick Will Tippin on the ABC spy series Alias. And as egotistical Hearts ’n Scalpels doctor Aidan Stone […]

“Good Luck Charlie” gets in the Christmas spirit with original movie

December 2, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH The cast and crew of Good Luck Charlie have gone through a lot together, but up till their most recent stint, that hadn’t included leaving the comforts of their Los Angeles studio. That all changed early this year when they headed north for a wintry Utah location to film Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! In the festive flick — which premieres tonight at 8 on Disney Channel — the Duncan family embarks on a family vacation that despite everyone’s best intentions quickly turns positively Griswoldian, as the family becomes separated and must race to reunite […]

VOD Spotlight: Can Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake capture Hepburn and Tracy magic in “Friends With Benefits”?

December 2, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) certainly aren’t in a settling-down frame of mind. When New York-based executive recruiter Jamie trains her headhunting skills on luring hotshot LA-based art director Dylan to take a dream job in the Big Apple, they quickly realize what kindred spirits they are. They’ve each been through so many failed relationships that they’re both ready to give up on love and focus on having fun. So when Dylan relocates to New York and the pair start hanging out regularly, they share plenty of laughs over a twin belief that love is a myth propagated […]

Top Five “Community” Episodes

November 30, 2011 StayTuned Staff

Folks, I am a huge fan of the television series Community. If you come to my house, I will make you watch a marathon. If you are on my Christmas list, odds are you get something with Joel McHale’s face on it. And if you call me with an emergency during a certain Thursday timeslot, you’d better hope a commercial is on. So, given NBC’s recent soulcrushing, devastating, slap-in-the-face-ing midseason announcement, it seemed like the perfect time to revisit some of my favorite, endlessly watchable Community episodes. 5. Epidemiology (Season 2, Episode 6) Everything about this episode is awesome. It […]

TV Land continues winning sitcom formula in “The Exes”

November 29, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH Kristen Johnston already has a plan should her new sitcom ever run into ratings trouble. “There is so much chemistry between myself and Donald Faison that I would imagine right before we’re canceled they’ll have us sleep together. I think that would be our jumping the shark moment,” says the statuesque funny lady, joking around about one of her latest costars. The truth is, there isn’t much reason to worry that The Exes, which debuts tonight at 10:30, will have trouble finding an audience. It’s the fourth original sitcom launched by TV Land, whose track […]

VOD Spotlight: “30 Minutes or Less” leaps from the “Black List” to the screen

November 29, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a small-town pizza delivery guy whose mundane life collides with the big plans of two wannabe criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson). The volatile duo kidnaps Nick and forces him to rob a bank. With mere hours to pull off the impossible task, Nick enlists the help of his ex-best friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari). As the clock ticks, the two must deal with the police, hired assassins, flamethrowers and their own tumultuous relationship. For the film, star Eisenberg reunited with his Zombieland director, Ruben Fleischer. For his part, […]

“Dan Vs.” takes on “The Family Thanksgiving” in Season 2 premiere

November 19, 2011 StayTuned Staff

After a season of declaring war against things that tick him off — whether it be the dentist, technology or New Mexico — Dan still hasn’t calmed down much. As Season 2 of Dan Vs. gets underway at 8pm Saturday on The Hub, Dan is going against the grain this holiday season and taking on “The Family Thanksgiving.” Guest stars include Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross, who play the parents of the fiancee of Dan’s best friend Chris. For an interview with Baxter and Gross, where they talk about reuniting after their Family Ties glory, click here. We’ve also spoken […]

VOD Spotlight: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts team in “Larry Crowne”

November 15, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

The best films connect with audiences on a visceral level, and the romantic comedy Larry Crowne is no exception. Directed, co-written and starring Tom Hanks, it’s the story of Larry Crowne, a divorced blue-collar worker who is unexpectedly let go from his position at a big box store because he has no college education. He does what anyone with ambition and a bit of courage might do — heads back to school. At his community college, he meets a public speaking professor (Julia Roberts) whose own ambitions have not panned out. He also sheds his gas-guzzling SUV for a scooter […]

Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” is almost here

November 8, 2011 StayTuned Staff

When it comes to making TV a part of your holidays, there are a lot of options out there, but you have to give this at least to the folks at Hallmark Channel: commitment. As of Nov. 12, the network’s Countdown to Christmas begins, bringing more than 1,300 hours of holiday-themed programming to viewers over seven weeks. Each Saturday and Sunday, Hallmark Channel will premiere at least one new original movie, collectively featuring an impressive array of talent both familiar and unexpected for Hallmark viewers, including Billy Ray Cyrus, Vivica A. Fox, Melissa Gilbert and Sir Roger Moore. Daytime will […]