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Second soundtrack from ABC’s “Nashville” to be released May 7

April 16, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Big Machine Records and ABC Studios have announced that a second soundtrack from ABC’s hit drama Nashville will be released May 7. The project, titled The Music of Nashville (Season 1, Volume 2) will feature new music from Connie Britton (who plays Rayna Jaymes on Nashville), Hayden Panettiere (who plays Juliette Barnes), Charles Esten (Deacon Claybourne), Jonathan Jackson (Avery Barkley), Clare Bowen (Scarlett O’Connor), Sam Palladio (Gunnar Scott) and Stella Sisters Lennon and Maisy Stella (Maddie and Daphne Conrad), who all perform in each episode weekly. Producers T Bone Burnett, Buddy Miller, Gabriel Witcher, Garth Fundis, Frank Liddell, Dan Auerbach […]

Can Syfy’s “Defiance” usher in a new era of interactive storytelling?

April 15, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Updated April 15, 1:08pm CT Given the popular Syfy shows that its three executive producers — Kevin Murphy (Caprica), Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica) and Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape) — have been involved with, the ambitious new Syfy series Defiance at the very least should have plenty of fan interest. Add to that the fact that it unfolds as not only a series but also a multi-platform video game, and that should really have fanboys and -girls intrigued. Defiance is set in 2046, when Earth has been transformed and its landscape permanently altered by the sudden and tumultuous arrival of seven […]

Stalkers: Lifetime movie is serious Saturday night fun

April 12, 2013 Lori Acken

If the perpetually gloomy weather has you contemplating a Saturday night on the sofa with some popcorn and your PJs, Lifetime has the perfect TV movie to occupy your time. Based on a true story and starring Drea de Matteo, Mena Suvari and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Stalkers takes the woman-in-peril theme that the network does so well and amps it up with genuine scares and tough-cookie ladies who carry the show. Well, and also, Henry Simmons (NYPD Blue) to look at, which makes everything that much better if you ask me. Originally tapped as a possible back-door pilot, a la […]

“Eve of Destruction”: Reelz miniseries pits Steven Weber vs. global disaster

April 12, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Eve of Destruction (Part 1) Friday, April 12; (Part 2) Saturday, April 13 ReelzChannel, 8pm ET/5pm PT (with encore airings at 1am ET/10pm PT) Well, you just knew they weren’t going to get away with all that Large Hadron Collider business and not spawn a disaster movie or two, right? Not with all that talk about uncovering the secrets of the origins of the universe, with just a slight chance of creating a black hole and instantly ending all life on earth. I won’t pretend to fully (or much less than partially) understand the science behind it all, but it’s […]

General Hospital 50th anniversary week ratings

April 11, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Today, ABC reported that last week’s (April 1-5) General Hospital 50th anniversary week delivered the most-watched week in one-and-a-half years in the Women 25-54 demo (918,000/1.5 rating — since Sept. 26, 2011), ranked a solid No. 2 for the week in that demo, and posted a 6-week high in Total Viewers (2.79 million — since the week of Feb. 18, 2013) and a 5-week high in Women 18-49 (660,000/1.0 rating — since the week of Feb. 25, 2013). General Hospital registered solid double-digit percent increases year-to-year across target demos, including by 25% in Total Viewers (2.79 million vs. 2.24 million), […]

Spartacus finale date, time, TV channel, preview and more!

April 11, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Spartacus: War of the Damned: “Victory” Friday, April 12 Starz, 9pm ET So it all comes down to this for our favorite peaceful Thracian turned gladiator turned revolutionary leader. Spartacus: War of the Damned ends its season — and the series — with a violent, epic (and epically violent) hour that pits the fierce warriors of the slave revolt in ultimate battle against the vast armies of Marcus Crassus and his Roman legions. The episode is called “Victory,” but that’s a term that surely requires some Obi Wan Kenobi-certain-point-of-view-type of thinking. *****SPOILER ALERT***** There is a whole lot of slo-mo […]

Science Channel airs Fringe Season 3 marathon April 13-14

April 10, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

The fan-favorite science-fiction series Fringe, which recently ended its run on FOX, returns to Science Channel in repeats this weekend, April 13-14, as the network airs all 22 episodes from Fringe Season 3 (which originally aired on FOX 2010-11) over two days. Science Channel will air the first 11 episodes of Fringe Season 3 on April 13 from 9am-8pm ET/PT, and the final 11 episodes of Fringe Season 3 on April 14 from 9am-8pm ET/PT. Several of the episodes are making their Science Channel network premieres. In Fringe Season 3, the Fringe team escapes from the parallel universe — except […]

Devious Maids air date announced by Lifetime

April 10, 2013 Lori Acken

Lifetime has announced that it will premiere its long-awaited nighttime soap, Devious Maids, Sunday, June 23 at 10pm ET/PT. Culled from the hit telenovela Ellas son la Alegría del Hogar, and executive produced by Eva Longoria and her Desperate Housewives boss Marc Cherry, Devious Maids stars Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Dania Ramirez (Entourage), Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace), Edy Ganem (Livin’ Loud) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs), as housekeepers chasing their dreams while working for Beverly Hills’ most prominent families. All My Children’s Susan Lucci costars. Want to get to know your maids before the show begins? Here’s a quick who’s who. […]

General Hospital Paley Center panel event to stream live April 12

April 9, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Updated April 12, 2013, 8:05pm CT ABC’s daytime drama General Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary last week, and that celebration has continued this week with further episodes taking place at the beloved Nurses Ball, the fictional event that was reprised for the show in honor of its anniversary. In the real world, General Hospital‘s 50th anniversary will also be celebrated and discussed at an event this Friday, April 12, at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Following up on the 30th Annual PaleyFest, the center will be holding a special panel event called, “General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years […]

VOD Spotlight: Hyde Park on Hudson

April 9, 2013 Meredith Ennis

The events of the film Hyde Park on Hudson are seen through the eyes of Daisy Suckley (Laura Linney), neighbor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife, Eleanor (Olivia Williams). In June 1939, FDR and Eleanor hosted the king and queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park on Hudson. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch. With war between the British and Germans looming on the horizon, the king was anxious to elicit support from FDR and the United States. Daisy Suckley was a distant […]