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Jeremy Piven returns to TV in British period piece “Mr. Selfridge”

March 6, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Downton Abbey may be over for the season, but American fans of British dramas will have another luscious new period piece to enjoy this midseason with Mr. Selfridge, and they might be surprised (and pleasantly so) to see who is headlining it. Mr. Selfridge, already a hit in England, airs in the States on PBS as part of Masterpiece Classic starting March 31 and marks the return to series television for Jeremy Piven, who won three Emmys for playing agent Ari Gold on Entourage. In this series from writer Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice), Piven plays the real-life American who, […]

The Bible: History channel series debuts to big numbers

March 4, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Updated March 5, 2013, 3:29pm CT Over two telecasts on its premiere night (March 3), The Bible History channel averaged 14.8 million total viewers on the night, and 13.1 million total viewers from 8-10pm, becoming the No. 1 cable entertainment telecast of the year to date, according to a History release. UPDATE 3/5/13: A revised History release says that over 27 million people tuned in to all or part of The Bible on Sunday night, with new Nielsen numbers confirming that The Bible was the No. 1 show in all of television for that night, including broadcast. “The success of […]

“Switched at Birth” episode to be broadcast entirely in American Sign Language

March 1, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Switched at Birth: “Uprising” airs Monday, March 4, at 8pm ET on ABC Family. For those worried about the prospect of watching an hour of television entirely in sign language — that means no voices or ambient noise — Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss offers some reassurance. “You learn in the first five minutes how to watch the show,” she says. “I think what a lot of people have responded to is — not just the Millennials, but everybody — we all watch TV doing five things at once with our iPads. This is [an episode] you have to […]

Top of the Lake: Elisabeth Moss, Holly Hunter and an international cast stun in Sundance Channel’s Jane Campion mini

March 1, 2013 Lori Acken

Channel Guide recently sat down with cast-members Elisabeth Moss and Holly Hunter, and co-executive producer Iain Canning, to discuss Top of the Lake, Jane Campion’s engrossing seven-part miniseries for Sundance Channel, which premieres March 18 at 9pm ET/PT. Twelve-year-old Tui Mitcham has a secret. Truth is, the girl seems made up entirely of the collective secrets of Laketop, the squalid New Zealand town where she lives with her charismatic thug of a father and grown half-brothers who haven’t fallen far from their patriarchal tree. After her failed suicidal march into the neighboring lake reveals that this child is with child, Tui […]

“Vikings”: History channel gives new perspective on Norse culture

March 1, 2013 StayTuned Staff

“Vikings” premieres Sunday, March 3, at 10pm ET on History. Vikings have gotten a bad rap. So says Michael Hirst, creator and writer on History’s epic nine-part series Vikings, which explores the complex society of the Norseman as it was near the end of the eighth century. Yes, the Vikings were often large, hulking figures who specialized in violent conquests of neighboring lands while taking pillaging and plundering to new heights. But they were merely surviving in a violent world, and their story hasn’t fully been told, Hirst says, because the Vikings themselves never told it. “We’ve always represented the […]

Game of Thrones Season 3 trailer makes world premiere on Jimmy Kimmel Live

February 21, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

The trailer for HBO’s Game of Thrones Season 3 will make its exclusive world premiere on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday, Feb. 22. Kimmel is apparently a big fan of the series, according to the HBO release we saw, so he gets the honor of starting the official countdown to Game of Thrones Season 3, which begins on HBO March 31 at 9pm ET/PT, and airs Sundays. According to Kimmel, “I am so excited about this trailer, even I might watch my show.” The all-new 60-second trailer for Game of Thrones Season 3 will offer a first look at […]

“Parade’s End”: HBO miniseries showcases World War I’s effect on British society

February 20, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Parade’s End airs over three nights on HBO, Feb. 26-28. Parade’s End HBO Part 1: Feb. 26, 9pm Part 2: Feb. 26, 10:05pm Part 3: Feb. 27, 9pm Part 4: Feb. 28, 10:05pm Part 5: Feb. 28, 9pm What is it that’s so fascinating about pre-World War I Britain? Perhaps it’s the florid costumes, such pleasing reminders of a bygone era. Or the delicious accents, delivered through stiff upper lips bearing exquisite emotional repression. Then there’s the poignancy of seeing one way of life, so stately and mannered, being rudely and completely demolished by war and social change, giving way […]

“Downton Abbey” Season 3 finale averages 8.2 million viewers

February 19, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

PBS announced today that the much-buzzed-about final episode of Downton Abbey Season 3, which aired in the United States this past Sunday, drew an average audience of 8.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Fast National data, with a 5.2 household rating. The finale for Downton Abbey Season 3 was 50 percent above the Downton Abbey Season 2 finale (5.4 million viewers, 3.5 household Fast National rating) from February 2012. According to PBS, Downton Abbey Season 3 consistently drew an audience of more than quadruple the PBS primetime average, and it exceeded the average rating of Downton Abbey Season 2 by […]

“Game of Thrones” traveling exhibition to tour international venues

February 19, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

With Season 3 of HBO’s hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones just around the corner (premiering in America March 31), fans of the incredible world originally created in the novels of George R. R. Martin can enjoy an immersive experience in the Kingdom of Westeros with the Game of Thrones Exhibition, which will be traveling to various international venues beginning in March. Presented by HBO and international partners, the exhibition is free to the public and focuses on key characters from five of the noble houses featured in Game of Thrones (Stark, Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon and Greyjoy), showcasing more than […]

The Walking Dead Live: Nicotero, Cohan, Reedus and Yeun enjoy fan love and beer in Milwaukee

February 18, 2013 Lori Acken

This weekend, more than 2,500 fans crowded into Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater for a pair of Q&A sessions with The Walking Dead co-executive producer and special effects guru Greg Nicotero and stars Steven Yeun (Glenn), Lauren Cohan (Maggie) and Norman Reedus (Daryl). As slobbering uberfans of the record-breaking AMC hit, my husband and I scored seats at the 10pm show amid mohawks and zombie wannabes, grandmas and middle-aged couples who might have seemed more at home at the comedy shows, concerts and author chats more common to the venue. Plenty of audience members had clearly made liberal use of the numerous […]