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Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever

November 25, 2014 Kellie Freeze

America’s favorite sourpuss is leaping from the world of Internet memes to the small screen in her first movie, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever. Grumpy Cat found stardom when a picture of the kitty with the permanent scowl first appeared online. And when owner Tabatha Bundesen posted a YouTube video, she reveals, “Within 36 hours we had over a million views, and within three days, we were getting media requests.” But Grumpy the cat is actually not grumpy. “She’s actually very calm and sweet,” says Bundesen. “Grumpy is actually only a reputation.” In the Lifetime holiday film, Grumpy Cat lives […]

Preview: Dancing With the Stars Finale, Part 1

November 24, 2014 Kellie Freeze

This week, DWTS gives us much to be thankful for; in addition to tonight’s episodes chocked full of amazing dances and musical performances, ABC has gifted fans with another episode of Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday, when a celebrity and his or her professional partner will be awarded the mirrorball trophy for Season 19 during the Dancing With The Stars Finale. Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson, Bethany Mota & Derek Hough, Janel Parrish & Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Sadie Robertson & Mark Ballas are still in the competition and have one last opportunity to show us why they deserve the […]

Preview: Nat Geo’s ‘EAT: The Story of Food’

November 21, 2014 Lori Acken

National Geographic Channel’s three-night event is a tasty treat that’s good for you, too! It’s the most food-centric time of the year, and to celebrate (and give viewers a long overdue break from the myriad cooking shows and competitions that make up food TV) National Geographic is serving up a tasty dish of its own. Yes, National Geographic Channel. And no, it doesn’t entail eating weird things in order to survive the wild. Well, mostly. On Friday, the network debuts its frequently funny, endlessly fascinating six-part miniseries EAT: The Story of Food, from the same folks who brought you Werner […]

“Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street” is a Delight

November 20, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Amazon Studios is doing it right. Their newest series for kids, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street is available to download starting November 21, which means kids will have something fresh to watch in time for holiday traveling. Whenever I get a kid’s show to preview, I sit down to watch with my two junior reviewers — my boys ages 7 and 5. They are my willing assistants who are thrilled to watch something before it’s available to their friends. After watching a few episodes of Gortimer Gibbon together, (and relishing in their reactions which ranged from peeking out from […]

FOX’s Greatest TV Moment This Year, and Why All Gordon Ramsay TV Shows Should Have Kids.

November 13, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Can all reincarnations of FOX shows with Gordon Ramsay be revamped to include kids? That’s what I’m wondering … We’re 2 weeks into the second season of MasterChef: Junior Edition and I’m already clamoring for kid-testants to be mandatory on all future Gordon Ramsay shows. Here are my reasons why (In no particular order) 1) Gordon Ramsay is nicer. On his other shows, Gordon Ramsay is a screaming Scotsman. He seems to relish when the contestants on Hell’s Kitchen mess up so he can morph into the Tryant of Taste. If he treats his actual employees like that, does it […]

Visit Hallmark’s “Northpole”

November 13, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Hallmark gifts a glowing star of holiday cheer to movie fans with Northpole, one of the network’s 12 New Movies of Christmas, part of its larger, annual Countdown To Christmas. The film boasts visual effects which are the best Hallmark has ever produced and is cuddle-worthy family viewing. The wondrous village of Northpole, where Santa and his elves live and work, is running low on the holiday cheer that is used to fuel the city and make toys. Santa and Mrs. Claus (played by real-life spouses Richard Wagner and Jill St. John) are understandably concerned; this drop in spirit, represented […]

“The Little Couple” wins Best Family Values in the Viewers Voice Awards

November 10, 2014 Channel Guide Contributor

Channel Guide readers have big love for The Little Couple — and for good reason. In a TV landscape filled with eyebrow-raising parenting of both the scripted and unscripted varieties, the TLC hit’s Jen Arnold and Bill Klein have set the standard for demonstrating a loving and supportive marriage, joyful parenting and how to handle — and overcome — tremendous challenges as a rock-solid, real-life, utterly charming team. When the show’s seventh season premieres Dec. 2, Jen has been cancer-free for six months, returning to work and happily ticking off several parental rites of passage with Bill, when the pair […]

Family Matters: The Little Couple returns Dec. 2!

November 4, 2014 Lori Acken

For fans of Dr. Jen Arnold and Bill Klein — better known as TLC’s beloved The Little Couple — the show’s sixth season was equal parts harrowing and uniquely uplifting. • RELATED: The Little Couple wins “Best Family Values in Channel Guide‘s 2014 Viewers Voice Awards Having traveled around the world in the span of mere months to become Mom and Dad to son Will, now 4, and daughter Zoey, 3, the couple learned they would face their biggest challenge yet — Jen’s mighty battle with a rare form of cancer. Though she bravely shared that journey with the TLC […]

Kid-Chen

November 1, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Most parents shudder at the thought of their kids handling cutlery and most tykes subsist on a diet of macaroni and cheese, but a handful of children are already exploring the world of haute cuisine. Under the tutelage of of and judged by chef Gordan Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot, these pint size chefs will compete in the second season of FOX’s culinary competition MasterChef Junior. Like the grown-up version of the show, MasterChef Junior is a search for America’s best home cooks. But here, the cooks are kids aged 8-13, and one of the 16 kid-testants […]

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cancelled by TLC

October 24, 2014 Lori Acken

It’s a honey boo-hoo day for Honey Boo Boo fans. TLC has cancelled the controversial reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo after four seasons amid allegations that Shannon-Thompson family matriarch — and mother of four daughters — June Shannon had resumed a relationship with a registered sex offender following her recent split with Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson. “TLC has cancelled the series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and ended all activities around the series, effective immediately,” TLC said in a statement to a number of media outlets. “Supporting the health and welfare of these remarkable children is our only […]