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Deadliest Catch: We talk with Sig and Mandy Hansen!

June 10, 2014 Lori Acken

On tonight’s all-new Deadliest Catch, two captains’ kids take giant steps forward in their familial legacies. More than three years after her captain Phil Harris’s tragic passing, the Cornelia Marie returns to the fleet with Harris’ son Josh — the boat’s new owner — in the wheelhouse. And aboard the Northwestern, captain Sig Hansen welcomes a familiar new greenhorn — his beautiful, blonde 18-year-old daughter, Mandy, who has convinced her parents to let her work aboard the boat for a few days of the opilio crab season while her school’s on winter break. Having spent four summers working aboard the  boat during the salmon […]

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Competition

America’s Got Talent Returns to NBC May 27

May 27, 2014 Kellie Freeze

America’s Got Talent, the blockbuster variety show, returns to NBC for its ninth season, where a fresh crop of talented singers, dancers and variety acts vie for their chance to perform for America and win the $1 million prize. Returning as judges are former Spice Girl Mel B, supermodel Heidi Klum, comedian Howie Mandel and radio personality Howard Stern. In the early rounds, the judges have the power to either “X” or advance acts, but once the show airs live from Radio City Music Hall, TV viewers vote and ultimately decide the show’s winner. Actor/comedian Nick Cannon returns as host. […]

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Heidi Klum Talks America’s Got Talent, Season 9

May 27, 2014 Kellie Freeze

We spoke to Heidi Klum about Season 9 and she was excited by one of the big changes this season; the initial rounds are no longer held in cities around the country. Now, acts submit videos and are invited to audition in New York City or Los Angeles, a move that she says has made it easier to find astounding talent. “The acts are more intense,” she says during the L.A. auditions, where, over six days, she watches roughly 240 performances. “You would have thought that after last year, we would have found all of the talented people in this […]

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The Color Of Rain tells Michael and Gina Spehn’s true-life tale of love born of loss

May 22, 2014 Lori Acken

On May 31, Hallmark Movie Channel presents The Color of Rain, inspired by the true story of Gina Kell and Michael Spehn and their New York Times bestselling memoir. On Christmas Day 2005, 35-year-old Matt Kell lost his three-year battle with a rare form of cancer, leaving behind his wife Gina and their two small sons. Just six weeks later, a fast-growing brain tumor claimed Matt’s childhood friend and neighbor Cathy Spehn, making a widower of her stunned husband Michael, who was left to raise their own three young children alone. United by grief, faith and the determination to help […]

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Duck Dynasty Season 6 premieres June 11 with special guest Gov. Bobby Jindal

May 14, 2014 Lori Acken

A&E announced to day that Duck Dynasty Season 6 will premiere Wednesday, June 11 at 10/9CT. In the Season 6 premiere episode, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announces that he will stop by the Duck Commander headquarters to present Willie with a special ward.  John Luke volunteers to make an introductory speech, which inspired Willie and Uncle Si to offer up some unsolicited advice. Meanwhile, Miss Kay, Korie and Sadie go shopping for new outfits for the event. Also in the new season of the outspoken and omnipresent Robertson family’s saga, Phil continues to wage war with the beavers on his land, frequently leaving Willie to manage the clan’s multi-million […]

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Tonight, “Instant Mom” celebrates Mother’s Day With TV Legends

May 8, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Tia Mowry-Hardrict got her TV start as the star (with twin sister Tamera) on the family comedy Sister, Sister. Now a wife and mother, Mowry-Hardrict has found a more grownup role in her new show, Instant Mom (airing Thursdays on Nickelodeon). “What attracted me first to Instant Mom was just the family dynamic,” says Mowry-Hardrict. “This was a show about a blended family, and you really don’t see a lot of that on television right now.” On Instant Mom, Mowry-Hardrict plays Stephanie Phillips, a former party girl who marries an older man and becomes the stepmom of three adorable children. […]

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Animation

Official Star Wars Rebels Trailer Released By Lucasfilm And Disney

April 29, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Updated! New Star Wars Rebels Trailer Released on Star Wars Day (May The Fourth) Updated: Disney And Lucasfilm released the official one-minute trailer for Star Wars Rebels on Star Wars Day, May The Fourth.  The trailer is below.  What do you think?  Are you excited for the fall premiere of Star Wars Rebels? Original Text: On April 19 at WonderCon, Star Wars Rebels Executive Producer Dave Filoni and Vanessa Marshall (“Hera Syndulla”) debuted a short :30 clip from the first Disney/Lucasfilm endeavor featuring female fighter pilot Hera and rolling droid, Chopper. Star Wars Rebels continues the epic tradition of the […]

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Relative Insanity: These Families Are More Annoying Than Yours

April 25, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Have you ever dreaded spending time with relatives? Are holidays more like torture than a celebration? If so, Lifetime’s new show Relative Insanity, should be on your radar. Friday, April 25, at 10pmET/PT, Relative Insanity challenges real families to work beyond their issues by locking them in a room together while competing for a cash prize of $25,000. In each episode, two families, are each locked in a room with their own ‘loved ones’ for two difficult days. During that time, they’ll attempt to outlast and outfox their neighbors next door and earn the most money through physical challenges, wild […]

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On tonight’s The Little Couple: a tea party and a birthday party

April 22, 2014 Lori Acken

On tonight’s all-new The Little Couple, it’s all about the treats, as Will delivers a sweet gift from the family’s San Francisco journey to his grandma, and Jen and Zoey have tea for two. Check out a sneak peek from tonight’s episode: Also in the episode, Bill and Jen prepare for Will’s birthday party, and reflect on how much he has grown in the past year, hanging a growth chart in their son’s room, so he can see for himself. Then the boys head off to visit Grandma Arnold at work, while the girls break out the finery and the […]