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Beth Stern on Kitten Bowl II: “I pinch myself when I say I’m the host”

January 30, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Even a cursory glance at Beth Stern’s background will show you how much of an animal lover she is, so she was a natural fit to host Hallmark Channel’s inaugural “Kitten Bowl” last year. The experience was so enjoyable for her that she is back again this year when “Kitten Bowl II” airs on Super Bowl Sunday. “I got such wonderful feedback,” Stern says of the fan response via social media last year. “As it was happening, I was getting immediate response and people were just melting over the cuteness. [Those fans] proved to be the majority, because [Hallmark Channel] […]

TLC invites you to get to know Our Little Family (video)!

January 23, 2015 Lori Acken

If you’re a fan of the weekly dose of inspiration and sweet family fun that is TLC’s The Little Couple, the network is about to deal you a big dose of happy. On Feb. 17, TLC will introduce America to Dan and Michelle Hamill and their three adorable blond kids, 6-year-old Jack and toddler twins Cate and CeCe, all of whom live with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. Throughout the series, Dan and Michelle tap into their own experiences to help their kids adapt to the world around them, while celebrating the milestones and celebrations that make being a family so special. Among them — […]

Kids TV: Bella and the Bulldogs on Nickelodeon

January 23, 2015 Kellie Freeze

I really wanted Bella and the Bulldogs to be great. I really did. I would have settled for it to be good. But instead it’s more of the same. I had high hopes for Nickelodeon’s newest live-action comedy, Bella and the Bulldogs the laugh track-backed story of a girl as she bolts from the sidelines to the headlines as the quarterback of her middle school football team. When I read the show’s logline, I imagined an opportunity for Nickelodeon to step away from the bouncy-haired starlets who make up its cavalry of talent and portray an athlete as someone who […]

Sunday’s Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie Takes Viewers “Away & Back”

January 22, 2015 Kellie Freeze

In the lead up to Valentine’s Day, the Hallmark Channel has released its second Hallmark Hall of Fame movie since the franchise moved to the channel in December. The network’s latest offering is about love, loss and … swans. When a family of swans make their home on the Peterson family’s farm, it’s love at first sight for 10-year-old daughter Frankie. But when one of the swans perishes, leaving behind a nest filled with eggs, possessive and protective ornithologist Ginny rushes in to save them. “She may be great working with birds, but she’s terribly insensitive when it comes to […]

World’s Funniest Fails: When You Fail, You Win Says Host Terry Crews

January 16, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Fridays on FOX are about to get a lot funnier, and a lot fail-ier (That’s not a word — I know — Fail.) as America’s Funniest Fails brings the internet’s funniest viral videos to TV. Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Terry Crews hosts the series and explains that he’ll be bringing his high energy to the show along with a panel of hilarious comedians, who breaks down the clips — NFL-style. “It’s like sitting around with friends and watching it, and we pick it apart,” explains Crews. “These are videos that you’ve probably seen before or may have seen before, but now you […]

ABC Announces Date of New Series, “Repeat After Me”

January 14, 2015 Kellie Freeze

While we are sitting in a ballroom, hearing about ABC’s new midseason shows, ABC stealthily announced a new series inspired by a segment created by Ellen DeGeneres for her daytime talk show. The new half-hour reality series, Repeat After Me will be hosted by The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey and premieres Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 8:30pm ET, following the networks freshman comedy, Fresh Off the Boat. In Repeat After Me, McLendon-Covey will instruct her celebrity friends, via a remote ear piece, to interact with everyday people in high-energy, comedic hidden-camera situations. At the end of each half-hour episode, the best moment of the night […]

Betty White Shares Her Lifelong Love of Animals

January 14, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Betty White is still going strong in her nineties, and her boundless energy extends well beyond her love of entertaining to her first love: animals. Now White is taking the trip of a lifetime to meet some of the world’s most intelligent and inspiring animals in a limited series airing on Great American Country, Betty White’s Smartest Animals in America. The limited series premieres Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8pmET — the star’s 93rd birthday. “With all the smart animals we’ve met – the more we take time to learn about them, the more we realize how amazing they really are,” […]

The World Dog Awards

January 13, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Thursday, the CW is paying tribute to some of our favorite four-legged friends with the first ever World Dog Awards. The two-hour special will give pooches the Hollywood treatment as pups rub noses with celebrities (and dog lovers) Ian Somerhalder, Andy Cohen, Lisa Vanderpump, Paris Hilton and more. George Lopes will host the tail-wagging fun and celebs and pooches will present and receive awards in categories including Best in Film, Top TV Dog, Supporting Actor to a Dog and Dog of the Year. I have always been a dog lover and I am mesmerized by animals in entertainment. If there […]

ABC presents “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” Dec. 29

December 27, 2014 Lori Acken

To get you primed to ring in 2015, ABC will present two animated New Year’s favorites (and a bonus Charlie Brown special) back-to-back on Dec. 29. First in the lineup is the 1986 Peanuts special Happy New Year, Charlie Brown in which our intrepid, yellow-shirted hero wonders if he should forgo the gang’s New Year’s Eve festivities to finish Tolstoy’s War and Peace before school resumes. Toting the tome with him from Lucy’s pre-party dance class to Marcie’s and Peppermint Patty’s New Year’s Eve bash in hopes of combining business and pleasure, Charlie finds himself distracted by dreams of welcoming […]

Hallmark’s “Home & Family” Celebrates 500th Episode

December 26, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Hallmark’s daytime Emmy-nominated series, Home & Family is always entertaining viewers with its mix of cooking segments, celebrity interviews, DIY projects, musical performances and more. The series is the only lifestyle series on cable to produce a new show every weekday. Now the talk show can add another accomplishment to it’s list: celebrating its 500th episode. I asked Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines about memorable moments from their first five hundred episodes and about their dynamic chemistry. How does it feel to be about to shoot your 500th episode? Cristina: It’s been 500 episodes of just pure fun! I was […]