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‘The Toy Box’ Hopes To Find The Next Must-Have Toy

April 7, 2017 Kellie Freeze

Toys are an $80 billion-a-year industry, and in ABC’s eight-episode series The Toy Box (Fridays beginning April 7), entrepreneurs present their toy innovations in the hopes of creating the next must-have toy. The winning toy will be manufactured by Mattel — the toymaker behind iconic brands including Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price — and will be sold exclusively by Toys “R” Us. The unique toys presented in the series run the gamut from silly to inspiring to downright bizarre, and each toymaker believes they have created the next Hatchimal, Cabbage Patch Kid or Tickle Me Elmo. But first, they need […]

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‘Better Call Saul’: Is This the Season Jimmy Goes “Saul” in? We ask Bob Odenkirk!

April 3, 2017 Lori Acken

When Better Call Saul debuted more than a year after its iconic predecessor Breaking Bad ended, fans were itchy to see prankster Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) morph into Bad’s shameless shyster Saul Goodman — pronto. Then something unexpected happened. We all fell for Jimmy — loving, loyal, funny, fumbling Jimmy — and his kooky (and sometimes genius) resourcefulness and joie de vivre. And yet, we knew the honeymoon couldn’t last. Both shows’ producers, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, confirmed that this is, indeed, the season that Jimmy begins to break Goodman, as an angrier-than-ever Chuck (Michael McKean) seeks revenge for […]

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On Demand DVD New Releases April 3-9

April 3, 2017 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases April 3-9 Office Christmas Party What better way to land the big client who is so desperately needed than to throw an epic Christmas party with him as the guest of honor? But Clay, the branch manager, is about to get an earful from his sister, the no-nonsense CEO, as the party gives the word “epic” a new definition. Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston (R, 1:45) 4/4 Aftermath A man’s life is changed forever after losing his family in a plane crash. He attempts to move on, but soon finds that he cannot face life without […]

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‘Genius’: Geoffrey Rush Plays A Deliciously Human Einstein on Nat Geo

March 31, 2017 Lori Acken

Think “genius” and your next thought is probably “Einstein.” Think “Einstein” and your next thought is probably “E=mc2.” And after that? For most of us, not too much. National Geographic, in conjunction with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, aims to change that with Season 1 of its planned anthology series Genius, which profiles the German-born physicist. • RELATED: We talk Einstein with ‘Genius’ stars Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Flynn • RELATED: National Geographic’s ‘Genius’: Meet the Two Mrs. Einsteins! The true genius of Genius is how it turns its source material, Walter Isaacson’s 700-page Einstein: His Life and […]

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Parker Schnabel Knew Rick Ness Would Make Good TV In ‘Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail’

March 31, 2017 Barb Oates

“I’m terrified, I don’t want to do this,” confesses Gold Rush’s tough foreman Rick Ness, before he begins what undoubtedly will be the hardest physical feat he and his boss Parker Schnabel have ever endeavored. Their journey to complete the legendary Klondike Gold Rush trail is chronicled in the three-part docuseries Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail beginning Friday, March 31 at 9/8c (repeats at 11/10c) on Discovery Channel. The grueling 600-mile quest is a challenge Parker put forth to pay tribute to his grandfather (Grandpa John) who passed away in March 2016. His idea was to retrace the path that more […]

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‘The Leftovers’: The End is Near for the Thought-Provoking HBO Chiller

March 30, 2017 Lori Acken

The Leftovers fans are a hearty lot. The spooky HBO drama’s first season — based on Tom Perrotta’s 2011, rapture-esque bestseller — drew mixed critical response, middling ratings and a whole lot of “What on (or off) Earth was that?” But the network — and viewers who obsessed over the Justin Theroux starrer’s thought-provoking supernatural bent — hung on, resulting in a second season that defied description, but made for one of 2015’s most satisfying television experiences. Then the wait began anew. Though the Season 2 finale suggested a (mostly) satisfying series finale, too, fans hoped that there might be […]