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Tonight On Chrisley Knows Best: “Date Night”

April 15, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Those Kookie Chrisleys are back tonight on USA for an all new episode of Chrisley Knows Best titled, “Date Night.” The kids want to do something nice for mom Julie and dad Todd by treating them to a day of pampering and a romantic dinner. Robert Burns once wrote, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray,” but this is reality TV, so it is a guarantee that nothing will go as planned. And yet I’m foreshadowing that everything that happens in this beautiful disaster will be complete with a southern drawl, comical results and witty zingers. […]

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Documentary

“Pioneers of Television” returns for Season 4 on PBS

April 15, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

PBS’ wonderful series Pioneers of Television returns tonight for a run of four new episodes looking back at groundbreaking people, shows and themes that have helped turn television into the medium that it is today. This season’s episodes are: “Standup to Sitcom,” featuring new interviews with Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr, Tim Allen, Ray Romano and Bob Newhart; “Doctors and Nurses,” which examines TV’s love affair with the medical profession, from Dr. Kildare to ER and beyond; “Breaking Barriers,” which traces the story of people of color in television; and “Acting Funny,” a look at the backstage techniques of America’s favorite […]

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Documentary

Ken Burns’ “The Address” demonstrates lasting impact of the Gettysburg Address

April 15, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Last November was the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a brief but impactful speech that has gone down in history as one of our nation’s greatest. Perhaps befitting the brilliant conciseness of that address, filmmaker Ken Burns looks at the speech in one of his shortest projects, the 90-minute film The Address. While it is nowhere near as sprawling as Burns’ other works, like The Civil War or Baseball, it — as the original address did — delivers an effective message in its brief time. The Address differs from most of Burns’ other projects […]

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Drama

Eric Mabius on “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and guest star Valerie Harper

April 15, 2014 Barb Oates

Ugly Betty alum Eric Mabius stars in Hallmark Channel’s delightfully endearing new drama series Signed Sealed Delivered, which premieres Sunday, April 20 at 8pm ET/PT. The series follows a group of postal detectives who are dedicated to delivering undeliverable mail from the past, an act that often transforms the recipient and/or sender’s life. The series is written by Martha Williamson (creator of Touched by an Angel), who has a gift for writing appealing programming for a broad age range. “Anyone from 8 to 80 can sit around and watch because there are aspects from each of these characters that everyone […]

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Movies

VOD Spotlight: The Nut Job

April 15, 2014 Meredith Ennis

Part of the fun of watching an animated film as an adult is hearing the voices of familiar actors come out of the mouths of, say, colorful fish or toys-come-to-life or, in the case of The Nut Job, various woodland creatures like squirrels, moles and raccoons. In the film, Surly the Squirrel has finally taken his capers one step too far, causing the animal community’s winter food supply to be destroyed. Surly and his rat friend, Buddy, are exiled from the group and need to figure out how to survive. Fellow squirrels Andie and Grayson are sent by Raccoon to […]

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Movies

VOD Spotlight: Behind the Scenes on the set of Ride Along

April 15, 2014 Meredith Ennis

Because Ride Along is an action-comedy, the director and crew had a lot of wiggle-room to make over-the-top stunts. Shares producer Will Packer: “We had an opportunity to do some really cool driving sequences. We had guns going off and blew up a building. Even Kevin got a kick out of being able to shoot big guns.” But, according to Packer, sometimes Hart pulled back. He laughs: “Kevin was so excited about it. He wanted to do all of his own stunts until it was actually time to do the stunts. Kevin is the guy who says, ‘I’ll do my […]

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Reality TV

Dancing With The Stars Recap: Season 18, Disney Week

April 14, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Tonight on Dancing With the Stars, Donnie Osmond’s purple socks return to the ballroom as tonight’s guest judge. The Season 9 celebrity champ is part of tonight’s Disney Night, and if you recall, Donny has a Disney connection — he sang “I’ll Make A Man Out Of You,” in Mulan. Unlike last week, where partnerships for “The Switch Up” were a well-guarded secret, this week, the dances and song choices have been revealed. Also revealed was that Disney Animation will be used throughout tonight’s dances.  This will either go very well, or very, very poorly. Something that I hope doesn’t […]

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Sports

Copa del Rey 2014 final: ESPN and ESPN Deportes offer coverage

April 14, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the U.S., ESPN Deportes and ESPN will air live coverage of the Copa del Rey 2014 final, pitting Barcelona against Real Madrid from Mestalla Stadium in Valencia. The match airs April 16 at 3pm ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and will also be available in English and in Spanish on WatchESPN. A replay of the match will air April 16 at 8:30pm ET on ESPN Deportes and WatchESPN. For ESPN Deportes’ coverage of the Copa del Rey 2014 final, play-by-play commentator Fernando Palomo, analyst Jose “Tato” Noriega and pitch-side reporter Martin Ainstein will call the match. Over on […]