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Comedy

Comedy Central extends “Key & Peele,” developing “Vandaveon and Mike” animated series

March 12, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Good news for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, as well as for fans of their hit show Key & Peele — Comedy Central has extended the previously announced fourth season order of the series to 22 episodes. This will bring Season 4 to a total of 20 original episodes, plus two “best of” episodes. Along with this news, Comedy Central announced that it has given a development deal to Key and Peele to expand their Critiquer’s Corner “Vandaveon and Mike” characters into an animated series. The animated project in development is based on the Vandaveon and Mike characters set as […]

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Sports

NCAA Selection Sunday TV schedule

March 12, 2014 Ryan Berenz

NCAA Selection Sunday TV schedule: NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament brackets are revealed in the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show special live on CBS Sunday, March 16. ALSO SEE: March Madness: NCAA Tournament 2014 TV schedule CBS Summer Dreams chronicles the journey to the NBA 30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East Sunday on ESPN The 68 teams picked to compete in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament are revealed in the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show special live on CBS Sunday, March 16, at 6pm ET. Greg Gumbel hosts with analysts Clark Kellogg, Doug Gottlieb and Seth Davis. With the […]

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Documentary

CBS Summer Dreams chronicles the journey to the NBA

March 12, 2014 Ryan Berenz

CBS Summer Dreams chronicles the journey to the NBA: Chris Noth narrates this two-hour special looking at the players, personalities and behind-the-scenes drama at the NBA’s official 10-day, 61-game Summer League in Las Vegas. Summer Dreams tracks the unique journeys of 2013 NBA Draft first-round picks Michael Carter-Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers (pictured with then NBA commissioner David Stern) and Shane Larkin of the Dallas Mavericks, son of Baseball Hall of Famer Barry Larkin. The special also spotlights Lauren Holtkamp’s quest to become the second current female referee in the NBA, and a recently unemployed NBA Development League coach trying to […]

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Competition

Dance Moms recap Season 4 Episode 11: Fallon A Little Short

March 11, 2014 Lori Acken

And still no screener, Dance Moms nation. Sigh. Can Abby and Kelly please kiss and make up so all is right in the Dance Moms universe and I can have my screeners back? Because a recap without screen captures is … well, a recap without screen captures. And we’re about to suffer another one. We start out with Abby telling Gia all about her new import Fallon Chapman and Fallon’s mother Cheryl. They’re from somewhere near Orlando Fla. Fallon is 11. She’s won 4 titles. When you type in Fallon+Dance Moms, you get this. Jimmy Fallon kind of looks like […]

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Family

The Little Couple preview, plus new Zoey photos!

March 11, 2014 Lori Acken

On tonight’s all-new episode of TLC’s The Little Couple — aptly titled “Expect the Unexpected” — Bill, Jen are still in India, enjoying family bonding time with their 2-year-old daughter Zoey and her enthusiastic big brother Will. As they are get to know their new daughter, the couple realizes that Zoey is a much more introverted and apprehensive child than Will and seems happiest cuddled in Jen’s arms. But as the family prepares to make the next leg of their journey and complete their daughter’s adoption, Jen experiences alarming symptoms that ultimately force her to make a difficult decision. • RELATED: Jen […]

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Awards Shows

Nickelodeon Launches Free Ebook For “27th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards”

March 11, 2014 Kellie Freeze

First of its kind ebook is available now for download. Nickelodeon launches 2014 Kids’ Choice Awards: The Official Multi-Touch Book in advance of the 27th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards. The free book for ipad, which can be downloaded exclusively on iBooks in the iTunes store, is the first-ever book release for a live awards show. The book features fun facts about the Kids’ Choice Awards, info about this year’s host Mark Wahlberg, video clips from previous KCAs, celebrity interviews, videos, photos, quizzes and more. The book will also include a countdown clock to the show, a KCA ballot for users […]

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Drama

Mad Men Season 7: Don Draper’s sendoff sells itself

March 11, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Mad Men Season 7: Mad Men’s seventh and final season will be split into two parts, with the first of seven episodes premiering on AMC Sunday, April 13, at 10pm ET and the last seven episodes premiering in spring 2015. Executive producer Scott Hornbacher talked about how the cast and crew are coming to grips with the show ending, as well as what he hopes the show’s legacy will be. Longtime fans of AMC’s Mad Men have waited out lengthy hiatuses before. With the show entering its final season, they’ll have to do it again, though with the knowledge that all […]

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Reality TV

Andi Dorfman lands The Bachelorette Season 10

March 11, 2014 Lori Acken

Case closed. After the disappointment that was her time with The Bachelor‘s fickle Juan Pablo Galavis, Atlanta assistant district attorney Andi Dorfman will be doling out the rose boutonnieres on the tenth cycle of ABC’s The Bachelorette. The news was confirmed on last night’s The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special. “I have a great life —  I just don’t have anyone to spend it with,” Dorfman told the show’s host Chris Harrison, adding that even after her self-imposed departure from The Bachelor following a disastrous  fantasy suite date with Galavis (see the fallout below), she still believes in the franchise’s power to deliver a […]

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Drama

The Book Thief: A VOD Spotlight

March 11, 2014 Meredith Ennis

The Book Thief: A VOD Spotlight For the role of Liesel, young actress Sophie Nélisse was an odds-on favorite of the producers and director of The Book Thief. Even Markus Zusak, who wrote the book on which the film was based, felt she was perfect for the role. A potential obstacle to Nélisse taking on the role presented itself via another of her passions. A gifted athlete as well as thespian, she had started doing gymnastics at age 3. By age 6 she was training 16 hours a week, and at 12, she was putting in as much as 30 hours […]