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“Pure As the Driven” – Recap of season 2 premiere of Ripper Street

February 22, 2014 StayTuned Staff

Recap of Season 2 premiere of Ripper Street “Pure As the Driven” (original airdate on BBC America Feb. 22, 2014). There’s a lot to be said for having one writer, one director, one cinematographer – it’s continuity. That’s what makes each episode of Ripper Street look and feel like a movie. Season 2’s premiere “Pure as the Driven” is no exception. It’s a show-and-tell history lesson you’ll love sitting through. [SPOILER ALERT! Don’t read on if you haven’t seen Season 2 premiere yet] Chinatown has come to London and with it, opium, Triads and Chinese immigrants looking for a better […]

David Walton says “About a Boy” series “not beholden” to Nick Hornby novel or film

February 21, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

People who have read Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy, and/or seen the 2002 film adaptation starring Hugh Grant, may have a sense of deja vu when watching the premiere episode of NBC’s half-hour series adaptation. The pilot episode pretty much encapsulates almost the entirety of those previous two projects. “We kind of tell the story of the movie in 20 minutes,” series star David Walton pointed out when I talked to him last month. Walton thinks that approach worked, because, “now we’re in uncharted territory. The book doesn’t really address where the series is going, and the movie doesn’t. […]

The Little Couple on their new child, new challenges and new lease on life

February 21, 2014 Lori Acken

In December, when fans learned that The Little Couple’s Dr. Jennifer Arnold was battling a rare uterine cancer just as she and her husband Bill Klein brought their second adopted child, daughter Zoey, home from India, they wondered what would become of their favorite TV family — and their favorite TV show. The answer: Not even two lively toddlers and an exhaustive cancer battle can keep the Klein-Arnold clan down. Realizing that they’d always intended to make a show that educated and entertained, Bill and Jen decided to chronicle this challenging chapter in all new episodes beginning Tuesday, March 4 […]

Ripper Street Season 2 returns to BBC America Saturday

February 21, 2014 StayTuned Staff

BBC America’s Ripper Street Season 2 returns this Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10pm ET/PT with eight new episodes. This season finds the Metropolitan Police’s H Division battling new evils that threaten to disrupt the delicate peace struck at the end of Season 1. All the same characters are back, but the pairings have changed. It’s still 2-2-1, but this season, the “1” is Inspector Reid (Matthew MacFadyen, pictured). Joining the cast for Season 2 of Ripper Street is David Costabile (Breaking Bad), Damien Molony (Being Human), Joseph Malwe (Game of Thrones) and Leanne Best (Wire in the Blood). Season 2 […]

Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid shows help launch new MSNBC daytime lineup

February 21, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Monday, Feb. 24, MSNBC will launch its new daytime programming schedule. Included among the programming are the additions of Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid as hosts of their own programs. At 1pm ET, Ronan Farrow (pictured) will host Ronan Farrow Daily, which, according to MSNBC, is a “next generation news show” featuring Farrow’s take on the stories and issues of the day. Following Farrow’s show, Joy Reid will host The Reid Report weekdays at 2pm ET. Reid has been a regular guest and fill-in host on MSNBC, and the network says that as host of her program she will […]

5 Questions With Dot-Marie Jones of ‘Glee’

February 21, 2014 Lori Acken

Dot-Marie Jones scored Emmy nominations in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for her role as tough-and-tender football coach Shannon Beiste on FOX’s Glee, which will finish out its fifth season in a new Tuesday-night time slot beginning Feb. 25. With the show slated to focus on its New York-based characters heading into its sixth and final season, Jones says she trusts executive producer Ryan Murphy to bring Glee to a satisfying conclusion. “I will be forever grateful for this beautiful part,” Jones smiles. “I was walking through an airport once and there was an older man pushing his wife in a […]

Matchup of the Year? Duke vs. Syracuse Saturday on ESPN

February 21, 2014 Sterling Silver

Matchup of the Year?: Duke vs. Syracuse in battle for ACC and national bragging rights in rematch at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, Feb. 22, on ESPN. #1 Syracuse @ #5 Duke Saturday, Feb. 22, 7pm ET on ESPN Originally I was going to focus on Syracuse’s 26-0 start to the season and how they keep finding ways to pull out close games with clutch performances like the Tyler Ennis 30 footer at Pittsburgh beating the buzzer or the late steal and score to edge out a victory over North Carolina State. Then they lost at home to Boston College. […]

Canada vs. Sweden Olympic gold medal game Sunday on NBC

February 21, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Canada vs. Sweden Olympic gold medal game Sunday on NBC: NBC airs the gold-medal final in Olympic men’s hockey between Canada and Sweden Sunday, Feb. 23, live at 6:30am ET (pregame). The USA plays Finland in the bronze-medal game Saturday, Feb. 22, live on NBCSN at 10am ET. Full medal round TV schedule below: 2014 Winter Olympics Men’s Hockey Medal Round TV Schedule All times Eastern. Saturday, Feb. 22 10am NBCSN Men’s Hockey: Bronze Medal Game: USA vs. Finland (LIVE) 6pm NBCSN Hockey: Game of the Day Sunday, Feb. 23 6:30am NBC Men’s Hockey: Gold Medal Final: Canada vs. Sweden […]

Jimmy Kimmel and Kate Hansen explain “Sochi Wolf” hoax video

February 21, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning, you may have seen the viral video that exploded onto a number of media outlets after being tweeted out by U.S. Olympic luger Kate Hansen. The video purported to show what looked like a wolf roaming the hallway outside of Hansen’s dorm in Sochi, Russia. Given all the press regarding Sochi’s incredible number of stray dogs, it wasn’t too much of a stretch for most viewers to believe that perhaps the city had a problem with wolves, as well. And a debate even raged as to whether the animal seen in the video was actually […]

A “Bountiful” Life: Vanessa Williams and Cicely Tyson take The Trip To Bountiful from Broadway to TV

February 21, 2014 Lori Acken

Shortly after The Trip to Bountiful wrapped its celebrated Broadway run last October, cast members Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, director Michael Wilson and producer Hallie Foote (daughter of Bountiful’s scribe Horton Foote) took a trip of their own — to Atlanta to begin work on Lifetime’s film adaptation of the production. Set during the final years of the Jim Crow South, Bountiful chronicles spirited elderly widow Carrie Watts’ (Tyson) mission to escape the stifling Houston apartment of her overprotective son Ludie (Blair Underwood) and his prickly wife Jessie Mae (Williams) and make a final visit to Bountiful, her beloved […]