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Awards Shows

Golden Globes 2014: date, time, TV channel, nominees

What: Golden Globes 2014 When and Where: Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, live at 8pm ET/5pm PT on NBC. About: The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards is the latest ceremony held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize excellence in entertainment. For the Golden Globes 2014, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey (pictured) are back as hosts, following up on their hilarious and very well-received stint last year (Poehler is also a nominee this year). GOLDEN GLOBES 2014 NOMINEES Best Motion Picture, Drama 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena Rush Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Cate Blanchett […]

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Comedy

TCA: John Oliver gets HBO weekly comedy series

A John Oliver HBO comedy series — brilliant idea! The comedian will give a fresh satirical look at politics and current events in a Sunday evening comedy series coming to HBO this spring. At the Television Critics Association 2014 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena a sprightly Oliver took the stage and gave credit to The Daily Show and Jon Stewart for landing him his new gig.  “I think it was probably the main reason why I’m here now,” Oliver says. “It was a bizarre, exciting, and terrifying experience. … I set myself the achievable goal of just not destroying that […]

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Reality TV

TCA 2014: Deion Sanders reality show focuses on parenting

Wow, can Deion Sanders talk. Amid that witty sarcasm and banter is a man with a heart of gold when it comes to children. At the Television Critics Association’s 2014 Winter Press Tour Sanders told critics that he grew up never hearing the words “I love you” from his father or his stepfather, so today he showers children with those words. His life is the subject of Deion’s Family Playbook, a new reality series on OWN debuting in Saturday, March 1 at 10pm ET/PT. “I had a biological father that used drugs and another stepfather that was somewhat of an […]

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Documentary

Lindsay Lohan docuseries planned for OWN

At the Television Press Association’s 2014 Winter Press Tour today OWN president Sheri Salata announced the network’s plans for 10 new shows this year. Topping the list of new series includes a docu-series that follows the once troubled star Lindsay Lohan in her attempts to rebuild her life. The Lindsay Lohan reality series on OWN is titled Lindsay and debuts March 9 at 10pm ET. “Oprah and Lindsay Lohan met in New York City following her sixth stay in rehab. They had a candid conversation about addiction, alcoholism, Adderall, and Lindsay having become the epitome of child star gone wrong,” […]

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Interview

Christina Ricci talks Lifetime’s ‘Lizzie Borden Took an Ax’

It’s the grisliest of children’s jump-rope rhymes: “Lizzie Borden took an ax/And gave her mother 40 whacks/When she saw what she had done/She gave her father 41.” In reality, 32-year-old Lizzie Andrew Borden likely wielded a hatchet to deliver 18 deadly whacks to her hated stepmother Abby; her father Andrew took 11 blows a few hours later. And a jury — unable to believe a woman could commit such savagery — quickly acquitted Borden of all charges, rendering the truth of her innocence a matter of public fascination even 121 years later. Now Lifetime takes its own whack at Borden’s […]

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Interview

Heather Graham plays murderous mom in Lifetime’s “Flowers in the Attic” revamp

Since it first hit bookstores in 1979, V.C. Andrews’ scandalous page-turner Flowers in the Attic has been tucked under the pillows of millions of teenage girls. Except Heather Graham’s. “I never read the book — my hidden book was Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret!!” laughs the Boogie Nights actress, who stars in Lifetime’s film adaptation of the tale of Corrine Dollanganger, a beautiful mother of four who returns to her own troubled childhood home after she’s widowed, unleashing a torrent of family secrets that leave her children imprisoned in their cruel grandmother Olivia’s (Ellen Burstyn) attic. Eschewing a […]

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Documentary

Military Channel becoming American Heroes Channel in March 2014

Discovery Communications announced today that its Military Channel will be changing its name to American Heroes Channel (AHC) starting Monday, March 3, 2014. A release says that the rebranded network will “expand on the Military Channel’s promise to honor the great defenders of our freedom, while providing a rare glimpse into major events that shaped our world and the trailblazers and unexpected advocates who made a difference.” Discovery says that American Heroes Channel will feature an expanded mix of programming targeted to a primarily male audience of P25-54. The first year of AHC will include 17 new series and specials, […]

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Sports

US Figure Skating Championships TV schedule 2014

US Figure Skating Championships TV schedule 2014: The 2014 Prudential US Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden in Boston is the final qualifying event before the selection of the U.S. Figure Skating Team competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month. Top hopefuls to make the Olympic team are Ashley Wagner, Rachael Flatt, Gracie Gold, and ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White. NBC airs live coverage on Saturday, Jan. 11 and Sunday, Jan. 12. The skating spectacular airs on NBC Jan. 18. ALSO SEE: 2014 Winter Olympics dates Press release with more programming details from NBC below: FOUR […]

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Comedy

The Spoils of Babylon: Will Ferrell leads all-star cast in IFC’s absurdist soap opera

The Spoils of Babylon premieres at 10 tonight on IFC. Never heard of Eric Jonrosh? Well, then, you’re missing out on one of the greatest literary minds the 20th century ever produced, a raconteur of prodigious wit that created unforgettable dramas that seared into the psyche and soul of America. At least that’s what The Spoils of Babylon, the wonderfully absurdist new comedy from IFC, would have you believe. Taking aim squarely at those overwrought, bloated miniseries that were staples of the 1980s (think The Thorn Birds, The Winds of War), the six-part — ahem — saga follows the twisted […]

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Reality TV

Investigation Discovery announces Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall Season 2

In addition to the upcoming new series Secret Lives of Stepford Wives and its tongue-in-cheer Valentine’s Day offering 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Investigation Discovery announced a second season of its popular newsmagazine Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall at the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour. Season 2 will premiere in the spring. Hosted by Hall, who divides her time between the series and duties with MSNBC and NBC’s Today, Deadline Crime features the veteran journalist delving into compelling murder investigations to examine what compels people to kill and whether justice is ultimately served.  In Season 2, Hall […]