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Pivot airs Occupy Wall Street documentary

September 17, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Sept. 17 marks the two-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, which began with Occupy Wall Street in New York City and gradually expanded throughout the country, and the world, in a series of protests and “occupations” against income inequality. While the physical nature of the protests and the presence of protesters has largely faded over the years, the idea behind the Occupy movement seems to have stayed, even subtly, as the national discussion has turned more toward topics of income disparity, and money in politics, and we regularly hear phrases such as “the 99%” that were borne of that movement. […]

VOD Spotlight: Bringing “World War Z” To Life

September 17, 2013 Meredith Ennis

With the benefit of hindsight, all of the drama involved in getting World War Z to the big screen probably was worth it. As of mid August, the film had grossed nearly $200 million in the U.S. Rumor has it, the sequel to the film (which was always intended to be the first in a trilogy) is likely to be produced by Brad Pitt and Paramount Pictures. The film, based on a 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks, tells the story of U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (played by Pitt), who is called back into service after a […]

Martin Mull is back on TV with Fox’s controversial “Dads”

September 17, 2013 StayTuned Staff

With nearly 40 years of TV experience behind him, you might wonder if Martin Mull would still get excited about a new project. For every successful run he’s had — your Fernwood Tonight, Roseanne — he’s had other here-and-gone experiences (Domestic Life, His & Hers), enough that he could be forgiven for being ambivalent about the whole scene. But in talking with the 70-year-old actor about Dads, his new sitcom that debuts tonight on FOX, he sounds as upbeat and enthusiastic as a fresh-faced actor getting his first big break of pilot season. Dads centers around Warner and Eli (Giovanni […]

The New Atlanta: Meet Jevon Sims!

September 16, 2013 Lori Acken

In Bravo’s entertaining and intense new docu-soap The New Atlanta, five sexy, ambitious young Atlanta residents who work and play in the city’s white-hot fashion and entertainment industries find their lives intertwined — for better or worse — as they chase their dreams, build their careers and look for love. Or something close to it. For Jevon “Vawn” Sims, that means balancing his 24/7 career as one of Atlanta’s most sought-after music industry scouts and talent developers with life as the proud single dad of a young son — and a potential new career as an author and relationship expert, […]

5 lessons from the fall 2013 TV family sitcoms

September 16, 2013 Ryan Berenz

Fall In The Family: 5 Lessons From the Fall 2013 TV Family Sitcoms Family sitcoms are back in full force in the fall of 2013, with unflinching subject matter and unconventional domestic dynamics that would’ve melted Ward Cleaver’s face off back in the ’50s. So cue up the “Awww” on the laugh track for A Very Special Episode of valuable life lessons from this season’s family sitcoms. ALSO SEE: Complete list of fall 2013 new shows Fall TV 2013 new comedies Lesson 1: Families Yell. Family members tend to wipe civility, courtesy and restraint on the welcome mat before stepping […]

Sleepy Hollow star Tom Mison talks about his modern-day Ichabod Crane

September 16, 2013 Barb Oates

Sleepy Hollow star Tom Mison says it’s honestly “terrifying when a 6-foot-3 man runs at you with an ax.” It’s something his character, Ichabod Crane, experiences on a regular basis in the new FOX drama series Sleepy Hollow, premiering Monday, Sept. 16 at 9pm ET/PT. A fresh face to American TV, the 31-year-old Mison makes for one dreamy-looking Ichabod Crane in FOX’s reiteration — a far cry from the timid schoolteacher we remember from Washington Irving’s classic fable The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. While Irving’s Ichabod was scared of his own shadow, Mison’s Ichabod is refreshingly bold and ballsy — […]

7 Questions with Maggie Lawson of ABC’s “Back in the Game”

September 16, 2013 Ryan Berenz

7 Questions With … Maggie Lawson of ABC’s Back in the Game and USA Network’s Psych. We threw seven hardball questions to Maggie Lawson, who stars as a single mom who coaches her son’s little league team on ABC’s Back in the Game (Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET/PT beginning Sept. 25) and as Junior Detective Juliet “Jules” O’Hara on USA Network’s Psych. 1. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. Which ones do you pick? Travel + Leisure, Dwell and Vanity Fair. 2. If your DVR only carried three shows, what would they be? So You Think You […]

“The Middle” coming to ABC Family

September 16, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

ABC Family will begin airing episodes of its mothership ABC’s hit family comedy The Middle starting Sept. 17. The show will air on ABC Family weekdays at 5pm ET/PT. To kick off The Middle‘s arrival on ABC Family, a marathon of the sitcom will air on ABC Family Sept. 16 from 11am-7pm ET/PT. The Middle revolves around frazzled mother Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton), her calming husband Mike (Neil Flynn) and their three crazy kids: oldest son Axl (Charlie McDermott), an underachiever; socially awkward middle daughter Sue (Eden Sher); and quirky youngest son Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The sitcom is told from […]

The Walking Dead spinoff coming to AMC in 2015

September 16, 2013 StayTuned Staff

AMC has taken a shine to spinoffs, it seems. Fresh off last week’s news that Saul Goodman, the Breaking Bad character played by Bob Odenkirk, would be getting his own prequel series, the tony cabler announced today that The Walking Dead spinoff is a go. People were expecting, or at least speculating, on the Better Call Saul idea, but this one seems to have sprung up out of nowhere. Robert Kirkman, an executive producer who also writes the comic book series that serves as the basis for the series, will be involved, along with fellow Eps Gale Anne Hurd and […]

Boardwalk Empire Season 4 episode 2 recap: Resignation

September 16, 2013 Matthew Grimm

“A servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who dispatched him.” With such pointed scriptural citation does Jeffrey Wright bring his mesmerizing presence to HBO’s Boardwalk Empire Season 4, playing Dr. Valentin Narcisse, a new rival to Nucky Thompson and Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) on the Atlantic City stage and a man who uses many words to cut to the chase. And he is a key foil in the ongoing power gymnastics of who answers to whom in perfectly corrupt, institutionally racist Prohibition America. The question drives these Roaring ’20s, of […]