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Total Divas second episode recap, what we learned about the WWE

August 5, 2013 Gerry Strauss

Total Divas second episode recap, and so much more … Total Divas, Episode 2: “A Tango With Fandango,” Original airdate August 4th, 2013 RELATED: TOTAL DIVAS EPISODE 1 RECAP Quick Intro: I’m Gerry Strauss (@gerrystrauss), I’m a lifelong pro wrestling fan, a freelance writer and, last I checked, I’m a guy. Confession time: I’ve never watched a female-centric reality show before, but I’m going to leap into this with both feet and watch from the point of view of someone who is more Kardashian-centric than Undertaker-friendly. Instead of giving you the play-by-play, let’s look a bit deeper and find out […]

The Weather Channel begins Hurricane Week 2013

August 5, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

This week has turned into a real boon for fans of intense and dangerous natural phenomena. Last night, Discovery Channel kicked off its annual Shark Week event. And tonight, Aug. 5, The Weather Channel begins the latest installment of one of its themed programming blocks — Hurricane Week — which runs through Aug. 11. Now, with this clash of sharks and weather, I don’t want to hear any Sharknado jokes from you folks, even though The Weather Channel made a quip of that sort in its email announcing Hurricane Week. Realizing that they face formidable ratings competition from Shark Week, […]

The Fosters summer finale preview: Same-sex wedding highlights ABC Family drama’s big episode

August 5, 2013 StayTuned Staff

The Fosters summer finale Monday, Aug. 5 ABC Family, 9pm ET Stef and Lena head down the aisle — or try to, anyway — during tonight’s The Fosters summer finale, representing a strong emotional climax for the ABC Family drama that has won raves and ratings in its exploration of the new normal for American families. And like any good wedding, there are special guests to help The Fosters celebrate the occasion. The cast and executive producers — yes, including Jennifer Lopez — will be live tweeting during the episode’s East Coast and West Coast broadcasts. You can find Lopez […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Aug. 5-11

August 5, 2013 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases Aug. 5-11: A busy week for big-name stars, including Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon (Mud), Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman (Oblivion), Kristen Stewart and Garret Hedlund (On the Road), Bradley Cooper , Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes (Place Beyond the Pines), Chris O’Dowd (The Sapphires), and Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem (To the Wonder) Mud Two teenage boys in Mississippi encounter a mysterious man on the run from bounty hunters and agree to help him while also trying to reunite him with his lost love. Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan (PG-13, 2:11) 8/6 Same as […]

Strike Back Season 3: Date, time, TV channel, preview and more!

August 5, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Strike Back Season 3 Fridays, beginning Aug. 9 Cinemax, 10pm How often do your vacations get interrupted by a government helicopter that unexpectedly lands in the middle of a highway to whisk you away to one of the world’s most dangerous places? Probably not often, but would you expect anything less from the opening moments of Strike Back Season 3? It’s just another day in the life of Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), the stars of Cinemax’s brazen series, which offers an irresistible mix of top-quality action sequences with Skinemax-friendly T&A. Strike Back has won a devoted […]

The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 4 recap: “Unintended Consequences”

August 5, 2013 Matthew Grimm

If you’ll remember last week on HBO’s The Newsroom, tumblers clicked on the initially tenuous but potentially big investigation into Operation Genoa, revealed to be the alleged use by the U.S. military of banned sarin gas during a cross-border mission in Pakistan; cops were cavalierly beating the hell out of a nascent rising of anticorporate leftists called Occupy Wall Street; and, as importantly, crazy News Night associate producer and ostensible staff darling Maggie (Alison Pill) was going crazier after breaking up with both Don and Jim (John Gallagher Jr.). No matter that, in the latter case, she and Jim were […]

Breaking Bad wins program of year, complete 2013 TCA Award winners list

August 4, 2013 Barb Oates

The Television Critics Association recognized the top programs and actors of the 2012-2013 television season at its 29th Annual TCA Awards at the Beverly Hills Hilton on Saturday. Hosting the invitation-only, non-televised event were Comedy Central’s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, who rocked the house in character as their famed impersonations of Obama and his anger translator Luther. In addition to the 200-plus membership of U.S. and Canadian TV journalists and critics (not all in attendance), the room was filled with some of TV’s brightest stars who took home honors for their outstanding year in television. Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, […]

What channel is FXX on? When does FXX launch? Programs on FXX

August 2, 2013 Barb Oates

What channel is FXX on? When does FXX launch? Programs on FXX: FX is growing their brand — and hopefully audience — with the rollout of FXX on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at 7am ET/PT. FXX will officially replace Fox Soccer channel and be available in 72 million homes at launch. To quickly find what channel number FXX is on in your market, reference Fox Soccer’s current location or go to your cable/satellite company’s website and enter your zip code or go to the channel locator FXX posted on their site. At the Television Critics Association annual summer press tour, […]

TCA: FX programming strategy to become more like HBO, serve older demo

August 2, 2013 Barb Oates

Brand matters and CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf is putting most of his focus on growing the FX brand through the launch of its new network FXX and the introduction of its new video on demand app FXNOW. At the Television Critics Association annual summer press tour Landgraf rattled through the FX programming strategy and the network’s early-year successes — from The Americans being the most watched series premiere — ever — to the The Bridge following as a close second, as well as giving credit to Archer (the network’s highest rated comedy series), Graham Yost’s […]

PGA Championship 2013 TV schedule

August 2, 2013 Ryan Berenz

PGA Championship 2013 TV schedule: Golf’s final major of the year takes place at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 8-11 on TNT and CBS. Golf’s final major of the year, the PGA Championship, takes place at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., as the best in the game look to take home the Wanamaker Trophy and end the season on a high note. Rory McIlroy won last year with a dominant tournament-record 8-shot victory, breaking Jack Nicklaus’ record for PGA Championship margin of victory. McIlroy will go up against top players Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Adam […]