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Sports

USA vs. Panama in 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

USA vs. Panama in 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final: The biennial tournament for top national soccer teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean holds its final match Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago. RELATED: Univision Spanish language coverage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup TV schedule Sign up to receive all the latest Soccer news, delivered straight to your inbox! The USA will face Panama in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final match on Sunday, July 28, at 3:30pm ET live on FOX. Landon Donovan led the USA to a 3-1 victory over Honduras […]

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Sports

2013 NFL preseason schedule on NFL Network

2013 NFL preseason schedule on NFL Network includes 13 live games beginning on Thursday, Aug. 8, with the Seattle Seahawks vs. the San Diego Chargers. Preseason Games on NFL Network whips viewers around the league to provide a comprehensive recap of all of the preseason action. The three-hour show airs Thursday, Aug. 8, at 8pm ET; Thursday, Aug. 15, at 7:30pm ET; and Friday, Aug. 16, at 8pm ET. A special extended edition of Preseason Games airs Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7:30pm ET. NFL.com is offering a subscription package of all preseason games available live and on demand through NFL […]

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Sports

2013 NFL preseason TV schedule

2013 NFL preseason TV schedule begins with the Hall of Fame Game between the Miami Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys Aug. 4. ALSO SEE: 2013 NFL preseason schedule on NFL Network 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony It’s been a long, sad spring and summer without football. Fortunately, that’s coming to an end in August as the NFL begins four weeks of preseason contests. It all begins Aug. 3, as ESPN2 presents the induction ceremony for the 2013 class of enshrinees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Players joining the pantheon of football greats […]

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TCA

TCA Summer 2013: HBO Executive Session

Thursday at the Television Critics Association (TCA) 2013 Summer Press Tour, HBO CEO Richard Plepler, and president of HBO programming Michael Lombardo, addressed reporters about the current state of their network, and plans for the future. Here are some of the highlights. Game of Thrones According to Michael Lombardo, when it comes to Game of Thrones, “As far as I’m concerned, it can go on as long as there are stories to tell. I know there are the issues with the books and catching up. We certainly haven’t gotten anywhere near that conversation with David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] yet.” […]

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Drama

A shocking murder unravels a tightknit town in “Broadchurch”

In this harrowing, eight-part murder mystery, a quiet seaside town is shaken to its core when an 11-year-old boy’s murdered body is discovered on the beach. Police detectives Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) and Alec Hardy (David Tennant) investigate the crime, unearthing secrets the townspeople would rather keep buried. Broadchurch premieres Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 10pm ET/PT on BBC America. There are many benefits to living in the English town of Broadchurch: beautiful beaches, a vibrant tourist economy and lovely vistas from a coastal bluff. The residents all know each other like family, which makes the discovery of an 11-year-old boy’s […]

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Talk Show

“The Writers’ Room”: Jim Rash tackles TV’s biggest series in Sundance Channel talk show

Television is often called a writer’s medium these days, but it’s rare that we actually get to see any writers onscreen. Sundance Channel and Jim Rash — along with Entertainment Weekly — are out to change that with The Writers’ Room. Taking the staffs of some of today’s hottest shows — Breaking Bad, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Parks and Recreation, American Horror Story and New Girl — the six-episode series puts them in a roundtable format (think Real Time with Bill Maher minus the politics) to give an in-depth, unfiltered look into how they make the choices they do, and […]

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Sports

TCA Summer 2013: Keith Olbermann talks return to ESPN, “Carlos Danger”

At the Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer Press Tour on Wednesday, ESPN presented in the afternoon, with one of the highlights being the return of former network star Keith Olbermann to the family. Olbermann will be hosting the late-night, Monday-Friday program Olbermann on ESPN2 at 11pm ET starting Aug. 26. Although it was reported by The New York Times last week following the announcement of the show that the famously and vociferously left-leaning Olbermann had a clause in his ESPN contract forbidding him from discussing politics on this new show, Olbermann, fresh off his first rehearsal for his new show the […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Amish Mafia Season 2 begins August 13, 2013

Amish Mafia Season 2 slated to begin Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 9pm ET/PT The Discovery Channel docuseries that puts the spotlight on the “risky underbelly” of the so-called Amish Mafia returns next month. The series was one of Discovery’s highest rated freshman series ever, and certainly a topic that generated plenty of crazed comments on the personalities involved. In Season 2 Lebanon Levi and his team of enforcers are back to preserve the peace in their Lancaster, PA, community, however, not without some serious drama and bullying. Press materials detail that the new season will find Levi continuing to maintain […]

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Comedy

Rob Lowe excited to reprise Eddie Nero character in “Californication”

When he sat down with me at the Television Critics Association (TCA) 2013 Summer Press Tour to discuss his upcoming NGC film Killing Kennedy, Rob Lowe also touched on some of his other projects, including his return to the hit Showtime comedy Californication. The series, which will air its seventh season on Showtime in 2014, is currently shooting in Los Angeles, and Rob Lowe told me that he has completed the filming of his guest-starring role as eccentric, combustible film star Eddie Nero, a role Lowe first played on the show in 2011, during Season 4. “Yes!” said Lowe excitedly, […]

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Awards Shows

Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Special airs on TCM

Mel Brooks AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Special airs on TCM Wednesday, July 24, at 8pm ET. A block of Mel Brooks’ movies follows the award presentation. Mel Brooks receiving the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award on TCM tonight is long overdue for a man who has been making people laugh for more than 60 years. Beginning tonight at 8pm ET with AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks, TCM is devoting its entire programming block to the Brooklyn man who was born in 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky. The son of Russian immigrants went on to make gut-busting comedies like The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Robin […]