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How many people watched Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon walk?

June 24, 2013 Barb Oates

Just how many people watched Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon Walk? While the lead-up to the show was a bit long and drawn out, Wallenda delivered in one of the most agonizing 30 minutes of live TV ever. My hands were sweaty, my stomach felt sick and I couldn’t sit still watching Wallenda’s live tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon — AND, I wasn’t alone. Almost 13 million people watched Wallenda as he made history becoming the first person ever to cross over the Grand Canyon. Wallenda walked 1,400 feet (at 1,500 feet high) on a two-inch-thick cable — with no […]

PHOTOS: The cast of ABC Family’s “The Vineyard”

June 24, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Even if you’ve been to Martha’s Vineyard, odds are you’ve never seen it like this. Beginning July 23, ABC Family is heading to one of America’s favorite vacation spots for The Vineyard, a fun, sexy new reality series that follows the lives of 11 young people at pivotal times in their lives as they spend the summer living on the Massachusetts island and working at the famed The Black Dog tavern. Some will be locals, while others are “wash-ashores,” so called because they come in and out every summer. But all of them will be entertaining, promises executive producer Dave […]

Nearly 13 million viewers watched Nik Wallenda’s Grand Canyon walk

June 24, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

High wire-walker Nik Wallenda was at an unprecedented height for himself during his successful walk across a portion of Grand Canyon last night, and Discovery Channel’s live coverage of his feat raised the network to impressive heights of its own. RELATED: INTERVIEW WITH NIK WALLENDA PRE-WALK Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda, a two-hour special that aired live on June 23 and covered Wallenda’s walk, delivered 8.5 million total viewers P2+ and 13 million total viewers during the actual walk segment, according to a release from Discovery Channel. Discovery says that the Skywire pre-show from 9-9:10pm ET averaged 6.25 million total […]

Miss You Can Do It: HBO documentary spotlights special girls, special pageant

June 24, 2013 Lori Acken

Because I am the mom of a bright, beautiful daughter who lives stylishly with severe cerebral palsy, I watched the screener for HBO’s new documentary Miss You Can Do It at home, just in case of emotional overload. And, as I expected it would, the film — about former Miss Iowa Abbey Curran and the pageant she created for young ladies with physical and mental challenges — made me cry. Not out of sympathy or even catharsis — but for myriad happy reasons. The film, from director Ron Davis (Pageant) deftly balances the challenges faced by children with special needs […]

On Demand DVD New Releases June 24-30

June 24, 2013 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases June 24-30 Heading into the holiday weekend, there’s a range of titles to consider, including what sadly may be James Gandolfini’s last movie role, in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. With Gandolfini’s untimely death on June 19, the status of his unreleased/incomplete projects is uncertain at this time. Other choices include, the Oscar-nominated No, Halle Berry’s latest, The Call and Phantom, which features Ed Harris and David Duchovny. Some less familiar titles with more familiar faces include Upside Down (with Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst), Copperhead (with Billy Campbell and Peter Fonda) and Redemption (with Jason Statham). […]

Paula Deen Today show interview will happen Wednesday morning

June 24, 2013 Lori Acken

• UPDATE: NBC has announced that Matt Lauer’s interview with Paula Deen will air in the 7:30am ET half-hour of Today and will also be available on TODAY.com afterward. After backing out of a chat with Today‘s Matt Lauer on Friday, embattled former Food Network host Paula Deen has agreed to appear on Wednesday’s show, Lauer announced Monday morning. The interview will be the latest in Deen’s efforts at damage control after admitting that she used racial slurs while being deposed for a harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee. In the scandal’s fallout, the 66-year-old Deen was fired by Food Network […]

Food Network won’t renew Paula Deen’s contract

June 21, 2013 Lori Acken

Food Network announced Friday afternoon that it will not renew Paula Deen’s contract, which is due to expire at the end of the month. • UPDATE: Paula Deen Today show interview will happen Wednesday Deen is currently under fire for admitting that she used racial slurs while being deposed for a harassment lawsuit filed against the 66-year-old Food Network staple and her brother, Bubba Hiers, by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of the family’s restaurant, Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House. In the wake of the controversy, Deen cancelled an appearance on Friday morning’s Today, citing exhaustion, then took to […]

Tripping Out’s Alie and Georgia: “We want to win at McNuggetini”

June 21, 2013 Lori Acken

Tripping Out With Alie and Georgia premieres June 21 at 10:30pm ET on Cooking Channel. It could be among the most unusual first steps toward celebrity ever — grab your best pal and a video camera, make a McDonald’s run to fetch a chocolate shake and Chicken McNuggets (you’ll need the barbecue sauce, too), add a liberal splash of vanilla vodka and your quirky senses of humor and serve it all up on YouTube. Within weeks, The New York Times, TIME, CNN, the Associated Press and a host of food-centric web sites had all hunted down the McNuggetini’s irresistible founders Georgia Hardstark and […]

Different night, same wild titles, for Syfy Original Movies this summer

June 21, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you’re a fan of Syfy Original Movies, you may have noticed that the traditional Saturday night premiere slot for new titles has been filled in recent weeks by the series Sinbad and Primeval: New World. But do not fear, fans of cheesy, so-bad-they’re-good flicks. Syfy Original Movies will merely be seen on a different night, Thursdays, during the summer run of these series, a Syfy contact tells me. And they won’t lack for any of the crazy titles and C-list star power that you’ve come to know and love, with doozies like Independence Day-Saster and Sharknado coming up, and […]

Bravo re-airing James Gandolfini “Inside the Actors Studio” episode

June 20, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

In the wake of his passing on June 19 at the age of 51, Bravo will remember actor James Gandolfini by re-airing his memorable 2004 appearance with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio a few times over the next week. On a blog on the Bravo website, following James Gandolfini’s death, James Lipton weighed in, remembering the actor’s appearance on his show. “When James Gandolfini was on Inside the Actors Studio,” Lipton told the site, “our students discovered how thoughtful the real James was. And how caring he was about the craft he practiced so effortlessly that it didn’t […]