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FEARnet to add two-hour “Funhouse” weekend programming block

July 10, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

FEARnet — a multiplatform service dedicated to horror, suspense and thriller content currently available in more than 7 million American homes via its linear cable channel — is adding a new two-hour weekend programming block to that linear channel starting Saturday, Aug. 18, in which it will bring back a couple of animated favorites from the past, as well as air two live-action series — including one never seen before on U.S. airwaves. Dubbed “Funhouse,” the programming block is aimed at the Adult 18-34 demo, a group that other networks, notably Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, have found success with by […]

Comic-Con 2009: Don’t mess with Spartacus

July 25, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Today’s highlight was a sneak preview of the upcoming Starz gladiator epic, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Or, as you’ll see as we get closer to the January premiere date, the TV version of 300. In describing the sex and violence quotient, the moderator said, “It’s going to make Rome look like Full House.” Included on the panel were Lucy Lawless, who plays Lucretia, wife of Spartacus’ master; Erin Cummings, who plays Sura, Spartacus’ long-suffering wife; Peter Mensah — who was actually in 300, as the Persian messenger who gets kicked down that hole by Leonidas — plays […]