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Vinyl — Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter spin a stunning rock ’n’ roll tale on HBO

February 3, 2016 Lori Acken

We like it, like it, yes we do! Vinyl airs Sundays at 9/8CT on HBO beginning Feb. 14. When Olivia Wilde was a kid, she crashed her journalist parents’ dinner party to demand that one guest vacate her spot at the family table. The interloper? Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. He told the upstart to go to bed. Several decades later, Jagger would witness Wilde’s mettle once again — on the set of their seductive new HBO series, Vinyl. Since 1995, Jagger had mulled a feature film that would delve deep into what he knew best: the gritty reality of the music […]

HBO’s “Kareem: Minority of One” an ode to the NBA’s all-time leading scorer

November 3, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Liev Schreiber narrates the HBO original documentary Kareem: Minority of One, premiering Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10pm ET/PT, about basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer who played with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969-89. This HBO exclusive film marks the first time Abdul-Jabbar has participated in a documentary about his life story. Interviews include Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jerry West, Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and Billy Crystal. “Kareem waited more than 20 years to tell his story and we’re delighted to present it on the HBO platform,” says producer Deborah Morales, […]

Amy Schumer continues hot streak with her first HBO standup special

October 17, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you loved her last Saturday guest-hosting SNL, or starring in and writing the summer comedy film Trainwreck, or in any of the myriad appearances she has made in recent years to become one of the hottest comedians out there, then you’ll want to tune in to Amy Schumer’s first standup comedy special for HBO this Saturday, Oct. 17. Called Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, the one-hour special was taped May 29 before a live audience at New York’s iconic Apollo Theater. Chris Rock directed the special, which features Schumer talking about her life in her own inimitable way. Amy Schumer: Live […]

Why I Should Binge “Deadwood”

October 2, 2015 Eric Kohanik

WHAT IS Deadwood ABOUT? Who is in it? Where is Deadwood now? Why is it binge-worthy? Must-sees Most shocking episodes That line was so great A grimy and thoroughly compelling western drama that revolves around the gold prospectors and other people who inhabit the dusty mining camp of Deadwood, located in the Dakota Territory, during the 1870s. Original TV Home: HBO Number Of Seasons: 3 (March 2004 to August 2006) Total Episodes / Time Table: 36 (approx. 48 to 60 minutes each) = approx. 36 hours. Viewing Strategy: You can watch the entire series in less than two weeks by […]

Interview: Emmy winner Regina King on joining The Leftovers Season 2

October 1, 2015 Lori Acken

The Leftovers Season 2 premieres Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9/8CT on HBO. As Regina King waited to find out if John Ridley’s brilliant ABC anthology American Crime — which scored the actress her first Emmy — would be renewed, she received a script from a pair of equally compelling storytellers. Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta hoped King would take a lead role in Season 2 of their family-centric HBO spine-tingler The Leftovers, which will further expand the story culled from Perrotta’s best-selling book. “I sat down and talked to them and they’re just so smart — and they want their actors […]

Ferrell Takes the Field: HBO presents Will Ferrell’s major league day

September 12, 2015 Ryan Berenz

On Sept. 8, 1965, Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City Athletics played all nine positions during a major league game vs. the California Angels. To celebrate 50 years since that event, HBO, Major League Baseball and Funny or Die partnered to have Will Ferrell play every position on the field for 10 different teams — visiting five different ballparks — on a single day of Spring Training. HBO captured Ferrell’s big day for the one-hour special Ferrell Takes the Field, premiering Saturday, Sept. 12, at 10pm ET/PT. Ferrell’s antics and errors are funny, but it’s the intense seriousness in which […]

Why I Should Binge “Band of Brothers”

August 28, 2015 Eric Kohanik

WHAT IS BAND OF BROTHERS ABOUT? Who is in it? Where is Band of Brothers now? Why is it binge-worthy? Must-sees Most shocking episodes That line was so great A gritty, intense and emotion-filled war drama based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1992 book of the same name. Set during the Second World War, the miniseries tells the true story of Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. The production chronicles the assorted exploits of the unit, from jump training on through to the end of the […]

2015 NFL Preseason TV schedule

August 5, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Download, view and print the entire 2015 NFL TV Schedule with regular-season and playoff games on CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN and NFL Network. From start to finish, the 2014 NFL season was not a good one. Whether it was ongoing issues about concussions and player health, domestic violence incidents involving high-profile players Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, and Super Bowl XLIX MVP Tom Brady’s involvement in the “Deflategate” scandal that will cause him to miss four regular-season games in 2015 [Update: Nope], the NFL received a lot of unwanted attention. The league would like to keep our eyes focused on […]

#TCA15: HBO’s “Westworld” looks crazy, good

July 30, 2015 Ryan Berenz

At the TCA Summer Press Tour, HBO previewed some of its upcoming new and returning programs. Here’s a rundown of the shows and premiere dates: HBO Back on Board: Greg Louganis (Aug. 4) Four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis may be the greatest diver ever, but his greatest impact may come from being one of the first openly gay athletes in America. This documentary looks at the successes and struggles Louganis faced then and still faces now. Show Me a Hero (Aug. 16, 23 & 30) This miniseries dramatizes the bureaucratic battle that took place in Yonkers, N.Y., over the […]

HBO serves up “7 Days in Hell” tennis mockumentary

July 11, 2015 Lori Acken

7 Days in Hell: Trailer 2 It’s the mockumentary with something for everyone — tennis fans, Saturday Night Live fans, Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans, Game of Thrones fans, This Is Spinal Tap fans and most of all, people who like laughing at the earnestness of televised sports. 7 Days in Hell (on HBO Saturday, July 11, at 10pm ET/PT; available now on HBO GO), features Andy Samberg and GoT’s Kit Harington as Andre Agassi-esque hotshot Aaron Williams (Samberg) and man-bunned dumbbell Charles Poole (Harington) locked in a tennis match that simply will not end. The star-packed comedy also features cameos by […]