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“Pound Puppies” star Alanna Ubach talks about The Hub’s “Dog Days of Summer”

August 23, 2012 StayTuned Staff

The Hub is proudly turning its programming over to the dogs this week. Its “Dog Days of Summer” stunt features a week of canine-themed movies (don’t miss Air Bud 4: Seventh Inning Fetch tonight at 8, and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Friday at 8), culminating Saturday with a marathon of The Hub’s hit series Pound Puppies. The marathon will begin at 9am and feature several favorite episodes along with a new one, “The Accidental Pup Star.” It’s all part of a larger campaign called The Hub’s Pup-ularity Contest, which encouraged viewers to send in photos of their smiling pooches for […]

Where to get your Batman fix on TV this weekend

July 18, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

And where … is the Batman? Well, most notably the Caped Crusader will be kicking ass at the box office starting Friday, July 20, as the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, premieres in theaters. But if that’s not enough for you, or if you can’t get tickets, Gotham’s Dark Knight can also be seen on television in various incarnations throughout this coming weekend. Here are some highlights: * Batman: The Animated Series Rises Marathon — July 20, 4-9pm ET on The Hub. A 10-episode marathon of episodes from the superb early ’90s series Batman: […]

“The Aquabats” finish Season 1 with a little help from “Weird Al” Yankovic

June 15, 2012 StayTuned Staff

As the debut season on The Aquabats Super Show closes, M.C. Bat Commander (a.k.a. Christian Jacobs) can sum up his feelings in four words. “Wow! We did it!” In “ShowTime,” the wacky quintet faces off against a nefarious alien enemy bent on destroying the world. While they see it as a chance to prove their awesomeness to a doubting world, another superhero, Super Magic Power Man, looks like he’s going to ruin their chances once again. “Weird Al” Yankovic — whom Jacobs says he met on the set of Yo Gabba Gabba, then in line at a Pixies concert — […]

7 Questions With … Phil LaMarr of The Hub’s “Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters”

June 1, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Phil LaMarr sure pops up in a lot of places. John Travolta inadvertently shot him in the face in Pulp Fiction, he brought many memorable characters to life — remember Jack the hyperactive delivery guy? — as a member of the original cast of MADtv, and has been a mainstay in voice acting for many years. June is turning out to be a busy month for LaMarr, as a new season of Futurama, on which he voices Hermes, comes to Comedy Central June 20, and a brand new animated series, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters. In it, he voices […]

Care Bears return to cuddle a new generation in The Hub’s “Welcome to Care-A-Lot”

May 31, 2012 StayTuned Staff

It’s a good time to be a popular 1980s toy. With Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, The Smurfs, Pound Puppies and My Little Pony all enjoying resurgences on TV or the big screen, it was only a matter of time before the Care Bears came out of hibernation. Care Bears: Welcome to Care-A-Lot, which premieres 8am Saturday on The Hub, will transport young ones (and their nostalgia-loving moms) to a high-above-the-earth land where the belly-badge bears have all sorts of whimsical adventures. Old friends like Harmony Bear, Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Tenderheart Bear, Share Bear and Grumpy Bear are back, along […]

“The Aquabats Super Show” Sneak Peek: “Uberchaun”

April 20, 2012 StayTuned Staff

In Saturday’s episode of The Aquabats Super Show, “Uberchaun,” the group encounters a mysterious creature who gives them three challenges they must overcome to avoid being cursed forever. Also included is a tasty parody commercial you can see this Saturday at 11am EST/8am PST on The Hub. To find out where you can watch The Hub in your area, visit hubworld.com. Want to see more fun videos? Check out Channel Guide on YouTube.

The Aquabats fly into The Hub for a bit of Saturday morning mayhem

March 2, 2012 StayTuned Staff

When you’re in a band whose stated mission is to save the world from evil through your music, a TV show is one of the best weapons you can wield. The Aquabats know this, and have decided to bring their unique brand of high action and adventure — which one member cheekily describes as “like Jason Bourne … but maybe not as good” — to the small screen. “The trickiest part is that we’ve been such a rockin’ band for so many years and have so many millions of fans across the world, what can we do to be better […]

The Hub to roll out “Transformers: Rescue Bots” on Saturday mornings

February 15, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Face it, the Transformers’ ability to convert into machines hasn’t always been featured that prominently. Optimus Prime turning into a semi-truck, or Megatron becoming a gun is more of an afterthought to the show-stopping scenes of the giant robots smashing each other into shrapnel. But Transformers: Rescue Bots takes a different approach, both in focus and in tone. Aimed squarely at the younger siblings of the kids devoted to the blockbuster Transformers films and the cartoon series Transformers Prime, Rescue Bots makes the machine form an integral part of the story. The narrower roster focuses on Heatwave (a fire truck), […]

Super Bowl Sunday also offers programming “bowls” of other sorts

February 3, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you haven’t been living on the moon, you know that this Sunday the Super Bowl will be played (and if you didn’t know, you can find the details of the monstrous amount of coverage here). It’s become a national holiday of sorts, and also a day on which other TV networks have historically given up trying to counter-program anything new against what is traditionally one of the highest-rated programs of the year — and sometimes, of all time. But in the last decade or so, some networks have caught on to the notion that by presenting “bowls” of their […]

“Wimpy Kid” Zachary Gordon wants his “Mummy” in a new episode of “The Haunting Hour”

January 20, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Just three days after wrapping work on the third Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, Zachary Gordon had a very different — and darker — assignment. Instead of playing the lovable, gregarious schemer Greg Heffley, he had to step into the skin of Seth, a boy with a dark, mysterious connection to an ancient evil. All in a day’s work when you sign on for an episode of R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour. Gordon’s episode, “Night of the Mummy,” premieres Saturday at 5pm on The Hub. Gordon says the episode will show his Wimpy Kid fans a completely different side […]