Welcome to the annual exercise in futility known as “Predicting the Golden Globes: TV Edition.” In case you missed our latest Water Cooler Podcast (and really, why would you do that to yourself?), here’s a list of all of our predictions for the big show on Sunday night. Be sure to listen to the next …
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TV News: Tio Salamanca, Parks/Rec, Orange/New Black, SNL, Globes In the News
Returning Series Parks and Recreation. Workaholics star Blake Anderson will return as Gryzzl CEO Mike Bean whlie Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island) will turn up as “another upbeat exec” on the NBC sitcom which debuts its final season on January 13. (EW) Orange is the New Black. Model-DJ-VJ-Presenter-Recording-Artist Ruby Rose joins the cast of the …
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Trailer: Comedy Bang! Bang! Season 4
Creed from The Office does a Princess Bride grandfather/grandson thing. “A book is kind of a boring version of video games” he explains to the boy by way of introducing Season 4 (it makes more sense in the trailer). In the clips we get glimpses of Badger from Breaking Bad, one of the nerds from Big …
Syfy teases 9 minutes of ’12 Monkeys’
Syfy’s TV adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi favorite starring Bruce Willis as a man who travels back in time to stop a plague that will wipe out mankind only to wind up in an insane asylum with Brad Pitt for his trouble debuts January 16th. In the mean time, the network would like to …
‘Game of Thrones’ Trailer and Two Season 4 Eps Coming to IMAX
HBO is picking up the promotion of its already ridiculously successful Game of Thrones fantasy franchise (19 million cumulative viewers last season) several notches. Tickets go on sale today for IMAX presentations of the final two episodes of Game of Thrones‘ last season along with the exclusive trailer for Season 5. The special will play in 150 …
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TV News: Girls renewed
Returning Series Girls. Even before season 4 airs (1/11)Lena Dunham’s divisive (but great) comedy-drama has been given a 5th season by HBO. (EW) Continuing Series Glee. Gina Gerson will play Blaine’s mother in the final season of the FOX series which returns for 11 final weeks on January 9th. (Wrap) In Development Hackers. Syfy and …
PGA Longform TV Nominations: Fargo, Roosevelts, Sherlock
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and mini-series. American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Joseph Incaprera, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, James Wong Fargo (FX) Producers: Adam Bernstein, …
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ESPN Anchor Stuart Scott: 1965 – 2015
Popular longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott died this morning at age 49 after a 7-year battle with cancer. Scott joined the network in 1993 with the premiere of ESPN2 and went on to become one of the sports network’s stars, known for popularizing many catch phrases including “Cool as the other side of the pillow.” Scott …
Water Cooler Podcast: Episode 4 – Globes Predictions, 2015 Midseason Preview pt. 1
In this episode, your ADTV regulars Craig, Megan, Joey and Clarence ring in the New Year with Golden Globe TV predictions followed by Part 1 of our preview of the most interesting new shows coming to the small screen in the first few months of 2015, plus a look at some of our returning favorites.
Actress Donna ‘Elly May’ Douglas: 1933 – 2015
Donna Douglas, the actress best known as Elly May, the tomboyish and sweet daughter of patriarch Jed Clampett on TV’s The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971), died yesterday at the age of 81. Douglas played the character for all 9 seasons of the popular sitcom which wound up its final two years as the #1 show on television. …
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