Friday, February 17, 2012

Around the Tubes - 2/17/12


I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Awake, Life's Too Short, Game of Thrones, House of Lies, Memphis, American Weed, Key and Peele, Swamp People, Full Metal Jousting, RuPaul's Drag Race, Life in the Wild, The Franchise, For Better or Worse, Intel, and Hardcore Pawn.

- My sources tell me that Awake was the best Pilot of the 2011-12 season, but who cares what they think. Judge for yourself by watching the full premiere below:

Special Full Episode Preview


- This Sunday HBO is launching its latest new show Life’s Too Short from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant at 10:30 (following the third season premiere of Eastbound and Down). Check out the first season trailer below:



- In other HBO new, they recently released its first poster for the second season of Game of Thrones, take a gander below:

Game of Thrones poster


- For those that need to catch up on House of Lies or just need more Kristen Bell in your life are in luck. Next Sunday Showtime will be airing all seven episodes starting at 8:00 this Sunday.

- For Broadway fans that cannot make it to New York City very often will want to mark the calendars for next Friday when PBS will be airing Tony Award winning musical Memphis at 9:00 (check your local listings). This will mark the first time that a Best Musical winner has aired on U.S. national television with its original principals while, at the same time, continuing its Broadway run and national tour.

- New series alert! Premiering naturally on Ash Wednesday at 10:00 on National Geographic Channel is American Weed will be looking at all sides of the issue — from the growers, patients and dispensary owners, to the cops, caregivers and opponents of the newly legal medical marijuana in Colorado.

- Ty Burrell recently did a little moonlighting on Comedy Central’s new sketch comedy show Key and Peele naturally playing a Nazi. I am not sure Phil Dunphy would approve:



- Miss recent episodes of History’s Swamp People and / or Full Metal Jousting. Just click those links to be taken to the full episodes. You can always turn into Swamp People Thursdays at 9:00 and Full Metal Jousting Sundays at 10:00.

- Socialite Life recently sat down with Willam from the most recent season of RuPaul’s Drag Race who talks about how he got into drag (watching the soccer classic Ladybugs naturally).

- Not only is Love in the Wild returning this summer to NBC, it just picked up a new host. Jenny McCartney will be back at bringing couple together for the first time since her Singled Out days. Jenny will be heading out to the Dominican Republic later this month to start filming.

- Showtime recently announced which team it will follow for the next season of The Franchise: the Miami Marlins. Wait, when did they change from Florida? And Miami Marlins sounds like a comic book character.

- Tyler Perry fans should be happy to learn his top rated TBS sitcom For Better or Worse has been renewed for another thirty-five episodes.

- Intel has a new line of ads called Pop Up Theater where a bunch of laptop carrying people pop up flash mob style for a performance. Check out one below:

Ultrabook™ POP-UP THEATER ORCHESTRA


- TruTV not only renewed Hardcore Pawn for another season, they are expanding it into an new series Hardcore Pawn: Fort Bragg. Also look out for more Lizard Lick Towing coming to the cable channel.

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