Friday, March 02, 2012

Around the Tubes - 3/2/12


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 Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist, Great Performances, No Kitchen Required, Stevie TV, Alice in Wonderland, Ancient Aliens, Dallas, Touchback, Gary "G" Jenkins, Zac Brown Band, Conan, Smithsonian Channel, Masters of Sex, Mob Wives, and Late Night.

- New Special Alert! This Sunday on the National Geographic Channel will be airing Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist which is surprisingly not some zany comedy starring Ben Stiller but the story of a NASA intern who stole a cache of moon rocks kept at the Johnson Space Center valued at almost $300 million, making it the biggest heist in history. Thankfully it is not a comedy so we do not have to hear “Houston we have a problem” catchphrase ten times in the movie. But anyway. Check out a clip below:

Lunar Sting


- The latest episode of PBS’s Great Performances will feature The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall airing this Sunday at 7:00 in honor of its 25th anniversary (check your local listings).

- New Show Alert: from the producers of Chopped and Survivor comes a new show that is surprisingly a combination of the two: No Kitchen Required. As the titled suggests, three chefs are dropped in exotic locations where they must work with the locals to hunt, fish and forage for ingredients to create locally-inspired meals. No Kitchen Required premieres Tuesday at 10:00 on BBC America.

- Also premiering soon is Stevie TV on VH1 this Sunday at 10:00, a new sketch comedy show starting YouTube sensation Stevie Ryan who impersonates Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Kendra Wilkinson, Lady GaGa and Audrina Patridge.

- For those that have not been watching ABC Family the last couple week, the television premiere of Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp premieres tomorrow at 8:30 and will reair Sunday at 7:30.

- Another episode of Ancient Aliens airs tonight on H2 and for people who are fans of the show and fans of money will want to head over to their Facebook application where you can win $10,000 by deciphering their Ancient Alien code.

- We are still a couple months until the relaunch of Dallas, but for those wondering what JR Ewing has been up to since the show went off the air, TNT has added a Timeline to the DallasTNT Facebook page as told by JR.

- Coming to theaters April 13 is Touchback starring Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas, Kurt Russell, and Christine Lahti. Head over to Yahoo! Movies to exclusively watch the trailer.

- Silk recently made my list of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 90’s with their epic slow jam Freak Me and for those wonder what they are up to these days, Gary “G” Jenkins has recently released a new single I Love which is currently available on iTunes.

- Country band Zac Brown Band recently teamed up with Jack Daniels (natch) for a new batch of commercial. Check one out below and of course drink responsibly:



- Are you a Conan fan with a tablet? Well today is your lucky day because Team Coco has just released a tablet app that features video clips, live billboard comments, photos and slide shows, background info on guests, polls and quizzes, factoids and trivia, memorable quotes, as well as Facebook and Twitter feeds.

- For those iPad users who are more into serious topics, Smithsonian Channel just released an app that features short stories and full length episodes and specials.

- Just when you thought hearing Lizzy Caplin starring in a show called Masters of Sex could not be better, Showtime recently announced that they have just cast Beau Bridges and Mags Bennett herself Margo Martindale. Production begins next week.

- It is Halloween this Sunday on Mob Wives for a brand new episode.

- And just because, John Legend and The Roots covering Dancing in the Dark for Springsteen week on Late Night.

John Legend – Dancing in the Dark (2/29/12)


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