Friday, July 06, 2012

Around the Tubes - 7/6/12


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 Hard Times: Lost on Long Island, Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World, Comic Store Heroes, Syfy, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Andy Griffith, H+, Blue Like Jazz, Dallas, Rizzoli and Isles, The Sound of Music, The Song That Changed My Life, Audio-Files, Beverly Hills Nannies, Border Wars, Horders, and Rhoda Vincent.

- This Monday HBO is airing their latest documentary Hard Times: Lost on Long Island focusing on the unemployed and underemployed is what is considered the the birthplace of post-war suburbia. Check out a trailer below:



- Premiering tonight on PBS is Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World which explores 1,400 years of cultural history through Islamic art and architecture.

- If you are unable to make it to Comic-Con, you can live vicariously through Comic Store Heroes premiering next Friday (the 13th) at 8:00 on The National Geographic Channel.

- For those that are attending Comic Con, Syfy recently announced their shows that will be attending. Friday, JULY 13: DEFIANCE: PANEL: 6:45 PM- 7:45 PM ROOM 6DE. Saturday, JULY 14: WAREHOUSE 13; PANEL: 10:00 AM-10:45 AM BALLROOM 20. ALPHAS: PANEL: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM; HILTON BAYFRONT, INDIGO BALLROOM. BEING HUMAN: PANEL: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, HILTON BAYFRONT, INDIGO BALLROOM.


- Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell is set to premiere Thursday August 9 at 10:00 on FX and you check out the latest clip below:

Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell


- We lost Andy Griffith earlier this week and TCM will be honoring the iconic actor Wednesday July 18 by airing four of his films starting at 8:00 PM with A Face in the Crowd which will be followed by No Time for Sergeants (10:15), Hearts of the West (12:30), and Onionhead (2:15).

- Coming to an internet near you in the newest digital series H+ from director Bryan Singer. The show is about the future human race who is hardwired to the internet with a cast that includes ast that includes Alexis Denisof (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Amir Arison (Law & Order: SVU) and David Clayton Rogers (Jane By Design). While waiting for the premiere, can subscribe to the H+ YouTube page.

- Based on the New York Times Best Seller List by Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz is coming to DVD and most other movie watching formats August 7 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.



- They are not even half way down with it’s their current seasons, but TNT has already renewed Rizzoli and Isles for a fourth and Dallas for a second. Expect 15 new episodes of each coming your way in 2013.

- For fans of Broadway that cannot make it to New York City, you will be in luck because it was recently announced that NBC will present a live broadcast of the classic stage musical The Sound of Music. Casting and a premiere date are soon to come.

- On this week’s episode of The Song That Changed My Life, pop folk band Over the Rhine will be featured. While on Audio-Files, indie folk band Trampled by Turtles will take center stage.

- New show alert! Beverly Hills Nannies premieres next Wednesday on ABC Family.

- In other premiere news, the new season of Border Wars premieres July 9 at 9:00 on the National Geographic Channel.

- While on Sunday the fourth season of Hoarders opens up with an Elvis impersonator with a heartbreaking story.

- Rhoda Vincent has returned to her gospel roots with her latest album which you can currently stream for free over at music.aol.com until July 15

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