Friday, February 08, 2013

Around the Tubes, 2/8/13


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 Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, The Song That Changed My Life, Grimm, Banshee, Men At Work, Who Gets the Last Laugh?, Robot Combat League, Out There, In Our Nature, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Swamp People, Whitney Houston: Legend, Being: New Edition, Rizzoli and Isles, Perception, The Fosters, Twisted, and Town Hall with Tony Bennett.

- Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome may have already premiered online, but for those that prefer watching shows on your television it will be airing on Syfy tomorrow at 9:00. Check out the trailer below:


- Sara Watkins, formerly of Nickle Creek, will be on Wednesday’s episode of The Song That Changed My Life. Spoiler Alert! It’s Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) by Bob Dylan.

- I cannot even remember when the last episode of Grimm was and we still have to wait until two more mouths until it returns, but NBC has just released a new promo to get you ready.


- If you are enjoying Banshee on Cinamax, you will be getting even more of it next year because it has been renewed for a second season. Episode four of this season airs Friday at 10:00.

- TBS recently announced the premiere date of a couple of their programs including the second season of Men at Work Thursday April 4 at 10:00 and new show Who Gets the Last Laugh? Tuesday April 16 which is a new competition program hosted by Donald Faison and from the guys that brought you Punk’d.

- Syfy has a new show called Robot Combat League premiering Tuesday, Feb 26 and is exactly what it sounds like. Check out this interview with host Chris Jericho:


- IFC announced earlier this week a roster of notable voices guesting on the network’s upcoming original animated series, Out There. Selma Blair (Anger Management, Hellboy), Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Ellen Page (Juno, Inception), Stephen Root (King of the Hill, Office Space), Jason Schwartzman (Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Express), Sarah Silverman (Wreck It Ralph, The Sarah Silverman Program) and Christian Slater (Breaking In, Robot Chicken) will voice a variety of characters in the coming-of-age comedy. Created by Ryan Quincy, two-time Emmy®-winning animation director and producer of South Park, Out There premieres Friday, February 22 at 10:30pm ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes.

- John Slattery (Mad Men), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Gabrielle Union (10 Things I Hate About You) star in Brian Savelson’s candid, delicately observed family portrait of couples at a crossroads. In Our Nature is out now on DVD.

- Also out on DVD over the next two weeks include Weeds: Season Eight, Nurse Jackie: Season Four, Swamp People: Season 3.


- Moving into the second week of Black History Month, Centric TV continues to celebrate some of African American’s greatest musical talent this weekend. To kick off February 9-10, Centric TV will feature interviews about the legendary Whitney Houston in a never-before seen documentary Whitney Houston: Legend and new exclusive interviews from R&B group New Edition in Being: New Edition, which takes center stage Saturday and Sunday, February 9-10, starting at 9:00PM ET.

- No return date yet other than “summer” but the Rizzoli and Isles team was back to work this week and started production on the fifteen episodes of season four while Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) is set to be a guest star. Perception will also start production its season for a summer premiere and it was just announced that Scott Wolf has signed on to a recurring role as a charismatic, fast-rising Assistant U.S. Attorney recently transferred back to Chicago. Oh yeah, and he is also the soon to be ex-husband of Kate.

- Also coming this summer but to ABC Family will be two new shows The Fosters from executive producer Jennifer Lopez, and Twisted, from executive producer Gavin Polone (Gilmore Girls). Check out the cast photos for both below:

The Fosters coming to ABC Family this summer

Twisted coming to ABCFamily this summer

- Sirius XM Radio announced this that legendary recording artist Tony Bennett will sit down for an intimate Q&A session with an audience of SiriusXM listeners, moderated by Alec Baldwin (who humorously parodies Bennett on Saturday Night Live), at the SiriusXM studios in New York City as part of its Town Hall series. SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Tony Bennett, which will take place on Wednesday, February 13, will air on Valentine’s Day.

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