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 Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers, NBC Comedy Playground, Life Below Zero, Welcome to Sweden, ABC Family, Eric Church, The Voice, The 2014 Billboard Music Awards, Our Wild America, Jane Ellen Bryant, Flipping Boston, The Librarians, new Syfy series, and Global Force Wrestling.
- Tuesday will mark the one year anniversary of the Boston Bombings and though the even played out in real time on 24 hour news channels and the internet, Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers compiles the entire event from moments before the blast to the catching of the fugitive in the most comprehensive special to date. It will feature reenactment of the events culled from interviews from victims, former Boston Mayor Tomas M. Menino, Governor Deval Patrick, the superintendant and commissioner of the Boston Police Department, officers and FBI agents on the scenes, and even the carjacking victim of the bombers and the owner of the boat that one of the bombers hid out in. Inside the Hunt of the Boston Bomber airs Sunday at 9:00 on the National Geographic Channel.
- In an effort to uncover additional sources of talent and open the door for aspiring comedy writers, NBC has created a ground-breaking grassroots comedy campaign, “NBC Comedy Playground”. Beginning May 1, aspiring comedy writers can submit their pitches to be considered for both digital and network comedy shows. Once submitted, the concepts will be vetted by A-list comedic talents, including Aziz Ansari, Jason Bateman, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and others. For more on the NBC Comedy Playground: nbccomedyplayground.com.
- The return of winter brings a flurry of activity for people around the globe. But if you’re living in the remote wilderness of Alaska, the winter is about one thing only: survival. National Geographic Channel’s cult hit series Life Below Zero will return on Thursday, April 17 at 9:00 for a new season of battles against the bitter cold, unpredictable weather and hungry wildlife. Produced by Adjacent Productions, the series covers every obstacle from every angle, be it beneath the ice or the end of a hunter’s gun.
- I had not heard of Welcome to Sweden until I got the press release this week, but it is an upcoming NBC comedy starring Greg Poehler who was able to pull his sister Amy and her friends in for come cameos. Take a look of the trailer below. Welcome to Sweden will premiere July 10 at 9:00 on NBC.
- ABC Family will be airing a Mother’s Day marathon on May 10 which will feature Ice Princess (7:00 AM), Secretariat (9:00 AM), Sister Act (11:30 AM), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1:30), Mamma Mia! (3:30), Forrest Gump (6:00), and concluding with The Blind Side (9:00).
- Eric Church recently announced the first leg of his Outsiders World Tour starting in September. Check out the dates on via the video below. Fans have the chance to gain access to pre-sale tickets for each show by becoming a Standard or Premium member of the Church Choir. Join the Church Choir by visiting: http://smarturl.it/churchchoir.
- Fans of the hit NBC show, “The Voice”, can finally see their favorite contestants live as the season’s talented top Finalists and favorite past stars hit the road on a huge summer tour. Talpa Media and AEG Live announced today the 31-show concert tour launches June 21st in San Antonio, TX and stops in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto, ON before wrapping in Redmond, WA on August 2. Tickets go on sale April 17 at 10:00 AM local via thevoice.com/tour. Already confirmed on the tour is Jamaica native and Season 5 champ, Tessanne Chin. Also joining the tour from Season 5 is soul-pop teen artist, and runner up, Jacquie Lee and vocal powerhouse and family man, Will Champlin. Dia Frampton, a Team Blake favorite, from Season One will be hitting the road too, along with this season’s Winner, Runner Up, and 3rd place. Another fan favorite is guaranteed to tour and will be determined in the month of May by America via social media.
- The 2014 Billboard Music Awards will broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18, on ABC from 8:00. Finalists Imagine Dragons and Lorde lead with twelve categories each. Imagine Dragons is vying for its first Billboard Music Award this year. Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis follow with 11, 10 and 8 categories respectively. For additional information on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards visit billboardmusicawards.com.
- Our Wild America has developed into a popular attraction on the NYC club scene (Rockwood Music Hall, The Living Room, Mercury Lounge, Spike Hill, etc.), and it’s clear that the band’s musical preoccupation with songs that revolve around death, suicide, war, betrayal, and “other uplifting concerns,” as the band’s singer-songwriter Alec Gross puts it, has not proven to be an obstacle in finding an audience. Our Wild America’s self-titled debut will be released on May 13, 2014, on vinyl, CD, and digital download. Listen to You Don’t Love Me (The Way I Love You) which you can download for free.
- Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jane Ellen Bryant releases her new single, Here We Are, a follow up track to her acclaimed sophomore album Hourglass. The Americana-folk song features Bryant’s soaring, ethereal vocals. Take a listen, and download below:
- There I a new episode of Flipping Boston tomorrow at 12 PM on A&E which takes you on Peter and Dave’s journey of buying, flipping, restoring, renovating, designing, and selling houses. With over 18 years of combined experience, Dave and Peter are nationally known for their creative and innovative approach to renovating houses. Upcoming episodes will feature appearances by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Medford, Massachusetts Mayor, Michael J. McGlynn.
- TNT is returning to the world of its hit movie franchise The Librarian with a brand new series from Electric Entertainment and executive producers Dean Devlin,John Rogers and Marc Roskin. Rebecca Romijn (X-Men, TNT’s King & Maxwell) is set to lead the cast of the new series, which is entitled The Librarians. Noah Wyle (Falling Skies, ER) will executive-produce and play a recurring role in the series, reprising his role as Flynn Carsen from TNT’s movie trilogy. Christian Kane (TNT’s Leverage, Angel),Lindy Booth (Dawn of the Dead, The Philanthropist) andJohn Kim (Neighbors, The Pacific) are set to round out the cast as the newest protectors of the world’s mystical treasures, with Emmy® winner John Larroquette (Night Court, Deception) slated to play their reluctant caretaker. Also appearing from the movie trilogy will be Emmy winners Bob Newhart (The Big Bang Theory, The Bob Newhart Show) and Jane Curtin (Kate & Allie, 3rd Rock from the Sun). And Matt Frewer (Max Headroom, TNT’s Falling Skies) is set to play a recurring role. TNT has ordered 10 episodes of The Librarians, with plans to launch the series in late 2014.
- Syfy this week announced Z Nation, a 13-episode zombie series set to debut in the fall. From production company The Asylum (Sharknado), the action-horror series depicts the epic struggle to save humanity after a zombie apocalypse. The series, which will air on Syfy, will be produced by The Asylum and sold internationally by Dynamic Television. Karl Schaefer (Eerie Indiana, Eureka, The Dead Zone) will serve as executive producer and showrunner. "Z Nation will take viewers where no zombie has gone before,” says Schaefer. The show, he continues, adds “a sense of hope to the horror of the apocalypse – our everyday heroes take the fight to the zombies. It’ll be an epic journey unlike anything you've seen before.” Syfy is also giving a series greenlight to 12 Monkeys, a drama based on the 1995 Universal Pictures film directed by Terry Gilliam, it was announced today by Syfy President, Dave Howe. Syfy is ordering 12 episodes in addition to the pilot which was filmed last year. One more from the cable channel, Olympus, which will take viewers into the action-packed world of humans, Gods and monsters. The 13-part series of one hour episodes will premiere on Syfy in 2015.
- Legendary performer and third-generation promoter Jeff Jarrett and his wife, Karen, are set to unveil Global Force Wrestling (GlobalForceWrestling.com), which promises to be the most fan-interactive and immersive wrestling experience in history. “Because of new media, new technology and more ‘in-tune’ fans than we’ve ever had, wrestling is poised for another boom like it experienced in the mid-1980s and late 1990s,” Jeff Jarrett said. “What we’re going to deliver is a multi-platform, innovative brand that will engage fans in ways they’ve never experienced. It will provide a fresh perspective inside the business that fans have been clamoring for.”
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