Friday, January 30, 2009

Around the Tubes vol. II


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 The Office, Jimmy Fallon, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, and The Exterminators.

- There doesn’t seem like there is much hoopla around the Super Bowl, maybe it’s the teams or the economy which keeps companies from buying, or hyping, their million dollar ad buys. As for the coveted post-Super Bowl spot, NBC decided against going with the most logical synergy by putting the football themed Friday Night Lights on, instead opting for The Office which will feature Jack Black and Jessica Alba (for a quick laugh google Alba and Sweden). Below is a preview of what you might see Sunday:



- Also getting ready for the Super Bowl is Jimmy Fallon who isn’t sure who to root for (the answer is the Cardinals by the way) as seen in this video:

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- If you are like me, a nerd who wanted to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but not big enough nerd to sit home on Fridays to watch it or even remember to tape it most times, we are in luck. The show is coming to TNT, naturally, because they know drama. Back to back episodes beginning Saturday February 14, after the NBA All Star Saturday Night at 11:00. It will then move to its regular timeslot on Wednesdays at 10:00 starting the 18th. The show will be available in HD for those of you cool enough to have that.

- Also coming to TNT February 8 is the movie Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story staring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kimberly Elise. It is based on the true story of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, whose lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a best-selling author and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I may or may not have more on this later.

- Switching over to A&E, they have a new program called The Exterminators, a docusoap about a pest removal company. The show premieres Wednesday February 4 at 10:30. Check out a clip from the show below:



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