Friday, March 16, 2012

Around the Tubes - 3/16/12


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 Make it or Break It, Game of Thrones, Finding the Lost da Vinci, Archer, My Strange Addiction, Peter O'Toole, Pretty Little Liars, Titanic’s Final Mystery, and 17 season premiere dates.

- The new season of Make it or Break It returns a week from Monday at 9:00 on ABC Family and for those that need a refresher, check out the video below:



- Game of Thrones released another fan poster (Spoiler Alert!) and you can gaze upon it below. Also the show will have a booth (#438) at the upcoming WonderCon in Anaheim this weekend (March 16-18) where you can get your head on a spike like below for free. Well, a FX artist will create a photo of it for those that do not want to be beheaded.

Game of Thrones fan poster


- The Battle of Anghiari vanished 500 years ago and not scientist and art enthusiast Maurizio Seracini has spent 36 years trying to track down the missing mural as documented in Finding the Lost da Vinci, premiering this Sunday on the National Geographic Channel at 9:00. Check out a preview below:

The Real Life Da Vinci Code


- Next Thursday, Byran Cranston will be lending his vocal talents to Archer as an astronaut with the International Space Agency. Take a look at his animated self below:

Bryon Cranston on Archer


- Nothing like the subject “Addicted to Drinking Urine” to catch your attention. Yep, that is the affliction for the season finale of My Strange Addition airing Sunday at 10:00 on TLC.



- On Wednesday, April 11, TMC will premiere Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival at 8:00 where TCM host Robert Osborne will interview the legendary actor in front of a live audience. The special will be followed by The Lion in Winter, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.

- Pretty Little Liars in the New Jersey era, tonight at 7:00 Shay Mitchell will be signing copies of her Seventeen Prom issue at the Barnes and Noble at 765 Route 17 South in Paramus, NJ.

- The Smithsonian Channel will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster with the two hour special Titanic’s Final Mystery premiering Thursday, April 5 at 8:00.

- A couple different networks announced the premiere dates for their show recently and here they are in chronological order:

Sunday, April 1 at 10:00 on the National Geographic Channel: New series Wicked Tuna following fishermen trying to catch bluefin tuna

Friday, April 6 at 10:00 on Nat Geo Wild: Python Hunters season 3

Tuesday, April 17 at 10:00 on the National Geographic Channel: New series Amish: Out of Order that follows former Amish members in the “real world”

Wednesday, May 30 at 8:00 on ABC Family: Melissa and Joey second season with back to back episodes

Tuesday, June 5 at 9:00 on TNT: Rizzoli and Isles season 3

Tuesday, June 5 at 10:00 on TNT: Franklin and Bash season 2

Wednesday, June 13 at 9:00 on TNT: New show Dallas, a reboot of the 80’s classic with original cast members Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Grey

Sunday, June 17 at 9:00 on TNT: Falling Skies, two hour second season premiere

Sunday, June 24 at 10:00 on TNT: New reality show The Great Escape from Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and the creators of The Amazing Race

Sunday, July 1 at 10:00 on Showtime: Weeds season 8

Sunday July 1 at 10:00 on Showtime: Episodes season 2

Monday, July 9 at 9:00 on TNT: The final season of The Closer

Monday, July 9 at 10:00 on TNT: New series Perception starring Eric McCormack as an eccentric neuroscience professor who is recruited by the FBI

Sunday July 15 at 8:00 on TNT: Leverage season 5

Monday, August 13 at 10:00 on TNT: The Closer spin-off Major Crimes starring Mary McDonnell reprising her role as Police Captain Sharon Raydor with other The Closer vets G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz and Phillip P. Keene also in the cast with guest appearances by Jon Tenney and Robert Gossett.

Sunday, September 30 at 9:00 on Showtime: Dexter season 7

Sunday, September 30 at 10:00: Homeland season 2

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