Friday, February 21, 2014

Around the Tubes: 2/21/14




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 Penny Dreadful, Growing up Fisher, The Americans, Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, Snake Salvation, Walking with Dinosaurs, AMHQ with Sam Champion, Live from Space, Mad Men, Shameless, House of Lies, and Syfy spring schedule.

- As the momentum and excitement builds in anticipation of the Sunday, May 11th premiere, Showtime has released the full-length trailer of its highly-anticipated drama series Penny Dreadful. Currently in production in Ireland, the eight-episode series stars Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down), Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill) and Eva Green (Casino Royale). Reeve Carney (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Billie Piper (Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl), Danny Sapani (The Bill) and Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger) also star.


- You can catch the series premiere of Growing up Fisher after the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics Sunday before it settles into its regular timeslot Tuesdays at 9:30. Until then, you can watch the cast watching curling.


- The Americans return Wednesday at 10:00 on FX and here is a first look at the new season:


- This spring, ten aspiring creature creators will compete to join the ranks of the legendary Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Watch them compete for the job of a lifetime on Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, premiering March 25 at 10:00, only on Syfy.


- National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced this week a special episode that will examine the life of Pastor Jamie Coots, who was bitten by a rattlesnake during church service this past Saturday and died that evening after reports that his family refused medical attention following his wishes. In practicing his religious beliefs, Pastor Coots’ unfaltering dedication to his faith was often tested by health and legal risks. Snake Salvation: They Shall Take Up Serpents, a compilation from the series, will premiere tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 20, at 10:00.

- Originally broadcast in 1999, BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on a screen. A near 15 years later, the dino-classic has been reimagined for the big screen with the help of BBC Earth and Animal Logic (300, The Matrix Trilogy), lending digital dino magic to bring these beasts to life once again in the 2013 animated feature. On March 25th the journey is migrating to Blu-ray/DVD and Digital HD from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, offering moviegoers the chance to bring the explosive visual experience home. Included with the 3D Blu-ray combo pack comes a special “Cretaceous Cut,” to pay homage to the original series in the sense that the characters exhibit relationships with each other, but do not talk, while also providing the theatrical cut (which includes voiceovers) to help tell a specific storyline.


- The Weather Channel, the world's leading weather authority, is set to premiere its new flagship live morning show AMHQ with Sam Champion on Monday, March 17. The series will air weekdays from 7:00-10:00 a.m. ET. The Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning weather anchor, who also serves as managing editor, will anchor the three-hour weekday show alongside a team of co-hosts that includes meteorologists Maria LaRosa and Mike Bettes live from The Weather Channel headquarters in Atlanta. Champion, who spent a combined 25 years at ABC’s flagship O&O WABC-TV and “Good Morning America,” will serve as a trusted source viewers can depend on to forecast the day ahead.

- National Geographic Channel also announced this week that celebrated journalist, producer and television host Soledad O’Brien ( @soledadobrien) has joined the network’s global television event Live from Space as host and co-executive producer. O’Brien will broadcast live from Mission Control in Houston during the program, taking viewers into orbit, literally circling the globe, to offer a unique perspective on astronaut life and work aboard the ISS. The program will air LIVE on Friday, March 14 at 8:00 on the National Geographic Channel in the U.S. and in 170 other countries, and on Channel 4 in the U.K. It will also simulcast on NGC’s Spanish-language network in the U.S., Nat Geo MUNDO.

- As cable television readies itself for the first half of the final season of AMC’s acclaimed period drama Mad Men, The Saturday Evening Post interviews Jon Hamm and five other key cast members as well as series creator Matt Weiner.

- Good news for fans of Shameless and House of Lies, both have been picked up for a fifth and fourth season respectively. In other Showtime news, Wendell Pierce has joined the cast of the second season of Ray Donovan which is set to premiere this summer.

- Syfy recently released their Spring schedule and here are the highlights:

Carvers (Original Special): Tuesday, March 4 at 10:00
My Big Fat Geek Wedding (Original Special): Tuesday, March 11 at 10:00
Foxy and Co (Original Special): Tuesday, March 18 at 10:00
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge (Series Premiere): Tuesday, March 25 at 10:00
Continuum (Season 3 Premiere): Friday, April 4 at 10:00
Warehouse 13 (Season 5 Premiere): Monday, April 13 at 9:00
Metal Hurlan Chronicles (Series Premiere): Monday, April 13 at 10:00 and 10:30
Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse (Original Movie Premiere): April TBD

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