The Amazing Race: Season 12: “I Just Hope He Doesn’t Croak on Us”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
After their rest period in Mumbai, India, the four remaining teams began on one of their longest journeys yet. For the 9th leg of The Amazing Race, the competitors were flying approximately 4,000 miles away to Osaka, Japan.
TK and Rachel – the first to reach the last pit stop – decided to get help at a nearby hotel before heading to the airport. Through a travel desk, they got what they believed to be the earliest flight out. The hippies were scheduled to leave at 6:55 PM flight out of India. Christina and Ronald also made reservations beforehand, but did their work through a different agency. The route they secured had them taking off at 8:30 PM. Although Nicolas/Donald and Nate/Jennifer both chose to get tickets at the airport, they wound up on the same flight as the father/daughter duo.
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TV on DVD: January 1, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Cable, CBS, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves today.
- Seaquest DSV (Season 2)
- The Tudors (Season 1)
- Weird Science (Seasons 1 & 2)
- 60 Minutes: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
- 60 Minutes: Garden of Eden
The Amazing Race: Season 12: “Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
After the mandatory rest period in Florence, Italy, the five remaining teams began their eighth leg of the race. They were now set to fly 4000 miles away to Mumbai, India. Nicolas and Donald – the first team to reach the last pit stop – started their trek at 10:12 PM. Before heading to the airport, they researched flights through the internet. After securing Air France seats with a 10:30 PM arrival time, they went to find a few hours of shut-eye. Ronald and Christina were the only other duo smart enough to call ahead for tickets.
David Letterman Returns With Writer Support
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Late Night, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Daily Show, The, News,
David Letterman has accomplished what no other late night host has managed to do: reach an agreement with the writers. Of course, owning your own company does have its perks.
Letterman and his production company, WorldWide Pants, have been sitting down with the Writers Guild for some time now in hopes of working out a deal. Late today, the two sides came to terms on an independent agreement that would allow both The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to come back on Jan. 2nd. Although the two talk shows will technically be competing with the returns of Leno, O’Brien and Kimmel, CBS will easily have the advantage. Letterman and Ferguson will be the only ones with the scripted jokes.
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart will also be returning - sans writers - on January 7th.
Reuters
Three Networks to Broadcast Patriots Game
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sports, CBS, NBC, Announcements, Cable/Satellite,
If you were to look up the word ‘overkill’ in the dictionary, I’m sure some reference to an event this weekend would be in there.
For the first time since Super Bowl I, more than one network will be simulcasting the same football game. And we haven’t even reached the playoffs yet.
The 15-0 New England Patriots will be working to complete the first perfect NFL season since 1972’s Miami Dolphins (14-0). In order to accomplish this, they will need to finish off the New York Giants (10-5) in Giants Stadium this Saturday. To appease all the Brady-haters and lovers - and members of Congress - who are highly interested in this game, the NFL Network is agreeing to let this one matchup be seen outside of its borders. Now football fans who are not also subscribers of the channel will have access to the same feed via CBS or NBC. (Yes, this does also mean we’ll be getting three times the Bryant Gumbel as well.)
Oh - and in case you are still having trouble figuring out how to see the game, know that it is on starting @ 8pm EST.
Variety
TV on DVD: December 26, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, Cable, CBS, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves this Wednesday.
- Battlestar Galactica 1980 (Complete Series)
- WWE: The Best of Raw - 15th Anniversary
- WWE: Survivor Series 1007
- 60 Minutes: Kings of Congo
- 60 Minutes: Prescription for Addiction
Christmas Day TV
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, Family Guy, The Hills,
Looking for a distraction from the holiday season? Want to check out that new HD TV Santa left under the tree? Or, do you just want to put something on the tube to undercut happy holiday melodrama? Use Christmas Day TV to give you an escape when holiday pressure has you looking for the nearest exit.
ABC will offer fanciful diversion for the kids with the Walt Disney World parade starting at 10 am. Later in the afternoon, the network will offer NBA action while CBS gets sporty with golf. NBC will show the Holiday Celebration on Ice in the afternoon. On cable, ABC Family will showcase holiday movies including A Very Brady Christmas and Santa Baby. At 6 in the evening, Disney’s The Incredibles will offer CGI delight.
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The Amazing Race: Season 12: “This is Forever, Now”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The, Features,
After their brief break in Dubrovnik, the five remaining teams made very early departures toward their next destination: Italy. To reach the town of Ancona, the groups first had to travel by bus to Split, Croatia. From there, the racers would jump aboard a ferry and travel across the Adriatic to Ancona, Italy.
Although Ronald and Christina were the first group to hit the road at 2:19 AM, the first bus wasn’t scheduled to leave until 5 AM. This allowed Kynt/Vxyin and Nathan/Jennifer to catch up with them. Eventually, Nicolas and Donald – who started off 5 hours later than the first team – even managed to get on the same page. All the groups ended up being on the same ferry heading out of the country.
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This Week on TV (12/24-12/30)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, The CW, Amazing Race, The,
MONDAY (12/24)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC, 8pm): Am I the only one who still gets creeped out when I see the Grinch? He’s not exactly kid-friendly.
- It’s A Wonderful Life (NBC, 8pm): You officially have one last chance to be grateful before Christmas officially begins.
- Cheaper by the Dozen (FOX, 8pm): In case you need a reminder why having more kids during the holidays might not be a good thing.
- Madagascar (ABC, 9pm): If you don’t want to get your child a pet, force them to watch this movie and convince them that animals were meant to be free.
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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Return to Work
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Late Night, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Daily Show, The, Announcements, News,
Comedy Central has just announced the January return of its two late-night talk show hosts. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will ring in their new years on January 7th, five days after Kimmel, Leno and O’Brien have scheduled their starts. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report - like the ABC and NBC programs - will resume production sans writers. What this means for these ‘news’ shows and their largely scripted formats is unknown.
Stewart and Colbert, who are also members of the Writers Guild of America, released a joint statement about the decision:
’‘We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.’‘
Meanwhile, we may get details later today about the plans for CBS’ late-night programs. David Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants, will be meeting with members of the WGA today. If they can reach an interim agreement, both The Late Show With David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson could also be hitting the airwaves - with scribes - come January 2nd.
No matter how you feel about the writers’ situation, what do you think about The Daily Show and The Colbert Report returning? Could they possibly be as good as they were pre-strike—or do you think the quality will suffer? Will you simply be happy to see them back regardless of the content?
Variety
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