Filed under: Cable, New contentSo, what's it like being a Comcast subscriber in Jacksonville, Florida? You know -- to pay oodles of cash for a service and get high-def stations dropped on you in twos and threes rather than by the dozen? From the outside looking in, it's tough to say if the slow and steady approach is actually admired or loathed, but whatever your feelings on the matter, two more are headed to the Florida city. As of now, locals can find Cartoon Network HD and E! HD tucked away in the EPG, and if history is any judge,...
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Bears/Vikings game. The CW has the Jericho pilot at 7. At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then a new King of the Hill. Food Network has a new holiday Challenge at 8, followed by new...
Rickrolling was taken to the largest audience yet Thursday at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Instead of a performance by the characters of “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” onlookers were treated to a rendition of “Never Gonna Give You Up” by singer Rick Astley. The switch happened on Thursday morning, during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The puppets on the float featuring the Cartoon Network show began to sing 1970s hit and TV theme song “Best Friend,” but stopped abruptly, revealing Astley, himself, dancing and singing to his signature tune. Link to story. Link...
Thanks to NBC, there's probably not anyone left who hasn't been Rickroll'd. It started out innocently enough as the characters from Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends strolled through the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But during one of the stops in which the creatures were in the middle of a song, 80s pop star Rick Astley emerged out of nowhere and started belting out the all too familiar "Never Gonna Give You Up." At the end of the song, one of the creatures exclaims "I like Rickrolling!" Apparently, so does NBC.This isn't the first time event goers have unwittingly...
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Reality-FreeIn an example of a changing economy and changing world, Fox will be putting infomercials in its Saturday morning time slot. They're even giving the slot a name: Weekend Marketplace.It kind of makes sense. Unlike my own youth, children don't look to Saturday morning as the sole source of kid's fare. They only need to turn on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon or one of the plethora of Disney channels. Those channels are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.For those interested in a historical look at the old Saturday morning cartoons, I recommend fellow...
Filed under: Video, Animation, Reality-FreeTalking apes! Alien leeches! Laser-shooting blob people! You'll never catch The Dark Knight rubbing elbows with such kooky company on the big screen. To see that, you'll have to tune into Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the new animated series on Cartoon Network. Two episodes in and I'm loving this lighter, zanier take on ol' Bats' crime fighting adventures. It reminds me a lot of ABC Family's The Middleman, which itself was somewhat inspired by the campy 60s Batman TV Show. Unlike Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and the darker Batman cartoons we've seen before,...
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 7, ABC has the American Music Awards Red Carpet, followed by the American Music Awards. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit. NBC has Football Night In America at 7, followed by the Colts/Chargers game. At 8, FOX has 24: Redemption. Disney has a new Hannah Montana at 9, then the movie Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds. Showtime has a new Brotherhood at 8, followed by new episodes of Dexter and Californication. At 9,...
It had to happen: In an attempt to use the wide spread of Star Wars characters, the latest episode of The Clone Wars abandoned Anakin, Ahsoka and the clones in favor of the characters that we really didn't want to see: C3-P0 and Jar-Jar Binks. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the episode also included the kind of political dispute that made The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones so easy to refuse. As Jar-Jar himself said, "We'sa in trouble now!" What was most interesting about "Bombad Jedi," last night's episode of the animated series, was how true...
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8 FOX has a new Cops. ABC has College Football at 8, Texas Tech at Oklahoma. FOX News Channel has a new Huckabee at 8. ABC Family has the movie Once Upon A Christmas at 8, followed by Twice Upon A Christmas. Also at 8: Food Network has All Star Thanksgiving Recipes. At 8:30, Nickelodeon has a new True Jackson, VIP, then a new Naked Brothers Band. At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted. Hallmark has the movie An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving at 9. CNBC has a new Suze Orman...
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and 20/20. CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8. NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, then new episodes of Crusoe and Lipstick Jungle. FOX has new episodes of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and Don't Forget The Lyrics. The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris at 8, followed by a new episode of The Game. There's a new Washington Week on PBS at 8, then...
Filed under: CBS, The CW, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, MyNetworkTV, NBC, ListingsWhat we're watching tonight: CW (1080i) has Everybody Hates Chris at 8 p.m. and The Game at 8:30 p.m. MyNetworkTV (720p) drops in WWE SmackDown at 8 p.m. CBS (1080i) lines up Ghost Whisperer at 8 p.m. with Numb3rs at 10 p.m. Discovery (1080i) has the season finale of Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod at 8 p.m. followed by Survivorman Cartoon Network (1080i) has Star Wars: The Clone Wars at 9 p.m. Sci Fi (1080i) brings Stargate Atlantis at 9 p.m. and Sanctuary at 10 p.m. NBC (1080i) continues Crusoe at...
In this week's Star Wars: The Clone Wars we're hearing hints that Jar Jar Binks may die. In fact, the studio has even provided a clip that shows Jar Jar falling off a clip and (maybe) dying. Honestly, if the Clone Wars series ended right here, with this clip, I can honestly say, I'd be cool with it. Even if this isn't really the end for the most annoying Gungan, you can at least watch the clip and fantasize. And wonder, if Lucas killed Jar Jar, would that make you love him again? Obviously, we kind of know that Jar...
I was pretty much bowled over by last week's first episode of Batman: The Brave and The Bold, with its pop-art combination of fun, action and villains with cosmic-powered gongs for weapons, but this pic from Friday's second episode promises that even better is to come. Yes, that's Batman turned into an ape, ready for action beside Plastic Man. And if you need more evidence of the show's greatness, look below for a second picture of awesome. Because Bat-Ape wasn't good enough, the episode also features Batman versus a T-Rex. Seriously, what else do you people need from your television?...
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars. CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour. NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER. FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares at 8. The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural. TBS has four great episodes of Friends starting at 8. TCM has 1925's Phantom of the Opera...
Filed under: Cable, New contentComcast last added in a new swath of high-def channels in the San Francisco Bay area this past April, so it goes without saying that residents are eager for some fresh material. Beginning on November 25th, customers in SF, California will see a fresh dozen hit the EPG, and those are: Bravo HD, Cartoon Network HD, CNBC HD, E! HD, Encore HD, FOX Business Network HD, FOX News Channel HD, FX HD, Hallmark Movie Channel HD, QVC HD, Speed HD and Travel Channel HD. Oh, and TBS HD will be joining the crowd on December 8th...
