the Tudors-related stories
Posted Nov 9th 2009 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
I'm always amazed at how many seasons
JAG lasted. It started on NBC in 1995 then went to CBS, and I really thought it was the type of show that wouldn't last beyond three seasons, but it lasted ten! I thought the same thing about
NCIS, and look at what happened there too. Obviously I don't do well predicting how shows with all caps in their titles will do.
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Vol. 2
- Dawson's Creek - Complete Series
- Discovery Collection - Complete Collection
- G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero Collector's Set
- Heartland - Season 1, Part 2
- JAG - Season 9
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted Aug 25th 2009 2:02PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Every once in awhile, you come across something that reaches way back and scratches a memory you didn't now you had. This story did that. I remember years ago stumbling across Gary Jennings' massive tome
Aztec. I had a thing for big, fat books; to me it felt like I was getting more for my money. Plus, I've always been a bit of a history buff, and so little was being discussed about the Aztecs in school.
So I dove into it, and the subsequent books in the series. It was fascinating and rich, and uniquely told. It is the biography of an old Aztec man as he told it to a Bishop. The Bishop, in turn, wrote the story in a series of letters to the Spanish King, and it is these letters that make up the chapters of the book.
The story was so unique and so uniquely told, I remember at the time thinking it would make a wonderful mini-series. And now, after all these years, that might just happen.
Aztec has just been optioned for television as a possible mini-series. It's just too bad Jennings didn't live to see it.
Continue reading Gary Jennings' Aztec novel optioned for mini-series
Posted May 25th 2009 1:33PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
I would love to put a title to this finale of the third season of
The Tudors, but I can't find it. The IMDb is no help, and even the Showtime
site for the show isn't very helpful (no episode titles, at least not any I can accurately decipher - maybe they're just numbered?). So if you know the title of this episode let us know!
The show will be back again for a fourth (and final) season. What did you think of the finale?
Posted May 24th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- FOX has the Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 race all night.
- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7.
- At 8, TNT has the Magic/Cavaliers game.
- At 9, ABC has the miniseries Diamonds.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- Sci-Fi has the movie Polar Storm at 9.
- HBO has two new episodes of In Treatment at 9.
- Also at 9: Showtime has the season finale of The Tudors at 9, followed by a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted May 17th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 7, ABC has two new episodes of Extreme Makeover, then the two-hour season finale of Desperate Housewives.
- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, followed by the season finale of Survivor.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, then Saturday Night Live Just Shorts.
- At 8, FOX has the season finale of The Simpsons, then the season finales of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- PBS has a new Nature at 8, followed by a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8.
- Disney has a new Jonas at 8, followed by a new Sonny with a Chance.
- Also at 8: TNT has the Celtics/Magic game.
- At 9, USA has a new Law and Order: CI, then a new In Plain Sight.
- HBO has two new episodes of In Treatment at 9, followed by a new Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices.
- There's a new episode of The Tudors on Showtime at 9, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted May 12th 2009 7:31PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting
She kind of had to, didn't she? It's great that Joss Stone is coming back for
The Tudors' fourth season, but considering her character outlived Henry himself and remained associated with him, she kind of needed to, didn't she?
I guess they could have changed history some more and simply gotten rid of her, but I like that she's coming back. Stone has a sexy side that plays well in the world of
The Tudors. And considering that she's playing the "homely" wife, that's a testament to her skills.
Continue reading Joss Stone agrees to return for The Tudors final season
Posted May 10th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
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 the season finales of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 7, followed by the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice.
- FOX has a new Sit Down, Shut Up at 7.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- TCM has Bunny Lake Is Missing at 8.
- HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, followed by The Alzheimer's Project.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- Nickelodeon has a marathon of The Nanny starting at 9.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted May 3rd 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
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 a new episode of The Amazing Race, the season (series?) finale of Cold Case, and The Unit.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, followed by a new, two-hour Celebrity Apprentice.
- FOX has a new Sit Down, Shut Up at 7.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, followed by two new episodes of In Treatment.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Classic.
- USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
- Sci-Fi has the movie Fireball at 9.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 30th 2009 3:01PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, The Shield, Dexter, Reality-Free, Life on Mars
In the DVR era, I have this new problem/blessing that happens to me every year. I jump on board these shows and then just get too busy to keep up with them and they pile up and sit there on my DVR unwatched. As an example, I just finished "Chapter 5" of
John Adams last night; damn that's a good mini-series. But now that 99% of the network shows are wrapping up their seasons, I'm looking at three months of solid catch-up time.
I can also use the time to try out series I've always wanted to get into but just haven't for some reason or another; I'll use that "no time" excuse again. With more videos streaming online at Hulu (thanks ABC), seasons coming out ever faster on DVD and more vintage shows coming out the field is wide open. Of course, I'm probably taking on more than I can handle, but dammit I'm excited!
Continue reading What are you looking forward to catching up with this summer?
Posted Apr 26th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
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, two-hour Dateline at 7, then a new Celebrity Apprentice.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, followed by new episodes of Sit Down, Shut Up, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- TV Land has The TV Land Awards at 8.
- ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game at 8.
- TNT has the Trail Blazers/Rockets game at 8.
- HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, then two new episodes of In Treatment.
- There's a new Challenge on Food Network at 8, followed by a new Iron Chef America.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Theater.
- USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
- Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors at 9, followed by a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- G4 has a new G4 Underground at 9.
- Also at 9: MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, followed by new episodes of Bully Beatdown and Nitro Circus.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 19th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then a new Amazing Race and the movie The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.
- NBC has the Miss USA 2009 Pageant at 7, followed by a new Celebrity Apprentice.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then the series premiere of Sit Down, Shut Up and new episodes of Family Guy and American Dad.
- There's a new Challenge on Food Network at 8.
- ABC Family has the movie My Fake Fiance at 8.
- Also at 8: HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, followed by two new episodes of In Treatment.
- At 8:30, Disney has a new Wizards of Waverly Place.
- At 9, ABC has a new Desperate Housewives, then a new Brothers & Sisters.
- PBS has a new Masterpiece Classic at 9.
- USA has the season premiere of Law and Order: CI at 9, then the season premiere of In Plain Sight.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- Nickelodeon has a new Nick News at 9.
- G4 has a new G4 Underground at 9.
- Showtime has a new episode of The Tudors at 9, then a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- At 1am, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 12th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, then a new Celebrity Apprentice.
- At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Extreme Makeover.
- TBS has The World's Funniest Office Commercials at 8.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8.
- HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency at 8, then two new episodes of In Treatment.
- Also at 8: Disney has a new Sonny with a Chance, followed by a new Wizards of Waverly Place.
- At 9, MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, then new episodes of Bully Beatdown, Nitro Circus, and College Life.
- There's a new episode of The Tudors on Showtime at 9, followed by a new Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
- GSN has a new High Stakes Poker at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network has a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 5th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food marathon all night.- Discovery has a Who Was Jesus? marathon all night.
- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by the Academy of Country Music Awards.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 7, then new episodes of Kings and Celebrity Apprentice.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8.
- Also at 8: HBO has a new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, then the season premiere of In Treatment (two episodes).
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Classic.
- Showtime has the season premiere of The Tudors at 9, then a new United States of Tara.
- MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory at 9, followed by new episodes of Bully Beatdown and Nitro Circus.
- At 10, AMC has a new Breaking Bad.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jan 5th 2009 6:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Site Announcements, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.I'm really excited about the second season set for
Mannix. The first season had Joe Mannix working for a high-tech investigation firm, which was fine, but the second season is when he becomes a private eye and hires Gail Fisher to be his secretary (yes, secretary: this was before women became "executive assistants"). If you like detective shows and have never seen
Mannix (I don't think it's on TV much these days), check it out. It also has one of the
coolest theme songs in TV history.
- Battlestar Galactica - Season 4
- Dexter - Season 1 (Blu-Ray)
- Doctor Who - The War Machines and Four To Doomsday
- Duckman - Seasons 3 and 4
- Frisky Dingo - Season 2
- Ghost Hunters - Absolute Best
- Laredo - Best of Season 2, Part 2
- Mannix - Season 2
- Tranformers Animated - Season 2
- Tripping the Rift - Season 3
- The Tudors - Season 2
- The Waltons - Season 8
Posted Nov 24th 2008 6:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Wow, they're really coming out with DVDs really quickly these days, eh?
A Colbert Christmas aired just last night, and
24 airs tonight, and both of them will be on DVD tomorrow. Will you buy them or just tape/Tivo them tonight?
Soon TV shows will be released on DVD before they're even filmed.
- 24 - Redemption
- Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 6
- The Colbert Report - A Colbert Christmas
- The Doris Day Show - Complete Series
- Family Affair - Complete Series
- Freaks and Geeks - Complete Series
- George Carlin - It's Bad For Ya
- Gomer Pyle, USMC - Season 5
- The Mod Squad - Season 2, Vol. 1
- The Pink Panther Show - Ultimate Collection
- The Real Ghostbusters - Complete Series
- The Red Skelton Show - Complete Series
- Super Dave - Super Stunt Spectacular Vol. 1
- Superman Animated - Doomsday
- The Tudors - Season 1 Uncut
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