Barb Oates, Author at Channel Guide Magazine

Interview with Tom Riley Da Vinci’s Demons

April 1, 2013 Barb Oates 1

Interview with Tom Riley Da Vinci’s Demons Da Vinci’s Demons, a Starz original series airing Fridays beginning April 12, introduces us to a young, swashbuckling Da Vinci tortured by his gift of intelligence. Art history class would have been so much more interesting if only we were schooled on the young Leonardo da Vinci, a sexy, smart, complicated, arrogant outcast — a vision that’s rarely conjured when you think of the Italian Renaissance man and his masterpieces. Cowriter of The Dark Knight trilogy and this summer’s Man of Steel, David S. Goyer shatters any stereotypes you may have had of […]

Katie Leclerc interview on “Switched At Birth,” “The Confession”

March 28, 2013 Barb Oates 2

In our Katie Leclerc interview the Switched at Birth star talks new episodes, her new Hallmark Channel original film The Confession and more. The second half of Season 2 of Switched at Birth is coming fast for star Katie Leclerc, as the series returns to ABC Family June 10. “We start filming on April 9 and I’m so excited,” Leclerc says, although pretty much in the dark on upcoming story lines. “You know what? The only thing, literally, the only thing I know is that the first line of the script I’m in a bikini. So I’m like, ‘Thank you […]

Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black new star

March 22, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off

Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black – New Star Of BBC America Series The idea of knowing there’s a clone of you certainly has a creepy intrigue factor about it and BBC America plays off that in its new sci-fi thriller series Orphan Black, debuting Saturday, March 30 at 9pm ET. The series follows a troubled woman named Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, The Vow) whose life takes a dramatic turn when she witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks exactly like her. Sarah quickly reacts to Beth’s suicide by grabbing her purse, then eventually assuming her identity, her boyfriend and her bank […]

World According to Dick Cheney dates, times, preview

March 15, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off

When is The World According To Dick Cheney on? Below details the Showtime air dates and times, as well as gives a preview of the highly anticipated documentary. Supporters and critics will find much to debate and insights to be learned in Showtime’s grossly engaging documentary The World According to Dick Cheney, which debuts tonight on Showtime at 9pm ET/PT (additional air dates below). The documentary is produced by award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, whose work includes The War Room, The September Issue, 30 Days and TV’s current hit drama Nashville. Cutler presents a thorough examination of Dick Cheney’s life, career, key […]

“The Littlest Wedding” episode on AMC’s Freakshow tonight

March 14, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off

Tonight’s episode of AMC’s Freakshow, “The Littlest Wedding” (9:30pm ET), features Amazing Ali (the littlest lady in L.A., standing at just 3’5″) and her upcoming nuptials to fellow little person Matt. Ali shares her wedding options with Venice Beach Freakshow owners and friends Todd and Danielle Ray, contemplating whether she should have a big wedding. Of course, Todd Ray — whose driving force of life is that feeling of pure amazement and astonishment — would never settle for something simple. Todd suggests going big. “Go grand and people will remember it forever, and you will too,” he tells Ali. Todd pulls […]

Meet Nico Tortorella The Following

March 13, 2013 Barb Oates 1

7 Questions With Nico Tortorella The Following You may recognize the sexy 24-year-old Nico Tortorella from his roles in Scream 4, Make It or Break It or The Beautiful Life, but it’s his current gig as a “follower” on FOX’s breakout series The Following (Mondays) that is capturing viewer attention. Tortorella plays the skittish Jacob who was part of that strange love triangle between Emma and Paul and is now on the run from Kevin Bacon’s Detective Ryan Hardy. As of presstime his character has yet to kill or be killed (thankfully, he’s a follower with a conscious), and his […]

Ricky Schroder family all take part in “Our Wild Hearts”

March 8, 2013 Barb Oates 3

The Ricky Schroder family write, produce, star and even arrange craft food services for original film “Our Wild Hearts.” Ricky Schroder is a rarity in Hollywood. From the minute audiences set eyes on him in 1979’s The Champ to his continued successes in TV series like Silver Spoons, Lonesome Dove and NYPD Blue, his charming childhood grin and endearing personality have made him easy to love. I cornered him at a Hallmark Channel party earlier this year, where Schroder beamed with pride over his current passion project — Our Wild Hearts — a movie he wrote, produced and stars in […]

Jeff Allen star of Car Chasers on CNBC

March 5, 2013 Barb Oates 1

Car Chasers on CNBC — Where Finding And Flipping Cars Is A Family Business “I actually bought my first car when I was 13 years old … a ’69 Camaro Z28,” says Jeff Allen, owner of Flat 12, a car brokerage company in Lubbock, Texas, and star of the new reality series The Car Chasers on CNBC, premiering Tuesday, March 5 at 10pm ET. His father, however, had a change of heart when he neared driving age. “He thought I would kill myself if I had that car as a first car so we actually sold it and I got […]

Trailer Park landlord talks Welcome To Myrtle Manor on TLC

March 1, 2013 Barb Oates Comments Off

It seems almost overdue for reality TV, but Welcome to Myrtle Manor on TLC chronicles the people and personalities of an eclectic trailer-park community in South Carolina. The new 10-part series debuts on TLC Sunday, March 3 at 10pm ET. The series takes viewers inside Myrtle Manor, formerly Patrick’s Mobile Home Park, located off Highway 15 in Myrtle Beach, and exposes them to the oddball personalities and everyday conflicts of the tenants who live there. The cast of tenants include some reality-fare staples like the hot chicks (Chelsey, Lindsay and Amanda), part of a hot dog business on wheels known […]

Talking with Stephen Baldwin Celebrity Apprentice 2013

February 27, 2013 Barb Oates 9

For Stephen Baldwin Celebrity Apprentice 2013 — the All-Star competition — required a game plan. All-Star Celebrity Apprentice premieres on NBC Sunday, March 3. Early this year we enjoyed breakfast with the youngest Baldwin at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, where he had plenty to share about the new season and growing up Baldwin. “What day is it today?” Baldwin says when asked how frequently the Baldwin boys get together. “Well in five days I’m driving from New York City — just me and Alec — five hours to Syracuse to go see our mother. So that will […]