Amid all the hype about The X Factor trying to unseat American Idol as the nation’s top talent competition, don’t miss The Hub’s kinder, gentler contribution. Majors & Minors, premiering Sept. 23, follows 12 young performers as they are mentored by some of the most established artists in the music industry, including Brandy, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Sean Kingston and Ryan Tedder.
Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Adventures Saturdays, 8am ET The Hub Strawberry Shortcake, the food, may not have a long shelf life. But the toyline that bears the name of the tasty treat has been entertaining children — many of whom have now grown up and had their own children — for more than 30 years. The latest incarnation, Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Adventures, returns for its third season at 8am Saturday, and longtime viewers will notice a new face. Huckleberry Pie, who has been a part of past versions of Strawberry Shortcake, will finally come to Berry Bitty City and […]
Throughout his three seasons of waging war against anything that enrages him, Dan of The Hub’s animated hit Dan Vs. has had some pretty justifiable targets: stupidity, traffic, reality TV, Canada. But I dunno, he might be reaching a bit in his latest episode, “Vegetables,” during which his anger is fueled by Burgerphile’s decision to eliminate french fries to make way for healthier options like — gasp! — broccoli. It gets pretty ugly, even by Dan Vs. standards, so much that eventually military-grade toxic chemicals are introduced, and Dan must eventually deal with his inadvertent creation of a giant broccoli […]
Face it, the Transformers’ ability to convert into machines hasn’t always been featured that prominently. Optimus Prime turning into a semi-truck, or Megatron becoming a gun is more of an afterthought to the show-stopping scenes of the giant robots smashing each other into shrapnel. But Transformers: Rescue Bots takes a different approach, both in focus and in tone. Aimed squarely at the younger siblings of the kids devoted to the blockbuster Transformers films and the cartoon series Transformers Prime, Rescue Bots makes the machine form an integral part of the story. The narrower roster focuses on Heatwave (a fire truck), […]
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