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Documentary

Go Behind The Cameras Of Botched, Season 2.

Tonight, E! heads back under the knife in the return of its groundbreaking reconstructive plastic surgery series, Botched. In each episode, Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif transform bodies and lives by correcting plastic surgery-gone-bad or devastating physical situations that have rendered the patients all but shut-ins. The creation of any kind of reality programming requires the work of a small army of talented entertainment professionals, and I was curious about the specific challenges of shooting a show as graphic and intimate as Botched. The camera men and women who film the consults and surgeries do so without he […]

Starz
Interview

Outlander Episode 10 preview: Caitriona Balfe calls Laoghaire a “little wench”

In last week’s episode of Outlander, after Jamie, Dougal and Ned got a tongue-lashing from Colum, Jamie headed out to the creek (his secret place since he was a lad) to clear his mind, which was mainly clouded by his rift with Claire. As he skipped rocks into the stream, the sultry young Laoghaire (Nell Hudson) approached, reminding Jamie that he had promised they would speak about his surprising nuptials. While Laoghaire told Jamie it was a gallant act of him to marry Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and spare her from the British, she would have none of it: “You don’t […]

Oxygen's Funny Girls
Comedy

A Look At Oxygen’s New Docu-Series, Funny Girls

As a funny girl (in my own, and at times only my own, opinion), the idea behind the show Funny Girls particularly appealed to me when I first heard about it. Premiering tomorrow night (Tuesday, April 7) at 9pm/8c on Oxygen, it seems like some reality TV I might be able to get behind! The new docu-series takes a look at the personal and professional lives of 6 comediennes in Los Angeles as they attempt to make it big in the world of stand-up comedy. They all have different career goals, comedy styles and lifestyles, but all have ambition, passion […]

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Historical Programming

HBO debuts Bessie trailer [VIDEO]

HBO released the official trailer for its stunning Bessie Smith biopic, Bessie, which will debut Saturday, May 16 at 8/7CT on the network. Twenty-two years in the making, the project was first brought to a young Queen Latifah — then a successful singer and burgeoning actress — by producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck, who had optioned a script from To Kill a Mockingbird screenwriter Horton Foote and director Bruce Beresford. Progress on the film ebbed and flowed until it landed in the hands of writer/director Dee Rees, who was gaining good notices for her coming-of-age story Pariah and leapt at the chance […]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 5
Animation

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 5 Premiere!

Your long wait for original episodes if over, pony fans! Dust off your Rainbow Dash gear, because it’s Ponytime! Season 5 of the wildly popular cartoon series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premieres April 4 with two back-to-back episodes. In the Season 5 premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the Mane 6: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack travel to a seemingly utopian village where every pony has given up their cutie marks. The town’s leader, Starlight Glimmer, assures the Mane 6 that the ponies in this village are happy in their lives […]

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Comedy

“Lip Sync Battle” – New Series Inspired By Jimmy Fallon Segment

Jimmy Fallon’s popular musical sketch gets expanded into Lip Sync Battle, Spike’s new series where celebrities battle head-to-head in epic lip-syncing showdowns. Each week, celebrities like Fallon, Dwayne Johnson and John Legend select famous songs and present dynamic lip-syncing interpretations using props, costumes and special guests. Props! Costumes! Guests! I could lip Sync “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music right now. LL Cool J hosts the non-vocalized competition and the rapper/actor admits, “I’m a big fan of these battles, but this show is going to bring it to a whole new level.” Model Chrissy Teigen adds her insight […]

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Drama

Take The Journey With NBC’s “American Odyssey”

In NBC’s action drama American Odyssey, an international conspiracy explodes when the lives of a female special forces soldier, a truth-obsessed corporate lawyer and a political activist collide. It’s a complex journey through global politics, corporate espionage and military secrets, involving three strangers who have only one thing in common — the truth. Hours after her unit assassinates al-Qaida’s leader, and Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel) uncovers mysterious files on a computer within his compound, her unit is attacked and Ballard is the sole survivor. Now she is hunted by a Blackwater-esque American contractor for the information she’s saved on […]

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Comedy

On FOX’s “Weird Loners,” Loner Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Alone

Four unusual 30-somethings forge an unlikely friendship when their lives collide in their shared Queens, N.Y., townhouse. High-strung dental assistant Caryn (Becki Newton), her naive toll-collector neighbor Eric (Nate Torrence), his womanizing cousin Stosh (Zachary Knighton) and free-spirited artist Zara (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) have nothing in common, but they rely on each other as they work to improve their lives despite their charming character flaws. Newton is best known for her role as Amanda, the vapid and snarky assistant on Ugly Betty. I asked Newton what she found similar between Amanda and Caryn, two seemingly different characters, and the actress […]

James Maslow as Bart Winslow in Seeds of Yesterday
Drama

Seeds of Yesterday on Lifetime: James Maslow explains the art of Bart

Seeds of Yesterday, the fourth movie in Lifetime’s V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series, premieres Sunday, April 12 at 10/9CT on Lifetime. What It’s Based On: The follow-up to Thorns hit bookstores in 1984 and marked a 15-year leap forward in the Sheffield family story. Lifetime of a Lesson: Sometimes your brother is a really lousy keeper. Seeds‘ most notable swerve from the novel is its omission of Corrine’s devious sibling Joel; instead, the now grown Bart (Big Time Rush’s James Maslow) remains deeply influenced by his zealot great-grandfather Malcolm Foxworth and turns his home into a re-creation of Foxworth Hall. Bart invites Cathy, Chris and […]

The Holderness Fmaily
Family

Get To Know “The Holderness Family”

Penn Holderness is pacing. That’s what his wife Kim reveals while we chat on the phone about their new show on UP, The Holderness Family, which premieres March 26 at 10pmET/PT. In the charming series, we get to peek inside their cute, creative and crazy lives. Penn Holderness — a former local TV sports anchor, and his wife Kim — a former local TV reporter, have used the overwhelming success of their family’s lovable viral video, “Xmas Jammies,” to help launch their unique family business. “It’s crazy how that video of us dancing in our jammies kind of put us […]