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Ian Brown and Johnny Marr Team Up for TV Soundtrack
Former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown is enlisting the talent of legendary Smiths/Modest Mouse/Cribs guitarist Johnny Marr to compose some material for a television show.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsUK's Five Dumps Liz Lemon and 30 Rock
American audiences are brimming with giddy anticipation for 30 Rock's Season Four premiere on Oct. 15, but the enthusiasm apparently doesn't quite make it across the Big Pond, and neither will the show. That is, at least, not via the UK's Five broadcasting channel.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAndy Samberg, The Roots, MGMT Coming to Yo Gabba Gabba!
Andy Samberg will be one of several big names to join orange-clad DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson) and his mob of colorful creature friends in Gabba Land this fall.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWatch the Avett Brothers Perform "I and Love and You" on David Letterman
"This is the plight of the Avett Brothers fan: He must keep a stiff upper lip as his heroes trek off into the great unknown mainstream." So says our review of the Avett Brothers' superb I and Love and You, their major-label debut LP, which is out today. And that trek is coming sooner than you think, true believers, because the Brothers debuted on the Late Show with David Letterman last night to perform a stirring version of the album's eponymous single.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBritain Reviews Product Placement Ban, U.S. Slowly Moves in Opposite Direction
Britain's culture secretary announced last week that he plans to relax current restrictions on product placement in British television programs. Currently in Britain, commercial product placement is banned in broadcast TV shows, though products already featured in programming imported from foreign countries are not curtailed. This proposed change in policy seems to be aimed, at least in part, at remedying British commercial TV's current economic struggles.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFourteen Catchiest Apple Ads (Plus, Who's That Singing In The New Nano Commercial?)
With their clean lines, bright hues, tech-forward features and cultural cache, it often seems like Apple products simply sell themselves. But what, then, of the hundreds of equally stylish—and so often mesmerizing—television ads the company's shelled out for over the years? Are they just for our amusement? Well, no, but sometimes they might as well be. There are few other ad campaigns with the capacity to stop TV viewers in their commercial-break tracks from the sofa to the fridge, and few others worth seeking out on YouTube even after you've gone to great TiVo-related lengths to avoid them the first... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayVenezuela Bans Family Guy
Of all the stunts Family Guy has pulled on national, and international television networks, an episode promoting marijuana usage might lean on the innocuous side of things. Nevertheless, it was enough for Venezuelan authorities to fine cable companies that continue to air the series.... read more
Found in: Movies, News30 Rock: Season Three
For a comedy about comedy writers written by a comedy writer... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsBloom Where You're Planted: Grey Gardens' Timeless Style
HBO's Emmy-winning Grey Gardens revisits the lives of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWatch Dr. Horrible Hijack the Emmy Awards and Declare the Death of TV
Fans of Neil Patrick Harris who watched last night's Emmys witnessed two treats. First, the man himself was in rare form, carrying the ceremony with wit and aplomb ("Here's hoping Kanye West likes 30 Rock.") And secondly, the cast of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog staged a mini-reunion for a taped bit wherein NPH (as Dr. Horrible) declared the death of broadcast television.... read more
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