Friday, December 02, 2011

Around the Tubes - 12/2/11


I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Neverland, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Haven, Alaskan State Troopers, Whitney Cummings, Fear and Desire, Kristen Schaal, Dallas, and charity.

- Syfy’s latest miniseries Neverland finally premieres this Sunday at 9:00 and finishes up Monday at the same time. Here is one sneak peak:

Neverland Sneak Peak


- In other Syfy news, the channel is getting into the holiday spirit next Tuesday with Christmas themed episodes of Eureka (8:00), Warehouse 13 (9:00), and Haven (10:00). My sources tell me there will even be some stop motion animation during one of the episodes.

- National Geographic Channel’s number one show, Alaskan State Troopers, returns this Sunday at 9:00 for its third season. In the two hour premiere a woman who was trying to walk eleven miles across a frozen river. And stop me if you heard this one before: a dude in a bear suit walks into a bar… on shrooms.

Alaska Mushroom Madness


- In this month’s New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum wrote her first review as the magazine’s television critic about Whitney Cummings two new shows Whitney and 2 Broke Girls.

- Stanley Kubrick fans will want to mark December 14 on their calendars because that is the day Turner Classics Movies will air the world television premiere of his rare film Fear and Desire at 8:00.

- Fans of old school television shows like Cheers, Taxi, The Brady Bunch or Love Boat (or has someone on their Christmas list that is) CBS recently launched ShopTVCity.com selling apparel from those shows and many other classics.

- You have certainly seen Kristen Schaal before even if you do not recognize her name as she has appeared in everything from Dinner for Schmucks to Modern Family to lending her voice to Toy Story 3. And now she is trying to sell you the Sony Eperia Play (a smartphone that offers a 1Ghz SnapDragon processor and gaming keypad optimized for all of your mobile gaming needs).in some humorous commercial including the one below:



- The latest trailer to the TNT reboot of Dallas has hit the internet and here it is though you will have to wait until next summer until the show hits your television.



- Christmas and charity has always gone hand in hand and this year every purchase you make at over 2,500 retailers (from Amazon to Zales) can earn a free donation to your favorite charity. GoodShop.com is helping you do just that. See how it works here.

- For this installment of Political Story of the Week, Watchdog.org has caught on the petition to recall Wisconsin’s governor Walker, the name of Vicki McKenna, a staunch Walker supporter who not happy someone forged her name.

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