People can talk all they want about Britney Spears and Demi Lavato joing The X Factor or whether Jennifer Lopez will be back for a third season of American Idol, but the most relevant judging hire in a very long time was adding Howard Stern to the panel of America’s Got Talent. That’s both a complment to Stern and a criticsim of his predecessor Piers Morgan, who came across as an elitist hellbent on making the show about something it wasn’t. Stern comes in realizing that America’s Got Talent is about novelty and finding an act like no other reality [...]
Memorial Day 2012 programming
Here’s a look at the various specials and movies airing on and around this Memorial Day, which remember those who have served in the military, and particularly those who were lost. All times are Eastern. Programming subject to updates; check back for changes and additions. My Vietnam Your Iraq (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Vietnam War veterans who have children who served in Iraq tell their stories. The program showcases the pride and fear a family shares when one is deployed. The War (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s epic, seven-part 2007 [...]
“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 6 recap: Welcome to the Circus!
Good Lord, people, if you are not following the individual Dance Moms on Twitter, you totally should. Despite their longwinded brouhahas in the Mom Room, those women can throw down in 140 characters or less. I’m not even sure when they are pretending just to get us to tune in anymore. It’s as good a show as the show, sometimes. Speaking of which, let’s get to recapping, shall we? • Missed the episode? Watch it online now for free! Victor could not be happier with the way last week’s Access Broadway performances went. Angel could. Angel! Really? What?! Everybody won. [...]
Christopher Atkins will appear in Lifetime’s “Blue Lagoon” update June 16
My fellow lovers of The Blue Lagoon, if you’ve never quite recovered from the sight of Christopher Atkins in a loincloth — even after 30-plus years — Lifetime has a boatload of good news. On June 16, the network will premiere its original movie, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening — a modern-day take on the infamous coming-of-age-on-an-island story — and our still-handsome boy is a part of it! According to a release issued by Lifetime, Atkins will play Mr. Christiansen, a teacher who helps in the hunt for Emma and Dean. No, not Emmeline and Richard — Emma and Dean, an overachieving high-school girl and underachieving boy [...]
New “Call of the Wildman” episodes — Turtleman meets Hogman, takes part in a bachelor auction, and more
Animal Planet recently announced that Call of the Wildman, starring Ernie Brown Jr. (a.k.a. “Turtleman”) would be back with new episodes on Sundays starting June 3. The network recently gave some details about what some of the first few episodes will be about, and they sound very interesting, to say the least. In one, Turtleman meets “Hogman” in Louisiana, and the two search for wild hogs. And in another, Turtleman becomes a prized bid at a charity bachelor auction! “Coal Mine Creature” — June 3, 10pm. When a beaver begins chewing up the wooden support beams of a rural [...]
History statement on the passing of “Swamp People” star Mitchell Guist
Mitchell Guist, a cast member of History’s hit reality series Swamp People, died yesterday at the age of 47, (he would have turned 48 this Friday) after falling aboard his boat in Louisiana. According to the 911 caller who reported the incident, Guist had a seizure, then went into cardiac arrest. History and Original Media — the company that produces Swamp People for the network — released a joint statement: “We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the Swamp People family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away earlier today. Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing [...]
Getting Fatter: “The Weight of the Nation” addresses obesity epidemic
Americans are truly getting fatter. Obesity is now one of our country’s most pressing health issues with more than two-thirds of U.S. adults age 20 and over being either overweight or obese. Equally staggering is the fact that nearly one-third of our nation’s children and adolescents age 2 to 19 are also overweight or obese. Obesity-related health costs are around $147 billion annually. The only good news in all of this is that the award-winning HBO is making its multipart documentary series on this topic, The Weight of the Nation, available for free to everyone at their website hbo.com/theweightofthenation. The [...]
Bill Engvall stars in Hallmark Channel’s “Kiss at Pine Lake”
Hallmark Channel pulls off a bit of a “first” this month with one of its original films. Comedian Bill Engvall, who’s been doing standup routines about parenting for decades, steps into his first dramatic role in Kiss at Pine Lake. The film is about Luke (Barry Watson), a young philanthropist trying to save the summer camp of his youth, and Zoe (Mia Kirshner), the girl who haunts his camp memories, representing the development firm that’s trying to wheedle it away from him. Engvall’s role is of Zoe’s father, though they’re largely estranged since her parents’ divorce. It’s a small part [...]
Meet the ladies of GOLF CHANNEL’s “Big Break Atlantis”
An all-female cast stars in GOLF CHANNEL’s Big Break Atlantis beginning Monday, May 14, at 9pm ET. An all-female cast competes in the 17th edition of the Big Break golf skills competition series, filmed this time at Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. Twelve women at different stages of their golf careers vie for a 2012 LPGA tournament exemption, cash and other prizes in Big Break Atlantis, beginning Monday, May 14, at 9pm ET. This season introduces a new format and features surprise guest appearances, including a visit from top-ranked LPGA pro Yani Tseng. Profiles of Big Break Atlantis competitors from [...]
Bill Clinton guests on GOLF CHANNEL’s “Feherty”
Bill Clinton joins David Feherty for an interview on GOLF CHANNEL’s Feherty on Monday, May 14, at 10pm ET. Former president Bill Clinton joins David Feherty on Monday, May 14, at 10pm ET for an interview on GOLF CHANNEL’s Feherty. “I absolutely love the man,” Feherty told us in an interview earlier this year. “I’ve met him before. I would call myself very liberal in social terms and only conservative in a couple of areas: homeland defense and the military, that’s about it. I’m really looking forward to that. He’s just such a likable person. And I think a lot [...]
