Former Super Bowl MVP and current NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner hosts The Moment, USA Network’s first unscripted series, giving people a second chance to live out their dreams. Kurt Warner starred in one of sports’ greatest rags-to-riches stories. After failing to make an NFL roster in 1994, Warner was stocking shelves at an Iowa grocery store. Undeterred, he played his way up through the Arena Football League and NFL Europe, eventually becoming the St. Louis Rams’ starting quarterback in 1999. A few months later, he was named MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV. It’s Super Bowl XLVII week when I [...]
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NFL Characters Unite on USA Network Friday
“NFL Characters Unite” on USA Network Friday, Feb. 8, includes NFL stars Larry Fitzgerald, Jameel McClain, Troy Polamalu and Justin Tuck discussing how they overcame prejudice, bullying and discrimination. The second annual NFL Characters Unite documentary airs on USA Network Friday, Feb. 8, at 7pm ET as part of the network’s Characters Unite Month to stand up to intolerance, bigotry, bullying, discrimination and hatred. The NFL has partnered with Characters Unite for this documentary special, featuring stories from players Larry Fitzgerald, Jameel McClain, Troy Polamalu and Justin Tuck. From the Characters Unite press release: On Friday, February 8 at 7/6c, [...]
“Off-Season Greetings” – Mark Feuerstein talks about the “Royal Pains” movie
By Jay Bobbin Just because the characters of Royal Pains typically are seen at play in the Hamptons in the summer, that doesn’t mean they don’t celebrate the end-of-year holidays, too. USA Network confirms it by giving the series — which wrapped its fourth round a few months ago — a new, stand-alone offering called Off-Season Greetings. The two-hour movie both advances the saga and goes backward with it, as doctor-to-the-rich Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) recalls his earlier romances while his brother Evan (Paulo Costanzo) prepares to walk down the aisle with fiancée Paige (Brooke D’Orsay). “It’s directed by one [...]
Thanksgiving TV marathons 2012
Updated Nov. 20, 2012, 9:39am CT As if overdoing it on your dinner isn’t enough on Thanksgiving, TV networks also give you plenty of opportunities to overindulge in many of your favorite movies and shows by airing marathons of all sorts over the Thanksgiving weekend. This year is no exception. Here is some of what various networks have on the menu in terms of Thanksgiving TV marathons in 2012 (all times ET): NCIS “Best of Season 3″ Marathon – Nov. 21 from 6am-11pm on USA Network. “Gone With the Wednesday” Marathon – Nov. 21 at 10am-Nov. 22 at 6am on [...]
“Burn Notice” returns to USA with two-hour fall premiere
It is fitting that Burn Notice has its own comic book version, because there is something wonderfully campy about both the dialogue and action scenes in the USA Network drama — which returns tonight in a two-hour fall premiere at 9pm ET. Anybody who watches Burn Notice for the plot is probably tuning in for the wrong reason. Sure, there are some outrageously fun storylines to give the show some structure, but they merely serve as stage for a ton of explosions and what could be the most underestimated cast on all of television. It all begins with Jeffrey Donovan, who, [...]
NBCUniversal networks to air a benefit telethon for Hurricane Sandy relief
Updated Nov. 2, 2012, 3:48pm CT In response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, the networks of NBCUniversal — including NBC, Bravo, CNBC, E!, G4, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and USA Network — will join forces to air a one-hour live benefit telethon called Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together this Friday, Nov. 2, from 8-9pm ET. Today anchor Matt Lauer will host the event, which will be broadcast from the New York studios of NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The telethon airs live across the East Coast and will be tape-delayed on the West. Additional networks may join the broadcast [...]
5 Steps To Launching a Successful TV Network
Think You Could Launch A Network? These People Have, And They Share Why It’s So Hard, Even For Oprah. By Stacey Harrison & Athena Voulgaropoulos No one is immune from the multitude of challenges that come with launching a new TV network. Not even Oprah Winfrey, whose struggles getting OWN up and running have been breathlessly detailed in the media over the past few months, or Al Gore, whose efforts to take Current into the big time hit a major roadblock with the ugly departure of Keith Olbermann. So how does it work? What are the essential components needed to [...]
“Political Animals” brings Sigourney Weaver to TV
Sigourney Weaver never wanted to do TV. Not because she was being a snob, mind you — although after having thrived in the film world for more than 30 years, including her iconic stint as Ellen Ripley in the Alien movies, she certainly would have had the right. It was more of a timing issue, with her busy cinematic career (five films last year, three this year) not leaving her much of a chance to keep up with what was happening on the small screen. Then came Political Animals. “Sometimes the universe brings you something you should have been looking [...]
“Burn Notice” returns to USA lineup tonight with a bang
Sometimes it takes being away from an old friend to make you realize how much you appreciate them, and that’s exactly how I feel about the show Burn Notice. So you can imagine my excitement that one of the most underrated shows on all of television is returning tonight to the USA Network lineup. Premiering tonight at 9pm ET, Burn Notice starts right where we left off at the end of last season. Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) is scouring Miami looking for Anson (Jere Burns), who is out to ruin his career and his personal life by blackmailing him. Fiona Glenanne [...]
“Royal Pains” returns to USA just in time for summer
I had no idea until going through the press materials to write about the new season of Royal Pains that it ranks as USA Network’s No. 1 hit original series. Then it dawned on me that it makes complete sense. After all, the show has a unique premise, gorgeous scenery and one of the most underrated casts in all of television. For those unfamiliar with Royal Pains — which returns tonight at 9pm ET — it revolves around a concierge doctor who discretely treats the upper-crust residents living in the Hamptons. Mark Feuerstein stars as Dr. Hank Lawson,  a former New [...]
