New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah’s Private Performance Before a Very Tough Crowd
Jul30

New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah’s Private Performance Before a Very Tough Crowd

All eyes were on Trevor Noah Tuesday night at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. But it wasn’t the comedian’s average stand-up gig. Noah, who in less than two months will take over the ultra high profile job as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” from Jon Stewart, faced a very tough crowd—members of the Television Critics Assn. It was his first in-person appearance before the group, many of whom will go on to report on and dissect...

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An Incendiary Look at the History of Nuclear Weapons on PBS’s ‘The Bomb’
Jul28

An Incendiary Look at the History of Nuclear Weapons on PBS’s ‘The Bomb’

The producers of PBS’s new special “The Bomb” could not have predicted the current furor over the Iran nuclear deal while they were making their two-hour documentary, whose airing was timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the detonation of the atomic bomb. Yet since its inception, the bomb and its terrifying destructive power have never been far from the headlines, the minds of world leaders or the imagination of the public....

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Brace Yourselves for Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Tonight on Syfy
Jul22

Brace Yourselves for Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Tonight on Syfy

Obviously, Los Angeles was not enough – and neither was New York– because the ravenous sharks are back in Syfy’s “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” premiering tonight. This time, the entire Eastern Seaboard from Washington, D.C. all the way down to Orlando, Fla. is in jeopardy of mass destruction from the freak storms that spew vicious, man-eating sharks like raindrops from their churning, tornado-like clouds. But never fear, because...

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Inaugural Edition of SeriesFest Showcases Best New TV Pilots Across the Spectrum
Jun21

Inaugural Edition of SeriesFest Showcases Best New TV Pilots Across the Spectrum

It’s always challenging putting on a first-time event and the organizers of the first SeriesFest, which took place June 18 through 21st in Denver, pulled it off in fine fashion. The festival spotlighted independent episodic television along with entries from cable and broadcast networks that were screened at Denver’s Sie FilmCenter– home of partner organization the Denver Film Society – from morning until late in the evening....

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Documentary Sheds New Light on the Story of Anne Frank
Jun17

Documentary Sheds New Light on the Story of Anne Frank

It is the most well-known personal story to come out of the Holocaust, the journey of young Anne Frank, her family and friends who hid from the Nazis for more than two years before they were betrayed and discovered in their hiding place in Amsterdam and sent to concentration camps. Much of the story was of course documented by a teenaged Anne in her iconic diary, which was rescued and later published worldwide by her father, Otto, the...

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