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BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:06 -0700

Mia Michaels is leaving So You Think You Can Dance - Mia's Twitter
Lady Gaga reveals her upcoming tour dates - Billboard
Ridley Scott goes Red Riding for Sony - Hit Fix
Season four of Big Love will premiere on Jan. 10 - TV Squad
William H. Macy will star in an adaptation of the British drama Shameless for Showtime - The Futon Critic
Josh Duhamel will star in a new Disney flick called What's He Got? - Coming Soon
Taylor Swift is going to host SNL - should she address Kanye's comments? - PopSugar
Ever wonder what Carlisle Cullen looked like in the olden days? - MTV Movies Blog
Brad Pitt's Tree of Life won't be released until next year - Vulture
Take Yum's Top Chef quiz on last night's episode - YumSugar

News Roundup, 9/4

BuzzSugar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:30:00 -0700

U2 will join Megan Fox on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. - Rolling Stone
Bella Thorne will have a recurring role on the next season of Big Love. - The Hollywood Reporter
Tron: Legacy will be released on Dec. 17, 2010. - Coming Soon
Tyler Perry will write, direct, and produce an adaptation of the 1975 play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. - Variety
Up in the Air, Bright Star, and Life During Wartime are among the films that will be screened at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. - Variety
Michael Jackson was laid to rest in a private ceremony last night. - The Hollywood Reporter
Susan Boyle is already topping charts thanks to preorders for her upcoming album. - People
Big Brother brought in big ratings for CBS last night. - Zap2it

Fringe, Big Love, The Hills, and More Get Slots at Paley Festival

BuzzSugar — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:30:26 -0800

What do The Hills, Fringe, and The Mentalist have in common? They've all been honored with spots at this year's Paley Television Festival in Los Angeles.

This year's lineup for the festival seems like an especially eclectic group of shows - there's reality, there's online (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), there's drama (Big Love), and there's even something we haven't seen yet: On April 19, the festival will screen the final three as-yet-unaired episodes of Pushing Daisies.

One thing missing from this year's lineup is any tribute to a classic or cult TV show, like last year's Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion. I suppose it's possible that some of the original Beverly Hills 90210 cast members will show up for the 90210 event, but the focus definitely seems to be on the new class.

The festival runs from April 10-23 in Los Angeles. Would any of these shows get you to go? To see the full lineup, just read more.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Friday, April 10, with Danny DeVito, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and more.

90210 - Saturday, April 11, with panelists to be announced.

True Blood - Monday, April 13, with Alan Ball, Ryan Kwanten, Steven Moyer, Anna Paquin, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wessley, and more.

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog - Tuesday, April 14, with Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, and Zack Whedon.

Dollhouse - Wednesday, April 15, with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Enver Gjoka, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Harry Lennix, Tahmoh Penikett, and Olivia Williams.

The Big Bang Theory - Thursday, April 16, with Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, and more.

The Mentalist - Friday, April 17, with Simon Baker, Bruno Heller, Tim Kang, Chris Long, Amanda Righetti, Robin Tunney, Owain Yeoman, and more.

Desperate Housewives - Saturday, April 18, with panelists to be announced.

Pushing Daisies screening - Sunday, April 19, with Bryan Fuller.

Battlestar Galactica/Caprica - Monday, April 20, with David Eick, Ronald D. Moore, and more.

The Hills - Tuesday, April 21, with Tony DiSanto, Adam DiVello, Liz Gateley, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Spencer Pratt, and more.

Big Love - Wednesday, April 22, with Ginnifer Goodwin, Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and more.

Fringe - Thursday, April 23, with Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Anna Torv, and more.

Swingtown celebration - Friday, April 24, with Mike Kelley, Alan Poul, and more.

Fringe photo courtesy of Fox, The Hills photo courtesy of MTV, and Big Love photo courtesy of HBO

HBO Renews Its Vows With Big Love

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:30:48 -0800

Big news for Big Love: The polygamy drama will be back next year for a fourth season! HBO announced the renewal with a statement saying, "The series keeps getting better and better."

One thing that wasn't getting better, at least earlier this season, was the ratings - the show's season three premiere (which came after a long break caused in large part by the writers' strike) drew just 1.2 million viewers. But The Hollywood Reporter notes that the show's grown in the ratings each week since then, and the show's currently averaging about 5 million viewers a week once all the repeat airings are taken into account.

The show's excited co-creators gave E! a statement celebrating the good news, making the following promise to fans:

As season three continues they'll forget about the time they waited and get caught up in our best season ever. And we also swear we won't make them wait as long next year.

Well, that sounds promising. Tell me: Are you excited that there's more Big Love on the way in 2010?

Photo courtesy of HBO

First Look: Big Love Season Three

BuzzSugar — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:30:49 -0800

It's been such a long wait for the third season of Big Love. Thanks to the writers' strike, the HBO drama won't return till January - almost 18 months after it was last on TV.

But there are finally some real signs that we're getting close to the premiere, including the first couple of promos that HBO's rolled out over the past week or so. The first is creepy and moody; there's no dialogue, just the haunting sounds of the Black Keys song "Lies" while some seriously dark things take place in the brief video clips. The second includes interviews with several cast members talking about how the show has been "amped up" for the third season. Here's hoping that whatever we see in January makes this long wait worthwhile. Don't forget you can still catch up on Big Love in four minutes if you want to be ready to go when the third season premieres. If you're ready to check out the new stuff, just read more.

Photo courtesy of HBO

TV Tonight: Big Love, From the Beginning

BuzzSugar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:57 -0700

HBO was kind enough to fill the Big Love-sized hole in my heart with a recap video a few weeks back. But if you'd rather catch up on the show's first two seasons the old-fashioned way, it will be possible starting tonight.

HBO2 will air one episode from the series in order for the next 24 Saturdays, starting at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT tonight. It's the first time I can remember that HBO has shown the series in its entirety, and it's a great opportunity to meet the Henricksons if you've yet to make their acquaintance.

If you've never seen Big Love, I've got a promo for the first season; just read more.

Photo courtesy of HBO

Catch Up on Big Love in Four Minutes

BuzzSugar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:38:02 -0700

This "Big Love in Four Minutes" video HBO just put together makes me a little sad, because it's still going to be a long, long wait to see the show's third season. Thanks to the writers' strike, the series - which should have been on right now - won't be seen again till January 2009.

The good news is, that should give anyone who hasn't seen the first two seasons of the drama plenty of time to get caught up the old-fashioned way, by renting DVDs or checking out episodes On Demand. But if you're just not sure you want to commit, this four-minute summary is a pretty good one, with all the typical dry humor these ". . . in x minutes" videos tend to have. (I especially like the little "bleeeep" noise that keeps recurring when they talk about video poker.)

At least I'll be able to get a fix of some of the actors in other roles before January - Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia and Ginnifer Goodwin in He's Just Not That Into You. For now, though, it's just good to see Bill and his wives together, however briefly. To check out the video, just read more.

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Bad News for Fans of HBO Series: Everything's Delayed

BuzzSugar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:30:38 -0700

If you were eagerly looking forward to this Summer for new seasons of HBO favorites like Big Love, Entourage, and Flight of the Conchords, here's some bad news: You're going to have to keep waiting. As a result of the writers' strike, all of those shows have been pushed till Fall - if not beyond.

The strike delayed filming on several series, including Entourage and True Blood, the vampire series starring Anna Paquin and written by Six Feet Under's Alan Ball. Those two are now scheduled to start sometime in the Fall. Big Love and Conchords will likely start even later; the Conchords guys recently blogged that season two might not air till January '09. Boo!

What's a disgruntled HBO subscriber to do? Well, there are still a couple of exciting things coming up this summer, including the Iraq war miniseries Generation Kill, which was adapted from a book for television by The Wire's David Simon. That's set to premiere in July, while two comedies - an animated series called The Life and Times of Tim and an Australian import called Summer Heights High - are scheduled to start airing on Fridays in June. Summer Heights High, in particular, comes highly recommended by the Conchords guys themselves. To check out the first part of the first episode, just read more.

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"Big Love" Gets a Third Season of Love from HBO

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:30:08 -0700

Hooray for "Big Love"! HBO's polygamy drama will return for a third season - as many installments as Bill Henrickson has wives.

The show hasn't exactly had an easy year this year, holding down the fort for HBO alone on Monday nights. According to Variety, the show is averaging about 2 million viewers per episode - half what it got following "The Sopranos" in its first season. But HBO believes that over the course of a week of repeats, DVR playbacks and On Demand airings, the show rounds up as many as 6 million viewers. The new season order is for 12 episodes, same as the first and second seasons.

"Big Love" will get another shot on Sundays soon: HBO also announced that the final two episodes will air first on Sundays at 9 p.m., the slot currently occupied by "John from Cincinnati." "John" will vacate the slot as of Aug. 12, when its first season wraps up; "Big Love" then will take it over for episodes airing Aug. 19 and Aug. 26. Those episodes will air on Mondays as well.

Photo courtesy of HBO

Hilarious Fake Commercials for "Big Love"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:00:00 -0700

While I was searching for those "Big Love" back story clips last week, I came across a couple of hysterical fake commercials HBO produced to promote the show's second season. Like the commercials for cremation shakers and fake skin in the first episode of "Six Feet Under," these false ads promote products that would make your life as a polygamist better.

The first, for "Eau de Polygamie," promotes a fragrance that will let you "set yourself apart from all his other wives." It's funny, but I don't think it's nearly as good as the spot for "Polygarol," a Viagra-type pill that promises to make sure the man has energy to take care of all his wives on "their night." I love how it copies every convention of Viagra ads, right down to the guy throwing a football through a tire - only this time, it's three tires. To check out the ads for yourself, read more

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