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Yes, that was me on NBC at the back of the crowd watching JWoww and Snooki a few days ago

8 January 2013 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

JWoww and Snooki on The Today Show

Why do you ask? At least, I think it was them on the Today Show. But I could be wrong. Like I’d know.

In case you didn’t realise, I’ve been off in New York for a few days’ holiday. Along the way, I took in a few TV-related sites. This one was mandatory, of course:

Me in front of 30 Rock

Yes, I do look an idiot. Inside, of course, is NBC Studios and the NBC Experience. Oddly, the NBC Experience, as well as having excellent T-shirts, such as this one…

A Community T-shirt

…also has a range of House (Fox) and Doctor Who (BBC) goods. They even had a guy dressed up as the 11th Doctor on the tills. What’s up there then?

TMINE’s recommendations for last-minute boxsets for Christmas!

17 December 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

So those nice people at Vouchercodes.co.uk emailed me – and a few other bloggers – a while back to ask us for some recommendations for DVD boxsets released this year that would make nice Christmas presents. Taking a bit of a departure from the norm, rather than “Presents for Mum – she’ll love Miranda!”, “Presents for Dad – he’ll love Top Gear!”, “Presents for Sis – she’ll love The Vampire Diaries!” et al, which let’s face it, is never going to work for everyone or even the majority of people and would probably end up being offensive, I decided to go for three separate categories: drama, comedy and factual.

So decide what genre your relative likes then pick a gift: at the very least, you might introduce someone you love to something good.

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Wednesday’s “A new Ironside, greenlight for The Joneses TV series and Sean Bean replaces Brendan Fraser” news

5 December 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film casting

Canadian TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

  • TNT developing Hit from Jamie Foxx and Robert Port
  • Bravo greenlights The Joneses and Rita
  • NBC developing new version of Ironside

New US TV show casting

Thursday’s “Chevy Chase out of Community, and BBC4’s year of comedy, including Parks & Recreation” news

22 November 2012 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Trailers

  • Trailer for Dark Skies with Keri Russell
  • Trailer for Snitch with The Rock, Susan Sarandon, Michael Kenneth Williams et al
  • Trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer with Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci et al

UK TV

  • BBC4 announces a year of comedy, including the acquisition of Parks and Recreation
  • ITV and Channel 5 keep their licences for another five years

US TV

US TV casting