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Thanksgiving 2011 TV Marathons

by on November 22, 2011

in Entertainment, television

Brusimm Cinema Static TV NewsThis upcoming 2011 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, we have a few things going on around the house, much like I suspect you do.  If you’re going to be taking it easy and just hanging out around your home, whether it’s quietly stashed away, or with loved ones, your TV is going to be staring at you… calling your name, saying ‘watch me,’ I have all kinds of TV series marathons or movie marathons going on.

I see The Walking Dead, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica, NCIS, & a Firefly* marathon…  (*If you get Science Channel)

So if you pick up that remote and fire it off at your TV, here are a few things coming up for the Thanksgiving weekend… a TV marathon or two, so to speak.

And folks…  to anyone coming by, whether you’re popping in once or a repeat offender (visitor) checking out this post, I want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who comes by and visits my tiny little corner of the web.

Happy Thanksgiving and bless all of you and yours…

Now, back to my regularly scheduled snark and stuff…

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases The Week [Source Code, Burn Notice, SGA]

by on July 26, 2011

in Entertainment, movies, television

New Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray

This week the new DVD/Blu-ray releases, we see over 200 new titles hit the store and website shelves.  (I use the term “shelves” loosely.)

As I take a quick break from the mass of Comic Con reports I have, I thought I’d toss out a quick list of some of the titles in the hoard of releases, we have this week…

Movies on DVD

'Source Code' - Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Duncan Jones 00

Source Code Starring Jake Gyllenhaal;

The Blues Brothers came to Blu-ray finally, with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd;

National Lampoon’s Animal House also finally came to the Blu-ray medium, Starring John Belushi;

Trust [Blu-ray] Starring Clive Owen

Dylan Dog [Blu-ray] Starring Brandon Routh;

Ironclad Starring Paul Giamatti;

Dante’s Peak on Blu-ray Starring Pierce Brosnan;

Red Planet [Blu-ray] Starring Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker and Benjamin Bratt;

Soldier [Blu-ray] Starring Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Gary Busey and Jared Thorne;

The King of Fighters Starring Sean Faris, Maggie Q and Ray Park;

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New DVD’s & Blu-rays This Week [True Grit, Breaking Bad, Burn Notice]

by on June 6, 2011

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New Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray

This week the new list of new DVD and Blu-ray releases, we have around 250 titles coming out on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011.  It’s nuts how many new titles see the light of day each week.

This week we be getting actors such as the late Christopher Reeve, Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Donovan, Nathan Fillion (voice), Timothy Hutton, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Connery & more.

With that, we have Breaking Bad‘s third season & Burn Notice‘s fourth season is coming out.  There’s a new animated Green Lantern & True Grit are amongst the new releases coming out.

But unlike previous weeks that were a bit quiet, this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases seem to be loaded with more popular TV and movie titles… especially in the ‘New to Blu-ray’ titles.

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New To Blu-ray

Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006) [Blu-ray] Starring Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh

The Outlaw Josey Wales (Blu-ray Book Packaging) Starring Clint Eastwood

The Man Who Would Be King [Blu-ray Book] Starring Sean Connery and Christopher Plummer

The Stunt Man [Blu-ray] Starring Peter O’Toole and Barbara Hershey

Hair [Blu-ray] Starring John Savage, Treat Williams

Long Riders [Blu-ray] Starring David Carradine, Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine

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Movies

True Grit (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Starring Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges

Just Go with It (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler

The Company Men Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck

Sanctum (Two-Disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Copy) Starring Richard Roxburgh

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Networks Sell Almost $10 Billion In Ads for 2011-12 TV Season

by on May 4, 2011

in Entertainment, television

The CW Network Logo

Zoinks, with all of our local schools laying off people left and right because somehow the monies are drying up for our nation’s future, at least our five big networks are faring OK.  It’s been reported that they pulled in $9.5 billion in ad revenue for the upfront ad sale commitments.

Upfronts are the time of year when advertisers purchase their ad time for the upcoming season, at a discounted rate.  Ads sales are available all year long, but this is the cheap time of year for ad sellers.

CBS NetworkIn the upcoming 2011-12 TV season, there are over 100 projects ordered for your consumption.  The five networks noted are ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW.

Yep, now The CW, a part of CBS, is being tossed into the news fray as one of the big five networks.  That’s a great testament to perseverance with small but popular TV venues.

On ABC, there’s the Charlies Angels reboot.

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Cable & Network 2010/2011 Midseason Premiere/Return Dates

by on December 22, 2010

in Entertainment, television

Cinema Static on Brusimm logo

We’re all wondering what’s up with some of our favorite shows from some of our favorite networks…  so I dug up all my press releases and scoured the web and my arms are tired…  oh, wrong joke.  I’ve pulled together the 2010/2011 season return/premiere dates for A&E, ABC, AMC, BBC America, Cartoon Network, CBS, The CW, DirecTV, FOX, FX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, STARZ, The Syfy Channel, TNT & USA networks.

Some dates are generic as in Spring or Summer of 2011, while others are still to be determined (TBD).

Where show titles start with ‘the’, I’ve put it at the end of the title for sorting purposes.  The Cape will look like Cape, The;  Apprentice, The; Walking Dead, The; and so forth.  I did that because sometimes I don’t remember that there’s a ‘the’ at the beginning of a show’s name so what the heck.

Don’t Be Confused by one particular show in the list, Being Human.  It’s been on BBC America for a few years and while it is still actively in production and airing on BBC, the Syfy Channel has done their own re-imagined version.  Yep, I don’t get it either.  The date for Caprica is a marathon date…  all remaining episodes will air on January 4th.

Speaking of Caprica, there are four shows we’re saying farewell to for this 2010/2011 midseason schedule:  Caprica, Friday Night Lights,  Life Unexpected, Medium & Undercovers.

There are a lot of shows that I don’t cover on the site but since I was pulling the info together I thought I’d include it all.  Below are several lists.  Don’t be fooled.  It’s the same list sorted a million ways because I don’t know how to put one listing in a post with sortable headers.  Besides, being the Excel guru that I think I am, it was just easier to sort and sort and sort.

Tables are sorted thus:

  • 1st chart by TV Series name,
  • 2nd chart by date,
  • 3rd chart by network.

At least that’s the plan, here under the Cinema Static column on Brusimm.com!  I’ve highlighted in the alphabetical list which shows we watch and I suddenly get why I’m so dang tired these days!!!

UPDATED with new premiere date for Smallville and Supernatural.

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TV Ratings for Wed 11-17 to Fri 11-19 [The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, iCarly]

by on November 23, 2010

in Entertainment, television

TV Ratings on Brusimm

Last week, TV Ratings for shows from Wed to Fri 11-17 to 11-19 saw The Mentalist dominate the latter part of the week, with Criminal Minds and CSI right on its tail.

On the cable side of things, iCarly crushed the TV ratings competition and Burn Notice pulled in 3.5M.  Syfy Channel’s WWE Smackdown was a top contender with 2.5M and Sanctuary raked in 1.3M viewers.

The numbers, sans sporting events, are below, listed by show / millions of viewers:

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TV Ratings for Wed 11-10 to Fri 11-12 [SpongeBob, CSI & Criminal Minds]

by on November 15, 2010

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TV Ratings on Brusimm

TV Ratings for Wed to Friday last week (11-10 to 11-12) saw The CMA Awards conquering the broadcast TV side of things for these nights followed by The Mentalist, The Big Bang Theory & CSI.  It is refreshing to see no reality TV in the top spots… unless you consider The CMA Awards reality TV-like!

Fringe pulled in almost 5M viewers and The CW is still running well with the TV ratings for The Vampire Diaries and Smallville.

Grey’s Anatomy pulled in over 11M viewers, but seriously folks, I am so done with this Christina Yang story-line…  are you?

The Vampire Diaries Recap-Lite

The Vampire Diaries saw the origins of Katherine recanted…  She hails from the 1480′s and with vampire blood in her system, she killed herself to escape her doppelganger fate.  Shrewd!  But then again, we knew that!

Doppelganger blood can break the curse of either vampires or werewolves, condemning the other to their fate for eternity.  So there’s a mad rush to snag Elena.

There are also a few new witches… I mean warlocks in town, Luca and his father.  But keep an eye on them, they’re working with Elija who ended up pulling the stake out of his own heart.  (Note to self:  Do not leave staked vampire without chopping off the head!)

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On the cable side of things SpongeBob SquarePants wiped the floor with the NFL Network while Burn Notice made a strong return with 4.3M viewers.

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2010 Comic Con Preview Afternoon No 1 – sdcc

by on July 22, 2010

in Entertainment, television

2010 comic con

I arrived at the 2010 Comic Con event looking for stuff to take pics of and look over.  My Comic Con coverage is going to be coming out pretty slow, but you’ll be seeing some of the cool stuff I’ve come across in San Diego.  It’s nuts busy and there are only a couple of us!  (Yes, I have a secret helper!)

Psych ad at Comic Con

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This year, big balloons are the big way to advertise either TV Series panels or the shows themselves, like this Psych advertising balloon.  I guess you need someone over a certain weight so they don’t float away!

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2010 Comic-Con TV Series Events Panels in Ballroom 20

by on July 13, 2010

in Entertainment, imdb, television

2010 Comic-Con News from Cinema Static

The 2010 Comic-Con event in San Diego is a pretty fun event to attend.  For some, it’s a one-day event and for others, it’s the entire weekend.  For the TV and movie fan, it can be a blast to attend one of the many panels and see your favorite stars in-person!  This year, as in other years, TV shows have their events in Ballroom 20.  It’s not quite as big as Hall H, where they hold the movie panels and big-gun talks, bit it’s still a sizable room.

In this room, shows will pack the floor.  Shows scheduled to be represented vary across the spectrum.  Those TV series and their stars expected to be presented are Burn Notice, White Collar, Psych, Dexter, Stargate Universe, Caprica, Bones, True Blood, Chuck, Fringe, The Vampire Diaries, Smallville, Supernatural, Glee and the Buffy Musical show.  Not to mention The Joss Whedon Experience!

So check it out below!

Comic-Con Map - HALL H and Ballroom 20
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Summer Time TV Premieres for June 2010

by on June 9, 2010

in Entertainment, television

TV Premiere Listings Logo

The following list is the Summer Time Premieres for June 2010.  If you’re wondering what new TV series are premiering in June, check out this list below.  Yes, I’m a bit late… so I’ve backtracked to the beginning of the month to include what has started up in the event you didn’t know about something that has premiered and really wanted to!

The lists are sorted first by date, followed by a list sorted alphabetically (Alphabetical Link) by show title. After that is a list of selected shows (Alphabetical Snippets) where I mention what season, what’s new, etc..

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