-Andy Rooney passed away Friday, a mere one month after signing off with his last telecast on the 60 Minutes news broadcast. Andy Rooney was 92 and died from complications from what’s called a minor surgery.
He was a cornerstone of wry wit, reflecting on trends and fads with that usual, “Why do we really need it” kind of perspective. His observations left no stone unturned as he pondered being a pack-rat, hoarding celebrity autographs and the latest social trends on the internet.
He was always on the leading edge of what ever was happening and he was mostly always right for the thirty-three years that he spouted his observations WHY? on the air.
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So the after-Friday reports are coming out and without baseball going on, other shows benefited from that. Or at least that’s how it’s being spun in some circles.
For Grimm fans (Check out my Grimm season premiere TV review), it’s numbers dropped, but still beat out the other genre show, Fringe. (5.9 vs 3.3 million estimated viewers.)
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-Comic Con released their schedule for Saturday, July 23rd for their 2011 Comic-Con event in San Diego.
Saturday seems lite on movies and heavy on TV with a few focused panels on some fan-focused personalities like Robert Kirkman, J. Michael Straczynski, Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon.
Movies making appearances in panels include TWIXT, Immortals, Knights of Badassdom & Snow White and the Huntsmen. TV shows include Chuck, Terra Nova, The Vampire Diaries, Fringe, Alcatraz, Being Human, Sanctuary and more.
Check out first, Ballroom 20‘s schedule, followed by Hall H‘s schedule and after that, a selective list of events from other rooms and locations. This is NOT a comprehensive listing of everything… so be sure to check out the Comic Con website for more and updated details.
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Ballroom 20
- 10:00-10:45 Chuck Screening and Q&A
- 11:00-12:00 Terra Nova
- 12:15-1:00 Futurama
- 1:00-1:45 The Simpsons
- 2:00-2:35 Family Guy
- 2:35-3:15 American Dad
- 3:30-4:15 The Vampire Diaries Screening and Q&A
- 4:30-5:15 Fringe Screening and Q&A
- 5:15-6:00 Alcatraz Pilot Screening and Q&A
- 8:30-11:30 HBO’s True Blood Presents the Comic-Con International Masquerade
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Hall H
- 11:45-12:45 TWIXT: Francis Ford Coppola and Dan Deacon
- 1:00-2:00 Relativity Media: Immortals
- 2:15-3:15 Knights of Badassdom
- 3:30-4:15 Universal Pictures: Snow White and the Huntsmen
- 4:30-5:30 Further over the Rainbow: A First Look at Dorothy of Oz
- 5:45-7:30 An Early Evening with Kevin Smith
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