Monthly Archives: July 2018

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Sam Medina on working with Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg in the upcoming action/thriller Mile 22; his roots in New Orleans and the role he played to help rebuild the city after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina; how he approaches playing villains, even when the character may require him to go to a dark place; and making his directorial debut later this year in Code Name: The Dragon, starring Cung Le. Mile 22 opens in theaters everywhere on Friday 8/17

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via CNN: Netflix announces plans to launch a comedy channel for Sirius XM as part of its partnership with the satellite radio provider. Channel will reportedly feature stand-up excerpts, highlights from Netflix’s original comedy programming, and new material from comics featured in Netflix original content

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/netflix-is-getting-into-radio-with-a-comedy-channel-on-sirius-xm.html

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via TVWeek: Get ready for Creepshow: The Series. Coming soon to Shudder, the thriller-oriented premium streaming service by AMC Networks

‘Walking Dead’ Veteran Tackles ‘Creepshow’ Series Adaptation

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via Washington Times: Roseanne Barr again tries to walk back the racial tweet that led to her demise on ABC. Barr also announces that she will be launching an Internet talk show; title and release date of the program are both TBA

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/20/roseanne-barr-launching-youtube-talk-show/

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Adrienne Barbeau on working with Beatrice Arthur, George Romero, and Roger Corman; the path that led to her career as a writer and novelist; and the fun she had playing Berthe (and, particularly, performing “No Time at All”) in the national tour of Pippin

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via Fathom Events: TCM Big Screen Classics will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of The Big Lebowski by showing the film in select theaters nationwide on Sunday 8/5 and Wednesday 8/8. Event will include exclusive insight from TCM host Ben Mankiewicz

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/tcm2018-the-big-lebowski-20th-anniversary?utm_source=tcm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the%2Bbig%2Blebowski&utm_term=announcement%2Bemail

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via @Deadline and @MSN: The house in Studio City, California that served as the famous exterior for The Brady Bunch is up for sale, but some say that once it’s sold, it may be torn down

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/%E2%80%98brady-bunch%E2%80%99-house-for-sale-%E2%80%93-but-may-be-torn-down/ar-AAAhzP0?ocid=spartandhp

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via @THR: Television producer and director Ron Satlof dies at age 79

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-satlof-dead-director-eight-perry-mason-telefilms-was-79-1127401

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor, musician and voice artist Will Ryan (aka S-H-Double O-ooster) and writer, producer and director Michael Schlesinger take us behind the scenes of The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster, a collection of 1930s-style shorts that pay homage to the great two-reel comedies of The Golden Age of Hollywood

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BF25TB8?ie=UTF8&tag=tvcon05-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07BF25TB8

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via @CreationEnt: More than 120 celebrities will join an estimated 15,000 Trekkies and Trekkers from around the world at this year’s Official Star Trek Convention, Aug. 1-5 at the Rio Suites Hotel in Las Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV) Star Trek fans from around the world will be beamed to Las Vegas on August 1 – 5 for the galaxy’s largest annual Official Star Trek Convention. Organizers anticipate that over 15,000 attendees will convene at this … Continue reading

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