AMERICAN PICKERS Launches Season 2 On History 6/7May 24, 2010Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are once again searching the back roads, junkyards, and filled-to-the-brim barns in America for 'rusty gold.' With an average of 3.8 million total viewers per episode in its first season, AMERICAN PICKERS, the #1 new cable series of 2010, returns for a second season with all new premieres beginning Monday, June 7 at 9pm ET on HISTORY.
MYTHBUSTERS' Hyneman And Savage Announce New Development Agreement With DiscoveryMay 24, 2010Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of Discovery Channel's MythBusters series, have signed a multi-year deal to co-executive produce the popular science show. In addition, Hyneman and Savage have formed a new production company and they will team with BermanBraun to develop and create additional television series with Discovery Channel.
Syfy Pilot ALPHAS To Be Directed By LOST's Jack BenderMay 24, 2010Syfy has inked award winning director/executive producer Jack Bender as director/executive producer for the action-adventure 90-minute pilot, Alphas (working title) from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, Syfy and Co-Head of Content for Universal Cable Productions, which is the studio for the project. Bender just wrapped six seasons as an executive producer and director on the critically acclaimed series LOST, and directed Sunday's much anticipated series finale. Alphas is executive produced by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun for BermanBraun Television and is slated to commence production in Toronto this summer.
Monday Nights Get More Dramatic with Total Drama World Tour, Launches 6/21May 24, 2010The drama started at Camp Wawanakwa with Total Drama Island, went Hollywood for Total Drama Action, and now travels the globe with the all-new Total Drama World Tour, premiering Monday, June 21 at 9 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network. Seventeen contestants - including some favorites from the past and some new faces - will duke it out on an international playing field for a grand prize of $1 million dollars. Host Chris McLean and his cohort Chef are back with Total Drama's signature painful and embarrassing challenges, this time taking advantage of the world's most famous landmarks and natural wonders.
Miss America Organization Celebrates 90th Anniversary, Returns to ABCMay 24, 2010The Miss America Organization (MAO) is proud to announce it has reached a multi-year deal with the ABC Television Network to return as their network television partner for the 2011 Miss America Pageant that will be presented on January 15, 2011! The news was announced today by Sam Haskell, III, Board Chairman for the Miss America Organization and MAO President & CEO, Art McMaster. ABC aired the Miss America Pageant previously in 2004 and will once again retain the exclusive telecast rights through 2013.
The Invisible Dog Exhibits 'If You See Nothing Say Something' 5/22-7/25May 21, 2010The Invisible Dog Art Center presents the first curatorial program PLUS ONE curated by artist Kiya Kim (Korean, b. 1977), which features artists Adam Smith Parker, Young Paik, Chong Gon Byun, Carolyn Salas, Eun Jung Hwang, Woolga Choi, Hong Seon Jang, Hee Jung Cho, Jason Peters, Julie Evanoff, Kiya Kim, Megan Prince, Noah Klersfeld, Richard Jochum, Sea Chang Chun & Thomas McKean
Photo Flash: Silhouette Stages, Inc.'s THE DROWSY CHAPERONEMay 21, 2010Silhouette Stages, Inc. announces the regional premiere production of the celebrated musical within a comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone on May 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 8 pm and May 23 and 30 at 3 pm. All performances will take place at Slayton House on 14100 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD 21044. Conni Ross and Debra Mobley direct this modern masterpiece with choreography by Lori Pryor and Timoth David Copney and music direction by Keith Tittermary. Tickets are $15 or $12 for students and seniors and will be sold at the door.