Mini Mansions Release Music Video For 'Bad Things (That Make You Feel Good)'May 23, 2019Los Angeles band Mini Mansions have released the brand new video for their latest single “Bad Things (That Make You Feel Good)” directed by Liam Lynch. Singer Michael Shuman says, “You're invited to possibly the most awkward listening party to date. Sit down, relax, and get uncomfortable with us guys while we listen to our new track. We'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll turn it up loud….”
Strange Ranger Announces New Album 'Remembering The Rockets'May 23, 2019Strange Ranger, the quartet fronted by Isaac Eiger, have announced their new LP Remembering The Rockets, due out July 26 on Tiny Engines. The band also shared the album's anthemic opening track 'Leona.' 'I really like pop rock style 'da da's' and wanted us to our have own 'da da' song,' says Eiger. ' That sort of spiraled out of control and now it seems like all the songs from this album have them. Most of the songs also feature this bulky old synthesizer we ordered from Japan which can do a gillion things.'
Guards Releases 'Modern Hymns' LPMay 23, 2019Guards have shared their new LP Modern Hymns. The band recently talked about the new track 'You Got Me' on Talkhouse. A couple of weeks ago they shared the 'Beacon' video on Office. In prior weeks they premiered the track 'Beacon', the video for the single 'Last Stand', and the single 'Take My Mind'. The band's first LP in 6 years entitled Modern Hymns is out today via AWAL.
ABC to Air HIGHWIRE LIVE IN TIMES SQUARE WITH NIK WALLENDAMay 23, 2019ABC announced today that King of the Highwire Nik Wallenda and his sister, Lijana, seventh-generation members of the Wallenda family circus troupe, will return to the highwire for a never-before-attempted walk of approximately 1,300 feet long and 25 stories above street level, across New York City's iconic Times Square, live on SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT). “Highwire Live in Times Square with Nik Wallenda” will air as a live two-hour televised event. The walk marks Lijana Wallenda's first highwire walk since the 2017 accident where she, along with four others, tragically fell 30 feet off a tightrope during a rehearsal.
Showtime Announces Title for L WORD SequelMay 22, 2019SHOWTIME has announced the official title of its highly anticipated sequel – THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, which will debut this fall on SHOWTIME. Marja-Lewis Ryan (The Four-Faced Liar, 6 Balloons) serves as showrunner and is executive producing with original series creator Ilene Chaiken and original series stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey. Kristen Campo also serves as executive producer.
KABC to Bring the LA Pride Parade to TV for the First TimeMay 22, 2019Christopher Street West (CSW) – the 501(c)3 non-profit that produces the annual LA Pride Festival and Parade in West Hollywood presented by Verizon – is excited to announce this year's parade will include organizational and community grand marshals and be presented on television for the first time thanks to an exclusive three-year deal with KABC-TV. Phill Wilson will be the Community Grand Marshal and the Los Angeles LGBT Center will be the Organizational Grand Marshal for LA Pride 2019 on Sunday, June 9, 2019.
Netflix Orders Kids Animated Comedy Series DINO GIRL GAUKO from JapanMay 22, 2019Netflix has greenlit a new kids animated series, Dino Girl Gauko, from creator and showrunner Akira Shigino, who has served as a director on a number of popular Japanese animated TV series, including Crayon Shin-chan, Line Town, Osomatsu-kun, and Yatterman (remake).
CALL THE MIDWIFE Begins Filming Ninth SeasonMay 22, 2019Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC One, the award-winning drama series, Call The Midwife, has completed filming for a Christmas Special to be broadcast this year and has begun filming a new series of eight episodes for 2020.
CBS to Air LOVE ISLAND This SummerMay 22, 2019American viewers will get their own LOVE ISLAND this summer. The U.S. version of the international reality sensation filled with romance and relationships will premiere Tuesday, July 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. New episodes will air every weeknight (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) through Wednesday, August 7. The series is produced by ITV Entertainment, an ITV America company.
The Ritualists Announce Debut Album PAINTED PEOPLEMay 22, 2019“I'm hearing you say, 'not enough is OK.' Well, it's not...I'm with the Painted People,” quips lead vocalist, Christian Dryden of NYC-based, THE RITUALISTS about standing with the free thinkers of the world. Frontman and songwriter Dryden is something of an anachronism - a multi-instrumentalist who relishes the performance aspects of a live show while also penning lyrics that call upon 19th Century Romance poetry and musical arrangements that exude cinematic, art-rock sensibilities.
RATINGS: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is Primetime's Number One Show for Eighth Consecutive YearMay 22, 2019With the 2018-19 TV season wrapping up tonight, NBC's Sunday Night Football finishes as primetime's #1 TV show in all key metrics for an unprecedented eighth consecutive year - adding to its record for the most consecutive years atop the charts (since 1950), based on official live plus same day data provided by Nielsen. Sunday Night Football also ranked as the No. 1 show in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic for the ninth consecutive TV season.