The Hub to Premiere 90s Hit STEP BY STEP, 10/7September 6, 2013The HUB Network, a destination for kids and their families, continues to add to its slate of fun family programming with the HUB Network premiere of the hit 90s show 'Step by Step,' Monday, October 7, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The series will air weekdays at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ET/4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. PT. 'Step by Step' has not aired on television in more than three years.
25.1 Million Tune in to NBC's NFL KICKOFFSeptember 6, 2013 Despite a 33-minute weather delay that pushed kickoff past 9 p.m. ET, last night's 'NFL Kickoff' on NBC was watched by 25.1 million viewers -- up 5% from last year's opening-game and ranking as the third-most watched “NFL Kickoff” game in the 12-year history of the event, according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Company.
2013 NYFF Announces HBO Directors Dialogues Lineup, Emerging Artists & Shorts ProgramsSeptember 6, 2013The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) announced today its 2013 NYFF HBO Directors Dialoguesparticipants will be Richard Curtis, Paul Greengrass, Agnieszka Holland and Frederick Wiseman and the popular HBO On Cinemaconversation will feature James Gray. FSLC also announced the selection of Joanna Hogg and Fernando Eimbcke as the two filmmakers whose work will be screened and celebrated as NYFF's Emerging Artists this year, as well as the selections for NYFF's Shorts Programs.
VIDEO: Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Performs PAGLIACCI on CONANSeptember 6, 2013The legendary Carl Reiner stopped by Conan last night - and during his visit, he fulfilled one of his life-long dreams: performing a little bit of opera on live national television. Check out Reiner's brief rendition of PAGLIACCI below!
RadioTheatre's DRACULA Will Now Play Kraine Theater, 10/6-11/10September 6, 2013Horse Trade Theater Group is proud to present RadioTheatre and their original, live, audio-theatre adaptation by Orson Welles and Dan Bianchi of Bram Stoker's classicDRACULA. In 2009, it ran three months Off Broadway and was nominated for two New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Best Performance Group and Best Sound Design. DRACULA will be performed complete with a great cast of storytellers, an original orchestral score and a plethora of sound effects. Tickets ($25/$15 students) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. All performances are at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) every Sunday at 3pm, October 6-November 10.
Deborah Voigt to Host Sing With Haiti's Gala Benefit Concert at Grace Cathedral, 10/2September 6, 2013Sing With Haiti presents a star-studded gala benefit concert to aid the rebuilding of the Holy Trinity Music School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 2010. The Grammy Award-winning soprano Deborah Voigt - beloved for her performances on the opera, concert, and recital stage, as well as for her turns as host of the Metropolitan Opera's popular "Live in HD" series - will host the gala concert in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Wednesday, October 2. This important event will include performances by Voigt as well as from "America's favorite mezzo" (Gramophone)Susan Graham, children's choirs from the Holy Trinity Music School, and other distinguished guests. A gala reception at the Fairmont San Francisco Hotelwill follow the concert.
Lena Dunham & Laurie Simmons to be Honored at Brooklyn Museum Women in the Arts Fundraising Luncheon, 11/14September 6, 2013Award-winning photographer and conceptual artist Laurie Simmons and her daughter, Lena Dunham, best known for writing, directing, producing, and acting in the HBO program Girls, will be honored at the eleventh annual Women in the Arts luncheon on Thursday, November 14, 2013. This is the first time the benefit will jointly honor two recipients--a mother-daughter pair. Proceeds from the event will benefit the many educational and artistic programs offered by the Brooklyn Museum and its Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
VIDEO: New Behind-the-Scenes Featurette for THE FIFTH ESTATESeptember 5, 2013The dramatic thriller THE FIFTH ESTATE comes to theaters on October 18th. Based on real events, the film reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Julian Asange. Below, check out a new behind-the-scenes featurette for the film!
New Season of Telemundo's UN NUEVO DIA Kicks Off 9/9September 5, 2013Starting this Monday, September 9, viewers will be able to start their mornings with a brand new season of 'Un Nuevo Día' on Telemundo at 7am/6c. Audiences will enjoy news and entertainment segments as well as more of their favorite stars, special guests, and the return of Ana María Canseco to morning television, and former Timbiriche Diego Schoening as a special guest host.
Drea de Matteo Joins Film Adaptation of Gillian Flynn's DARK PLACESSeptember 5, 2013In the film from Theron's Denver and Delilah Productions., Theron plays 'Libby Day,' a woman, who, after witnessing the murder of her family at the age of 7 and testifying against her brother, is approached 25 years later by the 'Kill Club,' a secret detective society hoping to discover details of the crime.
FXX's IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY, THE LEAGUE Premiere to 'Outstanding' NumbersSeptember 5, 2013The FXX debuts of the acclaimed comedies It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League posted outstanding numbers for their new network, delivering audiences that were comparable to or better than their delivery when they aired on sister network FX, which is in 26 million more homes than FXX.
Showtime to Reair Recent Episodes of DEXTER, RAY DONOVAN Beginning TodaySeptember 5, 2013SHOWTIME has scheduled replays of the most recent episodes of the eighth and final season of DEXTER and the hit drama series RAY DONOVAN starting today and through the weekend before new episodes return this Sunday, September 8 starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The replays are welcome news to the millions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks subscribers in major markets across the country who have missed the series for the past few weeks. Replays of the first nine episodes of DEXTER and RAY DONOVAN are also available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND and the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME. For a full list of replay dates and times, please visit: www.sho.com/marathon.
NYFF to Present Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective, DAZED AND CONFUSED Anniversary ScreeningSeptember 5, 2013The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that the 51st New York Film Festival (NYFF,September 27 – October 13) will serve as the launching pad for a retrospective of filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's work. The film series, entitled Jean-Luc Godard - The Spirit of the Forms, will begin during the second week of the festival, on October 9, and continue through the end of the month, October 30. (Specifics for the schedule and titles playing after NYFF will be distributed next week.) This year's NYFF will also play host to the 20th Anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's DAZED AND CONFUSED on October 10 at 9PM, presented by New Wave, and with the director and members of the cast in attendance.
MELISSA & JOEY, BABBY DADDY Finales Deliver New Season HighsSeptember 5, 2013 At 8 o'clock, the season finale of “Melissa & Joey” set season highs in Total Viewers (1.1 million), Adults 18-49 (704,000/0.6 rating), Women 18-49 (471,000/0.7 rating), Viewers 12-34 (589,000/0.6 rating) and Females 12-34 (400,000/0.9 rating), and to a 7-week high in Adults 18-34 (423,000/0.6 rating).