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  • “Scream: The Inside Story” to be featured on BIO Channel April 6

    Melissa Hayer | Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

      BIO Channel is set to air “Scream: The Inside Story” at 7 p.m. April 6, according to a news release. The two-hour special includes exclusive, behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and crew of the 1996 slasher movie “Scream,” directed by Wes Craven, which premiered at a time...

  • “Mad Men’s” fifth season delayed until 2012

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Wed, Mar 30, 2011

      “Mad Men’s” fifth season has been delayed until 2012 because the show’s cable network AMC and producer Lionsgate are battling its creator Matt Weiner over a new contract and budget cuts. The complete report, provided by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, is as follows: Talks stall...

  • CBS announces 2010-11 season finale dates

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Tue, Mar 29, 2011

    CBS has announced the schedule for the finales of its 2010-11 season’s series. The list of shows and finale dates, provided by CBS, is as follows: SUNDAY, MAY 1 8...

  • UCO’s Centre for Global Competency and Kyle Dillingham celebrate anniversary with pre-screening of “Oklahoma, Music and the Mary Rose” documentary

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Mon, Mar 28, 2011

    The University of Central Oklahoma’s Centre for Global Competency (CGC) is set to celebrate its third anniversary by hosting a series of events which will include an exclusive pre-screening of the documentary “Oklahoma, Music and the Mary Rose” at 7 p.m. March 29 at the Oklahoma City Museum...

  • Leon Russell to perform with Elton John on Saturday Night Live

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Mon, Mar 28, 2011

    Oklahoma native and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leon Russell will perform with host/musical guest Elton John on Saturday Night Live this week. “Saturday Night Live” airs at 10:30 p.m. Saturdays on NBC.

  • Oklahoma cowboys second after latest episode of “Amazing Race.”

    Mel Bracht | Published: Mon, Mar 28, 2011

    After winning last week’s leg, Oklahoma cowboys Jet and Cord McCoy finished in second place in the episode of “The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business” that aired Sunday night. CBS is airing “The Academy of Country Music Awards” next Sunday so there won’t be an episode. The series...

  • ABC announces 2010-11 season finale dates

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Sat, Mar 26, 2011

      ABC has provided the list below of its 2010-11 season finale dates: Sunday, May 8: 9:01-10 p.m.                           “Brothers & Sisters” Wednesday, May 11: 7:30-8...

  • “CHAOS” a satisfactory diversion

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Fri, Mar 25, 2011

      On his first day working for the CIA, Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) is assigned to be a mole for the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS) - not exactly where he thought his career was heading – but it’s still the CIA. He then meets fellow CHAOS members: 12-year...

  • “Fringe” renewed for fourth season

    Melissa Hayer | Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

      Fox has announced today it has renewed sci-fi drama “Fringe” for a fourth season. “’Fringe’ has truly hit a creative stride and has distinguished itself as one of television’s most original programs. The series’ ingenious producers, amazingly talented cast and crew, as well...

  • Role suits Dana Delany in ABC’s “Body of Proof”

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Thu, Mar 24, 2011

    In ABC’s new drama “Body of Proof,” Dana Delany plays Dr. Megan Hunt, a driven Philadelphia  neurosurgeon who faces a new career when a car accident ends her ability to practice surgery. The demands of her job had already contributed to a divorce from her husband, Todd Fleming (Jeffrey...

  • “BIO Remembers: Elizabeth Taylor” to air March 24

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Wed, Mar 23, 2011

      The BIO Channel is set to premiere a two-hour profile of Elizabeth Taylor at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The two-time Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian died today at the age of 79. BIO’s in-depth portrait will include original interviews with Taylor’s lifelong friends and colleagues,...

  • Elizabeth Taylor to be honored with memorial tribute April 10 on TCM

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Wed, Mar 23, 2011

    Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has scheduled a 24-hour memorial tribute in honor of  Elizabeth Taylor beginning at 5 a.m. April 10. The two-time Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian died today at the age of 79. The tribute will include both of Taylor’s Oscar-winning performances,...

  • “Nurse Jackie” returns for a solid third season on Showtime

    Melissa Hayer | Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    An ensemble cast of complicated and quirky characters played by stellar actors including Edie Falco, Peter Facinelli, Eve Best, Merritt Wever and Paul Schulze is back for a third season in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” at 9 p.m. Monday. When we last saw nurse Jackie Peyton (Falco), she was...

  • Kate Winslet perfects role of “Mildred Pierce”

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Mon, Mar 21, 2011

      Kate Winslet is sheer perfection in the title role of the HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” directed by Todd Haynes and based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain. Winslet is captivating as she completely inhabits the character of Mildred Pierce, appearing in nearly every scene of the...

  • Oklahoma cowboys win fifth leg of “Amazing Race,” earn $5,000 each

    Mel Bracht | Published: Sun, Mar 20, 2011

      Oklahoma cowboys Jet and Cord McCoy rallied from seventh place to win the fifth leg of “The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business” that aired Sunday night. The brothers from Ada each won $5,000 after they were the first team to reach the pit stop. Cord celebrated by tossing his cowboy...

  • “Glamour Belles” debuts April 6 on Lifetime

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Sat, Mar 19, 2011

    New reality series “Glamour Belles” will premiere the first of its six half-hour episodes at 9 p.m. April 6 on Lifetime Television. “Glamour Belles” is centered on Union City, Tenn. pageant gown shop Joann’s Gowns, where its employees assist girls from throughout the country hoping to...

  • Syfy’s “Being Human” renewed for second season

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Fri, Mar 18, 2011

    Syfy has ordered a second season of its drama series “Being Human,” starring Sam Huntington, Meaghan Rath and Sam Witwer, according to a news release. The show, a remake of the British program of the same name, is about three supernatural roommates – a werewolf, Josh (Huntington);  a...

  • “Game of Thrones” premieres April 17 on HBO

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Thu, Mar 17, 2011

    HBO’s new show “Game of Thrones,” based on the fantasy book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin, begins its ten-episode season April 17, airing from 8 to 9:05 p.m.. Executive produced and written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the series was filmed at the Paint Hall...

  • Kristin Chenoweth cast in ABC pilot

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Wed, Mar 16, 2011

    Broken Arrow native Kristin Chenoweth has been added to the cast of the ABC pilot “Good Christian Bitches,” joining Leslie Bibb, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, Marisol Nichols and Annie Potts, according to Matt Webb Mitovich of at tvline.com. To check out his report, go to...

  • “Terra Nova” now set for fall premiere

    Melissa Hayer | Published: Tue, Mar 15, 2011

      Fox’s new family adventure series “Terra Nova” has now been scheduled to premiere this fall, foregoing a special preview airing this spring. “Terra Nova” is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced,” Fox Broadcasting Company’s President of Entertainment Kevin...




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