Tag: TV
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First Trailer Released for Star Trek: Lower Decks
The first trailer for the upcoming animated Star Trek show is now available for fans to watch. Star Trek: Lower Decks takes a different look at the world of Star Trek in 2380. Instead of it being about the captain and senior staff, this show is about some of the lower level underlings. They are…
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The Walt Disney Company’s Portfolio of Brands Receives 116 Emmy® Nominations
(July 17, 2019) Yesterday, nominations for the 2019 Primetime Emmy® Awards were announced from the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. Walt Disney Television received 95 nominations, with FX receiving 32, led by Fosse/Verdonand Pose; 15 nods were given to National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD; and Disney Channel received…
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Disney Streaming Service Gets Their Head in the Game for High School Musical with Joshua Basset
The newest incarnation of High School Musical has found its lead. This newest version will be a series made for Disney Streaming Service. Disney has cast Joshua Basset as the lead for it. Joshua Basset will play a character named Ricky. Ricky is a cynical high school junior who is also incredibly charming. He also…
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Details About Jon Favreau’s Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Shared Ahead of Disney Streaming Service Release
Jon Favreau is working on a new Star Wars live-action TV series for Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Other than the fact that Favreau is going to both write and executive produce the series, not a whole lot had been known before today. This changed with an Instagram post by Favreau. The post gave a synopsis…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Shares More Details About New Disney Streaming Service Including Potential Name and Price
Disney CEO Bob Iger has shared more about the Disney streaming service. Set to arrive in 2019, details have been trickling out about this effort to compete with Netflix. Iger said that competing with Netflix and other streaming services is Disney’s “biggest priority” in 2019. “We have the luxury of programming this product with programs…
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Disney Media Networks Earn a Combined 39 Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday on July 12th. The result was a healthy 39 Emmy nominations for media networks owned by the Walt Disney Company. 31 one of these nominations were given to ABC. Disney XD and Disney Channel were given five additional nominations. This led to a total of…
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Return for Sixth Season
It is confirmed, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be returning for a sixth season. The original Marvel television show has been given a sixth season 13-episode order. The series is built around Agent Coulson, originally a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent from the Marvel movies then turned director, and his team as they try to keep Earth safe from…
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It’s Official! Disney Acquires 21st Century Fox
December 14, 2017 Disney officially announced that they have come to a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox. Disney have an agreement to acquire the company at $52.4 billion in stock. Shareholders of 21st Century Fox will receive 0.2745 of Disney shares in the acquisition. Disney will also assume a debt of $13.7 billion that…
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New Star Wars Live-Action TV Series Coming to Disney Streaming Service
During a call with investors, Disney CEO and Chairman Bob Iger announced that there will be a new live-action Star Wars tv show. This new show will be arriving on the yet-unnamed Disney streaming service. Iger also announced that a tv series will be coming to the platform based on the Disney-Pixar film Monsters, Inc.…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Awake”
A new clip for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been released. Entitled “Awake,” it came out during the final game of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros. Watch it here: Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Awake” In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the…
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Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Coming to Freeform Television
In May the special Disney’s Fairy Tale Wedding debuted and was popular enough to warrant a television series. Freeform has picked up the series and ordered seven episodes. The series will arrive this spring and feature magical weddings from the Walt Disney World Resort. The original program was the most successful unscripted program for the network…
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Disney TV Apps Become DisneyNOW
Disney is changing how TV is watched on its app platforms. Up until recently, multiple apps were needed to watch the different Disney channels. One app for the Disney Channel, Disney XD, Radio Disney, and another for Disney Junior. Now, these can all be watched on the DisneyNOW app. Rather than log in individually for…
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THE LITTLE MERMAID Live Postponed by ABC
The Little Mermaid won’t be swimming live on ABC as soon as initially thought. Originally, the live musical was supposed to be presented on October 3rd. However, ABC has pulled this program from its schedule. A new date has not been set. “We are postponing the Little Mermaid Live special,” ABC said in a statement.…
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Freeform Orders Full Season of Marvel’s New Warriors with Squirrel Girl
New Warriors has had several iterations of comics in Marvel Comics. Much of them have been about super heroes that are trying to make their way in the world, and this world has the likes of the Avengers in it. Many times they’ve been costumed heroes with great power, but not much responsibility. Marvel Television…
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Runaways To Be New Marvel Series on Hulu
Marvel has just announced a new television series to be developed for Hulu of the comic Runaways. What is Runaways? It’s a story about a group of kids that have one thing in common: their parents are super villains. The group came together because once a year their parents perform a deadly ritual. When they…
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Disney Buys Stake In MLB’s BAMTech Streaming Service – So What Now?
Disney, as of August 9, owns a minority stake in the MLB (that’s the official baseball company if you weren’t sure about the acronym) owned streaming service called BAMTech. The 33% is priced at $1 billion and comes with an option to become a majority stakeholder in the future. Disney says they will team with…
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Shanghai Disneyland Unveils TV Commercial
For many Disney fans, June 16th can’t come soon enough. The opening of Shanghai Disneyland opens up new lands of possibility and imagination. Up until recently, most have had to rely on their imagination when talking and thinking about Shanghai Disneyland. Now there is more than just imagination to lean on when thinking about Shanghai…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Laws of Nature (S3E1) – Review
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is back and its bigger and badder than ever. Season 3 of the Marvel adventure kicked off Tuesday September 29th, and it hit the ground running. Without too much ado lets take a look at “Laws of Nature.“ RECAP A man named Joey Gutierrez is having a really bad day. For reasons…
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The Muppets S1Ep2: Hostile Makeover – Mr. DAPs’ Review
Kermit and the gang are back for the second episode of The Muppets. This episode had a lot more of the feel one would come to expect with the Muppets, moved the overall story along a bit more, and had some extra side stories going on that were quite enjoyable. Episode Description In an attempt to…
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The Muppets S1Ep1: Pig Girls Don’t Cry (Pilot) – Mr. DAPs’ Review
The Muppets are back where it all started, TV. This time it isn’t The Muppet Show that is being produced but Up Late with Miss Piggy. The show stars Miss Piggy with Kermit as the Executive Producer. Fozzie is the announcer and warm-up comedian, Gonzo is the head writer, and of course the Electric Mayhem is…
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Miss Piggy’s New Love Interest: Josh Groban
If Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog’s dating lives weren’t dramatic enough when they were ‘together,’ it has been bumped up another level since their recent split. After it was revealed that Kermit has been seen with ABC marketing head Denise, it now appears that Miss Piggy and Josh Groban have something going on. Groban…
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Magic of Muppets Panel – D23 Expo
The Muppets took the stage in one of the first 2015 D23 Expo panels. The presentation opened with the sizzle reel from the upcoming show. Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Matt Vogel, and Bill Barretta were on stage to answer questions and talk about the new show. They pointed out how much being a…
