Showing posts with label AandE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AandE. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

TV Crap

FX will dig up more Dirt in March. The second season of the drama, starring COURTENEY COX as a tabloid editor, will begin on March 2nd, though only seven new episodes are in the can because of the writers' strike...

Big Brother will again watch over Showtime when it premieres next month. A live feed from the Big Brother house will air nightly on the SHO2 multiplex channel beginning on February 12th, the same day Big Brother returns on CBS. Showtime's three-hour broadcast of Big Brother: After Dark will air at midnight Eastern time...

The Coreys are coming back to A&E. The Hollywood Reporter says the cable network has picked up the reality series The Two Coreys, starring COREY HAIM and COREY FELDMAN, for a second season. The '80s stars had a falling out, and the new episodes will document whether they can kiss and make up. The Two Coreys could return in the spring...

Saturday, November 3, 2007

What's Up, Dawg?

From the AP....

Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's show has been pulled from the air indefinitely by A&E, two days after a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly was posted online.

"In evaluating the circumstances of the last few days, A&E has decided to take `Dog The Bounty Hunter' off the network's schedule for the foreseeable future," the network said in a statement Friday. "We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun."
A&E officials said the series, one of the network's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.

Chapman, 54, has been under fire and accused of being a racist ever since the private conversation with his son, Tucker Chapman, was posted online Wednesday by The National Enquirer. Chapman used the N-word repeatedly about his son's black girlfriend.
At least two advertisers have pulled out from the show and civil rights groups have called for its cancellation.

Soon after the clip was posted, Chapman issued an apology and A&E suspended production of the series.

In the conversation, Chapman urges Tucker to break up with his girlfriend. He also expresses concern about the girlfriend trying to tape and go public about the TV star's use of the N-word. He used the slur six times in the first 45 seconds of the five-minute clip.
Chapman has said he was "disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character. However, I should have never used that term." He also said he was ashamed of himself and pledged to make amends.

His attorney, Brook Hart said his client is not a racist and vowed never to use the word again. Hart said Tucker Chapman taped the call and sold it to the Enquirer for "a lot of money."
David Perel, the Enquirer's editor in chief, would not comment on how it obtained the tape.
Civil rights leaders said they were not satisfied with the removal of the show from A&E's schedule. A coalition of groups in Los Angeles sent a letter to network executives Friday demanding a cancellation.

The coalition said the comments were more than racially demeaning and hurtful to black women. "They are a vicious attack on and call to end interracial relations, as well as an incitement to violence," the letter said.

*Tsk, Tsk, Tsk,...even though I think the over political corectness of this society is getting out of hand, you still gotta watch your P's and Q's...especially if you are a celeb! Come on Dawg!

Thursday, November 1, 2007

A Rockin' Good Time

BON JOVI will rock the AandE Network later this month. Back in July, the band taped an intimate performance in Chicago for an audience of dedicated fans, and now that concert will air on AandE on November 10th at 10pm ET/PT. An expanded version of the concert will be released on DVD on November 13th. In addition to the live footage, the package, called Bon Jovi: Lost Highway: The Concert, includes exclusive backstage interviews, plus rehearsal and soundcheck footage.