Critics’ Choice Television Awards Announces Presenters

who will present this year?

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced a star-studded line-up of presenters for the 2nd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, including a cross section of last year’s honorees, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), who is also nominated this year, Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) and John Noble (Fringe), as well as this year’s nominees Gillian Anderson (The Fall), Zooey Deschanel and co-star Max Greenfield (New Girl), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Regina King (Southland) and RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag U). The 2nd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards will take place on the evening of Monday, June 18th, at a gala awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Additional presenters include Beth Behrs (Two Broke Girls), Chris Colfer (Glee), Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time), Emily Deschanel (Bones), Patrick Duffy (Dallas), Donald Faison (The Exes), Sharon Gless (Burn Notice), Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon a Time), Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town), Stana Katic (Castle), Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope), Robert Patrick (True Blood), Hannah Simone (New Girl), Kate Walsh (Private Practice) and Shane West (Nikita).

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Scholastic and New Video Relaunch “Magic School Bus” on DVD This September

where will the magic school bus take you?

Not many children’s brands can stand the test of time, entertaining and educating generation after generation. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, is one such brand. This September, as children head back to their classrooms, they can hop aboard the world’s most famous school bus for exciting and unforgettable lessons as Scholastic Media re-launches to DVD the timeless, Emmy Award winning TV series.

On September 7, Scholastic Media and New Video, the distributors of the award-winning Scholastic Storybook Treasures series are partnering to release the perennially popular series in several configurations featuring all new packaging and never-before-released content. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: THE COMPLETE SERIES ($79.95srp) brings together all 52 episodes of the program – including 30 which are available for purchase for the first time – on 8 DVDs. Featuring a striking 3D lenticular cover with new artwork that makes the vibrant characters leap off the page and that will encourage kids to ask the question “how did they make that?” , the collectible thin-pack set also includes a guide for kids with teasers, trivia and experiments, plus a Parents’ Guide with lessons and learning options. This interactive guide creates wholesome and healthy entertainment for the entire family.

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Pretty Little Liars – Recap & Review – Blood is the New Black

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Pretty Little Liars
Blood is the New Black

Original Air Date: June 12, 2012

Emily – TwoCents Reviewer
emily@thetwocentscorp.com

Welcome back to crazy Rosewood everyone! After last week’s very stressful premiere, I was really excited to see how things would enfold. First things first: Toby and Spencer are still TOTALLY adorable! Okay, now that that’s out of the way, some other things happened…

The girls are still getting tortured by A (same old, same old) but somehow things are 10 times more intense…Emily meets her new tutor, Aria reveals another secret and finally Spencer’s parents are still the WORST…

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A Glee-Full Comic Con After All

In a late development, Twentieth Century Fox Television will return GLEE to Comic-Con for the fourth straight year with a star-studded panel that is sure to be standing-room only for GLEEks of all ages. The panel is scheduled to take place in the Indigo Room on Saturday, July 14 from 6:00-7:00 PM PT and will be moderated by TVLine.com’s Michael Ausiello.

“The fans at Comic-Con were among the first to really get behind our show, and we’ve had such a great time returning there every summer,” said GLEE co-creator/executive producer Brad Falchuk. “This was the first year our cast has not gone out on tour, so Ryan and I thought we’d let them have some well-deserved time off. But everyone wanted to be there, and we couldn’t be happier to report that GLEE is returning to the convention where we feel it all started.”

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Help Celebrate SUITS Premiere & Style With Our New Contest

Congratulations to Josh N. for winning this contest!!

Anyone who has watched Suits on USA is aware that everyone wears pretty stylish clothing, especially the guys. Am I right, ladies? To celebrate this year’s premiere on Thursday, June 14 at 10PM, we are running a special promotion along with MrPorter.com, the provider of designs inspired by those on the show. Please check it out at:

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/suits/suitsandstyle/

Also: Suits Facebook Page

The prize pack (worth $245) consists of:

– A $200 Mr. Porter Gift Card
– 3 Disk Suits Season One DVD Set

To enter the contest, please leave us a comment stating your favorite aspects of Suits style. Twitter users can also earn a bonus entry by telling your friends about this contest with the hashtag #SUITSSTYLE.

The winner will be chosen on Monday, July 16, 2012.

Also check out our USA Summer Prize Pack Contest!

The prize was provided by USA Network, but USA Network is not a sponsor, administrator, or involved in any other way with this giveaway. Contest open to US residents only.

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Design Star – Recap & Review – Episode 3

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Design Star
Episode 3

Original Air Date: June 12, 2012

Patricia Morris Buckley — Sr. Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

It’s a sad, sad thing when your favorite contestant lets you down. That’s what happened to me with this episode of Design Star.

The remaining designers were randomly paired and asked to design one room in an office that would house the Kardashian family. Right here, I started having doubts. The Kardashians are all about image and style. They wouldn’t have an office that wasn’t a penthouse with tons of high windows and sweeping views. And they certainly wouldn’t be occupying a run-down, almost basement level place like the one the contestants worked on this week.

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Hell’s Kitchen – Recap & Review – 15 Chefs Compete

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Hell’s Kitchen
15 Chefs Compete

Original Air Date: Jun 12, 2012

Heather M – TwoCents Reviewer
heather@thetwocentscorp.com

Last night on Hell’s Kitchen, the men got their very first complete dinner service and the women went down in flames. Will tonight’s dinner service be more of the same or can the women start to turn up the heat and become a winning team once again? Read on to find out!

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MasterChef – Recap & Review – Top 18 Compete

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MasterChef
Top 18 Compete

Original Air Date: Jun 12, 2012

JD – Sr. Staff Writer
jd@thetwocentscorp.com

After three long audition episodes, it’s finally time for the battle over the MasterChef title to begin. This is when we all start placing our bets, right? Who’s going to cry first? Who’s going to cut themselves first? Who is going to form pacts with whom? It’s all gonna happen eventually, so it’s just a matter of time.

In fact, only one challenge after the real competition started, alliances were already forming. One of my favorites so far pulled out some impressive cookery, and another cook that we didn’t meet in auditions has caught my attention. It’s too soon to tell, but she may be promising. Oh, and I think one of our cooks is a bit smitten with Ramsey. Probably won’t last long.

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BTJA Announces Most Exciting New Series Honorees to Be Celebrated at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced that five new shows will be honored as Most Exciting New Series at the 2nd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards. The Most Exciting New Series winners are shows premiering after June 1, 2012 and have been chosen based on viewing of pilots and early episodes. The 2nd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards will take place on the evening of Monday, June 18th, at a gala awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Most Exciting New Series honorees are:

The Following (Fox/Warner Bros.)
The Mindy Project (Fox/Universal)
Nashville (ABC/Lionsgate)
The Newsroom (HBO)
Political Animals (USA/Warner Bros.)

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TwoCents and Five Questions with Jane Seymour (Franklin & Bash)

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Jane Seymour, Actor

Jane Seymour is no stranger to viewers of the small screen variety. For six seasons she rocked it and won a Golden Globe for her starring role on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She has also won a second Golden Globe and an Emmy for her roles on television movies. She has also guest starred in many major motion pictures as well. Tonight, she is guest starring on the TNT dramedy Franklin & Bash as Peter Bash’s (Mark-Paul Gossalaar) mother. She was happy to share some of her stories with us on a recent conference call.

TheTwoCents: Your character, Colleen, is being described as an earth mom and obviously Peter is kind of a laid back guy, and he’s the one that always gets naked at the parties, so when we meet Colleen, are we going to suddenly understand where Peter gets this from, or is she even more out there to the point where they clash?

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