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donderdag 7 februari 2013
Nick Grimshaw, The Saturdays' Rochelle for new BBC Three panel show
Nick Grimshaw has been revealed as the host of new BBC Three panel show Don't Sweat The Small Stuff.
The series, which will feature Kiss FM DJs Rickie and Melvin as team captains, will star Grimshaw sharing his "daily, fickle obsessions" and talking about the "really important matters in life" via a series of games and questions.
The Saturdays popstar Rochelle Humes will be a regular guest on the show.
"I'm really excited about my new show!" said Grimshaw.
"Being the host of a panel show is what self-centred dreams are made of and I can't wait to show off on both the radio and now, primetime television!"
BBC Three boss Zai Bennett said: "Sweat The Small Stuff has been built around the annoyingly talented Nick Grimshaw. We can't wait for Nick to show off and have fun with our brilliant team captains Melvin and Rickie and find out what guests like our regular panellist, pop sensation Rochelle Humes, have been sweating about.
"Sweat The Small Stuff promises to be quick-witted, topical and silly, but most of all very, very funny."
Producers Talkback added: "We are delighted to have secured such outstanding talent on Sweat The Small Stuff. Grimmy is a fantastically exciting broadcaster who is both very funny and a brilliant raconteur.
"Rickie and Melvin bring a huge audience with them from Kiss FM and their rivalry will be a key part of the show. And Rochelle is such a talented young woman who, unfortunately for Rickie and Melvin, is not afraid to speak her mind!"
'Bollywood Live' BBC Three show coming to Bradford
BBC Three has confirmed details for its Bollywood Live project, which will take place in Bradford later this year.
Following the success of similar projects in Leeds and Manchester (Frankenstein's Wedding and Manchester Passion), the new show will be a Bollywood-style production of the opera Carmen.
The story will follow a girl in Bradford called Karmen, who is bored of her receptionist job and who dreams of movie fame. She believes her time has come when an Indian film crew comes to Bradford to make a movie of Carmen.
It will feature an original score by Kuljit Bhamra, who previously worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Bombay Dreams.
The production will take place in Bradford's City Park on June 9.
"We are delighted to be able to bring the excitement and glamour of Bollywood in this unique way to our viewers," said BBC Three boss Zai Bennett.
BBC Three is celebrating its 10th birthday this weekend.
Fox News Most -- And Least -- Trusted Network, Says Poll
Fox News has the most trustworthy television news reporters.
Or --depending on whom you ask -- the least trustworthy television reporters.
Public Policy Polling's annual survey of TV news found that when asked which network they trusted and mistrusted the most, a plurality of people answered Fox News for both categories
"When it comes to asking Americans which single outlet they trust the most and least out of the ones we polled on, Fox News once again wins both honors," PPP said in its report. “Forty-one percent of voters trust it to 46 percent who do not. To put those numbers into some perspective the first time we did this poll, in 2010, 49 percent of voters trusted it to 37 percent who did not.”
Asked which outlet they trusted the most, the 800 surveyed over the last month ranked Fox at 34 percent with PBS next at 13 percent, CNN at 12 percent, ABC at 11 percent, MSNBC at eight percent, CBS at six percent and Comedy Central and NBC at five percent each.
But even more Americans identify Fox as the outlet they trust the least -- 39 percent give its that designation with 14 percent for MSNBC, 13 percent for CNN, 12 percent for Comedy Central, five percent for ABC and CBS, three percent for NBC, and one percent for PBS.
But Fox's rankings also have the whiff of partisanship.
Democrats, unsurprisingly, tend to believe every network except Fox; Republicans don't trust anything as much as they do Fox.
“We continue to find that Democrats trust most TV news sources other than Fox, while Republicans don’t trust anything except Fox,” Dean Debnam, president of the polling group, said in a statement. “News preferences are very polarizing along party lines."
Who's Watching 'House of Cards'? (And Why It Really Matters)
It's possible that up to 2.7 million people watched at least one episode of the new Netflix drama "House of Cards" the day after its release.
But we really can't say.
Such an audience would rival that of some premium cable dramas, but not most network shows.
If that's the actual audience, that is.
We'd like to provide you with more than a speculative figure, but we can't. Netflix isn't releasing any numbers, and has no immediate plans to. So we're relying on some clever analysis from the broadband firm Procera, which monitored some of the country's largest cable and DSL networks on Saturday to extrapolate that between 1.5 million and 2.7 million people watched one or more episodes.
Netflix declined to comment.
Why won't Netflix share its actual numbers? Precisely to avoid articles like this one, which -- with solid numbers -- might gauge Netflix's early success against that of broadcast and cable networks.
With that apples-to-apples comparison, we could tell you with some degree of certainly who should be worried about Netflix's huge gamble on the Kevin Spacey-David Fincher political saga: Broadcasters? HBO? Showtime?
But no one outside of Netflix knows anything. And for TV executives, that might be the scariest scenario of all.
The Internet has wounded or killed many brick-and-mortal entertainment outlets -- music stores, book stores, movie theaters -- because it can provide an entertainment experience that doesn't require consumers to leave home.
Television has fared better than other media, in part because it is arguably as convenient as the Internet -- and had a half-century head start on creating entertainment. TV and the Internet are closely interwoven, with networks and studios providing previously-aired shows for services like Netflix.
Also read: Netflix Raising $400M in Debt to Fund New Shows
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes brushed off attempts to pit Netflix against his company's HBO in an earnings call Wednesday. He noted that many Warner Bros. shows are available to Netflix subscribers -- even as he stressed that his company is far ahead of Netflix in creating originals.
Bewkes said HBO now has 114 million subscribers -- nearly four times as many as Netflix does. He said HBO has offered original shows for 25 years, adding: "It takes a while to get it up to scale."
But that isn't the only reason Netflix has no obvious competitor. There's also the fact that Netflix is doing something no one has done before.
The video-on-demand service is pouring millions of dollars into a high-quality TV show that isn't actually on TV. It is also offering all 13 episodes of the first season at once, like chapters in a book or songs in an album, instead of demanding that viewers tune in at a certain time.
The question now is whether other online outlets can -- will you indulge us one card joke? -- follow suit. One advantage of not sharing its viewership is that Netflix gets to give "House of Cards" time to thrive before networks or ratings-obsessed reports can dismiss it.
"House of Cards" cost Netflix an estimated $100 million for its first two seasons, as much as the most expensive prestige dramas. It will have to turn a profit for Netflix, by drawing in and keeping subscribers, for the streaming service or other Internet outlets to take similar risks.
Last year, Netflix aired the original drama "Lilyhammer," which also aired on Norwegian TV. In May, it will offer new installments of "Arrested Development," which aired for three seasons on Fox.
If enough other online outlets can produce original content -- profitably -- the day may someday come when we can't remember why we ever left scripted shows to networks.
Broadcast television could become the domain of live singing shows and football games -- which, by the way, are currently the highest-rated programs on television, in part because viewers must watch them live if they don't want to be behind their friends.
For the time being, though, Netflix can't compete with networks that produce dozens of shows each year and offer original programming almost around the clock.
"Netflix can't launch a full slate of TV shows like CBS and NBC can, but they can pick up certain properties that will be critically acclaimed to get some response for them," said Cam Cullen, the Procera analyst who estimated that 1.5 million to 2.7 million people watched at least one episode of the 13-episode season Saturday, the day after its release. (He said at least 500,000 watched the last episode, suggesting they had also watched the ones that led up to it.)
If Netflix isn't close to rivaling networks yet in terms of quantity, its best bet is to try to match premium cable outlets like HBO and Showtime in terms of quality. "House of Cards," like HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and Showtime's "Homeland," has received glowing reviews.
It is also getting good word of mouth.
Because of the Super Bowl -- and because Friday and Saturday nights are in large part TV dead zones -- there were few new shows to compare with "House of Cards" over the weekend in terms of social networking mentions.
PBS did bravely air a new episode of the critically praised "Downton Abbey" on Sunday -- and "Cards" received more Twitter mentions than it did. At the high point for "Downton" Sunday, it had about 17,000 mentions -- 5,000 fewer than "Cards," according to the analytics site Topsy.
Twitter mentions don't always translate to TV ratings. Just ask NBC's "Community," an Internet darling that is always close to cancelation.
But "House of Cards" isn't a TV show.
It's an Internet show.
Dave On Demand app hits iPad and iPhone
Dave, the entertainment channel operated by UKTV, has today (February 7) launched a new app enabling users to watch shows such as Suits and Red Dwarf X on an iPhone or iPad.
Available to download now from iTunes, the Dave on Demand iOS app offers catch-up and on-demand access to Dave shows.
The app is based on the Dave On Demand video on-demand player that was launched on PC last year, alongside similar services for UKTV channels Really and Yesterday.
The Dave player has been adapted for iPads and iPhones, and this is the first time that UKTV has made its programming specifically available to viewers via iOS devices.
Ben Hine, UKTV's director of operations, technology and innovation, said that the firm is also working on iOS apps for Really and Yesterday.
"With the 12 million tablets currently in use in the UK increasingly becoming a primary device for viewing content, the Dave app makes our great programmes conveniently accessible to even more viewers," he said.
"Dave is the first of our free-to-air channels to have an iOS app and over the coming months we will be working towards rolling out apps for Yesterday and Really."
After launching its digital services on PC, BT Vision and Sky On Demand in 2012, UKTV reported more than 3 million views of its digital content across the year.
'Being Human' to end after current series
Being Human will come to an end after this series, BBC Three has confirmed.
The channel announced today that the supernatural drama will come to a close in the next few episodes as Tom, Alex and Hal are forced to face the Devil.
Michael Socha and Damien Molony are in their second run of Being Human while Kate Bracken has graduated to a lead role in the show, after original cast members Aiden Turner, Lenora Crichlow and Russell Tovey left the series in previous episodes.
"Working on Being Human has been a truly great experience," executive producer Rob Pursey said. "From the first one hour pilot all the way through to this climactic series, we've been given real creative freedom and encouragement. It's a credit to BBC Three that such an unusual idea has been allowed to flourish and evolve in its own unique way."
Pursey praised writer Toby Whithouse and added: "Being Human has also opened the door to new acting talent, including some incredibly exciting younger actors, which is a legacy we all feel proud of. We will miss Being Human, but feel inspired that there is a place for series like this on British television."
Meanwhile, BBC Three's controller Zai Bennett described the show as a "fantastic and faithful friend" to the channel, saying: "It's featured some truly exceptional actors and storylines through the years and I'd like to thank Toby and the production team for their vision and passion.
"However, all good things come to an end and at BBC Three we're committed to breaking new shows and new talent, and who better to pass that baton on than Toby."
TV Tonight 7th of February 2013
The daily list in alphabetical order, of all the new episodes airing.
1600 Penn S01E05: "Frosting/Nixon"
Agent Anna S01E02: "Swimming with Sharks"
American Idol S12E08: "Hollywood Round (2)"
Anderson Live S02E102: "Co-Host Stacy London | Allison Williams"
Anger Management S02E05: "Charlie & Jen Together Again"
Antiques Road Trip S06E24: "Series 6, Episode 24"
Archer (2009) S04E04: "Midnight Ron"
Beauty and the Beast (2012) S01E12: "Cold Turkey"
Bellator MMA Live S01E04: "TBA"
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai S02E05:
Brand X With Russell Brand S01E14: "Episode 14"
Bravest Warriors S01E09: "Cereal Master"
Buck Wild S01E11: "Fast & the Curious"
Buck Wild S01E12: "Ramped Up"
Buck Wild S01E00: "Bucking Unseen Moments"
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe S01E02: "Episode 2"
Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell S02E02: "Sunset Strip Icon"
Chelsea Lately S07E20
Come Dine With Me S20E106: "Series 20, Episode 84"
Community S04E01: "History 101"
Conan S03E43: "Chris Tucker, Darryl Lenox"
Dangerous Drivers' School S02E02: "Series 2, Episode 2"
Daybreak S03E107: "February 7, 2013"
Days of our Lives S48E62: "Ep. #12018"
Deadliest Space Weather S01E06: "Ice Moons"
Deal Or No Deal (UK) S08E154: "Episode 2147"
Do No Harm S01E02: "Don't Answer The Phone"
Doctors S14E186: "A Night Like This"
EastEnders S29E23: "February 7, 2013"
Elementary S01E15: "A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs"
Emmerdale S42E32: "February 7, 2013 [Episode 2]"
Emmerdale S42E31: "February 7, 2013"
Face the Clock S01E24: "Episode 24"
Four In A Bed S04E24: "Series 4, Episode 24"
General Hospital (US) S50E213: "#12741"
GJ-bu S01E05: "Double Fantasy"
Glee S04E13: "Diva"
Golden Goal S14E02: "Season 14, Episode 2"
Got to Dance S04E33: "Series 4, Episode 33"
Great British Menu S08E09: "Series 8, Episode 9"
Great British Railway Journeys S04E24
Grey's Anatomy S09E14: "The Face Of Change"
Het Spiegelpaleis S01E23: "Season 1, Episode 23"
Hollyoaks S19E27: "February 7, 2013"
Home and Away (AU) S26E14: "Episode 5674"
Horsepower With Martin Clunes S01E03: "Heavy Horse Power"
Hotel cæsar S29E120: "Season 29, Episode 120"
House Hunters S51E28
House Hunters International S35E20: "Peaceful in Puerto Pe?asco"
How To Build... S03E01: "A Bionic Man"
Impact Wrestling S08E123: "Season 8, Epixsode 123"
Impractical Jokers S02E13: "TBA"
Jimmy Kimmel Live S11E24: "Dr. Phil McGraw, Jim Jefferies, Tim McGraw"
Jo S01E04: "Les Invalides"
Judge Judy S17E134: "The Bitter End | Drinking and Skateboarding"
Judge Judy S17E133: "Not So Sweet 16 | Breast Cancer Faker!"
Junior Doctors – Your Life In Their Hands S03E04: "Work / Life Balance"
Kathy S02E05: "TBA"
King of the Nerds S01E04: "Supernerds"
Last Call with Carson Daly S10E108
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon S04E22: "Joel McHale, Al Roker, Matt Pond"
Late Show with David Letterman S20E81
Legit S01E04: "TBA"
Location Location Location S16E06: "Series 16, Episode 6"
Loose Women S17E97: "Series 17, Show 97"
Mary Mary S02E10: "TBA"
My Kitchen Rules S04E07: "Season 4, Episode 7"
Naruto: Shippuuden S13E24: "The Ones Who Are Acknowledged"
Neighbours S29E24: "Episode 6574"
Newsreaders S01E04: "CC SI: Boston"
North Woods Law S01E09: "Harvest Time"
Parks and Recreation S05E12: "Ann's Decision"
Person of Interest S02E14: "One Percent"
Pointless S08E27: "Series 8, Episode 27"
Polar Bear Cafe S01E43
Project Runway S11E03: "Surprise Me"
Property Wars S02E07: "Bed Bugs"
Question Time S33E17: "Stirling"
Rehab Addict S03E05: "TBA"
Salatut elämät S15E103: "Katariina ja hunkkiniemen kreivi"
Scandal S02E13: "Nobody Likes Babies"
Scheire en de Schepping S02E02: "Season 2, Episode 2"
Selling New York S06E08
Silent Witness S16E09: "Greater Love (1)"
Suits S02E14: "He's back"
Tamako Market S01E05: "Spent A Night Together"
Tegen de Sterren op S03E09: "Season 3, Episode 9"
The Big Bang Theory S06E15: "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation"
The Block S06E03: "All Stars Day 3 - LOL Moment"
The Bold and the Beautiful S26E221: "Ep. #6505"
The Chase (2009) S06E67: "Series 6, Episode 67"
The Chew S02E107: "Episode 345"
The Colbert Report S09E20: "Behn Zeitlin"
The Daily Show S18E58: "Neil Barofsky"
The Ellen DeGeneres Show S10E99: "Eric Stonestreet, Emeli Sande"
The First 48 S12E36: "The Good Mother"
The Genius of Invention S01E03: "Communication"
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange S01E23
The Jeremy Kyle Show (UK) S08E102: "February 7, 2013"
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson S09E19
The Office (US) S09E15: "Couples Discount"
The Planners S01E02: "Episode 2"
The Project S05E28: "Season 5, Episode 28"
The Spa S01E01: "High Anxiety"
The Talk S03E101: "Billy Baldwin, Guy Fieri"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno S21E37
The Vampire Diaries S04E13: "Into the Wild"
The View S16E100: "Joel McHale, Kendall & Kylie Jenner"
The Young and the Restless S40E222: "Ep. #10091"
This Week (2003) S11E18: "February 7, 2013"
Thuis S18E119: "Season 18, Episode 119"
Tipping Point S02E27: "Series 2, Episode 27"
Tonight S15E06: "How To Save A Life?"
Two and a Half Men S10E15: "Paint It, Pierce It or Plug It"
Undercover Boss (CA) S02E14: "Beck Taxi"
Wanted Down Under S07E27: "Wanted Down Under Revisited 7"
Waterloo Road S08E16: "Series 8, Episode 16"
Way To Go S01E04: "The Bitter End"
Wereld draait door, De S08E94: "Season 8, Episode 94"
What Not To Wear (US) S10E06: "Casey D."
Wie is... de Mol? S13E06: "Season 13, Episode 6"
Winter Road Rescue S02E02: "Series 2, Episode 2"
Светофор S05E04: "Сезон 5, Эпизод 4"
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