Entries for the ‘Television News’ Category

Jimmy Eat World release Damage, play Kimmel Live!, tour (2013)

Today Jimmy Eat World release their newest album, Damage (RCA). Damage is the band’s seventh studio album, the follow-up to their 2010 album Invented. The Damage US tour has just been extended, with an additional leg for September and October. Presales start Wednesday, 6/12, and public on-sales begin Friday, 6/14. The band will perform the [...]

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon premiere’s “Shiner 21″ by Rodan

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’s music booker, Jonathan Cohen (who I’m fairly certain I used to intern with at Alternative Press), has premiered “Shiner 21” from Fifteen Quite Years, a collection of Rodan recordings premiere. Listen to the track HERE: http://latenightjimmy.tumblr.com/post/49369849984/hello-tumblr-readers-this-is-jonathan-cohen-the

Sanjay and Craig to hit Nickolodeon

The official trailer for Sanjay and Craig, the show from Jay Howell (formerly of Shove and Gift of Goats), is out. The show premiere’s in May! Looks super rad.

HBO to launch Vice series this spring

Beginning this spring, “Vice” is HBO‘s latest new series carrying on in the venerable magazine’s tradition of hard-hitting investigative journalism, sans-agenda. According to Vicee co-founder Shane Smith: “We are thrilled that VICE has found a home on HBO. HBO is perfect for us because it’s intelligent, independent and bold. We won’t have to dumb things [...]

Tegan and Sara visit Letterman, tour on Heartthrob (2012, 2013)

Tegan and Sara are currently on tour in support of their forthcoming record Heartthrob. Check out the dates, as well as video of their Letterman performance of “Closer” below. Dec 5 – Theatre of the Clouds @ Rose Garden – Portland, OR Dec 7 – 91x WREX The Halls – San Diego, CA * Dec [...]

Boy Meets World inspired TV show headed to Disney

The second coming of Boy Meets World is in the works.  A couple weeks ago, news spread on the internet about a pilot the Disney channel was working on surrounding the now grown-up couple from the hit ‘90s show. The series would focus on Corey and Topanga’s 13-year-old daughter and would be called Girl Meets [...]

CBS plans Smells Like Teen Spirit sitcom

CBS has picked up a sitcom called Smells Like Teen Spirit. The show is created by The Big Bang Theory writer Dave Goetsch and the Hollywood Reporter explained the concept: “A multicamera comedy revolves around an 18-year-old budding entrepreneur who forgoes Harvard and instead opts to launch a multibillion-dollar Internet company from his garage with [...]

fun. to appear on SNL, tour (2013)

fun. have announced that they will tour the U.S. through January and February of next year.  January 23 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium January 26 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit January 31 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall February 1 – Boston, MA @ The Orpheum February 2 – [...]

The Afghan Whigs visit Jimmy Kimmel tonight

Set your DVRs kids, The Afghan Whigs visit Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.  Check local listings for time and channel.

Hawthorne Heights to be featured on The Upcomers TV show, tour (2012)

The Upcomers, debuting Monday, September 24th on Arte TV in France & Germany, is a documentary-style reality show that follows Hawthorne Heights and two other rock / metal artists throughout their career. Check out the Teaser at: http://youtu.be/Y-LHD9qhRPo The show tracks each band on their journey through the music industry and focuses on the evolution [...]