CBS announces Summer plans

CBS   Summer TV 

        CBS has announced it's summer premiere dates for  some of it's summer series  including  new seasons of  "Big Brother" , "Under the Dome" , and "Extant" and a new series "ZOO"

from Press release

“Zoo,” a New Drama Based on James Patterson’s #1 Bestselling Novel,Debuts Tuesday, June 30 at 9:00 PMPerennial Reality Hit “Big Brother” Returns with a Special Two-Night Premiere, onWednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25, Both at 8:00 PM“Under the Dome” Debuts with a Two-Hour Premiere onIts New Night, Thursday, June 25 at 9:00-11:00 PMSeason Two of “Extant,” Starring Academy Award Winner Halle Berry,Premieres Wednesday, July 1 at 10:00 PMCBS today announced premiere dates for its lineup of original summer programing that includes the new drama ZOO, returning event series UNDER THE DOME and EXTANT, and the summer reality hit BIG BROTHER.ZOO, a new drama based on the #1 bestselling novel by James Patterson, will premiere Tuesday, June 30(9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). In the series, a wave of violent animal attacks against humans begin taking place across the globe. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, a young renegade biologist (James Wolk) is thrust into the race to unlock the pandemic’s mystery before there’s no place left for people to hide.BIG BROTHER debuts with a special two-night premiere on Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25, both at 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT. The Thursday edition, featuring the live eviction show hosted by Julie Chen, moves to its regular time period on July 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). The Sunday broadcast premieres June 28 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). Last summer, all three editions of BIG BROTHER regularly won their time periods in key young demographics and ranked among the summer’s top 10 programs in both adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.UNDER THE DOME returns for its third season with a special two-hour premiere on its new night, Thursday, June 25 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). It moves to its regular time period on Thursday, July 2 (10:00-11:00 PM), following BIG BROTHER, forming a strong two-hour block of established summer hit shows. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, UNDER THE DOME tells the story of a small town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. This season, Emmy Award winner Marg Helgenberger will guest star in an extended story arc, beginning with the premiere episode, as the town’s inhabitants figure out the Dome’s purpose and what it wants from them. UNDER THE DOME was last summer’s most-watched (11.32m) and highest-rated scripted program in adults 18-49 (2.8/09) and adults 25-54 (3.7/10).EXTANT, a serialized mystery thriller starring Academy Award winner Halle Berry, makes its sophomore debutWednesday, July 1 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). This season, astronaut Molly Woods (Berry) discovers she has unwittingly put the human race on a path to destruction, and that she and mysterious stranger J.B. Richter (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) may be the only hope for survival. In its first season, EXTANT was the most-watched new scripted program of the summer, winning its Wednesday 10:00-11:00 PM time period in viewers (8.65m) and key demographics.
About ZOO:ZOO, based on the #1 bestselling novel by James Patterson, stars James Wolk, Kristen Connolly, Billy Burke, Nonso Anozie and Nora Arnezeder. Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg and Michael Katleman are executive producers with James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout and Steve Bowen. Brad Anderson is directing and also serves as an executive producer. ZOO is a CBS Television Studios production.
About BIG BROTHER:BIG BROTHER follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with more than 53 cameras and 97 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week, the House Guests will vote someone out of the house. At the end, the last remaining House Guest will receive the grand price of $500,000.BIG BROTHER is produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol U.S.A.
About UNDER THE DOME:UNDER THE DOME, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, stars Dean Norris, Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Alex Koch, Colin Ford, Mackenzie Lintz and Eddie Cahill. UNDER THE DOME is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Amblin Television. Steven Spielberg, Neal Baer, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider, Peter Leto and Tim Schlattmann are executive producers.
About EXTANT:EXTANT stars Halle Berry, new cast member Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Pierce Gagnon and Grace Gummer. EXTANT is a co-production of CBS Television Studios and Amblin Television. Steven Spielberg, Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro, Mickey Fisher, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Halle Berry and Brooklyn Weaver are executive producers.
CBS SUMMER SCHEDULE
CBS Wednesday, June 248:00-9:00 PM              BIG BROTHER (Season Premiere, Night 1)9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMINAL MINDS (Repeat)10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: CYBER (Repeat)
CBS Thursday, June 258:00-9:00 PM              BIG BROTHER (Season Premiere, Night 2)9:00-11:00 PM            UNDER THE DOME (Two-Hour Third Season Premiere)
CBS Sunday, Effective June 287:00-8:00 PM              60 MINUTES (Repeat)8:00-9:00 PM              BIG BROTHER (Sunday Premiere)
CBS Tuesday, Effective June 308:00-9:00 PM              NCIS (Repeat)9:00-10:00 PM            ZOO (Series Premiere)10:00-11:00 PM          NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (Repeat)
CBS Wednesday, Effective July 18:00-9:00 PM              BIG BROTHER9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMINAL MINDS (Repeat)10:00-11:00 PM          EXTANT (Second Season Premiere)
CBS Thursday, Effective July 28:00-8:30 PM              THE BIG BANG THEORY (Repeat)8:30-9:00 PM              THE ODD COUPLE (Repeat)9:00-10:00 PM            BIG BROTHER (Regular Thursday Time Period Premiere)10:00-11:00 PM          UNDER THE DOME (Regular Thursday Time Period Premiere) 

Source : http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=42045 

It's a Charlie Brown lookback : It's magic Charlie Brown

The Flashback 

    This year  marks the 65th birthday of the Peanuts comic strip and characters, there's even a big movie coming up this year with the Peanuts.  Here at Joshuaonline have decided to do a monthly feature looking back at  Peanuts TV specials but are not the big holiday one that's are repeated and loved each year.  There are ones that are either are aired much are not at all.  ( It's our duty to talk about these.)   Let's take a look at "It's Magic Charlie Brown".  (But first  a friendly warning there will possibly be some spoilers in this , we couldn't do it with out them)

    It aired on CBS (the original home of Peanuts TV specials) in 1981.

  Snoopy goes the library to educate himself and he gets a book called "How to Perform Magic" ( a hit seller)  and  as you would guess he starts to do a  magic show with Marcie as the lovely assistant .   It doesn't go well  (Peppermint Patty goes to pieces,)  One thing happens that does end up working , Charlie Brown goes invisible.  (Either that or they ran out of Charlie Brown ink)   He goes to snoopy to try and fix it the problem , first with soap , then mud, and a sheet. (Sounds like a Saturday night to me )  In this special  we get to see inside  Snoopy's  TARDIS like dog house ,  and oh yeah  Charlie Brown Kicks the football! all it took was where Lucy couldn't see him. ( A victory is a victory )  Lucy doesn't take kindly to this  as she threatens Snoopy to fix him. Snoopy reads the book more ( should have been a plan in the first place ,but we have 24 minutes to fill)  and eventually figures out how harness his powers.  Charlie Brown once again tries to kick the football invisible (now he's just being greedy) and since it's Charlie Brown that can't go right at that same time Snoopy makes him visible again.   Snoopy and Charlie Brown do get back at Lucy and leave her floating in air.   (Don't worry, Linus gets her down, mom must have wanted her home for Dinner)
 

Floating Lucy directed by Phil to stay up there/ ©1981 Peanuts 

 Anyway, that's our look at this special  find it and watch it .  It's not a holiday special  but it has great Peanuts humor  and alot of fun.  (That's a review)   Still would have been nice if Charlie Brown was able to kick the football and be seen. (Picky that way)

     Next month , we will do another Charlie Brown version of our Lookback .   

NBC Suspends Brian Williams for 6 months, No Pay

TV News  NBC 

  

      NBC has decided to suspend  "NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor  , Brian Williams for 6 months and no pay.  This stems from the revaluation that  the story he told about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq in 2003 was false.  He apologized on February 4th , on February 7th it was announced that he was going to take a few days off from the Nightly News  , now as of February 10th  it was announced that he would suspended with no pay.

NBC News president , Deborah Turness  wrote :

All,


We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months. The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. We let Brian know of our decision earlier today. Lester Holt will continue to substitute Anchor the NBC Nightly News.

         [ Later on]  

While on Nightly News on Friday, January 30, 2015, Brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003. It then became clear that on other occasions Brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. This was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in Brian’s position.


In addition, we have concerns about comments that occurred outside NBC News while Brian was talking about his experiences in the field.


As Managing Editor and Anchor of Nightly News, Brian has a responsibility to be truthful and to uphold the high standards of the news division at all times.

full letter here 


      Will Brian be back  to NBC  News or is this just a time off to figure how to remove him permanently ? That is unkown.

 

Shout Factory! Does streaming now

TV News 

          Shout Factory is  now getting into the streaming thing world.   Shout Factory is known as that company  that releases a lot of TV shows , you love and know from the past to DVD. Well now they are joining the streaming world.  You can watch  "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (not all the episodes, but still good if you don't get Retro TV)  Dennis the Menace (also on Hulu) , "Home Movies" and more .   It works on web browser,  Chromecast, Roku, and mobile devices no need to sign up or memberships  
  Take  a look for your self    http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/

The Lookback : Children's Programs : CBS Saturday Mornings Part I

The Lookback

     We take another  look at past Children's television this time, the CBS Television Network.  The Programs  looked at here don't have much in common , except the fact they are children's TV shows that aired on CBS. (Are you sure)
                                     
     1. Garfield and Friends  
     Garfield and Friends  is one of those TV series based on a comic-strip . The Series was based off two "Garfield" by Jim  Davis  and "U.S Acres" by Jim Davis (The less successful brother strip)  The TV series featured characters from both comic strips.   It premiered on  CBS in 1988 and ran until 1994. (Pretty good for a Cartoon at the time) .   The show was broken up into segments : it had 2"Garfield" Quckies , which were based off a  Sunday strip of the comic. It had two Garfield stories and Two U.S Acres story  2US.Acres quickies.    The End : CBS was in a cutting the budget mood the company that made the show didn't want to do that , so the end  happened , even though it had great ratings.
     
     It's Saturday Morning on a Monday Morning , interesting , CBS

2.  The Charlie  Brown and Snoopy Show   
    (Ok Maybe there is a theme)    The popular "Peanuts Characters" have been on TV alot  but didn't have  a TV series until 1983.  The Series ran on CBS (of course) for 2 seasons. It  was a mixture of non-connecting stories   many of them based off the comic strip. It


   Closing Credits  ,because why not

3. Back to the Future 
   We have a strange attachment to lesser heard shows  (yes we do!) , this one falls in the category of  cartoon TV series  based off a movie.   "Back to the Future" was a popular movie , it even had a  2nd and 3rd one , so why not make a series? ( no answer from me)  The series took place after the events in the 3rd movie  but in animated form. (Keeps people younger longer) .Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Mary Steenburgen and James Tolkan reprised their roles from the original movies.   It ran for 2 seasons on CBS  (gaining a full 26 episodes) .
 
Now on VHS ! , Finally something to add for the collection

4.The Tom and Jerry Comedy show ( not an hour)
     Tom and Jerry were popular , so CBS had series  that started in 1980.  Filmation had the rights to the ccharactersand made this series.   They  made the show slap stick (wonder if that means literally) and Spike ,Tyke , and Nibbles were added back in to the characters life.  The series was 2 Tom and Jerry cartoons with Droopy, another popular classic cartoon character, cartoon in the middle.  It ran 2 seasons  , until 1982. The Next Tom and Jerry series came in 1990 ( 8 years later).
   
    Interesting theme  , you know  interesting theme

5. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (huh?)
    There are two reactions to this  , some of you may be very confused and are thinking : CBS aired "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" on Saturday Mornings?  How? It was an ABC (later WB) show.   Others will have the rarer but correct response : Hey It's the old 1970's animated series based off the Archie comic of the same name.  Filmation  made the series it aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974  . It was a spin-off of the "Archie Comedy Hour" (one hour of fun) . The  Series was known in the first season as "Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies" ( which sounds like a 70's band)  then the "Sabrina Comedy hour" (Like the Archie comedy hour but with out the Archie). Season 2 was known as Sabrina Comedy Hour.  Anyway, no matter what it was called   , the series followed everyone's favorite teenager.  We also had the two aunts,  Salem the cat, and Harvey.  For people who remember the later live action series and animated series ( we talked about those before) , this series was closer based to the original comics.  All the other witches  including her aunts want her to be bad .
 
  Originally part of the Archie Comedy Hour watch on CBS !  the S means Sabrina

That's our journey (  I want my Money Back)  this time, tune in next time when we look at when CBS aired ABC primetime shows on Saturday  Mornings in a sneaky move to .... wait that didn't happen.