Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) and Nexcare Bandages from 3M announced today an agreement to bring some of the most popular boys’ action properties to the first aid aisles with a new line of Nexcare™ adhesive bandages based on Ben 10 Alien Force and Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The first partnership between the two companies, this two-year deal will bring a full line of kids’ bandages to retail this spring across the mass market, supermarket channels and drug stores nationwide. The deal builds upon strong consumer products programs already in place for the Cartoon Network original action-adventure series, Ben 10 Alien Force and Nelvana Enterprises and Spin Master Ltd.’s breakout toy brand, Bakugan, extending Nexcare Brand’s offerings of Tattoo™ bandages for active kids.
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truTV is revealing its first-ever Super Bowl ad today, giving viewers an early glimpse at how the network will bring NFL fans what they’ve always wanted – six more weeks of football. The Groundhog Day-themed spot – available at http://inr.mediaseed.tv/truTV_37290 – features Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The ad promotes the new truTV series NFL FULL CONTACT, which premieres the day after the Super Bowl: Monday, Feb. 8, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
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TNT will be live from Dallas, TX for NBA All-Star 2010 with coverage from February 11-14. The 2010 NBA All-Star Game takes center stage on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. (ET) from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, with an anticipated crowd of over 85,000 fans, the largest to watch a live NBA game. Marv Albert (play-by-play) will be courtside along with analysts Doug Collins and Reggie Miller; with Craig Sager and David Aldridge reporting. On Friday, Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. (ET), Eastern Conference All-Star starters Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade will get behind the TNT microphone for the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan and NBA TV analyst Kevin McHale. Howard will also serve as an analyst for TNT during the All-Star Slam Dunk-In.Read More
Marking its third foray into the animation arena, TBS has closed a deal for a pilot script from comic actor David Spade, Sony Pictures Television and Happy Madison Productions for an animated version of the popular movie The Adventures of Joe Dirt.
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To celebrate the Jan. 31 Grammy Awards®, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today unveiled the network’s list of 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks. TCM’s list includes examples of orchestral scores, jazz, rock compilations and even disco, with music from such films as King Kong (1933), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Graduate (1967), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Star Wars (1977).
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As part of a continuing strategy to expand its slate of original programming, TNT has given the greenlight to three new original series: a bold alien-invasion series from DreamWorks Television and Steven Spielberg that stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies); DELTA BLUES (working title), an offbeat series starring Jason Lee(My Name Is Earl) and Alfre Woodard (Three Rivers) and produced for TNT by George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon Television; and RIZZOLI & ISLES (working title), a crime drama starring Angie Harmon (Law & Order, Women’s Murder Club) and Sasha Alexander (NCIS), based on Tess Gerritsen’s popular mystery novels and produced for TNT by Warner Horizon Television and Ostar Productions.
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Legendary funnyman Mel Brooks is set to be a featured guest at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April. As part of the festivities, TCM will partner with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as they honor Brooks with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame*, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. Brooks will also introduce a festival screening of his first feature film, The Producers (1968), which earned Brooks an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay.
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TNT, exclusive home of the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, announced today that they will celebrate the five-time Emmy® award-winning Inside the NBA with a special edition on Friday, Feb. 12 at 11 p.m. (ET) commemorating the ten years of host Ernie Johnson and studio analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith working together on the show. The one-hour special will feature a compilation of highlights from the past decade of Inside the NBA as well as current and former players sharing their favorite memories from the popular studio show post-game show. Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai will follow the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam during TNT’s exclusive coverage of NBA All-Star 2010.Read More
TNT has renewed its critically acclaimed hit series MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE for a second season. The wry drama stars Emmy winner Ray Romano, Emmy winner Andre Braugher and Golden Globe® winner Scott Bakula. MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE currently airs Mondays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). TNT has ordered 10 episodes for the second season.
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Fans of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will be able to stay connected with the network in a big way through an extensive new mobile device application that hit the market today.
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