Tag: HBO

HBO won’t be producing a pilot connected to two of the biggest comedy names in Hollywood–Saturday Night Live mastermind Lorne Michaels and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. People in New Jersey was to star Topher Grace and Sarah Silverman as siblings

1. Netflix Streaming’s World Domination Marches On There is no way for me to prove this because all the old sites I used to write for have been pulled off the web, but before there was a Netflix Streaming I

HBO earned plenty of critical huzzahs for its new gay-themed drama Looking. The reviews didn’t convince viewers to check out the pay channel’s latest offering, though. The dramedy drew 338,000 viewers during its 10:30 p.m. EST debut slot despite all

Media outlets keep heaping praise upon Lena Dunham and her signature series, HBO’s Girls. All that free publicity isn’t being seen in the ratings. The show’s third season began earlier this month with 1.1 million viewers, weak numbers but better

Liberal comedian Bill Maher once pined to quiz former President Bill Clinton on his HBO show. Now, the Real Time with Bill Maher host has moved on to different fantasy interview subjects. The reason? To hear Maher tell it, the

The media’s infatuation with Girls star/creator Lena Dunham will continue in 2014. PBS announced this week plans for new installments of its Makers: The Women Who Make America series. The six, one-hour documentaries will focus on business, politics and entertainment.

Netflix and fellow streaming-based services enjoyed a subscriber boost over an 18-month span, while premium cable channels suffered a combined 6 percent drop. Coincidence? Trend? Or are the two unrelated? Variety posts those numbers while asking if the figures tell

The fans who rushed to support Phil Robertson in the wake of his A&E suspension clearly couldn’t wait for fresh installments of Duck Dynasty. The show’s Wednesday night episode, the first from season 5, scored 8.5 million viewers, a figure

About one-third of one-percent of the American population watched the latest season premiere of HBO’s “Girls” — 1.1 million to be exact. Despite the fact that by any measure (including HBO ratings) “Girls” is a low-rated flop, just because the

The “new queen of comedy” barely draws a crowd on her signature HBO series Girls. Lena Dunham earned the dubious title all the same from Vogue magazine, which put the actress on the cover of its latest issue. Dunham’s feminist

1. Nine Best Picture Nominations, One Box-Office Smash Nine movies were nominated for Best Picture but only one, “Gravity” put a notable number of butts in seats ($256M). “Captain Phillips” and “American Hustle” barely cracked the $100 million mark, which

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. Elites are controlling the transmission. If Elites wish to watch Lena Dunham naked, we will renew “Girls” despite humiliating ratings. If Elites wish to kill

This dumb controversy might all be a ruse to help boost the humiliating ratings of HBO’s “Girls,” but beyond my comprehension is how a ton of publicity around the fact that a not-very-attractive woman is frequently nude on the show

(AP) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.The Golden Globes honored Woody Allen on Sunday–minus Woody Allen. He won a lifetime achievement award for more than four decades of writing, producing and directing films. He didn’t attend Globes on Sunday, however, and actress Diane Keaton

Even though no one but a handful of elites watch HBO’s “Girls,” it was renewed for a fourth low-rated season before its third low-rated season even began. “Girls” is obviously a precious thing to the elite, so precious that that

According to sources, Lena Dunham will appear on the cover of Vogue’s February issue. Dunham is the creator and star of the HBO show “Girls.” And while it is yet to be announced officially, Anna Wintour [editor of Vogue] gave