To commemorate the 500th episode of The Simpsons airing on February 19th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment held The Simpsons Marathon Challenge in the heart of Hollywood at the Hollywood and Highland complex. 100 die hard Simpsons fans were put to the test to attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records feat of over 86 hours […]
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Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 7): The Simpsons Marathon Challenge
February 10th, 2012 
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No Comments »The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Challenge Begins today in Hollywood. AY CARAMBA!
February 8th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee In celebration of THE SIMPSONS’ historic 500th episode milestone, FOX invites fans of the iconic animated series to participate in THE SIMPSONS Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 8, fans will come together to watch up to 500 continuous episodes of THE SIMPSONS in an attempt to […]
Technology & Entertainment: Looking Back at CES
January 25th, 2012 Stephanie Jaw Though it has been a couple weeks since the Consumer Electronic Show, I have been re-reading my notes from some of the insightful keynote speeches. More than ever, technology and entertainment are evolving hand-in-hand, and there was a point or two made during the conference that have been eating at me, encouraging me to share […]
Part Two of Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 21st, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Friday Night Lights had two small weaknesses throughout the course of its five-year run. The first was a tendency to devolve into melodrama and the other was its somewhat understandable yet pathological need to end nearly every episode with an improbable last minute victory for the good guys.
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Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 15th, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Jumping the shark is the ultimate death knell for any television show, the surefire, single-phrase description that lets everyone know the expiration date on the milk carton has come and gone. For those few who don’t instantly recognize the phrase, it was born decades ago from Happy Days when Fonzie was on waterskis and literally […]
Posted in CABLE, Geoff Geib, NETWORK, RANTS & REVIEWS, T.V., TELEVISION & CABLE, Uncategorized 1 Comment »Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 5) : Flintstone Fanatic
January 12th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee For 40 year-old Dave Nimitz, there isn’t a time in his life when he cannot remember Fred Flintstone being a part of it. Since a very early age, there was something magical and alluring about “The Flintstones”, the classic animated TV show about the modern stone-age family, that always entertained him. After four decades of treasure […]
MISS PIGGY HOSTS WILLY WONKA ON ABC FAMILY
November 22nd, 2011 Beyond the Marquee As the new Muppets movie prepares to take the world by storm, the seemingly never ending promotions and marketing blitz of parodies, cameos and appearances of our favorite furry friends continue. This Wednesday night, November 23rd at 8:00 pm, none other than the beautiful and talented Miss Piggy will be hosting Willy Wonka and the […]
