Exclusive Clip: Biker Battleground Phoenix

Tonight on the History Channel's Biker Battleground Phoenix, Yaffe, Kody and Jenkins put their reputations at risk as chaos descends at Arizona Bike Week, one of the largest builder/biker showcases in the country.

Check out the exclusive clip of tonight's episode "Respect" below:

Yaffe questions whether his SRT will succeed or fail.  In a never before done stunt, Kody and his fabricator Ricardo assemble a bike in front of an audience of his peers.  Can Kody prove he knows how to build and that he’s not a “fraud” or “poser” in the bike building world? Kody later surprises Ricardo by giving him the bike. When Ricardo finds out, he falls to his knees in front an audience of 5,000 as the crowd literally goes wild.

An anxious Yaffe finally reveals his top secret SRT on stage to thousands of onlookers. While the others builders give Yaffe props, Kody is unimpressed and shows it riding off while Yaffe is in the middle of his presentation.  Yaffe is outraged at Kody’s lack of respect and vows to retaliate.  Jenkins attempts to win the Baddest Bagger Competition for the second year in a row with his Custom Bagger. His crew works night and day but misses a major opportunity to show up on the main stage.


Watch all of the excitement and drama on Biker Battleground Phoenix tonight (July 29th) from 11:03-12:01AM ET only on the History Channel!

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#COMMUNITY returns to Yahoo! Screen @CommunityTV

NOTE: This is NOT an official press release photo.  It's just THAT good.

Everybody has been wondering, and now you know.  Community, that show on NBC that everyone talks about watching but never really does, has gone from cancellation to...not Hulu...not Netflix...not Crackle...BUT YAHOO SCREEN!

According to Yahoo! Celebrity:

Studio Sony Pictures Television has revived Dan Harmon's cult comedy series for 13 new episodes to launch in the fall on Yahoo Screen, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. [Source]

Even Dan Harmon had some kind words to say:

“I am very pleased that Community will be returning for its pre-destined sixth season on Yahoo.  I look forward to bringing our beloved NBC sitcom to a larger audience by moving it online. I vow to dominate our new competition. Rest easy, Big Bang Theory. Look out, Bang Bus!” [Source]

To be honest, I didn't even know there was such a thing as Yahoo! Screen.  To be even more honest, I highly doubted the fact that Yahoo! was still online!  Egg on my face!!  So if you're a fan of Community, congratulations!  If you're not a fan of Community, don't worry, you can meet your brethren in the Yahoo! message boards.

Sound off your thoughts in the comments section below, and safe travels!

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Congrats to @ReadingRainbow and @levarburton!

KICKSTART HERE!

Well, they don't need much help anymore!  After hearing the big news that PCB met their Kickstarter requirements (!), Star Trek alum and Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton decided to follow suit by kickstarting RR into every classroom and home in the world!  A big endeavor, for sure!

They've met their $1,000,000 goal, and it's still funding!!  But his message is clear: kids who never learn to read properly grow up into adults that cannot read properly, resulting in chaos, societal breakdown and cumbersome small talk.  So if your love Reading Rainbow, keep your eye out for its return soon!

But you don't have to tak- **slapped with lawsuit**

Uhh, yeah, see you next time. 

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Breaking News: Colbert to Replace Letterman on @CBS

Great news for fans of the Colbert Report!  Stephen Colbert will be passed the Late Show torch!  After the announcement of Letterman's retirement, we've wondered who would take the helm: Would it be Craig Ferguson of The Late Late Show?  Don King?  Barbara Walters?  Edward Snowden???

No!  It's famed Ching Cong Ding Dong support Stephen Colbert in 2015!  Stay tuned!!

SOurces:
[1] Washington Post: Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman on ‘The Late Show’
[2] Cover Photo courtesy of the Washington Post (don't sue me!)

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#Trehern Reads: #Raylan by Elmore Leonard

Let's read something that doesn't have dudes in spandex.

When Justified premiered on the air back in 2010, I became a pretty big fan.  It has all the western, cop drama and action/adventure that Trehern thinks watchable in any medium.  The main character of the television series, Raylan Givens, first appeared in a few novels, but it was the short story "Fire in the Hole" that FX used to jump-start their new drama.  Elmore Leonard, Raylan's literary creator, loved the show so much he penned a new novel in 2012: Raylan!

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#CBBTV: Season 1 DVD Releasing Jan 21st

NOTE: That afro is NOT Photoshopped.

If you're a fan of the immensely popular podcast, or if you've never heard of Comedy BANG! BANG! before, LOOK OUT!  Because the first hit season is hitting shelves and laserdisc players on JANUARY 21, 2014!!

I, Alan Trehern, am one of the lucky fictional people to be followed by Comedy BANG! BANG! on Twitter (@comedyBANGBANG), and I am a die-hard fan of the podcast and the television program.  CBB TV is unpredictable, quirky, improvised and F*CKING ridiculous, just like the flagship Earwolf.com podcast.  In their inaugural season on IFC, host Scott Auckerman (Fist Puncherman...) and bandleader Reggie Watts welcome guests like Amy Poehler, Jon Hamm, Tenacious D, Aziz Ansari, the vivacious Elizabeth Banks (call me.) and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber!

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Blu-ray Review: Homeland - The Complete Second Season

Showtime's Emmy Award winning drama Homeland arrives on blu-ray this week with the release of the complete second season.

Season Two of this brilliant show was a bit shakier than the amazing season one.  It had a few missteps at the start (not including the incredible premiere) but by midpoint through the end, it was nail-bittingly awesome.

If you missed the season on Showtime, this blu-ray set is a great way to catch up before the premiere this weekend.  The show looks gorgeous on Blu-ray and it has some nice features to boot including some deleted seasons and featurettes.

Claire Danes is really worth the price of admission alone.  She's simply astonishing in this show and her chemistry with both Lewis and Patinkin (who is also amazing) is perfection.

Homeland returns on September 29 so you have a few days to plow through the 12 episodes contained in this set.  Plenty of time!

Homeland: The Complete Second Season is available now!

Homeland: The Complete Second Season

8/10 Bombs!

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Here Is Lea Michelle Singing A Beatles Song.

and it's awesome.

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65th Annual Emmy Award Nominations!

This years Emmy nominations have been announced and to be honest, they're pretty much the status quo.  It's exciting to see Arrested Development and House of Cards take nominations and cementing Netflix as a television contender but for the most part it's business as usual.

Biggest subs?  Nothing for Cougar Town or Happy Endings, TV's two funniest shows and nothing for RuPaul's Drag Race in either the reality host or reality show categories.

Check out the full list of nominees:


OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Linda Cardellini, Mad Men
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Joan Cusack, Shameless

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Nathan Lane, The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Rupert Friend, Homeland
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Harry Hamlin, Mad Men
Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Jane Lynch, Glee
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale, Veep

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Molly Shannon, Enlightened
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Melissa Leo, Louie
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
Louis CK, Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Will Forte, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top of the Lake

LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney, The Big C: hereafter
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Toby Jones, The Girl
Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade’s End
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
Imelda Staunton, The Girl
Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
Charlotte Rampling, Restless
Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum
Scott Bakula, Behind The Candelabra
John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C: hereafter
Peter Mullan, Top of the Lake


The Emmys air on September 2 on CBS.


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In Other #GreenRanger News...

"Uh, Jason?  Yeah... we're gonna need that suit back..."

If there's ever a reason to talk about Power Rangers, I leap at the chance; it was one of my biggest pop culture beast moments while I was growing up.  Long story short, though, I was on the Internet today, and believe it or not, I came across a news blurb from May talking about BIG NEWS!  And by "big" I mean "borderline meaningless."  Jason David Frank, the guy who played the Green Ranger in 1993, is coming back for the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers.  He currently does martial-arts/conventions full time.

Color me impressed that people still want to see these guys in action (presumably).  Power Rangers is just a kids' show, and I doubt it panders to many adults nowadays, but I guess it's cool.  What's cooler is the possible rivalry (fake!) between JD Frank and pro-wrestler, best in the world CM Punk.  How bad-ass would it be for Mr. McMahon to come out one night to introduce his new body guard THE! GREEEN!!  RAAAANNNNGGEEERRRR!!!!  CM Punk, being totally anti-establishment, can only get to McMahon through the Green Ranger!  Epic battles ensue...but only on pay-per-view... :(

Sources:
[1] The Original Green Ranger Returns: Jason David Frank Confirmed for Power Rangers 20th Anniversary
[2] Official Facebook Page
[3] Power Rangers is also on Netflix, dudes.

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Recap: True Blood - The Authority Always Wins (Episode 5.2)

Season 5, Episode 2: The Authority Always Wins

Since I’m starting a week late well just begin with “previously, on True Blood”: Sookie and Laffie mop up the aftermath of last season’s finale…with actual mops. Pam shows up to bitch and also wears “a Wal-Mart sweatsuit for y’all” while attempting to turn a partially de-brained Tara.  The honorable Reverend Newlin pays a visit to a naked Jason (thank you Jebus, but seriously, move that goddamn door). Steve is apparently an out gay vampire now and is in lurv with Jason, who gives a resounding “no thanks broseph!” and makes him fly away by rescinding his glamoured invite. Jessica shows up and is really hot, but really annoying. Eric’s sister Nora is now in the mix, so of course they get busy. Thanks HBO, for again making the hottest guy in the cast act all incesty.  Also, werewolves have gross funerals and Marines can set fires with their brains. Oh, and Russell Edgington escaped. Yay!
We pick up with FeralTara having a Sookie snack until Pam, as her maker, tells her to cut it out and confines her to the house. This is Tara once inside:

Cut to Bill, Eric, and Nora (gag) who are taken to some giant Authority compound thing. I don’t know, and there’s like a bank lobby happening here…honestly, once Bill comes on the screen my eyes kind of glaze over. Anyway. There’s a vampire called Salome that reminds me of Rhea Perlman in Cheers for some reason, I think it’s the hair. Carla Salome slaps Nora; I like her already.

The werewolf funeral buffet continues, and Alcide refuses to partake and thus take over the pack. Martha is basically my mother-in-law, and reminds me so much of her I'm automatically scared. Feel for me, she’s cray.

Tara’s still tearing the shit out of everything; when she’s not doing that she’s crouching on furniture like a lunatic. Her hair looks pretty though.

San Francisco, 1905, Miss Pam is as fierce as ever and a madame in a brothel. Uh oh, dead hookers. Never a good sign! Present Pam tries to call Eric, but he’s all locked up with the rest of the three amigos in Silver Jail, where they all have a nice tanning session under some UV lights.

My MIL shows up at Luna’s house wanting to see her grandbaby Emma. Luna says gtfo, and then she and Sam argue about whether Emma will be a shifter or a wolf, and blah blah blah. She tells Sam he is not the baby daddy and the she knows what’s best. Because she’s obviously done such a bang up job up until this point.

Jason and Andy cruise and talk about chicks. For some god-awful reason Jason is sporting a thin moustache and pirate goatee. This…this has to go asap. They run across Debbie’s crashed car, in which Andy finds a vial of V and hands it over to Jason. One day at a time, Sherriff!

Reverend Newlin is back on the news circuit, and he wants you all to know that Jesus loves vampires. Bumper stickers with this on it, yes/yes?

Terry’s frying up some meat, which causes war flashbacks. Totally normal. Arlene comes in and catches him off guard so he throws her across the room and refuses to give any info up. He runs away, probably due to her horrible wig.

As Sookie booby traps her house, Lafayette decides to off FeralTara. I don’t know what kind of crazy grandma sweater he’s wearing, but I would like to know where he got it because I need one. Sookie talks Grandma Laffie out of killing Tara, but to be honest I’m with him. She's just no fun anymore.

Madame Pam is back in SF, walking around looking for crabs or something. She’s attacked by a terrible actor, but, pip pip! Eric shows up and puts him out of his misery. Eric looks absolutely ridiculous in his little hat and wee fluffy tie. All he’s missing is the monocle and he would be quite the proper little gentleman.

In the Silver Jail, we get a long winded story about the origin of vampires and their bible. Bill and Eric are tortured by having silver pumped via IV into their veins. Eric is told that Nora is dead, and the Authority vamps try to get Bill and Eric to turn on one another in between shots of silver.

Steve shows up at Jessica’s house and gets his groove on. Kind of adorable really. But he has ulterior motives: buying Jason off of Jessica. The bidding begins, they talk about Jason’s ass, and Jason’s ultimate price is 20 grand. Jessica says "just kidding lol!" They fight, Jessica wins, and she tells him and all the humans to get off her lawn.

We cut to Arlene, Patrick and Terry. Arlene tells them to fix this nonsense already, and Pat and Terry decide to track down who they think may be responsible for the fires. More hot Marines, yes please (see what I did there?).

Hoyt is living back home with Mama now, so Jason and his pirate facial hair visit to offer him a place to stay. Hoyt tells him to skedaddle and Mama is so excited she’s gonna bake Jason a pie.

All my snuggles!!!

At Luna’s house, Emma is being ornery and refusing to sleep, so Luna heads into her room only to find an adorable wittle wolf puppy in jammies. Tiny. Wolf. Jammies! Everyone say it with me: awwwww.

Tara tells Grandma Lafayette and Sookie she’ll never forgive either of them, for their taste in sweaters and their terrible accents, respectively. As she bolts out the door, the silver mist gets in her eyes and she screams, so hey, at least we know that works in case Russell shows up.

Back at the Authority palace, Christopher Meloni is apparently Roman, the Vampire Pope. Vampope? Sure, we’ll go with that. Sharon Osbourne makes an appearance as they partake in a vampiric sacrament. Roman/Vampope again sends Nora to death. Please make it stick this time. He also runs down the list of stupid shit Eric and Bill have done, but he’s mercifully brief. He yells that he’s the Authority and I can tell he’s going to like reminding us of this fact. He asks the boys if they’re involved in the Sanguinist Movement, and they say “nope!” The counsel debates over whether to kill them or not, and as it’s really not looking good, Bill says he’ll offer them Russell for their lives.

In the midst of a bloody hospital room, we pan in to Russell lying on the bed looking all kinds of nasty. I think he’s supposed to look dried out but he reminds me of those lizard people in Skyrim instead. He makes gross noises and opens his eyes. Welcome back you crazy bastard!

Fun fact! This was the 50^th episode of the series.

The Reverend thanks you for your time.

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Fringe is renewed for 5th and final season

Fox has renewed Fringe for its final season. This decision was such a close call that the producers had already filmed two endings: one that ended the series this season and one that continues the series.

Fox's decision isn't too surprising since Warner Brothers had agreed to reduce what it charges Fox for each episode. Now the show will reach the 100th episode, making it much more attractive for syndication.

So those of you who love watching Olivia, Peter and Walter every week now have one more season before the end.

[via TV Line]

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TV Trailer: Smallville Season 9

If I didn't think this show was awful on an epic scale, I might be excited by this trailer.

Smallville returns on its new night Friday, September 25.

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