More information to fill the lists for cancelled shows of 2012 and renewed shows of 2012. And this one was coming sooner or later, but official confirmation is always welcome to sooth the fans.
Showtime renews The Borgias for season three. As episode five of THE BORGIAS’ second season debuts this coming Sunday on SHOWTIME, the network has ordered a third season of Vatican intrigue and Renaissance drama, with ten episodes to premiere in 2013. Continue reading
Yesterday was a bitterseet day for NBC Shows, since Late Night with Jimmy Fallon got renewed, and The Paul Reiser Show got cancelled, but today it was Showtime who brought some much anticipated news. The Borgias is renewed for season two.
Showtime has picked up a second season of its hit drama series The Borgias, it was announced today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. The series, which debuted earlier this month to critical and audience acclaim, delivered the best ratings for a new Showtime drama series in seven years and attracted 3.71 million viewers across multiple platforms (On Demand, replays and DVR) during its premiere week. Season-to-date, The Borgias is pacing ahead of The Tudors season four, the series’ highest rated season ever. Ten new episodes will go into production this summer to air in 2012.
You can still watch the first season of The Borgias airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT through its May 22nd season finale.
This is surely one of the best seasons in recent years when talking about new shows: The Borgias, The Killing, Breakout Kings, Drew Carey´s Improv-A-Ganza, Camelot, and a big large etcetera. Nice to see good quality TV as The Borgias getting a second season.
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Borgia premiere is getting closer and closer, imagine how close it is, it appears on this week´s must watch on TV.
Let´s remember they already announced Emmanuelle Chriqui to play a guest star role, a little later the show announced Jeremy Irons will play Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, and Colm Feore will play Cardinal Della Rovere. And Joanne Whalley is cast as Vanozza Dei Cattanei in The Borgias. Even François Arnaud is Cesare Borgia & David Oakes is Juan Borgia.
Now we get another great Showtime Casting in The Borgias: Holliday Grainger joins as Lucrezia Borgia and Lotte Verbeek as Guilia Farnese
Pope Alexander VI’s (Jeremy Irons) beloved daughter, Lucrezia, although only 12 years old when the story begins, is already seen as a potential connection to a powerful family that could help strengthen the Borgias’ political position. Soon, she is wedded to the esteemed Giovanni Sforza, whose family controls Milan, one of the Italian peninsula’s five powerful city-states. Meanwhile, the new woman in the Pope’s life, Giulia Farnese, is installed in the late Cardinal Orsini’s (Derek 
Jacobi) palace, complete with a secret tunnel leading directly into the Vatican for late-night rendezvous. Lucrezia forms an attachment to the glamorous Giulia, finding herself caught in an emotional minefield between the new mistress and her displaced mother, Vanozza (Joanne Whalley). Their friendship grows and soon, Giulia teaches the innocent and naïve Lucrezia that women may seem like powerless pawns, but their beauty, seductive charm and political acumen can be used to steer decisions and situations that ultimately could change the face of history.
Remember to Tune in to the 2-hour premiere of The Borgias on Showtime, Sunday, April 3rd at 9PM ET/PT. Following the premiere, new episodes will air on Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT.
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Borgia premiere is getting closer and closer, and with every announcement, the show turns more into a must watch.
Let´s remember they already announced Emmanuelle Chriqui to play a guest star role, a little later the show announced Jeremy Irons will play Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, and Colm Feore will play Cardinal Della Rovere. And Joanne Whalley is cast as Vanozza Dei Cattanei in The Borgias.
Now, they announced that François Arnaud is Cesare Borgia & David Oakes is Juan Borgia.
Meet the Pope’s eldest sons and enforcers. Protecting a family’s power cannot be done singlehandedly so naturally, nepotism arises as soon as the tunic is slipped over the new Pope’s head. Pope Alexander VI (JEREMY IRONS) immediately installs Juan as head of the papal armies and elevates Cesare to cardinal — one son in armor, the other in cloth. Yet both are rivals for their father’s affection. Cesare serves as “consigliore” and is viewed as the Pope’s likely successor, but Cesare believes he is more capable and qualified than his brother to deal with the violence 
and retribution required to reinforce the family’s domination. In the meantime, Juan, averse to responsibility and lacking leadership skills, prefers to spend his time in bordellos and taverns, enjoying the ample debaucheries his new status provides.
Remember to Tune in to the 2-hour premiere of The Borgias on Showtime, Sunday, April 3rd at 9PM ET/PT. Following the premiere, new episodes will air on Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT.
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We´ve been talking about The Killing, we´ve been talking about Camelot, and there´s for sure a lot of good things to expect from 2011 in Television. But if you ask me, it all starts with The Borgias, and with each announcement the show makes, it moves closer and closer to a must watch as it gets.
Let´s remember they already announced Emmanuelle Chriqui to play a guest star role, a little later the show announced Jeremy Irons will play Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, and Colm Feore will play Cardinal Della Rovere. Now another great addition to The Borgias roster of great actors and actresses: Joanne Whalley is cast as Vanozza Dei Cattanei in The Borgias.
Of all Rodrigo Borgias’ mistresses, Italian noblewoman Vanozza dei Cattanei lasted the longest. During that time, she gave birth to Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia and Joffre – the children who would become the infamous Italian Borgia lineage. Once Rodrigo is pronounced Pope Alexander VI, Vanozza is cold-bloodedly cast aside and replaced with a new lover. But while she may not share his bed, she shares the Pope’s intense love for their children and must approach her new, unorthodox position strategically to protect them – and herself – at all costs.
Make sure you Tune in to the 2-hour premiere of The Borgias on Showtime, Sunday, April 3rd at 9PM ET/PT. Following the premiere, new episodes will air on Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT.
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If you would ask me what is the upcoming show I am most looking forward too, there is no doubt here: The Borgias!
And each announcement the show makes, it moves closer and closer to a must watch as it gets.
Let´s remember they already announced Emmanuelle Chriqui to play a guest star role, and a little later the show announced Jeremy Irons will play Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, and just in case, the show will air on Showtime, the same network that brings Dexter and The Big C to name just a few.
Now, another announcement about The Borgias: Colm Feore will play Cardinal Della Rovere in Showtime’s The Borgias.
Meet Pope Alexander VI’s nemesis. Cardinal Della Rovere views the Pope’s corrupt and blasphemous behavior with disdain and is determined to depose him at any cost. As he deviously plots a complex scheme and rallies forces against the Pope, Cardinal Della Rovere will inadvertently unleash forces of devastation upon Italy, and bring the full might of the French army to the doorstep of the Vatican.
Do not forget to tune in to the 2-hour premiere of The Borgias on Showtime, Sunday, April 3rd at 9PM ET/PT. Following the premiere, new episodes will air on Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT.
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Folks at Premium cable network Showtime just announced their lineups and schedules for 2011 Spring and Summer.
With a lot of New Original Series coming, as are returning originals, comedy specials and documentaries.
Things look great for Showtime viewers, and I´m sure my TV will be stuck in that channel for many many hours.
2-hour premiere: Sunday, April 3rd at 9 PM ET/PT; following premiere, new episodes will air Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT
1 Hour, 9 Episodes
The Borgias stars Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia family who builds an empire through the corruption of the holy Catholic Church and orchestrates a relentless reign of power and flamboyant cruelty. The series begins as Rodrigo (Irons), bribes, buys and muscles his way into the papacy becoming Pope Alexander VI. The series is set in one of the most significant periods in history: the Western Renaissance and the discovery of the New World. Contemporaries of Da Vinci, Michelangelo and the Medicis, the Borgias were controversial and heretical, not so much for performing acts unheard of in their time, but for being better at it than their enemies. Along the way, the family commits virtually every sin in the book and invented more than a few of their own. Academy Award®-winning director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) serves as creator, executive producer and writer of all nine episodes, in addition to directing the first two episodes.
Premiere: Thursday, April 7th at 11 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 8 Episodes
GIGOLOS is a half-hour reality series following a tight-knit group of regular Vegas guys — they hit the gym, balance relationships, provide for their families — and they just so happen to be high-end male escorts.
Premiere: Tuesday, July 19th at 11 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 10 Episodes
Web Therapy stars Emmy Award-winning actress Lisa Kudrow as “Dr. Fiona Wallice,” a self-professed psychotherapist who treats patients via webcam in weekly, three-minute sessions – a modality she believes more effective than the traditional 50-minute talk-a-thons heralded by other mental health professionals. However, she spends more time feigning boredom, interrupting and giving meaningless personal data than hearing her patient’s issues. Her “patients” including Jane Lynch (“Glee”), Courteney Cox (“Cougar Town”), Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation”), and, veteran star Bob Balaban (“For Your Consideration”), among others, are given a script framework, but ad-lib their performances with riotous results. The series will also delve into the doctor’s personal life and will feature Lily Tomlin as her mother and Victor Garber (“Alias”) as her husband.
Premiere: Monday, March 28th at 10 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 12 Episodes
Picking up right where she left off, Jackie (EDIE FALCO) takes the contents of the medicine cabinet, throws it in a laundry bag and dumps it at Kevin’s (DOMINIC FUMUSA) feet. She attacks him right back about spending, the girls’ school and her bad back—she’s no drug addict. Akalitus (ANNA DEVEARE SMITH) announces that nearby hospitals have closed down and that the staff should remain on their toes. A hungover Sam (ARJUN GUPTA) is now totally beholden to Jackie and Thor (STEPHEN WALLEM) for their help. Post intervention, things are tense with O’Hara (EVE BEST) and Jackie, and O’Hara goes to Akalitus hoping to avoid working with Jackie. Dr. Cooper (PETER FACINELLI) avoids Sam and treats a little boy who stuck a small mirror up his nose, trying to see his brain. Zoey (MERRITT WEVER) confesses to everyone that she and Lenny (LENNY JACOBSON) had sex. Kevin enrolls Fiona (MACKENZIE ALADJEM) in Immaculate Virgin and shows up unannounced at the ER, causing a stir and freaking out Eddie (PAUL SCHULZE) and Jackie. After her shift, Jackie shows up at the softball field to cheer Kevin and his bar team on. Things are strained, but she’s not showing it.
Premiere: Monday, March 28th at 10:30 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 12 Episodes
Season 3 begins with Tara (TONI COLLETTE) returning to the family’s Labor Day barbecue, after a transition to Buck leads her on an unexpected mission. Kate (BRIE LARSON) is trying desperately to plan the next phase of her life, one that does not include college or living with her very pregnant Aunt Charmaine (ROSEMARIE DEWITT), who, in her own way, avoids committing to Neil (PATTON OSWALT). Meanwhile, student filmmakers Marshall (KEIR GILCHRIST) and Lionel Trane (MICHAEL WILLETT) make their first commitment together when they purchase a new video camera for film class. All the college talk makes Tara realize how badly she wants to finish the last few credits of her own degree, and so, with the help of Ted Mayo (MICHAEL HITCHCOCK), Tara enrolls in a few classes, including a psychology course taught by the charismatic Dr. Jack Hattaras (EDDIE IZZARD). But Max (JOHN CORBETT) is fearful that the stress of college will cause Tara to transition…or worse.
Premiere: Thursday, April 7th at 10:30 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 8 Episodes
Belle (BILLIE PIPER) is back and in the final season, the stakes have never been higher – accepting Ben’s (IDDO GOLDBERG) offer of a lasting relationship means that Belle has a real chance of happiness, but Ben is her one true friend and if she messes up, she’ll lose him forever. And with Stephanie (CHERIE LUNGHI) in prison for her questionable finances, Belle finds herself being — albeit reluctantly – a Madam, while also becoming the unlikely guardian of Stephanie’s innocent 19 year-old daughter, Poppy (LILY JAMES). But as Belle succeeds in her professional life, her personal life starts to fall apart. A series of misunderstandings with loyal, loving Ben, the unravelling and corruption of ‘good girl’ Poppy and the introduction of the dangerous and alluring vice cop Harry (PAUL NICHOLLS), all force Belle to question who she really is and what she wants her future to be. Will she give up ‘Belle’ for Ben and commit to being just ‘Hannah’ or will she cut all ties and throw herself into the world of prostitution forever?
Premiere: Sunday, June 5th at 10 PM ET/PT
1 Hour, 9 Episodes
Season two follows a group of intriguing women – some returning and some new – as they share their personal stories at work and play, in the Los Angeles lesbian scene – all uncut and uncensored. The series is produced by one of the original executive producers of THE L WORD®, Ilene Chaiken, and Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of the Emmy®-winning reality powerhouse Magical Elves (Project Runway, Top Chef).
Premiere: Monday, June 27th at 10 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 13 Episodes
Premiere: Monday, June 27th at 10:30 PM ET/PT
30 Minutes, 13 Episodes
As we move into fall for season two, a now well-seasoned Cathy (LAURA LINNEY) has progressed from Denial to Anger on the grief cycle and will become an all-out warrior in the fight against her Stage 4 melanoma, while Paul (OLIVER PLATT) finally steps up to become her greatest advocate and treatment cheerleader. But will he be threatened by Cathy’s hot cancer specialist and her new best friend? Adam (GABRIEL BASSO) and Andrea’s (special guest star GABOUREY SIDIBE) bond strengthens; and Sean (JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY), now living in Marlene’s (PHYLLIS SOMERVILLE) old house, must ride the insufferable, emotional rollercoaster that is Rebecca’s (guest star CYNTHIA NIXON) pregnancy.
Premieres: Saturday, March 5th at 9 PM ET/PT
Filmed in front of a sold out audience of 1,800 people, former sitcom star and talk show host Caroline Rhea performs as well as hosts her funniest friends. From Ryan Hamilton, winner of Best New Artist at the 2010 Montreal Comedy Festival), and seasoned veterans like Page Hurwitz and Liam McEnearny, to Costaki Econonmpouos, long-time comic and writer (who just happens to be the father of Caroline’s child.)
Premiere: Thursday, March 10th at 8:30 PM ET/PT
Taped in Santa Monica in 2010, FIERCE FUNNY WOMEN present stand-up comedy for all audiences. Subtle, disarming GLORIA BIGELOW will make you laugh, think, and leave you wanting more, JEN KOBER uses her southern-style charm, sardonic GAYLA JOHNSON reveals her view on life with an explosive presence and BETSY SALKIND, best known for her squirrel impression, is a smart, subversive comic with the charm to get away with it.
Premiere: Saturday, April 16th at 9 PM ET/PT
ARIES SPEARS: HOLLYWOOD, LOOK I’M SMILING is a laugh-out-loud and insightful comedy concert starring Mad TV’s breakout star Aries Spears. He is in rare form as he tackles controversial topics such as “political correctness,” the “Hollywood establishment” and race relations in America. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Best Buy Theater in New York’s Times Square, Hollywood, Look I’m Smiling is not only one of Spears’ strongest performances, it is also a no-holds-barred attempt to shed light on the hypocrisy of today’s society. Spears refuses to play by the rules. Hollywood, Look I’m Smiling is in-your-face, ironical and smart… but most of all, it’s hilariously funny.
Premiere: Saturday, April 23rd at 9 PM ET/PT
Filmed in front of a sold-out audience of 1,800 in San Bernardino during the LOL Comedy Festival. Jon Lovitz shot to stardom as one of the cast members on Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1992. His famous idiom “Yeah yeah, that’s the ticket” was a pop cultural quote throughout the mid 80′s and early 90’s. Jon Lovitz brings the best performers from his own Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, with hilarious performances by seasoned veterans: Quinn Dahle, Ian Bagg, Al Del Bene and Daryl Wright.
Premiere: Thursday, March 3rd at 8:30 PM ET/PT
Ahead of Time tells the remarkable life story of 99 year-old female trailblazer Ruth Gruber, born in 1911. She defied tradition from the moment she became the world’s youngest PhD at the age of 20 in 1931.
During her trail-blazing career, she was the first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic (in 1935)
She was chosen by the Roosevelt administration to escort 1,000 Holocaust refugees from Naples to New York in a secret wartime mission in 1944.
Ruth covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946.
She covered the heart wrenching ordeal of the refugees aboard the ship Exodus 1947 with photographs that helped change the world. Her photos of the ship Exodus 1947 were published in Life Magazine and around the world.
On October 19, 2010, The Norman Mailer Center awarded 99 year-old Ruth Gruber their Distinguished Humanitarian and Journalism Prize
She has won multiple Lifetime Achievement Awards and Honorary Doctorates. (A complete list can be supplied upon request.)
This is the directorial debut of noted cinematographer Bob Richman (The September Issue, My Architect, and An Inconvenient Truth).
Premiere: Thursday, March 31st at 8 PM ET/PT
First time filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis paints an “affectionate and engaging” (New York Daily News) portrait of the art of burlesque and its relevance in cultural history. Burlesque was one of America’s most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. Gaudy, bawdy and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers every night of the week and yet the legacy of burlesque is often misunderstood and left out of the history books. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque as it experiences a new renaissance.
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Showtime much anticipated show The Borgias is getting near and near. I really can´t wait to see Emmanuelle Chriqui on TV, But now Oscar winner Jeremy Irons gets the role of Rodrigo Borgia/Pope Alexander VI in Showtime The Borgias. (BTW: You can watch Jeremy Irons on Jimmy Fallon´s).
Meet the original Godfather. Rodrigo Borgia is the ruthless and decadent patriarch of The Borgia family who with the help of his children, bribes, buys and muscles his way into the papacy to become Pope Alexander VI in 1492. During his notorious reign, accusations ranged from adultery to murder, but nothing could deter his maniacal hunger for power, wealth and mistresses. Cloaked in controversy and despised by many, the Borgias are the original crime family who centuries later, served as the inspiration for the iconic Corleone Family in Mario Puzo’s classic novel The Godfather.
The series is produced as a Canadian-Irish-Hungarian Treaty co-production.
So, are you going to watch The Borgias with Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia, or may I say a movie star and icon playing an epic role?
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I just got this casting news about Emmanuelle Chriqui who is set to Guest Star in New Epic Drama Series “The Borgias” premiering in Spring 2011 on Showtime
Emmanuelle Chriqui will guest star on the new Showtime drama series The Borgias in three episodes as “Sancia,” the beautiful and seductive Neapolitan princess who marries the Pope’s youngest son Joffre (Aidan Alexander), even though she has her eye on another Borgia brother. The series is headlined by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons and is currently shooting in Budapest for a Spring 2011 premiere.
Emmanuelle Chriqui is best known for her role as the perfect fiancée Sloan on the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated comedy series Entourage. In addition to television, she also continues to build upon her career in film. In 2008, she starred alongside Adam Sandler in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, as well as with Adrien Brody in Cadillac Records. Recently, she completed production on Red August opposite Andy Garcia, and starred in the independent film Saint John of Las Vegas, opposite Steve Buscemi, and Electra Luxx, the comedy follow-up to Women In Trouble in which Chriqui starred opposite Carla Gugino.
The Canadian born Chriqui moved to Los Angeles and quickly made a name for herself, landing roles in Detroit Rock City, Snow Day and 100 Girls. However, it was On the Line that marked her first leading role in a studio film. Her other film roles include Wrong Turn, In The Mix, Rick, Waiting, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, and Tortured. On the small screen, she had recurring roles on both The O.C. and Unscripted, a series from George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.
The Borgias is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history’s most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series begins as the family’s patriarch Rodrigo (Irons), becomes Pope Alexander, propelling him, his three Machiavellian sons Cesare (Francois Arnaud), Juan (David Oakes), Joffre (Aidan Alexander) and his scandalously beautiful daughter, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance. Joanne Whalley also stars as Vanossa, the mother of Rodrigo’s children.
The series is produced as a Canadian-Irish-Hungarian Treaty co-production.
So, are you going to watch The Borgias with Emmanuelle Chriqui as guest star, or may I say a hot gorgeous guest star?
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