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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Jenkins, Candace (MW) Nikita 100

Nikita is about a woman who use to work for this secret government agency that killed people, but she got out of the government agency and decided to take the agency down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZfGnbt-9s

Jones, Kate (TTH) Wayward Pines 100

Wayward Pines is a Fox series which aired in 2015 that plays on Hulu today. It begins with the main character Ethan Burke, a secret service agent, who is searching for two missing agents who disappeared in the mysterious town of Wayward Pines. During the drive there he gets into a car accident and wakes up in the Wayward Pines Hospital and is immediately suspicious of the town and its residents. With surveillance cameras everywhere and no one discussing there "previous life" Burke begins to discover that maybe Wayward Pines isn't the picture perfect town people think it is. The executive producers are M. Night Shyamalan, Chad Hodge, Ashwin Rajan and Donald De Line.

Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQ9Fl0VCkk

Harris, Jonathan (MW) The School of Greatness 100

Lewis Howes is the executive producer of the podcast The School of Greatness. Howes is also a lifestyle coach, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, former pro athlete, & a New York Times Best Seller author! The podcast is funded through a variety of affiliate companies and sponsorships.
http://lewishowes.com/blog/

After suffering from a career ending injury in the Arena Football League, Lewis had to go through a complete life changing experience before even tasting an ounce of success. Fast forward to present day and Lewis has successfully started several multi-million dollar online businesses, host his own podcast show, author of several books, and volunteers as a board member for the non-profit Pencils of Promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh02X-4bhC0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh02X-4bhC0

Pavon, Maryorie (MW) Younger 100

Younger Executive producer is Darren Bennett Star. Star is an American producer, director and writer for film and television. He also is the creator of the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City among others. Younger is currently airing the second season on TV land; the first season was aired on 2015 on Tv Land, and it was also available on HULU. Currently, is only available on TV Land. this channel is provided through cable or satellite providers. However, It is also available at http://www.tvland.com/shows/younger with small advertising interruptions.

Younger is about a 40-year-old woman that is trying to start a new career after getting a divorce and being out of the working world for about 20 years. Starting a career at age 40 is harder than what she realized; therefore, in order to start over, she decides to try to pretend to be a 26-years old with the help of her best friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kNH0seIq2E

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Albe, Kara (TTh) The Mind of a Chef 100

The Mind of a Chef, exec. producer Anthony Bourdain, originally aired on PBS in 2012 and is now in its 4th season. (Seasons 1-3 are available on Netflix.) It combines cooking, travel, history, and science into a funny, hunger inducing look into the lives, motivations, and palettes of some of the worlds best and most famous chefs.

Season 1 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Blj2C_j3M

Ramirez, Veronica (MW) Quantico 100

The Executive Producer(s) are: Mark Gordon, Robert Serener, Nicholas Pepper, and Joshua Safran. The series is shows on network television during prime time hours on Sunday at 10/9c.

The series follows FBI recruit Alex Parrish. The show starts with a bombing in New York City that is said to the biggest since 9/11. Alex is immediately a suspect in the bombing. There are several flashbacks during the show that allow us to see all the events leading up to the attack and even allow us to see that all the FBI recruits have secrets of their own and we are all left trying to figure out who is actually responsible for the attack if it's not Alex.

Here is the link for the series trailer I would like to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwn6YHZdptQ&list=FLvZHr2SyLOrJETWh-06-xHw

Collins, Desmond (MW) House of Lies 100

House of Lies is an American comedy television series created by Matthew Carnahan. The show, which premiered on Showtime on January 8, 2012, is based on the book, House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, written by Martin Kihn, a former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. It follows a group of management consultants who stop at nothing to get business deals done.

The series completed its fourth season on March 29, 2015, and has been renewed for a 10-episode fifth season to premiere in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prpd6YJJexM

Carson, Christopher (MW) Young and Hungry 10

Young and Hungry, the show created by ABC Family, delves into a story of two young adults: one who is a multi-millionaire tech giant while the other being a witty, sarcastic chef. The storyline deals primarily with the successful, young, tech programmer, Josh Kaminski (Jonathan Sadowski) dealing with a horrible fiancé who controls every detail of his life and only wants him for his money, while the chef, Gabi Diamond (Emily Osment), is on the verge of being bankrupt finds Josh and works for him as his personal chef in a very awkward fashion. This television show is equally comparable to the 1993-1999 sitcom, The Nanny. Young and Hungry was produced by executive producers, David Holden and Ashley Tisdale. Young and Hungry airs on ABC Family with a 3rd season on the way as well as on Netflix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqaG7FU7PnA

King, Sam (MW) Getting Doug With High 100

Getting Doug With High is a weekly video and audio podcast show hosted by American<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> stand-up comedian<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedian> and actor Doug Benson<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Benson>. The show starts at 4:15pm PST, which gives enough time for the guests to get ready to start smoking cannabis<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis> at 4:20pm<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:20>.

Guests are invited onto the show to be interviewed while smoking marijuana alongside Doug. They are asked questions on recent 'Pot Topics' and then quizzed with a 'Pot Quiz Hop Shot' segment. Guests are also asked about the most famous person they've ever smoked with. Toward the end of the show, magician Gabe performs a magic trick for the guest, who by this point is usually very high. [Wikipedia]

This show is highly interactive. Viewers are encouraged to participate with the show by tweeting in live. It breaks the fourth wall and redefines what the criteria of show is by inviting the viewer a sit around the circle of conversation and be a part of the show rather than just an observer.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4181258/

Spratt, Jessie (TTh) Detectorists 100

Detectorists is a BBC Four British comedy-drama series. Main characters Andy and Lance are eccentric metal detectorists, who spend most of their time scanning the fields of their hometown in search of fortune. They belong to the Danebury Metal Detecting Club, with other detecting enthusiasts. The plot also follows their lives outside of metal detecting: ambitions, loves and struggles. The characters are charming oddballs, the writing is quick witted and the show has a lot of endearing moments. Plus, the music in the show is gorgeous! Mackenzie Crook (Gareth in the original British Office series) is the writer, director and one of the main characters (Andy). Toby Jones (who played Truman Capote in Infamous) plays the character of Lance. While Detectorists aired originally on BCC Four, you can find six half-hour episodes of the first season on Netflix. Season two is in the works for BBC Four.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgN7z0SD8v8

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Priest, Sloan (TTH) Welcome to Night Vale 100

Welcome to Night Vale is podcast series updated twice a month with a new episode. This is a Sci-Fi, Horror, comedy podcast in the shape of a News Broadcast for a small desert town. This show follows the weird and hilarious happenings in this desert town that will make you look behind you once you finish laughing. Some of these include a faceless old woman who is always hidden right out of site and is living in your home, a subway system all of a sudden appearing, and dark hooded men. This show is produced by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. The show is paid for by sponsor companies and merchandise sales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GgyzUMOd1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWVF3dZ6hpQ

Rodriguez, Miguel (TTh) Love 10

Love is a new TV show scheduled to release 10 episodes to Netflix on February 19, 2016. The show is a romantic comedy that follows two characters in their journey of love in the modern age. The show is created by Judd Apatow. He is known for his hit comedy movies such as Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin. He also directed Freeks and Geeks which is a TV show from the 90's that still carries an indie-cult following. In addition to the first 10 episodes, Netflix has already ordered an additional 12 episodes for Season 2.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3LoSj9Xj8