First, true, I have no life. No one has to add to this thread just to tell me that. Second, yes, I’m a movie and TV geek, why do you ask?
I stole this from another forum (but it was mine to steal)
This particular post will get outdated very quickly, but hopefully the thread will continue as more things come up and people add to it.
I want this to be a catch-all thread regarding upcoming TV appearances and specials relating to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and I hope others will add things as they learn about them if they’re not already listed.
I wasn’t watching TV last December and so I missed EVERYTHING. I think the first thing I saw was a repeat of the Fox special in April or something. I’m one who WANTED the August release, because all those extras were new to me.
I’ll get the ball rolling.
These showed up on my Tivo, but the machine only gets things I’ve added to my “Wishlist” if the name I’ve added (such as “The Two Towers,” “Elijah Wood,” “Peter Jackson”) are listed by the station in the program description. Several shows don’t give much (if any) advance notice about guests or features. I’m bound to miss a LOT of stuff, so please help.
ALL MY TIMES ARE CENTRAL STANDARD.
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Tech TV - Extended Play
THE TWO TOWERS (video game)
November 20 - 3:00pm
November 21 - 2:30am
November 24 - 2:30am
November 25 - 12:30am
November 29 - 3:00pm
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Bravo - From Page to Screen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 9 - 7:00pm
December 9 - 10:00pm
December 10 - 3:00pm
December 13 - 11:00m
December 15 - 11:00am
New show about adapting published works for the screen. Here is FPtS’s web site.
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IFC (Independent Film Channel) - Dinner For Five
SEAN ASTIN
November 19 - 9:30pm
November 23 - 6:30pm
I saw this, and it dates after FOTR’s release.
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Bravo - Bravo Profiles
CATE BLANCHETT
December 8 - 6:00pm
December 9 - 12:00am
December 14 - 12:00am
A repeat, but was filmed after the LOTR: FOTR shoot.
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BBC America - So Graham Norton
ORLANDO BLOOM
November 22 - 10:30pm
November 23 - 1:30am
I have no idea when this dates from, and if it’s new or a repeat from earlier this year.
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Bravo - James Lipton’s Inside the Actors Studio
IAN McKELLEN
December 8 - 7:00pm
December 8 - 11:00pm
December 15 - 10:00am
It’s listed as a premiere, so it’s new.
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NEW
WB - The Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle-Earth
THE TWO TOWERS
December 4 - 8:00pm
These are various and sundry movies that I noticed. I never make note of presentations (OAR, commercials, etc.) because that way lies madness (if I tried to keep track of it all). Many of the stations aren’t worth a crap to watch movies on, but that’s not my business. If it’s a mainstream movie I haven’t seen, I can probably get the DVD, but if it’s a very very obscure movie (like Emma’s War) I’ll take it however I can get it, rather than not see it at all.
Sean Astin - Boy Meets Girl (WE) November 28 12:00am
Sean Astin - Rudy (TNT) November 28 1:00am
Sean Astin - Rudy (TNT) November 28 9:00am
Sean Astin - Like Father Like Son (HBO) November 20 5:15am
Sean Astin - Like Father Like Son (HBOW) November 20 8:15am
Sean Astin - Like Father Like Son (HBO) November 24 3:00pm
Sean Astin - Like Father Like Son (HBOW) November 24 6:00pm
Cate Blanchett - The Man Who Cried (Sundance) November 20 8:00pm
Cate Blanchett - The Man Who Cried (Sundance) November 21 4:30am
Cate Blanchett - The Man Who Cried (Sundance) November 25 8:00am
Cate Blanchett - The Man Who Cried (Sundance) November 205 5:15pm
Brad Dourif - Ragtime (HBOS) November 19 3:10am
Bernard Hill - The Hospital (Turner Classic Movies) November 20 - 9:00pm
Bernard Hill - The Bounty (AMC) November 22 9:00pm
Bernard Hill - The Bounty (AMC) November 23 7:00pm
Bernard Hill - The Criminal (Sundance) November 25 8:00pm
Ian McKellen - The Last Action Hero (!) (TNT) November 28 3:15pm
Viggo Mortensen - Witness (Bravo) November 19 7:00pm
Viggo Mortensen - Daylight (USA) November 23 11:00pm
Viggo Mortensen - Witness (AMC) November 28 7:00pm
Miranda Otto - The Nostradamus Kid (Trio) November 26 4:00pm
Miranda Otto - Emma’s War (her first film!) (Trio) November 20 4:00pm
David Wenham - Moulin Rouge (HBOS) November 20 5:45pm
David Wenham - Moulin Rouge (HBO2) November 29 9:00am
Elijah Wood - Avalon (Bravo) November 26 1:00am
Elijah Wood - Avalon (Bravo) November 26 3:00pm
Elijah Wood - The Faculty (SCFI) November 23 1:00pm
Elijah Wood - The Ice Storm (FX) November 25 7:00pm
Elijah Wood - Paradise (AMC) November 20 8:05am
I started to add Christopher Lee and John Rhys-Davies to the Tivo, but they have SO many things out that it would take up all my time to sort the old movies and TV shows out of the mix, and use up all my Tivo hard drive space (if I didn’t endlessly delete) to boot. Sorry guys, I can’t do a Wishlist of your names.
Unsure:
Bravo 12/13 1:00am Richard III (there’s no indication if this is Ian McKellen’s Richard III)