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• Tube Tuesday: "V" is a very entertaining update of a dated sci-fi franchise

  Jim Hill reviews ABC's new sci-fi series. Which goes the "Battlestar Galactica" route by taking a cheesy TV show from the 1980s and then reimagining it as smart entertainment for today's audiences Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: ABC, television, 2009, TV show, 1980s, 1984, Warner Bros. , 1985, television show , TV series, Warner Bros. Television

• Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

  Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, theater, Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, CG, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, WDAS, featurette, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Las Vegas, 1977, D23, 2009, October, 1970s , TV show, 1966 , 1968, hand-drawn animation, home premiere, 2011, theatrical release, Meet the Robinsons, characters , 1960s, Development , chapter, relaunch, Licensing International Expo, DCP , source material , television show , The Princess and the Frog, D23 EXPO, hand-drawn, featurettes, TV series, animated film, reset button, hand-drawn feature, Steve Anderson, story supervisor, Don Hall, Winnie the Pooh, animation fans, old school, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, A. A. Milne, Japanese Bunraku puppeteering, technique, Japanese, storybook, stuffed animal, Bunraku, stuffed animals, Christopher Robin, The Book of Pooh, CG animated, watercolor, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, watercolor backgrounds, Hundred Acre Woods, whimsical, contemporary audiences, Darby, commercialized, Buster, feature-length project, Winnie the Pooh franchise, silly old bear, hand-drawn film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, style, tone, Burny Mattinson, David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred Acre Woods, Dutton Juvenile, Dutton, original source material, The House at Pooh Corner, Eeyore, Expotition, North Pole, cutsie-pooh, cutsie-poo, expo, reset, Pooh products, juvenile, Winnie the Pooh movie, Pooh featurette, Pooh featurettes, theaters

• Wine & dine & run for your lives! Mickey may be getting into the blood-sucking business

  Jim Hill reviews some of the domain names that The Walt Disney Company recently registered. Several of which suggest that the Mouse House now has a vampire project in the works Read More... Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Disney Channel, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Robert Zemeckis, Columbus Day, ImageMoversDigital, film, Mouse, Disney World, Mouse House, October, TV show, theme park attraction, Mickey, books, 2011, domain name , domain names, trio, Disney XD, Walt Disney World Resort, Hyperion, Disney's Fishhooks, Fish Hooks, Fishhooks, Disney's Fish Hooks, new worlds, Disneyland Marathon, WDW Marathon, Yellow Submarine, marathon, marathons, Adrian Phoenix, Rush of Wings, In the Blood, Disney World Marathon, vampire, wine dine and run, vampire rock star, Dante Baptiste, rock star, Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival, International Food and Wine Festival, Heather Wallace, special agent, FBI, Food and Wine Festival, Charlie Fletcher, Disney Fishhooks, Disney Fish Hooks, Stoneheart, Stoneheart trilogy, Cheetah Chug, Ironhand, Summit Entertainment, Twilight, Silvertongue, ImageMovers, Race for the Taste, blood-sucking, 10K, 3K, The Maker's Song, endurance event, endurance events, book series, young adult fantasy, fish, pet store, Twilight saga, The Twilight Saga

• Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

  Jim Hill talks about all of the recent changes at the Mouse House. More importantly, what Bob Iger will be looking for from Rich Ross, the new Chairman of Walt Disney Studios Read More... Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, music, Pixar, High School Musical, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Jerry Bruckheimer, Dick Cook, Magic Kingdom, Disney Theatrical, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Staggs, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Walt Disney Company, cell phone, High School Musical 3, Tim Burton, WDI, John Carter of Mars, WDW, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, Steven Spielberg, Blu-ray, DVD, D23, 5th Avenue, flagship store, World of Disney, Pixar campus, 2009, Mouse House, animated feature, TV show, TV shows, Andrew Stanton, taking it in the shorts, animated features, Miramax Films , Hannah Montana , Camp Rock , 2011, Chairman, 2010, virtual world , Rich Ross , Enchanted Adventures Parade, Utah, Shanghai, HSM3, Shanghai Disneyland, Fall, strategy, Disney Music Group, D23 EXPO, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, fiscal year, live action, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, mobile, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel, acquisition, superhero, superheroes, soundtrack, Disney Double Dare You, Lasseter Family Winery, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, The Queen, Emeryville campus, corporate headquarters, Nancy Lasseter, Pixar expansion plans, live-action, DVD sales, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Verizon, Vancouver, production slate, heritage, plan, long term strategy, tradition, long term, cell phone user, stable of characters, quality content, cell phone users, storefront, mobile storefront, Disney Mobile, instant-messaging, widgets, business initiatives, division, widget, business initiative, divisions, content, animated film, animated films, Disney Channels Worldwide, prestige picture, prestige pictures, Miramax

• Tube Thursday: "Castle" fans storm SoHo's Apple Store

  Jim Hill reports in from NYC. Where Nathan Fillion recently made an appearance to help promote the second season on this ABC series Read More... Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, TV, ABC, Fox, ABC Studios, New York City, Hollywood, hotel, DVD, 2008, 2009, September, October, TV show, feature film , 2005, Apple Store, New York, Barnes & Noble, 2002, One Life to Live, Barnes and Noble, TV series, Nathan Fillion, Castle, Captain Hammer, Dr. Horrible, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Heat Wave, tie-in, Hyperion, Serenity, Firefly, iTunes, Emmys, first season, Nova Scotia, Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Mal, Joss Whedon, Serenity sequel, feature film project, never say never, Dollhouse, The Grove, Farmers Market, The Grove at Farmers Market, novel, romantic dramedy, dramedy, shooting schedule

• Wicked, warped “Eastwick” adds some adult fun to ABC’s 2009 – 2010 line-up

  Jim Hill reviews this new nighttime drama from Warner Bros. Television. Which draws its inspiration from John Updike’s book as well as George Miller’s 1987 movie Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: book, TV, ABC, Desperate Housewives, television, Jay Leno, movie, 2009, television program, TV show, ABC Inc, July , Warner Bros. , 2010, Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, television show , Wicked, TV series, Charmed, Stars Hollow, Gilmore Girls, Eastwick, pilot, John Updike, George Miller, Rebecca Romijn, Roxie Torcoletti, Lindsay Price, Joanna Frankel, Kat Gardener, Jamie Ray Newman, Jon Bernthal, Paul Gross, Darryl Van Horne, Raymond, Bun, Veronica Cartwright, fire ants, lightning, coma, Penny Higgins, Sara Rue, Warner Bros. Television, warped, 1987

• Disney’s “Prep & Landing” wows animation fans at the D23 EXPO

  Jim Hill reports in on how well this ABC holiday special was received when it was screened at the Anaheim Convention Center this past Saturday. He also talks about some of the high points of this new Walt Disney Animation Studios production Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: TV, ABC, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Animation Studios, ABC Studios, Toy Story, television, Prep and Landing, Christmas, 2009, television program, TV show, TV special, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, holiday special, Christmas special, A Tin Toy Christmas, television show , holiday elf, elf

• “Mickey’s Sweatshop,” “Tink My Ride” and … “Enchanted 2” ?!

  Want a peek at The Walt Disney Company’s future? Then take a look at this list of recently registered domain names that Jim Hill just compiled Read More... Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Disneyland, Tinker Bell, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort, Kevin Lima, Hollywood, movie, Disney Channel Original, 2007, TV show, TV movie, animated series , home premiere, 2012, 2010, Disney Studios , domain name , domain names, Walt Disney Company, Enchanted, 2013, Ever After, Ever, Disney XD, TV series, Disneyland Park

• Tube Thursday: “Merlin” 's Prince Arthur ain’t exactly a prince of a guy

  Jim Hill chats with Bradley James, the co-star of this hit BBC One fantasy series. Which began airing on Sunday nights on NBC earlier this summer Read More... Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: CBS, NBC, Shine Limited, television, sword, France, The Labyrinth of Gedref, King Arthur, Cardiff, Arthur, The Sword in the Stone, 2008, 2009, NBC / Universal, 2007, television program, TV show, Frank Finlay, The Moment of Truth, Wales, Drama Centre London, Stuart Orme, Merlin, Bradley James, stunt director, swordplay, Prince Arthur, Anhora, production company , England, squire, Colin Morgan, television show , 1978, Wart, king, Kay, The New Avengers, chainmail, fantasy series, Le Morte D'Arthur, Arthurian legend, Andreas Petrides, TV series, To Kill the King

• The John Hughes / ABC / Walt Disney Company connection

  In honor of the passing of this talented filmmaker, Jim Hill shares a few anecdotes that reflect on the times that Hughes worked for the Mouse Read More... Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, Universal Studios, Walt Disney, ABC, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Hollywood Pictures, Disneyland, 101 Dalmatians, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, Ron Miller, television, Harold Ramis, Jim Belushi, Walt Disney Studios, Home Alone, film, movie, Vacation '58, Mouse House, Walley World, 1950s, TV show, 1997, Mickey, The Absent-Minded Professor, film title, Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II, writer , The Breakfast Club, 1996 , Robin Williams, Great Oaks Entertainment, Jackie Chan, Warner Bros. , John Hughes, director , Pretty in Pink, National Lampoon, National Lampoon's Animal House, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, vacation, cross country trip , Michelle Pfieffer, The Bee, Flubber, Faber College, slapstick, family vacation, screenplay, script, Curly Sue, motion picture, Jaws 3 People 0, 1990, television show , Ricardo Mestres, 1990s, 1991, films, producer, 1979, Delta House, National Lampoon's Vacation, TV series, Sixteen Candles, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Disneyland Park, Eddie Bracken

• Tube Thursday: “LOST” props to come up for auction in May of 2010

  Jim Hill shares shots of some of the costumes & set pieces from this hit ABC series that were on display at Comic-Con Read More... Posted Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: TV, ABC, Lost, television, Emmy Awards, television program, TV show, series finale, 2010, May, finale, television show

• Comic-Con Countdown: Can Peter Parker pick the proper panels?

  Jim Hill discusses some of the programming highlights that have already been announced for this year’s event. He also suggests some strategies for making the most of your time at the San Diego Convention Center Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, TV, convention, ABC Family, Glen Keane, Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito, 2009, TV show, Don Hahn , San Diego Convention Center , San Diego, convention center , Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, The Middleman, Ruben Procopio

• Tube Tuesday : ABC Studios seeks syndicated success with "Legend of the Seeker"

  Jim Hill discusses this new action-adventure show, which is based on Terry Goodkind's best-selling "The Sword of Truth" fantasy series. WARNING ! There be spoilers ahead ! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, TV, ABC, CG, ABC Studios, television, New Zealand, 2008, TV show, camera, production values , cameras, fight scenes, action-adventure , television show , Hercules, backstory, 1990s, Destiny, Terry Goodkind, Legend of the Seeker, The Sword of Truth, David Lautour, sorceress, Xena, syndicated, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Ned Nalle, fantasy series, broadcast syndication, top television markets, camera work, beautiful scenery, epic quality, Richard Cypher, Craig Horner, woodsman, Midlands, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Chase Brandstone, shadow creatures, Bruce Spence, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Midlands, Westland, Zedd, prophecy, Darken Rahl, Seeker, True Seeker, Confessor, Magic Mirror, Book of Counted Shadows, Carburetor County, Greg Hawkes, Jeffrey Thomas, Arthurian legend, t-shirt, Bridget Regan, Jay Laga'aia, syndication

• In just one week, the Con is on !

  Jim Hill reviews the programming for Comic-Con 2008 and then points out some panels & signings that Disneyana fans should probably seek out while they're down in San Diego Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, ABC, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, television, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Bolt, film, movie, Eric Goldberg, 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, TV show, feature film , Chris Sanders, The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning, comic book, comic books , ABC reality series, Up, Prince of Persia

• Watch out, Toontown ! Here come the Tappet Brothers

  Are TV viewers really ready for a toon tune-up show? Jim Hill shares what he knows about PBS's newest series, "As the Wrench Turns" Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, TV, Pixar, Cars, Pixar Animation Studios, Tom Sito, animated feature, TV show, sitcom , animated series