GAME OF THRONES kicks off its ten-episode second season SUNDAY, APRIL 1
(9:00-10:00 p.m.).
Based on the popular book series by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy®-winning fantasy series about epic struggle for power in a vast and violent fantasy
kingdom. Some returning cast members:cast are Emilia
Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emmy® winner Peter Dinklage, Michelle
Fairley, Lena Headey and Kit Harington.
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris will star in the HBO film GAME CHANGE on April 1 (9 to 11 PM EST)
This story features Harris as John McCain and follows his 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah
Palin (Moore) as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the
general election. Harrelson portrays McCain’s senior
campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt.
The film is based on the book GAME CHANGE by Mark Halperin and John
Heilemann, and is directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny
Strong , who also collaborated on HBO's “Recount.
NEW Comedy series:
GIRLS launches its
ten-episode season SUNDAY, APRIL 15 (10:30-11:00 p.m.). Created by and
starring Lena Dunham (“Tiny Furniture”), the show looks at the ups and downs of a group of Twenty-something girls. The
cast also includes Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Adam
Driver.
VEEP begins its eight-episode season SUNDAY, APRIL 22
(10:00-10:30 p.m.). Created by Armando Iannucci and starring Julia
Louis-Dreyfus as former Senator Selina Meyer, who becomes vice
president, only to discover the job is nothing like she expected, but
everything she was warned about.
Because of some of my volunteer involvement and my lifelong struggle with weight, I am sure to tune into the HBO multi-platform series addressing the national obesity epidemic. This is a really serious problem.
THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION layout is:
- four
documentary films,
- a three-part HBO Family series,
- 14 bonus shorts,
- a
social media campaign,
- a book published by St. Martin’s Press, and
- a
nationwide community-based outreach campaign to support the initiative.
Debut
- FOUR PART SERIES: MONDAY, MAY 14 and TUESDAY, MAY 15, on HBO, with two films airing back-to-back each night.
- The THREE-PART HBO FAMILY SERIES debuts WEDNESDAY, MAY 16.
HBO is dedicating an enormous amount of their services, online and on cable. All films will also stream free of charge on
HBO.com
THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION spotlights the
facts and myths of this urgent public health issue, its effect on our health and on the health-caare system.
Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and arthritis are just a
few of the diseases directly linked to obesity and will dramatically
increase if the status quo does not change
“Obesity has become one of the most serious
threats to the health of the American people,” comments Harvey V.
Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of
the National Academies.
“If we don’t succeed in turning this epidemic around, we are going to
face, for the first time in our history, a situation where our children
are going to live shorter lives than we do,” says Francis S. Collins,
M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Both of the above organizations partnered with HBO in the three year creation of this series.
I received an extensive press release on this entire project. The full text more or less appears here: tvbythenumbers.
