This post from Xenu’s Sister from usenet group rec.arts.books.tolkien may be very useful for people in the USA – it’s a near comprehensive listing of all tolkien/lotr-related TV shows for the next two weeks. It may not be complete, but there’s a lot of stuff here …
The shows aren’t in any specific order.
ALL MY TIMES ARE CENTRAL STANDARD.
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS.
SYNDICATED means that the program airs at different times on local stations. Check your local listings.
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Syndicated – Charlie Rose The Two Towers Tuesday December 3 11:00pm (Channel 11 Chicago) Wednesday December 4 12:00am (Channel 20 Chicago)
“Movie ‘Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’; director Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood; Viggo Mortensen.”
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Syndicated – Entertainment Tonight The Two Towers December 4 12:37am
Tivo blurb just says “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers cast”.
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Syndicated – Entertainment Tonight The Two Towers December 6 6:30pm December 10 12:37am
Tivo blurb just says “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
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Syndicated – Access Hollywood The Two Towers Friday December 6 6:30pm
“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers premiere”
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WB – The Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle-Earth The Two Towers December 4 – 8:00pm
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NBC – Today Peter Jackson December 4 – 7:00am
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NBC – Today Elijah Wood December 12 – 7:00am
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Ch 9 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth The Two Towers December 4 7:00pm
I don’t know if this is local to Chicago, or national, or what. My Tivo picked it up. The blurb says “Michael Rosenbaum previews the feature film and chronicles the life-altering adventures shared by its stars in New Zealand during the three-film shoot.”
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BBCAmerica – French & Saunders The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring December 5 7:00pm December 6 2:00am
The blurb says “The duo spoofs the movie blockbuster.”
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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.
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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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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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MTV – Movie House The Two Towers December 9 – 8:00pm December 10 – 2:00pm December 11 – 10:00pm December 12 – 5:00pm December 13 – 3:30pm
“Making the second of the Tolkien trilogy.”
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MTV – Making the Video Game: Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring December 9 – 8:30pm December 10 – 1:30pm December 11 – 10:30pm December 12 – 5:30pm December 13 – 4:00pm
“The creation of a video game based on the movie.”
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Starz – On the Set The Two Towers December 11 – 10:45pm December 12 – 1:45am December 13 – 10:40pm December 14 – 6:40am December 14 – 2:40pm December 14 – 5:00pm December 14 – 8:00pm December 14 – 10:40pm December 15 – 1:15am December 15 – 4:15am December 15 – 6:40am December 15 – 12:05pm December 15 – 2:40pm December 15 – 3:05pm
Amazing that there are so many of these so close together. Starz! is weird.
Starz! is also showing the movie LOTR: FOTR this month. They’ve been having beautiful preview sequences between movies.
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? – Regis & Kelly Elijah Wood December 13th – ? (Check local listings)
This post from Xenu’s Sister from usenet group rec.arts.books.tolkien may be very useful for people in the USA – it’s a near comprehensive listing of all tolkien/lotr-related TV shows for the next two weeks. It may not be complete, but there’s a lot of stuff here …
The shows aren’t in any specific order.
ALL MY TIMES ARE CENTRAL STANDARD.
CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS.
SYNDICATED means that the program airs at different times on local stations. Check your local listings.
=========
NEW
Syndicated – Charlie Rose The Two Towers Tuesday December 3 11:00pm (Channel 11 Chicago) Wednesday December 4 12:00am (Channel 20 Chicago)
“Movie ‘Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’; director Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood; Viggo Mortensen.”
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Syndicated – Entertainment Tonight The Two Towers December 4 12:37am
Tivo blurb just says “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers cast”.
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Syndicated – Entertainment Tonight The Two Towers December 6 6:30pm December 10 12:37am
Tivo blurb just says “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
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Syndicated – Access Hollywood The Two Towers Friday December 6 6:30pm
“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers premiere”
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WB – The Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle-Earth The Two Towers December 4 – 8:00pm
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NBC – Today Peter Jackson December 4 – 7:00am
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NBC – Today Elijah Wood December 12 – 7:00am
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Ch 9 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth The Two Towers December 4 7:00pm
I don’t know if this is local to Chicago, or national, or what. My Tivo picked it up. The blurb says “Michael Rosenbaum previews the feature film and chronicles the life-altering adventures shared by its stars in New Zealand during the three-film shoot.”
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BBCAmerica – French & Saunders The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring December 5 7:00pm December 6 2:00am
The blurb says “The duo spoofs the movie blockbuster.”
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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.
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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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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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MTV – Movie House The Two Towers December 9 – 8:00pm December 10 – 2:00pm December 11 – 10:00pm December 12 – 5:00pm December 13 – 3:30pm
“Making the second of the Tolkien trilogy.”
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MTV – Making the Video Game: Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring December 9 – 8:30pm December 10 – 1:30pm December 11 – 10:30pm December 12 – 5:30pm December 13 – 4:00pm
“The creation of a video game based on the movie.”
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Starz – On the Set The Two Towers December 11 – 10:45pm December 12 – 1:45am December 13 – 10:40pm December 14 – 6:40am December 14 – 2:40pm December 14 – 5:00pm December 14 – 8:00pm December 14 – 10:40pm December 15 – 1:15am December 15 – 4:15am December 15 – 6:40am December 15 – 12:05pm December 15 – 2:40pm December 15 – 3:05pm
Amazing that there are so many of these so close together. Starz! is weird.
Starz! is also showing the movie LOTR: FOTR this month. They’ve been having beautiful preview sequences between movies.
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NEW
? – Regis & Kelly Elijah Wood December 13th – ? (Check local listings)
teth writes: STARZ! channel (USA) will show “On the Set: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” at the following time (all pacific time zone, check local listing):
Demosthenes here … I’m about to rant. And while it might not be the opinion of the entire site … I’m still going to rant!
Some people have been ‘lucky’ enough to see Two Towers courtesy of MTV’s Movie House. I use quotes because MTV apparently decided it would be a very cool thing to walk in on the climax of the film and begin interviewing people while the film was still running.
I don’t think words begin to explain exactly how furious and frustrated some of those people are this morning. Apparently, AICN has received a minor flood of complaints about this. To give you an idea, here’s an excerpt from one unfortunate viewer:
Now I guess I’m not supposed to complain because they did provide me with a free movie, but can we please talk about the sheer stupidity of having a show where the movie-goers are interrupted DURING the film to see what they think!?
OK, ok…if that’s what they want their show to be about, who am I to stop them….but COME ON – how about a night-vision camera…..and if that IS what they use…how about a night-vision camera that doesn’t need a big, bright freakin’ light on it that shines RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE AUDIENCE!
You can read more firsthand experiences at AICN here. Be warned in advance though, a lot of these people didn’t exactly hold back. If strong languange bothers you, you might like to skip it.
I wouldn’t normally call any moviegoer who saw Two Towers early unfortunate, but I’d prefer to wait (for months if I had to!) rather than be put through that sort of irritation.
It is, of course, true that MTV put on this screening. So in one sense they can do whatever they like … and, at the end of the day, they’re there to make ratings and money, not to be a charity. But aren’t they just shooting themselves in the foot? Isn’t this simply downright rude?
MTV obviously doesn’t care for The Two Towers … but I find it odd – and highly disappointing – that they obviously don’t care about the moviegoing experience either.
I mean, it’s kind of hard to enjoy a film when a camera light is doing awful things to the screen or some guy is next to you whispering questions into your ear.
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