Pop Culture Checklist

Latest Pop Culture News

-Don’t forget that NBC is airing a two-hour Saturday Night Live special at 8 p.m. tonight. It’s called “SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas” hosted by Kristen Wiig. (I guess this means no new episodes of Community, The Office or 30 Rock tonight…bummer!)

-TBS will air its annual 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story” on Dec. 24, beginning at 8 p.m.

-A new Iron Man 2 trailer is out and it looks awesome! It hits theaters May 7.

-I’m still looking for any possible clues in the new “Lost” promo poster.

-HBO canceled “The Flight of the Conchords” after two seasons. It’s second season earned a best comedy series nomination and a best actor nomination Jemaine Clement.

-Mel Gibson will direct Leonardo DiCaprio in an untitled Viking drama. It’s in its early stages and Gibson has not divulged many details.

-NBC released its mid-season schedule. Highlights include “Celebrity Apprentice” returning March 14; “Biggest Loser” kicking off Jan. 5 with 11 family teams of two, and “Chuck” returning Jan. 10 before moving to its regular day and time on Jan. 11.

-ABBA, Genesis and The Stooges lead the class of 2010 to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

-Watch this “Kick-Ass” movie trailer starring Nicolas Cage. It really does look “kick ass” – I can’t wait to see it!

-Nickelodeon ordered 26 new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, bringing its total number to 178. This makes it the longest-running series in Nick history.

-J.J. Abrams’ pilot for NBC’s “Undercovers” will star Gerald McRaney. Most of you remember him in the series Jericho and Deadwood. Undercovers revolves around a married couple who work together as spies.

-Watch two behind-the-scene clips of ”Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” It stars Jake Gyllenhaal (FYI: he is no longer dating Reese Witherspoon) and he looks really buff in the movie! It arrives in theaters May 28.

TV PREMIERES

Sunday – Meet the Natives: USA (Travel)

TV FINALES

Friday – Lobstermen (Discovery); Crash (Starz)

Sunday – Survivor (CBS)

Monday – The Closer (TNT); The Sing-Off (NBC)

Tuesday - Ghost Lab (Discovery)

MOVIES arriving Friday, Dec. 18

-Avatar (conventional 3D theaters and IMAX 3D)

-Did You Hear About the Morgans?

*Arriving Wednesday, Dec. 23 — Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel

DVDs arriving Tuesday, Dec. 22

-(500) Days of Summer 

-Extract

-All About Steve

-District 9

-Shattered Lives

-Ghost Machine

-Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

-Taxi: The Final Season

-Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside

-Kyle XY: The Complete Third and Final Season

-American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (unrated)

-The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Three

ALBUMS arriving Tuesday, Dec. 22

-Lil Wayne, “Rebirth”

-Mudvayne, “Mudvayne”

-Mary J. Blige, “Stronger with Each Tear”

-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, “Uni5: The World’s Enemy”

-Young Money, “We Are Young Money”

-Dave Matthews Band, “Europe 2009″ (box set)

-Metallica, “Orgullo, Pasion y Gloria” (box set)

-Atomic Rooster, “Death Walks Behind You”

-Hurricane Chris, “Unleashed”

-Prince Lasha, “Insight”

-Various Artists, “This Is Gothic: The Bat Cave Anthology”

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