Kenny Powers is back on the mound: Eastbound & Down, HBO's baseball comedy series, has been renewed for a second season, the network announced.
The show, starring Danny McBride as Powers, a washed-up, self-destructive pitcher, will return ...
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New releases announced today, March 30:
Blue Murder - Set 4 will be coming out June 30
Callan - Set 1 will be coming out July 7
Eastbound and Down - The Complete Season 1 will be coming out June 23
Number 10 will be coming out June 30
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Barbara Walters Special
7 pm/ET ABC
Red carpet? Barbara Walters don't need no stinkin' red carpet to snag A-listers for her Oscar preshow. Tonight's lineup includes two of the most talked-about nominees: first-timers Anne Hathaway and Mickey Rourke. Guest Hugh Jackman wasn't nominated, but he is tonight's Oscar host. Besides, he won an Emmy in 2005 — for hosting the Tonys. (Jackman also won a Tony in 2004.) Then there are the Jonas Brothers. They may not have any ties to the Oscars, but does that really matter?
Read on for previews of 81st Academy Awards, Flight of the Conchords, Eastbound & Down and United States of Tara.
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Daytona 500
2 pm/ET FOX
Gentlemen, start your season. The struggling economy forced a few race teams to trim cars or merge, but the starting field is still 43-drivers strong for the 51st Great American Race in Daytona Beach. After Florida governor Charlie Crist gives the starting command, look for usual suspects like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and three-time series champ Jimmie Johnson near the front. Sentimental fans may prefer to follow veterans Mark Martin (now in the No. 5 car) and Tony Stewart (now in No. 14) as they debut new rides while chasing their long-sought first trip to NASCAR's ultimate Victory Lane.
Read on for previews of Amazing Race 14, Desperate Housewives, Eastbound & Down and Masterpiece Classic.
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Baseball has had it rough this week, and it's about to get even rougher on Sunday when Eastbound & Down (10:30 pm/ET, HBO) hits the airwaves and introduces the world to the man, the myth, the legend that is Kenny Powers. Washed-up, cocky, uncensored and 100 percent redneck, Powers (Danny McBride) is a former hot-shot pitcher who finds himself back in his North Carolina hometown teaching gym after hitting the skids. McBride (Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder) created the six-episode series with his college buddies Jody Hill and Ben Best, and chatted with TVGuide.com about the comedy's inspiration, his awesome hairstyles and why it's about time the bad guy finishes first.
TVGuide.com: Did you always want to do TV?
Danny McBride: I made The Foot Fist Way with [Hill and Best], and at the time, we would watch a lot of ...
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