We’ve been following Aaron Sorkin’s career since the days of A Few Good Men and Sport Night. Loved that show. Then, of course, he went on to create The West Wing and later win the Academy Award for writing The Social Network.

Now he’s back on TV, at HBO this time around, and preparing to launch a new show called The Newsroom. We brought you the first trailer for the show recently and now, there’s a brand new one we want to share with you today.

In it we get to know the band of optimists and crusaders that will make up the new show and see a bit more of the ironic humor Sorkin is famous for. Sure, some of you may think this looks an awful lot like Sorkin’s Sports Night.

Even if it does have quite a few similarities, that isn’t a bad thing because, as we said above, Sports Night was a pretty great show that we loved. So, let’s just think of this one as Sports Night 2.0 with swearing and the potential for nudity and sex.

Not a bad threesome. Not at all. Check out the trailer after the break. The Newsroom premieres on HBO in June.

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It’s interesting how things have changed over the last ten years or so. It used to be if you wanted quality entertainment, you went to the movies. Now, with most movies being bloated music videos or commercials for various products, discerning viewers have turned to TV for their quality entertainment.

One channel people check out regularly is HBO and one show many seem to love is Game of Thrones. Roaring back to big numbers for the premiere of season two and with a third season already set, Thrones will air its third episode of the season (aka episode 13) this Sunday. Of course, we’ve got a preview for said episode to share with you right now.

In it, you get a look at the intrigue and action expected from this episode. We know some have thought this season has gotten off to a bit of a slow start, but we also know it’s building to something pretty amazing.

You can see some hints as to what in this preview and upcoming episode. Check out the preview for episode 13 after the break. Game of Thrones airs Sunday at 9/8C on HBO.

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With record breaking ratings numbers for the second season premiere, it was only a matter of time before HBO gave the green light for a third season of Game of Thrones. That time, much like Winter itself, has come.

That’s right, today HBO announced Game of Thrones will get a third season on the network. Obviously, as huge fans of the series, we’re very excited about this.

“Series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss raised our expectations for the second season – and then surpassed them,” said HBO’s programming president Michael Lombardo.

Gotta say he’s right. The second season is off to a great, albiet mostly action-free, start. Sure, we know lots of stuff is coming soon and we can expect many battles and action along the way. Still, would be nice to get some of that started sooner rather than later.

Although, it’s not like we’re going to stop watching or anything. Speaking of watching, Game of Thrones airs Sunday nights at 9 on HBO. But you already knew that, right?

Let’s start this particular post by admitting Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers. His previous shows, The West Wing, Sports Night and Studio 60 showed how TV is supposed to be written and produced. He’s also done pretty well writing movies including the recent Acadamy Award winner The Social Network.

Now, Sorkin has gone back to TV and landed where he probably should have been all along: HBO. His new show is called The Newsroom and HBO has released a new trailer for it.

The show stars Jeff Daniels as a cable news anchor Will McAvoy who decides to try telling it like it is instead of how his superiors want him to. In short, he’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. Look it up.

Around Daniels’ character is an ensamble team including his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff (Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, Thomas Sadoski), and their boss (Sam Waterston). Jane Fonda is also in the show and yes, I did say Olivia Munn. Guess she’s there to help get the gaming fanboy viewers? I don’t get it either.

Anyway, check out the trailer after the break. Look for The Newsroom to premiere later this year on HBO.

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This Sunday, April 2nd, is the long awaited premiere of season two of Game of Thrones on HBO. It’s been nearly a year since we have seen the fates of families like the Lannisters and the Starks and their epic battle for control of Westeros.

What better way to prepare for yourself for the first episode and a brand new season then to make sure you are caught up on all the details of season one. So, we present to you the entire first season of Game of Thrones distilled into three minutes and set to a very catchy song. Spoilers contained within.

As if that weren’t enough, we also have six clips from the premiere episode as well. More than enough Game of Thrones goodness to hold you over until the brand new episode on Sunday night.

Check out the season one recap and the six new clips after the jump.

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We’ve heard of shows being canceled due to difficult cast members, poor ratings, or a lack of a budget, but an abundance of deaths? That’s new.

That seems to be the case with HBO’s freshman show Luck, about the comings and goings of a horse track and its characters that surround it. The Dustin Hoffman-starring vehicle seems to have been the victim of too many horse deaths to continue on the network. Here’s the official message from HBO:

It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK.

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We are one short month away from the beginning of the second season of Game Of Thrones. We have already let you know of not one, but two trailers for the next season. Those were nice enough, but this is newest trailer kills them all.

So much happened at the end of the last season that the show can’t help but get off to a running start April 1st. The next season is generally based on the second novel in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Clash of Kings, meaning that people new to the series should beware, spoilers lurk in the dark places of the internet.

One of the best parts of this new trailer is how it showcases a nigh perfect synergy between song and image. This trailer weaves clips of the upcoming season with the song ‘Seven Devils’ by Florence and the Machine, and if you didn’t even know better you might have thought it was a song written for the show, it works that well.

We here at  The Flickcast can’t wait until the premiere, so stay tuned should any more amazing bits of marketing find their way out in these last few agonizing weeks. We will be all over it.

Check out the new trailer after the jump.

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Up until now, HBO has teased us with tiny teasers for the upcoming second season of the critically acclaimed series Game of Thrones. Those of us that read the books know the true importance that hits in the coming storylines, but not much of how it will be executed.

A good amount of those question marks can now fall away (and some can become bigger) as the first full, 2 minute trailer for the upcoming season has finally hit the web.

So will the Lannisters and the Starks finally duke it out? Will we get more dragons? And who will take the throne once and for all?

Take a look at the full trailer after the jump to get a glimpse at what’s to come on April 1st, when Game of Thrones returns to HBO.

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Fifteen years after the end of their hit sitcom Roseanne, NBC will be the staging a reunion of sorts. John Goodman is currently in talks to reunite with TV wife Roseanne Barr for the NBC comedy pilot Downwardly Mobile.

The NBC comedy pilot will star Barr as an outspoken proprietor and den mother to an array of characters at a mobile home park. Goodman is allegedly close to finalizing a deal to co-star in Barr’s pilot, according to Variety.

Goodman, who played Roseanne’s loyal husband Dan Conner for nine seasons on the ABC comedy from 1988-1997, will play one of the guys who work at the park. Goodman recently stated that he wouldn’t mind being on a series again. “You get tired living out of a suitcase,” said Goodman.

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After months of dragon and sword-less action in our lives, HBO has finally released a full trailer for the upcoming second season of the incredibly popular Game of Thrones series. No more fancy graphics with shadowy images or ominous lines that make no sense, there’s some real plot stuff in here.

Okay, maybe a few more ominous lines…

Not much is really known about what we can expect to see in this upcoming season, but we do know that anybody can be killed. Here’s a quick blurb on the overall season from the official GoT Wiki page:

Season 2 is closely based on A Clash of Kings, the second novel in the Song of Ice and Fire novel series by George R.R. Martin. Some characters and elements from the first novel, A Game of Thrones, have been held back for the second season and some other elements were brought forward into the first for production reasons.

Take a look at the sweet new trailer after the jump, and catch the new season on April 1, only on HBO.

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Something happened in the last ten years or so as exceptional drama TV programming moved away from traditional networks and onto pay cable systems like HBO. With shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, HBO has established itself as one of the premiere destinations for those seeking well written, skillfully produced and high quality shows.

A new show on HBO seeks to continue that tradition this weekend with the premiere of its new horse racing drama Luck. On first glance, it seems like Luck should have no problem taking its place with those other great shows. It was created and is being produced by David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood) and Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat) and features an impressive cast including Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte and Dennis Farina.

All of those elements together should warrant at least a look at the new show and will almost certainly lead to its success with fans. To help you get ready for the premiere, we’ve got a lot of videos to share with you today including some interviews with Milch and Mann as well as a couple trailers.

Check out all the videos after the break. Luck premieres Sunday at 9/8C on HBO.

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There are more and more lovably despicable characters on TV these days. William H. Macy retains one of those slots for his character on Showtime’s Shameless, while the honor also goes to Danny McBride’s Kenny Powers on HBO’s Eastbound and Down.

While we got plenty of his poor language and bad attitude in the massive K-Swiss ad campaign, we haven’t gotten the real Kenny Powers unfiltered since the last season of Eastbound and Down.

Well, lucky for you, the third season is hitting our airwaves on February 19th, so we’ll get it all back again. Just in case that isn’t enough for you, we’ve got a brand new trailer of McBride’s Powers mouthing off to a handful of poor kids.

Take a look at it after the jump.

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