WHY THIS MATTERS:Adult Swim, part of Turner, has done other events in the past. Those include: Adult Swim on the Green, the Samurai Jack Premiere and the recent Thrashtacular heavy metal concert series.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The two-part film features more than 20 new interviews with session players, producers, directors and other artists who knew him or who were profoundly influenced by him.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The show, which originally ran on NBC from 1998 to 2006, is averaging a 3.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 9.8 million viewers overall in "live plus seven day" figures from Nielsen Media Research this season.
For an event held inside a library, A+E Networks' upfront sales pitch Thursday night was appropriately low key. The company put the focus on the storytelling by having its talent tell stories. The names were impressive, including Olivia Munn, Kristin Davis, Leah Remini, Marcia Clark, Toni Braxton and Queen Latifah.