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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 3 May 2017
Satellite radio’s SiriusXM is debuting Beatles channel

DAVID BAUDER specific songs, many of
AP Television Writer them heard once or twice
NEW YORK (AP) — SiriusXM before and forgotten.
satellite radio said Tuesday “It will be a channel that
it will debut a channel de- will sound shockingly cur-
voted to the Beatles later rent and alive, not a retro-
this month, achieving a spective jukebox,” Green-
long-sought dream to high- stein said.
light the music of the pop Veteran music author Bill
legends. Flanagan will have a ma-
The Beatles Channel jor role on the network,
launches May 18, a week hosting a live weekly call-
before the band’s newest in round table with broad-
archival project is released: caster Dennis Elsas, and
a box set keyed to the 50th a second show based on
anniversary of “Sgt. Pep- themes that tell the story of
per’s Lonely Hearts Club the band.
Band.” The network will have a
Backed by the band, the
channel will feature music weekly “Magical Mini Con-
from the Beatles, its mem- cert” featuring live music
bers’ solo projects and art- recorded by the band and
ists who influenced them. its solo members.
Its suite of programs will On June 1, the network will
include “My Fab Four,” play the newly remixed
where other musicians and “Sgt. Pepper” album on
celebrities talk about their the 50th anniversary of its
favorite Beatles songs. release, with commentary
“I still remember the thrill from the late producer
of when we first heard our George Martin and his son,
music on the radio, but I Giles, who was responsible
don’t think any of us would In this Feb. 9, 1964, file photo, the Beatles perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York. for putting the new box set
Associated Press
have imagined that we’d together.
have our very own Beatles to specific artists, includ- But it was a delicate sub- ment came, we dove right SiriusXM will also use the
radio channel more than ing Bruce Springsteen, Emi- ject; both McCartney and in.” new channel for a mem-
50 years later,” said Paul nem, Kenny Chesney, Pit- Starr remain active musi- Similarly, the band and its bership drive, offering free
McCartney, with Ringo bull and Tom Petty. cians and have worked management were coop- listening to people with in-
Starr one of the two surviv- The Beatles remained the with Sirius, and he didn’t erative once the decision active satellite radios from
ing Beatles. Holy Grail, and SiriusXM want them thinking the sat- was made that the time May 17 to May 30.
“The SiriusXM channel will President and chief con- ellite network was only in- was right, he said. The network’s debut on Siri-
have it all, eight days a tent officer Scott Green- terested in their past. Plenty of archival mate- usXM channel 18 will come
week.” stein said he made his in- But, he said, “The moment rial was made available, at 9:09 a.m. Eastern (for the
SiriusXM has more than a terest plain with the band’s came, and you can rest including interviews where Beatles song “One After
dozen channels branded management years ago. assured that when the mo- Beatles had talked about 909,” remember?)q

At 84, Carol Burnett ready for

return to TV comedy full-time

SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carol Burnett typically spends her
mornings doing crossword puzzles with her husband, but the
comedy legend could return to a full-time work schedule if the
pilot she recently shot for ABC becomes a regular series.
In “Household Name,” produced by Amy Poehler, Burnett plays
an eccentric, aging movie star who arranged to continue
living in her old mansion even though the home’s new owners,
a young family, have already moved in.
Burnett says Poehler would play her daughter in future
episodes. “I’m looking forward to actually locking eyeballs with
Amy because I know her and we’re friends,” Burnett said in a
recent interview. “So I’m looking forward to the show in which,
as I say, we’ll be able to lock eyeballs and get in the sandbox
together.” The actresses are appearing at a luncheon in
Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday to benefit the Children’s
Institute. ABC is expected to announce its slate of new shows
later this month. Burnett also continues to appear onstage in
live Q&A sessions around the country, and she’s developing a In this March 10, 2016 file photo, Texas Film Hall of Fame honoree Carol Burnett tugs on her
screenplay by her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton, into a movie ear at the 2016 Texas Film Awards at Austin Studios in Austin, Texas.
with CBS Films.q Associated Press