IPhoto won't display on HDTV

I have a MacBook Pro (mid '11) with every bit of software at its most current version. I have about 60 photos cued up with an iTunes playlist to play on a loop in an iPhoto slideshow for a show/con I have coming up. When not plugged in to the tv it works great. After I plug it in to the TV's HDMI input with the mini display port adapter-to-HDMI cable, the MacBook shows a blue screen and mouse/keys are rendered useless every 10 seconds or so. Meanwhile, the TV never actually displays anything. Brand new cables. MacBook detects the display. Am I missing a setting or preference somewhere? I tried the other HDMI ports on the TV and got nothing. Shows in 4 days. Thanks for your help in advance.
DK

Unfortunately, mirroring the display means that you will only see the resolution on the TV that your MBP is capable of and will not make full use of the native resolution of the TV, which is probably 1920x1080 (known as 1080P). To make full use of your TV's resolution yet have the TV as the primary display drag the bar from the top of the smaller screen in the image in the Arrangements tab to the top of the larger one.

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