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People & Entertainment White gets fifth Emmy for turn as 'SNL' host Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 11:13PMLOS ANGELES - The Betty White phenomenon keeps getting bigger. White won an Emmy Award for best guest actress in a comedy series for her turn as "Saturday Night Live" host. The honor came Saturday at the creative arts ceremony that is precursor to the main Aug. 29 Emmy show.
TV Junkie: Comedy Central's 'Big Lake' = Big Fail; 'Food Wars' Does LA Burger Trucks Tonight Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:09PM"Food Wars" hits LA tonight: it's Grill 'Em All vs. Bay's Badass to determine best gourmet burger from a food truck. 10pm on Travel Channel A reader wrote to us asking why we didn't mention Comedy Central's new scripted series "Big Lake" in yesterday's column . Two reasons: 1. Yesterday's column was about our picks for the frickin' Emmys, 2. Comedy Central's new series "Big Lake" is appallingly ...
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:50PMHighly Recommended "The show came from not only hearing stories from single friends about what it means to be single and 40, but just the process of aging for a woman that is just so complicated and funny to me." - creator Bill Lawrence The Series The other night I was watching the Fox special When Terrible TV Show Titles Attack! It was a fascinating look at life in the wild, and much of the ...
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:50PMHighly Recommended "The show came from not only hearing stories from single friends about what it means to be single and 40, but just the process of aging for a woman that is just so complicated and funny to me." - creator Bill Lawrence The Series The other night I was watching the Fox special When Terrible TV Show Titles Attack! It was a fascinating look at life in the wild, and much of the ...
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:50PMHighly Recommended "The show came from not only hearing stories from single friends about what it means to be single and 40, but just the process of aging for a woman that is just so complicated and funny to me." - creator Bill Lawrence The Series The other night I was watching the Fox special When Terrible TV Show Titles Attack! It was a fascinating look at life in the wild, and much of the ...
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:44PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet?
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:44PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet?
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:44PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet?
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:41PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet? The network has ordered 90 additional episodes of Are We There Yet? , which stars Terry Crews ( Everybody Hates Chris ) and Essence Atkins ( Half & Half ). A spinoff of the 2005 film starring... Read More Other Links From TVGuide.com Half & Half Essence Atkins Ice Cube Nia Long Terry Crews Everybody Hates Chris Are We There Yet?
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:41PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet? The network has ordered 90 additional episodes of Are We There Yet? , which stars Terry Crews ( Everybody Hates Chris ) and Essence Atkins ( Half & Half ). A spinoff of the 2005 film starring... Read More Other Links From TVGuide.com Half & Half Essence Atkins Ice Cube Nia Long Terry Crews Everybody Hates Chris Are We There Yet?
TBS Orders 90 Episodes of Are We There Yet? Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:41PMTBS had made a long-term investment in Are We There Yet? The network has ordered 90 additional episodes of Are We There Yet? , which stars Terry Crews ( Everybody Hates Chris ) and Essence Atkins ( Half & Half ). A spinoff of the 2005 film starring... Read More Other Links From TVGuide.com Half & Half Essence Atkins Ice Cube Nia Long Terry Crews Everybody Hates Chris Are We There Yet?
Synopsis Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 12:54AMGuest Stars Included: Ian Hendry, Terence Plummer, Julie Stevens, Julian Glover , Peter Bowles, Geoffrey Palmer, Bernard Horsfall , Vernon Dobtcheff, Philip Locke , Penelope Keith, Nigel Davenport, Christopher Lee , Bernard Cribbins, Brian Blessed, Peter Jones, Anthony Valentine.
New DVD Releases: Hot Tub Time Machine, Percy Jackson, The Crazies Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 9:41AMA very nice assortment of movies on DVD this week, with a little something for everybody. If you like comedy, we have Hot Tub Time Machine If you like foreign films, try on Oscar nominee The White Ribbon. Kids movies your things? How about Percy Jackson and the Ridiculously Long Title? Or, if you could [...]
Sleeping I-90 Driver Crashes Family Van, Killing Husband Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 7:46AMA Silverdale man was killed when his wife fell asleep at the wheel and crashed their familys minivan on Interstate 90 Saturday afternoon.
Ice Cube Talks 'Are We There Yet?' TV Series Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 2:42PMFiled under: Interviews Last seen on the big screen in 'The Janky Promoters,' which was given a limited release, Ice Cube has been busy working behind the scenes on numerous projects, including the new TBS series, ' Are We There Yet? ' which is based on the two films he starred in. Starring in the TV sitcom and taking over his role as Nick is Terry Crews. Essence Atkins will play Suzanne, the ...
…Where Credit Is Due Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 1:12PMEvery once in a while it happens. A band comes out of nowhere and is suddenly everywhere. In the fall of 2007, that band was … well, actually that band didn’t have a name. It didn’t play a single concert. It didn’t release a single single.
Ellen Gray: Riding the sitcom express: 'Are We There Yet?,' new on TBS, is shot at a frantic pace Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 6:10AMSome of the laughs may be cheap, but there's nothing inexpensive about the typical TV sitcom, where actors, writers and crews work under a system that, except for rising salaries, hasn't changed all that much since the days when most of us had only three channels to choose from.
'Hunting and Gathering': Get a home and real problems already Saturday, May 29, 2010 @ 7:24AMIn big cities, there are many ways to occupy apartments without actually paying for them. You can couch surf. You can house-sit.
DVDs to be released Tuesday Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 7:12PMFans of the Western have a lot to look forward to Tuesday. That's the day John Ford's classic "Stagecoach" gets the Criterion Collection treatment with a new, restored high-definition digital transfer and a bunch of extras, including a 1968 interview with the director, a video feature about Monument Valley (where the movie was filmed) and a 1949 radio dramatization of "Stagecoach." The film is ...
Networks follow the script for fall Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 6:49PMFridays and the 10 p.m. slot are getting extra attention.
Blip.tv Raises $10.1 Million More From Canaan Partners And Bain Capital Ventures Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 7:07AMOnline TV network blip.tv today announced the closing of its third round of institutional capital, which effectively more than doubles the amount of money the company has secured to date. The Series C round was led by Canaan Partners and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures . The company says it will use its new funding to accelerate the growth of the independent Web shows that the network ...
'American Idol' shows will get longer next season Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:58PMFox will add two new sitcoms to its 2010 fall lineup.
Lyle Overbay Straining for the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 6:23AMLyle Overbay is pressing. If you feel inclined to add a pithy, "Yeah, DE-pressing" to the above, feel free and may the gods of '90's sitcoms be with you. But the fact remains: Overbay is looking for love in all the wrong places. Take a look at what's going on with the Jays and it might explain his troubles. Alex Gonzalez and John Buck, picked up for their defense and handling of pitchers ...
Entertainment in brief Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:01AMWEDNESDAY CUTBACK SET'Idol' knows it can drone onFox is changing the format of " American Idol " after TV's most popular show sagged in the ratings this season. In response to viewer requests for more performances, the Tuesday night competition show will increase next year from an hour to 90 minutes, Fox said in announcing its 2010-11 plans Monday. The Wednesday results show will be chopped in ...
First- and fourth-place networks - Fox and NBC - announce fall lineup Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 5:30PMTV viewers will need some big adjustments — well, semi-big ones — this fall. For instance:
Fox unveils its 2010-11 season Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 2:24PMFox has more "Glee," less "American Idol" (sort of) and a family drama set 85 million years in the past on tap for the...
Barbara Walters fine Sunday, May 16, 2010 @ 10:40PMMy friend Barbara Walters is so internationally famous that peo ple in downtown Ghana want to know how she's doing. But like her staff...
Lynn Redgrave: Much-loved member of acting dynasty who was celebrated for her comic flair Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 6:21PMLynn Redgrave was a fine actress who had many individual triumphs – she was twice nominated for an Oscar, nominated three times for a Tony and had notable achievements on screen, stage and television. Her first big success, the film Georgy Girl (1966), was a key film of the "Swinging Sixties" and won Oscar nominations for Redgrave and for its potent title song, written by Tom Springfield and Jim ...
Green Day spice up Broadway Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 2:01AMAmerican Idiot began as a concept album about pop culture and became a huge seller. Now it's made it to the New York stage It does not sound like suitable material for a hit Broadway musical. Less boy-meets-girl, more boy-takes-drugs, boy-makes-girlfriend-pregnant and boy-despairs-at-American-materialism. Yet American Idiot , a stage musical based on an album by the band Green Day, begins its ...
Conan O'Brien's Fox Deal Threatened By Affiliate Concerns Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 10:36AMConan O'Brien's deal for a new Fox late-night show could be threatened by affiliates that currently air well-performing syndicated sitcoms at 11.
Brand-new sitcoms prep to join TV Land classics Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 2:13AMNEW YORK — When TV Land was launched in 1996, it was more than just another cable channel. It was a refuge where viewers could revisit old friends like Beaver Cleaver, the Clampetts and Sheriff Andy Taylor. It was a portal into a video past, a carefully tended landscape of idealized TV.
Brand-new sitcoms prep to join TV Land classics Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ 2:09PMPublished: Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 9:35 a.m. NEW YORK — When TV Land was launched in 1996, it was more than just another cable channel.
Fox discusses deal with Conan O'Brien Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:55PMThe network may have a viable plan to bring the comedian back to late night, sources say. Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night.
FOX Discusses Deal With Conan O'Brien Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:32PMThe network may have a viable plan to bring the comedian back to late night, sources say. Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night. Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are on board with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May 17 when the network unveils its fall lineup. People close to O'Brien ...
FOX Discusses Deal With Conan O'Brien Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 7:39AMThe network may have a viable plan to bring the comedian back to late night, sources say. Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night. Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are on board with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May 17 when the network unveils its fall lineup. Several significant issues ...
Fox discusses deal with Conan O'Brien Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:47AMLOS ANGELES - Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night. Key Fox...
Rip Torn: actor, Hollywood hell-raiser... and bank robber? Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 6:16PMAsked to explain how he could walk un-noticed around his native Connecticut, despite a hugely successful career that has spanned half a century and featured his distinctively craggy face in some of Hollywood's most famous blockbusters, Rip Torn once declared that "the greatest actors can disappear", boasting to an interviewer that friends call him "the Blend-In Man" on account of his ability to ...
When in Rome Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 2:26AMAn atrocious, in nearly every way, romantic comedy from the man behind Ghost Rider.
The Simpsons' Al Jean looks back at 20 years in Springfield Friday, January 8, 2010 @ 6:48PMAfter 20 years and nearly 450 episodes, The Simpsons received a surprising distinction: an endorsement from the Vatican.
2009 Year in Review: Obituaries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 11:26AMA look back at some of the notable members of the Jewish community who died in 2009. Rabbi Noah Weinberg, 78, founder of Aish Hatorah, an international network of Jewish educational centers, died on Feb. 5.
Christopher Durang reflects on his life and his play 'Miss Witherspoon' Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 8:47PMChristopher Durang, who has been writing challenging, serious and comical plays since the 1970s, now looks back and sees that he chose his artistic path at an age long before most people know what to do with their lives. He just can’t say why.
GE shedding NBC in return to roots Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 6:31PMFor General Electric Co., the NBC entertainment division was always an odd fit.
GE returns to its roots as it works to spin off NBC Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 10:20PMWASHINGTON — For General Electric Co., the NBC entertainment division was always an odd fit.
With NBC's likely sale, GE shifts its focus back to industry Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 4:58PMThe confounding pairing of glitzy entertainment and gritty manufacturing is expected to soon end.
An Era Truly Ends as Grunge's Muse Takes a Hallmark Movie Role [Eras] Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 3:04PMFor a brief moment in the early 90's, the X Generation dared to dream that the world could be a better place. Or at least it could be a more, kinda less, in your face, making such a...
TV: It's prime time for volunteerism Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 1:43PMNetworks plug public service with semi-subliminal messages.
Ben Folds with the Columbus Symphony Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 7:14PMBen Folds and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial. A multi-genre artist, Ben Folds appeals to people interested in all kinds of music, said Roland Valliere, president and chief executive officer for the CSO.
This weekend: 'White Collar,' 'Monk,' Halloween on 'Mad Men' Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 8:44AMThe AMC drama offers its best episode so far this season as Betty Draper asserts herself.
What to watch on TV this fall, night by night Tuesday, October 6, 2009 @ 10:25AMThe fall season has essentially launched, which means that the most common question at the water cooler is: "What am I supposed to watch, again?"
What to watch, night by night Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 2:18AMThe fall season has essentially launched, which means that the most common question at the water cooler is: "What am I supposed to watch, again?" What follows is the critic-approved answer to that question, on a night-by-night basis for new and returning...