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2010
May
17
 
 
So Fox has posted its fall prime-time schedule at its website, as presented Monday afternoon in Manhattan to advertisers -- and, incidentally, to critics, who only get invited if there's extra room in the dedicated-to-money-making upfront venue. One who got in offers instant reaction here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
May
17
 
 
It's upfront week, and NBC kicked things off Monday morning with its presentation to advertisers. We'll be weighing in before long -- but in the meantime, have your own look at the unusually large number of new series being added to plug the leaks sprung by last season's disastrous Jay-at-10 gamble. NBC has cast info, videos and more at this link.   1 Comments   Mac said: Diane, I made a comment on a Yahoo version of this info, but I'd thought I'd run it by a real pro in
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
27
 
 
Two of the coolest, and rarest, things on TV are surprise and ambiguity. Not just "We're soooo complex" surprise/ambiguity, but real, stunning "What the bleep is happening?!" Two words: Andy Kaufman...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
21
 
 
Just old movies? Think again. Turner Classic Movies is always thinking outside the box that holds the Warner/MGM film library from which the channel was launched 16 years ago this week. They've added lots more titles, many of them newer, and they've found increasingly clever ways to lovingly package their film presentations for both edification and sheer fun...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
20
 
 
At least Dallas had a sense of humor. Larry Hagman's adulterous oil man J.R. Ewing? C'mon. He had his tongue firmly in-cheek through all his dastardly deeds...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
14
 
 
C'mon, vogue! You can do it already, even though Sue Sylvester's Glee music video doesn't hit Fox air till April 20. Jane Lynch makes a pretty good Madonna. This isn't a Vogue parody, folks. It's tribute...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
13
 
 
Party Down came out of nowhere to become one of my favorite shows, and I'm not the only one. There's a sizable cult for this little Starz comedy gem about a team of Hollywood cater-waiters who'd rather be (pick one) actors, screenwriters, comedians or other credits-worthy creatives...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
8
 
 
Hard to believe it's been two decades since TV's weirdest show hit the screen. Hard. Twin Peaks still looks mondo bizarro, so you can only imagine (or maybe remember) how truly warped this serial surreality seemed in the network midst of Matlock and Murder, She Wrote...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
6
 
 
"How dare you remind me of somebody I hate?!" With that woman passerby's out-of-the-blue stoopside smack attack, umbrella whack and furious stomp-away, I was hooked...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2010
Apr
5
 
 
Monday night's George Stevens roundup kicks off April's director of the month tribute from Turner Classic Movies, screening three of Stevens' biggest titles and his own son's acclaimed clip-filled salute. The Texas-sized 1956 epic Giant...