If you’re not too busy following the Beijing Olympics this month (and you better watch the coverage – our Chinese overlords demand you observe them), here’s a list of what’s premiering this month. Honestly, not the best summer month for starting a show (compared to the ‘still in school’ June, or ‘let’s go out instead’ [...]
Based on this list, the summer is just beginning. The Euro Cup was a good, entertaining ending to June, and Fall network premieres are still too far away. Here’s what’s coming back to TeeVees this month – bet you’ll notice a few favourites on the list. Psych, Burn Notice, Stargate, Generation Kill, The Closer, Mad [...]
We knew it was coming, and his last few appearances on TV have been pretty telling. The guy’s been on stage, entertaining us, our parents, our grandparents for decades. That heart can only take so much, you know. How appropriate – heart failure. My guess is George just got tired. And can you blame him [...]
The summer is finally here, Lost season finale was fantastic, keep talking about it and speculating on the next season. Here’s a list of shows starting this month. The cable networks have been busy since the strike, and have a few things to share with you. Unfortunately, Rescue Me is not coming back this summer [...]
Sydney Pollack has died or cancer. What a terrible loss – the director of Tootsie, The Way We Were, The Firm, Out of Africa, and so many other films – the kind of movies you never watch just once – he’s no longer with us. He was also a gifted actor, appearing in many memorable [...]
The fifth season of “Boston Legal” will be its last. The legal drama, which has won five Emmys (including three for star James Spader) in its time on ABC, will bow out with a 13-episode run in the fall, ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson told reporters Tuesday (May 13).
The verdict is in! Lewis Black’s time as judge has been extended. The ultimate decider on all things evil is just settling into his role as ruler as COMEDY CENTRAL orders a second season of the weekly series, “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil,” it was announced today by Lauren Corrao, president original programming and [...]
The people who get astronomical moola to talk in funny voices are at it again. An ongoing contract dispute between the voice talent behind The Simpsons and 20th Century Fox TV has caused production delays on the show’s upcoming 20th season and will most likely force the studio to produce fewer episodes this season.
Things are still getting back to normal after the writers’ strike. In any normal TV season, February would be the month of sweeps, and then we’d all take a couple of weeks off for reruns. By mid-March we’ll be watching new episodes again, waiting for the May sweeps. Unfortunately, because of the strike, this schedule [...]
This is a strange time for top-ten lists – usually people do them around the holidays. But here’s yet another list for your pleasure. Britain’s Empire magazine has chosen the 50 best TV shows ever made. Many good, respectable shows listed here, and a few gems completely shunned. We’ll post links to similar lists shortly. [...]
