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Susan Tolsky, the comic character actress who sparkled as the winsome Biddie Cloom on Here Come the Brides and as the shy secretary Bernadette Van Gilder on Madame’s Place, has died. She was 79.
Tolsky died Oct. 9 of natural causes at her Toluca Lake home in Los Angeles, her sister, Noel Foreman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tolsky also portrayed the secretary of a high school football coach (Rock Hudson) bedding students in Roger Vadim’s Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) and was a regular performer on The New Bill Cosby Show, a 1972-73 CBS variety program produced by Laugh-In legend George Schlatter.
Onscreen, she often wore big, round eyeglasses and used a voice she described in a 1969 TV Guide interview as “a chicken with a hernia.”
“I realized a long time ago that men don’t look at me and pant and go crazy,...
Susan Tolsky, the comic character actress who sparkled as the winsome Biddie Cloom on Here Come the Brides and as the shy secretary Bernadette Van Gilder on Madame’s Place, has died. She was 79.
Tolsky died Oct. 9 of natural causes at her Toluca Lake home in Los Angeles, her sister, Noel Foreman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Tolsky also portrayed the secretary of a high school football coach (Rock Hudson) bedding students in Roger Vadim’s Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) and was a regular performer on The New Bill Cosby Show, a 1972-73 CBS variety program produced by Laugh-In legend George Schlatter.
Onscreen, she often wore big, round eyeglasses and used a voice she described in a 1969 TV Guide interview as “a chicken with a hernia.”
“I realized a long time ago that men don’t look at me and pant and go crazy,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rob Leane Feb 13, 2017
Superman Lives, The Green Hornet and sadly now Clerks III: here’s a rundown of the Kevin Smith films we’ll probably never see...
Kevin Smith has always had to fight to get his films off the ground: he started his filmmaking career by maxing out multiple credit cards to self-finance Clerks, and more recently, legend has it, it was only Johnny Depp’s decision to come on board as a wacky supporting character that allowed Smith to secure financing for his walrus-centric horror flick Tusk.
Smith has, across his career, been offered several barmy jobs (he rejected a chance to pen Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian back in the 90s) and he’s also signed up for a lot of projects that never got past the script phase.
The latter camp of could’ve-beens is what we’re talking about today, following that news that Clerks III...
Superman Lives, The Green Hornet and sadly now Clerks III: here’s a rundown of the Kevin Smith films we’ll probably never see...
Kevin Smith has always had to fight to get his films off the ground: he started his filmmaking career by maxing out multiple credit cards to self-finance Clerks, and more recently, legend has it, it was only Johnny Depp’s decision to come on board as a wacky supporting character that allowed Smith to secure financing for his walrus-centric horror flick Tusk.
Smith has, across his career, been offered several barmy jobs (he rejected a chance to pen Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian back in the 90s) and he’s also signed up for a lot of projects that never got past the script phase.
The latter camp of could’ve-beens is what we’re talking about today, following that news that Clerks III...
- 2/12/2017
- Den of Geek
It was 20 years ago today that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s sixth and final season concluded on NBC. In an emotional finale, fans watched the Banks family move out of their home as they left for the East Coast, leaving Will behind in California to finish his college studies. He does everything he can to prevent the house from selling, but eventually it’s time to say goodbye. But not without one final Carlton Dance first. Other notable May 20 happenings in pop culture history: • 1957: Frank Sinatra recorded “Witchcraft” at Capitol Records. • 1970: The Beatles documentary Let It Be opened in U.K. theaters. • 1980: Kiss released Unmasked, the last studio album to feature the band’s original lineup until Kiss reunited in 1996. • 1982: The series finale of cop sitcom Barney Miller aired on ABC. • 1983: The Police released the single “Every Breath You Take.” • 1987: Beverly Hills Cop II opened in theaters.
- 5/20/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Thirty-one years ago today, Kiss appeared in public for the first time without their trademark face paint. The makeup-less appearance aired on MTV to promote the band’s new album, “Lick It Up,” and that was a beginning of a new era for the hard rock band as they abandoned the iconic makeup and studded black leather costumes. Check out the MTV moment below: Other notable Sept. 18 happenings in pop culture history: • 1851: The first issue of The New York Times was published. • 1927: The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (CBS) first went on the air with a network of 16 radio stations. • 1970: Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27. • 1976: Wild Cherry’s “Play that Funky Music” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It stayed at the top of the chart for three weeks. • 1979: The Eagles’ single “Heartache Tonight” was released. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot...
- 9/18/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
During our recent webcam chat (watch below), Kyra Sedgwick tells us that “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” came onto her radar because “my daughter was Miss Golden Globe the year it won a few Golden Globes. I watched them and I loved them so much. It really reminded me of ‘Barney Miller’ back in the day. I thought the dialog was really funny and it was incredibly well cast.” -Break- When offered the chance to guest on the sophomore season of the Fox laffer, it was easy to say yes to the recurring role of Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch. “I sort of pitched the idea she was incredibly offended and held this grudge forever that he [Andre Braugher’s Captain Holt] wouldn’t have sex with her. I’m not sure what was in their head but that was in my head, that when he outed himself as a gay man she took it as a personal front...
- 6/17/2015
- Gold Derby
Breaking Bad's farewell tour went out on a high note, as the AMC drama won five awards including drama series at Monday's Primetime Emmy Awards, while Modern Family completed a historic five-peat.
Bad, which also scored drama series last year, became the sixth show to win for its final season after The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Barney Miller, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Sopranos. It's also the first to win the top prizes at ...
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Bad, which also scored drama series last year, became the sixth show to win for its final season after The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Barney Miller, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Sopranos. It's also the first to win the top prizes at ...
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- 8/26/2014
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Chicago – When the assignment was to find a comedy team to take on impersonating police officers, funny men Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. – of the TV series “New Girl” – fit the uniforms perfectly for the new film, “Let’s Be Cops.” Add in the always hilarious Rob Riggle, and let the games begin.
Riggle is a well known comic character presence on “The Daily Show” and films like “The Hangover,” “21 Jump Street,” “Big Miracle” and the upcoming “Dumb and Dumber To.” Riggle is also famous for having served in the Marines and Marine Reserves for a total of 23 years – retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel – and began his comedy career after his first military stint.
Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson in ‘Let’s Be Cops’
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson are practically a comedy duo. They portray pals Coach and Nick on Zooey Deschanel’s sitcom “New Girl,...
Riggle is a well known comic character presence on “The Daily Show” and films like “The Hangover,” “21 Jump Street,” “Big Miracle” and the upcoming “Dumb and Dumber To.” Riggle is also famous for having served in the Marines and Marine Reserves for a total of 23 years – retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel – and began his comedy career after his first military stint.
Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson in ‘Let’s Be Cops’
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson are practically a comedy duo. They portray pals Coach and Nick on Zooey Deschanel’s sitcom “New Girl,...
- 8/13/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Michael Schur knows how to make comedy work when TV viewership is splintered by the internet and delayed DVR viewing. For him, nabbing a large audience isn’t a sprint so much as a marathon, and that philosophy has translated into a cult following for each of the series he’s helped create: The Office, Parks and Recreation and now the Andy Samberg-starrer Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Schur and his former Harvard buddy Daniel Goor set out with Brooklyn to reboot the cop comedy, drawing inspiration from such benchmarks as Barney Miller and Police Squad! They also have maximized laughs by mimicking the handheld shooting style of cop dramas. The show has won over critics and earned Golden Globes for comedy series and lead actor for Samberg. Awardsline: How did Brooklyn Nine-Nine get off the ground? Michael Schur: I was under a deal at NBCUniversal, and Dan Goor was the...
- 6/3/2014
- by ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO
- Deadline TV
Today in We Are All Getting Old And There Is Nothing We Can Do About It: 10 years ago tonight, a little show called "Friends" aired its last episode (titled, in that "Friends" style, "The Last One"). Dan and I are going to talk more about the anniversary on today's Firewall & Iceberg video show, but I wanted to bring up a few points for everybody to kick around in the meantime: * "The Last One" marked the end of a long period of dominance for NBC, and a long and humiliating decade to come. NBC would finish the 2003-04 season as the top-rated network among adults 18-49, a crown it had held for pretty much all of the Must-See TV era highlighted by "Friends," "ER," "Seinfeld," et al. Though "ER" would stick around for another five seasons, it was "Friends" that was basically keeping the network afloat, because Jeff Zucker was incapable...
- 5/6/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
History could be made twice at the Emmy Awards this August. If "Modern Family" wins Best Comedy Series for the fifth year in a row, it ties the record set by "Frasier" from 1994 to 1998; "Ally McBeal" ended its winning streak in 1999. And if "Breaking Bad" wins, it will the fourth Drama Series champ to prevail for its final season, following "The Defenders" (1965), "Upstairs Downstairs" (1977) and "The Sopranos" (2007). Four laffers have pulled off this feat: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1966), "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1977), "Barney Miller" (1982) and "Everybody Loves Raymond" (2003). Will either, neither or both of these records be set? You can now predict the winners of these races, as well as the four series regular acting awards in both genres. More categories will be added to the prediction center in the weeks to come and ...
- 2/17/2014
- Gold Derby
"Breaking Bad" just romped easily through the Golden Globes and guild awards, but that doesn't mean it will easily win the Emmy for Best Drama Series on Aug. 25. It's not uncommon for programs to take the top Emmy for their final seasons as did "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barney Miller," "The Sopranos" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," but it would be unprecedented for voters to reach back almost a year to reward a departed series. Right now it's clear that "Breaking Bad" is still fresh in the minds of award voters even though it aired its final episodes last September. The Golden Globes finally caught up with the show with overdue victories for Best Drama Series and Actor (Bryan Cranston) after previously snubbing it in all categories. And the Screen Actors' Guild gave Cranston his second consecutive award for Drama Actor while the show won Best Ensemble. At the WGA,...
- 2/4/2014
- Gold Derby
Netflix is beginning to show lots of interest in animated entertainment. Two weeks before debuting its first animated series, the Dreamworks-produced Turbo: F.A.S.T., it announced its plan to distribute an animation series for adults in the form of Bojack Horseman. Bojack Horseman will star Will Arnett, who will voice the titular half-horse/half-man as he drinks his way through life. Bojack will be accompanied by a human sidekick voiced by Aaron Paul (whose known to have a glass of whiskey himself) and a cat ex-lover voiced by Amy Sedaris. The whole series will run for 12 episodes and will be produced by Michael Eisner's Tornante, which has previously distributed across many web programs via Vuguru. The whole deal is accompanied by a weird backstory involving some sort of fictional 90s sitcom in which Bojack is a character. It's a bit confusing to me, but Eisner is buying into it.
- 12/12/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
After 15 seasons as the boss on "Law & Order: Svu" -- and three seasons before that on the original "L&O" -- Capt. Donald Cragen is retiring.
Dann Florek filmed his final scenes as Cragen on Friday (Dec. 6), capping a run of more than 400 episodes across the "Law & Order" universe. (The character is coming up against the NYPD's mandatory retirement age, the same thing that led to the exit of Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch earlier in the season.)
The gruff, disapproving commander is a stock character in crime shows, but Cragen transcended those tropes over the years and joins a pantheon of truly great cop show boss characters. With due respect to predecessors like Barney Miller and Frank Furillo of "Hill Street Blues," here are our favorites since Cragen first appeared on "Law & Order" in 1990.
Anita Van Buren ('Law & Order')
When Florek left "L&O" after its third season,...
Dann Florek filmed his final scenes as Cragen on Friday (Dec. 6), capping a run of more than 400 episodes across the "Law & Order" universe. (The character is coming up against the NYPD's mandatory retirement age, the same thing that led to the exit of Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch earlier in the season.)
The gruff, disapproving commander is a stock character in crime shows, but Cragen transcended those tropes over the years and joins a pantheon of truly great cop show boss characters. With due respect to predecessors like Barney Miller and Frank Furillo of "Hill Street Blues," here are our favorites since Cragen first appeared on "Law & Order" in 1990.
Anita Van Buren ('Law & Order')
When Florek left "L&O" after its third season,...
- 12/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A quick review of tonight's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" coming up just as soon as I choke a hippie to death with his own ponytail... The wild, violent, at times astonishingly corrupt NYPD of the late 1960s and early 1970s — as famously chronicled in movies like "Serpico" and "The French Connection" — casts a shadow over many pop cultural depictions of the NYPD in more recent decades. The cops on "Barney Miller" didn't long for the good ol' days, because they had just made it through them alive, but it's not hard to imagine a young 21st century cop like Jake Peralta...
- 11/13/2013
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
The holiday season is upon us "Psych"-Os and we have a special treat for you. Above is a first-look photo at Shawn Spencer in his detective-y best for the special "Psych: The Musical" airing Sunday, Dec. 15 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on USA.
USA has also kindly passed along the holiday wish list for all your favorite Santa Barbarians.
Shawn -- Val Kilmer "triple feature" gift basket DVDs of "Real Genius," "Heat," "Thunderheart"
Gus -- Gift basket from Omaha Steaks
Henry -- Gift certificate to Big Terry's Fish and Tackle Emporium
Lassie -- Formal bulletproof vest for special occasions
Juliet -- Coffee mug with Sbpd logo on it or a gift certificate to Debbie's House of Pantsuits
Chief Vick -- Sbpd snuggie or two tickets to "Barney Miller: The Musical," now playing at the Santa Barbara Community Playhouse
Woody -- six months free membership to a dating service
We don't know about you,...
USA has also kindly passed along the holiday wish list for all your favorite Santa Barbarians.
Shawn -- Val Kilmer "triple feature" gift basket DVDs of "Real Genius," "Heat," "Thunderheart"
Gus -- Gift basket from Omaha Steaks
Henry -- Gift certificate to Big Terry's Fish and Tackle Emporium
Lassie -- Formal bulletproof vest for special occasions
Juliet -- Coffee mug with Sbpd logo on it or a gift certificate to Debbie's House of Pantsuits
Chief Vick -- Sbpd snuggie or two tickets to "Barney Miller: The Musical," now playing at the Santa Barbara Community Playhouse
Woody -- six months free membership to a dating service
We don't know about you,...
- 11/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The new Fox series Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn't knocking itself out to be a great or innovative sitcom. It's mostly a lighthearted riff on cop shows, and buddy cop films — the kind in which officers banter about this and that, then chase down a perp or pop off a few rounds, so you don't think they're all talk. The biggest apparent influence is The Office, which the loose camerawork and improv-flavored dialogue sometimes recall (the show's by Dan Goor and Michael Schur, of the Office-y Parks and Recreation). The second biggest influence is Barney Miller — which my late uncle, a Dallas cop for 25 years, once told me was the most realistic TV cop show he'd ever seen, because it captured how much of the job was taken up by office politics, pranks, and conversations that go nowhere.Andy Samberg plays the hero, Detective Jake Peralta, who'd easily pass muster as a...
- 9/17/2013
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Tonight Fox launches its worst comedy and its best comedy, back-to-back. In a perfect world nobody would watch the insipid, pandering, racist and unfunny Dads at 8 p.m. and simply tune in a half hour later for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, one of the funniest comedies in a long time. Brooklyn Nine-Nine had either the audacity or smarts to attempt to breathe life into a genre that hasn't been exploited much, mostly because it's really hard to do -- a comedy about cops. Yes, Barney Miller and Police Squad are the gold standards, and Denis Leary's The Job
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- 9/17/2013
- by Tim Goodman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When you think of Andre Braugher in a police station, comedy doesn't jump to mind. Braugher, best known for "Homicide: Life on the Street," stars in Fox's sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," premiering Tuesday, Sept. 17.
As Capt. Ray Holt, Braugher plays the serious commanding officer of a Brooklyn precinct. Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live") is Jake Peralta, the zanier detective.
"Jake is naturally gifted at detective work," Samberg says to Zap2it "He has problems with authority and rules. He is very immature and needs to do a little growing up."
Samberg and Braugher are chatting alone in a hotel conference room, and even here, traces of their characters surface.
"The captain is a 30-year veteran of the NYPD," Braugher says. "He had been marginalized because of his sexual orientation. He always wanted his own command."
Braugher has a gravitas to him. A little earlier, in a press conference with the full cast,...
As Capt. Ray Holt, Braugher plays the serious commanding officer of a Brooklyn precinct. Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live") is Jake Peralta, the zanier detective.
"Jake is naturally gifted at detective work," Samberg says to Zap2it "He has problems with authority and rules. He is very immature and needs to do a little growing up."
Samberg and Braugher are chatting alone in a hotel conference room, and even here, traces of their characters surface.
"The captain is a 30-year veteran of the NYPD," Braugher says. "He had been marginalized because of his sexual orientation. He always wanted his own command."
Braugher has a gravitas to him. A little earlier, in a press conference with the full cast,...
- 9/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Joe Lo Truglio doesn’t look like a cop — but he plays a funny one on TV. Again. The former “Reno 9-1-1″ star swears that his new show, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — which premieres at 9 Et/Pt Tuesday night — is not just a funny version of the “Police Academy” movies, if that’s what you were thinking. If anything, it’s more like “Barney Miller,” he told TheWrap. Also read: ‘Sleepy Hollow’: 5 Things to Know About Fox’s Twisted Take on the Ichabod Crane Legend Viewers know Joe Lo Truglio — some just perhaps can’t put a finger on from where.
- 9/17/2013
- The Wrap
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is the newest offering from Dan Goor and Michael Schur, the creative team behind NBC's critically-acclaimed comedy "Parks and Recreation." It chronicles the titular police precinct, led by Det. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), Det. Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) and newly-appointed Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher).
Like "Parks and Rec," this workplace comedy has a plethora of comedic storylines at its disposal -- in fact, "Brooklyn" arguably has more, being set in a police department in the biggest city in the U.S., as opposed to a local government office in a small Indiana town.
Also like "Parks and Rec," while there is a "Saturday Night Live" alum as the quote-unquote star, the supporting cast is rich and varied. Finally, like "Parks and Rec," the heart is apparent from the get-go, which is what every great comedy needs at its core.
Samberg's Peralta is a goofball -- would you...
Like "Parks and Rec," this workplace comedy has a plethora of comedic storylines at its disposal -- in fact, "Brooklyn" arguably has more, being set in a police department in the biggest city in the U.S., as opposed to a local government office in a small Indiana town.
Also like "Parks and Rec," while there is a "Saturday Night Live" alum as the quote-unquote star, the supporting cast is rich and varied. Finally, like "Parks and Rec," the heart is apparent from the get-go, which is what every great comedy needs at its core.
Samberg's Peralta is a goofball -- would you...
- 9/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Chicago – Fox started the season last night with the season premiere of “Bones” and series premiere of “Sleepy Hollow,” and they continue their effort to fill your DVR with the return of “New Girl” & “The Mindy Project” tonight, preceded by the series premieres of “Dads” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
It’s a mixed bag of comedy talents tonight on Fox as “New Girl” has become a pretty consistent show and “The Mindy Project” has quietly developed one of the best ensembles on TV (aided notably by James Franco and Chloe Sevigny in the first two episodes) but the two new offerings premiere with mixed results.
Well, one has potential and the other decidedly does not. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher starts with a bit of rocky comedy writing but has a talented enough cast and interesting enough premise to turn it around quickly. I expect it to be...
It’s a mixed bag of comedy talents tonight on Fox as “New Girl” has become a pretty consistent show and “The Mindy Project” has quietly developed one of the best ensembles on TV (aided notably by James Franco and Chloe Sevigny in the first two episodes) but the two new offerings premiere with mixed results.
Well, one has potential and the other decidedly does not. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher starts with a bit of rocky comedy writing but has a talented enough cast and interesting enough premise to turn it around quickly. I expect it to be...
- 9/17/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – In the decade-plus that I’ve been covering network television, no season comes close to this upcoming one in terms of lackluster, bland, uninspired programming.
For the first time, it was incredibly difficult to get to ten shows that made me even remotely curious about what was coming in the second episode. Don’t consider anything after the top three as too strong of a recommendation. Yep. Three.
Interestingly, the networks seem to be holding back their best product for the midseason. Alfonso Cuaron’s (“Gravity”) “Believe” (NBC), a TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s “About a Boy” (NBC), the twisty “Resurrection” (ABC), and the incredible cast of “Us & Them” (Fox) would be my top four if they were airing this Fall. So, while the new season gets off to a slow start, it should pick up in early 2014. Even Fox’s “Rake” and CBS’s “Intelligence” could take off midseason.
For the first time, it was incredibly difficult to get to ten shows that made me even remotely curious about what was coming in the second episode. Don’t consider anything after the top three as too strong of a recommendation. Yep. Three.
Interestingly, the networks seem to be holding back their best product for the midseason. Alfonso Cuaron’s (“Gravity”) “Believe” (NBC), a TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s “About a Boy” (NBC), the twisty “Resurrection” (ABC), and the incredible cast of “Us & Them” (Fox) would be my top four if they were airing this Fall. So, while the new season gets off to a slow start, it should pick up in early 2014. Even Fox’s “Rake” and CBS’s “Intelligence” could take off midseason.
- 9/10/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is coming your way from Fox on Sept. 17th, and Andy Samberg, along with show creators and executive producers Dan Goor and Mike Schur were available recently to talk about the show and eat beef jerky. At the end, Andy gets a surprise insight into the creation of the show, and it’s pretty cool.
If you’ve seen the clips, you know that it was a call destined to venture somewhat outside the normal realms.
If you aren’t familiar yet, Samberg plays Detective Jake Peralta, an unusual detective who is very talented at what he does, but isn’t used to following rules. We enter the show as Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) takes over the squad that Peralta is part of, and we’re about to have a serious clash.
Take a look at a quick preview clip below if you aren’t up to speed.
If you’ve seen the clips, you know that it was a call destined to venture somewhat outside the normal realms.
If you aren’t familiar yet, Samberg plays Detective Jake Peralta, an unusual detective who is very talented at what he does, but isn’t used to following rules. We enter the show as Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) takes over the squad that Peralta is part of, and we’re about to have a serious clash.
Take a look at a quick preview clip below if you aren’t up to speed.
- 9/4/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
"Modern Family" has the best odds to prevail, but beware: only four shows have ever won Best Comedy Series four or more times ("Frasier," "All in the Family," "Cheers," "The Dick Van Dyke Show"). Has voter fatigue finally set in? "30 Rock" also won Best Comedy three times (until "Modern Family" put a stop to it in 2010) and now it leads with the most nominations (13) among laffers. Voters may be tempted to give it a farewell hug like other past comedies that won in their final season ("Everybody Loves Raymond," "Barney Miller"). But "30 Rock" hasn't reaped a single Emmy since 2009. It got shut out 13 times last year, 14 times in 2011 and 15 times in 2010. Related: Inside track: Emmy race for Best Drama Series -- what's ahead to win? Maybe "The Big Bang Theory" can finally triumph? It's the most viewed program today (old episodes appear everywhere in T...
- 8/5/2013
- Gold Derby
Fox's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" stars Andy Samberg (who is also a producer on the series), Andre Braugher and Terry Crews as cops in Brooklyn, and the show shares more creative DNA with "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" than with cop spoofs.
"This is not 'Police Squad' -- this is a workplace comedy that happens to be set in a police precinct," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" executive producer Mike Schur said at the Television Critics Association Summer 2013 press tour panel on Thursday morning. "The idea is that they're real cops and the crimes that they're investigating are real crimes ... We want it to seem like a real precinct. It's hard sometimes because of 'Police Squad' and 'Naked Gun,' but we have a cat of nine tails, and when one of us pitches a joke like that, we whip each other."
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has much more in common with "Barney Miller," which the...
"This is not 'Police Squad' -- this is a workplace comedy that happens to be set in a police precinct," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" executive producer Mike Schur said at the Television Critics Association Summer 2013 press tour panel on Thursday morning. "The idea is that they're real cops and the crimes that they're investigating are real crimes ... We want it to seem like a real precinct. It's hard sometimes because of 'Police Squad' and 'Naked Gun,' but we have a cat of nine tails, and when one of us pitches a joke like that, we whip each other."
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has much more in common with "Barney Miller," which the...
- 8/1/2013
- by Laura Prudom
- Huffington Post
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is one of the new comedies coming to Fox's fall 2013 lineup, starring Andy Samberg as a goofy police detective in Brooklyn -- think "funny McNulty" from "The Wire."
At the TCA 2013 press tour, the show's cast and creators talk about the past cop shows that influence their work, plus something that a police program hasn't really done before -- an openly gay police captain.
"This is not like 'Police Squad,' as big a fan as I am of 'Police Squad,'" says creator Michael Schur. "This is a workplace comedy that happens to be set in a police precinct, is the simplest way to put it. The idea is that they're real cops and the crimes they're investigating are real crimes. They're real human beings and they're doing real things. We want it to seem like it's a real police precinct."
But creators Schur and Dan Goor...
At the TCA 2013 press tour, the show's cast and creators talk about the past cop shows that influence their work, plus something that a police program hasn't really done before -- an openly gay police captain.
"This is not like 'Police Squad,' as big a fan as I am of 'Police Squad,'" says creator Michael Schur. "This is a workplace comedy that happens to be set in a police precinct, is the simplest way to put it. The idea is that they're real cops and the crimes they're investigating are real crimes. They're real human beings and they're doing real things. We want it to seem like it's a real police precinct."
But creators Schur and Dan Goor...
- 8/1/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The broadcast networks have almost 30 shows debuting this fall, including a futuristic tale from the Fringe team, new sitcoms from Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes, and a trip down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. To help you prep for it all, TVLine is offering First Impressions of the not-for-review pilots.
Next up on our list….
The Show | Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c; premieres Sept. 17)
The Competition | CBS’ NCIS, ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (new), The CW’s The Originals (new) and NBC’s The Biggest Loser
The Cast...
Next up on our list….
The Show | Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Tuesdays at 8:30/7:30c; premieres Sept. 17)
The Competition | CBS’ NCIS, ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (new), The CW’s The Originals (new) and NBC’s The Biggest Loser
The Cast...
- 7/26/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The Wasteland:
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs;
and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar.
Lee Loevinger
When people argue over the quality of television programming, both sides — it’s addictive crap v. underappreciated populist art — seem to forget one of the essentials about commercial TV. By definition, it is not a public service. It is not commercial TV’s job to enlighten, inform, educate, elevate, inspire, or offer insight. Frankly, it’s not even commercial TV’s job to entertain. Bottom line: its purpose is simply to deliver as many sets of eyes to advertisers as possible. As it happens, it tends to do this by offering various forms of entertainment, and occasionally by offering content that does enlighten, inform, etc., but a cynic would make the point that if TV could do the same job televising fish aimlessly swimming around an aquarium,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Ray Richmond is an AwardsLine contributor. A pair of long-running NBC comedies — 30 Rock and The Office — will be attempting a rare feat this year: They’ll be trying to win a top series Emmy in their final season. Both have tasted victory in the Outstanding Comedy Series race before, The Office taking the prize in 2006 and Rock in 2007, ’08 and ’09. But winning as a last hurrah is a whole other ballgame, though it’s happened four times before: The Mary Tyler Moore Show snared the comedy series prize in 1977, Barney Miller took it in 1982, Everybody Loves Raymond carted off the comedy trophy in 2005, and The Sopranos earned the top drama series statuette in 2007. Many other long-running series have tried to generate Emmy love in their last year. A few, like Seinfeld, have even been favored. (Seinfeld lost in its final season in 1998 to Frasier, which earned its record fifth statuette in a row.
- 6/18/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Writers Guild of America recently conducted an online poll with its members to rank the best written TV shows of all time. I sense a disturbance in the force.
I have to say…lists like these are almost always pointless. No one else is going to share this opinion, that these exact TV shows ranked in this exact order are correct. If you look at all the other websites that have posted this story, the comment sections are just Filled with people furious that this show didn’t make the list or that show was above or below another show…it’s bonkers.
This is why I always make sure people know that the top ten articles I write feature My favourites. I’m not trying to force anything on you, I’m just letting you know my opinion. Is there a chance that someone out there looks at my list and thinks “wow,...
I have to say…lists like these are almost always pointless. No one else is going to share this opinion, that these exact TV shows ranked in this exact order are correct. If you look at all the other websites that have posted this story, the comment sections are just Filled with people furious that this show didn’t make the list or that show was above or below another show…it’s bonkers.
This is why I always make sure people know that the top ten articles I write feature My favourites. I’m not trying to force anything on you, I’m just letting you know my opinion. Is there a chance that someone out there looks at my list and thinks “wow,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Kevin Fraser
- City of Films
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has decided to put together a list of 101 best scripted television shows of all time. Members of the WGA took part in an online survey in order to rank the many shows and HBO's "The Sopranos" came out on top, earning the title of WGA best scripted TV series in history. "Seinfeld" took second place, topping the list of the best sitcoms, beating "M*A*S*H" (5th), "Cheers" (8th), and "Friends" (24th). "The Twilight Zone" landed in third place. The show has been around since the 50's and is still on the air today. It's been rebooted twice and Bryan Singer is currently in the works on a fourth version. Check out the full list below and let us know if you believe something is missing or is not properly placed. 1. The Sopranos 2. Seinfeld 3. The Twilight Zone 4. All in the Family 5. M*A...
- 6/4/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Last night the Writers Guild of America unveiled a list of what they are calling the 101 "Best Written TV Series of All Time."
The choices are mostly excellent, but like with any list - the ordering is highly debatable. "The Sopranos" and "Seinfeld" took the top two spots whilst current acclaimed shows like "Mad Men," "The Wire," "The Simpsons," "Breaking Bad" mixed with old classics like "The Twilight Zone," "Mas*H," "Cheers" and "Hill Street Blues".
Of course, everyone has their own take. I think some shows should be higher than they are such as "Deadwood," "The X-Files," "Game of Thrones" and "I Claudius". There's also some glaring omissions - the UK "The Office" makes it, but the far superior writing in the likes of Brit comedies like "Black Adder," "Yes Minister" and "The Thick of It" does not?
Here's the complete list, what do you think?
The Sopranos
Seinfeld...
The choices are mostly excellent, but like with any list - the ordering is highly debatable. "The Sopranos" and "Seinfeld" took the top two spots whilst current acclaimed shows like "Mad Men," "The Wire," "The Simpsons," "Breaking Bad" mixed with old classics like "The Twilight Zone," "Mas*H," "Cheers" and "Hill Street Blues".
Of course, everyone has their own take. I think some shows should be higher than they are such as "Deadwood," "The X-Files," "Game of Thrones" and "I Claudius". There's also some glaring omissions - the UK "The Office" makes it, but the far superior writing in the likes of Brit comedies like "Black Adder," "Yes Minister" and "The Thick of It" does not?
Here's the complete list, what do you think?
The Sopranos
Seinfeld...
- 6/3/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Let the debate begin!
The Writers Guild of America has come out with its 101 Best-Written TV shows of all-time, putting this HBO drama at the very top of the list.
And while plenty of arguments will likely get underway regarding certain slots (The Shield isn't in the Top 10?!?), it will be difficult for anyone to truly take issue with The Sopranos at number-one.
Sit back now and consider the full list:
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All in the Family
5. M*A*S*H
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. Mad Men
8. Cheers
9. The Wire
10. The West Wing
11. The Simpsons
12. I Love Lucy
13. Breaking Bad
14. The Dick Van Dyke Show
15. Hill Street Blues
16. Arrested Development
17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
18. Six Feet Under
19. Taxi
20. The Larry Sanders Show
21. 30 Rock
22. Friday Night Lights
23. Frasier
24. Friends
25. Saturday Night Live
26. The X-Files
27. Lost
28. ER
29. The Cosby Show
30. Curb Your Enthusiasm
31. The Honeymooners...
The Writers Guild of America has come out with its 101 Best-Written TV shows of all-time, putting this HBO drama at the very top of the list.
And while plenty of arguments will likely get underway regarding certain slots (The Shield isn't in the Top 10?!?), it will be difficult for anyone to truly take issue with The Sopranos at number-one.
Sit back now and consider the full list:
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All in the Family
5. M*A*S*H
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. Mad Men
8. Cheers
9. The Wire
10. The West Wing
11. The Simpsons
12. I Love Lucy
13. Breaking Bad
14. The Dick Van Dyke Show
15. Hill Street Blues
16. Arrested Development
17. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
18. Six Feet Under
19. Taxi
20. The Larry Sanders Show
21. 30 Rock
22. Friday Night Lights
23. Frasier
24. Friends
25. Saturday Night Live
26. The X-Files
27. Lost
28. ER
29. The Cosby Show
30. Curb Your Enthusiasm
31. The Honeymooners...
- 6/3/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
The Writers Guild of America has released its list of the 101 best-written TV shows of all time. Over half the list is from the last decade, which the WGA says is due to the "sharp growth in original programming on bath basic and pay cable television," where writes are "given more latitude to explore the moral complexities of the worlds they created."
However, the WGA also points out that shows from TV's previous great eras are all the more impressive because of the constraints under which these previous generations of TV writers had to work.
Here is the complete list, though check out the WGA post for more details about why each show was included. What do you think got left off that should've been included? Do you take issue with any of the ordering?
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All In The Family
5. M*A*S*H
6. The...
However, the WGA also points out that shows from TV's previous great eras are all the more impressive because of the constraints under which these previous generations of TV writers had to work.
Here is the complete list, though check out the WGA post for more details about why each show was included. What do you think got left off that should've been included? Do you take issue with any of the ordering?
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All In The Family
5. M*A*S*H
6. The...
- 6/3/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Writers Guild of America unveiled its picks for the 101 best-written TV series of all time over the weekend, and The Sopranos whacked the competition.
HBO’s seminal mob drama snagged the top spot on the highly subjective and sure-to-be-picked-apart list (Sex and the City ahead of Game of Thrones? Dexter ahead of The Shield? Bupkis for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson?)
Photos | 30 Actors on Cancelled TV Series We Want Back on TV Now
Review the selections below and then hit the comments with your snappy judgements.
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All in the Family
5. M*A...
HBO’s seminal mob drama snagged the top spot on the highly subjective and sure-to-be-picked-apart list (Sex and the City ahead of Game of Thrones? Dexter ahead of The Shield? Bupkis for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson?)
Photos | 30 Actors on Cancelled TV Series We Want Back on TV Now
Review the selections below and then hit the comments with your snappy judgements.
1. The Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. The Twilight Zone
4. All in the Family
5. M*A...
- 6/3/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Freaks and Geeks Season 1, Episode 4 ‘Kim Kelly Is My Friend’
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by Mike White
Aired 9/5/2000 on Fox Family
It always boggles my mind that NBC never aired ‘Kim Kelly Is My Friend’ because of the ‘darker’ material surrounding Kim Kelly’s home life, because it’s such an important episode in establishing her character for the rest of the series. Written by Mike White (creator of Enlightened, and writer of Orange County and School of Rock), ‘Kim Kelly Is My Friend’ takes what’s been an archetype character to this point, and fills her out in three detailed and devastatingly poignant dimensions.
When the episode begins, Kim’s up to her usual antics, terrorizing freshman with her friend Karen (a young, particularly nasty Rashida Jones). Karen is shorter and slighter than Kim (and with dark hair), but she provides a mirror to judge Kim’s...
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by Mike White
Aired 9/5/2000 on Fox Family
It always boggles my mind that NBC never aired ‘Kim Kelly Is My Friend’ because of the ‘darker’ material surrounding Kim Kelly’s home life, because it’s such an important episode in establishing her character for the rest of the series. Written by Mike White (creator of Enlightened, and writer of Orange County and School of Rock), ‘Kim Kelly Is My Friend’ takes what’s been an archetype character to this point, and fills her out in three detailed and devastatingly poignant dimensions.
When the episode begins, Kim’s up to her usual antics, terrorizing freshman with her friend Karen (a young, particularly nasty Rashida Jones). Karen is shorter and slighter than Kim (and with dark hair), but she provides a mirror to judge Kim’s...
- 5/15/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
With Wreck-it Ralph about to smash into theaters (November 2nd), I got to sit down with the super funny Sarah Silverman (voice of .Vanellope von Schweetz.) in a round table at the Beverly Hilton Hotel (Beverly Hills, CA). We talk video games, Disney princesses, and which comedies Sarah liked to watch in her youth.
From Walt Disney Animation Studios and Emmy®-winning director Rich Moore comes .Wreck-It Ralph,. a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping adventure. For decades, Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) has been overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, Jr. (voice of Jack McBrayer), the good-guy star of their game who always gets to save the day. Tired of playing the role of a bad guy, Ralph takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a journey across the arcade through multiple generations of video games to prove he.s got what it takes to be a hero.
On his quest,...
From Walt Disney Animation Studios and Emmy®-winning director Rich Moore comes .Wreck-It Ralph,. a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping adventure. For decades, Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) has been overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, Jr. (voice of Jack McBrayer), the good-guy star of their game who always gets to save the day. Tired of playing the role of a bad guy, Ralph takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a journey across the arcade through multiple generations of video games to prove he.s got what it takes to be a hero.
On his quest,...
- 10/31/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Id like to say the former but its definitely the latter. I dont know why the 12 year old me remembers Meridian fondly. This movie was in heavy rotation back in the early 90s on my grandparents old C-Band satellite dish. I remember watching Meridian whenever I could between my grandparents watching The Price Is Right, Barney Miller, Press Your Luck or any other number of random 70s / 80s game shows. Maybe its because I never got to see…...
- 10/26/2012
- Horrorbid
Dana Schutz: Piano in the Rain Friedrich Petzel Gallery Through June 16, 2012
The sitcom, or situation comedy, is a television show format that usually features a family scenario (for example, a husband and wife, like in The Honeymooners), or a larger, extended family (The Cosby Show), or some kind of surrogate family (Barney Miller, Cheers). In this weekly formula a mini-crisis or drama ensues, threatening to unravel the delicate fabric of the familial tranquility. Historically, theatrical comedies have often dealt with the concerns of human activities and conditions in ways that drama can't, cloaking tragedy with humor. Shakespeare, for example, often used his comedies to deal with subject matter that might have been problematic to present as drama; the entirety of Restoration theatre was based on the use of satire as a form of social and political critique.
Dana Schutz appropriates the familiar forms and styles of Munch, Ensor, and Guston,...
The sitcom, or situation comedy, is a television show format that usually features a family scenario (for example, a husband and wife, like in The Honeymooners), or a larger, extended family (The Cosby Show), or some kind of surrogate family (Barney Miller, Cheers). In this weekly formula a mini-crisis or drama ensues, threatening to unravel the delicate fabric of the familial tranquility. Historically, theatrical comedies have often dealt with the concerns of human activities and conditions in ways that drama can't, cloaking tragedy with humor. Shakespeare, for example, often used his comedies to deal with subject matter that might have been problematic to present as drama; the entirety of Restoration theatre was based on the use of satire as a form of social and political critique.
Dana Schutz appropriates the familiar forms and styles of Munch, Ensor, and Guston,...
- 5/15/2012
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Listen, I really wasn’t expecting tonight’s Idol to start with a T.S. Eliot quote. But here we are: “What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is often a beginning. The end is where we start from.” I have no idea how that applies to this situation, but I’m happy to see a St. Louis literary legend reppin’ on Idol. Stack that paper, Estate of T.S. Eliot!Our judges are at their very them-est tonight, wardrobe-wise: Randy is wearing a lavender sport coat with a giant chocolate nonpareil — a Senior Mint? — pinned to the breast. Jennifer is wearing some kind of Venetian-blind top with cutouts that display her astonishing abdominal muscles. And Steven is dressed like a pimp on Barney Miller. Ryan’s staircase-descent smile is toned down to “aggressively pleasant,” as he deploys his Emotion-Conveyance Chin and acknowledges the passing of Dick Clark.
- 4/19/2012
- by Dave Holmes
- Vulture
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, here are some queries we’re going to lob at you, from shows including Fringe, Glee, Gossip Girl, NCIS: La, Psych and Grey’s Anatomy!
1 | Does Fringe not receive enough kudos for the top-notch quality and bountiful quantity of its split-screen work featuring actors acting opposite themselves?
2 | Did the “feeding” scene in last week’s Grimm make it the most gruesome episode to date?
3 | Are any Fairly Legal fans actually warming up to this new guy, Ben? Or are we just distracted by...
1 | Does Fringe not receive enough kudos for the top-notch quality and bountiful quantity of its split-screen work featuring actors acting opposite themselves?
2 | Did the “feeding” scene in last week’s Grimm make it the most gruesome episode to date?
3 | Are any Fairly Legal fans actually warming up to this new guy, Ben? Or are we just distracted by...
- 4/13/2012
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
TV is back, to help you ring in this New Year! This week alone, you’ve got five series debuts, 14 season openers and 36 shows returning from the holiday break. Let’s start off the onslaught of goodness with a list of 10 Monday programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm The Bachelor (ABC) | Ben Flajnik, 29 — aka Bachelorette Ashley Hebert’s reject — peruses 25 women age 23-34 (not including one actress who won’t disclose her age, hmm). Among the pickings are three nurses, a model, a physical trainer and one (ahem) “VIP cocktail waitress.”
8 pm Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | Season 2.5 promises us that Aria,...
8 pm The Bachelor (ABC) | Ben Flajnik, 29 — aka Bachelorette Ashley Hebert’s reject — peruses 25 women age 23-34 (not including one actress who won’t disclose her age, hmm). Among the pickings are three nurses, a model, a physical trainer and one (ahem) “VIP cocktail waitress.”
8 pm Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | Season 2.5 promises us that Aria,...
- 1/2/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
By Todd Garbarini
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Like most children of the 1970s, television viewing was a big part of my week. Beginning at 7:30 Pm and ending two and-a-half hours later, my family’s Thursday nights consisted of That’s Hollywood, Mork and Mindy, Angie, Barney Miller, and Carter Country. Not having seen Barney Miller until well into its sixth season, I just assumed that the entire show took place in the police station. Now that the show’s entire series is available in a DVD box set, courtesy of the fine folks at Shout! Factory, my initial impressions of the show were proven wrong. The pilot episode features Barney Miller’s family, specifically his wife, played with charm by Barbara Barrie. Abe Vigoda, Maxwell Gail, and Ron Glass appear from the get-go, and guest star Chu Chu Malave, who played Maria’s boyfriend who tackles...
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Like most children of the 1970s, television viewing was a big part of my week. Beginning at 7:30 Pm and ending two and-a-half hours later, my family’s Thursday nights consisted of That’s Hollywood, Mork and Mindy, Angie, Barney Miller, and Carter Country. Not having seen Barney Miller until well into its sixth season, I just assumed that the entire show took place in the police station. Now that the show’s entire series is available in a DVD box set, courtesy of the fine folks at Shout! Factory, my initial impressions of the show were proven wrong. The pilot episode features Barney Miller’s family, specifically his wife, played with charm by Barbara Barrie. Abe Vigoda, Maxwell Gail, and Ron Glass appear from the get-go, and guest star Chu Chu Malave, who played Maria’s boyfriend who tackles...
- 12/24/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Okay, some updates.
It's Tuesday, so keep an eye on Beginning of Line. A new episode of Caprica season 2 goes up today.
There are a couple of things to check out on TV tonight. Patton Oswalt is on Conan at 11 pm on TBS, and on Chelsea Lately, also at 11 on E!
Deck the Halls with Luciana Carro and Hiro Kanagawa premieres at 9 pm on TNT. From the press release:
Holiday cheer turns to holiday fear when a private investigator’s father is kidnapped in TNT’s all-new original movie Deck the Halls, starring Kathy Najimy, Scottie Thompson, Jane Alexander, Larry Miller and David Selby. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark and the first in their series of holiday mystery novels.
A crackling good mystery with a warm holiday heart, Deck the Halls brings together two of the Higgins Clarks’ most popular characters: cleaning-woman-turned-amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan,...
It's Tuesday, so keep an eye on Beginning of Line. A new episode of Caprica season 2 goes up today.
There are a couple of things to check out on TV tonight. Patton Oswalt is on Conan at 11 pm on TBS, and on Chelsea Lately, also at 11 on E!
Deck the Halls with Luciana Carro and Hiro Kanagawa premieres at 9 pm on TNT. From the press release:
Holiday cheer turns to holiday fear when a private investigator’s father is kidnapped in TNT’s all-new original movie Deck the Halls, starring Kathy Najimy, Scottie Thompson, Jane Alexander, Larry Miller and David Selby. Based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark and the first in their series of holiday mystery novels.
A crackling good mystery with a warm holiday heart, Deck the Halls brings together two of the Higgins Clarks’ most popular characters: cleaning-woman-turned-amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan,...
- 12/21/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Welcome back to Killer Film’s New Release Tuesday for October 25th! Some of the releases are making it to DVD or Blu-ray for the first time, but some are re-releases, so keep in mind that there could be multiple releases for certain titles. Before we get to these releases, let us remind you that by ordering through our site, you not only get the best deals around from Amazon, but clicking on a cover and purchasing from our link will help us out at no extra cost to you! It’s what keeps us killer!
Captain America: The First Avenger
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: Looks solid. Buy
Donny says: One of the best Marvel movies. Buy
Jurassic Park Ulitmate Trilogy
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: I only liked Jurassic Park, the sequels blew. Rent
Donny says: I’m a fan. Buy
Attack the Block
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: Buy it baby!
Captain America: The First Avenger
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: Looks solid. Buy
Donny says: One of the best Marvel movies. Buy
Jurassic Park Ulitmate Trilogy
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: I only liked Jurassic Park, the sequels blew. Rent
Donny says: I’m a fan. Buy
Attack the Block
(Formats: Blu-ray/DVD)
Jason says: Buy it baby!
- 10/25/2011
- by Donny Broussard
- Killer Films
Cop shows have been around almost as long as television itself and have run the gamut, from procedurals to sitcoms to serialized dramas. They’ve given us some of TV’s most memorable and enduring characters, not to mention some of the medium’s best performances. Yet, upon examination, disproportionately few of the detectives who grace our screens are particularly great at their jobs and often those that are have any number of person issues that get in the way. Between alcoholism, anger issues, corruption, family drama, and neuroses, a reliable TV cop can be hard to find, let alone one who’s great at their job. This isn’t a list of the most interesting cops or the best performances or even the most realistic. This list looks at the detectives we would want working our case if the need arose.
Note: Due to the specific parameters of this list,...
Note: Due to the specific parameters of this list,...
- 9/14/2011
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline's coverage of TCA. At the NBCUniversal press sessions at Monday’s TCA, not one but two of the new series introduced here are re-imaginings of British shows. In the morning, it was the comedy Free Agents. This afternoon, it was the Maria Bello starrer Prime Suspect, a re-invention of the critically acclaimed British procedural drama starring Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, a homicide detective with a dark side. This time around, England is New York City, and Maria Bello is Jane Timoney, a brilliant “bad cop” disliked by her squad. She’s all tough and stuff. At age 44, Bello joins the ranks of glamorous middle-aged actresses who have found a place for themselves in TV's procedural dramas. Also like the producers of Free Agents, co-executive producer/writer Alexandra Cunningham said the show would be a little less dark than seems to suit British tastes:...
- 8/2/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Adam Rose / Fox Contestants perform on the June 30 broadcast of “So You Think You Can Dance?”
It’s down to seven couples now.
The judges give a lot more substantive feedback tonight, which is much more interesting than generalized shrieks and love, maybe because with fewer dancers there’s more time to talk to them? The music is much more varied, too, with numbers from David Bowie, Tito Puente, Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat. There’s also a new choreographer,...
It’s down to seven couples now.
The judges give a lot more substantive feedback tonight, which is much more interesting than generalized shrieks and love, maybe because with fewer dancers there’s more time to talk to them? The music is much more varied, too, with numbers from David Bowie, Tito Puente, Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat. There’s also a new choreographer,...
- 7/7/2011
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
It doesn’t take much sleuthing on TV Land’s Facebook page to discover some of the channel’s viewers are downright peeved. Their demands? More classic programming and fewer new shows. “Bring back the classics! Archie Bunker rules!” declares one viewer. “With all these comments, can’t you guys take the hint! You need to revamp the channel,” censures another. One says: “I’d rather watch the Cavs’ losing streak than Hot in Cleveland.”
TV Land’s first original scripted sitcom, Hot in Cleveland (which has just been renewed for a third season), nabbed SAG recognition in January with...
TV Land’s first original scripted sitcom, Hot in Cleveland (which has just been renewed for a third season), nabbed SAG recognition in January with...
- 3/8/2011
- by Bryan Lufkin
- EW - Inside TV
There was news this morning that Topher Grace was developing a remake of the 70's motorcycle cop show, "CHiPs" (and if there's anyone that could actually pull of those roles, it'd be Grace and Wilmer Valderrama, although no one should really bother), and it brought my attention to the "CHiPs" theme song, which reminded me of what a horrible era -- late 70s/early 80s -- it was for television theme songs. There were some exceptions, perhaps -- "Magnum P.I.," "Sanford & Son," "The A-Team," and "The Dukes of Hazzard" -- but overall, theme songs were as ear-gouging as the popular music was for the time period. I'm frankly surprised that Air Supply never supplied a theme.
I know these shows are beyond the age range of many of our readers (and I know them mostly from reruns), but they deserve a listen just so that you can better appreciate modern television themes.
I know these shows are beyond the age range of many of our readers (and I know them mostly from reruns), but they deserve a listen just so that you can better appreciate modern television themes.
- 8/5/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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