Dear ‘Heroes': We're through
McClatchy Newspapers
10/9/2008, by Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Can someone please just answer this question for me: Why can't the characters on "Heroes" fight an enemy in the present day? Let me say that again: Why can't they fight an enemy in the present day?
Once again, "Heroes" is inducing headaches instead of entertaining us. Why ...
‘Will & Grace' star Debra Messing returns in ‘The Starter Wife'
McClatchy Newspapers
10/9/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - The USA Network has done a good job in recent years of scheduling original programming that appeals to male viewers. "Burn Notice," "Monk," "Psyche," "The Dead Zone" and "The 4400" have been bigger lures for the guys than the gals. Now, the cable channel has a huge draw ...
‘The Tony Rock Project,' premiering Wednesday on MyNetworkTV
McClatchy Newspapers
10/7/2008, by Glenn Garvin
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Launched in 2006 as an all-telenovela network, low ratings have reduced MyNetworkTV to a wasteland of beat-them-bloody extreme sports and tawdry reality shows. So give credit to "The Tony Rock Project," the comic revue that debuts Wednesday _ at least it's aimed at ...
‘Life on Mars,' ‘Eleventh Hour' take aim at crime
McClatchy Newspapers
10/7/2008, by Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - It's easy to mock CBS' relentless obsession with murder procedurals. Judging from all the homicidal mayhem occurring nightly on the network's airwaves, you might think its call letters stand for Corpses, Bodybags and Stiffs. But can you really fault CBS for a lack of ...
Molly Shannon and Selma Blair talk about ‘Kath & Kim'
McClatchy Newspapers
10/7/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Add "Kath & Kim" to the list of American network television shows based on programs created abroad. It follows the likes of "The Office," "Coupling," "The Worst Week," "Life on Mars" and "The Ex List." The new NBC comedy, starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair, is based ...
Some of us will miss ‘Boston Legal' after the gavel finally falls
McClatchy Newspapers
10/3/2008, by John Mark Eberhart
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It's going to be awfully tough for me to say goodbye to "Boston Legal." I know, I know. It's the fifth season for the legal comedy/drama. Many of the antics have become predictable, especially the various misbehaviors of William Shatner's Denny Crane. And the series' ...
Krumholtz Praises ‘Numb3rs' at Five
McClatchy Newspapers
10/2/2008, by Kate O'Hare
Zap2it.com (MCT) - When a TV series hits its fifth season, it can start to get a little mushy around the middle. David Krumholtz, star of CBS' mathematics/crime drama "Numb3rs," which reaches that milestone Friday at 10 p.m. EDT, feels his show is still lean and mean. "I honestly think we hit our ...
Elizabeth Reaser leverages ‘Grey's Anatomy' acclaim into her own network series
McClatchy Newspapers
10/2/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Elizabeth Reaser, star of the new CBS romantic comedy "The Ex List," is better known to "Grey's Anatomy" fans as Ava. Or is it Rebecca? Either way, the character earned her an Emmy nomination and a lot of fan attention. Reaser is not worried that she is so closely ...
Rachel Maddow hops from radio to her own MSNBC show with smarts, energy and charm
McClatchy Newspapers
10/1/2008, by John Timpane
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - "She's great on radio, but she was made for TV," says Matthew Zeidman, an audio assistant at MSNBC. "Her brainpower is just unreal," says executive producer Bill Wolff, edgily relaxing in his office before all hell breaks loose. "She's running around you while ...
Pop culture Q&A: ‘Price is Right' announcer is from Ohio
McClatchy Newspapers
9/30/2008, by Rich Heldenfels
Akron Beacon Journal (MCT) - Q: I am interested in hearing about the announcer on "The Price Is Right." Any info would be appreciated. I love "The Price Is Right." A: Like host Drew Carey, announcer Rich Fields is a Buckeye _ born in Bay Village in 1960 and growing up in Avon until his family moved ...
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