‘Fables' has potential to be the next ‘Lost'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/12/2008, by Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Has ABC found the next "Lost"? According to a recent story in the Hollywood Reporter, the network bought the rights to the comic book "Fables" and will make a pilot in the new year.
I recently read the 11 collected volumes of the "Fables" series, which writer Bill ...
‘Doubt,' ‘In Treatment' lead Golden Globe nominations
Zap2it.com
12/11/2008
Zap2It.com (MCT) - Last year, the writers strike ended up canceling NBC's "prom," but for the time being _ pending the SAG, vote that is _ all things are full steam ahead for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 66th annual Golden Globes honoring the world of TV and movies. Cable continued to ...
TV's going digital: We answer your FAQ
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - Here's a spooky scenario: It's Feb. 18 and you've just plopped down onto the couch after a tough day at work. You grab the remote and click on the television, yearning to slip away into "American Idol." Only instead of casting your tired eyes upon the bubbly visage of ...
Life was better in ‘Donna Reed' world, cast member Paul Petersen says
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Glenn Garvin
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It's 50 years old _ that's about a thousand in television years _ filmed mostly in black and white, and relentlessly square in its values. But viewers have never stopped loving "The Donna Reed Show," and series regular Paul Petersen says the reasons are simple: It's ...
Jay Leno makes new deal with NBC for prime-time show
McClatchy Newspapers
12/9/2008, by Verne Gay
Newsday (MCT) - Jay stays. NBC will announce this morning that the longtime host of "The Tonight Show" will remain at the network as host of a weeknight 10 p.m. show.
And just like that, television has changed, and changed dramatically. Not only would such a show become a first _ a "stripped," or ...
‘Deadwood': One of the best *%$^#@ Western series ever
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Bruce Dancis
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) - John Wayne would have hated "Deadwood." Since Wayne referred to the 1952 Western "High Noon" as "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my whole life" because of its depiction of frontier townspeople as cowardly, it's reasonable to assume that the ...
TV viewing: The good, the bad — the icky!
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Rick Kushman
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Just to remind you how bad TV can get, cable's A&E, which used to stand for Arts & Entertainment and now seems to mean Anything & Everything, announced last week it's making a docu-reality series about exterminators. According to the hyped-up press release, "'The ...
Danny DeVito gets into the Christmas ‘Spirit'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Apparently, celebrities are just like everyone else when it comes to holiday shopping. They have the same trouble coming up with the right gifts. At least that's what Danny DeVito says.
The star of television and film figured out a way to get around the holiday ...
TV classics are comin' to town: Will any new specials join them?
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - Karen Nicles isn't ashamed to admit it: Even after countless viewings, she still gets a little lump in her throat whenever Charlie Brown bonds with that poor, scrawny Christmas tree, and a bounce in her heart every time Rudolph lights up the night sky for Santa. The ...
Regular guests dominate this year's holiday television lists
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Mark Washburn
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - No surprise here: It's going to be a lean Christmas all around. That includes TV.
Little new in the way of seasonal specials is coming this year. You'll have to mostly make do with the classics, the tried-and-trues that have been on for a generation or more.
A spring ...
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