Cable continues its ride through the press tour, with an emphasis on going green: Discovery Networks (Discovery, Animal Planet, TLC.) -Discovery: The Discovery Channel had a panel at the tour discussing a film titled Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy, which chronicles the find of Leonardo, a extinct dinosaur found in Montana – which still stands with 90 percent of its […]
The big-screen adaption of the popular TV show was the box-office champ over the weekend with a haul of $56 million, defeating last week’s champ Indiana Jones and exceeding expectations from studio Warner Bros. However, it fell short of the $72 million earned by The Simpsons Movie last July – the last adaption of a TV show that hit movie […]
HBO dumped its ratings and critically challenged drama series John From Cincinnati, effectively sending John back to the land of Oinco Cinco, where Jerry Springer was once mayor, Pete Rose was once a hero, and Les Nessman gave hog reports.
Aside from the Amy Jacobson junk going on, there is something else of note going on in the television industry: The critics press tour. Here is a detailed analysis of what’s on tap this fall from HBO, Hallmark, and Lifetime.
That’s what Sorpranos creator David Chase basically said to its fans last night’s series finale as the screen went to black – in the middle of the final scene. Well, at least no one went to jail (Seinfeld), it wasn’t a figment of someone’s imagination (St. Elsewhere), and nobody woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette (Newhart – still the best […]
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