Herbie Hancock was the surprise winner at last week’s Grammys for album of the year with his Joni Mitchell tribute record. While some people were astounded by this, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert aired a surprising Hancock tribute video on his show. Who knew Rush Limbaugh was a fan of the innovative jazzman? Also, “Rockit” is [...]
Wendell Pierce as Bunk Being called the best show on television is a hell of a burden to carry. Season 4 of HBO’s drama The Wire won wide acclaim from critics, if not Emmys or Golden Globes noms, and show mastermind David Simon has set up this fifth and final season as a coda for [...]
Arnett responds to the loss of the prized role of KITT… In a conundrum worthy of his previous TV show Arrested Development, Will Arnett has had to drop the role of the voice of the talking car KITT on the new version of NBC’s 80s cheesefest Knight Rider. The role will now be taken by [...]
Party mama Lisa My beautiful and intelligent wife Tracy lived for years without cable television, subsisting solely on the 13 or so channels a shiny metal antenna could pluck from the ether. The introduction of full blown digital cable (with DVR) into our home was akin to European colonizers giving blankets to Native Americans. Where [...]
Reaper’s Harrison and Labine: Who you gonna call? TV pilots have become mini movies now, with name directors and expensive special effects. As Variety points out this week, many series television is getting pricier with pilots alone costing as much as $4 million dollars. The CW’s new show Reaper, for instance, sports some fancy-shmancy special [...]
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