The homage to Dawson’s Creek at Screen gems Two weeks ago, I was in North Carolina visiting the set of Under the Dome (Mondays at 10/9c on CBS and Global). Some of my younger colleagues, however, were much more excited to be in the same Atlantic-based Screen Gems studios where two other shows had once
Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels in TV’s original The Lone Ranger “Are ya grindin’?” the Loan Ranger said to me. “Shut ‘er down.”Thus began my interview with Clayton Moore, the actor who played TV’s The Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1957. The series, which ran for years on radio, was the first made-for-TV western.I met
Hey, Daddy-O. The latest TV time capsule from Shout! Factory has arrived: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series. The 20-DVD box set contains all 147 episodes from the 1959-’63 series, plus some bonus goodies. Dobie seems more ‘50s than ‘60s. If it was on my radar at all as a kid it
Voight and Schreiber:Donovan has daddy issues I just dunno about this guy Ray Donovan. His series premiered Sunday night at 10 p.m. on Showtime and in Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central. Broadway and film star Liev Schreiber stars as the ultimate Los Angeles fixer, a strong, silent type who does the dirty work for
School’s out for summer, as Alice Cooper used to say. So what’s on TV?Tons ‘o stuff. The new Showtime original Ray Donovan, starring Liev Schreiber as a slick LA fixer-to-the-stars, begins Sunday, for example. Dexter returns for a final run. In August, so does Breaking Bad. The Listener, True Blood, Saving Hope and Rookie Blue
From Thursdays Conan: Paula Deen’s book isn’t even out yet and it’s already number one on Amazon. And at the bottom of the sales page it says, “Customers who like this book may also like Alabama in the 1950s.”
This week, CHML`s Scott Thompson kicked things off with thoughts on James Gandolfini. The Sopranos‘ star died suddenly last week in Rome at 51. His funeral was Thursday, and creator David Chase, Edie Falco, Michael Imperiolli and many other cast mates attended the service.We speculate if a Sopranos‘ prequel might, or should, ever emerge. Chase
The overnight, estimated tally for Monday’s Sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs was 3,401,000 viewers. The Chicago Blackhawks last minute victory over the Boston Bruins pulled the highest playoff total since the Leafs went out in the first round. Audience levels rose as the series heated up. Saturday’s 5th game drew 2,911,000,