Writer, director and superhero enthusiast KEVIN SMITH brings his vast knowledge of comic books and memorabilia into play with the new AMC reality series COMIC BOOK MEN. Centered on SMITH’S own New Jersey comic book store, JAY AND SILENT BOB’S SECRET STASH, the show revolves around the handfull of quirky, off-beat guys who work at [...]
The announcement hit yesterday afternoon that the long-time Fox-TV series HOUSE will stop production at the end of its current season. The series debuted on Fox in 2004 and was almost immediately a hit with fans as it became a major player on the Fox roster. Unfortunately, the show’s audience has dropped off while its [...]
Still going strong as one of the stars of the hit TV Land sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND and soon to be heard as the voice of “Grandma” in the big screen adaptation of the DR. SEUSS classic THE LORAX, nonagenarian actress BETTY WHITE is as popular today as she was when she first conquered television [...]
Airing tonight on NBC, ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? is a freshman sitcom loosely based on the memoirs of comedienne CHELSEA HANDLER and offers a rose-tinted look at her early days of hard drinking and fast living. Part of what seems to be a new dawn of decidedly raunchy prime-time humor, the show might be considered [...]
Making its series debut tonight on ABC, THE RIVER is a genuinely frightening new show from OREN PELI, the director of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. When the host of a wildlife TV program disappears in the Amazon, his wife and son enlist a camera crew to help find him and instead find a really, really unfriendly jungle. [...]
Airing tonight on CBS, 2 BROKE GIRLS is a 30-minute sitcom about two young women from diametrically opposed backgrounds, forced by circumstance to strike-up an unlikely friendship. Written and produced by MICHAEL PATRICK KING and WHITNEY CUMMINGS, the cast features KATT DENNINGS, BETH BEHRS, MATTHEW MOY, JONATHAN KITE, GARRETT MORRIS and, returning tonight for a three [...]
Premiering tonight on NBC, SMASH is a new series centered on the world of Broadway musical theater. Executive-produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG, the series follows the conception and theatrical mounting of a musical production based on the life of screen legend MARILYN MONROE. DEBRA MESSING and ANGELICA HUSTON headline a cast that also includes AMERICAN IDOL [...]
The TV series Smash, which centers on two rival actresses (Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty) vying for the lead role in a Marilyn Monroe musical, premieres tonight (NBC, 10 pm et/pt). McPhee, a former American Idol finalist, sees a bit of herself in the role of Karen, a Midwestern gal living in the Big Apple [...]
I thought this season’s The Bachelor would give us, to coin an Eagles song, a “peaceful, easy feeling,” especially since Ben Flajnik is a laid back and levelheaded dude. So finding the right girl would be easy as pie for our San Francisco guy, correct? Unfortunately, love is rarely predictable.
Thanks to frontrunner Courtney, the [...]
Airing tonight on STARZ, the delightfully graphic SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE continues its reign of bloody battles as this second season continues to re-enforce the show’s eponymous hero’s place as the greatest gladiator in history. Created for STARZ by STEVEN DeKNIGHT, the cast includes LIAM McINTYRE (brought in to replace the late ANDY WHITFIELD as Spartacus), LUCY [...]
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