Robert B. Parker may be known for his series of Spenser novels, but his second creation, Jesse Stone, is gaining popularity through a series of CBS telefilms starring Tom Selleck. A sixth chapter has been announced as now being in production. No Remorse has started shooting in Halifax, Nova Scotia for eventually airing. A fifth…
After poor reviews and worse ratings, CBS has given up on the Elizabeth Reaser-starring vehicle The Ex List. The Friday night dramedy, based on an Israeli television series, was a creative problem for the network. Show runner Diane Ruggiero left the series when it was clear she and CBS couldn’t agree on a direction. Rick…
CBS Interactive is gearing up to make a strong push with original programming for multi-platform delivery. They announced that it will partner with Saturn to craft Novel Adventures which will star Daphne Zuniga (One Tree Hill). The premise follows four female friends who perform activities based on moments taken from classic books such as the…
In 1987, television was evolving. Thanks to [[[Hill Street Blues]]], the way dramatic stories were presented became more complex, the storytelling more diverse and the stories more compressed. The subject matter was also starting to broaden, moving beyond cops, lawyers and doctors. It was just before the SF wave kicked off with [[[Star Trek: The…
It wasn’t that long ago we told you that Xbox LIVE added a DC Comics Network channel to its lineup of videos for download on the Xbox 360 gaming console. Well, they’re not wasting any time adding more programming. They’ve added The Flash to the lineup of superhero television shows. 1990’s The Flash, starring John…
Next January, E.C. Segar’s cartoon creation Popeye turns 80. That’s a good run, especially for a character who still wasn’t showing many signs of his age in the 2004 TV special Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy. While Popeye might not have aged over the years, he certainly has changed, which is clearly evident in…
On this day in 1951, CBS first aired the hilarious classic, "I Love Lucy," and it’s never been off the air since. We must also honor the memory of Lucy for inspiring countless cosplayers across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fhrsmJx8BM Where would they be without her? Forced into the likes of Barbra Streisand and Cher? Is that…
Back in 1961, cartoonist Dan DeCarlo created a newspaper strip called Josie. Unsuccessful at selling into that crowded market, it was picked up by Archie Comics , and the feature evolved into Josie and the Pussycats. Dan based the lead character on his wife, Josie as sort of a different look at the Archie environment….
Roberto Orci told SCI FI Wire that he and writing partner Alex Kurtzman have finished the script to the 11th Star Trek movie, which director J.J. Abrams will start filming in November. "We’re still casting," Orci said, and there will be "some kind of Kirk" in the movie. One recalls Star Trek OS featured "some…
After receiving tons of mail, e-mail, phone calls, and about 40,000 pounds of peanuts, CBS has decided to pick up Jericho for a seven episode second season. "CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler posed posted a letter on CBS’s Jericho web site announcing the show will return in midseason. Her plea: "Please stop sending us nuts." …
We noted back on Monday that Craig Ferguson had been touting on CBS’s Late Late Show had been pushing a show called Ghost Chimp, M.D. — a show that seemed to be exactly like an idea that Kyle Baker had developed for CBS back in the 90’s, and wrote up for an article in Vibe…
For some reason, Craig Ferguson, a very funny person in his own right, has allegedly appropriated the work of Kyle Baker, the funniest man in the world. You can see the evidence at http://myspace.com/ghostchimpmd and at YouTube. Kyle developed the idea when he was working at Warner Bros. in the early 1990s. Bob Morales, a…
