Bill O’Reilly meets Oscar The Grouch– er, Spill O’Reilly
Strange– he sounds more like Sean Hannity to me.
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The Point Radio: ‘Big Bang’ gang on being Chic Geek, and who was that caped guy on ‘Smallville’?
How can we not love a show where the characters wear Flash t-shirts and love comics as much as we do. For the cast of THE BIG BANG THEORY, being a true geek is hard work and we talk to them about how they prepare for the parts, plus TWILIGHT breaks the BO and is…
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Why continuity matters, dammit
Doris Egan, former producer on Smallville and current producer on House, sums up why fans care about continuity: I’ve never forgotten when I was a kid, watching a show called It Takes a Thief. Throughout the series, the hero would say, “I’m a thief, like my father and my grandfather before me.” Then suddenly there…
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‘Global Frequency’ back to TV?
Global Frequency, the DC/Wildstorm comic, might be back in play as a TV series. You may remember that in 2005, Mark Burnett (producer of Survivor) and John Rogers (who would go on to write the comic Blue Beetle and create the show Leverage) created a pilot for the WB. The pilot wasn’t picked up; however,…
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Ken Ober: 1957-2009
Ken Ober, best known as the host of the MTV game show Remote Control, has died at the age of 52. No cause of death has been identified as yet. Ober was the host of the series for five seasons on MTV, airing first in 1987. The series helped launched the careers of several notables,…
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Ray Bradbury’s Return to Television
The Award-winning author Ray Bradbury will be returning to television with the announcement yesterday of The Bradbury Chronicles, which will be a six hour miniseries based on his works. White Oak Films announced the deal although no network has picked up the project for broadcast. White Oak’s John Philip Dayton will executive produce with Merrill…
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Fox Cancels ‘Dollhouse’
The mixed reviews and poor ratings have led Fox to formally cancel Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. The second season show, starring and co-produced by Eliza Dushku, is currently on a planned hiatus, keeping it from the harsh glare of the November Sweeps ratings period. The announced plan has the final episodes broadcast on these dates: two…
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Happy 40th birthday, Sesame Street!
On this day in 1969, the National Educational Television network premiered a show from the Children’s Television Workshop, with songs, animation, Bob McGrath, Loretta Long, Caroll Spinney, Carol Burnett, and Muppets. Forty years later, Sesame Street has become the longest running American children’s program, having helped educate generations of children worldwide. And Bob McGrath, Loretta…
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The Point Radio: ‘The Prisoner’ Remade Or Ruined?
This week, AMC premieres their updated version of the classic sf/ fantasy series, THE PRISONER. We begin our backstage visit to the set by tackling the question of how to approach the story with a 2009 eye and yet still keep at least some of the 1968 charm. Producer Trevor Hopkins gives his frank answers,…
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The Point Radio: Life on the set of ‘Law & Order’
Surviving two decades in primetime television is on easy task, especially if you are a drama. NBC’s Law And Order has made it’s mark in TV history, and the latest cast appreciates that as we sit down to talk about life on (and off) the set with Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson and Alana De La…
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Review: ‘Zorro’ The Complete First and Second Seasons
Walt Disney had a gift, an ability to take someone else’s property and recraft it for a modern audience. Just about every time he touched a fairy tale or legend, he struck paydirt. Look what he did with Grimm’s fairy tales or A.A. Milne’s [[[Winnie the Pooh]]]. Largely overlooked these days is the incredibly popular…
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