The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
When David Simon's groundbreaking series becomes a subject of academic study, even the question of whether it's a TV show is up for discussion So is The Wire a cop show, part of a totally new genre or not even a TV programme at all? At the Wire as Social Science Fiction? conference in Leeds, Freya Billington from the University of Gloucestershire argued The Wire is in fact a new form of TV. "By...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Producer-director behind a raft of 20th-century TV classics It is no exaggeration to declare that the name of the film and television producer-director Arnold Laven, who has died aged 87, has been seen by millions of people all over the world, even if it might not have registered. Think of all those viewers of the TV series The Rifleman (1959-63) and The Big Valley (1965-69), made by Laven's company,...
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
When I read the obituaries for Edward Woodward last week, my mind went back to an essay I wrote in...
iowas newz liter (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Vice President Biden will be in Central Iowa today. It'll be tons of JO BS , and the scientific community is united in that fact , but no real jobs as the U.S. unemployment rate sits at 10.2 % and Iowa's has risen to 6.7% . Can you say STIMULUS ? Be aware that there have been a few unfortunate incidents, in other areas, that have foreshadowed a visit from the Vice President recently. Biden Escort Involved...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
As he watched the World Trade Center towers implode, Bill Cain, playwright and native New Yorker, felt a surge of fury pass through him. But as an ordained Jesuit priest, he was able to tap into another, equally powerful emotion....
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
"I went to sleep dreaming life was beauty -- I woke up knowing life was duty." -- written by David Mamet for a 1987 Hill Street Blues episode called "Wasted Weekend." I heard the line once during the original broadcast. I watched it from a cool little pre-war studio I was renting at the time, located on Camrose Drive in the old-time Hollywood hills, close to the Hollywood Bowl and...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
By David Lambert - Today we had the pleasure of speaking with the head of Fabulous Films USA, who filled us in on some of their upcoming DVD plans. One of the highlights of our conversation was the revelation... (more)
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
By David Lambert - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, AS WARNER HOME VIDEO RELEASES SOUTHLAND: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD JANUARY 26, 2010 FROM THE EMMY'... (more)
An Awfully Big Blog Adventure (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Twenty years ago, before I was published I spent two years writing an adult book. I was a great fan of ‘Hill Street Blues’ at the time and structured my book in a similar way. It was a complete day in a secondary school and involved the lives and loves of a group of teachers. (No need to guess what my job was at the time). It had a host of main characters and a number of intersecting story...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Monday morning means random thoughts. Withers: Ten random thoughts is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Colorado: Denver District of Columbia: Washington DC Florida: Miami Palm Beach Georgia: Atlanta Illinois: Chicago Massachusetts: Boston Minnesota: Minneapolis Nevada: Las Vegas New York: NewYork Texas:...
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
American Primitive is an excellent gay drama with an outstanding cast. It also doesn't hurt that it's set in 1973 with a groovy soundtrack of music. Give me the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" emanating from a car radio and I'm happy. However, cool oldies do not necessarily make a good film, so I was quite pleased that the screenplay by director Gwen Wynne and Mary Beth Fielder...
voluntaryXchange (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Answer below the fold. Veronica Hamel, who later starred in the grandaddy of all gritty, contemporary, serial dramas with multiple intertwined story arcs Hill Street Blues.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
THEN/NOW: That was Sarge's weekly advice to the cops on the influential show 'Hill Street Blues.' Let's see how well the cast members took it.
Spewing Truth in the face of Lies (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This unbelievable piece popped up on christwire.org I’m having a hard time deciding whether Christwire is a parody site or a bunch of fundamentalist religious nut jobs. Anyhow I posted this as a comment and post and emailed it to article author Stephenson Billings. think your theory is wrong. Let me tell you my story. I [...]
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Halloween turned out to be a lot more exciting at my house than I’d expected. We welcomed at least 45 trick-or-treaters, which is about twice as many as we usually see. (Maybe it was the double pumpkins and Christmas lights that drew those crowds.) Fortunately, I had plenty of sweets on hand--enough to give everybody generous helpings (which led one tyke in superhero garb to bellow out to his...
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