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14 items from 2012
Seitz Asks: Who Was Your First TV Crush?
23 May 2012 9:30 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Seitz Asks is a weekly feature in which our critic proposes a question about the medium, gives his own answer, then engages with readers about their responses. So who was my first TV crush? Mary Ann Summers from Gilligan's Island and Bailey Quarters from Wkrp in Cincinnati. I realize I'm cheating by listing two characters, but hey, there's an autobiographical reason for it. I was in elementary school when I first started watching Sherwood Schwartz's island sitcom in repeats. But in its goofy way, the juxtaposition of Dawn Wells's farm girl Mary Ann Summers and Tina Louise's Marilyn Monroe–wannabe Ginger Grant got me thinking about what attractive meant and how I would define it.One of the sitcom's conceits was that a whisper of interest from Ginger could make any man stutter and bump into palm trees. But even as an elementary-school dork, I knew Ginger »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
Horror Meets A Retirement Home in Hotel Arthritis
20 May 2012 11:50 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Not since Bubba Ho-Tep has horror graced the halls of a retirement community…unless you count that one episode in the first season of "The Walking Dead." But filmmaker Jason Lockhart is about to bring us another old folks home nightmare with Hotel Arthritis.
Directed by Lockhart, who also wrote the film with Jacqui Holland, Hotel Arthrits is a horror-comedy that stars Dawn Wells (MaryAnn on "Gilligan's Island") and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q). Also featured are Lee Meriwether of Catwoman fame, Camille Saviola, Jacqui Holland, Kiersten Warren, Rip Taylor and Bruce Vilanch.4
For more visit the official Hotel Arthritis website, "like" Hotel Arthritis on Facebook and follow Hotel Arthritis on Twitter (@HotelArthritis).
Synopsis
Senior citizens are being offed by a masked killer who stalks the halls of the small retirement community in which they live. The story opens with a terrifying murder, creating space on the waiting list for Rose to move in. »
- Doctor Gash
Jon Eig: The New Abnormal: What Modern Sitcoms Can Learn From the Past
20 May 2012 12:29 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The networks announced their 2012/13 seasons this week. Many years ago, this was a big event. It isn't anymore. But the media still trots out a few column inches on the new shows we can expect to see cancelled next fall. And I always look, hoping to find some vestige of brief, glorious part of America's cultural past.
Most current sitcoms can be traced to one of several family trees. You can still see the spawn of Lucy and Ricky in Mike and Molly, just as you can scratch The Middle hard enough and find Father Knows Best. The Seinfeld/Friends juggernaut is visible in the Fox hit The New Girl, among others. And workplace comedies that sprang from The Dick Van Dyke Show make up most of NBC's current line-up.
The networks' new shows mostly fall into these generic categories. Chances are, one or two will strike a chord, most will flounder. »
- Jon Eig
Recast Away: 'Cheers'
3 April 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Okay, so last week, as a goof, I invited first Twitter, and then the commenters here, to see if you could recast "Gilligan's Island" using only actors from the same show. 130+ enthusiastic comments later, it occurred to me that we might be onto something here. So as an experiment, we're going to try this again. Maybe it was just a one-time thing that we'll get bored with quickly, maybe it's something we can keep going for a few weeks before it runs out of steam, or maybe it is something that can just run Forever, until we're trying to figure »
- Alan Sepinwall
Evan Shapiro: Where Do the Huxtables Poop?
1 March 2012 5:12 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Have you been watching New Girl? It's a pretty good show. They're funny -- especially Schmidt. She's adorkable. The unresolved sexual tension thing is not bad.
My one knock is this; where the hell are those perky hipsters supposed to be living? Not what city -- although that's an unsolved mystery in its own right (it looks like La, but I'm convinced they're pretending its Chicago). More specifically, however, what is with that apartment? It's enormous. Even for TV, it's cavernous... four bedrooms and an industrial bathroom, replete with lockers. Obviously, it's meant to be a loft, like this one in Los Angeles. But the 3-bedroom, 1,200 square foot loft listed at that site goes for $3,000 per month. Jess and her roomies have more than twice that much space (in the bathroom alone), a huge terrace, amazing sunlight, roof access and Four bedrooms. Four.
Let's say Jess' fictional, 2800 sq ft, four-bedroom loft, »
- Evan Shapiro
'Parks and Recreation' - 'Sweet Sixteen': Signs of overwork
23 February 2012 6:00 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
A review of tonight's "Parks and Recreation" coming up just as soon as we talk minimum acceptable thread count for sheets... There's been a danger that the campaign story arc might begin feel a little bit like a "Gilligan's Island" plot, in that Leslie winning and leaving the parks department would change the show so much that it's hard to imagine it happening. But "Sweet Sixteen" cleverly — if belatedly — gives us a crucial new piece of information by revealing that it (like many elected positions in small town government) is a part-time gig, and one that would allow Leslie »
- Alan Sepinwall
Favorite TV Character Staff Picks: Ed
17 February 2012 7:24 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Voting closes today at midnight for our Favorite TV characters poll. We asked you readers to name their personal top 10 and after voting closes this Friday we'll be compiling the results and publishing the Top 50 rankings later in the month.
So far thousands of votes have been cast, and many of you have shared your choices in the comments. It might just sway other people's voting by pitching your favorites both here in the comments and via Twitter and Facebook.
Every day this week we've been posting a top ten TV character selection from an Ae staff member. Dennis gave you his list, then we heard from snicks, and Louis, and Brian and now it's my turn. My choices are in random order, and reveal a dark window into my soul.
1. Brian Kinney (Gale Harold), Queer As Folk
Brian is simultaneously the most loved and hated character on Queer As Folk. »
- lostinmiami
Dawn Wells: 'Gilligan's Island' Actors Got No Syndication Royalties
15 February 2012 3:54 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The TV classic "Gilligan's Island" aired for three seasons and for decades after that in syndication. But as Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bubbly Mary Ann, told "Good Day NY" (weekdays, 9 a.m. Est on Fox) the cast wasn't fortunate enough to share in the syndication royalties.
"No, they didn't exist!" Wells lamented. "Our producer made $90 on the re-runs of 'Gilligan's Island' alone, but we didn't get any of it."
Another opportunity Wells missed out on while they were filming was an off-screen, on-island romance. When Rosanna Scotto asked her if she ever was romantically involved with anyone in the cast, Wells said that she and Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, had a special connection, but they could never hook up because they were both married. "I could have fallen in love with the Professor in a minute, but we were both married ... He was »
- Alex Moaba
Dawn Wells: 'Gilligan's Island' Actors Got No Syndication Royalties
15 February 2012 1:00 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The TV classic "Gilligan's Island" aired for three seasons and for decades after that in syndication. But as Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bubbly Mary Ann, told "Good Day NY" (weekdays, 9 a.m. Est on Fox) the cast wasn't fortunate enough to share in the syndication royalties.
"No, they didn't exist!" Wells lamented. "Our producer made $90 million on the re-runs of 'Gilligan's Island' alone, but we didn't get any of it."
Another opportunity Wells missed out on while they were filming was an off-screen, on-island romance. When Rosanna Scotto asked her if she ever was romantically involved with anyone in the cast, Wells said that she and Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, had a special connection, but they could never hook up because they were both married. "I could have fallen in love with the Professor in a minute, but we were both married ... He »
- Alex Moaba
John Rich, Emmy Winning Director, Dead At 86
5 February 2012 3:02 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
John Rich (right) with producer Norman Lear, 1973.
This almost escaped us but reader Bill Parisho alerted us that Emmy winning director John Rich died on January 30 at age 86. Rich was lauded for his work on The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, Gunsmoke, Gilligan's Island, Barney Miller and other beloved programs. Rich also directed Elvis Presley in the feature films Easy Come, Easy Go. For more click here »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
TV Director Rich Dead At 86
30 January 2012 11:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Emmy Award-winning director John Rich has died at the age of 86.
He passed away after a brief illness at his Los Angeles home on Sunday.
Born in Rockaway Beach, New York, Rich studied at the University of Michigan and served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
He went on to direct a number of popular U.S. TV shows throughout his career, among them The Brady Bunch, Mister Ed, Gilligan's Island and The Jeffersons, and he won two Emmy Awards for episodes of All in the Family and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Rich also directed Elvis Presley in hit movies Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go.
He later teamed up with Happy Days star Henry Winkler to produce the series MacGyver and eventually retired from the industry in 1999. »
Veteran Sitcom Director John Rich Dead At 86
29 January 2012 1:05 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
John Rich, a veteran TV director with ties to many classic sitcoms, has died at the age of 86.
Rich won three Emmys over the course of his career, two for his directorial work. He directed numerous episodes of "All in the Family," including the first one, as well as several episodes of "The Brady Bunch," "Gilligan's Island" and "That Girl," among other classic sitcoms.
Rich won an Emmy for his directorial work on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and two for "All in the Family." His last credited TV directorial work is the short-lived 1999 series "Payne," starring John Larroquette and Julie Benz.
"We are deeply saddened to learn today of the passing of John Rich," Taylor Hackford, president of the Directors Guild of America, said in a statement. "A legendary figure in the history of TV comedy, John tirelessly served our Guild for nearly six decades. He directed some of »
- Chris Harnick
John Rich, 'All in the Family,' 'Gilligan's Island' director dies at 86
29 January 2012 12:57 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
John Rich, director of beloved television shows like "Gilligan's Island," "All In the Family," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke The Rifleman," "The Twilight Zone" and "Murphy Brown" has passed away at the age of 86, according to Deadline.
Rich started his broadcast career while at University of Michigan in the 1940s, working as a radio sports announcer, earning one dollar an hour. "My early inspiration for getting into television was the need to eat on a regular basis," he said in an interview.
DGA President Taylor Hackford said in a statement, "We are deeply saddened to learn today of the passing of John Rich. A legendary figure in the history of TV comedy, John tirelessly served our Guild for nearly six decades. He directed some of the most beloved classics of all time and his skills as a television director were unsurpassed, but no matter how busy and successful his career was, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Veteran Sitcom Director John Rich Dead At 86
29 January 2012 11:54 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
John Rich, a veteran TV director with ties to many classic sitcoms, has died at the age of 86.
Rich won three Emmys over the course of his career, two for his directorial work. He directed numerous episodes of "All in the Family," including the first one, as well as several episodes of "The Brady Bunch," "Gilligan's Island" and "That Girl," among other classic sitcoms.
Rich won an Emmy for his directorial work on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and two for "All in the Family." His last credited TV directorial work is the short-lived 1999 series "Payne," starring John Larroquette and Julie Benz.
"We are deeply saddened to learn today of the passing of John Rich," Taylor Hackford, president of the Directors Guild of America, said in a statement. "A legendary figure in the history of TV comedy, John tirelessly served our Guild for nearly six decades. He directed some of »
- Chris Harnick
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