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8 items from 2012
Jeffrey Tambor on His New Comedy, Bent, and the Secret Origin of Arrested Development’s Oscar
21 March 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
On the new NBC show Bent (premiering tonight at 9 p.m.), Amanda Peet is a divorced lawyer, David Walton her contractor, and Jeffrey Tambor his unemployed dad, Walter, who inserts himself into their lives because he can't find work as an actor. Walter likes to reminisce about past glories — stints on China Beach, Herman's Head, and Picket Fences — which feels like an inverse of Tambor's career: In the eighties, he was an omnipresent failed-sitcom star (The Ropers, the TV version of Nine to Five) and itinerant guest (The Love Boat, Hill Street Blues), but later in life became a TV-comedy icon on such ahead-of-their-time programs as Max Headroom, The Larry Sanders Show, and Arrested Development, which he'll return to as soon as the new seasons currently planned for Netflix get scripts. (Could that mean he'll have the chance to juggle appearances on Bent and Arrested at the same »
- Jennifer Vineyard
What’s the Best TV Drama of the Last 25 Years?
5 March 2012 9:20 AM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
To get an idea of just how far we’ve all come as a nation — or, more specific, as a nation of drama-loving TV sponges — consider the home-viewing options that were available to viewers in the spring of 1990. For Richard Chamberlain fans, there was the doctor-drama Island Son; for Grieco groupies, there was the 21 Jump Street spinoff Booker; and for people who loved disappointment, there was Wolf, a cop show starring Jack Scalia and absolutely no wolves. The prime-time grid wasn’t all bad, of course: The Simpsons and Seinfeld had just made their debut, and a handful of late-eighties dramas (thirtysomething, China Beach, L.A. Law) were still kicking around. But for the most part, there wasn’t a lot of TV for grown-ups, unless you counted Matlock and Murder, She Wrote, which were for waaaayyy grown-ups.All of which goes to explain the fizzy-headed clamor that greeted Twin Peaks »
- Brian Raftery
Body of Proof Review: Slowly Disappearing
15 February 2012 12:53 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
A dead body in a freezer had Megan's team in a deep freeze on Body of Proof this week, as a grieving family struggled to hold on to its past and future.
Robert Picardo guest starred as Henry in "Cold Blooded." Picardo and Dana Delany also starred on China Beach together about 20 years ago and I've been a huge fan of both actors ever since - so I was thrilled to see them team up again here.
Picardo's performance as Henry, a man suffering from possible Alzheimer's, hit home. I watched my grandfather suffer through this disease. Henry had that same look in his eyes:confusion, sadness, and fear. It's truly heartbreaking to watch and know so little can be done. It's like watching your loved one slowly disappear.
Henry's witness statements were erratic at best. There were pieces of what had happened wrapped up in memories of the past, which »
- christine@tvfanatic.com (C. Orlando)
Marg Helgenberger on shooting her final 'CSI' episode, airing tonight: 'Really intense'
25 January 2012 10:18 AM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Goodbye, Catherine!
In preparation for Marg Helgenberger’s last episode of CSI – airing tonight on CBS — EW talked to the 53-year-old actress about becoming the third original star (behind Gary Dourdan and William Petersen) to depart the long-running crime drama, as well as what she’ll miss, and whether she’ll ever come back.
Entertainment Weekly: You say goodbye to the other members of the CSI team in the last scene of your final episode. Was that by design?
Marg Helgenberger Yeah. I had asked for that to be the last scene ’cause I knew it was gonna be a »
- Lynette Rice
Marg Helgenberger on shooting her final 'CSI' episode, airing tonight: 'Really intense'
25 January 2012 10:18 AM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Goodbye, Catherine!
In preparation for Marg Helgenberger’s last episode of CSI – airing tonight on CBS — EW talked to the 53-year-old actress about becoming the third original star (behind Gary Dourdan and William Petersen) to depart the long-running crime drama, as well as what she’ll miss, and whether she’ll ever come back.
EW You say goodbye to the other members of the CSI team in the last scene of your final episode. Was that by design?
Marg Helgenberger Yeah. I had asked for that to be the last scene ’cause I knew it was gonna be a really »
- Lynette Rice
John Wells: Hollywood Weighs In on One of the Good Guys
14 January 2012 11:28 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story first appeared in the Jan. 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. As a kid growing up in Denver, John Wells dreamed of being a working writer. The fact that he became one, in a big way, doesn't surprise people who have worked with the writer-director-producer-showrunner on such series as China Beach, ER, The West Wing and Third Watch. To hear them tell it, Wells' work ethic and unflappable disposition are among the keys to his success (not to mention his legendary ability to multitask). As of Jan. 12, the multiple Emmy winner's accolades includes
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- Noela Hueso
ER Creator: Edgy Shows Now Going To Cable
13 January 2012 1:12 PM, PST | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Writer/producer/director John Wells, who was responsible for bringing such shows as China Beach, ER, and The West Wing to television said on Thursday that he would have struck out if he tried to sell the networks any of those shows today. Instead, he would have taken those shows to cable. Currently, his Shameless airs on Showtime while his Southland is carried by TNT. Appearing on a panel at the Television Critics Association meeting, Wells noted that in Shameless, the actor playing a gay teenager has turned 18, allowing him to appear in sex scenes. (Federal law bars underage actors from appearing in such scenes.) The actor, Cameron Monaghan is not gay, Wells said, “but he has completely embraced the idea of this character.” And Wells, who writes the show, said that most of the mail he gets comes from grateful gay teenagers. “That’s something that I feel really good about, »
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John Wells: Broadcast networks too timid for 'West Wing' now
12 January 2012 7:06 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Veteran TV producer John Wells says the major broadcast networks would be too timid to buy some of his previous hits if they were shopped around today — including his former Emmy-winning NBC drama The West Wing.
“It took us a long time so sell West Wing at the time, and I think it would be completely impossible to sell it now to network television,” Wells told TV critics while promoting his Showtime series Shameless. ” You would take that show to cable. Now, that being said, I think there is an increased ‑‑ over the last year or so, I’ve noticed »
- James Hibberd
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