Tag Archives: Television

"Someone’s at the door" -- and God help you if it’s Sheriff Buck.

Anyone who considers themselves fans of sketch comedy should make sure they can tune into SCTV.

The Eurovision Song Contest celebrated its 50th year of foisting remarkably denatured euro-pop on the euro-masses last night with a Celebration program live from Copenhagen, the centerpiece of which was a vote on the greatest Eurovision song of all time. The finalists were: “Nel blu, di pinto di blu (Volare)” …

Interesting timing: last week Civilta Cattolica (Catholic Civilization), the journal of the Italian Jesuit order that reflects the official view of the Vatican, said boxing goes against “natural and divine” principles, and is a “legalized form of attempted murder, in the short or in the long run,” citing the deaths …

Brian Frons, president of ABC Daytime, announced yesterday that award-winning actor and singer, Rick Springfield, will return to General Hospital to reprise the role of Dr. Noah Drake in a four episode arc this December. Springfield first stepped into the role 25 years ago. Springfield left the show in 1983 …

Having little kids I see quite a bit of Nickelodeon, especially Nick toons, and most especially of all SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron, which seem to just about equally entertain all of us, ranging in age from 22 months to 47 years. I have recently discussed Nick’s “Let’s …

Marty Casey, 32, didn’t win the televised competition/reality show to become INXS’s next lead singer, he came in second. But in this case there is no shame and a fair amount of gain in grabbing the silver. While Rock Star: INXS winner, Canadian J.D. Fortune, also 32, will be fronting …

P-Funk — George Clinton’s confabulous mutating fusion of science fiction, animation, whimsy, agitation, and the bodacious, bootilicious, redemptive might of FUNK — is profiled tonight at 10pm in the documentary film PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: One Nation Under a Groove, on the PBS series Independent Lens. After forming the Parliaments as a …

Let’s see if I get this straight: E!’s Kill Reality was a “meta-reality” series wherein “reality personalities” — i.e., participants in other reality shows like Survivor, The Real World, The Apprentice, The Bachelor, The Amazing Race — were ensconced in a house together as they auditioned, rehearsed and acted in …

Taking the low-density marathon-type route, the Disney Channel began its family-oriented “Hauntober Fest” — a Halloween-themed movie every night at 8 ET/PT in October — over the weekend. We caught the charming-if-tepid Halloweentown High last night, about attempts by a well-meaning teenage witch to integrate the denizens of Halloweentown with …