BettyWhite-related stories
Posted Nov 6th 2009 12:38PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
There's some good news and some bad about
The Golden Girls. First the good:
Betty White will be returning to The Bold and the Beautiful to resume her recurring role as Stephanie's mother, Ann Douglas. She'll be appearing on a few episodes of
B&B, but it could be extended even longer depending on storyline developments.
Sadly, the bad news is that Betty's
Golden Girls costar,
Rue McClanahan had to cancel a Castro Theater event in San Francisco on November 14 -- a salute in her honor called "Golden: A Gala Tribute to
Rue McClanahan" -- because she's had to undergo heart bypass surgery in New York.
Continue reading Golden Girls update: Betty White and Rue McClanahan make news
Posted Oct 8th 2009 6:12PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Programming, TV on DVD, OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
As
Bob mentioned in his DVD post this week,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Fifth Season was released in a 3-disc set on Tuesday. I have fond memories of watching this show as a kid, and the clips after the jump confirm once again that it featured one of the best casts in TV history.
Not only was each actor perfect for their role, but their timing and delivery of lines was second to none. I also love all of the 1970s-era props, clothes and decor, because of course, the show was made in the 1970s.
Continue reading The Mary Tyler Moore Show - One of the best in TV history
Posted Sep 25th 2009 9:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
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(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have spoilers for:
24, 30 Rock, Damages, Desperate Housewives, House, Lost, Melrose Place, Private Practice, and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Sep 22nd 2009 2:28PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
I'm sure she'd say she's too old for regular television work, or that she's having too much fun guest-starring on every television show and half of the movies, but I just can't get enough of Betty White on TV. With it coming out now that
Betty White has signed for a guest spot on NBC's 30 Rock, she might as well start making room on the mantle for her latest Emmy.
After all,
30 Rock gets all the nominees for guest star in a comedy (though White did get nominated for
My Name Is Earl this past year). Reportedly White would play herself, which works well considering the premise of the show.
30 Rock does amazing comedy with their guest stars, and when you get someone as brilliant and talented as White, can it be anything but perfect?
Luckily, White wouldn't have to compete for that Emmy with another hot prospect for the folks at
30 Rock. After his Emmy-winning turn hosting
Saturday Night Live, why wouldn't they want to nab Justin Timberlake as well?
Posted Aug 31st 2009 9:29AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
History was made at the
Daytime Emmys last night... twice.
The Bold and the Beautiful won as the top Daytime Drama and the hosts of
The View finally were winners. Good for
B&B, the last of the half-hour soaps, coming off a terrific year. And it was great for the ladies of
The View, who were probably starting to feel like getting the gold was an impossible dream. Unfortunately, they weren't there -- not one of them -- to accept.
However, amid the joyful wins and a jolly 40th anniversary salute to
Sesame Street, there was a sad quality to the Daytime Emmys. Perhaps it was the over-arching reality that daytime TV is struggling, a point made clear when Betty White hosted a farewell to
Guiding Light. No offense to the delightful Ms. White, but the salute was lackluster and hardly worthy of a show that has been broadcasting for 72 years! The cast appeared to receive a final ovation, but nobody spoke for the show.
Continue reading The sweet and bittersweet Daytime Emmys
Posted May 30th 2009 2:05PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Game Show, Awards, Reality-Free
It's hard to imagine that anyone would consider TV's sweet-natured grandma Betty White as their "sworn enemy." Except, of course for maybe Mom from
Futurama and the bizarro version of Bea Arthur.
But apparently that's the label that
Price is Right host Bob Barker has bestowed upon the
Golden Girl. It turns out the two aren't pals or confidants.
Buzzer Blog reported that Barker threatened not to show up to
GSN's 2009 Game Show Awards where he accepted a lifetime achievement award along with Mark Goodson and Monty Hall if White was there.
It gets weirder. The whole thing was caused by an elephant. This is starting to sound less like Hollywood gossip and more like a job for
Mythbusters.
Continue reading Bob Barker almost a no-show at Game Show Awards because of feud with Betty White
Posted May 10th 2009 1:39PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Obituaries, Reality-Free
The
late Bea Arthur was, among other things, a comedic genius, feminist icon, and beloved American actress of stage and screen. But widely overlooked in the recent coverage of her passing is the fact that she was a active advocate for animal rights. She campaigned against the force-feeding of ducks in the foie gras trade, even accompanying the president of PETA to London, where she demanded that Harrod's discontinue their peddling pâté.
Continue reading Bea Arthur also saved animals (as do her 'girls')
Posted Jan 16th 2009 11:33AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Video, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Battlestar Galactica is premiering! Did you know that?
BSG is starting again. Ten eps left. Best show ever. Can. Not. Wait. Especially because we
need to know the identity of the final Cylon!
Look, we're so crazy excited for the season premiere that the only thing we could do to keep ourselves from going a'spoiler-hunting was to create a wishlist. Below are six characters from other shows throughout history whom we imagine share the same genetics as those frakkin' Toasters.
Continue reading Six characters from other shows whom we wish were Cylons - VIDEO
Posted May 30th 2008 3:22PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Game Show, Early Looks, Reality-Free
Here's the thing about game show revivals: you have to satisfy people on two levels. For fans of the old show, you have to make the gameplay of the new show familiar enough to keep them happy and coming back. And, in order to attract new fans, you have to modernize and add touches that will suck in viewers and help build drama. That's one of the reasons why most new game shows have
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-style darkened sets with swirling lights, and depend on ominous music and tight camera angles to create drama.
Million Dollar Password, premiering Sunday at 8 PM ET, has all of that. They even nabbed
Millionaire's original American host, Regis Philbin, to give it that extra bit of primetime oomph. But does it work? Well... sorta. Fans of the Allen Ludden / Tom Kennedy / Bert Convy incarnations might be dissatisfied with what they've done to their old favorite, but even an objective observer can see that the gameplay has some flaws that are going to need to be worked out for the show to succeed.
Continue reading Million Dollar Password -- An early look
Posted Feb 25th 2008 1:03PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists
How good are you at spotting someone's true age? There's been a few times I've caught myself wondering how old that actor really is on TV, when they're playing someone my age and look ten years older. Do I really look that good? Then again, I've seen the opposite and thought, "damn, I am an old decrepit fart." In any case, I'll pull up IMDb and usually find myself in shock of how young/old the actor on-screen really is.
The whole actor-to-character age ratio thing got me curious, so I did a little research (with the help of some of the TV Squad team) and made a list of some of the more extreme and well-known (or, maybe to some, not-so-well-known) examples. By the way, we didn't include actors who played flashback scenes of their characters for short periods of time, as there are more of those than we have room for.
Continue reading Some big actor-to-character age differences on TV
Posted Nov 30th 2006 4:23PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: CBS, TV Royalty, OpEd, Daytime
I knew I wasn't seeing things when I saw a promo for this during
The Price is Right last week:
On Friday, Betty White will be
starting a guest stint on the CBS soap
The Bold and the Beautiful, playing Ann Douglas, the long-lost mother of Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery). Yes,
that Betty White; the Betty White of
Golden Girls, Mary Tyler Moore, Match Game, Password,
Boston Legal and many, many other shows throughout TV history.
Continue reading Betty White guests on... The Bold and the Beautiful?
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