MurphyBrown-related stories
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 3:04PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting, Reality-Free

Former
According to Jim star Jim Belushi is moving to a drama series. He's been
tapped to star in a legal drama created by
Murphy Brown mastermind Diane English and
Homicide and
Oz exec-producer Barry Levinson. The show is loosely based on the memoir "How Can You Defend These People?" by TV commentator and lawyer Mickey Sherman.
This is an excellent way for Belushi to wash the stench of
According to Jim from his person. If presented as a dramedy (much like many of the popular dramas today), this could be a winner.
Continue reading Jim Belushi goes dramatic
Posted Mar 18th 2009 10:06AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: 30 Rock, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free

The success of
Slumdog Millionaire and
Frost/Nixon recently inspired me to assess
the ten best movies about television. TV has been a fertile source of entertainment for filmmakers. The TV turf is also a popular setting for TV shows, and there have been some all-time great shows about the tube. Here are nine that I think warrant special recognition -- in no special order.
1. The Mary Tyler Moore ShowIt all started at WJM-TV in Minneapolis.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was the perfect sitcom blend of home and work, and work happened to be the local TV news team. As Mary Richards, the associate producer, Mary Tyler Moore was the single girl America loved because she was real, funny, gorgeous and lovable. At work, the news was mangled nightly by Ted Baxter, the quintessential news reader anchorman who loved every dulcet tone of his voice and had no idea what he was reporting. In perfect irony, when the show came to an end, most everyone at WJM -- Lou Grant, Murray Slaughter, Sue Anne Nivens, Mary -- were fired. Only Ted was spared!
Continue reading Nine memorable TV shows about TV - VIDEO
Posted Feb 22nd 2008 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Daytime, Celebrities

Reunions are hot, you know? On February 12, for example,
Oprah reunited (most of) the kids from
The Cosby Show, with Bill appearing via satellite. Well, never one to let a good idea go to waste, NBC jumped on the theme. They recently had a
Family Ties reunion on
Today, so now the morning show is commencing tomorrow with a series of more
"Together Again" features. Tune into 8:00 a.m. hour each day so you don't miss a thing!
Continue reading Today to host classic TV cast reunions
Posted Feb 13th 2008 7:33AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Boston Legal, Episode Reviews
(S04E13) "Denny Crane, to serve and protect" - Denny Crane
Only a couple minutes into the show and the crazy meter is off the charts. Nutjob Leigh is threatening Katie. Denny is having anonymous sex with Shirley's friend and I'm having a Murphy Brown flashback.
I've lost a lot of respect for Jerry. What could possibly compel him to get involved with Leigh again other than his being a pitiful loser? It seemed like he was making progress for a while there. Doesn't he know that a woman who leaves you once is very likely to leave you again? I just hope he never takes her on a date to an electronics expo.
Continue reading Boston Legal: Glow in the Dark
Posted Oct 8th 2007 10:27AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: TV Squad Lists
When one of our favorite TV shows goes off the air, it always brings sadness. However, many times, the silver lining in the cancellation is the birth of a spinoff. Sometimes it can be a great thing (Frasier) and sometimes the results can be less than ideal (The Art of Being Nick). Last month's spin-off ideas were so popular, I decided to make this a regular post. Here are some more spinoff ideas that I would love to see.
The Sherwood-Forrest Report
After the retirement of veteran newswoman Murphy Brown, Corky Sherwood-Forrest and her husband Will Forrest become the hosts of a new show on Court TV. Corky is the moderator while Will provides legal expertise along with a rotating team of guest legal scholars (Marcia Cross, Star Jones, Greta Van Susteren).
Continue reading Five more spinoffs I'd like to see
Posted Oct 3rd 2006 9:50AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Boston Legal, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Here's a story that got lost amidst all of the other new fall season hoopla. . .
Candice Bergen, presently a cast member on the ABC drama Boston Legal, suffered an apparent stroke last week. After falling ill, the 60-year-old actress was promptly treated and released from the hospital, and was expected to make a full recovery. According to news reports, nurses say Bergen was in good spirits during her short stay.
Known for her Emmy award winning work on CBS's Murphy Brown, Bergen was hired to play Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal, where she trades barbs with co-stars James Spader and William Shatner. Whether or not the stroke will have any implications for Bergen's role on the show is unknown at this time.
Posted Sep 15th 2006 2:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Celebrities, Obituaries
Actor Pat Corley was probably best known as Phil, the gruff owner of the bar where the Murphy Brown hung out all the time. But he had a long career in TV and movies.
Besides appearances on tons of TV shows, from Kojak and Starsky and Hutch and Magnum, P.I. and Hill Street Blues, he was also in several movies, including Coming Home, The Onion Field, The Rose, and Night Shift. Corley actually started out as a ballet dancer!
Corley died earlier this week after coronary stent surgery.
Posted Apr 24th 2006 11:17AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, The Five
April
24th begins the annual "TV Turnoff Week". For seven days we are to turn off the boob tube and focus on other
activities inside and outside our home. For instance, talking to the other members of our family or walking out the
front door into that space full of yellow light and green grass. I think we call that the outdoors.
Of course,
the purpose of "TV Turnoff Week" is the total opposite of what we do here at TV Squad, which is, um, report
on television. So, as a public service to you we present this special episode of The Five: Reasons to not turn off TV
during 'TV Turnoff Week'.
You can post comments on TV Squad articles: We love your
comments, even when you say we're messengers of Satan because some of us don't like Pearl
Jam. However, if you don't turn the TV on, you're not going to be able to comment on any of the shows that we
review. That will make all of us sad, and probably make our bosses even sadder. We'll end up losing our jobs, which
will have a domino effect for all of our other blogging sites. Of course, that will cause AOL to go out of business,
and the Internet will probably collapse unto itself. Dogs and cats will fight, cows will stop giving milk, and,
yadda yadda yadda. We'll eventually be beating each other over the heads with clubs in order to grab the carcass
of a dead brontosaurus.
Continue reading The Five: Reasons to not turn off TV during 'TV Turnoff Week'