St Elsewhere-related stories
Posted Nov 5th 2009 5:03PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
I'm all for more Westerns on television. It's a genre that lends itself well to the ongoing storytelling format that a regular TV series allows. So when I saw an article that FX was gearing up
Reconstruction, a series set in the post-Civil War era of American history, I was pretty excited.
Creators Joshua Brand and Peter Horton thought it would make a good allegory for today's world, dealing with the economic crisis and even the ongoing war. "How does one heal after (a war)? How do you find your humanity again?" asked Horton. These are things the show hopes to deal with.
It centers around Jason, an East Coaster who comes back from the war changed. He finds refuge in a small town in Missour, where the saga will unfold. All of this was great, until I got to one line in the
Reuters story: "Brand, the co-creator of
St. Elsewhere, is
writing the script for the project, which will include magical elements, with
thirtysomething actor-turned-director Horton attached to take the helm." Magical elements? What?! Why?
Continue reading FX is bringing back the Western with Reconstruction
Posted Mar 25th 2009 2:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free
Question: Is
The Sopranos the best drama in the history of television, or is it
one of the best dramas in the history of television that often gets the top spot because it's fairly recent?
That's one of the questions to ponder as you read
AOL's Top 50 Dramas Of All-Time list.
The Sopranos comes in at number one.
It's not a bad list, actually. When you narrow down a TV show to a specific genre and go all the way up to 50, most of the shows we would all pick will show up on the list:
The X-Files,
Deadwood,
The Rockford Files,
Mad Men,
St. Elsewhere,
Columbo,
The Wire. Those are all classic dramas (and good ones) that you would expect to see.
One thing I didn't expect to see?
Friday Night Lights in the number 10 spot, ahead of
all the shows I just mentioned above.
Continue reading Here's a list of the top 50 dramas of all-time (OK, maybe 45) - VIDEO
Posted May 1st 2008 12:20PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, House, Rescue Me, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, The Riches, Casting, Reality-Free
As AOL Television continues their look at the 50 Best TV Comedies -- Ever with their Top 10, we here at TV Squad are also looking at television comedy, but with a slightly skewed difference. Last week, we took a look at the Saturday Night Live cast members from 1996 to 2006 that made it to the big time. This week, we get a bit more serious.
There are those in the industry who say that it is easier to go from acting in a drama to acting in a comedy than it is the other way around. Yet, as you will see from the list we've compiled after the jump, there are plenty of comedic actors who have jumped from the world of comedy films, stand-up comedy, and television sitcoms into the more serious world of drama. In many cases they have had even greater success than they did on the other side of the tracks. There have even been instances where they stayed in the drama genre and never went back to being funny.
Continue reading 17 comedic actors who moved into dramatic television roles
Posted Mar 7th 2008 1:42PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, New Amsterdam
(S01E02) Whenever a character in a drama like New Amsterdam has a secret, there is always a character who knows about it. On Smallville, it was Pete and then Chloe, on The Greatest American Hero it was Bill and on this show it's Omar. The difference here is why Omar knows his secret...because he is John's son. That's different. It's really quite brilliant actually, because not only does it explain why Omar knows all about John and his entire history it also explains their relationship. Omar can be bitter and upset with John on a daily basis but they will always be there for each other since they are family. In the TV business, we call this the Simon and Simon principle.
Continue reading New Amsterdam: Golden Boy
Posted Feb 25th 2007 4:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Web
The name Tommy Westphall might not sound immediately familiar to you, but TV fans will remember the character from St. Elsewhere: he was the autistic boy played by Chad Allen who, as it was revealed in the series finale, actually dreamed the entire show.
Continue reading Tommy Westphall: over 200 shows in one kid's mind
Posted Nov 28th 2006 12:44PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
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