St.Elsewhere-related stories
Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:55PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten

When TV shows have made the leap to the big screen, the results have not always been great, except when they keep the same cast and come up with a good story that builds on the series, like
Sex and the City and
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. The same is true of some TV movies that have built on a show's lingering appeal even after it's been canceled. James Garner came back for a couple of
Rockford Files movies, for instance, and
The Return of The Man from UNCLE with David McCallum and Robert Vaughn was excellent. Of course, it doesn't always work -- the Rhoda and Mary reunion was painful to watch -- but I'm still a fan of the follow-up TV movie.
Here's my ideas for ten TV shows I'd like to see as TV movies.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Shows I'd like to see come back as a TV movie - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten

There is no better way to get inside a character's head (without resorting to charging up some power cutting tools and laying down some newspaper) than writing in a dream sequence.
Some of them, however, try to explain too much or cover too much ground and end up becoming the kind of dreams that keeps our Paxil dosage high and GlaxoSmithKline's stock price higher.
These are those mindfreaks.
Continue reading Eight of TV's weirdest dreams - VIDEOS
Posted May 30th 2005 11:14AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent

You might not remember the name but you remember the face: Elliott played the father of Dudley Moore's fiancee' in the two
Arthur movies, played the police chief in
Beverly Hills Cop, and had regular roles on
St. Elsewhere,
Chicago Hope,
Falcon Crest, and
Dallas. He died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on Saturday.