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Posted Apr 6th 2009 1:09PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
It's strange how barely anyone has noticed that The CW has slowly started weeding out their half-hour comedies. The few that remain are stuck on Friday night. The rest, with the exception of the always interesting
Reaper, are the same tired boy-meets-girl teen dramas that every high school guy who hopes to score on his prom night has to watch and fully document.
One sitcom, however, isn't going down without a fight. It is scratching and clawing its way through earth and sand as it dangles on the edge of a cliff and tries to maintain its identity...by completely changing it.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the half-hour sitcom
The Game will completely re-pitch itself to The CW
as an hour-long comedy- drama. Some call it a "dramedy," but I like to call it a "comma" just to #*$& with people's heads.
Continue reading The Game calls for a trick play on fourth and long
Posted May 7th 2008 3:25PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Web, TV Squad Lists
The Hollywood Reporter has always ranked high on my list of entertainment sites, but that might change with the site's new makeover. Or rather, makeunder. It's awful! Let's break it down:
1. The Header. They've ditched
the classic logo with "Hollywood" in script font for a blocky, robotic logo (see picture). Say what?! As my TV Squad buddy,
Joel, says, "It's like changing the Ford or GE logo ... shouldn't be done." And as my other TV Squad buddy,
Bob, says, it looks like the logo for "some generic Internet business newsletter." Agree on both counts.
2. The Colors. Bland, bland, bland. Are they harking back to that old saying, "What's black and white and red all over?" Those colors just don't do it for me. Yes, I realize the old design included those colors, but not in such a "plumbing and heating business" kind of way.
Continue reading Five reasons why I hate the new HollywoodReporter.com
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