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Posted Jun 15th 2008 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Video, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, The Dick Van Dyke Show
It's Father's Day. Dad's day of the year. Earlier this week, I took the
AOL TV Dad's Quiz, like
Debra, and I was reminded of the variety of fathers on the tube. I think I have a unique take on TV dads. My own died when I was just eight, so I tend to admire those characters that remind me of him. For that reason, the pipe-smoking, cardigan sweater wearing Jim Anderson on
Father Knows Best doesn't ring true; neither does the coarse Archie Bunker of
All in the Family.
So, here's my five favorite sitcom dads, the ones I related to the most. That means I've excluded single dads and animated dads. That means Hank Hill, Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin and Fred Flintstone are ineligible for my list. Also, this is strictly sitcom pops.
Continue reading Five memorable TV dads - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 18th 2008 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Edward Wyatt's
New York TImes piece questioned whether NBC crossed the line by broadcasting racy material in the "family hour." On both
30 Rock and
The Office, the writers let loose, basically presenting what you might call adult rated moments in what NBC asserts is family time. All I have to say to that is, "What? There's a family hour? Since when?" Apparently, I wasn't the only one caught off guard by the raunchiness of the family hour.
The Parents Television Council just today rescinded their praise for NBC's claim that programs in the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. time period would target families. PTC is calling NBC's pledge "hypocritical."
Continue reading Did NBC go too far with MILF, and what is the family hour anyway?
Posted Jan 19th 2007 8:31PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Everybody Hates Chris, Celebrities, The CW, TCA Press Tour
I have to tell you, the CW had some pretty lively sessions today at the press tour. The session for the Pussycat Dolls series devolved into a women's lib argument as I walked into it, and both
Supernatural and
Hidden Palms had their moments. Most were helped along by the comic stylings of Paul McGuire, the network's head of communications, who would come to the podium usually toting a funny line or two. "Even Jean-Paul Satre was a freak in his day," he quipped after the spirited debate over use of the word in the Pussycat Dolls' hit "Don't Cha."
But not even a funny executive could hold a candle to Chris Rock.
Continue reading Rock brings the funny with the Everybody Hates Chris cast - TCA Report
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