andy barker-related stories
Posted Dec 14th 2009 11:29AM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: TV on DVD, House, Festivus, Reality-Free
On the tenth day of Festivus, TV gave to me... Ten shows on DVD.
There are plenty of great TV collections being released all the time now, bringing back classic TV, shows that had short runs, and current favorites. You know about most of the big shows, so here's a mix of more popular and some maybe less-heralded collections.
House, M.D.: Season Five: This was a breakout season for the show, where the secondary characters really came to life and
House broke down and finally had to face his addictions and personal failings. Season five may wind up being a pinnacle for the series as a whole.
Continue reading The Twelve Days of Festivus: Ten shows on DVD
Posted Aug 30th 2009 2:10PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-Free
I love Andy Richter, but he seems awfully stiff every time I watch him on
The Tonight Show. I prefer to remember the guy from his early days on
Late Night, his short-lived show
Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and his other short-lived show, the hilarious
Andy Barker, P.I.
Like Danny reported
back in May,
Andy Barker, P.I. is finally coming to DVD. Shout! Factory will release the entire series on Nov. 17. The two-disc set will include all six episodes, some with commentary by Richter and producer Conan O'Brien, plus a retrospective feature and a doc about the show's amazing writers, including Jonathan Groff (
How I Met Your Mother), Josh Bycel (
Psych), and Jane Espenson (
Buffy,
BSG). Click through for a better look at the DVD cover art.
Continue reading DVD cover art and release date for Andy Barker, P.I.
Posted May 1st 2009 11:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, TV on DVD, Reality-Free
The DVD shelves have become a heaven of forgotten shows that barely saw the light of day.
Get ready to welcome one that got less sunlight than your goth cousin gets in a year.
The Late Night Insider blog, the underground blog of the former
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, reported that O'Brien and former and returning sidekick Andy Richter are recording commentary tracks for a new
Andy Barker P.I. DVD.
Continue reading Andy Barker P.I. coming to DVD
Posted Apr 24th 2007 10:01AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals
Christian Slater is coming back to weekly television.
The actor has signed to star in a new NBC drama called Dirty Little Secrets. He'll play an investigative reporter who tackles the stories that "get swept under the carpet." The show will be produced by Arymyan Bernstein, one of the producers of the acclaimed Clive Owen film Children of Men.
It's good to hear that NBC isn't abandoning scripted shows after canceling so many this season (Kidnapped, Andy Barker, P.I., The Black Donnellys, probably Studio 60, Raines, etc). This new show has an interesting premise. Anything but another reality show or game show, eh?
Posted Apr 15th 2007 3:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Apr 14th 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, NBC has two new episodes of Andy Barker, P.I. - TLC repeats the season opener of Little People, Big World.
- TCM has Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator at 8.
- At 8:30, Cartoon Network has a new Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo, then new episodes of Naruto, One Piece, Mar, and The Prince of Tennis.
- At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
- CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
- At 10, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
- At 11, FOX has a new Mad TV with guest Jamie Kennedy.
- At 11:30, NBC has a new SNL, with guest host Shia LeBeouf and Avril Lavigne.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 13th 2007 4:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
NBC may have canceled Andy Barker, P.I., The Black Donnellys, and (probably) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, but they seem to have a hard on for reality shows, and more are coming this summer.
Returning reality shows include America's Got Talent, which has a new host ... Jerry Springer. Expect the throwing of chairs and DNA tests to be "talents" this season, which starts May 29. The Biggest Loser, which returns for a fourth season late in the summer with new host Allison Sweeney (Days Of Our Lives). It still amazes me that a show about fat people losing weight can be a hit and last for four seasons. Before The Biggest Loser returns, we'll get another season of Last Comic Standing, which will also have a new host, Bill Bellamy. It returns on June 13. And then we have the new show Age of Love, a "new twist on the reality dating show format" (yeah, right). It will be hosted by Mark Consuelos.
This just shows us how accurate Studio 60 was, with that whole plot involving the new VP of alternative programming at NBS pitching a show titled All You Need Is Love. NBC says that Age of Love will be "bringing romance back to television." Oh, I can hardly wait.
Posted Apr 9th 2007 6:19PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cancellations
Oh,
come on!
NBC
has canceled Andy Barker, P.I. After airing only four episodes, the network sent the remaining two episodes to Saturdays and
Scrubs will air in its place starting this Thursday night (that was already the plan, it's just happening earlier).
This is so depressing. Did anybody see the chicken episode two weeks ago? I howled with laughter over that one. Admittedly, last week's episode wasn't that great. According to
The Futon Critic,
Barker had its lowest ratings last week with 1.8. I'd like to know what kind of numbers NBC had on its website, where it posted all six episodes of
Andy Barker for free before it even premiered on the network.
I just knew that it wasn't going to survive because A) Andy Richter is cursed, B) People wouldn't get it, and C) NBC wasn't going to give it a chance. You have to watch closely to see past the main story of Andy, the naive CPA-turned private investigator and find the humor in the supporting characters. Tony Hale as a video store geek and Marshall Manesh as an Afghani restaurant owner had hilarious lines, but maybe they weren't obvious enough to people.
Posted Apr 5th 2007 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, NBC has new, supersized episodes of The Office and 30 Rock, then new episodes of Scrubs and Andy Barker, P.I. - CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and Shark.
- FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8.
- TBS has four good Friends repeats starting at 8.
- USA has the first round of the Masters golf tournament at 8.
- At 9, TLC has a new American Chopper.
- HGTV has a new Divine Design at 9.
- At 10, ABC has a new October Road.
- Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has the special The World According To Whoopi.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 5th 2007 3:43PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Strangers With Candy
Julia mentioned previously that Amy Sedaris would be appearing in a guest role on Andy Barker, P.I. Well, Julia wasn't lying, but you won't see the episode on TV. Instead, click on over to NBC's site to see "The Lady Varnishes," in which Sedaris plays a sex-crazed older woman who spent some time in the slammer. Funny, that sounds an awful lot like her Jerri Blank character from Strangers with Candy. The two characters do share similar traits, but who the heck cares, I'd give my left leg to see Sedaris in anything (and that statement will mean more to you after you've watched the episode).
Continue reading Catch Amy Sedaris in an online-only episode of Andy Barker, P.I.
Posted Mar 29th 2007 5:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and Shark. - FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8.
- TBS has one of the great Friends episodes at 8, "The One With All The Thanksgivings."
- At 8:30, Showtime has the documentary Fired! (I read the book, it's quite good.)
- At 9:30, NBC has a new Andy Barker, P.I.
- At 10, ABC has a new October Road.
- Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10, then a new Ace of Cakes.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 22nd 2007 5:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and October Road. - CBS has March Madness all night.
- FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8.
- The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
- At 9, NBC has a new Scrubs, followed by new episodes of Andy Barker, P.I. and Raines.
- HGTV has a new Divine Design at 9.
- Also at 9: Mario Batali is the subject of a new Chefography on Food Network.
- At 10, Spike has a new Pros vs. Joes.
- TCM has Island in the Sky at 10.
- Showtime has a new Penn & Teller: Bullshit at 10, followed by a new This American Life.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show With David Spade.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 15th 2007 10:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd
(
S01E01) I can't help but be afraid for this new series. I think it's great. I think people who enjoy the subtle comedy of
The Office and
My Name is Earl will also think it's pretty great. ("subtle", by the way, compared to a sitcom where we're told when to laugh) But it's going to take a while for this one to catch on. I can only hope that NBC will give
Andy Barker, P.I. a fighting chance the same way it held on to
The Office while it found an audience.
Continue reading Andy Barker, P.I.: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Mar 15th 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, followed by a new Grey's Anatomy and the premiere of October Road. - CBS has March Madness all night.
- NBC has a "newpeat" of The Office and a new Scrubs, then the premieres of both Andy Barker, P.I. and Raines.
- There's a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8 on FOX.
- The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
- At 9, ESPN has a new U.S. Poker Championships, followed by coverage of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament.
- History Channel has a new Decoding The Past at 9.
- Also at 9: HBO has the Addiction special.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay, then a new Ace of Cakes.
- Comedy Central has a new Showbiz Show with David Spade at 10:30.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 6th 2007 9:27AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Web
For those of you looking forward to the grand return of Andy Richter and Tony Hale to television, wait no longer. NBC has posted the first six episodes of
Andy Barker, P.I. (in their entirety)
on its website. You have to watch advertisements for TurboTax to see them.
The half-hour comedy series is a mid-season pick-up for NBC. Richter stars as a CPA-turned private eye when he is mistaken for the detective who used to occupy his workspace. I only watched the pilot, but the jokes are very Conan O'Brien-- which is not surprising since he created, produced and wrote the show. Tony Hale (
Arrested Development) plays a movie snob who owns a video store, but is bored so he joins Andy to solve mysteries. I laughed out loud a few times- mostly at Hale's comments about Sandra Bullock and
Meet the Fockers.In case you're old school and like to watch your television the way they did when you were a kid,
Andy Barker, P.I. premieres on Thursday, March 15th on NBC at 9:30 pm.
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