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Posted Sep 18th 2008 1:05PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Cable/Satellite, Reality-Free

A week from now, HBO will probably be one of the big stories from the
Primetime Emmys thanks to the success of the
John Adams mini-series. But it's not sitting on that success, the premium cable net is banking on it.
HBO announced today a mini series based on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln called Manhunt. That news would be interesting enough because the series will deal with the 12 days after Lincoln was shot when the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was on the run. However, the guys that HBO have tapped to work on
Manhunt are two of the best in television -- David Simon and Tom Fontana.
HBO knows Simon and Fontana's work really well. Simon was the creator of
The Wire and Fontana's brainchild was
Oz. This is also not a new collaboration. Fontana turned Simon's book,
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, into the
Homicide: Life on the Streets TV series for NBC.
Continue reading HBO plans Lincoln assassination mini-series
Posted Dec 5th 2006 7:29PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Celebrities
The Kennedy Center Honors were taped this past weekend in Washington DC for a
December 26th broadcast on CBS. This year's honorees include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Steven Spielberg. The moment making the internet and gossip blog rounds right now features Jessica Simpson flubbing the lines to Dolly's "9 to 5." You won't see that in the broadcast. In fact, what you see in the broadcast is an extremely pared down version of the live awards show.
Continue reading The Kennedy Center Honors filmed for CBS
Posted Nov 20th 2006 8:32AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Family Guy, Animation
(S05E06) The story for this week's episode was more involved, which is a good thing. A little plot goes a long way. When the plot gets too thin everything rides on the gags, and it is hard to pull off an episode with just gags. While the sex-ed story has been told many times, I liked the
Family Guy take on it.
It gave them a good reason to bring out slutty Lois, and slutty Lois is usually pretty funny, like when she was trying to explain the wonders of sex to Meg. Or showing up for role-playing night dressed as Grimace? Good stuff.
Continue reading Family Guy: Prick Up Your Ears