CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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TV News: HBO Renews ‘The Newsroom,’ ‘True Blood’
Submitted by BrianTT on July 2, 2012 - 2:24pmCHICAGO – HBO just announced that they have renewed “True Blood” for a sixth season and “The Newsroom” for a second season. Both shows are currently airing on HBO on Sunday nights.
TV News: Memorable ‘Family Feud’ TV Host Richard Dawson Dies at 79
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 3, 2012 - 6:05pmLOS ANGELES – Richard Dawson, who had distinction in two areas of television – in his supporting role on the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” and as a game show host in the 1970s with his trademark of kissing contestants on “Family Feud” – died Saturday from complications due to cancer. He was 79.
TV News: USA Serves Up Culinary Assassins, Dick Wolf Drama
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 9:29amCHICAGO – The USA Network is pretty excellent at taking ridiculous ideas and making them quality entertainment. The network that brought us the OCD Detective Monk and managed to squeeze a Christmas episode out of Stephen King’s ‘The Dead Zone’ is back at the quirky drama cafe yet again after offering up a preview of it’s 2012 Drama slate.
TV News: USA Welcomes Real Characters with Reality TV Initiative
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 9:20amCHICAGO – USA Network, most known for it’s WWE programming and a bunch of really good character focused comedy-drama’s you’ve wanted to get around to watching (but haven’t), announced several new reality TV programs it plans to bring to the network in 2012.
TV News: Current Season of FOX Hit ‘House’ to Be Last
Submitted by BrianTT on February 8, 2012 - 6:51pmCHICAGO – Well, this isn’t TOO surprising — after a few years of dwindling ratings and rumors that it might even shift networks to survive, FOX announced today that the current season of “House” would be the last for the hit show.
TV News: Showtime Renews ‘Shameless,’ ‘House of Lies,’ ‘Californication’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 1, 2012 - 2:29pmCHICAGO – Not to be outdone by HBO, who renewed their Sunday hit “Luck” yesterday, Showtime gave season renewals today to their impressive slate of Sunday shows — “Shameless,” “House of Lies,” and “Californication.” All three have done remarkably well in the ratings as the two veterans have improved on previous season numbers and “House of Lies” has done very well in its first few freshman frames.
TV News: FX Announces 2012 Premiere Dates For ‘Justified,’ ‘Archer,’ ‘Unsupervised’
Submitted by BrianTT on November 28, 2011 - 8:40pmCHICAGO – FX sent a press release today announcing the return dates for critical darlings “Justified” and “Archer,” along with the premiere of their new animated series “Unsupervised.” All three will premiere the same week mid-January.
TV News: ‘Cougar Town,’ ‘Pan Am’ Missing From ABC Mid-Season Schedule
Submitted by BrianTT on November 18, 2011 - 7:01pmCHICAGO – Fans of “Pan Am,” “Man Up!,” and “Cougar Town” better be sitting down. None are on ABC’s mid-season schedule, announced today. It’s unclear for sure what the heck is going on with “Cougar Town,” a show that was announced as returning mid-season months ago, but one hopes it will still return in the spring. Stay tuned for further updates. The fact that the sliding “Pan Am” and “Man Up!” appear less and less likely to make it through their first seasons should come as a surprise to no one.
TV Review: TCM’s ‘AFI’s Master Class: The Art of Collaboration’
Submitted by BrianTT on November 15, 2011 - 2:00pmCHICAGO – Director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams have one of the most creatively impressive collaborative histories in all of film. Having worked together since “The Sugarland Express,” the two forever changed the way film scores are produced and judged with countless classics.
TV News: CBS Announces Mid-Season Schedule With Few Changes
Submitted by BrianTT on November 14, 2011 - 6:52pmCHICAGO – Unlike the massive housecleaning at NBC announced today, things won’t change much at mid-season for the #1 network in total viewers, but CBS did make official that the Rob Schneider vehicle “¡ROB!” will get the cozy post-“The Big Bang Theory” slot on Thursday nights, starting January 12th.