UncategorizedMost Recast Character In TV History?The Paramount DVD release of Petticoat Junction: The Official First Season is a surprisingly excellent set, worth getting both for...
Uncategorized"This Is What I Get For Dweaming of a White Chwistmas."While this isn’t exactly a Christmas cartoon, it is one of the best winter-themed cartoons ever made -- and perhaps more...
UncategorizedIt’s Never Too Late To Start Watching a ShowRich Heldenfels recently asked an intriguing question: "When is it too late to start watching a serialized show?" I’ve always had...
UncategorizedBARNEY MILLER Season 3 Will Come to DVDWell, this is a pleasant surprise: the third season of Barney Miller is finally going to be released on DVD . March 17 is the...
UncategorizedWeekend Flop Viewing: THE FAMOUS TEDDY ZIf there ever was a show conceived in bitterness, it’s The Famous Teddy Z. In the 1987-8 season, creator Hugh Wilson gave CBS...
UncategorizedMusic: Pavarotti’s Popular PucciniDecca is calling their new 11-CD collection "Puccini: The Definitive Collection," but really it’s a tribute to the label’s...
UncategorizedDavid E. Kelley Still Exists, BarelyDavid E. Kelley, once television’s King of Quirk, is not doing so good lately. He only had one show on the air, Boston Legal , and...
UncategorizedTV On DVD: Good News And So-So NewsEvery week it seems we get a new bunch of announcements about studios licensing out their catalogue properties to Shout!...
UncategorizedCBS Is Good At Finding Comedies, Bad At Producing ThemOne thing that I find intriguing about the strong performance of comedies on CBS is that virtually all of their successful...
UncategorizedHEROES Is Actually Popular, If You Count The Viewers Who Don’t Count In The RatingsYou may have already heard that Nielsen’s year-end top 10 lists include a list of the top 10 "Timeshifted" TV programs (scroll...