UncategorizedSpeaking of TV Music...Earle Hagen, who composed the theme songs for The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Andy Griffith Show (he also did the whistling) has...
UncategorizedSource Music vs. Soundtrack MusicIf a show has to make a choice, which is better: having popular songs on the musical score, or having popular songs played as...
UncategorizedUh, What?I was wondering what would be Time-Life’s next complete series set after its successful mega-packages of Get Smart and The Man...
UncategorizedClippingsSo I watched the most recent episode of Zoey 101 over the weekend. Despite the whole Jamie Lynn factor, this is not as painful as...
UncategorizedJohn, Peter and PaulUntil I read the AV Club’s post on novelty singles by comedians, I didn’t realize that Peter Sellers had done a TV version of his...
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: BEST OF THE WESTEarl Pomerantz’s latest series of "Story of a Writer" posts are about a show he created for Paramount in the 1981-82 season called...
Uncategorized"Hello, Mrs. Premise!"Just to add a bit to my digression, in an earlier post, about "premise-driven" shows vs. "character-driven" shows: obviously you...
UncategorizedLevitanityI mentioned in my Back to You post that Steven Levitan , the co-creator of Back to You, has produced "one flop after another" for...
UncategorizedAbandoned TV Series on DVDA while back I was hoping to do an article on the biggest problem with TV on DVD, the fact that so many shows, maybe even most...
UncategorizedDane Cook Won American Idol?That guy is everywhere these days. Okay, it’s David Cook , but I couldn’t have lived with myself if I didn’t make that joke at...