I’m something of a late-comer to Doctor Who. When I started buying the DVDs in 2010, I was so far behind I didn’t even think about which ones had yet to be collected. But the BBC kept releasing them and I kept buying them so that, eventually, we got
Read more…This has been a bad week for comedic character actors. First, we lose Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld, King of Queens) on Monday, and now Fred Willard (Modern Family, This Is Spinal Tap, Fernwood 2 Night) on Friday. Not to mention Little Richard last Saturda
Read more…Over in the "TV Shows I Am Binging" thread, I noted that I got hooked on This Is Us, which led to a quick discussion over the show's merits and a pledge to talk about the latest episode. We threw out the idea of having that conversation in the "What
Read more…Several weeks ago, I had the great good fortune of going to Carol Burnett: An Evening of Laughter and Reflection. A signature part of The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) was when she would have the stage people “bump up the lights” and she would warm
Read more…On May 19, one day after streaming on DC Universe, Stargirl will debut on The CW broadcast channels in Flash's time slot.
Story The voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has passed away.
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First off, if you’re not watching The Mandelorian, it is well worth the Disney + membership alone. In fact, I think it may be the only use I’ve made of it personally,
Read more…Recently, I bought a 70s printing of the very first STAR TTEK book - the first of the Bantam mass-market novelizations by James Blish of all 79 of ST's episodes in short-story form
This was an 18th printing, from the 70s - Obviously, it sold A LOT.
Read more…From Variety: "Valerie Harper, Rhoda on ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ Dies at 80"
The four-time Emmy winner was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009; in 2013, she was told she had a form of cancer that was affecting her brain, and was told she had three mon
Read more…It looks like Neil Gaiman's Sandman may get the prestige TV treatment at Netflix. While the report is yet to be confirmed, it's been reported breathlessly all over the Internet because it seems very likely to happen.
Here's the Hollywood Reporter sto
Read more…Oh, what a difference a week makes. Fear the Walking Dead is (temporarily) over, replaced by the far superior The Walking Dead.
Not only was the show better, but my wife joined me. She refuses to watch FTWD and is actively angry at it. "How they coul
Read more…Story Another one of those guys that I thought had died years ago. Not my favorite style of humor, but he had his moments.
Read more…From Dateline: "'DC's Legends of Tomorrow': Brandon Routh & Courtney Ford to Depart CW Drama As Series Regulars in Season 5"
This wasn't their call[ it is, as they say, a storyline-dictated decision.
Too bad. I've felt increasingly iffy about the sho
Read more…It's that time of year again!
Continuing the tradition started by Doctor Hmmm? back in 2010, and followed inconsistently since (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018), here's a catchall thread about any and all shows debuting or returning this
Read more…As we all know, he was the prominent character Jahn in the Star Trek TOS season 1 episode Miri.
... at least for one movie.
HERE'S the story from NBC news.
tl;dr version: He's back for at least one more movie, but no more details than that were shared. Here's the best quote, from Kevin Feige:
"Spider-Man is a powerful icon and hero whose story
Read more…Hivemind, a production company for Sony and others, has announced its panels for NYCC, and there were some surprises on there, at least for me. Did everyone else know Weird Fantasy was going to become a TV show? Well, it is.
Hivemind is the productio
Read more…https://news.avclub.com/hbo-max-announces-a-game-of-thrones-spin-off-a-green-l-1839450661
HBO MAX just announced the new show, along with a couple of other DC programs, including an anthology series called Strange Adventures and a comedy show about
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