R.I.P. Taurean Blacque, of "Hill Street Blues," "Generations"

From Deadline: "Taurean Blacque Dies: Emmy-Nominated ‘Hill Street Blues’ Actor Was 82"

Taurean Blacque is best remembered as cool Detective Neal Washington on Hill Street Blues, who was unfailingly loyal to his partner, sad sack drunk J.D. LaRue, whe

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Disney+ is reviving 'Daredevil'

Disney Plus is making its own Daredevil show

If Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll (Karen) and Elden Henson (Foggy) aren't attached, I say we riot.

Started by Captain Comics in Movies and TV

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Scarlett Johansson and Disney settle lawsuit over 'Black Widow' payout

From Variety: "Scarlett Johansson and Disney Settle ‘Black Widow’ Pay Lawsuit"

This is one of those situations that I cannot understand why it ever got to litigation.

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R.I.P. Art LeFleur, 1943-2021, of The Legion of 'Hey, It's That Guy!' Character Actors

Copied from the thread "Jackie Cooper's Celebrity Death Line":

The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one. From Entertainment You Don't Really Think It's Still Weekly, Do You?: "Art LaFleur, The Sandlot and Field of Dreams

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R.I.P. Mario Roccuzzo, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

We get belated word of the passing of another member of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors.

From the Los Angeles Times obituary section: Mario Roccuzzo. There's a little more about him at his Wikipedia page, here.

Roccuzzo switched

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Y: The Last Man TV series

The whole first season of Y: The Last Man is available on Hulu:FX now, and since there has been no discussion I wondered if anyone else has been watching it. I was a big fan of the comic--I still own the whole thing, mainly in TPB form. But the first

Started by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) in Movies and TV

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End date set for "The Flash"

The last Arrowverse show standing gets renewed for a 13-episode Season 9, per TVLine:

"The Flash Will End With Short Season 9"

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Disney+ To Start Exceeding PG Ratings

TVLine has announced that Disney+ will be adding all of the Marvel shows that were originated on Netflix.

Read the TVLine Article

I had expected the shows to go to Hulu because they are not family friendly, which up until now was the requirement for

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Scooby-Doo's background art

I just ran across this at Primetimer:

"An Instagram Account Focuses on Scooby-Doo's Background Art -- and the Destruction of America’s Victorian Heritage"

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'The Batman: The Complete Series' streets Feb. 1

THE BATMAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES

The early years of the Caped Crusader get a closer examination as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings the fully-remastered The Batman: The Complete Series to Blu-ray for the very first time. Produced by Warne

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2022 TV: A list of interesting shows

Here are some TV shows I'll probably watch, and some I probably won't. Some will be bumped to 2023, of course. Most are genre, but some aren't. Honestly, it's a hodge-podge of stuff I originally researched for the Tribune column and then abandoned. F

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Star Trek Logs (Jihad)

STAR TREK LOG ONE by Alan Dean Foster:

The first episode of Star Trek I ever saw was “The Tholian Web.” I cannot swear it was first run, but I think it was. If so, I would have been four years old at the time. If it was a summer repeat, I would have

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Star Trek Autobiographies

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk

The Autobiography of Spock

The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard

The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway

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The Great Betty White, Dead at 99

Story

I became a fan when she played Sue Ann Nivens, a terrible co-worker, on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Everything she did later was just as good.

Here are 20 great moments covering her entire career.

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MST3K News

Joel Hodgson has run another successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a thirteenth season of twelve new episodes featuring the Netflix cast. Information can be found here.

On a side note, the character Gypsy is now being called "GPC" to avoid offend

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'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'

Do we not have a thread for this film? I couldn't find one. My wife and I watched it on Disney+ last night (we're still not going to theaters), and here are some of my reactions.

First, as The Baron is wont to do, a Spoiler Space and Random Picture.

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Bob Baker, RIP

Bob Baker, creator of Doctor Who's K-9, and co-writer of Wallace and Gromit, has died.

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R.I.P. Nehemiah Persoff, 1919-2022, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one.

From Deadline: "Nehemiah Persoff Dies: Prolific Actor of ‘Yentl’, ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘Gunsmoke’ & Many More Was 102"

The man was on practically every TV show you could name dur

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'Supergirl' Season 6

I went back 15 pages in "Movies & TV" and didn't see a Season 6 Supergirl thread, so I started one. If one already exists, I apologize to whomever created it. But I had a lot of things I wanted to say before the show is gone.

Oh yeah, this is the las

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R.I.P. Walter Olkewicz, 1948-2021, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one.

From The Hollywood Reporter: "Walter Olkewicz, Actor on 'Twin Peaks' and 'Grace Under Fire,' Dies at 72."

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R.I.P. Taurean Blacque, of "Hill Street Blues," "Generations"

Disney+ is reviving 'Daredevil'

Disney Plus is making its own Daredevil show

Scarlett Johansson and Disney settle lawsuit over 'Black Widow' payout

R.I.P. Art LeFleur, 1943-2021, of The Legion of 'Hey, It's That Guy!' Character Actors

R.I.P. Mario Roccuzzo, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

Y: The Last Man TV series

End date set for "The Flash"

Disney+ To Start Exceeding PG Ratings

Scooby-Doo's background art

'The Batman: The Complete Series' streets Feb. 1

2022 TV: A list of interesting shows

Star Trek Logs (Jihad)

Star Trek Autobiographies

The Great Betty White, Dead at 99

MST3K News

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'

Bob Baker, RIP

R.I.P. Nehemiah Persoff, 1919-2022, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

'Supergirl' Season 6

R.I.P. Walter Olkewicz, 1948-2021, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

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