Posted in Television on Feb 12th, 2008 No Comments »
“The Biggest Loser” will be in Boston casting its sixth season Saturday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., at Felt in Downtown Crossing.
Got this release this afternoon:
NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is now casting teams of two who want to compete together to lose weight. NBC is looking for outgoing and charismatic TEAMS OF TWO who have personality along with the WANT, DESIRE and COMPETITIVE EDGE to vie for this all-expense-paid chance of … continued »
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Posted in Television on Feb 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
A deal is in the works.
What does this mean for television?
Well, writers will be back to work this week, some series could return as early as March, though more likely April.
It’s unlikely scripted shows will run long into the summer, but there could be as many as eight new episodes created and aired before they break for the season.
Thank God.
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Posted in Television, Music on Feb 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
My editor Tracey said:
What did you think of the Foo Fighters with a full string orchestra? Neat, I think, but not exactly soothing.
Unfortunately, I missed this. I was flipping back and forth — the Grammys couldn’t hold my attention. I did catch Amy Winehouse — loved the music, little weirded out by the performance.
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Posted in Television on Feb 8th, 2008 7 Comments »
If you saw the episode last night, you found out who the “rescuers” are. Yet their purpose and occupations make little sense.
A “ghostbuster,” a physicist, a pilot and an anthropologist come to the island. But they didn’t come looking for survivors of the plane crash, Oceanic flight 815.
They came looking for the villain, Ben Linus. What does he have to do with all this?
This one may keep me up at night.
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I admit it — when it comes to baseball, I am not a huge fan.
One of my first rookie mistakes here at the paper was writing a “tease” for the front of the Lifestyles section: “For more on the Red Socks, See Sports, Page 12″
Yep Socks.
When one of the sports editors came out to tell me about the typo — my response was “What typo?”
Anywho, in my feverish quest to see films that got nominations … continued »
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Posted in Television, Music on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m working on stories about Van Halen coming to the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., and about the TV show “Dexter” (the controversial Showtime series about a semi-lovable cop/serial killer that’s coming to network television).
If you’re interested in being part of either story, contact me at rford@eagletribune.com.
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Posted in Television on Feb 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
I am a huge “Lost” fan. I watched the show from the beginning. Last night I even watched the “catch up” episode.
In truth, I didn’t need it | I remember it all.
You have to remember things on this show — if you don’t memorize and dissect every detail, you might miss a vital clue that would finally lead to answer.
Still, those memories did not prepare me for this episode of ‘Lost.’ I still have no … continued »
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Posted in Television on Jan 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
The end is near, people. Read on:
NBC will premiere the new high-energy competition series “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad” on Monday, February 18 (8-9 p.m. ET) after “American Gladiators” finishes its winter run, and will debut the comedy quiz show “Amne$ia” on Friday, February 22 (9-10 p.m. ET) following the season finale of “1 vs 100.”
“My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad” is a high-energy, family-friendly competition series hosted by Dan Cortese (”MTV … continued »
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Posted in Television, Music on Jan 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
The WGA granted the awards show a waiver today, meaning
Presenters will be funny
No picket lines and no boycotting
Yea!
Maybe I’m optimistic, but I hope this means the strike is close to being over. Soon I may be forced to watch “American Gladiator.”
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Posted in Television on Jan 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
CBS just ordered episodes of a Canadian cop drama called “Flashpoint,” which starts shooting in Toronto in April.
For the fall. A new show.
So, the scribes for this show aren’t part of the WGA? Because they’re Canadian? Are they scabs? Is this even legal?
I don’t know what’s going on here, but if the networks can start making shows in Canada, I feel like this strike will never end. This seems really fishy.
While I’m happy they’ll be … continued »
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