Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er : Hill Street Blues, Thirtysomething, St. Elsewhere, China Beach, Cagney & Lacey, Twin Peaks, ... Northern (The Television Series)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Producer-director behind a raft of 20th-century TV classics It is no exaggeration to declare that the name of the film and television producer-director Arnold Laven, who has died aged 87, has been seen by millions of people all over the world, even if it might not have registered. Think of all those viewers of the TV series The Rifleman (1959-63) and The Big Valley (1965-69), made by Laven's company,...
iowas newz liter (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Vice President Biden will be in Central Iowa today. It'll be tons of JO BS , and the scientific community is united in that fact , but no real jobs as the U.S. unemployment rate sits at 10.2 % and Iowa's has risen to 6.7% . Can you say STIMULUS ? Be aware that there have been a few unfortunate incidents, in other areas, that have foreshadowed a visit from the Vice President recently. Biden Escort Involved...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
"I went to sleep dreaming life was beauty -- I woke up knowing life was duty." -- written by David Mamet for a 1987 Hill Street Blues episode called "Wasted Weekend." I heard the line once during the original broadcast. I watched it from a cool little pre-war studio I was renting at the time, located on Camrose Drive in the old-time Hollywood hills, close to the Hollywood Bowl and...
An Awfully Big Blog Adventure (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Twenty years ago, before I was published I spent two years writing an adult book. I was a great fan of ‘Hill Street Blues’ at the time and structured my book in a similar way. It was a complete day in a secondary school and involved the lives and loves of a group of teachers. (No need to guess what my job was at the time). It had a host of main characters and a number of intersecting story...
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
American Primitive is an excellent gay drama with an outstanding cast. It also doesn't hurt that it's set in 1973 with a groovy soundtrack of music. Give me the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" emanating from a car radio and I'm happy. However, cool oldies do not necessarily make a good film, so I was quite pleased that the screenplay by director Gwen Wynne and Mary Beth Fielder...
voluntaryXchange (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Answer below the fold. Veronica Hamel, who later starred in the grandaddy of all gritty, contemporary, serial dramas with multiple intertwined story arcs Hill Street Blues.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
THEN/NOW: That was Sarge's weekly advice to the cops on the influential show 'Hill Street Blues.' Let's see how well the cast members took it.
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Halloween turned out to be a lot more exciting at my house than I’d expected. We welcomed at least 45 trick-or-treaters, which is about twice as many as we usually see. (Maybe it was the double pumpkins and Christmas lights that drew those crowds.) Fortunately, I had plenty of sweets on hand--enough to give everybody generous helpings (which led one tyke in superhero garb to bellow out to his...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Actress Jenny McCarthy is 37. Country singer Bill Anderson is 72. Actress Barbara Bosson (”Murder One,” “Hill Street Blues”) is 70. Actor Robert Foxworth (”Falcon Crest”) is 68. “Hustler” publisher Larry Flynt is 67. Actress Marcia Wallace is 67. Country singer Kinky Friedman is 65. Music producer David Foster is 60. Singer-guitarist Dan Peek (America)...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Actress Barbara Bosson (Hill Street Blues) is 70. Actor Robert Foxworth (Falcon Crest) is 68. ``Hustler'' publisher Larry Flynt is 67. Actress Marcia Wallace is 67. Singer Lyle Lovett is 52. Singer Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers is 47. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 45. Rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys is 43. Actress Toni Collette (Muriel's Wedding) is 37. Actor Penn Badgely (Gossip Girl) is...
Tenacious Me (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
This week I have mostly been talking like Lola* and I have no idea why, other than it has been a funner-er way to live my week with a stinky lurgy. Becoming quite attached to a favourite screen character is nothing new; many people would never dream of missing Doctor Who, Torchwood, BSG, Heroes, Lost, Holby - you name it - just to see what 'Character X' does next - but on Kids' TV, as an adult? I write...
Transbuddha.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
It’s Thursday, must be time for a list. Let’s see, today let’s do… TV-show theme songs! I tried to stay away from some of the more obvious choices such as MASH, The Brady Bunch, or Hill Street Blues (though I was only slightly successful). And with apologies to The Rembrandts, I also decided against including [...]
Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
"Be careful out there." Riva Richmond (New York Times, 9/2) tells you how to keep your new PC "clean and pure".
TMZ (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Filed under: TV , Beauty , 'Memba Them?! Bruce Weitz is best known for playing Sgt. Mick Belker on the '80s TV series "Hill Street Blues." Guess what he looks like now! ... Permalink
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Since the job search is going slooooow, and I'm caught up with my school work, I figured I'd stretch out typing up Always until tomorrow. Then I found out that Planned Parenthood needed volunteers tomorrow for a health insurance campaign, so I figured I could at least do something productive with my time. Plus, I got an email from a friend complementing me on my "sweet" story, noting that...
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