Comedy
‘I’m Dying Up Here’: Jim Carrey’s Ode to ’70s Standup Comedy
This drama is set in L.A. during the 1970s standup comedy scene delves into the comics who stand alone in front of an audience “dying” for fame and fortune. […]
TV News
Interview
‘Everything Is Life and Death Now’: Colman Domingo on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 3
AMC’s ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 3 (June 4) eradicates the U.S.-Mexican border, making cash and country irrelevant. […]
Magazine Archive
Retro TV Road Trip: 15 Vacation Stops For TV Lovers
Summer’s long days are perfect for exploring somewhere new, and we suggest a road trip inspired by some of our favorite television classics. Whether you’re in search of statuesque homages to TV heroes, or just famous TV homes, set a course for this trip down TV memory lane. Samantha Stephens Statue Lappin Park, Salem, Mass. Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery atop a broomstick is a captivating sight, but the residents of Salem, Mass., weren’t initially thrilled with a statue that highlighted the town’s witch-hunting past. Besides, Samantha, Darrin and Tabitha lived in Connecticut, not Massachusetts! The Cheers Bar 84 Beacon St., […]
Drama
Daytime Divas: Vanessa Williams Reigns As The Queen Of Talk TV
VH1’s new scripted drama Daytime Divas offers a juicy look at the on-camera and behind-the-scenes exploits of a popular TV talk show. In front of their adoring fans, the five talented cohosts of The Lunch Hour are all smiles and sisterhood, but once the cameras turn off, the claws come out as scandal, secrets and jealousy unfold into TV’s tastiest guilty pleasure. The series is inspired by former The View panelist Star Jones’ delicious bestseller, Satan’s Sisters: A Novel Work of Fiction. Jones also serves as a Daytime Divas executive producer and promises to pop up in the production as […]
Comedy
Claws: Niecy Nash Is Tough As Nails In This Wickedly Dark Dramedy
It’s a sunny afternoon in Pasadena and a blinding glare is cast across a closed hotel bar, making it hard to see the entourage approaching. Niecy Nash struts purposely across the dimly lit room. She extends her exquisitely manicured hand — her nails are a bedazzled work of art — and greets me. “It’s pressure now,” Nash says of her nails, which I’m enamored with. “You can’t be on a TV show called Claws and have your manicure looking raggedy.” Her smile radiates confidence, as she knows she’s landed the Walter White-like role of her career. Nash plays Desna, the […]
Interview
Remembering Frank Deford, Sportswriting Legend
Sportswriting great Frank Deford died at age 78. In 2005, ‘Channel Guide Magazine’ interviewed Deford, the screenwriter of the ESPN film ‘Four Minutes.’ […]
Movies
New to On Demand: Fist Fight
None of the teachers are ready for what the last day of school brings in the movie Fist Fight. The kids are wild and pranks are occurring at a rate that makes the national debt growth look slow. When one student takes things too far, Mr. Strickland (Ice Cube) destroys a desk. And when Mr. Campbell (Charlie Day) crumbles under pressure and snitches, it’s on — the teacher fight is about to become reality. Fights happen in schools, but they usually don’t involve the staff. This fight features two very different teachers. Mr. Strickland is the disciplinarian, ruling with an […]
Movies
On Demand DVD New Releases May 29-June 4
On Demand DVD New Releases May 29-June 4 Before I Fall (pictured above) What if today was all you had to look forward to? Sam is caught in a spiral, a recurring day that has ups and downs and ends in tragedy as she longs and searches for a way to break free. Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller (PG-13, 1:38) 5/30 Fist Fight When an incident at school results in Mr. Strickland getting fired, he challenges the diminutive Mr. Campbell to a fight. The whole school is looking forward to the teacher fight after school lets out as the war […]
Documentary
HBO’s ‘If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast’: We Talk With Carl Reiner!
Carl Reiner is 95. I’m 51. I forget everything, including most appointments, where I put my purse and how to brush my teeth. Reiner — the Bronx-born comedy legend responsible for a lifetime of laughs, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jerk and, well, his comic-genius son Rob — remembers everything. As we chat about If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, HBO’s delicious homage to aging with grace and a large dose of humor, Reiner treats me to a bit from his and longtime bestie Mel Brooks’ iconic 2000 Year Old Man, then the theme song to […]
Movies
New to On Demand: Logan
The tales of Wolverine have been told in a number of X-Men movies. This time around, in the movie Logan, Wolverine is unleashed in an R-rated turn that delivers a sharp and cutting film. Logan (Hugh Jackman) is hiding out. He is trying to protect Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) from an unfriendly world. The Professor is not well and Logan’s job is to protect him from the world, and protect the world from any unfortunate accident that could occur as a result of the Professor’s illness. When a woman with a young girl approaches Logan and calls him by […]