I wrote a few notes for tomorrow's Beacon Journal, which I am posting after the jump …

(more…)

The medical drama has decided not to renew the contract of Isaiah Washington, who caused a storm last season with his use of anti-gay slur …

(more…)

During a break from compiling Paris Hilton news, I found this in the e-mail basket:

Emmy®-nominated actress Frances Sternhagen (Sex and the City) will return this season to TNT’s THE CLOSER as Brenda’s slightly overbearing mother, Willie Ray Johnson. And now we’ll meet Brenda’s dad, the tough, but charming Clay Johnson, played by Emmy-nominated actor Barry Corbin (Northern Exposure, TNT’s Monty Walsh). Clay is a retired military officer who owns auto parts stores around the metro Atlanta area. Both are slated to appear in episodes ten (August 20), eleven (August 27), fourteen (December) and fifteen (December).

I've been a fan of Corbin's work for long years, and have had the pleasure of talking with him a couple of times. This could be very cool.

I've been skeptical about fan campaigns to save shows, but this one seems to have worked …

(more…)

Didn't get to the "House" season finale until the weekend …

(more…)

Around this time in 1997, my friend Tom Feran and I were working on our book "Ghoulardi," about Ernie Anderson and his TV creation. The book came out that fall, and sold well, and made us some new friends. …

(more…)

TNT offers "Sopranos" stars in a "Law & Order" marathon, after the jump …

(more…)

Spent the evening at a screening of "Ocean's Thirteen." Cool ..

(more…)

Episodes, I mean. Although it's beginning to feel as if there's no need for a reunion movie …

(more…)

As you may have realized from a previous post, this has been a weekend of family business, so it was only this evening that I finally got to "Studio 60" …

(more…)

Took a day off from work today but the pop culture never stops …

(more…)