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Daily Archives : Jan 28, 2015

OMG. Check Out This Cast, Coming To a TV Near You, in a Single Series: Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Meloni, David Hyde Pierce, Chris Pine, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Richard Schiff, Jason Schwartzman, Molly Shannon, John Slattery and Kristen Wiig. And That’s Only a Partial Cast List

This is all from our good friend Nellie Andreeva, Deadline.com’s TV reporter extraordinaire. All of these folks will appear in the limited series “Wet Hot American Summer” sometime during its 8-episode run on Netflix. As the story notes, “The 2001…

Do You Remember That 18-Minute Phone Call From Hell Last Summer, When a Comcast Customer Service Rep Would Not Let a Subscriber Cancel His Service? You Are Not Going to Believe What Comcast Customer Service Did This Time!

“Comcast probably doesn’t relish being one of those companies that many Americans love to hate. But sometimes, the cable giant makes this way too easy.” So writes Robert McMillan on the website of Wired. He continues: “Consider the case of…

Katie Holmes Coming Back to the Small Screen with a Recurring Role on Acclaimed Pay Cable Drama

A cable drama series that has wowed critics and made an impact on the awards circuit is getting a high-profile guest star. Our good friend Lynette Rice at People magazine reports that Katie Holmes will be a part of season…

Don’t Watch This If You Can’t HANDLE the Truth! — That This Might be the Most Popular Ad in Sunday’s Super Bowl: Budweiser’s ‘Lost Dog,’ Featuring the World Famous Clydesdales (Just Posted This Morning on YouTube by Budweiser)

CBS Moves Forward With Medical Drama Pilot

CBS is moving forward with a new medical drama, ordering a pilot for the project from Michael Seitzman, creator of “Intelligence,” Deadline.com reports. “Code Black” comes from ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios, with David Semel set to direct the pilot,…

Before the Bowl was Super: When Commercials Cost $45,000 Per :30, Not $4.5 Million; When 2 Networks Broadcast the Game; and When Two Different Size Footballs Were Used. We Now Refer to It as Super Bowl 1, Though It Wasn’t Called The ‘Super Bowl’ Then. So How Did The Game Get Dubbed the ‘Super Bowl’?

The answer to that question and all of the above information is contained in a wonderful, must-read article published last weekend by The New York Times and written by historian Michael Beschloss. Beschloss writes that since both the National Football…

‘Voices of Auschwitz,’ a Powerful Documentary, Is on CNN Tonight

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin writes today about the haunting documentary “Voices of Auschwitz.” As Steven Spielburg says in the documentary about this, the 70 anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, “This will be the last…

What’s the Top Filming Location in L.A.? It’s Not LAX, Nor Downtown

A new report tracks the most popular filming locations in Los Angeles, with the L.A. Times reporting that No. 1 on the list is Griffith Park. The report is based on a review of data from FilmL.A. Inc., which handles…

High-Profile Super Bowl Ad Pulled After Provoking Outrage

A Super Bowl ad that elicited outrage from viewers will not air, Entertainment Weekly reports. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving announced Tuesday on Twitter that the company has pulled the ad. “The spot, which was posted to YouTube, shows a puppy…

Well-Known TV Stars Poised to Lead Female-Centric ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake

The main cast is taking shape for a new “Ghostbusters” project, with a strong connection to NBC’s late-night sketch staple “Saturday Night Live” running through the lineup. The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision reports that “SNL” alum Kristen Wiig is in…