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Doppelganger comedy: 30 Rock and The Mary Tyler Moore Show

2013-02-04 03:00:00

This is the story of a can-do, adorkable girl-in-the-city and her wacky entourage of colleagues who spoof the vagaries of a media conglomerate — and joust with their lovable anti-hero boss — to make comedy and some sense of the world....

Tears, then hugs on Cafe Hon episode of 'Kitchen Nightmares'

2012-02-24 14:20:00

Denise Whiting cried, was scolded by Chef Gordon Ramsay and then hugged out months of drama on tonight's "Kitchen Nightmares" episode�featuring Whiting, who Baltimoreans -- and the staff of her Hampden theme restaurant Cafe Hon -- love to hate. The...

'House of Cards' brings Hollywood to Harford County

2012-03-21 19:31:00

Being on TV is nothing new for Baltimore. Think of the recent political dramas like "Game Change" and "VEEP" or earlier crime shows like "Homicide" and"The Wire." But what's going on within a five-acre area of production offices and massive warehouses...

Sunday night TV is DVR overload

2012-04-27 14:00:00

With the arrival last week of HBO's "VEEP," it is official: Sunday night TV is out of control, but in a good way. Hard as might be to imagine in a medium that some characterize as having 10 million choices but nothing worth watching, Sunday nights now...

Dick Clark dies at 82: The instant Twitter reaction

2012-04-18 13:07:00

One thing is clear: Americans loved Dick Clark. As soon as the news of Clark's death at 82 of a heart attack reached the world Tuesday afternoon, tributes, thoughts, reflections (and a few loving jokes) flooded Twitter — both from famous folks...

Sip and Bite on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'

2012-04-25 04:00:00

Fiddlesticks. The "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'" episode featuring Canton's Sip & Bite aired Monday night and we didn't tell you about it. Sorry about that. (Baltimore Diner is technically on vacation this week.) But the good news is that the episode,...

Web show creators are ready to unleash the 'Beast'

2012-03-19 03:58:00

In one video, a chubby guy in a Tony the Tiger costume holds a couple of puppets hostage. In another, sock puppets drive a human to madness. And in yet another video, a puppet's snoring is so powerful that people, puppets, anything in its vicinity, are...

Netflix, other Web networks vie to be new HBOs of TV drama

2012-01-06 15:01:54

With a reported $100 million price tag and a big-name star like Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards" looks like a drama series that should be headed for HBO or AMC. But the 13 one-hour episodes that start filming in Baltimore in March under the direction of...

Commentary: The old frontier of TV might still be just as good

2012-01-18 10:17:00

I'm giving you, the faithful ETC… reader, a break from controversial columns and writing about something I'm sure we can all agree on: television. I was out with a friend not too long ago at Maryland Day, an event at the University of Maryland...

Want an app? There could be a tax for that

2012-01-25 16:57:00

That download of an Angry Birds app, Katy Perry song, or "Captain America" movie could end up costing consumers more, thanks to a "digital products" tax proposal that's being pushed in Annapolis this year by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The bill is part of a...

The 2 p.m. funny -- #1, SNL's "Olympia Restaurant"

2011-02-01 16:22:08

Beginning today, and continuing indefinitely, I am going to post, when I can, each weekday at 2 p.m., a video of a classic restaurant comedy sketch. I'll look for classics and new stuff, and please send me your favorites.......

Bun Lai, Miya's Sushi Get Star Turn on "Saturday Night Live"

2013-05-19 16:35:00

If you watched this past Saturday's season finale of "SNL," one headline on the "Weekend Update" segment (with returning special guest Amy Poehler) may have caught your attention. "A sushi chef in Connecticut is planning to use cicadas this summer in...

Actor Kelley Missal is seen on a camera screen on set during filming of the soap opera One Life to Live." New 30- minute episodes appear each Monday through Thursday on the free, advertising-supported Hulu.com website and the paid monthly subscription service Hulu Plus.

2013-05-17 14:35:16

Netflix rival Hulu, meanwhile, promoted fake TV shows on its website. The shows are based on fake programs from real TV shows and they include "Itchy and Scratchy" from "The Simpsons," "Ya Heard? With Perd!" from "Parks and Recreation," and "Space Teens with Robin from "How I Met Your Mother."

2013-04-02 10:10:00

Hulu named Andy Forssell, one of the original architects of the online video site, as its acting chief executive.

2013-03-14 17:28:14