All in the Family (tv program)

Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals

2013-02-21 00:00:00

"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...

Gay quarterback coming out on 'Necessary Roughness' matters, analysts say

2013-02-15 14:52:00

Gay characters coming out in prime time is nothing new. In fact, “Coming-out narratives are cliches,” according to Ron Becker, author of “Gay TV and Straight America” (Rutgers University Press, 2006). “They were big in...

'The Wire' finale is a cop-out for a once-great show

2008-03-09 00:00:00

David Simon wrote a brilliant finale for The Wire. Unfortunately, it was in 2004 at the end of Season 3 - not the 90-minute final episode of the Baltimore-based drama that will air tonight on HBO.Four years ago, series creator Simon wrote a season-...

'Whoopi' not afraid of edgy, ethnic humor

2003-09-09 00:00:00

The very first image viewers of the new NBC sitcom Whoopi will see tonight is that of Mavis Rae (Whoopi Goldberg) lighting a cigarette and taking a drag as she stands behind the front desk of the small Manhattan Hotel she owns. A guest standing nearby...

Ethnicity is in the house

2003-09-04 00:00:00

The on-screen arrival of the Boomerang Generation is not the only trend of the new fall season. While not as widespread, another theme that will be explored in several series involves multi-ethnic households - with an emphasis on the humor of ethnic...

'Family' tops 'Friends' as best comedy ever

2004-05-06 00:00:00

A lot of noses were knocked out of joint this winter when NBC President Jeff Zucker declared Friends the best comedy of all time. The cast and crew of Frasier, which also is leaving NBC this month, were the most vocal of those miffed. However, champions...

They leave as they began: With a buzz

2004-05-02 00:00:00

Looking back, it's easy to see how Frasier and Friends became TV icons. Television has no more valuable commodity than buzz, unless it is a time slot between two popular series. Friends and Frasier, which arrived a season apart and are departing a week...

Sony shares jump as hedge fund urges IPO of entertainment unit

2013-05-14 20:45:00

Sony Corp. stock soared in afternoon trading after New York hedge fund Third Point proposed that the electronics and media giant make an initial public stock offering of up to 20% of its entertainment arm. That unit, known as Sony Entertainment Inc.,...

A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS

2013-05-14 14:45:00

New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...

Jack Shea dies at 84; sitcom director, ex-Directors Guild chief

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Jack Shea, a Hollywood veteran who directed popular sitcoms such as "The Jeffersons" and who, as president of the Directors Guild of America, forcefully argued for minority hiring and local production, has died. He was 84. Shea's death Sunday at a...

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian snag a bucolic bargain

2013-03-16 06:00:00

Country singing star LeAnn Rimes and her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, know a bargain when they see one. The pair spent $3 million behind the gates in bucolic Hidden Hills on a house marketed as a short sale that once sold for $5.575 million. The...

Selection Sunday is exciting but will never top the NFL Draft

2013-03-16 16:02:00

"Selection Sunday." It's got a nice ring, but don't get too cocky, basketball fans. Granted, you have one of the two best non-sporting sporting events (in which no scoring happens), but you will never touch the first day of the NFL Draft. But you...

TV execs are always on the lookout for a sure thing. And what could be surer than the return of an established hit? Right? Right? That's the only way we can explain the raft of remakes that's threatening our TV screens.

2012-08-09 15:19:33

Actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, died at age 74.

2012-07-24 00:00:00

MTV says it's developing an American version of the British teen series "Skins." One of the show's creators will be involved in the new show, which can be a good sign for shows that are imported from other countries. If MTV manages to do "Skins" justice, it will be an exception rather than the rule.

2009-08-24 15:59:33