RP: 1/7: The Lion Thing
Thomas Allen Heald
by Thomas Allen Heald, Master of the House, Doling out the Charm
All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
TOM'S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY
Which is not a family on "Days of our Lives"?
A) The Blacks
B) The Bradys
C) The Cranes
D) The Dimeras
E) The Hortons
Thursday brings the right answer, and internal damages.
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8 p.m.
Kevin Kline is "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" (PBS) opposite Jennifer Garner as
Roxane.
TELE-GEBRA
"Estate of Panic" + Gossip Girl" = "13: FEAR IS REAL" (CW). 0:Title is
lame.
9 p.m.
MISSING HOT BLONDE PATROL
"20/20: VANISHED" (ABC): "Missing in Milwaukee."
"THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS" (CBS) returns with Queen
Latifah and actors who aren't crossing strike lines this year.
"SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH ..." (Sundance) rounds up the usual
suspects: Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copland.
10 p.m.
Cancer gossip gets answered in "THE BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL: PATRICK
SWAYZE: THE TRUTH" (ABC).
Ellen prepares to take down Patty on the season debut of "DAMAGES" (FX)
with William Hurt, Regis and Kelly.
"THE REAL WORLD" (MTV) turns 21. Great, now it can drink heavily and
wind up in the hot tub with someone gay.
"LAW & ORDER" (NBC) goes a hatin' da Haitians.
Angela Bassett stars in "TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS" (TBS), featuring
Mr. Perry as Thelma Harper.
NIGHT LIGHTS
* Rachel Maddow's glasses are half full on "The Daily Show."
* Benicio Del Toro shoots the breeze with Stephen.
* Ron Howard and Frank Langella defrost Tavis.
* Ricky Gervais, Rose Byrne, and Okkervil River are extra special to Dave.
* Anne Hathaway, Brady Barr, and Jeff Dunham's voices carry with Jay.
* Ron Howard, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and the Gabe Dixon Band join Jimmy.
* William Shatner beams over to Craig.
* The stars of the new action movie T.B.A. guest with Conan.
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TTTTTT ANSWER
Who costarred with their real-life wife in a sitcom? Ted Danson and Mary
Steenbergen costarred in the newspaper comedy "Ink," which was better
than "Becker."
But the conversation doesn't end here, add your own suggestions or
discuss mine on the "TV or Not TV" Google list. "The Remote Patrol" is
copyright© 2008 Thomas Allen Heald and Gigantic Rear Projection, Ltd.
Mark J.
On Jan 6, 3:38 pm, Thomas Allen Heald <toma...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> 8 p.m.
> Kevin Kline is "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" (PBS) opposite Jennifer Garner as
> Roxane.
Personally, watch for the actress playing Sister Claire--Ginifer
King's a Northwestern grad and is a good actress, a very nice lady and
gorgeous to boot. Anyone who can get cast as Mrs. Gilbert Gottfried
and act like she actually thought it was a good idea (on IFC's sitcom
"ZRock") has to be very talented. (Ginifer was also Garner's
understudy on Broadway.)
Kevin M.
>
> The Remote Patrol for January 7, 2009
> by Thomas Allen Heald, Master of the House, Doling out the Charm
> All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
>
> TOM'S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY
> Which is not a family on "Days of our Lives"?
> A) The Blacks
> B) The Bradys
> C) The Cranes
> D) The Dimeras
> E) The Hortons
C... though the Blacks have been fired, according to informed sources.
Bye-bye John & Marlena.
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Kevin M. (RPCV)
Thomas Allen Heald
>> Which is not a family on "Days of our Lives"?
>> A) The Blacks
>> B) The Bradys
>> C) The Cranes
>> D) The Dimeras
>> E) The Hortons
>
> C... though the Blacks have been fired, according to informed sources.
> Bye-bye John & Marlena.
But "Passions'" Ethan Crane is now "Days'" Brady Black.
And yes. Diedre Hall has been overpaid ever since she came back from the
dead and/or "Our House" in primetime with the very young very gay Chad
Allen, Mr. I Have Diabetes, and Shannen -- Kevin's Imaginary Girlfriend.
I seem to recall that when both Hall and Wayne Northrop came back to the
show in 1991 they were each on million dollar contracts.
Mighta been a record at the time, and it probably increased over the
years Hall. With the auto industry tanking that means the soap operas
(which have long been car operas) have less ad rev.
So yes, it's sad that the entire cast has been told to take pay cuts
(even La Lucci at AMC had her salary slashed) and they outright took
what have to be the biggest total costs off the ledger. Sucks to be you,
but it saves the show for another ... however long NBC has agreed to buy
it and not just run "The Today Show" until "Nightly News" begins.
Kevin M.
> dead and/or "Our House" in primetime with the very young very gay Chad
> Allen, Mr. I Have Diabetes, and Shannen -- Kevin's Imaginary Girlfriend.
I prefer it if you'd address her as "Kevin's Future Girlfriend." I'm
not crazy, just harmlessly obsessed, thank you very much.
> but it saves the show for another ... however long NBC has agreed to buy
> it and not just run "The Today Show" until "Nightly News" begins.
A longstanding tradition at NBC Burbank is that the switchboard
operators transfer the freakiest (read: harmfully obsessed) callers to
the NBC Page office, to add a little life to the otherwise dull desk
jobs pages sometimes get assigned. The most rabid callers were the
DOOL fans, more than a few of whom could not comprehend they were
watching a work of fiction (phrase I heard more than once: "I need to
speak to Marlena... and quickly... she's in trouble!"). When/If NBC
cancels the soap, expect nothing less than a mounted assault on
NBC/Universal, led by a bunch of whacked out soap opera fanatics who
will make Batman's lineup of costumed villains seem sane by
comparison. My only hope is that somebody thinks to capture it on
video... gonna be a sight to see.
In the meantime, anything that keeps Nadia Bjorlin employed is fine by
me. She's good people.
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Kevin M. (RPCV)