A (Trick or) Treat for Michael Jackson Fans This Halloween
Fans of Michael Jackson are in for a huge treat in advance of Halloween. CBS is airing a one hour animated special with Michael’s music as the soundtrack in the story. A preview of the show was not available but images of Jackson’s infamous “Thriller” are certainly coming to mind. The plot goes something like this: follows a twentysomething guy and a girl, Vincent (Lucas Till) and Victoria (Kiersey Clemons), who happened to me on...
Paley Center Honors Countless Achievements of Women on Television
It would be a challenge in the best of times—honoring the contributions of women in television over multiple decades and across the spectrum in comedy, drama, news, talk, sports and music in just one evening, and not an overly long one at that. But “The Paley Honors: Celebrating Women in Television” just happened to be scheduled right in the middle of a week during which explosive charges of sexual harassment against men in the media...
‘The Menendez Murders’ Expands ‘L&O’ Franchise to True Crime
It was the other trial of the century in the 1990s, before that of O.J. Simpson. Actually, two of them. Broadcast live on Court TV, millions of viewers nationwide could not look away from the grisly spectacle of two handsome, young, rich brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, being tried for gunning down their mother and their father as the couple watched TV in their Beverly Hills home on a warm August night in 1989. The trials, which...
‘The Voice’ Kicks Off New Season with New Coach Jennifer Hudson
Fresh off its fourth Emmy award win for outstanding reality competition program, “The Voice” returns to NBC Monday night with a new powerhouse coach firmly ensconced in one of its swiveling red chairs. Jennifer Hudson– who first shot to fame as a contestant on “American Idol” in 2004 before going on to an acclaimed career which, among many other awards, garnered her an Oscar for 2006’s “Dreamgirls,” joins “Voice” OGs Adam Levine...
Emmy-Nominated Writers Headline WGA’s Sublime Primetime
What a difference 48 hours can make. On Friday night, Lena Waithe was one of a panel of Emmy-nominated writers featured in the annual Writers Guild of America West’s Sublime Primetime event. Two nights later, she became the first black female recipient ever to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, an honor she shared with Aziz Ansari for an episode of Master of None called “Thanksgiving.”...