Gillian Anderson is Back and Better than Ever in NBC’s ‘Crisis’
Take a busload of overprivileged high school kids – including the son of the president of the United States – their powerful and entitled parents, a heroic rookie Secret Service agent, an FBI agent with a dark secret and a shadowy terrorist organization, and you have the makings of NBC’s “Crisis,” premiering Sunday night at 10 p.m. If it sounds a little bit like the premise of CBS’s “Hostages,” well, this one has a much better chance...
The Verdict is In: L.A. Law is Finally Out on DVD
It’s hard to believe that the iconic, highly acclaimed TV series “L.A. Law” closed out its run on NBC 20 years ago– and that its 22 episodes of Season One are just now being released to DVD, available beginning today from Shout! Factory. Created by award-winning writer-producers Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, the legal drama debuted in 1986 and held court during primetime for an eight-season run, racking up 15 Emmy...
Here’s Jimmy! Fallon’s Tonight Show Debut in NYC Scores Ratings Gold
Goodbye Jay, hello Jimmy. Even though losing “The Tonight Show” was a blow to the LA economy, it was a thrill to see the debut of Jimmy Fallon’s version of the leading late-night variety program at its ancestral home – back in New York City after 42 years– in a meticulously renovated studio at NBC’s 30 Rock. We been a long-time Fallon fan going back to his days at “Saturday Night Live” when he hosted Weekend Update...
Atlanta Hosts aTVfest With Top Shows and Stars Including Hometown Heroes The Goodie Mob
It turned out to be the calm before Winter Storm Pax threatened Atlanta, but instead of calm, there were three days and nights of excitement as the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) presented its second aTVfest: A Digital Media Experience with screenings, panels, Q&As and parties at venues throughout the Midtown area. Even during the winter season, there is certainly no shortage of media and film festivals, most of them...
Pimp. Lover. Killer. Father Figure. Jimmy Smits Cements His Place on ‘Sons of Anarchy’
It’s been 27 years since Jimmy Smits burst onto the scene as one of television’s most memorable characters, attorney Victor Sifuentes on “LA Law.” In many of his award-winning roles, including those on “The West Wing,” “NYPD Blue” and “Dexter,” Smits has operated on the enforcement side of the law, as a cop, a legislator and an assistant district attorney. Even in one of his very first roles, on “Miami Vice,” he played a vice...
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