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...
Back on Her Throne, Queen Latifah Regales Audiences with Daytime Talker
Just two months out of the gate and in the midst of her first November sweeps, Queen Latifah is more than holding her own with her eponymous syndicated daytime talker. It’s a competitive landscape with rivals including Bethenny Frankel, Ellen DeGeneres and Katie Couric—as well as Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil. Unique amongst them, Latifah comes to the hosting chair as a successful musical artist whose career as a breakout female...
Jimi Hendrix Makes Your Heart Sing in PBS American Masters Exploration of His Iconic Career
From the very first notes of “Wild Thing” electrifying the crowd at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 Jimi Hendrix fans will be riveted by a new two-hour American Masters documentary, “Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train a Comin,’ premiering Tuesday, November 5 on PBS. The documentary traces Hendrix’s meteoric rise as a rock icon and guitar god who came out of humble beginnings in Seattle, and whose life and career...
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