Television
ABC’s new “Buddies” is not close to being comedy friendly, its interracial cloddishness teetering on the cutting edge of warmed-over Norman Lear, despite being from the same people responsible for the network’s hit “Home Improvement.”
March 5, 1996
Movies
Mafia and gay stereotypes abound in clumsily directed film.
May 16, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
“Snakebit,” at the Coast Playhouse, could use more bite. Or maybe a snake.
May 31, 2000
California
Richard Warner Gartin, 42, admitted submitting bogus vouchers totaling nearly $3 million over more than seven years claiming that freight was damaged by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, one of the companies operating under the Chessie name.
July 4, 1985
Television’s first live-action black super-hero tries lifting off tonight, weighted with controversy and ethnic baggage.
Aug. 26, 1994
Business
The Los Angeles regional office of Morgan Stanley & Co., New York, has named Michael Schmertzler a managing director, Stephen M.
April 15, 1986
Be thankful for the low spots and the dull narration in “Family Reunion--A Gospel Music Celebration.”
April 7, 1988
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes This week’s TV Movies SERIES Teen Kids News The series premiere features music in Afghanistan and a report on the dangers of bounce houses. 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 13, 2013
A friendly-seeming couple lead Vincent Kartheiser down a mysterious path in the thriller ‘Ultrasound.’
March 10, 2022
Even in the highly competitive universe of the super-hero, the new crime-fighter on the block--the one they call M.A.N.T.I.S.
Aug. 25, 1994