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Tonight: What are ‘The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time’?
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel‘Saturday Night Live' in the early years, from left: Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. Courtesy Everett Collection THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: It's a grand night for TV nostalgia. The Tuesday highlights:... -
'All in the Family: The Complete Series'
Rarely has a show changed the face of television as much as producer Norman Lear's adaptation (for CBS) of a British comedy. Carroll O'Connor's unapologetically bigoted Archie Bunker became one of the medium's iconic characters, frequently mixing it up...
Tags: Norman Lear, Maude (tv program), Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, DVDs
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Sherman Hemsley: A deluxe spot in TV history
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhen news came that Sherman Hemsley had died, I thought first of the “Jeffersons” theme song. It's a boisterous hymn to progress with the lines ”we're movin' on up … to a deluxe apartment in the sky … we finally got a piece... -
Actor Sherman Hemsley, aka Mr. Jefferson, Dies at 74
CNNEL PASO, Texas -- Sherman Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," died Tuesday at 74, his booking agent said. Hemsley played Jefferson, a wisecracking owner of a dry cleaning business, on "All In the...Tags: Norman Lear, Tyler Perry, Celebrities, Bill Cosby, Isabel Sanford
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Actress Doris Singleton Isaacs dies
VarietyActress and comedienne Doris Singleton Isaacs, who recurred on "I Love Lucy" as Lucy's near-sighted neighbor and sometimes nemesis Carolyn Appleby, died Tuesday. She was 92. Singleton guested in a large number of both comedies and dramas during her 30-...Tags: Celebrities, Bob Hope, Radio, Adventures of Superman (tv program), Jack Benny
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More TV Westerns? Hold your horses: A gritty Western miniseries just delivered blockbuster ratings, triggering speculation about a resurgence of a near-dormant genre that dominated TV's infancy.
VarietyA gritty Western miniseries just delivered blockbuster ratings, triggering speculation about a resurgence of a near-dormant genre that dominated TV's infancy. Last week's History presentation "Hatfields & McCoys?" Well, yes, but also try AMC's "Broken...Tags: Genres, History (tv network), John Wayne, Satellite and Cable Service, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program)
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Which TV shows were most influential?
CNNThe most influential show in the history of television never finished a season among the 20 most popular programs in the Nielsen ratings. In its most popular season, "Hill Street Blues," which ran from 1981 to 1987, came in 21st place. And yet, according...Tags: I Love Lucy (tv program), The Sopranos (tv program), The Tonight Show (tv program), The Cosby Show (tv program), MASH (tv program)
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Of meatheads and Muslims
Tribune Media ServicesWhere is Archie Bunker when you need him? The reactionary, bigoted curmudgeon of the hit sitcom "All in the Family" was one of the key cultural touchstones of the 1970s. A buffoon, to be sure, Archie was also a readily identifiable American type, the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Christianity, Spider-Man (fictional character), Religion and Belief, Demonstration
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The Crowd: Orange County indulges in summer fun
Summer on the Orange Coast is alive with people, parties and purpose. All that and amazing food and entertainment to go right along with the fun in the sun season.
On Tuesday evenings in Newport Beach the venerable Ritz, in the capable hands of Ray...Tags: Politics, Health, Sally Struthers, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Elections
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‘Three’s Company,’ ‘Good Times’ part of Antenna TV from WRDQ
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelViewers will find the 24-hour network on WRDQ's digital channel 27.2. The weekday programs include "Leave It to Beaver," "Good Times," "Three's Company," "All in the Family," "Maude" and "Sanford and Son." The weekend fare includes "Alfred Hitchcock... -
'Mike & Molly' just regular people
The WatcherBilly Gardell and Melissa McCarthy in "Mike & Molly." When Melissa McCarthy heard about "Mike & Molly," she wanted no part of it."Before I read it, just the thought of it upset me," said the 39-year-old actress and Plainfield native said in a recent... -
Golden Girl Rue McClanahan Dies
By David Bauder, AP Television WriterRue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress whobrought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux tolife on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76. Her manager, Barbara Lawrence, said McClanahan died Thursday at1 a.m. at New...Tags: Wicked (musical), Death, Uta Hagen, Hospitals and Clinics, Family
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