Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS TNT has canceled Dark Blue after two seasons. Sources confirm that actor Harry Shum Jr., who plays Mike will become a series regular next season on Glee. A message to Medium fans from series creator Glenn Gordon Caron: “It’s true. Allison Dubois will dream her last dream on …

The current issue of TV Guide highlights the “2010 Hot List” – the shows, characters, themes and story ideas that were the hottest things to grace our TV screens this year. And, while there were countless categories to wade through as I flipped the pages of that issue, the thought occurred to me that I should come up with my …

Unforgettable! That one word best describes the evening I had last week, attending the Hart to Hart Reunion at the Paley Center for Media. As I drove home after the event, one song that aired on the radio during my drive was “Unforgettable” – the duet version by the late (great) Nat King Cole and his daughter Natalie Cole. As …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS AMC has picked up The Walking Dead for a 13-episode second season. Southland will return for its third season on TNT starting January 4 at 10 PM. Mark your calendars. It looks like the new BBC America series Outcasts that includes stars Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) and Eric …

In honor of Veterans Day, the following list was compiled to salute the top television series that focused on wartime, ranging from World War II through to the Vietnam War and beyond. Rather than rank the shows in any specific order, though, they are simply presented in alphabetical order: China Beach (1988 to 1991) – Set during the tumultuous time …

What makes a web series a success? If the web series, now weekly TV series, Sanctuary is any example, its success lies in a devoted fan base, its creator Damian Kindler (the man behind Stargate SGI-1 and Stargate Atlantis), fantastical CGI-enhanced scenes and elaborate storylines and a cast that includes Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Ryan Robbins and Christopher Heyerdahl. You …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Actress Renée Felice Smith has become an official series regular on NCIS: Los Angeles, after playing the recurring role of Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones this season. The Shonda Rhimes-produced medical drama Off the Map, which is about young doctors working at a remote clinic in South America, will …

For about eight years now, I have been a member of the Paley Center for Media (formerly known as the Museum of Television and Radio). Back in 1975, one of the most powerful men in the television industry, William S. Paley, founded an organization to collect, preserve and interpret television and radio programming and to make these programs available to …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS The CW has given full-season orders to rookie dramas Nikita and Hellcats, as well as long-running soap One Tree Hill. Unfortunately, missing from the pickup list is Life Unexpected. The sophomore drama did, however, receive an additional script order. Jane Badler has extended her visit to the ABC …

Here are the movies and series that you can look forward to seeing on TV in November: November 6 – The Hallmark Channel movie Something To Be Thankful For will premiere at 9 PM MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Claudia (Daphne Zuniga from Melrose Place and Beautiful People) is an ambitious attorney striving to become partner at her law firm. But when Claudia …