During the heyday of Warner Bros., the network specialized in gripping dramas such as Felicity, Gilmore Girls, Roswell, Everwood and Dawson’s Creek. But after the merger of the network with the United Paramount Network, those compelling dramas diminished significantly. Enter the new CW series: Life Unexpected. A much-buzzed about drama created by Liz Tigelaar (Brothers & Sisters and What About …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: (January 11 to 15): CONDOLENCES Legendary R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1982 car accident passed away this week at the age of 59. Condolences are extended to his family, friends and fans. Golden Girl Rue McClanahan suffered a minor stroke while recovering from …

The best part of television is all the great and memorable quotes that touched our hearts or tickled our funny bone over the past year. Here in alphabetical order by TV series name are just some of the memorable quotes that I found to be the best: BONES: “Yes! Pinkie stumps the Brain.” – Booth to Bones —– “I’m a …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Laura Harris – Laura first got noticed in the first season of 24 and then moved on to the cult favorite Dead Like Me. She had guest roles in Jake 2.0, The Dead Zone, Stargate: Atlantis and CSI. …

Last week I had the chance to attend the Paley Center’s salute to the 100th episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. As a non-watcher of TV comedies, this event might seem like an odd event for me to attend; but as a long-time fan of Alyson Hannigan (dating back, obviously, to her days on Buffy, the …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: NEWS Kim Raver has been added as a regular on Grey’s Anatomy only two months after she joined the medical drama as a recurring character. She is expected to appear in all but one of the show’s remaining episodes this season. NBC has plans to renew Law & Order for a …

It’s that time of year again: the time to look back on the year that was by making up lists of the best and worst of the television season. The sections that follow will highlight the year that was in TV (and just a little bit of movies) for 2009. Before I begin the highlights sections, I want to focus, …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Rebecca Field – Rebecca is probably best known for her role as Janet on the short-lived series October Road, but she got her first big break in an episode of Monk followed by an episode of ER. She …

Happy New Year Everyone! Did all of you have nice holidays with your family and/or friends? I sure hope each was just what you hoped they would be and that 2010 brings all of our readers nothing but the best. I can happily report that I brought the new year in with, well, not flair, but at least with some …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week, which was a light news week because of the holiday: NEWS After a marathon two-day negotiating session, FOX and Time Warner Cable executives on Friday have come to terms on the contentious retransmission consent agreement that threatened to knock numerous Fox channels off Time Warner Cable systems. CASTING SCOOP Mayim Bialik …