CBS sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" was a staple for American TV audiences of the '70s, thanks in large part to clever writing and Newhart's much-loved performance as psychologist and comedic straight man Bob Hartley. The show ran for six seasons from 1972 to 1978, but it had a surprisingly long pop cultural afterlife. Characters from "The Bob Newhart Show" have popped up in everything from "Murphy Brown" to "St. Elsewhere" to "Alf," though their most famous reappearance came in the jokey "Newhart" finale in 1990. In it, Newhart wakes up in bed next to his wife from the previous series and discovers that this entire sitcom was all an elaborate dream. "The Bob Newhart Show," it turned out, was his real world.
When it wasn't being resurrected for increasingly meta crossovers, "The Bob Newhart Show" was a pretty straightforward sitcom about the life of a mental health clinician and the assortment...
When it wasn't being resurrected for increasingly meta crossovers, "The Bob Newhart Show" was a pretty straightforward sitcom about the life of a mental health clinician and the assortment...
- 4/23/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This Friday at 7:00 Pm on Pix, brace yourself for an evening of magic and mystery as Season 10 Episode 15 of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” hits the stage with the intriguing title “Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon.” The spotlight is on a trio of talented magicians, including Kimoon Do, Matt The Mind Noodler, and the enchanting duo Brielle and Bruno Tarnecci.
As the magicians showcase their mesmerizing acts, the anticipation builds to see if they can successfully fool the legendary duo Penn & Teller. Each performer brings a unique flair and a bag of tricks, promising an episode filled with illusions, sleight of hand, and perhaps a touch of humor with the unconventional episode title.
Tune in for a night of wonder, awe, and expertly crafted illusions as “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” continues its magical journey. Pix guarantees an evening of enchantment as the featured magicians aim...
As the magicians showcase their mesmerizing acts, the anticipation builds to see if they can successfully fool the legendary duo Penn & Teller. Each performer brings a unique flair and a bag of tricks, promising an episode filled with illusions, sleight of hand, and perhaps a touch of humor with the unconventional episode title.
Tune in for a night of wonder, awe, and expertly crafted illusions as “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” continues its magical journey. Pix guarantees an evening of enchantment as the featured magicians aim...
- 3/9/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Leading up to the 2022 Emmy Awards, many Experts, Editors and Users — myself included — predicted that “Abbott Elementary” would win the award for Best Comedy Series. After all, it had critical acclaim, ratings success and nominations in several top categories. As the ceremony progressed, “Abbott” picked up a couple of big wins: Best Comedy Writing for series star and creator Quinta Brunson, and Best Comedy Supporting Actress for Sheryl Lee Ralph. But when Best Comedy was announced, the winner was …”Ted Lasso,” in its second consecutive victory.
Although “Abbott” fans were understandably disappointed, the loss might just be a blessing in disguise. If you look back at the history of winners in this category, a number of shows that are now considered classics won their first — and in some cases their only — series Emmy for their second seasons. So if “Abbott” captures the win for its second season, it would join...
Although “Abbott” fans were understandably disappointed, the loss might just be a blessing in disguise. If you look back at the history of winners in this category, a number of shows that are now considered classics won their first — and in some cases their only — series Emmy for their second seasons. So if “Abbott” captures the win for its second season, it would join...
- 3/29/2023
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Mike Pence pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he could have overturned the election on Jan. 6, 2021, when as vice president he presided over the Electoral College count before a joint session of Congress.
“This week, I heard President Trump say I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election,” Pence said in a speech to the Federalist Society.
CNN carried Pence’s speech, and MSNBC had portions of it. Fox News did not have live coverage, but reported on his comments moments later.
Pence’s comments were a rare break from Trump, to whom he had been steadfastly loyal during the former Celebrity Apprentice host’s White House tenure.
In a statement he issued earlier this week, Trump railed against the January 6th Committee, which is investigating the attack on the Capitol that day, and said, that...
“This week, I heard President Trump say I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election,” Pence said in a speech to the Federalist Society.
CNN carried Pence’s speech, and MSNBC had portions of it. Fox News did not have live coverage, but reported on his comments moments later.
Pence’s comments were a rare break from Trump, to whom he had been steadfastly loyal during the former Celebrity Apprentice host’s White House tenure.
In a statement he issued earlier this week, Trump railed against the January 6th Committee, which is investigating the attack on the Capitol that day, and said, that...
- 2/4/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Hanks was among the speakers who paid tribute to Bob Dole at a ceremony on Friday at the World War II Memorial.
Dole, who died on Sunday at age 98, played a major role in the effort to build the memorial, which opened in 2004, and Hanks was an advocate to get it built.
As he told the crowd at the memorial, Dole “did all but mix the concrete himself.”
“Bob Dole came to this plaza often to remember, to talk with veterans like himself and to their posterity, by greeting them with a shake to his left hand,” Hanks said. “The memory and conscience of the man himself will always be here, right here, for as long as there is an America and that is a good thing, because here, we will always remember Bob Dole.”
Hanks is the campaign chair for the Hidden Heroes Campaign, which supports military caregivers...
Dole, who died on Sunday at age 98, played a major role in the effort to build the memorial, which opened in 2004, and Hanks was an advocate to get it built.
As he told the crowd at the memorial, Dole “did all but mix the concrete himself.”
“Bob Dole came to this plaza often to remember, to talk with veterans like himself and to their posterity, by greeting them with a shake to his left hand,” Hanks said. “The memory and conscience of the man himself will always be here, right here, for as long as there is an America and that is a good thing, because here, we will always remember Bob Dole.”
Hanks is the campaign chair for the Hidden Heroes Campaign, which supports military caregivers...
- 12/10/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In the week before the publication of Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s Peril, many of its juiciest revelations already had made headlines.
Sans any kind of spoiler alert, there were the calls that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave to assure his Chinese counter part despite an erratic President Donald Trump. There also was former Vice President Dan Quayle counseling Vice President Mike Pence that no, he didn’t have the power to reject electors during the Jan. 6 vote count, despite Trump’s relentless pressure to do more.
But despite the pre-publication buzz surrounding Peril, fairly typical for a Woodward bombshell, some of the minor items still are revelatory.
One that stands out, oddly enough, is Trump’s apparently realization that his tweets weren’t necessarily helping him.
The scene in the book, which came out Tuesday, is a post-inauguration meeting at Mar-a-Lago...
Sans any kind of spoiler alert, there were the calls that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave to assure his Chinese counter part despite an erratic President Donald Trump. There also was former Vice President Dan Quayle counseling Vice President Mike Pence that no, he didn’t have the power to reject electors during the Jan. 6 vote count, despite Trump’s relentless pressure to do more.
But despite the pre-publication buzz surrounding Peril, fairly typical for a Woodward bombshell, some of the minor items still are revelatory.
One that stands out, oddly enough, is Trump’s apparently realization that his tweets weren’t necessarily helping him.
The scene in the book, which came out Tuesday, is a post-inauguration meeting at Mar-a-Lago...
- 9/23/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Peril,” by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, hits shelves next week but is already generating buzz as excerpts and tidbits show what former president Donald Trump’s final days in office were like.
Here are a few takeaways from what has been released so far.
Trump threatened to unfriend former vice president Mike Pence
According to CNN, the book includes details of a meeting between Trump and his vice president on Jan. 5, one day before supporters of the then-president breached the Capitol in a deadly attempt to overturn President Joe Biden’s election win.
Trump’s pressure on Pence to help overturn the election was widely reported at the time, but in the meeting described in the book, the then-president said, “No, no, no! You don’t understand, Mike. You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this.”
2. Dan Quayle...
Here are a few takeaways from what has been released so far.
Trump threatened to unfriend former vice president Mike Pence
According to CNN, the book includes details of a meeting between Trump and his vice president on Jan. 5, one day before supporters of the then-president breached the Capitol in a deadly attempt to overturn President Joe Biden’s election win.
Trump’s pressure on Pence to help overturn the election was widely reported at the time, but in the meeting described in the book, the then-president said, “No, no, no! You don’t understand, Mike. You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this.”
2. Dan Quayle...
- 9/16/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” opened Wednesday’s episode with a gag that channeled the classic cartoon “Johnny Quest” to mock former Vice President Mike Pence.
The background? Pence received a lot of praise earlier this year for refusing to go along with Donald Trump’s attempts to overthrow the government based on lies about voter fraud. Particularly because his decision not to contest certification of Joe Biden’s victory made him a target for execution by the Trump-incited mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 shouting “Hang Mike Pence.”
Alas, it turns out people may have been too generous in their estimation of Pence. One of the big revelations this week from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s upcoming book “Peril” is that Pence actually wanted, very badly, to help Donald Trump throw out the election and undemocratically install himself in a second term in office. According to the Washington Post,...
The background? Pence received a lot of praise earlier this year for refusing to go along with Donald Trump’s attempts to overthrow the government based on lies about voter fraud. Particularly because his decision not to contest certification of Joe Biden’s victory made him a target for execution by the Trump-incited mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 shouting “Hang Mike Pence.”
Alas, it turns out people may have been too generous in their estimation of Pence. One of the big revelations this week from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s upcoming book “Peril” is that Pence actually wanted, very badly, to help Donald Trump throw out the election and undemocratically install himself in a second term in office. According to the Washington Post,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Update, 8:49 Am: Joe Biden is now the President of the United States of America. Donald Trump’s reign of error and terror is over.
“My fellow Americans, a moment we have all been waiting for,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar introducing the former Delaware Senator and VP as the 46th Potus for the very first time.
Watch his speech here.
1st Update,8:41 Am: Kamala Harris has just been sworn in as America’s 49th Vice President, the first woman and the first person of color to hold the office. In a symbol on a day of important symbols, the oath was administered to Harris by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the Supreme Court.
President-elect Joe Biden and now Vice President Harris are on the West Front of the US Capitol as the President-elect awaits being sworn in himself Accompanied by the Marine Band, an eagle sweater wearing...
“My fellow Americans, a moment we have all been waiting for,” said Senator Amy Klobuchar introducing the former Delaware Senator and VP as the 46th Potus for the very first time.
Watch his speech here.
1st Update,8:41 Am: Kamala Harris has just been sworn in as America’s 49th Vice President, the first woman and the first person of color to hold the office. In a symbol on a day of important symbols, the oath was administered to Harris by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the Supreme Court.
President-elect Joe Biden and now Vice President Harris are on the West Front of the US Capitol as the President-elect awaits being sworn in himself Accompanied by the Marine Band, an eagle sweater wearing...
- 1/20/2021
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.
“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...
- 11/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2nd Update, 2:44 Pm: The final numbers are in for the only vice-presidential debate of 2020 and they are almost record breaking.
Nielsen is reporting that 59 million people watched the 9 – 10:30 Pm Et meeting between Sen. Kamala Harris and incumbent Mike Pence. That’s the second most watched VP debate since the Executive sidekick sit-down started in 1976.
The most watched VP debate ever remains the 2008 meet-up between then Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 70 million viewers. That event on October 2, 2008 was broadcast on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo, Tf, CNN, Foxn, MSNBC, CNBC, and BBC America.
Last night’s Harris vs. Pence showdown aired live on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, BET, BET Her, CNN, Fox Business Network, Fnc, MSNBC, Newsmax, Newsy, Vice and Wgna, and was tape delayed on CNNe*
The way things are looking right now, the first and only VP debate of...
Nielsen is reporting that 59 million people watched the 9 – 10:30 Pm Et meeting between Sen. Kamala Harris and incumbent Mike Pence. That’s the second most watched VP debate since the Executive sidekick sit-down started in 1976.
The most watched VP debate ever remains the 2008 meet-up between then Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 70 million viewers. That event on October 2, 2008 was broadcast on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo, Tf, CNN, Foxn, MSNBC, CNBC, and BBC America.
Last night’s Harris vs. Pence showdown aired live on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, BET, BET Her, CNN, Fox Business Network, Fnc, MSNBC, Newsmax, Newsy, Vice and Wgna, and was tape delayed on CNNe*
The way things are looking right now, the first and only VP debate of...
- 10/8/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Biden is expected to announce his choice of running mate any day now, which means that political journalists are scrambling for find any piece of insider information or, better yet, the scoop on his choice.
But amid the frenzy of speculation as to who he will pick, and a dose of politicking among donors and delegates for their chosen favorite, are the inherent risks in breaking the story — as in, you better be pretty damn sure.
And perhaps even more so than in previous cycles, Biden’s decision-making process is being held close to the vest to family members and a circle of longtime advisers. Over the past week, the speculation has been running rampant that his choice has come down to Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, Karen Bass and Tammy Duckworth. Then VP watchers got thrown for a bit of a loop on Friday, when the Associated Press,...
But amid the frenzy of speculation as to who he will pick, and a dose of politicking among donors and delegates for their chosen favorite, are the inherent risks in breaking the story — as in, you better be pretty damn sure.
And perhaps even more so than in previous cycles, Biden’s decision-making process is being held close to the vest to family members and a circle of longtime advisers. Over the past week, the speculation has been running rampant that his choice has come down to Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, Karen Bass and Tammy Duckworth. Then VP watchers got thrown for a bit of a loop on Friday, when the Associated Press,...
- 8/8/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
TV shows have been taking on politics for decades. Long before “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “House of Cards” hit the small screen, viewers got inside looks at presidential campaigns, White House senior staffers, and the world of counterterrorism. Take a look back at the greatest political TV shows of all time.
Yes, Minister (1980-82)
We start our list on the other side of the pond. This classic British show starred Paul Eddington as the minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs, with Nigel Harthorne and Derek Fowlds as his two secretaries. The show inspired numerous spinoffs and was a favorite of Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher.
Tanner ’88 (1988)
This early political mockumentary miniseries from Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) provided a behind-the-scenes look at the fictional campaign of former Michigan representative Jack Tanner as he sought to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. The series starred Michael Murphy in the title role,...
Yes, Minister (1980-82)
We start our list on the other side of the pond. This classic British show starred Paul Eddington as the minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs, with Nigel Harthorne and Derek Fowlds as his two secretaries. The show inspired numerous spinoffs and was a favorite of Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher.
Tanner ’88 (1988)
This early political mockumentary miniseries from Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) provided a behind-the-scenes look at the fictional campaign of former Michigan representative Jack Tanner as he sought to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. The series starred Michael Murphy in the title role,...
- 6/13/2019
- by Juliette Verlaque and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
“Conan” host Conan O’Brien was sued in July 2015 by Robert Alexander Kaseberg, who accused O’Brien and others on the TBS show of stealing five jokes from Kaseberg’s Twitter account and blog. Here, O’Brien explains why he reached a settlement in the case, which had been expected to go to trial in federal court in San Diego this month.
My Stupid Lawsuit
I begin by warning you that the following is not as important as the Mueller Report, Global Warming or the death toll this week on “Game of Thrones.” But I do need to get this off my chest.
Four years ago, my writers and I were sued by a man in San Diego who claimed that we stole five jokes from his blog and Twitter account. I will tell you what we told him, and what we subsequently swore under oath in a deposition: we...
My Stupid Lawsuit
I begin by warning you that the following is not as important as the Mueller Report, Global Warming or the death toll this week on “Game of Thrones.” But I do need to get this off my chest.
Four years ago, my writers and I were sued by a man in San Diego who claimed that we stole five jokes from his blog and Twitter account. I will tell you what we told him, and what we subsequently swore under oath in a deposition: we...
- 5/9/2019
- by Conan O'Brien
- Variety Film + TV
Candice Bergen this morning received her 12th Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in CBS’ de facto 11th season of Murphy Brown, returning more than two decades after wrap of the comedy series’ most recent prior season.
Bergen’s nomination tipped the scale in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy category in favor of broadcast TV. She joined a list that included Kristen Bell of NBC’s The Good Place and Debra Messing, from NBC’s nod to the TV throwback trend Will & Grace. Also nommed: Alison Brie of Netflix’s Glow and last year’s category winner Rachel Brosnahan for the title role in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Congratulations to #MurphyBrown star Candice Bergen for scoring a #GoldenGlobes nomination! Did you know this is her 12th nomination for her role as Murphy?! pic.twitter.com/j4jyz3NyeR...
Bergen’s nomination tipped the scale in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy category in favor of broadcast TV. She joined a list that included Kristen Bell of NBC’s The Good Place and Debra Messing, from NBC’s nod to the TV throwback trend Will & Grace. Also nommed: Alison Brie of Netflix’s Glow and last year’s category winner Rachel Brosnahan for the title role in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Congratulations to #MurphyBrown star Candice Bergen for scoring a #GoldenGlobes nomination! Did you know this is her 12th nomination for her role as Murphy?! pic.twitter.com/j4jyz3NyeR...
- 12/6/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
5:52 Pm Pt -- President Trump and Melania have arrived to pay their respects. George H.W. Bush is being honored by Washington, D.C.'s biggest power players -- past and present -- as a week-long memorial gets underway. The State Funeral for our 41st President was held Monday in the Capitol Rotunda and the attendees included H.W.'s veep Dan Quayle, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
- 12/4/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Opening a TV Guide in the late 2010s is like going through a time portal.
Popular shows from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s are back, with all new casts and stories, and several new comedies take place in bygone eras.
Some viewers think that the TV industry has gotten lazy, but that's not it at all. These shows are popular. People are hungry for them. And there are good reasons for that.
Times are tough for many viewers.
Politically, the United States in 2018 is more divided than it's been in any era of history, with the possible exception of the late 1960s when tensions over the Vietnam War ran high
There's a lot of fear and anger, families are being torn apart by strong disagreements, and there are lots of people dealing with tough stuff in their own lives.
Related: Days of Our Lives: Why Social Messaging Matters
When things get tough,...
Popular shows from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s are back, with all new casts and stories, and several new comedies take place in bygone eras.
Some viewers think that the TV industry has gotten lazy, but that's not it at all. These shows are popular. People are hungry for them. And there are good reasons for that.
Times are tough for many viewers.
Politically, the United States in 2018 is more divided than it's been in any era of history, with the possible exception of the late 1960s when tensions over the Vietnam War ran high
There's a lot of fear and anger, families are being torn apart by strong disagreements, and there are lots of people dealing with tough stuff in their own lives.
Related: Days of Our Lives: Why Social Messaging Matters
When things get tough,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Following in the footsteps of fellow revivals Will & Grace and Roseanne, CBS’ Emmy-winning comedy Murphy Brown returned Thursday night for the first time since its original ten-season run ended in 1998. But are Murphy and her TV journalist pals still relevant enough to make headlines in the age of Trump?
The premiere isn’t exactly subtle about its political leanings, opening with footage of President Trump’s campaign set to the tune of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” Murphy lets out a primal wail on election night as her son Avery (Jake McDorman) — all grown up and a...
The premiere isn’t exactly subtle about its political leanings, opening with footage of President Trump’s campaign set to the tune of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” Murphy lets out a primal wail on election night as her son Avery (Jake McDorman) — all grown up and a...
- 9/28/2018
- TVLine.com
Hillary Clinton was the first big name cameo of “Murphy Brown’s” revival season.
Clinton appeared in the Sept. 27 premiere of the Candice Bergen-led sitcom — but not as herself. Instead, she was “Hilary,” a woman who said she is often mistaken for the former presidential candidate but actually spells her name with only one “L.” She arrived at Murphy’s new cable news show, “Murphy in the Morning,” to interview for the “secretarial position.”
“Your reputation proceeds you, but I want you to know I’m not afraid of hard work, I’m qualified, and I’m ready on day one,” Clinton said to Murphy at the start of her interview.
Murphy went on to ask if she had any secretarial experience and if she had experience with technology and teamwork.
“I do have some experience with emails,” she said. And on the topic of how many people it takes to run a production,...
Clinton appeared in the Sept. 27 premiere of the Candice Bergen-led sitcom — but not as herself. Instead, she was “Hilary,” a woman who said she is often mistaken for the former presidential candidate but actually spells her name with only one “L.” She arrived at Murphy’s new cable news show, “Murphy in the Morning,” to interview for the “secretarial position.”
“Your reputation proceeds you, but I want you to know I’m not afraid of hard work, I’m qualified, and I’m ready on day one,” Clinton said to Murphy at the start of her interview.
Murphy went on to ask if she had any secretarial experience and if she had experience with technology and teamwork.
“I do have some experience with emails,” she said. And on the topic of how many people it takes to run a production,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
On September 27 the classic sitcom “Murphy Brown” made its return to CBS after 20 years off the air. And so has its title character (Candice Bergen), a TV journalist coming out of retirement in the midst of the Donald Trump administration to host a new show called “Murphy in the Morning.” “Murphy” joins a lengthening list of TV revivals, following the successful “Will and Grace,” the ill-fated “Roseanne” (now “The Conners“), and more. How has this one fared with critics?
As of this writing the returning show has a MetaCritic score of 54, with reviewers taking both sides of the argument: is it refreshing to see Murphy move on from Dan Quayle to the commander-in-tweet, or does the show lean too heavily on current events?
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Now that the critics have had their say it will be interesting to see how the show fares on the awards scene.
As of this writing the returning show has a MetaCritic score of 54, with reviewers taking both sides of the argument: is it refreshing to see Murphy move on from Dan Quayle to the commander-in-tweet, or does the show lean too heavily on current events?
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Now that the critics have had their say it will be interesting to see how the show fares on the awards scene.
- 9/27/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Murphy Brown is back… and boy, news and politics have changed just a bit in the last twenty years, haven’t they?
The Emmy-winning sitcom returns to CBS next Thursday (9:30/8:30c) for the first time since leaving the air in 1998, with Candice Bergen reprising her role as the titular TV journalist. In the 13-episode revival, Murphy comes out of retirement to host a new cable news show, Murphy in the Morning, with old pals Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto), Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford) and Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) in tow. Plus, her son Avery — who we saw Murphy give birth to,...
The Emmy-winning sitcom returns to CBS next Thursday (9:30/8:30c) for the first time since leaving the air in 1998, with Candice Bergen reprising her role as the titular TV journalist. In the 13-episode revival, Murphy comes out of retirement to host a new cable news show, Murphy in the Morning, with old pals Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto), Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford) and Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) in tow. Plus, her son Avery — who we saw Murphy give birth to,...
- 9/21/2018
- TVLine.com
Welcome to “Remote Controlled,” a podcast from Variety featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front of and behind the camera.
In this week’s episode, Variety’s managing editor of TV, Cynthia Littleton, speaks with “Murphy Brown” star Candice Bergen and creator/executive producer Diane English about the revival of the CBS sitcom, which bows on Sept. 27.
Listen to this week’s podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts:
“Murphy Brown’s” creator and star speak candidly about how the rise of Donald Trump drove them back into business together, 20 years after the original CBS comedy signed off. The pair also offers a glimpse into how the show is tackling a wildly different media landscape, and discusses the emotional journey of reuniting with cast and crew members.
English was a rare example of a female showrunner at the helm of a network primetime series in 1988 when...
In this week’s episode, Variety’s managing editor of TV, Cynthia Littleton, speaks with “Murphy Brown” star Candice Bergen and creator/executive producer Diane English about the revival of the CBS sitcom, which bows on Sept. 27.
Listen to this week’s podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts:
“Murphy Brown’s” creator and star speak candidly about how the rise of Donald Trump drove them back into business together, 20 years after the original CBS comedy signed off. The pair also offers a glimpse into how the show is tackling a wildly different media landscape, and discusses the emotional journey of reuniting with cast and crew members.
English was a rare example of a female showrunner at the helm of a network primetime series in 1988 when...
- 9/21/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Candice Bergen is ready. She's ready to bring Murphy Brown back to life 30 years after she made her debut as the titular character, and she's getting ready for what will inevitably come along with the show's return and its trademark political comedy. Yep, we're talking tweets from President Donald Trump. Bergen is taking steps to prepare. "Other than getting armor and going in a silo? I don't know what the reaction will be," Bergen told reporters after the Murphy Brown panel at the 2018 Television Critics Association press tour. "I'm trying to brace myself." During its initial run, Murphy Brown made headlines when Dan Quayle spoke out against the show portraying Murphy Brown as...
- 8/10/2018
- E! Online
Murphy Brown creator Diane English says she may need to get security protection as she works on the return to CBS of the biting political comedy series.
“I might have to have some protection,” English told reporters in a scrum after her show’s Q&A panel at TCA. “I’m not kidding.” English referenced the “scary times” in which the show is coming back with original episodes after two decades.
The very first episode, which takes place on November 8, 2016, “really sticks our head into the lion’s mouth,” said star Candice Bergen, boasting, “This show has no fear of anyone.”
These “scary times” includes a death threat to CNN on-air talent phoned in to C-span by a Trump supporter that Brian Stelter played on his CNN program. New York Times columnist Bret Stephens similarly revealed a threat from someone warning, “I don’t carry an Ar but once we...
“I might have to have some protection,” English told reporters in a scrum after her show’s Q&A panel at TCA. “I’m not kidding.” English referenced the “scary times” in which the show is coming back with original episodes after two decades.
The very first episode, which takes place on November 8, 2016, “really sticks our head into the lion’s mouth,” said star Candice Bergen, boasting, “This show has no fear of anyone.”
These “scary times” includes a death threat to CNN on-air talent phoned in to C-span by a Trump supporter that Brian Stelter played on his CNN program. New York Times columnist Bret Stephens similarly revealed a threat from someone warning, “I don’t carry an Ar but once we...
- 8/5/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Not much is known about CBS’ forthcoming Murphy Brown revival, save for the fact that it will consist of 13 episodes, be written by series creator Diane English and find Candice Bergen’s titular trailblazer returning to the TV new biz after a lengthy sabbatical. Oh, and Fyi: We can also confirm that Murphy’s now-30-year-old son Avery will figure prominently in the continuation.
When last seen, Dan Quayle’s favorite character in TV history was portrayed by a then-9-year-old Haley Joel Osment and, per insiders, the Sixth Sense actor will not be reprising the role in the revival.
When last seen, Dan Quayle’s favorite character in TV history was portrayed by a then-9-year-old Haley Joel Osment and, per insiders, the Sixth Sense actor will not be reprising the role in the revival.
- 2/13/2018
- TVLine.com
Lifelong liberal Candice Bergen showed up to Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Wednesday night with a very special message regarding First Lady Melania Trump.
The 71-year-old Emmy winner appeared on the hit Bravo late night show wearing a navy cashmere sweatshirt with the words “Free Melania” sewn on the front — a phrase that has been circulating the internet since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign launched, implying that the Slovenian former fashion model is trapped in her marriage.
Bergen, who was on the show alongside her Home Again costar Reese Witherspoon, was first photographed wearing the garment on Sept.
The 71-year-old Emmy winner appeared on the hit Bravo late night show wearing a navy cashmere sweatshirt with the words “Free Melania” sewn on the front — a phrase that has been circulating the internet since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign launched, implying that the Slovenian former fashion model is trapped in her marriage.
Bergen, who was on the show alongside her Home Again costar Reese Witherspoon, was first photographed wearing the garment on Sept.
- 9/14/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
“The Daily Show” may have entered a new era with host Trevor Noah, but it’s not like the old cast went into retirement. Husband-and-wife contributors Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are among the most productive former members of the Jon Stewart “Daily Show” years — which is particularly notable once you discover they came close to taking over the program themselves.
Instead, the pair found a welcome home at TBS, where Bee hosts the weekly satiric news program “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (which will air the special “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” this weekend) and Jones serves as an executive producer. Meanwhile, the couple is also behind the TBS comedy “The Detour,” a subversive family comedy that they co-wrote and in which Jones stars.
Now wrapping its second season, “The Detour” began as an over-the-top road trip comedy with Jones as a corporate whistleblower moving his family across the country.
Instead, the pair found a welcome home at TBS, where Bee hosts the weekly satiric news program “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (which will air the special “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” this weekend) and Jones serves as an executive producer. Meanwhile, the couple is also behind the TBS comedy “The Detour,” a subversive family comedy that they co-wrote and in which Jones stars.
Now wrapping its second season, “The Detour” began as an over-the-top road trip comedy with Jones as a corporate whistleblower moving his family across the country.
- 4/26/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Tony Sokol Apr 19, 2019
The Simpsons made their earliest appearances on The Tracy Ullman Show more than 30 years ago.
Ah, The Simpsons. Is there nothing they haven’t taught us?
Before their April 19, 1987 debut appearance on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show, the good people at the Oxford Dictionaries couldn’t spell the word cromulent. The Simpsons are an edumacation. Their first skits were consciousness-embiggening minute-long bits. The show taught us that the mind didn’t matter. And The Simpsons, which was spun off as its own series on Dec. 17, 1989, has been turning grey matter into yellow matter custard ever since.
The very first spot was called “Good Night,” and it aired during the third episode of The Tracey Ullman show. It showed Bart pondering the big questions of the universe. Most people think the mind is a series of impulses, but the young future upstart hungers for something more tangible.
The Simpsons made their earliest appearances on The Tracy Ullman Show more than 30 years ago.
Ah, The Simpsons. Is there nothing they haven’t taught us?
Before their April 19, 1987 debut appearance on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show, the good people at the Oxford Dictionaries couldn’t spell the word cromulent. The Simpsons are an edumacation. Their first skits were consciousness-embiggening minute-long bits. The show taught us that the mind didn’t matter. And The Simpsons, which was spun off as its own series on Dec. 17, 1989, has been turning grey matter into yellow matter custard ever since.
The very first spot was called “Good Night,” and it aired during the third episode of The Tracey Ullman show. It showed Bart pondering the big questions of the universe. Most people think the mind is a series of impulses, but the young future upstart hungers for something more tangible.
- 4/19/2017
- Den of Geek
On Sunday night’s edition of “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is accused of lying under oath about his meetings with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, while he was an advisor to Donald Trump’s campaign.
“Yes, Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general, the unfortunate result of Dobby the House Elf’s one-night stand with a Confederate flag, got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambassador,” Oliver jabbed.
Last week, The Washington Post reported that during his confirmation hearings, Sessions failed to reveal that he met with Kislyak twice between July and September, while he was still a senator and an advisor to Trump’s campaign. When asked by Senator Al Franken what he would do as Ag if there was any evidence that anyone involved in the campaign had any type of communications with Russia during the campaign,...
“Yes, Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general, the unfortunate result of Dobby the House Elf’s one-night stand with a Confederate flag, got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambassador,” Oliver jabbed.
Last week, The Washington Post reported that during his confirmation hearings, Sessions failed to reveal that he met with Kislyak twice between July and September, while he was still a senator and an advisor to Trump’s campaign. When asked by Senator Al Franken what he would do as Ag if there was any evidence that anyone involved in the campaign had any type of communications with Russia during the campaign,...
- 3/6/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
The top three rated American shows of the 1969-1970 television season were, in order, Laugh-In, a ribald comedy show in which women were basically bikini-wearing furniture, and Gunsmoke and Bonanza, two cowboy shows in which tumbleweeds outnumbered female characters. Into this less-than-encouraging landscape, The Mary Tyler Moore Show was dropped into the CBS Saturday night line-up in September 1970 as if from a great height. Here was an utterly new character, defined in the pilot episode by her spunkiness. She was neither wife nor mother, sister nor daughter – she was the...
- 1/26/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Candice Bergen became a feminist icon playing the title character in the acclaimed 1988 sitcom Murphy Brown. For ten seasons as the progressive, unwed female newscaster, the 70-year-old actress tackled groundbreaking issues like abortion, single motherhood, breast cancer, and medical marijuana — inspiring national conversations (and in the case of Dan Quayle, conservative outrage).
But Murphy Brown would have never existed if it weren’t for another fictional independent female working in the newsroom: Mary Richards.
The character brought to life on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by the late Mary Tyler Moore revolutionized how the world saw women. Richards was a career-oriented,...
But Murphy Brown would have never existed if it weren’t for another fictional independent female working in the newsroom: Mary Richards.
The character brought to life on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by the late Mary Tyler Moore revolutionized how the world saw women. Richards was a career-oriented,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Richard Kelly’s rereleased tale of suburban angst, starring a tremendous Jake Gyllenhaal, is a captivating triumph
In 2001, 27-year-old writer-director Richard Kelly created a pop classic of American suburban paranoia in Donnie Darko, now on rerelease – a movie with something of Back to the Future, Twin Peaks, American Beauty and of course Harvey. This film made Tears for Fears hip (kind of) and had a tremendous discovery in the young Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Donnie, a high-school kid on medication for the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. When a jet engine falls out of the sky one day on Donnie’s house, an event that would have killed Donnie had he not been sleepwalking around the local golf course, it creates an anxiety spasm that ruptures his already fragile wellbeing and he hallucinates a huge, scarily voiced rabbit that tells him to commit acts of violence. I remember being a bit reserved...
In 2001, 27-year-old writer-director Richard Kelly created a pop classic of American suburban paranoia in Donnie Darko, now on rerelease – a movie with something of Back to the Future, Twin Peaks, American Beauty and of course Harvey. This film made Tears for Fears hip (kind of) and had a tremendous discovery in the young Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Donnie, a high-school kid on medication for the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. When a jet engine falls out of the sky one day on Donnie’s house, an event that would have killed Donnie had he not been sleepwalking around the local golf course, it creates an anxiety spasm that ruptures his already fragile wellbeing and he hallucinates a huge, scarily voiced rabbit that tells him to commit acts of violence. I remember being a bit reserved...
- 12/22/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Whatever Mike Pence and Tim Kaine say to each other in tonight’s vice presidential debate, you can bet it won’t be as good as the legendarily sick burn that Lloyd Bentsen dropped on Dan Quayle in the VP debate on Oct. 5, 1988. Bentsen was the Democrat, aligned with the not-exactly fiery Michael Dukakis. Quayle was the Republican, supposed to inject some Kennedy-esque swagger into the Republican ticket toplined by George H.W. Bush. Quayle, it soon became clear, was painfully outclassed. We’ll just let you watch the video. If you’re over 40, you’ve seen it many, many times before,...
- 10/4/2016
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Tupac puts Dan Quayle on blast, talks loyalty with the Notorious B.I.G. and grapples with duty, temptation and violence. It's all in the the intense new trailer for All Eyez on Me, a biopic about the rapper who died 20 years ago today.
The first full clip opens with Pac (played by Demetrius Shipp, Jr.) unleashing a righteous and eerily prescient screed to an adoring crowd: "Police kill innocent black folk every day and Quayle's coming after me? But I'm used to people coming at me. This shit been happening my whole life.
The first full clip opens with Pac (played by Demetrius Shipp, Jr.) unleashing a righteous and eerily prescient screed to an adoring crowd: "Police kill innocent black folk every day and Quayle's coming after me? But I'm used to people coming at me. This shit been happening my whole life.
- 9/13/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Just when you think you've seen - and heard - it all from Donald Trump, he comes out with another surprise. This week, it was his head-turning admission during a speech in North Carolina that he regrets some of things he's said on the 2016 presidential campaign trail in "the of heat of debate." It was a rare acknowledgement by Trump that he'd made a mistake (he told People just last fall that saying "sorry" is something he "never likes to do") and many politicos are attributing it to the quick work of his new campaign manager, Republican pollster and campaign veteran Kellyanne Conway,...
- 8/19/2016
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- PEOPLE.com
This should about wrap it up. On Thursday morning's edition of CNN's New Day, Jamie Gangel metered out the first helping of her hot interview with former Vice President Dan Quayle, and although the former veep was a bit tentative in dipping his pota-toe into the Trump waters, he threw his support behind the presumptive Republican nominee, and advised other Republicans to do the same.
- 5/12/2016
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Dana Carvey will serve as a mentor to contestants on a new celebrity impression competition series, First Impression, set to air on USA, Variety reports.
The half-hour show will pit amateur impressionists against each other, with viewers voting on the winner each week. Carvey, along with other celebrity guests, will offer advice to the performers, but also participate in games throughout the show as well.
"There are so many great impressionists and First Impressions gives them an opportunity to showcase their talents," Carvey said. "Besides, I've always enjoyed watching an...
The half-hour show will pit amateur impressionists against each other, with viewers voting on the winner each week. Carvey, along with other celebrity guests, will offer advice to the performers, but also participate in games throughout the show as well.
"There are so many great impressionists and First Impressions gives them an opportunity to showcase their talents," Carvey said. "Besides, I've always enjoyed watching an...
- 11/5/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Bill & Ted, Addams Family Values, Wayne's World 2 - the 1990s wasn't short of good comedy sequels. It's just not enough people watched them.
In recent times, Hollywood has enjoyed going back into the 1990s to come up with belated sequels to previous hit movies. So, we finally got Dumb & Dumber 2, for instance, whilst a third Clerks, a second Mallrats, a new Sister Act and a Naked Gun reboot are being cooked up somewhere. Further belated sequels? Zoolander 2 finally arrives next year, and Anchorman 2 celebrates, quietly, its second birthday this Christmas.
It was only at the end of the 1990s that comedy sequels suddenly really took off. There were exceptions beforehand of course, but few things raise the eyebrows of Hollywood high brass than lots of cash. This, whilst the enormous box office takings of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me were in part down to an utterly inspired marketing campaign,...
In recent times, Hollywood has enjoyed going back into the 1990s to come up with belated sequels to previous hit movies. So, we finally got Dumb & Dumber 2, for instance, whilst a third Clerks, a second Mallrats, a new Sister Act and a Naked Gun reboot are being cooked up somewhere. Further belated sequels? Zoolander 2 finally arrives next year, and Anchorman 2 celebrates, quietly, its second birthday this Christmas.
It was only at the end of the 1990s that comedy sequels suddenly really took off. There were exceptions beforehand of course, but few things raise the eyebrows of Hollywood high brass than lots of cash. This, whilst the enormous box office takings of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me were in part down to an utterly inspired marketing campaign,...
- 9/22/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
I write about TV for a living, I watch a ton of TV, and I read a lot of news about TV, including a number of much-hyped stories that seem unavoidable all over the Internet. Yet even I can't bring myself to care about some of them. For instance:
1. The Taylor Swift/Nicki Minaj/Katy Perry MTV Vma Feud. Two years, five years, 10 years from now, no one else will care either, so let's stop caring now.
2. The VMAs themselves. The one day a year MTV pretends it still cares about music videos. Again, a year from now, will you remember who won any of these prizes?
3. The Jon-Snow-Is-Alive rumors. Either he is or isn't, but I'd rather just find out when I watch "Game of Thrones" next season and not endure nine months of speculation.
4. Wealthy White Senior Angeleno Dads Who Become Women. Jeffrey Tambor deserved an Emmy nod for "Transparent,...
1. The Taylor Swift/Nicki Minaj/Katy Perry MTV Vma Feud. Two years, five years, 10 years from now, no one else will care either, so let's stop caring now.
2. The VMAs themselves. The one day a year MTV pretends it still cares about music videos. Again, a year from now, will you remember who won any of these prizes?
3. The Jon-Snow-Is-Alive rumors. Either he is or isn't, but I'd rather just find out when I watch "Game of Thrones" next season and not endure nine months of speculation.
4. Wealthy White Senior Angeleno Dads Who Become Women. Jeffrey Tambor deserved an Emmy nod for "Transparent,...
- 7/24/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
We feel you, Candice Bergen. The former model and Murphy Brown star continued her book publicity tour with a stop at the Today show on Tuesday, where she expressed surprise that folks had zeroed in so much on what she wrote about her weight in her new memoir, A Fine Romance, on sale today. "It was a scant reference on page 150 or something," Bergen said, referring to when she called herself "fat." "I was just saying, I don't enjoy eating lunch with some women who only have kale. I just find it limiting...I'd rather not go on, if that's what I have to eat to fuel myself." Sounds as though kale just became the new Dan Quayle... "I'm very...
- 4/7/2015
- E! Online
As an avid television viewer and frequent latchkey child of the late ’80s and early ’90s, no controversy confused me more than the firestorm surrounding Murphy Brown’s single motherhood, fueled largely by then-vice-president Dan Quayle’s comments that the show’s choice suggested that fathers were disposable. The fact that it was an issue at all was shocking to me, an 11-year-old burgeoning liberal if only because it seemed so obvious to me that it didn’t matter if Murphy was married because everyone on the show would help raise the baby! To remember this age, where the cultural climate was such that single parenthood was somehow shameful and not ready for prime-time portrayal, is almost laughable, but “Chapter Seventeen” of Jane the Virgin brings me back to that place of childhood disbelief in the sweetest possible way. In a way, the episode is a difficult one to watch,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Libby Hill
- Vulture
Candice Bergen is embracing her curvy new body! The 68-year-old actress is opening up about her weight in her new memoir, "A Fine Romance." (excerpted by "Today"). "Let me just come right out and say it: I am fat," she declares. "In the past 15 years ... I have put on 30 pounds." "I live to eat," the "Murphy Brown" star adds. "None of this 'eat to live' stuff for me. I am a champion eater. No carb is safe — no fat, either." The model-turned-actress goes on to compare her own eating habits to those of her "skinny friends," calling out the unhealthy practices some woman have used to stay slim. "They maintain their weight by routinely vomiting after major meals consisting of a slice of steak or a filet of fish," she reveals. "I am incapable of this." "Dieting is out of my purview," she continues. "I crave cookies...all the things that dilate my pupils.
- 3/23/2015
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
"Well, I can just watch the commercials." For decades, that's been the Super Bowl Sunday motto of many who care more about pop culture than they do football. And why not? These $4 million ad spots are spectacles by design - short subject mini-films designed to dazzle you with celebrities, flash and, often, very odd subject matter. Here, then, are nine Super Bowl commercials that feature celebs doing some very odd, awkward or otherwise unusual things. They just might make you proclaim, "Wow, what a weird idea for a commercial!" - and then wonder how much these stars got paid. 1. Michael J. Fox...
- 1/30/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Tony Sokol Jan 14, 2020
The first proper episode of The Simpsons elegantly and simply skewered everything.
The Simpsons is celebrating yet another birthday. The first non-Christmas episode of The Simpsons, “Bart the Genius,” first premiered on Fox on January 14, 1990. The series had already run their Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" but this was their first non-holiday themed episode, and the show jumps right into their skewered reality and social commentary. The chalkboard gag has Bart endlessly writing “I will not waste chalk” as punishment, probably, for something equally ironic. The kid’s got real anger in those fingers and he gives the most evil of knowing grins, for just a split second, before he tears out of the classroom.
The TV sitcom family was undergoing the kind of radical change it hadn’t encountered since the force of Norman Lear. Roseanne Barr was breaking very different ground on her show over at ABC.
The first proper episode of The Simpsons elegantly and simply skewered everything.
The Simpsons is celebrating yet another birthday. The first non-Christmas episode of The Simpsons, “Bart the Genius,” first premiered on Fox on January 14, 1990. The series had already run their Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" but this was their first non-holiday themed episode, and the show jumps right into their skewered reality and social commentary. The chalkboard gag has Bart endlessly writing “I will not waste chalk” as punishment, probably, for something equally ironic. The kid’s got real anger in those fingers and he gives the most evil of knowing grins, for just a split second, before he tears out of the classroom.
The TV sitcom family was undergoing the kind of radical change it hadn’t encountered since the force of Norman Lear. Roseanne Barr was breaking very different ground on her show over at ABC.
- 1/14/2015
- Den of Geek
-Aly Semigran
November 14 will mark 26 years since the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown hit the airwaves. The series, which ran for 10 seasons and won 18 Emmy Awards (including a record-breaking five Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series wins for star Candice Bergen), also happened to be at the forefront of a political firestorm in its heyday. A show about a 40-something single mother and career woman (!) touched such a nerve that the Vice President of the United States singled out the show as an example of the decay of family values in America.
During a campaign speech on May 19, 1992, then-vp Dan Quayle stated, “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone...
November 14 will mark 26 years since the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown hit the airwaves. The series, which ran for 10 seasons and won 18 Emmy Awards (including a record-breaking five Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series wins for star Candice Bergen), also happened to be at the forefront of a political firestorm in its heyday. A show about a 40-something single mother and career woman (!) touched such a nerve that the Vice President of the United States singled out the show as an example of the decay of family values in America.
During a campaign speech on May 19, 1992, then-vp Dan Quayle stated, “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone...
- 10/20/2014
- by VH1
- VH1.com
-Aly Semigran
November 14 will mark 26 years since the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown hit the airwaves. The series, which ran for 10 seasons and won 18 Emmy Awards (including a record-breaking five Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series wins for star Candice Bergen), also happened to be at the forefront of a political firestorm in its heyday. A show about a 40-something single mother and career woman (!) touched such a nerve that the Vice President of the United States singled out the show as an example of the decay of family values in America.
During a campaign speech on May 19, 1992, then-vp Dan Quayle stated, “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone...
November 14 will mark 26 years since the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown hit the airwaves. The series, which ran for 10 seasons and won 18 Emmy Awards (including a record-breaking five Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series wins for star Candice Bergen), also happened to be at the forefront of a political firestorm in its heyday. A show about a 40-something single mother and career woman (!) touched such a nerve that the Vice President of the United States singled out the show as an example of the decay of family values in America.
During a campaign speech on May 19, 1992, then-vp Dan Quayle stated, “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone...
- 10/20/2014
- by VH1
- TheFabLife - Movies
Make people laugh and they won't even realize you're making them think. Over the past 50 years, women have broken through the glass ceiling time after time, shattering stereotypes and thumbing their noses at the old chestnut that "Women aren't funny." Fact: Anybody who says women aren't funny doesn't want them to be funny. We're looking back on the 50 funniest women of the past 50 years, their contributions to comedy, and their enduring legacies that inspire men and women alike. These are the 50 women who have helped (and are helping) to introduce the next class of hilarious women, which will inevitably include Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, Tig Notaro, Chelsea Handler, Maria Bamford, Aubrey Plaza, and Kate McKinnon. Keep in mind this list only includes women who are primarily performers in movies, television, and standup comedy. That's why you don't see legends like Nora Ephron, Anne Beatts, and Elaine May here.
- 10/14/2014
- by Donna Dickens, Chris Eggertsen, Louis Virtel,
- Hitfix
Ice-t's thrash metal band Body Count reunited Thursday night in New York and this awkward moment happened -- the "Law and Order: Svu" detective performing "Cop Killer."The group recently started doing a few shows to promote the release of a new album ... and last night at the Gramercy Theatre they dusted off their most controversial song.There was a ton of controversy surrounding the '92 release of "Cop Killer" ... Vice Prez Dan Quayle and...
- 6/13/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
CNN Films will premiere “41ON41”, a profile of President George H. W. Bush funded by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and featuring 41 people who have known him best. The two-hour film features First Lady Barbara Bush, Presidents Clinton and Obama, Vice President Dan Quayle, Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Dr. Condoleezza Rice, and Bush's children, among others, discussing the policies and personal experiences that shaped his life and presidency. It will debut on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15 at 9 p.m. Three days prior to the broadcast, President Bush will celebrate his 90th birthday in Kennebunkport, Maine. Also read:.
- 6/2/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
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