Television
Luke and Laura tie the knot again ... with trepidation
By TERRY MORROW
Sunday, November 19, 2006
When the idea arose to have "General Hospital's" Luke and Laura mark their 25th anniversary by walking down the aisle again, actors Tony Geary and Genie Francis got cold feet.
"I was terrified of trying to redo it," says Geary, who has won five Daytime Emmys for his portrayal of the daytime "anti-hero."
After all, when their "General Hospital" characters exchanged vows on Nov.
'American Music Awards' and its stars take center stage
By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, November 16, 2006
"American Music Awards" (8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, ABC) may not have the prestige of, say, the Grammys, but it does make up for it in star power.
Performing this year are the Dixie Chicks, the Pussycat Dolls and Nelly Furtado.
La Rue settles into comfortable sophomore year on 'CSI: Miami'
By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Eva La Rue had a bad case of freshman jitters on "CSI: Miami."
"I was afraid I was going to be fired," she says of joining the cast last season. "I think they didn't know what to do with me."
Well, that was then.
History Channel offers impressive look at Mayflower saga
By ROB OWEN
Sunday, November 19, 2006
PBS's "The War That Made America" wasn't the first docudrama to be made, but it was part of a growing trend to make re-creations a centerpiece of historically based documentaries.
Talking with Tony Bennett, who has a new TV special next week
By MARK BROWN
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tony Bennett's new TV special, which airs at 8 p.m. EST Nov. 21 on NBC, calls him "An American Classic." What more can you say? The crooner recently released "Duets: An American Classic," in which he sings with Bono, Paul McCartney, Elton John and more, doing songs that range from standards to Green Day.
In the special he'll sing with Barbra Streisand, John Legend and others.
Stanley Tucci stars in '3LBS' as a brilliant neurosurgeon
By DAVE MASON
Sunday, November 12, 2006
A great mystery sits in your head.
So says Peter Ocko, executive producer of "3 LBS." The title of the dramatic series refers to the weight of the human brain.
Many shows focus on aliens and other science-fiction phenomena, but the brain is one of the greatest real-life mysteries that we experience right now, Ocko said during a conference call with reporters.
'Prime Suspect' returns. . . more TV comings and goings
By RICK KUSHMAN
Friday, November 10, 2006
There's good and bad news Sunday about Helen Mirren and PBS' stellar series of detective movies, "Prime Suspect."
The good news is that we get a new, two-parter (Sunday and Nov.
'Dancing with the Stars' taps toward a graceful exit
By TERRY MORROW
Thursday, November 09, 2006
"Dancing with the Stars" steps to its conclusion (8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, ABC), with one of its two hoofers left to claim the prize.
Well, it's never much of a prize.
Rediscover the progression of TV's youth movement
By ROB OWEN
Sunday, November 12, 2006
It's hard to remember a time when network television was not youth-obsessed. Today, networks care less about the total number of viewers than they do about the viewers in the key demographic of ages 18 to 34.
