The rest of 2016 may have been a raging dumpster fire, but there was at least one category in which the year was better than its predecessor: local ties to movies. Meanwhile, on TV, Paula Francis ends a long career as news anchor for KLAS-TV, Channel 8.
Much like the rest of us, television can’t wait to turn the page on 2016, with two new dramas, a returning game show and a new season of “Sherlock” all debuting on New Year’s Day.
People have been treating each other so poorly in everyday life, some nights it’s just hard to be in the mood for yet another antihero on yet another coal-dark drama. Some nights you just want to feel good.
In an attempt to cut through all the holiday clutter on TV, here’s a look at the 25 specials of the season you should check out.
Before she portrayed murdered “Fantasy” dancer Debbie Flores Narvaez in a new Lifetime movie, Roselyn Sanchez spent several hours speaking with the victim’s sister, Celeste. The actress says she also heard from Flores Narvaez herself.
Caesars Palace hosted a special Friday screening of the documentary “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” where the man of the hour was Mike Metzger. The 40-year-old was back at the hotel where in 2006, he completed a backflip over the Caesars Palace fountains.
You can live the majority of your professional life assuming you’re a movie star. And then — Boom! — one day you wake up, and it turns out you were meant for TV all along, in the absolute best way possible.
On Sunday, HBO will unveil what just may be its HBO-iest lineup yet. There’s the expensive, nudity-riddled big swing, the return of an acclaimed alumnus, and what I’ve come to call the HBO Endowment for the Arts series.
No other series I can think of has dealt with such serious topics as clinical depression and PTSD in ways that are heartbreaking and hilarious, sometimes simultaneously. Deep down, there’s a surprising amount of heart for a show about people so very badly damaged.
Louis C.K. would have to open a vein to spread any more of his DNA across some of the fall’s best new shows.
So how are the networks trying to get viewers excited about the new fall season? The same way Hollywood studios court moviegoers: remakes.
Rutina Wesley’s career has come full circle, with that circle represented by an “O.” As in Oprah.
You know you’ve made it as a female impersonator when you get recognized in public. Even when you aren’t in character. Martin Cooper’s visibility will be raised even further when he competes on “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”
“It’s an amazing and ridiculous way to make movies,” admitted Thunder Levin, who’s written each installment of the franchise. “But then again, we’re making a ridiculous movie, so it all seems to work out.”
For its 15th season, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” is moving its production from Stamford, Conn., into the old Jubilee Theater at Bally’s. As a result, producers are looking for Las Vegas contestants.
