Officially, Prime Video’s spy drama Mr. and Mrs. Smith is based on the 2005 film of the same name. Unofficially, however, its origins are a bit murkier. Though this 2024 streaming iteration of Mr. and Mrs. Smith starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine shares its basic premise with the previous Brad Pitt and Angelina-starring version (a married couple who also happen to be spies), the series diverges from it in some major ways as well.
In an interview with The Today Show, Glover (who also co-created the 2024 series) even admitted to not having seen the 2005 Doug Liman-directed film when he decided to embark upon the project. Co-creator Francesca Sloane wrote in an open letter to fans that “No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie. But what we set out to do was to make something wholly original.”
This latest Mr. and Mrs. Smith seemingly exists...
In an interview with The Today Show, Glover (who also co-created the 2024 series) even admitted to not having seen the 2005 Doug Liman-directed film when he decided to embark upon the project. Co-creator Francesca Sloane wrote in an open letter to fans that “No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie. But what we set out to do was to make something wholly original.”
This latest Mr. and Mrs. Smith seemingly exists...
- 2/2/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Rolling Stone was founded in 1967 in San Francisco by a music critic and his 21-year-old protégé, a Berkeley dropout who borrowed money from his future in-laws to get it off the ground. For decades, Rolling Stone gripped tight to the beliefs and cultural blinders of that boomer beginning. Most of its rocker heroes from that Haight-Ashbury autumn were white and male, and those were the kind of people who stayed center stage at Rolling Stone. The misogyny and racism of that founding era lingered longer.
But there’s a second...
But there’s a second...
- 10/23/2023
- by Noah Shachtman
- Rollingstone.com
Blue Bloods has been a consistent hit for CBS since the police procedural debuted in September 2010. Created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, the show follows a family working in law enforcement in New York City. And the setting certainly plays an integral role in the show. But where exactly does Blue Bloods patriarch Frank Reagan live?
Where Frank Reagan lives on ‘Blue Bloods’ Tom Selleck stars on “Blue Bloods” I CBS via Getty Images
While Blue Bloods centers on an ensemble cast, actor Tom Selleck is the centerpiece of the show as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan. Likewise, the actor –- who is a TV veteran with decades of experience behind him, most notably on 1980s hit Magnum, P.I. –- served as the chief selling point in establishing Blue Bloods as a hit during the show’s early days.
As for the character of Frank Reagan, he lives in Bay Ridge,...
Where Frank Reagan lives on ‘Blue Bloods’ Tom Selleck stars on “Blue Bloods” I CBS via Getty Images
While Blue Bloods centers on an ensemble cast, actor Tom Selleck is the centerpiece of the show as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan. Likewise, the actor –- who is a TV veteran with decades of experience behind him, most notably on 1980s hit Magnum, P.I. –- served as the chief selling point in establishing Blue Bloods as a hit during the show’s early days.
As for the character of Frank Reagan, he lives in Bay Ridge,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"The Sopranos" features some incredible episodes. It was more cinematic than a gangster show was expected to be in the '90s and, as /Film's Shae Sennett writes, creator David Chase was aware of its potential as a national phenomenon. It was a television show about a Mafia man, of course, but borne of Chase's experiences in therapy, this mob boss would learn everything about himself and change little — a concept that would eventually dominate the wave of prestige TV to come.
For its six-season run from 1999 to 2007, the HBO crime series mostly stayed in northern New Jersey, where the Dimeo crime family would operate with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) at the top. But some of its most celebrated episodes — Christopher goes to Hollywood, Carmela and Rosalie go to Paris — broke free of the show's own boundaries and gave a chance for the traveler-protagonist to add some depth to their character arc.
For its six-season run from 1999 to 2007, the HBO crime series mostly stayed in northern New Jersey, where the Dimeo crime family would operate with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) at the top. But some of its most celebrated episodes — Christopher goes to Hollywood, Carmela and Rosalie go to Paris — broke free of the show's own boundaries and gave a chance for the traveler-protagonist to add some depth to their character arc.
- 11/16/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
With credits like "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "The Rockford Files," and "Northern Exposure," decades of television work gave "The Sopranos" creator and showrunner David Chase a strong sense of what would and wouldn't work for network TV. Tag-teaming with a strong stable of writers, the HBO drama surrounding a New Jersey-based Italian-American mob family took on the shape of an epic text that would appeal to the masses while also commanding critical respect.
In the writers' room, the nuances of New Jersey mob life were meticulously explored in ways that both nodded to and departed from their gangster movie forebears. Writers for the show would include Terrence Winter (who would go on to helm "Boardwalk Empire"), cast members like Michael Imperioli, and "Northern Exposure" writers Robin Green and Mitch Burgess, the latter of whom understood what Chase was going for -- a crucial part of staying in the writers' room after its fifth episode.
In the writers' room, the nuances of New Jersey mob life were meticulously explored in ways that both nodded to and departed from their gangster movie forebears. Writers for the show would include Terrence Winter (who would go on to helm "Boardwalk Empire"), cast members like Michael Imperioli, and "Northern Exposure" writers Robin Green and Mitch Burgess, the latter of whom understood what Chase was going for -- a crucial part of staying in the writers' room after its fifth episode.
- 9/6/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Like the Emmys’ Best Drama Directing category, there have not been a lot of individual female winners in Best Drama Writing. Only five solo women have ever won before — slightly better than the three female drama directing champs — but just like the directing race this year, there are three chances for another woman to join the drama writing winner’s circle.
Yahlin Chang (“Home” from “The Handmaid’s Tale“), Misha Green (“Sundown” from “Lovecraft Country”) and Rebecca Sonnenshine (“What I Know” from “The Boys”) are all individually nominated this year for their scripts. There are other two female nominees, Janet Mock and Our Lady J, but they share their bid for the “Pose” series finale with co-writers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck and Steve Canals. The other nominees are solo dudes: Peter Morgan (“War” from “The Crown”), Jon Favreau (“Chapter 16: The Rescue” from “The Mandalorian”) and Dave Filoni (“Chapter 13: The...
Yahlin Chang (“Home” from “The Handmaid’s Tale“), Misha Green (“Sundown” from “Lovecraft Country”) and Rebecca Sonnenshine (“What I Know” from “The Boys”) are all individually nominated this year for their scripts. There are other two female nominees, Janet Mock and Our Lady J, but they share their bid for the “Pose” series finale with co-writers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuck and Steve Canals. The other nominees are solo dudes: Peter Morgan (“War” from “The Crown”), Jon Favreau (“Chapter 16: The Rescue” from “The Mandalorian”) and Dave Filoni (“Chapter 13: The...
- 7/29/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“NCIS,” “Bull,” “Swat,” “Blue Bloods” and “Magnum P.I.” have all been renewed at CBS.
The network made the announcement on Thursday on Twitter. That will mean a Season 19 for “NCIS,” Season 6 for “Bull,” Season 5 for “Swat,” Season 12 for “Blue Bloods” and Season 4 for “Magnum P.I.” All four shows are produced by CBS Studios, with “Swat” being a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.
“NCIS” stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, Maria Bello, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover. Donald P. Bellisario created the series and executive produces along with Harmon, Frank Cardea, Steven D. Binder, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Mark Horowitz and Scott Williams. Harmon is expected to return to the show after earlier reports indicated he was considering exiting the long-running drama. CBS is also currently working on an “NCIS” spinoff set in Hawaii.
“Bull” stars “NCIS” alum Michael Weatherly as well as Freddy Rodriguez, Yara Martinez, Geneva Carr,...
The network made the announcement on Thursday on Twitter. That will mean a Season 19 for “NCIS,” Season 6 for “Bull,” Season 5 for “Swat,” Season 12 for “Blue Bloods” and Season 4 for “Magnum P.I.” All four shows are produced by CBS Studios, with “Swat” being a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.
“NCIS” stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, Maria Bello, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover. Donald P. Bellisario created the series and executive produces along with Harmon, Frank Cardea, Steven D. Binder, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Mark Horowitz and Scott Williams. Harmon is expected to return to the show after earlier reports indicated he was considering exiting the long-running drama. CBS is also currently working on an “NCIS” spinoff set in Hawaii.
“Bull” stars “NCIS” alum Michael Weatherly as well as Freddy Rodriguez, Yara Martinez, Geneva Carr,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Unforgettable alum Dylan Walsh is set for a key recurring role opposite Tom Selleck and Bridget Moynihan on the upcoming tenth season of CBS’ Blue Bloods.
Walsh will play the newly-elected Mayor of New York. A pragmatic businessman who rose up through honest ingenuity and keen instincts, he took on the office as a means to “give back” to the City where he was raised in the disappearing middle-class and from which he launched his enormously successful career. In his first story, he approaches Erin (Moynihan) with an offer to back her in a run for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, confident in his appraisal of her as someone he can work with to deliver the promises he ran his campaign on. But the lines between “work with” and “work for” are clearly blurred in his conception, and Erin must weigh her ambitions against...
Walsh will play the newly-elected Mayor of New York. A pragmatic businessman who rose up through honest ingenuity and keen instincts, he took on the office as a means to “give back” to the City where he was raised in the disappearing middle-class and from which he launched his enormously successful career. In his first story, he approaches Erin (Moynihan) with an offer to back her in a run for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, confident in his appraisal of her as someone he can work with to deliver the promises he ran his campaign on. But the lines between “work with” and “work for” are clearly blurred in his conception, and Erin must weigh her ambitions against...
- 9/13/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Emerald Fennell replaced Phoebe Waller-Bridge as showrunner for the second season of “Killing Eve,” and now she can do what her predecessor was unable to: become just the sixth solo woman to win the Best Drama Writing Emmy.
Fennell, who will cede showrunner duties to Suzanne Heathcote for Season 3, is nominated for penning the second episode of Season 2, “Nice and Neat.” She is the only woman nominated by herself; Kira Snyder shares her nomination with Bruce Miller for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The other nominees are Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz (“Better Call Saul”), David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (“Game of Thrones”), Jed Mercurio (“Bodyguard”) and Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”).
First given out at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1955, Best Drama Writing has long skewed male. It took 19 years before the category crowned its first individual female champ, Joanna Lee, for “The Waltons” in 1974. Five years later, Michele Gallery (“Lou Grant”) prevailed,...
Fennell, who will cede showrunner duties to Suzanne Heathcote for Season 3, is nominated for penning the second episode of Season 2, “Nice and Neat.” She is the only woman nominated by herself; Kira Snyder shares her nomination with Bruce Miller for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The other nominees are Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz (“Better Call Saul”), David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (“Game of Thrones”), Jed Mercurio (“Bodyguard”) and Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”).
First given out at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1955, Best Drama Writing has long skewed male. It took 19 years before the category crowned its first individual female champ, Joanna Lee, for “The Waltons” in 1974. Five years later, Michele Gallery (“Lou Grant”) prevailed,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Twenty years ago, HBO was only beginning to establish its now-sterling reputation as a provider of top quality original series that took viewers to places network programs simply couldn’t dare venture. But soon enough David Chase’s “The Sopranos” would break out as a signature series and inspire a whole new wave of antihero-led programming.
Dark, funny, bold, ambitious, quirky, addictive: the mob family drama with the repellent yet compelling New Jersey capo Tony Soprano at the center was all of those things and more. And the show ushered in a glorious new era of television — one that celebrated rich, sharply delineated characters that didn’t always say what they thought or act in their own best interests, as well as gloriously cinematic storytelling fueled by striking visuals and sweeping camerawork, and, of course, a deeply flawed protagonist that, despite despicable acts, inspired deep relatability with the audience.
“The Sopranos...
Dark, funny, bold, ambitious, quirky, addictive: the mob family drama with the repellent yet compelling New Jersey capo Tony Soprano at the center was all of those things and more. And the show ushered in a glorious new era of television — one that celebrated rich, sharply delineated characters that didn’t always say what they thought or act in their own best interests, as well as gloriously cinematic storytelling fueled by striking visuals and sweeping camerawork, and, of course, a deeply flawed protagonist that, despite despicable acts, inspired deep relatability with the audience.
“The Sopranos...
- 1/10/2019
- by Scott Huver
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This story contains details about tonight’s Blue Bloods Season 9 premiere on CBS.
In a bloody season opener tonight bookended by murdered headless bodies, the return of Blue Bloods also cut deeper into what really happened in the abrupt death of Amy Carlson’s character last year.
In a bloody season opener tonight bookended by murdered headless bodies, the return of Blue Bloods also cut deeper into what really happened in the abrupt death of Amy Carlson’s character last year.
- 9/29/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Long before Robin Green was an Emmy-winning writer and producer for The Sopranos, she was a young post-grad living in Berkeley, California. In 1971, she got a job interview with Jann Wenner, co-founder of an upstart magazine called Rolling Stone. She thought she was interviewing for a clerical position; instead, she walked out with an assignment — to write about Marvel Comics, where she had worked for Stan Lee himself — and soon became the only female writer on the Rolling Stone masthead. The next few years would include some great stories, some bad acid trips,...
- 8/17/2018
- by Robin Green
- Rollingstone.com
Phoebe Waller-Bridges (“Killing Eve”) is the only female nominee in the Best Drama Writing Emmy field of six. And “six” will also be associated with her should she win because only five other solo women have won the category before.
Since Best Drama Writing was added at the 7th Primetime Emmys in 1955, undergoing various name changes, the category has almost exclusively been a boys’ club. It took 19 years before Joanna Lee became the first individual woman to win, prevailing for “The Waltons.” In 1979, Michele Gallery (“Lou Grant”) joined her, followed by Patricia Green (“Cagney & Lacey”) and Ann Biderman (“NYPD Blue”) in 1994. Twenty long years later, Moira Walley-Beckett ended the drought with a statuette for penning “Ozymandias,” the best episode of “Breaking Bad.”
There were female winners in between Biderman’s and Walley-Beckett’s triumphs, but they all co-wrote their winning scripts with men. Robin Green (“The Sopranos”) shared her 2001 win with Mitchell Burgess,...
Since Best Drama Writing was added at the 7th Primetime Emmys in 1955, undergoing various name changes, the category has almost exclusively been a boys’ club. It took 19 years before Joanna Lee became the first individual woman to win, prevailing for “The Waltons.” In 1979, Michele Gallery (“Lou Grant”) joined her, followed by Patricia Green (“Cagney & Lacey”) and Ann Biderman (“NYPD Blue”) in 1994. Twenty long years later, Moira Walley-Beckett ended the drought with a statuette for penning “Ozymandias,” the best episode of “Breaking Bad.”
There were female winners in between Biderman’s and Walley-Beckett’s triumphs, but they all co-wrote their winning scripts with men. Robin Green (“The Sopranos”) shared her 2001 win with Mitchell Burgess,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: This story contains details of tonight’s Blue Bloods Season 8 finale.
Blue Bloods has long been and will continue to be one of my favorite Big 4 series and tonight’s Season 8 finale of the Tom Selleck led NYPD family drama served to confirm that opinion. In lieu of the traditional cliffhanger, the end of this season of the already renewed show brought resolution and depth at a point when most procedurals are barely doing much than hoping to go through the motions
Perhaps what worked best for me in tonight’s ‘My Aim Is True’ was how old wounds were opened up to show us new facets of already established characters like the Magnum P.I. alum’s Commissioner Frank Reagan. An arch that moved to show how deep Blue Bloods’ bench is besides its lead as the show simultaneously enlarger the multi-generational cop clan with a love for...
Blue Bloods has long been and will continue to be one of my favorite Big 4 series and tonight’s Season 8 finale of the Tom Selleck led NYPD family drama served to confirm that opinion. In lieu of the traditional cliffhanger, the end of this season of the already renewed show brought resolution and depth at a point when most procedurals are barely doing much than hoping to go through the motions
Perhaps what worked best for me in tonight’s ‘My Aim Is True’ was how old wounds were opened up to show us new facets of already established characters like the Magnum P.I. alum’s Commissioner Frank Reagan. An arch that moved to show how deep Blue Bloods’ bench is besides its lead as the show simultaneously enlarger the multi-generational cop clan with a love for...
- 5/12/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.
The casts of two popular ’80s television series are reuniting at Atx Television Festival next year.
On Thursday, the Austin-based festival announced the cast and creator of CBS’ Designing Women will reunite for a special 30th anniversary panel. Stars Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Gerald McRaney, Hal Holbrook and Douglas Barr will join creator and executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason for the event. The festival is also planning retrospectives for Bloodworth-Thomason’s Evening Shade and Hearts Afire.
The cast of the quirky CBS comedy-drama Northern Exposure will also get together at Atx next year.
The casts of two popular ’80s television series are reuniting at Atx Television Festival next year.
On Thursday, the Austin-based festival announced the cast and creator of CBS’ Designing Women will reunite for a special 30th anniversary panel. Stars Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Gerald McRaney, Hal Holbrook and Douglas Barr will join creator and executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason for the event. The festival is also planning retrospectives for Bloodworth-Thomason’s Evening Shade and Hearts Afire.
The cast of the quirky CBS comedy-drama Northern Exposure will also get together at Atx next year.
- 11/17/2016
- by Lanford Beard
- PEOPLE.com
Welcome to the seventh installment of our summer trip through "The Sopranos" season 1. When I revisited early seasons of "The Wire," as well as the whole run of "Deadwood," I did separate versions of each review for newcomers and veterans, but over time realized that the newcomers weren't commenting much, if at all, and that it therefore made sense to simply do one review. Any significant spoilers for episodes beyond the one being reviewed will be contained in a separate section at the end of the review; so long as you avoid that, and the comments, you should be fine. Thoughts on the seventh episode, “Down Neck," coming up just as soon as the clown gets arrested, too... "My son is doomed, right?" -Tony The morning after "The Sopranos" series finale aired, David Chase reluctantly got on the phone with me to talk about everything but his intentions for the final scene.
- 7/15/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Leslie Hope has been added to the cast of CBS’s “Blue Bloods,” TheWrap has learned. The actress will recur on the Tom Selleck-helmed police drama as a “no-holds barred” investigative reporter named Catherine Farrell. Hope is also set to reprise her role on FX’s “Tyrant,” where she plays Lea Exley. See Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 Currently on Season 5, “Blue Bloods” stars Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou, Amy Carlson, Tony Terraciano and Andrew Terraciano as a family of New York City police officers. The Emmy-nominated series was created by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green.
- 3/6/2015
- by Jethro Nededog and Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Sopranos alums Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green are heading back to suburbia for another family show with mob elements. NBC has put in development Park Road, from Sony TV and eOne, which has received a script commitment with penalty. Based on the Danish show Lærkevej (trailer with English subtitles below), Park Road is an hourlong black comedy about three orphaned siblings forced to flee their big city life when the eldest of the three accidentally kills an Albania mobster in a drug scuffle. With the body in their trunk, they escape to Park Road, an isolated ex-urban neighborhood where no one turns out to be as benign and ordinary as they seem. Burgess and Green are writing/executive producing. The project originated from a visit eOne’s Evp Global Production Carrie Stein and Becca Tesarfreund, who oversees formats, made to Scandinavia where they met with local producers. They found Lærkevej,...
- 9/25/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Kim Cattrall’s four-year quest to mount an adaptation of the 2005 British comedy series Sensitive Skin has come to fruition north of the border. Canada’s Movie Central and The Movie Network have given a six-episode order to the remake starring the Sex And The City alumna and Don McKellar (Slings & Arrows). It revolves around a woman (Cattrall) going through a mid-life crisis. Bob Martin (Slings & Arrows) is writing the adaptation, with McKellar set to direct all six episodes. Rhombus Media will produce in association with Baby Cow, the company behind the British series, and Sundance Prods. in partnership with the Canada Media Fund. Cattrall, McKellar and Martin are set to executive produce alongside Hugo Blick, creator of the original series, and Henry Normal. Blick’s series, starring Joanna Lumley, ran for two seasons on BBC Two (Watch clip below) Cattrall was originally attached to star in and executive...
- 10/30/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Nashville, Tenn. -- Doug Dillard, an influential banjo player who helped shape rock `n' roll and introduce the nation to bluegrass music during a popular run on "The Andy Griffith Show," died Wednesday in Nashville. He was 75.
Lynne Robin Green, president of Dillard's publishing company, said he died due to a lung infection.
Dillard, a founding member of family band The Dillards out of Salem, Mo., was influential in several ways. Dillard, his brother Rodney and two band mates moved west in 1962, rather than taking the usual route to Nashville. They discovered the burgeoning folk scene in Southern California and helped inspire the country rock movement. They were among the first to attempt to modernize bluegrass music, electrifying their instruments and experimenting with rock elements.
Dillard also helped introduce bluegrass to TV viewers as a member of the unusual family band "The Darlings," who made multiple appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show...
Lynne Robin Green, president of Dillard's publishing company, said he died due to a lung infection.
Dillard, a founding member of family band The Dillards out of Salem, Mo., was influential in several ways. Dillard, his brother Rodney and two band mates moved west in 1962, rather than taking the usual route to Nashville. They discovered the burgeoning folk scene in Southern California and helped inspire the country rock movement. They were among the first to attempt to modernize bluegrass music, electrifying their instruments and experimenting with rock elements.
Dillard also helped introduce bluegrass to TV viewers as a member of the unusual family band "The Darlings," who made multiple appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show...
- 5/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Just 10 of the hundreds of things we miss about The Sopranos…
1. The Writing / Direction
Each Sopranos episode felt like a fifty minute movie such was the strength of visual style, narrative arcs, characterization and performances. Has another show nailed it in such cinematic fashion before or since, week in week out?
From crisp dialogue, to innovative sequences with plentiful of subtle Mise-en-scene and classic film homages, to a soundtrack at times to die to (literally in some characters cases!). Often it would all come together in single scenes to striking effect none more so than Christopher’s death at the hands of Tony.
As the show creator David Chase surrounded himself with a tour de force of directing talents (Tim Van Patten, Alan Taylor, Allen Coulter and the late John Patterson) and immense writers (Terence Winter, Matthew Weiner, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess) whom have now gone onto stamp their...
1. The Writing / Direction
Each Sopranos episode felt like a fifty minute movie such was the strength of visual style, narrative arcs, characterization and performances. Has another show nailed it in such cinematic fashion before or since, week in week out?
From crisp dialogue, to innovative sequences with plentiful of subtle Mise-en-scene and classic film homages, to a soundtrack at times to die to (literally in some characters cases!). Often it would all come together in single scenes to striking effect none more so than Christopher’s death at the hands of Tony.
As the show creator David Chase surrounded himself with a tour de force of directing talents (Tim Van Patten, Alan Taylor, Allen Coulter and the late John Patterson) and immense writers (Terence Winter, Matthew Weiner, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess) whom have now gone onto stamp their...
- 5/2/2012
- by Matthew Gunn
- Obsessed with Film
Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December.
The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on classic Christmas movies. Today is day 9.
The Sopranos, “To Save Us All from Satan’s Power” (2001)
Season 3, Episode 10
Directed by Jack Bender
Teleplay by David Chase and Robin Green
Note: It’s difficult to really encapsulate the events that take place in this episode without spoiling it, since so much of it’s impact relies on the events that take place during the three seasons prior. I won’t be going into any specifics about the episode as to avoid spoiling it for anyone who hasn’t watched it. With that said, if you haven’t...
The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on classic Christmas movies. Today is day 9.
The Sopranos, “To Save Us All from Satan’s Power” (2001)
Season 3, Episode 10
Directed by Jack Bender
Teleplay by David Chase and Robin Green
Note: It’s difficult to really encapsulate the events that take place in this episode without spoiling it, since so much of it’s impact relies on the events that take place during the three seasons prior. I won’t be going into any specifics about the episode as to avoid spoiling it for anyone who hasn’t watched it. With that said, if you haven’t...
- 12/9/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Blue Bloods executive producer Ed Zuckerman has insisted that the show's new season will not disappoint fans. Zuckerman told TV Guide that "no major changes are on the cards" for the CBS cop drama's second run. "There's a lot of continuity [from season one]," he claimed. "I kept almost all of the old writers who are a great resource. They're good writers, and they know the characters. People really know what they're doing." Zuckerman, who replaced series creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, also dismissed suggestions that Blue Bloods will become more of a procedural drama. "The idea is to keep the show the same balanced show, between a case of the week and Reagan family issues (more)...
- 8/22/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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Blue Bloods' new executive producer, Ed Zuckerman, wants to make one thing clear to viewers: He's not messing with the formula that made the sophomore CBS drama a hit in its first year.
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The veteran TV writer/producer was hired in May to replace outgoing creators Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess amid reports that CBS wanted to make the show more procedural. (Zuckerman's resume supported the theory: He served long stints on Jag and Law & Order.) However, Zuckerman insists nothing will change.
"The idea is to keep the show the same balanced show between a case of the week and the Reagan family issues and family drama," Zuckerman tells TVGuide.com....
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Blue Bloods' new executive producer, Ed Zuckerman, wants to make one thing clear to viewers: He's not messing with the formula that made the sophomore CBS drama a hit in its first year.
Fall Preview: Get scoop on all your favorite returning shows
The veteran TV writer/producer was hired in May to replace outgoing creators Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess amid reports that CBS wanted to make the show more procedural. (Zuckerman's resume supported the theory: He served long stints on Jag and Law & Order.) However, Zuckerman insists nothing will change.
"The idea is to keep the show the same balanced show between a case of the week and the Reagan family issues and family drama," Zuckerman tells TVGuide.com....
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- 8/22/2011
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
More fresh blood is being added to CBS' Blue Bloods as the cop/family drama is undergoing creative tweaks going into its second season. Veteran series director-producer Michael Pressman has joined the CBS TV Studios-produced series as co-executive producer/director. He directed two episodes of Blue Bloods' first season and has a long history at CBS, where he served as executive producer on Chicago Hope, The Guardian and two David E. Kelley series, Picket Fences and The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. Another veteran, Law & Order alum Ed Zuckerman, was recently tapped as the new showrunner on Blue Bloods, succeeding the series' creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, who exited at the end of last season.
- 6/3/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Law & Order veteran Ed Zuckerman, who most recently ran ABC's legal drama The Whole Truth last season, has been tapped as the new showrunner on CBS' Blue Bloods, which has not been officially renewed but is coming back next season. Zuckerman will succeed the series' creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green who have exited at the end of this season. Zuckerman's strong procedural background (he spent 14 years on Law & Order and also worked on Jag and L&O: Criminal Intent) confirms CBS' desire to take the cop/family drama in a more procedural direction next season.
- 5/17/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Today's TV snacks include ratings for a pair of HBO shows, a new addition to "Burn Notice" and a new sketch-comedy show on Fox.
First, the good news: Ratings for the second episode of "Game of Thrones" on Sunday (April 24) were basically identical to the premiere. The show drew 2.2 million viewers in its first airing and about 730,000 more in a replay, right in line with the premiere's numbers. [HBO]
And now the bad news: Season 2 of "Treme" began with an audience significantly smaller than last year's series premiere. Only 740,000 people watched two airings of Sunday's debut, down from 1.4 million in 2010. [HBO]
"House of Payne" is nearing the end of its run, but TBS is keeping its Tyler Perry pipeline going. The cable channel has ordered 10 episodes of "For Better or Worse," which is based on Perry's "Why Did I Get Married" movies and will star Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith, reprising their roles from the films.
First, the good news: Ratings for the second episode of "Game of Thrones" on Sunday (April 24) were basically identical to the premiere. The show drew 2.2 million viewers in its first airing and about 730,000 more in a replay, right in line with the premiere's numbers. [HBO]
And now the bad news: Season 2 of "Treme" began with an audience significantly smaller than last year's series premiere. Only 740,000 people watched two airings of Sunday's debut, down from 1.4 million in 2010. [HBO]
"House of Payne" is nearing the end of its run, but TBS is keeping its Tyler Perry pipeline going. The cable channel has ordered 10 episodes of "For Better or Worse," which is based on Perry's "Why Did I Get Married" movies and will star Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith, reprising their roles from the films.
- 4/27/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Ready to see Josh Holloway burnin’ up NBC’s Community in some studly Wild West gear?
TV Guide Magazine has published a first look photo of the Lost alum donning his best paintball war regalia as Black Rider, a mysterious outsider who somehow becomes involved in yet another wacky Greendale battle. Holloway appears in the Community two-part season finale, airing May 5 and 12.
Ready for the rest of today’s TV dish? Well…
• This can’t be good: CBS has let go Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, the creators of freshman cop-drama, Blue Bloods, per Deadline. The network and studio reportedly...
TV Guide Magazine has published a first look photo of the Lost alum donning his best paintball war regalia as Black Rider, a mysterious outsider who somehow becomes involved in yet another wacky Greendale battle. Holloway appears in the Community two-part season finale, airing May 5 and 12.
Ready for the rest of today’s TV dish? Well…
• This can’t be good: CBS has let go Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, the creators of freshman cop-drama, Blue Bloods, per Deadline. The network and studio reportedly...
- 4/25/2011
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Filed under: TV News
Rob Mariano is going from 'Survivor' to TV host with the History channel's 'Around the World in 80 Ways.'
'Amazing Race' and 'Survivor' veteran Boston Rob will team up with Dennis Anderson, the creator of the monster truck Gravedigger brand to host the new series. According to History, the two will attempt to travel the world using 80 different modes of transportation, never repeating the same one.
"This series captures History's commitment to highly compelling entertainment within a historical framework," Dirk Hoogstra, senior vice president of development and programming at History, said in a statement. "The dynamic between our two hosts will make for great television, while viewers can journey around the world with them to explore the ingenuity of travel in every era, throughout all stages of technological advances."
The two hosts will use everything from blimps, fighter jets,...
Rob Mariano is going from 'Survivor' to TV host with the History channel's 'Around the World in 80 Ways.'
'Amazing Race' and 'Survivor' veteran Boston Rob will team up with Dennis Anderson, the creator of the monster truck Gravedigger brand to host the new series. According to History, the two will attempt to travel the world using 80 different modes of transportation, never repeating the same one.
"This series captures History's commitment to highly compelling entertainment within a historical framework," Dirk Hoogstra, senior vice president of development and programming at History, said in a statement. "The dynamic between our two hosts will make for great television, while viewers can journey around the world with them to explore the ingenuity of travel in every era, throughout all stages of technological advances."
The two hosts will use everything from blimps, fighter jets,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Chris Harnick
- Aol TV.
Best Soap Opera/Telenovela nominees announced for Banff World Media Awards
Top-rating primetime Kapamilya soap Mara Clara picked up a 2011 Banff World Media Festival – also known as the Rockies – nomination over the weekend.
The drama serial remake competes for Best Soap Opera/Telenovela category alongside South Korea's Bread, Love And Dreams (Baker King also aired on Gma-7), UK's Coronation Street, USA's Days Of Our Lives, Eva Luna and The Queen Of The South.
The Best Soap Opera/Telenovela category falls under The Fiction Rockies bracket which will announce winners June 12 (June 13 in Manila) at the AOL Canada Theater.
Nominees in other categories include Boardwalk Empire, Grey's Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars and Detroit 1-8-7.
BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt
The BBC seems at times to be an all-purpose whipping boy, an easy target for casual joking and at times naked derision from the country’s political establishment.
Gilmore Girls...
Top-rating primetime Kapamilya soap Mara Clara picked up a 2011 Banff World Media Festival – also known as the Rockies – nomination over the weekend.
The drama serial remake competes for Best Soap Opera/Telenovela category alongside South Korea's Bread, Love And Dreams (Baker King also aired on Gma-7), UK's Coronation Street, USA's Days Of Our Lives, Eva Luna and The Queen Of The South.
The Best Soap Opera/Telenovela category falls under The Fiction Rockies bracket which will announce winners June 12 (June 13 in Manila) at the AOL Canada Theater.
Nominees in other categories include Boardwalk Empire, Grey's Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars and Detroit 1-8-7.
BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt
The BBC seems at times to be an all-purpose whipping boy, an easy target for casual joking and at times naked derision from the country’s political establishment.
Gilmore Girls...
- 4/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Blue Bloods creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green have left the CBS police drama after only one season. Although an official second season pick-up for the series has yet to be announced by CBS, it seems the show's two creators will not be returning. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Burgess and Green may have made the decision to leave Blue Bloods over planned changes to the show's format. (more)...
- 4/23/2011
- by By Tom Ayres
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: This is why so many Hollywood creatives don't understand the decisions of the networks and the Big Media corporations who run them. Because here's a show that's doing well in its primetime slot. And just a few days ago, freshman drama Blue Bloods was praised by Armando Nunez, president of CBS Studios International. “It’s perhaps not as sexy to talk about, but it has proven a success both on the network and in terms of global distribution,” he said. It tops the charts of how this season's freshman shows have performed, with Blue Bloods sold around the world not just to tiny channels but to big ones like Sky Atlantic in the UK, Australia’s Network Ten, and Discovery Latin America. So what do CBS and CBS Studios and its executive producer Leonard Goldberg, who also happens to be a CBS Corporation board member, do? They exit the...
- 4/23/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
The executive producers of Blue Bloods have revealed that CBS originally wanted to alter the series. Robin Green told the Futon Critic that network executives were keen to replicate the success of cop drama reboot Hawaii Five-0. "In the very beginning they tried to shoehorn the show into being more of a procedural and dropping the family aspect," she explained. "[They wanted it to] be more like Hawaii Five-0 and a fast-paced procedural." Co-producer Leonard Goldberg insisted that Blue Bloods will remain "a character drama". "We (more)...
- 2/18/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
CBS' new drama "Blue Bloods" could go one of two ways: It could become a cop show whose main characters all happen to be related, or it could become a show about a family whose members all happen to work in law enforcement.
Either one would still boast a strong cast led by Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan and Donnie Wahlberg, and either one would be watchable. But based on what we saw in Friday's (Sept. 24) series premiere, we're pulling for the family element to be at least on equal footing with the crime stories.
The show was created by former "Sopranos" writers and producers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, who know their way around a family dynamic. But it's also on CBS, which knows its way around a crime procedural. What we're hoping can happen is a melding of those two things similar to what has happened on "The Good Wife,...
Either one would still boast a strong cast led by Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan and Donnie Wahlberg, and either one would be watchable. But based on what we saw in Friday's (Sept. 24) series premiere, we're pulling for the family element to be at least on equal footing with the crime stories.
The show was created by former "Sopranos" writers and producers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, who know their way around a family dynamic. But it's also on CBS, which knows its way around a crime procedural. What we're hoping can happen is a melding of those two things similar to what has happened on "The Good Wife,...
- 9/24/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Blue Bloods writer Robin Green has suggested that the new cop drama is the opposite of The Sopranos. Green previously served as writer and executive producer on the HBO gangster drama and told TV Guide that she was "looking to get on the other side". "[It's] not that these characters don't have flaws," she explained. "But they are basically strong, good... people who are trying to do the right thing and make an honourable world. Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) is keeping his city safe and that's what his children are doing, and that's what his father did." While later (more)...
- 9/24/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
The sold-out Blue Bloods event at the Paley Center in NYC had people standing in line on Wednesday.
Surprise thunderstorms and 90-degree heat weren’t enough to scare off fans of this new CBS police drama, which stars Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg. Cat calls and whistles were heard as the cast was introduced.
Clearly, there is already excitement surrounding this show, even though the pilot won’t air until tomorrow night Those of us lucky enough to attend got the privilege of an early showing. Although I can’t give away too many details (the Paley Center hit squad may track me down and confiscate my laptop as punishment), I can say that you do not want to miss it. Five minutes into the pilot, I was already hooked.
Blue Bloods is a different type of cop series. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg says his favorite TV shows have always...
Surprise thunderstorms and 90-degree heat weren’t enough to scare off fans of this new CBS police drama, which stars Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg. Cat calls and whistles were heard as the cast was introduced.
Clearly, there is already excitement surrounding this show, even though the pilot won’t air until tomorrow night Those of us lucky enough to attend got the privilege of an early showing. Although I can’t give away too many details (the Paley Center hit squad may track me down and confiscate my laptop as punishment), I can say that you do not want to miss it. Five minutes into the pilot, I was already hooked.
Blue Bloods is a different type of cop series. Executive Producer Leonard Goldberg says his favorite TV shows have always...
- 9/23/2010
- by corlando@mindspring.com (Corlando)
- TVfanatic
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, The Show Girl
'Blue Bloods' combines a stellar pedigree (creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green wrote for 'The Sopranos') and an awesome cast, including Tom Selleck, Len Cariou, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes. But that's not all it has going for it.
Combining procedural elements, family drama and a nice dash of mystery -- brother Joe died in the line of duty, but it wasn't an open-and-close case -- 'Blue Bloods' (premieres Fri., Sept. 24, 10Pm Et on CBS) follows a family on every side of the law, from a rookie cop to the chief of police and a D.A.
I caught up with Estes to hear more about his character, the family dynamic and where he ranks in the cast hierarchy with Tom Selleck and that famous facial hair.
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'Blue Bloods' combines a stellar pedigree (creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green wrote for 'The Sopranos') and an awesome cast, including Tom Selleck, Len Cariou, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes. But that's not all it has going for it.
Combining procedural elements, family drama and a nice dash of mystery -- brother Joe died in the line of duty, but it wasn't an open-and-close case -- 'Blue Bloods' (premieres Fri., Sept. 24, 10Pm Et on CBS) follows a family on every side of the law, from a rookie cop to the chief of police and a D.A.
I caught up with Estes to hear more about his character, the family dynamic and where he ranks in the cast hierarchy with Tom Selleck and that famous facial hair.
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- 9/13/2010
- by Maggie Furlong
- Aol TV.
New CBS drama series Blue Bloods has completed assembling its team following the recent departure of executive producer & showrnner Ken Sanzel. Two new producers have joined the show: helmer Fred Keller (Boomtown, 24, House) as producer & director and writer Linda Gase (Standoff, The District) as consulting producer. Keller's deal came after he directed episode 3 of the cop/family drama starring Tom Selleck. His work on the episode, which coincided with Sanzel's departure, got solid marks from the show's executive producers: creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green and Leonard Goldberg. As for the show, "it is running really smoothly and is coming in even better," an insider said. Keller is with Kaplan Stahler and Fineman Entertainment.
- 9/3/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Now that September is here the networks are in the final sprint for the new 2010-2011 season. If you watch TV you probably will have seen many of these shows advertised. The new season lineup includes inevitable staples (classic cop and legal dramas) and more peculiar blends (The Shield’s Michael Chiklis in a family series playing a dad with superpowers, for example); some legendary names (Jj Abrams, Shawn Ryan, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg) and many fresh faces. A few shows like The Event (NBC), Running Wilde (Fox), Broadwalk Empire (HBO) or The Walking Dead (AMC) have already created buzz. For now, however, all of them are pure potential, waiting for their chance to conquer primetime. But despite any hopes or expectations, the only thing certain is that, among all of these promising shows, very few will make it to the second season mark.
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- 9/2/2010
- by Clara Viola
- ReelLoop.com
Exclusive: I learned this morning that Tom Selleck hasn't been accepting the scripts which CBS' Blue Bloods executive producer Ken Sanzel has been giving him. So a standoff developed over character vs procedural visions for the series, summarized to me as "creative tension". By midday, Sanzel was still staying with the show. No more. Insiders just emailed me that the former New York cop told the staff late today that he is leaving. There's no exit date yet. "He's a stand-up guy; he won't leave the network or studio hanging," a network source explains. "Simply creative differences. It happens. He was brought in after the pilot as a showrunner to set the show up. We often do this for pilots picked up to series that have great writers but who haven't run shows before." Now, to replace Sanzel, Selleck wants to find "his guy" who must also meet with studio/network approval.
- 8/6/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
* William Shatner doesn’t understand why CBS insists on “bleeping out” the first word of his new Twitter-inspired sitcom, $#*! My Dad Says. “They should call it s—,” he cracked. “It isn’t a terrible term. It’s a natural function.” (Funny story: I’ve been referring to the show as s— ever since I watched the pilot.)
* Shatner doesn’t do his own tweeting. “I’ve hired a young man out of college,” the Star Trek icon admitted. “He does the mechanics, but I very carefully modulate what I say.”
* Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg, is more than just a police procedural.
* Shatner doesn’t do his own tweeting. “I’ve hired a young man out of college,” the Star Trek icon admitted. “He does the mechanics, but I very carefully modulate what I say.”
* Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg, is more than just a police procedural.
- 7/29/2010
- by Michael Ausiello
- EW - Inside TV
At the panel for CBS' new cop/family drama Blue Bloods, the show's writers-executive producers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess were asked about departing the anti-hero drama genre they mastered on HBO's The Sopranos to take on the CBS series starring Tom Selleck. “We did the anti-hero for all those years, it was wonderful, it’s an old tradition…but every great character you see on TV right now is dark, they have a problem, we were very interested, as a curative after the Sopranos, to find out what a hero is,“ said Green. Added Burgess: “We were very conscious that we wanted to rediscover the hero, and write that, we did the other thing and now we want to do this. “...
- 7/28/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
HollywoodNews.com: Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Will Estes, Bridget Moynihan and other members of their “Blue Bloods” series company are migrating from West to East coast over the next couple of weeks. The forthcoming CBS show – about a family of police in New York City – will shoot in New York with a cast consisting mostly of L.A. actors. So everyone’s moving in advance of the July 26 production start, at least temporarily.
Former “American Dreams” and “Reunion” actor Estes, who is playing the scion of the Reagan police clan, tells us he’ll be staying on in the Big Apple at least six months. “I’ve always wanted to try living in New York, and I’ve had a secret – well, not so secret – wish to play a cop, so this is two dreams wrapped up in one,” he says.
Estes says...
HollywoodNews.com: Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Will Estes, Bridget Moynihan and other members of their “Blue Bloods” series company are migrating from West to East coast over the next couple of weeks. The forthcoming CBS show – about a family of police in New York City – will shoot in New York with a cast consisting mostly of L.A. actors. So everyone’s moving in advance of the July 26 production start, at least temporarily.
Former “American Dreams” and “Reunion” actor Estes, who is playing the scion of the Reagan police clan, tells us he’ll be staying on in the Big Apple at least six months. “I’ve always wanted to try living in New York, and I’ve had a secret – well, not so secret – wish to play a cop, so this is two dreams wrapped up in one,” he says.
Estes says...
- 7/10/2010
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
Leonard Goldberg created -- with the late Aaron Spelling -- such hit TV series as "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Fantasy Island," but the last time he personally produced a TV series, there weren't any DVDs or DVRs.
Goldberg returns in the fall with CBS' "Blue Bloods," starring Tom Selleck.
"It's a different world," said Goldberg, who has continued to produce longform TV and movies since his short-lived previous series, "Class of '96" in 1993.
After the pilot script for "Blue Bloods" was finished, Goldberg was surprised when CBS told him to cut a lot of pages.
"I asked why," Goldberg recalled. "I'm figuring we need about 60 pages for 52 minutes. They went, 'No -- there are (now) 43 minutes in an hour show.' "
That began his re-education.
Seventeen years ago, there were hundreds of TV distributors; today, there are precious few.
"That is the most significant change," he said. "We had...
Goldberg returns in the fall with CBS' "Blue Bloods," starring Tom Selleck.
"It's a different world," said Goldberg, who has continued to produce longform TV and movies since his short-lived previous series, "Class of '96" in 1993.
After the pilot script for "Blue Bloods" was finished, Goldberg was surprised when CBS told him to cut a lot of pages.
"I asked why," Goldberg recalled. "I'm figuring we need about 60 pages for 52 minutes. They went, 'No -- there are (now) 43 minutes in an hour show.' "
That began his re-education.
Seventeen years ago, there were hundreds of TV distributors; today, there are precious few.
"That is the most significant change," he said. "We had...
- 6/17/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
· Last week, Movieline reviewed the trailer for CBS's upcoming cop drama Blue Bloods -- a preview snippet that opened with with the teaser... "From the executive producers of The Sopranos." While Blue Bloods' creators, Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, were executive producers on the HBO series, Sopranos creator David Chase took offense with the network's marketing. Vulture reports that Chase was unhappy that viewers might mistakenly assume that the Tom Selleck series was from the same person who birthed Tony Soprano, and that woulda been a problem. In response to a request by HBO lawyers, CBS removed the Sopranos credit from some promotional materials. [Vulture]
CBS is locked out of a CIA series, USA Network gets into the limo business, and more TV Bites after the jump.
CBS is locked out of a CIA series, USA Network gets into the limo business, and more TV Bites after the jump.
- 5/27/2010
- Movieline - TVline
Exclusive: Longtime Numbers showrunner Ken Sanzel is coming on board CBS’ new cop drama series Blue Bloods as showrunner. He is finalizing a deal to executive produce with creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, who will continue to write and be very involved in the show, as well as Leonard Goldberg. Coincidentally, the Tom Selleck-starring Blue Bloods, about a multi-generational family of New York cops, is set to inherit Numbers’ Friday 10 Pm time slot this fall. And Sanzel himself was a New York cop before becoming a writer. CBS traditionally teams the creators of its newly picked up series who [...]...
- 5/25/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chicago – CBS announced their fall schedule today. While fans of canceled “Accidentally on Purpose,” “Cold Case,” “Gary Unmarried,” “Numb3rs,” “The Ghost Whisperer,” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” may disagree, the big TV news of the week is that several of the top network’s biggest shows are moving. “Survivor” jumps to Wednesday nights, “The Big Bang Theory” moves to Thursdays, “CSI: NY” slides to Fridays, and “CSI: Miami” now goes down on Sundays.
As far as on-the-bubble renewals are concerned, CBS saved “Rules of Engagement” and “Medium”. The rest of their renewals were pretty obvious choices as the network continues to air many of the biggest hits on TV including the #1 drama (“NCIS”), #1 comedy (“Two and a Half Men”), #1 new series (“Undercover Boss”), #1 news magazine (“60 Minutes”), #1 new drama (“NCIS: Los Angeles”), and #1 scripted series for the 18-49 and 25-54 demos (“The Big Bang Theory”).
Of course, all of those shows are returning,...
As far as on-the-bubble renewals are concerned, CBS saved “Rules of Engagement” and “Medium”. The rest of their renewals were pretty obvious choices as the network continues to air many of the biggest hits on TV including the #1 drama (“NCIS”), #1 comedy (“Two and a Half Men”), #1 new series (“Undercover Boss”), #1 news magazine (“60 Minutes”), #1 new drama (“NCIS: Los Angeles”), and #1 scripted series for the 18-49 and 25-54 demos (“The Big Bang Theory”).
Of course, all of those shows are returning,...
- 5/19/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The former star of the classic hit show, Magnum P. I., Tom Selleck, as well as the guy with the coolest mustache ever, is in talks to play the lead role in an untilted CBS cop drama, formerly known as Reagan’s Law.
The pilot was written and created by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green it revolves around a family of New York cops. Selleck will play Michael, the NYPD chief of police who lives with his father who will be played by Len Cariou, a former cop now working for the mayor’s office. His son, also a detective, will be played by Donnie Whalberg.
Selleck won an Emmy and gained fame from his’ Magnum, P.I., role, which ran from 1980 to 1988. Since then, he has held recurring roles on shows like Friends, as Richard the older boyfriend to Courtney Cox’s Monica, Boston Legal and Las Vegas, where...
The pilot was written and created by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green it revolves around a family of New York cops. Selleck will play Michael, the NYPD chief of police who lives with his father who will be played by Len Cariou, a former cop now working for the mayor’s office. His son, also a detective, will be played by Donnie Whalberg.
Selleck won an Emmy and gained fame from his’ Magnum, P.I., role, which ran from 1980 to 1988. Since then, he has held recurring roles on shows like Friends, as Richard the older boyfriend to Courtney Cox’s Monica, Boston Legal and Las Vegas, where...
- 3/17/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Magnum P.I. star Tom Selleck is in talks to play the lead role in an untilted CBS cop drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The pilot, formerly known as Reagan's Law, comes from Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green and revolves around a family of New York cops. Selleck will play Michael, the NYPD chief of police who...
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The pilot, formerly known as Reagan's Law, comes from Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green and revolves around a family of New York cops. Selleck will play Michael, the NYPD chief of police who...
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- 3/17/2010
- by Kate Stanhope
- TVGuide - Breaking News
CBS may have created two of the most popular new series this season - NCIS: La and The Good Wife - but the network still has some bare spots to contend with (we hardly knew ye, Three Rivers!) Not one to stray from its bread and butter shows, the network's got a Criminal Minds spinoff in the works plus a new project from CSI honcho Carol Mendelsohn, but all eyes are on its redux of Hawaii Five-o starring Lost's Daniel Dae Kim. And don't think CBS is resting on its laurels with the (unfathomable) success of Gary, Unmarried...
- 2/19/2010
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
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