Following the death of TV series creator and host John McLaughlin, at the age of 89, The McLaughlin Group TV show is winding to a close, after 34 years on the air. The weekly syndicated half-hour public affairs roundtable ran mostly on PBS stations in the Us. Regular panelists include Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page, and Tom Rogan. Paul Glastris, Mort Zuckerman, and David Rennie were frequent guests. Past contributors include: Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Matthews, Katty Kay, and Al Hunt.Variety reports that while the show was well-established enough that it could have withstood a a new host, it was McLaughlin who decided -- five years ago -- that the show should end when he was finished with it. According to the report, he missed his very first episode, due to health problems, last week. The final episode will air this week. Check...
- 8/19/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The McLaughlin Group is saying “bye-bye” this weekend, wrapping its more than 34-year run.
The decision comes just days after the passing of John McLaughlin, who hosted the syndicated public affairs program since its debut on Jan. 1, 1982.
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“This long-running political commentary and discussion show was consistently an audience favorite,” Wttw Cco Dan Soles said Thursday in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, “and we will miss this important contribution to our political coverage. Wttw is proud to have brought the series, and Dr. McLaughlin, to the PBS system.”
McLaughlin died on Tuesday...
The decision comes just days after the passing of John McLaughlin, who hosted the syndicated public affairs program since its debut on Jan. 1, 1982.
RelatedMcLaughlin Group Host John McLaughlin Dead at 89
“This long-running political commentary and discussion show was consistently an audience favorite,” Wttw Cco Dan Soles said Thursday in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, “and we will miss this important contribution to our political coverage. Wttw is proud to have brought the series, and Dr. McLaughlin, to the PBS system.”
McLaughlin died on Tuesday...
- 8/19/2016
- TVLine.com
John McLaughlin’s “The McLaughlin Group” will come to an end this week following the host’s death on Tuesday, TheWrap has learned. McLaughlin served as host, creator and executive producer on the program, which aired on multiple PBS stations across the country. The program, which first launched in 1982, has featured a panel of hosts, which most recently included McLaughlin, Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and Tom Rogan. The remaining panelists will tape one final episode before the show comes to an end. Also Read: John McLaughlin, Host of 'The McLaughlin Group,' Dies at 89 McLaughlin died on...
- 8/18/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The McLaughlin Group will turn out the lights for good after this week's program. John McLaughlin, who originated the program, died this week at 89 after missing the previous week's show, marking his first absence of the franchise’s 34-year run. McLaughlin pioneered shout-festy political TV punditry when he launched the program in April 1982. In its heyday, The McLaughlin Group was a go-to subject of fun on Saturday Night Live. This week's edition of the show that airs on…...
- 8/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Comedian Dana Carvey, whose imitation of McLaughlin Group host John McLaughlin on Saturday Night Live turned the pundit into a pop culture icon in the 1990s, paid tribute to McLaughlin, who died this week at age 89.
Carvey joined the SNL cast in 1986, and used The McLaughlin Group as the inspiration for a skit starting in 1990. McLaughlin joined in on the fun, appearing in the skit the following year.
In a statement to The Wrap, Carvey described McLaughlin as "an American original. Quick-witted and funny." "I loved impersonating him on SNL,...
Carvey joined the SNL cast in 1986, and used The McLaughlin Group as the inspiration for a skit starting in 1990. McLaughlin joined in on the fun, appearing in the skit the following year.
In a statement to The Wrap, Carvey described McLaughlin as "an American original. Quick-witted and funny." "I loved impersonating him on SNL,...
- 8/18/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Dana Carvey gave praise to John McLaughlin, the “McLaughlin Group” host who died Tuesday at age 89, calling him “an American original.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum, who counted McLaughlin among his impersonations on the late-night sketch show, also hailed McLaughlin as “quick witted and funny.” “He was an American original. Quick witted and funny. I loved impersonating him on ‘SNL,'” Carvey told TheWrap in a statement Wednesday. Also Read: John McLaughlin Remembered by TV Panelists: 'He Was One of a Kind' The comedian added that McLaughlin’s unique speech patterns made it easy to impersonate him. “His speaking rhythms...
- 8/17/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Longtime political pundit John McLaughlin has died. He was 89. The creator, executive producer and host of The McLaughlin Group "passed away peacefully," according to the CBS show's Facebook page on Tuesday. "A message from the McLaughlin Group family. Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog, Oliver, in heaven.
- 8/17/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Longtime political pundit John McLaughlin has died. He was 89. The creator, executive producer and host of The McLaughlin Group "passed away peacefully," according to the CBS show's Facebook page on Tuesday. "A message from the McLaughlin Group family. Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog, Oliver, in heaven.
- 8/17/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
John McLaughlin, the conservative talk-show host and pop-culture lightning rod who helmed the long-running roundtable TV show The McLaughlin Group, has died. He was 89.
The McLaughlin Group Facebook page reported the news. "Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former Jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog,...
The McLaughlin Group Facebook page reported the news. "Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former Jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog,...
- 8/16/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Following news of “The McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin’s death Tuesday at age 89, the people who shared a stage with the TV fixture rushed to offer their thoughts and grief. Fox News analyst and former “McLaughlin Group” panelist Monica Crowley called the host “one of a kind.” “I was honored to be a regular panelist for several yrs. He was one of a kind. Rip,” Crowley tweeted shortly after the news broke. Also Read: John McLaughlin, Host of 'The McLaughlin Group,' Dies at 89 “McLaughlin Group” regular Clarence Page took comfort in the fact that McLaughlin apparently went with a grin on.
- 8/16/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
John McLaughlin, the host of TV’s The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89.
The political commentator’s passing comes just days after he missed his first hosting of his eponymous syndicated public affairs program in more than 34 years. Longtime panelist Pat Buchanan stepped in as host for that episode.
“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this past weekend’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, was “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!
The political commentator’s passing comes just days after he missed his first hosting of his eponymous syndicated public affairs program in more than 34 years. Longtime panelist Pat Buchanan stepped in as host for that episode.
“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this past weekend’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, was “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!
- 8/16/2016
- TVLine.com
Host, creator, and executive producer of “The McLaughlin Group” John McLaughlin missed his first show in 34 years. Sunday’s episode of “The McLaughlin Group” began with a written message to viewers from McLaughlin, which attributed his absence to illness. “As the panel’s recent absences attest, I am under the weather,” the message read. “The final issue of this episode has my voice, but please forgive me for its weaker than usual quality. Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to this show remains absolute!” Also Read: PBS Boss Responds to 'Sesame Street' Uproar Over Firing of 3 Veteran Human Actors Though the.
- 8/15/2016
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
John McLaughlin this weekend missed his first hosting of The McLaughlin Group in more than 34 years, since the syndicated public affairs program made its debut on Jan. 1, 1982.
“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this week’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, is “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!”
Stepping in as this week’s host, Pat Buchanan noted the absence of the panel’s “distinguished leader” and, speaking on behalf of himself, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and Tom Rogan,...
“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this week’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, is “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!”
Stepping in as this week’s host, Pat Buchanan noted the absence of the panel’s “distinguished leader” and, speaking on behalf of himself, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and Tom Rogan,...
- 8/14/2016
- TVLine.com
An ailing John McLaughlin missed his first episode in 34 years as host of his Sunday political free-for-all The McLaughlin Group. This morning’s installment kicked off with the host’s written note to viewers that read “Dear friends of The McLaughlin Group, Dr. McLaughlin here. As the panel’s recent absences attest, I am under the weather. The final issue of this episode has my voice, but please forgive me for its weaker than usual quality. Yet my spirit is strong and my…...
- 8/14/2016
- Deadline TV
John McLaughlin, the former priest and presidential speechwriter who created and served as the combative ringleader of the boisterous political public affairs program The McLaughlin Group, has died. He was 89. McLaughlin, who also was a professor, editor and columnist before becoming an unlikely TV star impersonated by Dana Carvey, died Tuesday at his home in Virginia, according to the show's producers. He missed his first show in 34 years on Sunday. On its Facebook page, the show posted a message from the McLaughlin Group family, saying, "For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has
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- 7/5/2016
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than 10 months after the disappearance of a suburban St. Louis woman who was in the midst of a divorce, her body was found in a shallow grave - and her estranged husband has been charged with her murder. Linda McLaughlin, 57, of Sunset Hills, Missouri, was last seen alive on June 1, 2015 at the family's business, McLaughlin Hoist & Crane in Fenton, Missouri, according to charging documents. She had filed for divorce from her husband of 35 years, John McLaughlin, in December 2014. Three days after her disappearance - June 4, 2015 - she was scheduled to appear in court for settlement talks in their divorce.
- 4/28/2016
- by Hilary Shenfeld, @HilaryShen
- PEOPLE.com
More than 10 months after the disappearance of a suburban St. Louis woman who was in the midst of a divorce, her body was found in a shallow grave - and her estranged husband has been charged with her murder. Linda McLaughlin, 57, of Sunset Hills, Missouri, was last seen alive on June 1, 2015 at the family's business, McLaughlin Hoist & Crane in Fenton, Missouri, according to charging documents. She had filed for divorce from her husband of 35 years, John McLaughlin, in December 2014. Three days after her disappearance - June 4, 2015 - she was scheduled to appear in court for settlement talks in their divorce.
- 4/28/2016
- by Hilary Shenfeld, @HilaryShen
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Brad Furman has been set to direct a drama series based on James Patterson’s book series Private, which is being pitched around town as a straight-to-series project. Sonar Entertainment is producing. Furman most recently directed Lionsgate’s 2011 feature The Lincoln Lawyer. John McLaughlin (The Black Swan) has written the initial two-episode pilot and will pen future episodes. Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro of Tribeca Productions have become involved as exec producers in the project, which will center on the novels’ protagonist former CIA agent-turned-private eye Jack Morgan. Tribeca’s Berry Welsh will serve as co-executive producer, and Patterson exec produces along with Leopoldo Gout of James Patterson Entertainment. McLaughlin, Furman, Patterson and Tribeca Prods are repped by CAA; Furman is also repped by Atlas Entertainment. De Niro and Rosenthal also serve as exec producers on NBC’s midseason series About A Boy; they previously produced CBS’ rookie-cop...
- 7/8/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Youngblood is to be written by screenwriter and comic newcomer John McLaughlin when the title relaunches. McLaughlin joins a long line of high-profile scribes to have worked on Rob Liefeld's creator-owned project, which includes Alan Moore, Robert Kirkman and Mark Millar. He told Newsarama: "I'm trying to slide the loyal readers back into the Youngblood world while making it accessible for first time readers. "I've tried to capture the feeling of the original Youngblood launch where every issue brought us into a new world or introduced a new threat. (more)...
- 3/29/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Most critics give high marks to Robert Rodriguez's mix of exaggerated violence and political satire.
By Eric Ditzian
Danny Trejo in "Machete"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
"Machete" is everything "The Expendables" could have been but isn't: vicious, witty, funny, ridiculous, engrossing.
The sight of Sly Stallone cavorting with Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li in "Expendables" wears off pretty quickly, and what you're left with is dull dialogue, explosions-by-numbers action sequences and characters that you never get to know enough to actually care about. "Machete," by contrast, springs from the same creative well as "Expendables" — wacky and hyper-violent and fanboy-friendly — but there the similarities end. As nutty as "Machete" is, it's actually smart, with snappy dialogue, clever kills and a story line crackling with social commentary about the heated immigration debate in North America.
Why, then, did "Expendables" open to $34.8 million in ticket sales, while "Machete" won't even cross the...
By Eric Ditzian
Danny Trejo in "Machete"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
"Machete" is everything "The Expendables" could have been but isn't: vicious, witty, funny, ridiculous, engrossing.
The sight of Sly Stallone cavorting with Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li in "Expendables" wears off pretty quickly, and what you're left with is dull dialogue, explosions-by-numbers action sequences and characters that you never get to know enough to actually care about. "Machete," by contrast, springs from the same creative well as "Expendables" — wacky and hyper-violent and fanboy-friendly — but there the similarities end. As nutty as "Machete" is, it's actually smart, with snappy dialogue, clever kills and a story line crackling with social commentary about the heated immigration debate in North America.
Why, then, did "Expendables" open to $34.8 million in ticket sales, while "Machete" won't even cross the...
- 9/3/2010
- MTV Movie News
Most critics give high marks to Robert Rodriguez's mix of exaggerated violence and political satire.
By Eric Ditzian
Danny Trejo in "Machete"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
"Machete" is everything "The Expendables" could have been but isn't: vicious, witty, funny, ridiculous, engrossing.
The sight of Sly Stallone cavorting with Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li in "Expendables" wears off pretty quickly, and what you're left with is dull dialogue, explosions-by-numbers action sequences and characters that you never get to know enough to actually care about. "Machete," by contrast, springs from the same creative well as "Expendables" — wacky and hyper-violent and fanboy-friendly — but there the similarities end. As nutty as "Machete" is, it's actually smart, with snappy dialogue, clever kills and a story line crackling with social commentary about the heated immigration debate in North America.
Why, then, did "Expendables" open to $34.8 million in ticket sales, while "Machete" won't even cross the...
By Eric Ditzian
Danny Trejo in "Machete"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
"Machete" is everything "The Expendables" could have been but isn't: vicious, witty, funny, ridiculous, engrossing.
The sight of Sly Stallone cavorting with Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li in "Expendables" wears off pretty quickly, and what you're left with is dull dialogue, explosions-by-numbers action sequences and characters that you never get to know enough to actually care about. "Machete," by contrast, springs from the same creative well as "Expendables" — wacky and hyper-violent and fanboy-friendly — but there the similarities end. As nutty as "Machete" is, it's actually smart, with snappy dialogue, clever kills and a story line crackling with social commentary about the heated immigration debate in North America.
Why, then, did "Expendables" open to $34.8 million in ticket sales, while "Machete" won't even cross the...
- 9/3/2010
- MTV Music News
Fanboys became all giddy and a'flutter when they heard that Danny Trejo, the pocked, hatchet-faced perennial bad guy, was finally being given a movie of his own. And not just any movie—"Machete," a Mexpoloitation tribute that came out of a faux trailer Trejo and director Robert Rodriguez cut as part of "Grindhouse." And now it's here. Insanely, over-the-top violent and inhumanely funny. But is it any good? The short answer is that if you're into movies that are insanely, over-the-top violent and inhumanely funny, then sure. The long answer is that there seems to be a reason that Trejo—who is an arresting actor, no doubt—has always been the strong, silent type. He's a man of few words and many blades in "Machete," taking on a who's who of bad guys from both the A and C lists. In a nutshell, Trejo's character is a former Federale, whose...
- 9/3/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Mumbai, Nov 24 (Ians) English jazz and fusion artist John McLaughlin was awarded the Haafiz Ali Khan Award 2009 for his contribution to the world of music here Tuesday.
McLaughlin was presented with the award, named after the late musician and father of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan instituted this award in 1985 in memory of his father.
Receiving the award from Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, McLaughlin said: ‘To be honoured by you in this way is something more than any musician could expect. I am speechless.’
Britain based McLaughlin is known for his versatility and can perform in various styles like.
McLaughlin was presented with the award, named after the late musician and father of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan instituted this award in 1985 in memory of his father.
Receiving the award from Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, McLaughlin said: ‘To be honoured by you in this way is something more than any musician could expect. I am speechless.’
Britain based McLaughlin is known for his versatility and can perform in various styles like.
- 11/25/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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