TVEyes finds Web video via word search (Reuters)
March 12, 2006Reuters - Virtually all of the major names in television news offer video on their Web sites, but audiences can't watch it if they don't know it's there.
"Raymond" Stars Go It Alone (E! Online)
March 12, 2006
E! Online - At least that's what the producers of three new comedy pilots
are hoping, with former Barone brood stalwarts Patricia Heaton and Brad
Garrett leading new projects of their own as is Raymond cocreator
Phil Rosenthal.
"Idol" Drops to a Dozen (E! Online)
March 12, 2006
E! Online - American Idol trimmed four more hopefuls from its
ranks Thursday night, leaving an even dozen to duke it out in the
finals.
"Lost" Star Finds New Gig (E! Online)
March 12, 2006
E! Online - Evangeline Lilly is no carpetbagger. But thanks to a
seemingly anomalous endorsement deal, she is a carpet seller.
"Six Feet" Resurrected (E! Online)
March 12, 2006
E! Online - The Fishers are coming back to life--on basic cable.
"Raymond" Stars Go Solo
March 12, 2006
Everybody loves the cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond."
At least that's what the producers of three new comedy pilots are hoping. But will anyone love Debra or Robert once they're out of the clutches of the Barone clan? Will creator Phil Rosenthal be able to tap into another family's funny bone?
Patricia Heaton, already queen of the TNT Original Movie and spokeswoman extraordinaire, is filming an as-yet untitled pilot for a half-hour ABC comedy in which she'll play a widowed mom who gets active in the PTA at her kids' school. Like Showtime's irony-fest "Weeds," only without all the pot (we presume).
Polygamist juggles 3 wives on "Big Love" (Reuters)
March 12, 2006Reuters - Mob boss Tony Soprano may be the toughest dad on television today, but the latest patriarch on prime time, Viagra-popping polygamist Bill Hendrickson on new cable TV drama "Big Love," is clearly busier.
'Failure to Launch' Soars to Top of Box (AP)
March 12, 2006
AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.
TV Lookout: Louis-Dreyfus Returns to TV (AP)
March 12, 2006AP - Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns to series comedy as Christine, a single mother who runs a small business and, two years after her divorce, also runs away from romance. "I haven't even considered dating yet," she admits. "I'm still wearing my maternal underwear."
Where Will 'Today' Turn if Couric Departs? (AP)
March 12, 2006AP - Good morning, Matt! Almost lost in the overheated speculation about whether Katie Couric will become an evening news anchor for CBS is the real possibility that someone else may soon sit next to Matt Lauer on the "Today" show set.
Russell Crowe and Wife Expecting a Boy (AP)
March 12, 2006
AP - Russell Crowe and his wife are have a baby boy. The "Gladiator" star told Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" Friday that he and his wife, actress Danielle Spencer, are expecting the baby in June or July. They had previously announced the pregnancy, but not the baby's sex.