Subject: Sitcoms

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2000

    Bombs Away

    Jake Johannsen

  • Culture

    April 6, 1995

    Live TV

    Jake Johannsen

  • Film

    June 4, 1998

    Tube Message

    Jake Johannsen

  • Calendar

    December 17, 1998

    Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

    Jake Johannsen

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1999

    Ho, Ho, Ho

    Jake Johannsen

  • Calendar

    September 2, 1999

    Houston, Humor Hotbed

    Houston Comedy Festival

  • Culture

    March 8, 2001

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    Wayne Brady

    Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  • Culture

    November 29, 2007
  • Culture

    November 15, 2007

    Diva

    Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Don't Knock Her

    Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2006

    Reep the Rewards

    Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2007

    John DiResta

    This NY comic’s got two TV shows and lots of shtick

  • Culture

    July 5, 2007

    One Monkey Don't Stop No Show

    This show's like Archie Bunker's comfortable, ratty lounger

  • Home Entertainment

    March 15, 2007

    DVDs

    This show's like Archie Bunker's comfortable, ratty lounger

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    The Essence of Gordon Chambers

    From journalist to songwriter to singer

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    Idol Chatter

    Opening day for America's fourth national sport is upon us

  • Culture

    December 7, 2006

    Who Is Chapulín?

    Opening day for America's fourth national sport is upon us

  • Culture

    November 16, 2006

    Not Neighborly

    If Barbra's Wedding were a sitcom, it just might work

  • Home Entertainment

    October 26, 2006

    These Dogs Still Hunt

    If Barbra's Wedding were a sitcom, it just might work

  • Music

    October 19, 2006

    Dark Star Rising

    Jenny Lewis primps for her big push

  • Home Entertainment

    August 3, 2006

    Shut Up, Already

    Jenny Lewis primps for her big push

  • Home Entertainment

    May 4, 2006

    Embarrassment of Riches

    Jenny Lewis primps for her big push

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    Oh, Grow Up

    Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie, and a pretty good one for us

  • Culture

    February 16, 2006

    Baby Steps

    Two actors bring a sorrowful script to painful, moving life

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Humor Can Be Funny

    Or so believe the Comedians of Comedy

  • Film

    November 11, 2004

    The Edge of Treason

    Bridget Jones is betrayed by a dumb, dull sequel

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    A Glimpse of Stocking

    Old-fashioned shocks abound in Fallen Angels

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    Fitz's Flick

    Sara Fitzgerald commits her 25 years behind bars to celluloid

  • Culture

    March 6, 2003

    That '60s Show

    Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

  • Culture

    January 30, 2003

    Your New Friends?

    NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2003

    Year of the Hyena

    NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans

  • Culture

    December 26, 2002

    Fear Factor

    But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2002

    The Shannon Brothers Family Christmas

    Thursday, December 19 through Sunday, December 23

  • Culture

    June 27, 2002

    Another Summer Rerun

    The Ensemble leaves its audience reaching for the remote

  • Culture

    July 26, 2001

    It Happens

    Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park's the funniest show on TV.

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2000

    Hi, Bob!

    Bob's back

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2000

    Fun with Rednecks

    Bill Engvall

  • Calendar

    August 12, 1999

    Urban Comedian

    Anthony Clark at the Laff Stop

  • Calendar

    July 22, 1999

    Sitcom Survivor

    Margaret Cho

  • Film

    March 25, 1999

    Reel Time

    EDtv tries to upstage Truman on TV's impact

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Fat Husband, Cute Wife. What's Up With That?

    I guess it started with The Honeymooners. You know, sitcom family equals fat husband, cute wife.  According to Jim. King of Queens. Grounded for Life. Still Standing. Hell, even The Simpsons. And the list goes on. What do they have in common? All star a sitcom husband who is fat and schlumpy an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Move Over, Reba: Michael Strahan's New Sitcom Also Set In Houston

    Photo courtesy FoxFox Network just announced its fall schedule, and in just under the wire is Brothers, a low-key comedy set in Houston starring former Westbury and TSU star and future NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan. The Hollywood Reporter claims Brothers received strong feedback during the pilot ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Perverts, Beware

    Photo courtesy FoxFox Network just announced its fall schedule, and in just under the wire is Brothers, a low-key comedy set in Houston starring former Westbury and TSU star and future NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan. The Hollywood Reporter claims Brothers received strong feedback during the pilot ... More >>

  • Film

    July 30, 2009

    Man to Man

    Photo courtesy FoxFox Network just announced its fall schedule, and in just under the wire is Brothers, a low-key comedy set in Houston starring former Westbury and TSU star and future NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan. The Hollywood Reporter claims Brothers received strong feedback during the pilot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    The Week In TV: Seriously. You Need to Watch Community

    I know you think the only event of note last week in TV Land was the sad departure of Tom DeLay from Dancing With the Stars. But Dazzle Me Dreamy's punk out was only the beginning. NBC canceled Southland, which is officially the first victim of uber-hack Jay Leno's primetime talk show. Granted, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    TV Land: 30 Rock Is Back! And Some Other Stuff Happened Too

    It was a long week in TV Land, so let's get some Cheesy Blasters and do it to it: • 30 Rock is back! 30 Rock is back! I know that some of you -- most of you? -- probably thought that Texas' victory was the best thing on TV this week, but that's because you're young and don't know much yet. Trus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    The Week In TV: The World Series Ruins Everything

    Parks and Recreation, yet another reason to love NBC​The weather is cool, Halloween is in the air, and I just redesigned the Pontiac Aztec. This is the week in TV Land: • For being a weak network overall and the home to some truly awful medical dramas, NBC can bring the funny. This week it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    This Week In TV: Miracle Cures From Alien Civilizations

    The Yankees won, Doug Hoffman lost, and I'm thinking of joining a neighborhood dad garage band. This was the week in TV Land: • 30 Rock continues to be the quickest comedy on the air and the spiritual descendant of Arrested Development. This week's episode was stuffed with more meta-jokes than ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    This Week In TV: Horrible, Horrible People

    I'm recovered from the snow, I'm trying to convince people that "Dick in a Box" qualifies as Christmas music, and I've got a hole in my heart from eating batteries. This was the week in TV Land: • 30 Rock was cute this week, though the bit about Frank turning into Liz was a little lifeless. But ... More >>

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