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Just Like Chase, The Good Guys and Your Engagement Photo, Dallas Looks Great Against Those Deep Ellum Walls

Patrick MichelsWell, this is Expo Park. But they're headed to Deep Ellum later today.On the way through Expo Park this morning, I just happened to catch a glimpse of a few big trucks, some folks in sweatshirts and two cops all surrounding a bright red sports car in an alley -- and while my instinct ... More >>

Mike Rawlings Flexes Financial Muscle

Fear the 'stache, or: Mike Rawlings as Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark​If there was any question that former Park Board president Mike Rawlings would be the top fund-raiser among the three announced mayoral candidates, he's seemingly answered it by unveiling a new television ad this morning as p ... More >>

It's Official: The Good Guys Are Gone For Good

Courtesy FOX BroadcastingBradley Whitford's days taking a free spin on the Fair Park merry-go-round have come to an end.​Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission, just called with disappointing but not entirely surprising news: The Good Guys will not return for a second season. Which mea ... More >>

Yeah, But How Do Good Guys Cast and Creator Matt Nix Feel About Its Chances for a Return?

Patrick MichelsHow much does Mayor Tom want Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford to come back to town for a second season of The Good Guys?​Friday night was the final Good Guys of the season ... and maybe ever. Keep in mind, though, as FOX publicist Michael Roach cautioned a few weeks back, "No decisi ... More >>

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights Surprise Greenhill School With An Acoustic Offering

Stephen Masker​Greenhill School on Spring Valley got a nice treat yesterday, when Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights surprised students with a acoustic performance and question-and-answer session. It wasn't the full band set-up, but Tyler, drummer Jordan Cain and keyboardist John Knudson wer ... More >>

Are The Good Guys Gone? Hard to Say.

Courtesy Fox BroadcastingIs this the end of The Good Guys? It's certainly the end of Dan Stark's trailer, which blows up in the December 3 episode "Cop Killers."​Spent some of yesterday trying to get the answer to that question, following a note from a good Friend of Unfair Park with ties to the s ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson? Check. Lyle Lovett? Check. Martha Plimpton? Che ... Wait, What?

Courtesy FOX BroadcastingMartha Plimpton on Raising Hope​So, we know who's throwing out the ceremonial first pitches tomorrow and Saturday. Well, John Blake, Texas Rangers spokesman, just sent over the final list of scheduled performers for World Series Games Three and Four. No surprises on the li ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson? Check. Lyle Lovett? Check. Martha Plimpton? Che ... Wait, What?

Courtesy FOX BroadcastingMartha Plimpton on Raising Hope​So, we know who's throwing out the ceremonial first pitches tomorrow and Sunday. Well, John Blake, Texas Rangers spokesman, just sent over the final list of scheduled performers for World Series Games Three and Four. No surprises on the list ... More >>

As Shooting Wraps Downtown, The Good Guys' Crew Is Going Out with a Bang

Patrick MichelsOne of a few fireballs set off during filming for The Good Guys this afternoon across from the Dallas Municipal Court.​Just up the street from Robert's encampment out at the George Allen Courts Building, The Good Guys crew was wrapping up shooting the second half of its first seaso ... More >>

An Early Look at Gary Cole Trashing the Elbow Room From This Friday Night's Good Guys

I finally watched Friday's Good Guys last night, and the missus was not pleased. "Still?" she said. "Really?" Civic pride, I guess. I shrugged. She rolled her eyes and went to watch Jets-Vikings in another room. Far as you know. Anyway. There was one upshot to fast-forwarding through the ep -- a bri ... More >>

Bustin' Punks (and Walls): Deep Ellum Spot At Elm and Malcolm X Just Can't Catch A Break

Photos by Patrick MichelsThat's Dan Stark himself in the brown leather jacket in the middle. To the right, someone with very similar fashion ideas. Just a couple weeks since that really promising new Deep Ellum coffee shop made its explosive exit in the course of a Chase shoot, the empty storefront ... More >>

Chase-ing a Cup Of Coffee In Deep Ellum

Photo by Andrea GrimesI'll be honest, I was kind of hoping for a Bradley Whitford sighting. But Cole Hauser will do.​Had to idle on Elm Street in Deep Ellum for a while this morning as cops shut the street down for a Chase filming. Such is the life of an Ellumite these days -- celebrities, doing t ... More >>

The Good Guys Already Good-er: Gary Cole!

Last month we took a long, hard look at FOX's The Good Guys, with Friend of Unfair Park Howard Wen offering a few suggestions how Matt Nix might improve the hour-long set-here-shot-here cop comedy starring Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks. It returns a week from Friday in its new time slot -- hence, ... More >>

Sex and the Park Cities: Looks Like Good Christian Bitches Is Headed to Network TV

​Somewhere under a pile of books in the office is a copy of Park Cities author Kim Gatlin's Good Christian Bitches, which I may finally have to read based upon this Deadline Hollywood exclusive: Darren Star -- creator and exec producer of, among others, Sex and the City and Melrose Place -- has AB ... More >>

From the Comments: The Problem With The Good Guys Before It Goes on Summer Vacay

Fox Broadcasting CompanyBradley Whitford, Matt Nix and Colin Hanks, out selling The Good Guys to TV critics in L.A. today​Back in May, FOX higher-ups spoke glowingly of the locally shot The Good Guys, which wraps its "summer season" tonight; said the network's entertainment president, pairing it w ... More >>

News & Notes: Superman's Away, Southwest Airlines Finds God and a Good Guys Pick

Dallas Independent School DistrictFrom Mayor Tom's Back to School Fair press conference Thursday, your Sunday-morning caption contestant​Some random notes while I attempt to get myself out of a murky land deal:Dallas Theater Center's revisal of It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman closes ... More >>

Lonestar Finds an Exec Producer (and Director): The Dead Guy from Thirtysomething

​Developer Jack Matthews has promised to chat more this week about his movie and teevee production facility in the Cedars -- just as soon as he returns from his summer vacay. For now, though, he says this via e-mail: "We have been working on this many years ... however what you see in the agenda i ... More >>

Good Guys, Not Good Ratings

If nothing else last night's Good Guys made me crave some of the city's best barbecue -- see Mac's sign behind Bradley Whitford.​Last night's episode of The Good Guys, "The Broken Door Theory," is on the other side for those who missed it -- and, says Uncle Barky, quite a few of you most definitel ... More >>

This Morning, Mayor Tom Met the Cast of The Good Guys, And They All Had a Good Schvitz

Photos by Patrick MichelsBradley Whitford, Colin Hanks and Mayor Tom Leppert on the steps of the Dallas Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Cathedral, Library & Museum this morning​I pulled into the parking lot of the Dallas Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Cathedral, Library & Museum at Harwood and ... More >>

For a Moment (Or Two), FOX Considered Shooting Lonestar in Austin. But Then ...

What you see above is the trailer for Lonestar that FOX Broadcasting posted a few days ago. The pilot, as you surely know by now, was filmed here this spring as Midland with (500) Days of Summer's Marc Webb directing. And I was going to post this yesterday. But Wednesday morning I heard from an acqu ... More >>

Um, Did You Watch The Good Guys Last Night?

Phil McCarten/PictureGroup for FOXGood Guys Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford with their sweet ride at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on Tuesday​Entertainment Weekly has taken a look at the early numbers for last night's sneak peek at FOX's shooting-here series about mismatched Dalla ... More >>

Dallas Is the New L.A.: Chase and Lonestar Will Shoot Here. And, Bonus Good Guys Episodes!

Bradley, if yer sticking 'round through the summer, I sure hope that Trans Am has a good air conditioner.​Networks won't officially announce which pilots will be turned into full-fledged series till next week's upfronts. But two days after NBC surprised absolutely no one by picking up Jerry Bruckh ... More >>

News & Notes: Back to Paddling, Golf With a Porn Star, More Good Guys and the Sex Pistols

Bradley Whitford in Deep Ellum in The Good Guys pilot​A few Friday follow-ups, beginning with:ABC News has picked up on Gilbert Leal's mission to bring paddling back to the Dallas Independent School District -- despite the fact that the school board and the super ain't too interested in handing ou ... More >>

Two Weeks Before Its Debut, Two Behind-the-Scenes Looks at FOX's The Good Guys

I did not know you could park next to Henry Moore's Vertebra in Three Pieces in front of City Hall.​Surely you're aware by now: The Good Guys, filming here till July, makes its sneak-premiere two weeks from tonight at 7 on FOX. From the sound of the e-mails we get almost every day, most of the Fri ... More >>

New York Times Visits With The Good Guys Three Weeks Before Premiere

​Dunno how I missed this, but in the Sunday New York Times there was a piece about FOX's The Good Guys, which, if I'm not mistaken, is shooting at a certain landmark hotel just down the street from Unfair Park HQ today. Ah, and The Times story was written by none other than a former Dallas Times H ... More >>

Yet Another Teasing Look at FOX's Shot-in-Dallas Cop Show The Good Guys

​Still waiting on The Official Online Trailer for FOX's The Good Guys, which'll be shooting 'round town till July. But one week after we brought you the 45-second clip airing on the network, a Friend of Unfair Park sends word that a second, shorter and altogether different teaser has found its way ... More >>

In Case You Were Wondering Where The Good Guys Is Set, a New Publicity Still

​That's what I get for not watching American Idol: A Friend of Unfair Park, who suggested I become a fan of The Good Guys on Facebook (and ... done), sends word that a promo for the FOX series starring Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks as Dallas cops aired during the talent show last week. First I' ... More >>

Shot-in-Dallas Buddy-Cop Show For FOX Gets New Logo to Go With New Name

​More than a few Friends of Unfair Park were unimpressed with the decision made earlier this month to rename Code 58 -- the buddy-cop dramedy currently shooting 'round town with Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks -- to The Good Guys. Nevertheless, that's the title FOX and creator Matt Nix are sticki ... More >>

"Jerry's Never Seen a One-Dollar Bill In His Life!" and Other News and Random Notes

​One of the two parking-garage exits here at Unfair Park HQ's frozen over; explains why the office is now holiday empty. But before I quit it, a few items of interest to keep you warm:USA Today profiles NBA All-Star Weekend co-host Mark Cuban, who's, like, mellowed in recent years; hence his burge ... More >>

The Cop 'Stache, Already In Vogue in the 1890s

​Yesterday, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK wondered if I'd received the vintage Dallas cop photo he found for sale on eBay. Nope, had not. Which got me to looking. And, voila: I found this original cabinet card (taken at a photo studio downtown) featuring a Dallas Police officer that dates back to t ... More >>

How Did Code 58 End Up Shooting In Dallas? Because It Looks Like a '70s Cop Show Set.

All photos by Patrick MichelsMatt Nix, Code 58's writer and creator, with director Tim Matheson on the set this morning​Like I said Sunday, we'll have much more about Code 58 in the paper version of Unfair Park the closer we get to the series' debut on FOX. But this morning, I went back to Fair Pa ... More >>

Is Another TV Show About to Start Shooting in Dallas? Right Now, No One's Saying. Officially.

​Rumor 'round town is that another TV show's setting up production offices in Dallas -- this one, from the man responsible for everything from Armageddon and Top Gun to the C.S.I. franchise, among his myriad hit teevee shows. And, yes, that's one Jerry Bruckheinmer, the man who once told me he mak ... More >>

Advertisements for Itself: Or, Dallas Is Great City in Which to "Jump on the Hood of a Car"

Burn Notice creator Matt NIx, also responsible for the working-titled Code 58​Just a quick follow-up about Code 58, the FOX buddy-cop series set to shoot here beginning January 26 with Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks. Yes, yes, as the great Ed Bark noted yesterday on something called LocateTV.com ... More >>

Code 58: Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford Will Play Dallas Detectives in FOX's New Series

​Shooting starts January 26 on Code 58, the FOX series formerly known as Jack and Dan that will star, among others, Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford. Unlike ABC's The Deep End, which premieres January 21 and turns Dallas into Los Angeles, this one will be very local. As in, per FOX's release this ... More >>

If You See Eric Stratton Around Town in January, Don't Invite Him to Your Toga Party

​Couple of weeks back we broke the news that Fox TV Studios had decided to shoot Jack and Dan -- a new hour-long buddy-cop action-comedy starring Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks -- in Dallas. Pre-production's well under way, with shooting set to begin in January. Don't know how we missed this Hol ... More >>

Dallas Lands New Fox Series Starring Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford as Cops

Bradley Whitford​Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission, breaks the big news: "We have landed the Fox TV Studios production Jack and Dan." Which, for those who don't read The Hollywood Reporter, is the latest series from Burn Notice creator and exec producer Matt Nix. And it's set to s ... More >>

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