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Three Years Later, Billy Reid Brings the Warehouse Sale Back to Deep Ellum. Like, Now.

​Three long years ago the frugally fashionable bid farewell to the Billy Reid corporate offices on Canton, which adiosed to Alabama with one last warehouse-purging sale offering Best-of-Dallas-winning bargains. After that the sale moved to its NorthPark Center shoppe, and things were never the sam ... More >>

Well, Look Who's Part on Breaking Bad Just Got a Little Bigger: Kitchen Dog's Tina Parker

The great Will Clarke hipped us to this sneak peek at Breaking Bad, which returns Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC. The reason Will's so excited: The above clip features none other than Kitchen Dog Theater's co-artistic director Tina Parker, who's had bit parts on the meth-addled thriller since its second se ... More >>

City Hall Says: Well, Of Course TNT's Next-Generation Dallas Is Shooting in Dallas

The next-gen Ewings live downtown, which is why they needed that studio in the Cedars.​Unlike, say, the release below, the one that just landed in the Unfair Park in-box is far less surprising: TNT will indeed shoot Dallas in Dallas. Specifically, the Warner Horizon-produced series, which was form ... More >>

The Five Best and Five Worst Bands at The 2011 Vans Warped Tour

Rachel ParkerNo one on the corner has swagger like Warped Tour.​In the sweltering summer sun yesterday, punk and metal fans both young and old headed to Gexa Energy Pavilion to catch the annual mass of humanity known as the Vans Warped Tour. Out of the bands that this reporter got to witness at t ... More >>

Head of Dallas Film Commission on Why City Needs (To Pay For) Larger Production Studio

2901 S. Lamar, site of the would-be TV and film production facility that would be used for Dallas if TNT picks it up and Warner Horizon decides to film it here​On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote on whether or not to give Jack Matthews's CCH Lamar Partners that $235,000 economic develo ... More >>

In Other Economic Developments, The City Wants To Turn City Lights Back On. And: Dallas Wants Dallas to Furnish a Studio, Apparently.

The old George Dahl library in a cleaned-up rendering found in Monday's briefing​First off, as promised yesterday, here's that Statler Hilton update, which was posted last night to the city's website as the cumbersomely titled Filling in the Missing Pieces Downtown Upcoming Redevelopment Projects ... More >>

A Sports-Heavy Placement Weekend For Old 97's, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

​It's a good time of the year to be a sports fan. The NBA playoffs are under way, the baseball season has begun, and -- yes! -- the final season of Friday Night Lights is back on NBC.And, would you know it, two of those things showcased some local music this weekend.First, on Friday night, during ... More >>

ABC Test Pilot Known (For Now, Anyway) As Good Christian Bitches Will Shoot in Dallas

​A couple of weeks back, ABC-TV publicist Erin Felentzer, who handles the network's drama schedule, told us she wasn't sure where Sex and the City creator Darren Star's adaptation of Kim Gatlin's book Good Christian Bitches would shoot. She also said it wasn't getting a full-blown tryout, only a p ... More >>

In TV Series News: Dallas Is Coming to Look at Dallas. And: ABC Gives Bitches an Order.

Patrick MichelsLarry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray at Southfork Ranch at the Dallas reunion in November '08​The teevee networks, major and minor and cable and otherwise, are starting to slow-roll-out their next-season pilots. And two, very specifically, affect Dallas -- which would love to ... More >>

Terrence Malick Shot Tree of Life All Over Texas. Including, Turns Out, in Downtown Dallas.

The view of the Chapel of Thanksgiving that appears, briefly, in the new Tree of Life trailer​Last night, in the comments of the Good Guys-are-gone item, Friend of Unfair Park "Urban Observer" observed: At the 1:39-minute mark of the just-released trailer for writer-director Terrence Malick's looo ... 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 >>

Auctioning Off Seven Good Guys Goody Backpacks for North Texas Food Bank

On the side of the hat it reads: "SEASON 1 DALLAS"; on the back it says, "Let's Go Bust Some Punks."​Before the auction, an update of sorts: This afternoon I got an e-mail from Michael Roach, the FOX Broadcasting publicist charged with publicizing The Good Guys. I'd sent him a note Saturday about ... 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 >>

Watch: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights' New Music Video For "Gypsy Woman"

​Bright and early this morning, Blender.com went ahead and debuted the second music video from Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights' major label debut, Pardon Me -- but the song the video is for isn't really a new song at all. Nope, "Gypsy Woman," the album's second single, has been JT and Co. ... More >>

In Case You're Wondering About that Explosion Near Dallas City Hall This Morning ...

Courtesy Janis Burklund​... it was -- you guessed it -- yet another Good Guys blow-em-up. This one took place at Young and St. Paul bright and early this a.m. -- had to, since most of the city council, including Mayor Tom, attended this morning's 'sploding. Why the VIP turnout? Today's the penulti ... More >>

The Good Guys' Reboot Is About to Kick In. But Its Ratings Could Really Use the Boost.

Courtesy FOX BroadcastingCan I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.​Now, apparently, it's time for our semi-regular Good Guys update. I haven't yet watched Friday night's episode (I was here, Section 314, the only guy in a tie), but the wife watched -- big Gary Cole and Elbow Room f ... 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 >>

Captain Kirk and Doc Brown Are Coming to Town. And to the List, Add Draco Malfoy.

​A Friend of Unfair Park who knows where to find me October 23 -- the Plano Center -- suggests I think again. Because, see, I had plans to take the 7-year-old who lives in my house to meet and greet one William Shatner, who's been booked for months to appear at the Star Trek Fan Days event. Also o ... More >>

Dallas Stars Suggest Dish Subscribers Might Just Wanna Go Ahead and Switch Services Now

If you don't want to miss The Razor, DISH-watchers, might wanna switch services now.​Speaking of FOX ...By now even non-Dish Network-ers are aware of the ongoing spat between FOX and Dish over carriage fees, which resulted in FOX's yanking off the Dish its 19 regional sports nets on October 1, inc ... 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 >>

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 >>

Jack Matthews Talks For the First Time About In-the-Works TV, Movie Studio in the Cedars

Sam MertenJack Matthews​Back in June we noticed there were plans afoot to build a 150,000-square foot teevee and movie production facility at 2901 S. Lamar Street -- in a warehouse owned by a partnership that includes South Side on Lamar and convention center hotel developer Jack Matthews. The $40 ... More >>

Extra, Extras: Chase, Friday Night Lights and Clay Liford's New Movie Need Warm Bodies

NBC UniversalJerry Bruckheimer's Chase begins shooting around town tomorrow.​If you've ever dreamed of working long hours for no pay and don't want to go into journalism, then gather 'round ...NBC's Chase, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starts shooting in and around Dallas tomorrow, and while it w ... More >>

Developer Jack Matthews Among Those Partnering to Build Movie, TV Studio in Cedars

​For weeks we've wondered: When will Dallas get around to building an honest-to-God movie-television production facility? Because the city's filling up with shows, but production companies have scant options: Fair Park, which The Good Guys will have to adios upon its August return (fingers crossed ... 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 >>

Sure, Now We Discover "David From Dallas" And His Work. Right Before He Leaves.

Famous Dog Walker by David Soams​Yesterday, good Friend of Unfair Park IgnoreLander shot me a link to the Flickr photostream of one "davidfromdallas." He also included this note: "Not sure if Dave really is from Dallas, but I came across this guy during some random Web surfing. Might be someone to ... More >>

Why Today's Press Conference Wasn't About What It Was Supposed To Be About

Photos by Patrick MichelsGovernor Rick Perry, Fox TV veep Jim Sharp and state Sen. Royce West at City Hall about an hour ago​So. Patrick and I just returned from the press conference in the Flag Room at City Hall, where quite the bold-faced crowd gathered for Coyote Slim's big announcement with Ma ... More >>

Tune In Tomorrow, as Governor and Mayor Announce Yet Another TV Show Filming Here

Rachel PerryRick Perry will star in CBS's upcoming redo of Walker, Texas Ranger starring Noble Willingham and coyotes dressed as people.​The Texas Film Commission just sent word that tomorrow at 3 p.m., Mayor Tom Leppert and Governor Rick Perry will be joined by 20th Century Fox TV execs at Dallas ... 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 >>

If You Can't Wait Till Tomorrow Night to See The Good Guys, Here Are Seven (!) Clips

FOX has been sneak-peeking The Good Guys all over town in recent days -- at the Lakewood Theater Sunday, at a cast-and-crew viewing party last night -- in advance of its early-look tomorrow night. Early reviews have been good: Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker gives it a B-, but writes "it could set ... More >>

Series Made in Dallas Will Open, Close FOX's Weeknight Prime-Time Schedule This Fall

Fox Broadcasting Co.Jon Voight and James Wolk in Lonestar, which will shoot in Dallas beginning this summer​Like I said Thursday, Dallas will serve as the backdrop for three network TV series come summertime, an announcement made official this morning when FOX revealed its fall prime-time line-up ... 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 >>

News & Notes: Tom Hicks Is Almost Out of Liverpool (?), Cell Phones in School Zones ... and, Coming Soon, Balloon Dirk!

From Chris Howell's Sweet Science, which screens again at the DIFF Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Angelika​Some news and notes while we wrap up some wrap-ups:On Sunday we noted that U.K. reports have Tom Hicks this close to becoming a sports-team owner without a sports team. Overseas papers insist t ... 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 >>

If Dallas Is Starting to Feel Like One Big TV-Show Set, There's a Good Reason

Woodrow principal Ruth Allen Vail and Jesse Metcalfe​Today's the day FOX's Midland starts shooting in and around Dallas, with (500) Days of Summer's Marc Webb directing, Up in the Air and Juno's Eric Steelberg shooting, Jon Voight and David Keith co-starring and In Good Company's Paul Weitz exec p ... More >>

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