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  • Music

    May 17, 2012

    Preview: Todd Barry at Sons of Hermann Hall

    Thursday, May 17, at Sons of Hermann Hall

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Come Watch Top Chef: Texas With City of Ate at La Grange

    ​Bravo will premiere the newest and Texiest season of Top Chef tomorrow at 9 p.m. After weeks months of bitching about reporting on the show, your tax dollars and some quirky contestants, we're ready to watch each episode closely. We're even ready to booze it up while we do it. Want to join ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    City's Gas Drilling Task Force Makes Its Official Bow With Vow to Protect Citizens of Dallas

    Photos by Leslie MinoraLois Finkelman and task force member David Sterling at today's introductory meeting​Today's first meeting of the city's gas drilling task force meeting played out like the pilot episode of a new TV series: It laid out the basic plot line without giving away too much. Which i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Ready For The Voice's Season Finale? Well, How About Some Local Connections To The Show?

    ​Confession time, y'all: I've been watching The Voice on NBC all season long. Kind of loving it, too. And why not? It's like the perfect blend of American Idol and Made. (Speaking of Made: I highly recommend trying to catch a re-run of Play-N-Skillz's recently aired episode of that show, especiall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Jennie Kelley's Monday Night MasterChef Debut

    Jennie Kelley​Dallasite Jennie Kelley, one of the leading warblers in the 22-member Polyphonic Spree, certainly knows a thing or two about co-habitating in a large group and quietly biding her time for her moment to shine. Now the focus shifts from a concert hall to a TV kitchen on the show M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    NBC Ending Its Chase Earlier Than Expected

    Courtesy NBC UniversalCole Hauser and Kelli Giddish on a West End rooftop in last week's episode of Chase​Back in October, NBC made the rather surprising announcement that it was picking up the locally shot Chase for an entire season -- 22 episodes, boom. It was surprising given that ratings for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    So You Think You Can Cook: MasterChef Dishes Up a Chance to Embarrass Yourself

    And here's what Gordon Ramsay thinks of your tuna casserole.​A recent City of Ate post announcing Food Network's upcoming Dallas casting call has been hanging around in the most-viewed story list this week, so y'all are probably keen to learn about another chance for TV stardom. MasterChef, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    After The Hangover: Lone Star Creator Kyle Killen Talks About The End (For Now?) of His Canceled (Or Not?) FOX Series

    Courtesy FOX BroadcastingKyle Killen and Eloise Mumford on the set of the pilot episode of Lone Star (back when it was known as Midland)​Kyle Killen began yesterday in Covington, about 90 minutes southwest of Dallas on U.S. 67. He was on the set of Lone Star, of course, his FOX series about the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Craig Watkins Is Ready for His Close-Up

    I winced when asked to screen an advance copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend that is Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. It took Henry Wade decades in office to achieve legendary notoriety, but with the global media fawning ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Jesus, Lisa Garza, Just Win This Goddamned Thing Already

    I winced when asked to screen an advance copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend that is Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. It took Henry Wade decades in office to achieve legendary notoriety, but with the global media fawning ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    On the Chopping Block: Or, How's That Food Network Star Thing Going?

    I winced when asked to screen an advance copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend that is Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. It took Henry Wade decades in office to achieve legendary notoriety, but with the global media fawning ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Old People Just Love J.J. Pearce's High School Reunion!

    I winced when asked to screen an advance copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend that is Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. It took Henry Wade decades in office to achieve legendary notoriety, but with the global media fawning ove ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    October 4, 2007

    What Else is New?

    DVD releases for the week of October 2

  • Home Entertainment

    June 7, 2007

    Our top DVD picks for the week of June 6

    DVD releases for the week of October 2

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2007
  • Home Entertainment

    April 5, 2007

    The Big Valley

    DVD releases for the week of October 2

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2006

    Mourning News

    DVD releases for the week of October 2

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2006

    Stolen Moments

    A steak and a rodent drive statewide

  • Home Entertainment

    February 2, 2006

    Like Star Trek With Worms

    A steak and a rodent drive statewide

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Table Dance

    Plus: The Benefactor...of pure comedy

  • Culture

    January 1, 2004

    Depress Tour

    I coulda sworn I was there when they turned on the TV

  • Culture

    October 23, 2003

    The Boss

    In David Brent's The Office, it's better to be popular than competent

  • Culture

    September 4, 2003

    Start Making Sense

    Alias' creator tries--one more time--to make a hit out of a near miss

  • Culture

    July 31, 2003

    You, Spy

    Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2003

    Gravy Train

    Never mind the bleeps, here comes The Osbournes

  • Culture

    July 18, 2002

    After M*A*S*H

    Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

  • Culture

    February 21, 2002

    Flunk You

    If Fox expels Undeclared, blame everyone but Judd Apatow

  • Culture

    February 14, 2002

    Net Loss

    The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

  • Culture

    November 1, 2001

    Hell of a Long Day

    24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

  • Culture

    August 30, 2001

    Back to School

    Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm

  • Culture

    May 3, 2001

    Shoot Straight

    Chris Carter considers the futures of X-Files and Lone Gunmen

  • Culture

    December 28, 2000

    Blow Up the Box

    TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2000

    Crazy Like Fox

    The future of Fox

  • Calendar

    October 26, 2000

    School's Out

    This substitute doesn't make the grade

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2000

    Downey in the Dumps

    From prison to another hellhole

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2000

    Angel, Low To The Ground

    Fox hits another iceberg

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2000

    Opposite of good

    Fox tries to reheat a summer series

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Buzz

    Bark, don't bite

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Reel power

    Dallas-based Regent Entertainment vies to become a Hollywood player, and it's off to an Oscar-winning start

  • Calendar

    March 19, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 19-25, 1998

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