A true child of television, David Hiltbrand spent his childhood in Brooklyn in front of the set watching Sky King and Roy Rogers. He wanted to grow up to be Peter Gunn or T. Hewitt Edward Cat, but instead became an entertainment writer. Hiltbrand is the author of the Jim McNamara mystery series.
His column "Dave on Demand" appears every week in Saturday ReViews.
Whatever you do, do not accept delivery of The Box, a package that doesn't know where it is going nor how to get there.
As much as I enjoyed the actual games, a part of me couldn't wait for the World Series to be over.
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It hasn't exactly been a banner season for TV drama. The only breakout hit has been NCIS: Los Angeles, a rather formulaic spin-off of a rather formulaic show.
- … the cast of "Glee"? Picking singers to deliver the anthem at the World Series - the young TV stars are in the spotlight tonight - is a complicated game.Here to honor America - the cast of Glee? When the World Series resumes at Citizens Bank Park tonight, the young actors from the Fox TV series will be singing the national anthem.
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Thanks for coming to the parents-teachers conference. The fact that you've taken time out of your busy schedules to be here is proof of how devoted you are to helping your children succeed.
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One of the appeals of TV is that it's not demanding. You can tune in and zone out. It's the opiate of the people.
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Art & Copy
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Directed by Doug Pray. With Lee Clow, Dan Wieden, David Kennedy, Phyllis K. Robinson, Hal Riney and George Lois. No MPAA rating. 1 hour, 29 mins. Playing at: Ritz at the Bourse.
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Julie Bowen apologizes for conducting an interview from Los Angeles on her car phone. "This is pretty much the only time I can call," the actress says.
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Mendte seeks to get back on TV with 'Coming Clean'
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Can you handle the truth? Larry Mendte wants to know. The former CBS3 anchor, dismissed from the station in 2008 for tapping into coanchor Alycia Lane's e-mail, is trying to get back on the air as the host of a proposed TV series titled Coming Clean.
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Has Dancing With the Stars lost its luster? Sure, ABC's dance-off registered a bump in its most recent episode: a respectable 13 million viewers for Tuesday's results show.
- In the time it takes you to read this sentence, W.E.B. Griffin will have written another novel. Preposterous, you say? Perhaps. But only because of the physical limitations of typing.
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For the most part, I don't watch awards shows anymore. And judging by their shrinking audience numbers, neither does anyone else.
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