Monthly Archives: May 2018

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 404 with guests Neil Sandilands, Lili Bordan and Lisa Hackett is now available online for listening on demand

Show No. 404 with guests Neil Sandilands, Lili Bordán and Lisa Hackett Original Airdate: May 11-14, 2018 First hour: Actress Lili Bordán (Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, The River, Max’s Midnight Movies) talks to Ed about filming the crime thriller … Continue reading

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via The Wrap: Actress Margot Kidder dies at age 69

https://www.thewrap.com/margot-kidder-superman-actress-dead-at-69/

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via Deadline: FOX picks up Last Man Standing, one year after the Tim Allen sitcom had been canceled by ABC

http://deadline.com/2018/05/last-man-fox-seventh-season-tim-allen-1202388669/

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via TVLine: Hulu reportedly decides not to pick up Brooklyn Nine-Nine; ABC cancels Quantico, Designated Survivor, Deception, The Crossing, Ten Days in the Valley and several other shows

http://tvline.com/category/cancellations/  

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via @LorraineAli, TV critic of @latimes: While some viewers may have been offended by the “Muslim panic episode” (as this week’s segment of Roseanne has come to be known), because the episode ultimately makes Roseanne Connor’s bigoted rhetoric the butt of the joke (just as All in the Family did forty years ago), it serves a purpose

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-critics-notebook-roseanne-20180509-story.html

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via Forbes: TV critic Toni Fitzgerald with a breakdown of where each network stands heading into next week’s TV upfronts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2018/05/11/whats-canceled-and-renewed-the-ultimate-guide-to-the-2018-upfront-presentations/#ae264f74634d

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via @CNN: Discerning lessons about the success of ABC’s reboot of Roseanne is no mean feat, given the myriad factors behind its strong start and recent dip

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/08/media/roseanne-effect-upffronts/index.html

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The Thinker, The Dancer, and Buddy Hackett’s Daughter: Next on TVC

Actors Neil Sandilands and Lili Bordan will join us this weekend, along with Lisa Hackett, daughter of Buddy Hackett, on a brand new edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 11-14 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco … Continue reading

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via Deadline: FOX cancels Brooklyn Nine-Nine after five seasons, though scuttlebutt says that Hulu might pick up the series after an outpour of fan reaction

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ May Find New Home; Hulu, Others Eye Fox Comedy Amid Massive Outpouring After Cancellation

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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: William J. Jankowski, co-author, along with Patty Duke, of In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress, the final book by the Oscar-winning and Emmy-winning actress and her final gift to her fans. The story of Bill’s friendship with Duke is amazing in and of itself

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