ABC announced Tuesday that Roseanne will be returning in 2018. The eight-episode Roseanne reboot reunites the entire original Roseanne cast–Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), John Goodman (Dan), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Michael Fishman (D.J.) and Lecy Goranson (Becky)– and will air in 2018. Sarah Chalke, who played the character Becky in later seasons, will also appear in…
When I heard that ABC was going to do an eight-hour miniseries about the gay rights movement – a sort of Roots for the gays – I was shocked. Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for writing Milk, was shocked, too, when he found out ABC was asking for LGBT-themed pitches. But he went…
When We Rise, the recent mini-series covering the LGBT civil rights movement should have been entitled The Cleve Jones Story but then even fewer people would have watched. Jones has been a figure in several events during the struggle for LGBT rights, but as with any autobiographical work, the author has an inability to really…
The first trailer for Dan Savage’s highly anticipated sitcom The Real O’Neals has been released. The Real O’Neals is billed as a fresh take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone…
Bruce Jenner has come out as transgender. The 65-year-old made the revelation during a special with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s “20/20” Friday night, reports The Huffington Post. “I’m me. I’m a person. This is who I am. I’m not stuck in anybody’s body.My brain is much more female than male,” he said. “For all intents…
dvr this ABC, Thursdays, 10 p.m. Shonda Rhimes’ new show is more Scandal than Gray’s Anatomy, and that’s perfect fine with me. Led by two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis as a brilliant, cynical and sexy law professor, the show revolves around her cases and her students who help her win them. Everyone is morally and…
Ideology and a vast age gap mark public attitudes about gay marriage, supported in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll by 77 percent of adults under age 30 – vs. just half as many seniors. Most Americans overall, 56 percent, support allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, not significantly different from the all-time high,…
dvr this The CW, Mondays, 8 p.m. While the CW is best known for soapy teen dramas, often with a supernatural twist, the also-ran network is not known for high quality. But it should be. The new sci-fi shows on TV this year have huge budgets on ABC and Fox, but they’re better written and…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Academy launched its Oscar season with a trailer starring show host Ellen DeGeneres and 250 tuxedo-clad men and women dancing to “The Walker” by indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums. The Oscars® will air Sunday, March 2, 2014, live on ABC. “I had the best time making this,” said…
dvr this ABC, Thursday, Nov. 28, 9:30 p.m. I don’t think much needs to be said why you need to record Lady Gaga & the Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular because all you need to know is: Lady Gaga and the Muppets. I could drop the microphone right now. If I had one. Anyway, based on reports…
