Big screen plans for T.J. Hooker

July 7, 2009  Filed Under News, 5 Comments » 

Now for those of you who have never heard of it, T.J. Hooker was little bit of action in the 80s when shows like The A Team, Simon and Simon and Dukes of Hazzard were around. It paired William Shatner in a post-Star Trek role alongside a pre-Melrose Heather Locklear as cops from Lake City Police Department.

Now it is reportedly headed for the bigscreen as an action comedy with David Foster, Ryan Heppe and series creator Rick Husky producing. History has never been especially kind to the show, looked upon as …

Gallery: TV art

April 12, 2009  Filed Under News, 3 Comments » 

Here’s a selection of some fantastic television-inspired artwork that can be seen at the website Idiot Box 88.

These are great interpretations of classic US television shows including Lost, The X Files, Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, The Munsters, The A Team, Married with Children, Magnum, Ren and Stimpy, Fraggle Rock, and The Golden Girls.

You can check out a whole lot more of the designs here (there’s an awful lot of Alf!)….

9021OMG

September 4, 2008  Filed Under News, 15 Comments » 

90210 launched yesterday in the US yesterday and delivered the highest rated series premiere ever for the CW network in the 18-49 demographic.

Reviewers (y’know the ones who never got to see it ahead of time) acknowledged it stirred some nostalgia within them, with some occasional flashes of wit, and talked up its flashy look. But they weren’t so hot on the storytelling yet. It’s even said to be a little bit tame compared to Gossip Girl.

TEN’s chief programming officer, David Mott, is upbeat at the audience response in the US saying, …