Tag Archives: television

Ralph From Green Acres Dies At 89

Actress Mary Grace Canfield, best known for her butch-lite handywoman character Ralph on Green Acres, has died at the age of 89. The cause was lung cancer, her daughter Phoebe Alexiades said. On “Green Acres,” Canfield was Ralph Monroe, who, with her brother Alf, was perennially working on the bedroom of a city slicker couple (Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor) …

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Jimmy Fallon Debuts On Tonight Show

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Tom Daley On Splash!

So there’s a British show called Splash! which could be retitled Diving With The Stars as low-wattage celebs are paired with actual competitive divers. In yesterday’s show, recently out Olympian Tom Daley competed with reality star/model Dan Osborne, prompting the host to suggest that viewers take screenshots to save on their computers. Versions of Splash! have run in 22 countries …

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SPOILER: Downton Abbey

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Comcast To Buy Time-Warner Cable

Comcast announced today that it will buy Time-Warner Cable in an $45B all-stock deal. Whoa. The friendly takeover comes as a surprise after months of public pursuit of Time Warner Cable by smaller rival Charter Communications Inc, and immediately raised questions as to whether it would pass the scrutiny of anti-trust regulators. Comcast will pay $158.82 per share, which is …

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Fox News Diversity

This is getting passed around on Facebook this week, but I haven’t found its original source.

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Comedian Sid Caesar Dies At 91

Via the New York Times: Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and comedy writers, died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 91. His death was announced by Eddy Friedfeld, a family spokesman. Mr. Caesar largely faded from the …

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SPOILER: Downton Abbey

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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NBC Edits Out IOC Anti-Discrimination Statement From Opening Ceremony

Deadspin has what may be the biggest scoop of last night’s opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics, noting that NBC edited out IOC president Thomas Bach making a “strong statement against ‘any form of discrimination’ and in favor of tolerance.” Everybody else in the world heard Bach’s statement, but Americans did not.  Below is the edited-out portion of the speech. …

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TV’s First Lesbian Zombie Kiss

Really dumb.

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Jay Leno Says Goodbye

The Tea Party won’t like this part: “People say to me, ‘Why didn’t you go to ABC, to Fox?’ I don’t know anybody over there. These are the only people I have ever known. I’m also proud to say, this is a union show. And I have never worked with a more professional group of people in my life. They …

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Britain’s Channel 4 Rebrands Logo During Olympics In Support Of Russian Gays

This is fantastic. Via the Guardian: Channel 4 is to rebrand its on-screen logo with rainbow colours of the gay pride flag – and launch a TV ad campaign called “Gay Mountain” – joining the rising wave of protests about Russia’s anti-gay laws on the eve of the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics. Channel 4, which has the TV …

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Disney Channel Update: Care.com Refuses To Reject Bigotry Of One Million Moms

On Friday, One Million Moms declared that they had successfully pressured Care.com into not advertising during the Disney Channel episode of Good Luck Charlie which introduced a family with lesbian moms. Care.com is a Massachusetts-based company that “helps families find child care, senior care, special needs care, tutoring, pet care, and housekeeping.” Last week the CEO from Care.com rang the …

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SPOILER: Downton Abbey

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Law & Order SVU Bear Casting Call

“Must be comfortable portraying burly gay men at a gay bar.” (Tipped by JMG reader Dean)

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CBS: We Didn’t Avoid Grammy Kissing

CBS has issued to a testy response to a Buzzfeed post which wondered why there no shots of the couples kissing after their wedding vows at the Grammys. CBS reacted defensively to the suggestion, and said that there had not been a decision to avoid showing same-sex kisses or any others. “It was a groundbreaking and inclusive moment on television …

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Disney Channel Introduces Lesbian Moms

One Million Moms to the fax machine, STAT! (Via Good As You)

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Rosie O’Donnell To Return To The View

But only for one show. For now. Sweeps tend to bring together the strangest bedfellows in pursuit of ratings. On February 7, The View will welcome back former co-host Rosie O’Donnell six years after her nuclear exit from the show amidst a reported feud with View co-host/executive producer Barbara Walters. Now the two will reunite in Walters’ final season on …

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Millions More Abandon Duck Dynasty

Details.

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One Million Moms Vs The Disney Channel

Just in via email: Joe, Alerting all parents! If “Good Luck Charlie” goes through with introducing LGBT content, then the floodgates will be opened for all programs on the Disney Channel – a trend that will be almost impossible to stop. An upcoming episode in this last season of “Good Luck Charlie” will feature a family with two moms, a …

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