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A Sweet 16 for ‘The Simpsons’

News TV Features By Angela Dawson|December 6, 2013 |0

By a Front Row Features Staff Reporter Just in time for holiday shopping, the 16th season of “The Simpsons,” has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. This season originally ran on Fox from November 2004 through May of 2005. Professor Frink, Springfield’s beaver-toothed, slightly muddled mad scientist char [...]

Former Film Journalist Cole Haddon Takes a Stab at ‘Dracula’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|October 23, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Let me start with a disclaimer: I’ve known Cole Haddon, the creator and co-executive producer of the new NBC series “Dracula,” premiering at 10 p.m./9 Central Friday, Oct. 25, for many years. I sat with him at roundtables and press conferences at vari [...]

Robin Williams: Still ‘Crazy’ After All These Years

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|September 22, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—More than three decades after he crash landed a space ship on “Mork & Mindy,” launching a meteoric career, Robin Williams returns to the small screen in the new TV series “The Crazy Ones.” This time around, Williams, who went on to become both a [...]

American Masters: Billie Jean King

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 9, 2013 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to sum up what Billie Jean King attained in her career as one of the great tennis players of all time, and in her private life fighting for social change and equality. But PBS’ “American Masters” is up to the task, spot [...]

‘Downton Abbey’ Actresses Talk on Upcoming Season

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|August 14, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Cast members of the hit British TV series “Downton Abbey” were on hand here for the Television Critics Association Summer Tour. Among them were Michelle Dockery, who plays the impossibly proper Lady Mary Crawley, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Dow [...]

‘Downton Abbey’ Creator and Cast Talk Season Four

TV Features By Angela Dawson|June 25, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Production on the fourth season of the wildly popular British period soap opera “Downton Abbey” is under way, but show creator Julian Fellowes and some of the stars stole some time away from the set to talk about what TV viewers can expect now that tw [...]

Douglas and Damon Glam Up in ‘Candelabra’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|May 21, 2013 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Oscar winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are best known for their performances on the big screen, playing fictional red-blooded heterosexual characters. As a change of pace, the two renowned actors co-star in the provocative TV mov [...]

Billy Campbell Takes On Lincoln

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|February 14, 2013 |1

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Based on Bill O’Reilly’s phenomenally successful book of the same name, “Killing Lincoln” premieres on the National Geographic Channel Sunday, February 17 at 8 p.m., coinciding with Presidents Day weekend. Taking on the formidabl [...]

Katharine McPhee Makes a ‘Smash’ Encore

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|February 6, 2013 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The second season of the hit musical drama series “Smash,” returns Tuesday, February 5, picking up where the debut series left off with a two-hour premiere. The second season kicks off with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson playing a Tony winning Broadway st [...]

Keri Russell Says ‘Da’ to ‘The Americans’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 29, 2013 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Television viewers were first introduced to Keri Russell when she was chosen by J.J. Abrams to star in the title role of “Felicity,” a college student attending the University of New York. Her new character, Elizabeth Jennings on the F/X ser [...]