The Loquacious Limey

After tossing it all over the schedules like a grenade with the pin taken out, Fox has finally borrowed the nerve to [effectively] kill-off the Brad Garrett vehicle, “Til Death.” It’s been pulled from the schedules, effective today, and is supposed to return after November’s sweeps. But I don’t recommend holding your breath.
Mr. Garrett is [...]

NBC Direct, the “free” service from NBC that lets you download full episodes of shows like The Office, 30 Rock, Las Vegas, Biggest Loser and more, has opened on NBC’s main site.
Currently in that annoying cop-out known as “Beta,” and originally scheduled to open last month, the new video service lets you download NBC shows [...]

After yesterday’s malevolent demands by the AMPTP that every word a Writer may have even contemplated committing to paper belonged to them and must be surrendered immediately or incur a Fatwah, we reach another low-point in the course of any strike; The Opportunists.
The picket lines on the East Coast are rapidly becoming clogged and in [...]

Well, it’s on. As of 12.01am PT today, WGA members downed tools and formed a picket line. This could be long, and will certainly be both costly and acrimonious. But the political camps are already seizing on the strike as a platform for their own campaigns; Sen. Barack Obama, [D-Ill.,] already declared his position and [...]

Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 a.m. PT on Monday.
The walkout will be the first in 20 years. The last one [...]