ENTERTAINMENT
February 3, 2014 | By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Television Critic
If you felt like there was something missing from the "'Seinfeld' reunion" as it played on Sunday's Super Bowl, it's because there was. Some five minutes were cut from the complete version, a now-available episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," for which the Super Bowl spot served as an ad (and, by extension, as an ad for the series' sponsor, Acura). There are of course reasons, tens of millions of them, why the sketch, I think we can call it, did not run full-length during the football game - "As expensive as a Super Bowl minute" is a phrase I hereby trademark, if I can do that.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 2, 2014 | By Mary McNamara
Did Peyton Manning have something to do with that "Seinfeld" commercial? In the middle of a game in which the vaunted quarterback couldn't seem to make anything happen, the much-speculated upon "secret" "Seinfeld" Super Bowl project revealed itself to be both a mini-cast reunion and a commercial for Jerry Seinfeld's Web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. " Unfortunately, like the Broncos' quarterback, it had a hard time connecting. There they were, Jerry and George (Jason Alexander)
ENTERTAINMENT
February 1, 2014 | By Patrick Kevin Day
There will be a lot of numbers and statistics bandied about on this holiest of sports weekends, but none will be as crucial for you to remember as the time the Super Bowl is set to begin. For those living in the Pacific time zone, the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos will kick off at 3:30 p.m. PST on Sunday on Fox. But that isn't the only important time to remember for Sunday. For those wanting to make sitting in front of the TV an all-day affair, the Super Bowl love can begin at 9 a.m. Pacific with "Road to the Super Bowl," which is not a little-seen Bob Hope-Bing Crosby film but actually an hour-long look back at the season and how the Seahawks and Broncos came to play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Andre Braugher, of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Homicide: Life on the Street," narrates the NFL Films production.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 30, 2014 | By Patrick Kevin Day
A lot of TV talk this weekend will be devoted to the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, but that doesn't mean the rest of the NFL has been packed up and put into deep freeze until next fall. And nowhere is that more obvious than NBC, which aired the first interview with former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin since he left the team last October. Martin created headlines last fall when he abruptly left the Dolphins and reportedly checked himself into a Florida hospital to be treated for emotional distress.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 30, 2014 | By Meredith Blake
Could a "Seinfeld" reunion really be in the works? Well, it isn't not in the works, Jerry Seinfeld said Thursday in a giant tease of an interview with New York's WFAN radio station. Appearing on "Boomer & Carton," Seinfeld was asked about a photo taken on Jan. 13 of the comedian and his former "Seinfeld" co-star, Jason Alexander, standing outside Tom's Restaurant in New York's Upper West Side. As "Seinfeld" fans are well aware, the exterior of Tom's was used in establishing shots of the fictional Monk's Diner, Jerry and the gang's favorite greasy spoon. PHOTOS: Memorable TV series finales Understandably, the photo fueled speculation about what they were up to. Some thought they might be collaborating on a Super Bowl commercial; others theorized Seinfeld and Alexander were filming an episode of Seinfeld's popular Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 6, 2014 | By Patrick Kevin Day
Jerry Seinfeld apparently has teamed up with his "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David for a new project. But any more information than that will have to wait. Seinfeld participated in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Q&A on Monday to promote his new Web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. " During the online discussion , he was asked about his friendship with "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star David. Together, they once created one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 1990s: "Seinfeld. " In response to a question about the most mundane thing David and Seinfeld ever obsessed over, he wrote, "We never obsess over anything that isn't mundane.