Baltimore writer-producers David Simon and Ed Burns will shift their
TV storytelling focus this summer from the failed war on drugs in
Baltimore to the American invasion of Iraq – just as they are
finishing the final season of
HBO’s acclaimed drama “The Wire.”
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Television is talking money, money, money this spring, and tens of
millions of viewers are clearly listening.
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All the talk these days about how the era of the anchorman has ended
amuses Jim Lehrer.
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June may be the month of brides, but this is the month of television finales.
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It might not be as headline-grabbing as the coming out of Ellen
DeGeneres’ character on
ABC’s “Ellen” six years ago, or, perhaps,
even the kiss shared by gay partners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
during
CBS’ Tony Awards telecast to celebrate their award for the
songs in “Hairspray.”
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It was a very good year for television viewers.
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It is called “camera in a box,” or the “talking head video reporter.”
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The taxicab pulls up in the driveway of a rambling, ivy-covered,
two-story Cape Cod home painted picket-fence white.
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Tom Fontana, executive producer of “Homicide: Life on the Street,”
had a year-end message for fans of the show: Things are going to get
better in 1999.
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Is the birth of Baby Buchman going to be the death of a once great sitcom?
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