In a advertising team-up with the networks, the next issue of TV Guide will feature a DVD glued to the front. The disc will include previews of the new and returning shows that’ll be airing this summer, in an attempt to get more viewers to tune in to the new, original programming.
The only catch: this DVD won’t be available to subscribers. If they want to watch it, they’ll have to buy a second copy of the magazine on the newsstand.
Yeah, that seems fair.
Not sure if many of you fine, fine readers are aware of this, but we have a sister blog that’s dedicated to the world of music, called Eat Sleep Drink Music (esdmusic.com). We’re launching this new game, see, where we blot out the name of an artist and the album title, and see if you can figure out what it is. Here are a few covers from this week’s installment.
Think you can get the rest? Then click here, and tell your friends. Good luck.
This morning, Katie Couric bid a tearful farewell to “The Today Show,” and, dammit, I even got a little misty…particularly when I realized that, now that she’ll be behind the anchor desk at “The CBS Evening News,” I won’t be able to see her legs, which always gave me a reason to get up in the morning…well, um, I mean, besides my wife and kid.
Ahem.
There were some very funny moments during the various clip segments that covered Couric’s entire tenure at the show, but somber moments appeared as well. In fact, when we were watching the various key news stories that she’d been a part of over the years, my wife observed sadly that “when (our daughter) gets to school, there’ll be so many things in her history book that we never would’ve imagined when we were her age.” Given that she made this comment as the screen showed clips from 9/11, Hurrricane Katrina, and the Columbine massacre, I dare say she didn’t mean it as a good thing.
Adding his name to the list of people who’ve come and gone from the cast of “Law & Order,” Dennis Farina – who plays Detective Joe Fontana – has announced that he will be leaving the show.
But, then, this is a show with a constantly rotating cast, and it has been from the get-go. Farina came on to replace the late Jerry Orbach’s character, Detective Lenny Briscoe…and Briscoe came in to replace Detective Phil Cerreta, who was played by Paul Sorvino. (And, lest we forget, Sorvino replaced George Dzundza, who played Detective Max Greevey.)
Who’ll be the next in line…? Time will tell.
Kevin Smith writes about a spoken word event that he held at his house to raise money for the arts program at his daughter’s private school.
I’ve said before that, as a writer, director, movie star, and comic book store owner, Kevin Smith is living the life that I want. But even I can’t imagine a life where Stan Lee, Eva Longoria, and Johnny Rotten are hanging out in my living room alongside Carrie Fisher, Eddie Izzard, and Kathy Bates…
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