Last summer CBS was flooded with letters from fans of AS THE WORLD TURNS who protested that two gay lovers had been shown kissing only twice. Many were young gay men and women who kept a tally of the weeks and days and hours since the initial embrace, and they spoke poignantly of the validation they felt whenever images of physical intimacy between gay couples turned up in popular culture. THE L WORD, whatever its absurdities, has listened to these voices actively.
Cameron Mathison Spreads His WingsThe actor recently joined GOOD MORNING AMERICA as a correspondent. He tells OK!, "I'm really excited. I'm now officially part of the GOOD MORNING AMERICA correspondent team. Obviously I love my gig on ALL MY CHILDREN, but it'll be kind of nice to focus on just these two, not jumping around killing myself."
INTERIVEW: Y&R's Christian J. LeBlanc (Fab at 50)"Listen, I'm not fighting the battle of 20 or 30 year old actors anymore. I don't want the roles they would get. There's a certain ageism about working in any aspect of this industry but me feeding into that won't make it better. I want to be the age I am. I want to be hired because "My God, he's too good to pass by." Everything else is going to disappear eventually no matter how hard you hold onto it."
Parents TV Council applauds the cancelation of SWINGTOWN
The conservative watchdog claims the show's lack of sponsors doomed the CBS summer series. CBS' Nina Tassler says the show was a risk worth taking.
NBC not ready to cancel LIPSTICK JUNGLE yet
The network is exploring a possible FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS-type deal to save the Brooke Shields show. "We have to wait and see what our pilots are and what the mix of shows are," said NBC's Angela Bromstad.
Peter Berg confident FNL will be back -- Dwight Yoakam as coach? (mp3)In an hour-long podcast, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS producer Peter Berg tells Sports Guy Bill Simmons that if the show gets the same ratings on NBC that it received last year, then the DirecTV experiment would be deemed a success. Berg also reveals that he initially didn't like Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor, and he had to be talked out of hiring Dwight Yoakam as the head coach. Meanwhile, Berg attributes FNL's survival to "The Jeff Zucker Lobby Theory," which contends that the NBC boss probably hears a lot of good feedback for the show on his way to work. Berg also points out that FNL has had to shamelessly lobby the network, including sending Adrianne Palicki to NBC with a chocolate cake and a guitar. "If you're not a hit show, you've got to hit them in 15 directions," he says.
INTERVIEW: Former OLTL star Wortham Krimmer
Krimmer was a guest on the premiere episode of the new Blogtalk Radio show, "Brandon's Buzz," Wednesday evening.
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