‘The Wire’ has ended, but its talent is still being tapped
With Felicia "Snoop" Pearson's guilty plea last week to conspiracy to sell heroin, one question being asked by fans of "The Wire" is how other cast members of the Baltimore-based...
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‘The Wire’ update: Here are some cast members doing some very good work
With Felicia "Snoop" Pearson's guilty plea Monday to conspiracy to sell heroin, it seems like a good time to catch up with what some of the other cast members of...
HBO set designers provide ‘change’ you can believe in
Maryland is no stranger to movies and TV, but with the filming of the HBO political drama "Game Change" here, our small state has taken on its toughest role ever...
From Sun Magazine: Oprah — Built in Baltimore
Oprah Winfrey is one great storyteller. So let her set the stage for the story of her years in Baltimore — seven and a half years starting in 1976 that...
New NBC mob drama draws cheers, jeers
Unforgettable, daring One of the most unforgettable in TV crime drama was the dismemberment by gangster Tony Soprano of Ralph Cifaretto in Season Four of HBO's "The Sopranos." There is...
Meissner, Games win ratings gold in Baltimore
Call it the Kimmie Factor, because no one has a better explanation for what happened Tuesday in the ratings battle between NBC's Winter Olympics and Fox's American Idol except the...
Networking the awards
After getting swamped last year by HBO, network television staged a comeback last night at the 57th Annual Emmy Prime Time Awards. The first award of the evening went to...
Now is time to stop eulogizing, start asking hard questions
With the election of a new pope yesterday, the networks once again interrupted regular programming to join the all-news cable channels for continuous live coverage from the Vatican. Instantly, tens...
Television hopes to help viewers take part in Vatican ritual
At dawn tomorrow, as networks and 24-hour cable channels point their cameras and microphones at Pope John Paul II's funeral, an estimated 2 billion television viewers from around the globe...
Rather’s career put in harsh light
When an executive of long standing steps down, his farewell typically is accompanied by toasts, kudos and kind recollections. But the departure of 73-year-old anchorman Dan Rather from the CBS...