Michael Starr has covered television at The Post since 1995.
It's great to see Burt Reynolds back in the saddle -- giving, well, a typical "Burt Reynolds"-type performance in this Thursday's episode of USA's "Burn Notice." Reynolds, now 74, hasn't been seen much on TV or in...
July 17, 2010 12:00 AM
Somewhere, Conan O'Brien chuckles. Leave it to the TV Academy to cite O'Brien's dead-and-forgotten "Tonight Show" with an Emmy nomination for seven forgettable months of low ratings and zilcho buzz. Welcome to...
July 09, 2010 12:00 AM
THE stage is set for this year's annual summer TV gripefest. That would be tomorrow, 5:30 a.m. LA time, when Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") and Joel McHale ("Community") try to look peppy and (somewhat) interested...
July 07, 2010 12:00 AMOh my . . . "Howard Stern Show" regu lar George Takei, who played Sulu on "Star Trek," gets the documentary treat ment in "George Takei's America," airing tonight at 7 on Sirius XM's Howard 101. Takei and Howard...
June 28, 2010 12:00 AMValerie Perrine has snared a guest-starring role on "Lights Out," the upcoming FX drama starring Holt McCallany as Patrick Leary, an ex-boxer at a crossroads in his life with a wife and three kids to support. Perrine,...
June 25, 2010 12:00 AM
Vanessa Lengies ("Hawthorne"), Christine Woods ("Perfect Couples"), Sophie Monk and Ali Landry are expected at tomorrow's "Keep a Child Alive" event in West Hollywood (Melrose Avenue), sponsored by Kara Lusardi...
June 23, 2010 12:00 AM
"Deadliest Catch" begins its sixth season tomorrow night (9 p.m./Discovery) with the tragic stroke suffered last January (in Alaska) by series star Capt. Phil Harris. Tomorrow's show documents the events immediately...
June 21, 2010 12:00 AMYou sure you wanna say that? "Hung" star Thomas Jane has a Larry King-like moment in the latest edition of People magazine. King, you may re member, alle gedly had an affair with his sister- in- law; now Jane says...
June 18, 2010 12:00 AM
B-movie king Roger Corman says he's in "preliminary discussions" to start his own TV network, which would air his entire movie library of original and acquired films. "It would be based on the concept of a channel...
June 16, 2010 12:00 AM
"Early Show" anchor Maggie Rodriguez begins her ma ternity leave today, with week end "TES" co-anchor Erica Hill filling in (while continu ing to work her weekend shift). "TES," meanwhile, eked out a victory over...
June 14, 2010 12:00 AMAndrew McCarthy, late of "Lipstick Jungle" and "Royal Pains," will be here next Thursday and Friday for a staged reading of "The Apol ogy," a new play written by his partner, Dolores Rice. The "multi-media theater piece...
June 11, 2010 12:00 AMThat deafening silence from Oxygen officials (cue the chirping crickets) when I inquired about last Tuesday's premiere ratings for "Jersey Couture" was probably in response to the paltry 421,000 viewers it averaged...
June 09, 2010 12:00 AM
NY state of mind Around town: "The Mighty Boosh" co-stars Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding are here through June 13, record ing their debut album at Electric Lady studios. The album is out this fall (details are...
June 07, 2010 12:00 AMFormer "Early Show" co- anchor Rene Syler has finally made it to Carnegie Hall -- in a manner of speaking. Syler narrates "Sing for the Cure," which is joining another pro gram, "Heartsongs," in an "in spirational...
June 04, 2010 12:00 AM
Books: Former "SNL"er Jim Breuer, who's at Gotham Comedy Club June 11-13 with his "Cheaper Than Therapy" tour, has written "I'm Not High," a comic memoir which hits bookstores in October. Breuer, best-known as "SNL's"...
June 02, 2010 12:00 AMYou'll get a surprising an swer when asking "Breaking Bad" co-star RJ Mitte (Walt Jr.) to name his favorite char acter on the Emmy-winning AMC series. "Gus," he says, without hesitation, alluding to the clean-cut...
May 28, 2010 12:00 AMFormer FNC/MSNBC host Rita Cosby, who's now a special correspondent for "Inside Edition," has written a new book, "Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father's Past," about her father, Richard, who she discovered (later in...
May 26, 2010 12:00 AM
As much as it pains me to type these words, "The Real Housewives of New York City" is going great-guns on Bravo. For me, the series -- and its overexposed, media- addict stars -- falls into the "enough already"...
May 24, 2010 12:00 AM
Yeah, I know. You see the title "Jersey Couture" and you're thinking, "Here we go again," since the Garden State seems to be all-the-rage in the wake of MTV's "Jersey Shore," Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey"...
May 22, 2010 12:00 AMIt's the reality TV types are sniffing around behind-the-scenes ce lebrity designer Kenny Davis, who'll make his on- camera debut next month in the season premiere of "Kathy Griffin's Life on the D- List." Davis,...
May 21, 2010 12:00 AMMedia exec Barry Kluger, whose resume includes stops at MTV and USA, has written "A Life Undone, A Father's Journey Through Loss," a new book which chronicles the death, in 2001, of his 18-year-old daughter, Erica...
May 19, 2010 12:00 AMWearin' her Jersey With all-things-Jersey suddenly in vogue -- including "Jersey Shore" and "Jerseylicious" -- former "American Idol" contestant Antonella Barba (Season 6) has picked a good time for the upcoming...
May 17, 2010 12:00 AM"The Early Show" is sponsoring a clothing drive to morrow (7-10 a.m.) at the Plaza (59th & 5th). The show will donate all used clothing to Goodwill Industries. Speaking of "TES," congrats to longtime show publicist...
May 14, 2010 12:00 AMOprah's slide show Oprah Winfrey's talk-show slip is really starting to show. The latest syndicated ratings covering the week ending May 2 -- including the first two days of May sweeps -- show that "Oprah" was down 20...
May 12, 2010 12:00 AMWeb TV: Former "Prison Break" star Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has joined the cast of "Soul Fire Rising," which is streaming for eight episodes on koldcast.tv. It's executive- produced by Kelly Stables (ABC's "Romanti cally Chal...
May 10, 2010 12:00 AMBryan's song: "Mad Men" star Bryan Batt, who's promoting his new book ("She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother"), proved quite the crooner during a visit to Bonnie Grice's "The Song Is You," which airs on 88.3 FM (NPR's...
May 07, 2010 12:00 AM
"Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf (a huge fan of The Post) will be honored today at the annual Spirit of the City Awards (at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine). "L&O" co- stars Sam Waterston and Linus Roache will...
May 05, 2010 12:00 AM
'Breaking' point As a fan of "Breaking Bad," one of this season's high lights, for me, has been the incremental emotional melt down of DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), which began at the end of last season...
May 03, 2010 12:00 AMBlizzard of 'Oz' Tom Fontana has corralled many of his "Oz" colleagues for the stage reading of "God father IV," written by Fontana and closing out the Primary Stages season May 2 with two performances (E. 59th). For...
April 30, 2010 12:00 AM"CSI" star George Eads will be honored at the 19th annual Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund gala May 8 (New York Marriott Marquis). The shindig, chaired by Nick Katsoris and hosted by Ch. 5's Ernie Anastos, will feature...
April 28, 2010 12:00 AM
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