Television
68 stories
Her Bust Interests »
Jennifer Love Hewitt tries to the breast of her ability.
April 2012 by Christopher Kelly
Trite and True »
We have met the enemy, and they are Good Christian Bitches.
February 2012 by Christopher Kelly
For Real, Y’all »
What does a rash of new reality TV tell us about the Metroplex?
October 2011 by Christopher Kelly
Extreme Makeover »
Is Mark Cuban our next charming reality star?
June 2011 by Christopher Kelly
Pros and Cons »
The best TV show you’ll never see.
November 2010
This Time It’s Personal »
Can Steve Austin wrestle his acting career into submission?
October 2010
Good Friday Night »
John Spong talks about unearthing the history of TV’s portrayal of Texas through the ages and how Friday Night Lights changed it all.
October 2010 Interview by Vi-An Nguyen
Big State, Small Screen »
Is Friday Night Lights the best TV show ever made about Texas? Or just the first one (sorry, J.R.! Sorry, Hank!) that’s tried so hard to get the details right?
October 2010 by John Spong
Lone Stars »
The ten greatest TV Texans.
October 2010 by Jason Cohen
Unbelievable TV Texans »
Sure they're supposed to be from Texas, but c'mon.
October 2010
Notable TV Texan Character Names »
Remember ol’ what’s his face?
October 2010
TV Texans Played by Actual Texans »
Someone’s got to keep ’em honest.
October 2010
They Once Played a TV Texan »
Though you might have forgotten.
October 2010
Wouldn't You Like to Be a Pepper Too?
For your viewing pleasure: vintage Dr Pepper commercials from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Produced in Dallas, these sixties ads feature American Bandstand’s Dick Clark and the Dallas Cowboys’ Don Meredith. Films contributed by Daniel Redd and Bert Rodriguez. See more commercials at texasarchive.org.
October 2010
Who’s That Girl? »
Who are Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato?
August 2010 by Christopher Kelly
This Is Series Business »
The trouble with Texas TV shows.
July 2010 by Christopher Kelly
A Tale Of Two Endings »
Though the television adaptation of Lonesome Dove hewed closely to the novel’s spirit, it struck a very different note in its final moments. Below, an annotation of the last pages of the book and the script reveals how and why Bill Wittliff strayed from Larry McMurtry’s design.
July 2010 by Jeff Salamon
Big D & the Women »
Reality (TV) bites Dallas women.
January 2010 by Christopher Kelly
Frozen Asset »
The best sitcom you may never get to see.
June 2008 by Christopher Kelly
Failed Coup »
News you’d Rather not use.
February 2007 by Christopher Kelly
Texas Myth# 31 »
Did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre really happen?
January 2007 by Anne Dingus
Fumble! »
Dim the Lights.
January 2007 by Christopher Kelly
Life of the Party »
Night of the living Democrat.
April 2002 by Paul Burka
Perilously Plump »
Texans love to say that everything’s bigger here, but when it comes to the waistlines in one in four of our largest cities, that’s nothing to brag about.
April 2002 by Jim Atkinson
Jamie Foxx »
Jamie Foxx pulls no punches.
March 2002 by Katy Vine
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