What do you get if you blend “Cops” on steroids, plus “48 Hours” with a dash of “TMZ” spice? “Undercover Stings.” It’s the new Spike TV reality series that gives viewers unprecedented access to the highly dangerous world of undercover police work – from the initial planning and set-up, to the tactical process and the final… Continue reading
Every basic-cable network has its own reality star and Tanisha Thomas is Oxygen’s . Thomas (“Bad Girls Club”), who has seemingly made a TV career out of behaving “badly” is doing something very traditional — she’s getting married. Find out how the whole thing unfolds when ”Tanisha Gets Married” kicks off at 11 p.m.… Continue reading
Romance can be a powerful drug — even when it’s toxic. Find out when “Love Addiction” debuts at 8 tonight on TV One. The new eight-episode documentary series follows therapists and relationship experts as they attempt to help women and men extricate themselves from destructive relationships with the help of loved ones. Experts include psychologist… Continue reading
Sianoa Smit-McPhee has a knack for playing bad girls. For three seasons, the Aussie born actress played Darby, the troubled twin daughter of a teacher turned male prostitute on HBO’s “Hung.” The premium cable network canceled the show, which was shot in part around Metro Detroit, late last year. Now fans can look for the… Continue reading
I’m not a big fan of reality TV but my one guilty pleasure is Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” My two favorite women on the show are attorney Phaedra Parks and record producer Kandi Burruss because neither of these women are housewives. BUT both women have obviously figured out a way to use… Continue reading
The cool thing about the Writers Guild Awards is that it really honors the movies and the shows that everyday people root for and enjoy. For proof, just look at this year’s new series winner, Showtime’s “Homeland.” This is a highly-rated show that the SAG Awards omitted just last month but the WGA celebrated Sunday… Continue reading
The cable morning show “Fox and Friends” is drawing more Metro Detroit viewers than “CBS This Morning,” according to Nielsen ratings. The Eye Network recently relaunched “CBS This Morning” but apparently local folks prefer the show they know and have come to love. That said, the numbers aren’t huge but they are telling. “Fox and… Continue reading
(From left) Trevor Jackson, Coco Jones and Tyler James Williams star in the Disney Channel's "Let It Shine." It debuts in June.
I love Tyler James Williams and I have ever since he delighted us for four seasons on The CW’s “Everybody Hates Chris.”
This is one of the reasons I am so excited to see that not only is the 19-year-old actor still working but he’s singing too.
Fans can check out Williams’ talents when he co-stars in the Disney Channel movie “Let It Shine,” when it airs in June. Some 200 or so lucky attendees at the NAACP Image Awards lunch last week got to hear a taste of Williams singing with his costars Coco Jones and Trevor Jackson. And they tore it up. I can’t wait to see this made-for-TV flick when it airs.
Meanwhile, Detroit native Keegan-Michael Key and his comedy partner Jordan Peele of “Key & Peele” fame kept us laughing as the event’s hosts.
Watching the gripping and heartbreakingly revealing documentary “Slavery By Another Name” isn’t easy to do but it is necessary all the same. PBS is airing the film in time for Black History Month and like the Douglas A. Blackmon Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, the doc explores black life after the Civil War ended.… Continue reading
When Claire Danes came backstage at the Golden Globes Sunday night, she told us journalists she missed us. After all, it was this same time last year that Danes nabbed a GG for her leading role in the HBO made-for-TV movie “Temple Grandin.” It was also this time last year that she told us about… Continue reading