After putting “The Real Love Boat” in drydock, CBS has a mid-season plan for Wednesdays.
The night will no longer be all-reality. This winter, it will juggle reality (“Tough as Nails,” then “Survivor”), game shows (“Lingo” and “The Price is Right at Night”) and an action series (shown here) – a fresh twist on the James Cameron film, “True Lies.” Read more…
1) “The Conners” (8 p.m.) and more, ABC. Comedies thrive on Thanksgiving episodes, when people collide in fresh and funny (sometimes) ways. On “The Conners” (8 p.m.), Jackie (Laurie Metcalf, shown here with John Goodman) frets about her mom’s health and Darlene scrambles to find a job. On “The Goldbergs” (8:30), Beverly prepares for her first holiday as a widow … and an unexpected relative arrives. “Home Economics” (9:30) also has an unexpected guest – Tom’s superfan and half-sister. Read more…
In acting terms, let’s think of this as a long pause – a 30-year one, actually,.
In 1992, Danny Pintauro finished his eight-year run on “Who’s the Boss?” He had done the show for half his life; he’d also done movies and a soap opera. It was time for a break, including college.
Then the break got longer. When Lifetime’s “A Country Christmas Harmony”(shown here with Pintauro and Brooke Elliott) arrives at 8 p.m. Friday (Nov. 18), it will be the first time most viewers have seen him acting in three decades.
In the interim, he said, he faced “the trauma of being a child actor” and “of being outed so early.”He was addicted to meth and tested positive for HIV. Read more…
