The College Years: When TV's High-School Characters Graduate
October, 05, 2011 10:36 am | Comments On #TelevisionIt seems like only yesterday that the fresh-faced teens of the CW’s "90210" were roaming the halls of West Beverly High. Now, like so many other teen dramas, the kids are off to college. Will the show thrive? Will it falter? Will it land somewhere in the middle? Only time (and ratings) will tell.
That i mind, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some other television transitions into the world of higher education.
"The OC": Season four of "The OC" saw big changes in the lives of the “core four." Summer was off to college at Brown, Seth was taking a semester off and working at a comic book store, Ryan was cage fighting, and Marissa died in a horrible car accident. Good strategy to only have one of the characters actually go to college. Luckily, the show added Marissa’s little...
Read MoreAndy Richter Hosting 'Pyramid' -- Why It Makes Sense
August, 23, 2011 2:44 pm | Comments On #Andy Richter, Bob Barker, Dick Clark, Donny Osmond, Drew Carey, game show, game shows, Howie Mandel, jeff foxworthy, louie anderson, Pyramid, Regis Phibin, richard dawson, Television, The Price is RightA while ago, TBS announced Andy Richter would be hosting an update of the classic game show "Pyramid."
Richter joins a long list of celebrity game show hosts and is taking the reins of "Pyramid" from heavy hitters Dick Clark and Donny Osmond before him.
Even before that, Richard Dawson gained fame on the show "Hogan’s Heroes" and later as a panelist on "Match Game" before becoming the original host of "Family Feud." Dawson’s name will be forever associated with "Family Feud," as his habit of kissing women on the show has become famous.
After Dawson...
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