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People we lost in 2011
Pete Postlethwaite
The British English stage, film and television actor, Pete Postlethwaite passed away on 2 January 2011 at the age of 64 due to pancreatic cancer. He appeared in Criminal Justice, Minder and even Coronation Street.
Amy Winehouse
The voice of the popular award-winning song, ‘Rehab”, Amy Winehouse, passed away in her London home on Saturday, 23 July, at the age of 27. The song “Rehab” appearred in the pilot of Glee.
Elizabeth Taylor
At the age of 79, the prominent British-American actress, Elizabeth Taylor passed away. She was the the voice of Maggie Simpson, in the episode “Lisa’s First Word” when she spoke for the first and the last time.
Ryan Dunn
Best known for his stunts on the MTV series, Jackass, Ryan Dunn was killed in a car crash in Pennsylvania at just 34 years old.
Bill Hunter
One of Australia’s most talented and best known actors, Bill Hunter; remember for his many film, television and theatre credits for over 35 years, passed away on 21 May 2011 at the age of 71. He had appearedin All Saints, Water Rats and most recently Small Time Gangster
Jeff Conaway
American actor, Jeff Conaway died of pneumonia on the 27th of May 2011 at the age of 60. He was in Taxi, Babylon 5 and The Bold and the Beautiful. He was most recenetly known for his addiction to painkillers on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Rex Mossop
Rex Mossop was an Australian rugby league and rugby union football player as well an Australian television personality,sports commentator and reporter.
Bubba Smith
Former American professional football player, Bubba Smith, passed away on 3 August 2011. Best known as Hightower in th Police Academy franchise, he also appeared in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Family Matters and Married…with Children.
Andy Whitfield
Spartacus:Blood and Sand superstar, Andy Whitfield earned the title of warrior on screen and off screen. He battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma but tragically Whitfield died in Sydney, Australia, on 11 September 2011, 18 months after his initial cancer diagnosis.
Peter Falk
The iconic detective, Columbo, played by Emmy Award winning American actor, Peter Falk, passed away on 23 June 2011 at the age of 83. Falk’s cause of death was revealed as cardiorespiratory arrest, with pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease as underlying causes.
Jon Blake
Blake is largely recognized for his role in the television soap opera, The Restless Years and A Country Practice. On 1 December 1986, Blake was badly injured in a car accident, and not expected to live. He sustained permanent brain damage in the accident and was left paralysed and unable to speak. Blake passed away on 30 May 2011 at the age of 52 due to complications from pneumonia.
Steve Jobs
On October 5th the world lost one of its most influential and iconic figures when Steve Jobs succumbed to a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He gave us Apple TV, iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad and a whole new may to watch media.
John Neville
From 1995-98, Neville had a prominent recurring role in The X-Files television series as the Well-Manicured Man, and in 1998, he reprised his role in the feature film The X-Files: Fight The Future. Although he made numerous other television appearances and occasional film roles, the main focus of Neville’s career was always the theatre. Neville died “peacefully surrounded by family” on 19 November 2011, aged 86.
Doris Belack
From 1990 to 2001, she played the tough, sharp-tongued “Judge Margaret Barry”, a recurring role on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Doris also provided the voices of Mrs. Dink and Mrs. Wingo in the Nickelodeon show Doug. Her last television appearance was on a 2003 episode of Sex and the City. She passed away on October 4th, 2011 aged 85.
Alan Fudge
Alan has scores of credits, including appearances on Hawaii Five-O, M*A*S*H, Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, Dallas, MacGyver, L.A. Law, The Wonder Years and Dawson’s Creek. Most recently he was seen on How I Met Your Mother, Big Love and The Office. Fudge died from cancer on October 10, 2011.
Michael Showers
Michael Showers was an American actor who was best known for his role as Capt. John Guirdy on the television series Treme. He also appeared in The Vampire Diaries and Breaking Bad. On August 24, 2011, Showers’ body was discovered in the Mississippi River near the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans police speculated that Showers had been dead for at least two days when his body was found. Autopsy results confirmed that Showers’ death was caused by drowning.
Frank Potenza
Frank Potenza was an American retired police officer for the New York City Police Department and former security guard. He later became a television actor and comic relief for the late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He appeared as Jimmy Kimmel’s real-life Uncle Frank on the ABC show as a regular from 2003 to 2011. Rice died of cancer on January 21, 2009. In a Twitter message, Kimmel thanked Potenza’s fans tweeting, “Thank you for your kind words about a very kind man” and “RIP Uncle Frank, his comic timing took a lifetime to earn. Today I eat cake for him”
Francesco Quinn
From 1999 to 2001, Francesco (son of film actor Anthony Quinn) appeared on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless and his TV guest starring roles have occurred in Criminal Minds, ER, CSI: Miami, The Glades, Navy NCIS, Alias, Crossing Jordan and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. Quinn also portrayed the final criminal/villain, Guillermo Beltran, in the long-running F/X series, The Shield. He died of a suspected heart attack on 5 Aug 2011 while walking with his son near his home in Malibu, California.
Tom Aldrege
Aldrege’s TV stinits include Ryan’s Hope, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Sopranos, Damages, Boardwalk Empire. Aldredge died July 22, 2011 in a hospice in Florida from lymphoma, aged 83.
James Arness
James was famous for his performances on Gunsmoke, How the West Was Won and McClain’s Law. Arness died of natural causes at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles on June 3, 2011.
Jackie Cooper
The original child star whose credits include M*A*S*H, McCloud, Ironside, The F.B.I., Columbo, Kojak and The Invisible Man, passed away on May 3, 2011, at the age of 88. According to his agent, Cooper died after a short illness. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of his naval service
Len Lesser
Best known as Uncle Leo from Seinfeld, his TV credits also included Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, The Wild, Wild West, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Get Smart, Green Acres, The Bill Cosby Show, The Rockford Files, Thirtysomething, Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, ER and Castle. On February 16, 2011, Lesser died of cancer-related pneumonia.
Kenneth Mars
His last television gigs were that of Otto, the German dude ranch owner on Fox’s Malcolm in the Middle, an appearance on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, and a reprisal of his role as Grandpa Longneck in The Land Before Time television series.Mars died aged 75 from pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, California on February 12, 2011
Bill Erwin
William Lindsey “Bill” Erwin was an American film, stage and television actor with over 250 television and film credits. As a veteran character actor, he was widely known for his role of Sid Fields, an embittered, irascible man on Seinfeld– for which he received an Emmy nomination – as well his appearances on shows such as I Love Lucy and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Bill Erwin died on December 29, 2010 in Studio City, Los Angeles from natural causes, near the production lot where Seinfeld was filmedBill Erwin died on December 29, 2010 in Studio City, Los Angeles from natural causes, near the production lot where Seinfeld was filmed.
If any one has accidently not been acknowledged, sincere apologies.
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Updated October 11, 2011
From next week, GO! have introduced an extra nightly episode of Seinfeld at 6.30pm, as well as playing the series The Nanny from the start at 7.00pm.
The extra Seinfeld episode replaces The Middle – now repeated more than enough times for the few episodes GO! have, while The Nanny replaces Australia’s Funniest Home Videos – Daily Edition.
The Nanny started out on GO!, then moved to GEM, now is back on GO!. Given that The Nanny is still in GEM’s schedule for next week, there should be a change from GEM for 6pm as well.
So – GO!’s early evening strip now looks like this:
6pm Mon – Thur: Seinfeld. (Friday as well from April 8th)
6.30pm Tue – Thur: Seinfeld
7.00pm Tue – Thur: The Nanny.
At this stage, there are movies from 6.30pm on Mondays and from 6.00pm Fridays (6.30 from Friday April 8th).
Actress cast as Wonder Woman
Actress Adrianne Palicki has been named as the new Wonder Woman to feature in the new NBC pilot. Palicki is best known for her role on Friday Night Lights.
Seinfeld actor passes away
Former Seinfeld actor Len Lesser has passed away at the age of 88. The actor, who featured as Jerry’s Uncle Leo on Seinfeld as well as having numerous roles in the likes of Everybody Loves Raymond and ER, passed away due to complications with pneumonia.
Van Der Beek lands TV role
Ex-Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek has signed on to play himself in a new ABC comedy pilot called Don’t Trust The Bitch in Apartment 23. Van Der Beek will play a heightened version of himself who is best friends with one of the lead characters.
Glee breaks Elvis’s chart record
TV series Glee has broken Elvis Presley’s record for the most single entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The musical series now has 113 entries on the chart, surpassing Elvis’s 108.
GO! have completely revamped their weekday 6pm – 7.30pm timelsot.
After nearly a year and a half, The Flintstones – and one of the only shows that has consistently been on GO at the same time since the channel began, will no longer be seen at 6pm. Also Wipeout and its various incarnations that have occupied 6.30pm for ages is gone as well.
UPDATED: And from the “what is the point” department comes this: The new 6-7pm line up will now start TONIGHT – as in Thursday January 20, with the 24th being the second night. That means that the Middle Pilot 4th (from memory) replay will be tonight Thur Jan 20, with S1E2 on Mon Jan 24. Seriously, GO!, why not just leave it as is until Monday?
Now, from Thursday January 20, Seinfeld will be stripped at 6pm Monday to Thursdays, with The Middle – from the beginning again – stripped across 6.30pm Monday – Thursdays, with the exception of those Mondays where they end up playing a movie from 6.30pm.
That’s a lot of The Middle episodes, when you include they are also on Sunday nights.
At 7pm, Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Daily Edition will remain on those weekdays there is not a movie on from either 6.30 or 7pm.
Full details in the TV Guide for GO!
The first week of summer on GO sees some significant programming changes, most notable The Big Bang Theory drops down to one episode per week, while the number of Two and a Half Men and Seinfeld episodes in prime time increase.
The Middle has gone, Top Gear on Thursday moves to Wednesday, swapping with Wipe Out USA, while Community returns for its next season on GO. Hit US series Pretty Little Liars premieres on Monday November 29, in a two hour premiere.
Gossip Girl, Fringe, Drop Dead Diva, Nikita and Human Target all remain at their usual times. Hellcats does as well, but repeats will fill gaps in the US schedule.
Here is the summary of week 49:
Sunday November 28
5.30 Wipeout
6.30 Top Gear
7.30 Two and a Half Men
8.30 Movie: Dukes of Hazzard
10.40 Movie: Old School
12.30 Star Trek – The Original Series
1.30 Help Me Help You
Monday – Thursday 6.00 – 7.30pm
6:00 The Flinstones
6:30 Total Wipeout UK
Monday November 29
7.30 Hellcats Rpt
8.30 Pretty Little Liars – two hour premiere
10.30 The Big Bang Thoery
11.00 Two and a Half Men
11.30 Gossip Girl Season 3
12.30 Pretty Little Liars replay. 2.30 Home Shopping.
Tuesday November 30
7.30 Drop Dead Diva
8.30 Seinfeld
9.30 Community – series return
10.30 South Park double ep
11.30 Reno 911
12.00 Community replay
1.00 Drop Dead Diva replay
Wednesday December 1
7.30 Top Gear (new night)
8.30 Human Target
9.30 Fringe S3
10.30 Two and a Half Men
11.30 South Park
12.00 Human Target replay
1.00 Fringe replay
Thursday December 2
7.30 Wipe Out USA (new night – swapped with Top Gear)
8.30 Seinfeld
9.30 Nikita
10.30 Movie: Vacancy
12.20 Eclipse Music TV
12.50 Nikita replay
Friday December 3
6.00 Movie: Tom and Jerry The Fast and the Furry
7.30 Movie: The Three Amigos
9.40 Movie: History of the World Part 1
11.35 Survivors – 3 episodes
2.45 Go filler. 3.00 Starsky and Hutch
4.00 Just Shoot Me. 4.30 TMZ
Saturday December 4
5.30 Unnatural History
6.30 Movie: Speed racer
9.15 Movie: Mama’s Boy
11.15 Star Trek The Original Series
1.15 Movie: And Starring Pacho Villa as Himself
3.30 Get Smart. 4.30 The Flintstones
Click here for GO! TV guide.
It really is becoming farcical now.
GO makes more programming changes that mean movies replace regular first to free to air episodes of shows like Gossip Girl, Chuck, Eastwick.
The 9.30 episode of Eastwick on Tuesday July 6 will be replaced with more Seinfeld – making for 4 episodes in a row. Tuesday July 13 sees the movie Beauty Shop at 9.30pm. Eastwick will still play, but only at 12.30am those nights – which are usually the earlier episode repeated. Hell’s Kitchen will follow the movie.
On Wednesday July 14, Chuck at 10.30pm will be replaced by the movie When a Stranger Calls. Chuck (at this stage) remains on after the movie, after midnight.
On Thursday July 15, the same thing happens with Gossip Girl – bumped out for the movie Snakes on A Plane from 10.35pm. Again, the later repeat remains – BUT – with so few episodes to go until season two is finished, why not play them out – maybe the final few on the one night?
Based on GO’s treatment of Gossip Girl, I would not be holding my breath waiting for them to them to air the third season.
Note that even these programming changes may change again and again before the actual night.
Now there’s a new idea for a TV channel – No programming – you don’t know what is on until you tune in. GO is heading that way. Fast.
Finally.
Pay TV channels TV1 and Arena have gone 16:9 wide screen as of today (June 1).
One of the frustrations of watching shows like Burn Notice and Ellen on Arena, groovy movies on TV1 and events like the Mardis Gras in March on Arena has been that while these shows are produced in wide screen, the channels have still been aired in 4:3 mode – resulting in either stretching or side bars on wide screen TVs (depending how you set up your TV to handle 4:3 channels). Now finally that is over.
The move comes to TV1 at the same time as the channel launches a new look with five different theme based promos which are for: the generic TV1 promo, Comedy with Bite, Crime, TV1 Afternoons, and Groovy Movies. Seinfeld fans looking forward to the marathon over the June long weekend will be happy to know that Seinfeld on TV1 will be in 16:9 widescreen, like it is on GO!
Still, a number of channels remain 4:3 on the Pay TV platform including a number of the Discovery channels and the Hallmark channel – which features numerous channel Seven programs like City Homicide and Packed to the rafters, as well as Ten’s Rush – all of which are done an injustice being shown in 4:3. Hopefully their time will come.
Would you like to spend a full long weekend watching nothing but a show about nothing?
TV1, over the June long weekend* is airing all 180 episodes of Seinfeld in a row. The marathon starts at 6pm Friday June 11 with the pilot, and runs right through to the finale parts 1 and 2 from 9.30pm Monday June 14.
One of the all time classic episodes – the Soup Nazi is on at 6.25pm, Sunday June 13 while the Yada Yada episode can be seen at 9.50am, Monday June 14. The Pez Dispenser, the Comeback, the Summer of George, and a few of the clip shows – they are all in this marathon on TV1.
If you don’t have pay TV, you can catch Seinfeld on GO! a few times day.
Note – times are Eastern standard, also can be seen on TV+2 two hours later.
* Not a long weekend in WA.
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