Send your movie questions to FlickChickQuestion I am hoping and praying that you can answer this question for me Ive recently been sucked into repeats of Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II maybe because I am married and pregnant Im really relating to it I especially love the Banks familys house and everything about it So Im wondering is the house on Maple Drive a real house in San Marino California Is the house real but located somewhere else And was the interior a set like most movies or an actual house It looked so authentic JessicaFlickChick The house in Father of the Bride 1991 and Father of the Bride II 1995 is real but its not on Maple Drive in San Marina its on El Molina Avenue in nearby Pasadena The interiors were shot in the house but the inside of the house was totally redone by the movies production design team up to and including temporary walls that could be pulled down to facilitate setting up dolly tracks for the camera
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Barry Manilow's "Look at Me Play Reality Shows" tour next takes him to American Idol on Wednesday.... R&B singer Chris Brown makes his acting debut with a cameo on the March 27 episode of UPN's One on One.... Per Variety, USA Network is coughing up $750,000-plus per episode for cable rights to NCIS repeats, to begin airing in 2008.
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This week the networks began meeting with ad-agency execs to talk about what's in development for the 2006-07 season. That means it's time for producers of current shows with less-than-robust ratings to start worrying about getting picked up for next season. Here's what industry insiders are telling the Biz.
ABC: The network's comedies are having a tough year in the ratings, but you can't cancel all of them. Rodney, Hope & Faith, Crumbs and Less than Perfect aren't likely to make the cut. According to Jim, George Lopez and Freddie have a chance of returning. Since ABC has two more hours to program in the fall now that football has moved to NBC, shows that would otherwise be doomed have a chance. We're talking Invasion and Commander in Chief. Their survival depends on the strength of the network's new-program development.
CBS: Another season of The King of Queens depends on whether the n
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Question: It really irritates me that you and the rest of the mainstream media completely ignore the African-American comedies on UPN. Girlfriends/America's Next Top Model are not the only successful shows on that network. Just because you don't watch them does not mean they are not worth saving. Broad comedies are all over the rest of the networks, and they feature mostly white casts. I realize ratings play a big part, but these shows would not have lasted as long as they have if they had not been generating ratings and some kind of revenue.
Answer: True enough. There is a market for these shows, and there's no question this audience is being woefully underserved by the major networks, which is why it's important that CW not ignore that part of UPN's (and once upon a time, WB's) legacy. But critically speaking, I'm just as happy to ignore network mediocrities like According to Jim, Still Standing, Yes, Dear, Four Kings and Courting Alex as I am the equally forgettable likes of Half &
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