Question: Will TNT be bringing back a second season of Into the West, or was it just a one-time miniseries? It was one of the most profound shows I ever watched and made me so ashamed of our ancestors who preyed on the Lakota. It made me think and read more about the atrocious acts against them, and I feel it should be shown to history students in school.
Answer: Then it sounds to me like this miniseries accomplished its mission. I actually preferred Broken Trail, because it didn't feel as preachy, but I appreciated the scope of Into the West, and it did pretty well for TNT last summer. It was a one-shot miniseries, and I haven't heard any talk of a sequel. It's available on DVD, if that helps ...
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Onetime West Winger Matthew Perry stars on Aaron Sorkin's Strip.
Television's new fall lineups won't be unveiled until May, but Hollywood is already making predictions about which pilots will become full-fledged shows. Here are some projects that are generating heat.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip NBC has penciled in this drama from West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin about the backstage doings of a famous sketch-comedy show à la Saturday Night Live. Sorkin's mighty pen, and a cast that
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Question: Rumors of Speedy on ER, rumors of Speedy on Alias — it's enough to drive the girls of FanForum crazy! What's the real scoop?
Answer: The real scoop is I have no clue if Speedman was ever up for the new agent role on Alias, but it's a moot point anyway: The role ended up going to Balthazar Getty (Into the West, Traffic).
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Question: I'm an animal fan and wondered about a scene in the miniseries Into the West in which a herd of buffalo go over a cliff. Did the filmmakers really drive animals off a cliff and, if not, how did they make it look real? Isn't there a law to keep animals from being harmed while making movies?
Answer: As far as laws go, there's the multipart federal Animal Welfare Act (you can read it all at www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awicregs.htm), and there are lots of state-level laws pertaining to cruel treatments of pets, livestock, and lab, circus and zoo animals. At the state level there are various laws pertaining to animal cruelty as well. But when it comes to the way animals are treated in movies, the American Humane Association's Film and Television Unit (http://www.ahafilm.org) is the front line. The AHA monitors t
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Do we really want — or need — yet another TV crime drama, especially one as grim and violent as Wanted? Perhaps not, but it's unwise these days to bet against TNT, which is on a roll this summer with a highly rated Western (Into the West) and police procedural (The Closer).
With this latest series (Sundays, 10 pm/ET), TNT plunges headfirst and with uneven results into raunchy territory, following the graphic adventures of trash-talking, fist-flailing heroes who would be almost indistinguishable from the villains if the evil prey weren't all such a rancid, horrific lot.
"The job is simple: hunt down the worst 100 criminals at large in Los Angeles," says the boss of an undercover unit comprised of an alphabet soup of mavericks from the LAPD, ATF, FBI, SWAT, Naval Intelligence and U.S. Marshals Service
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