Articles tagged:TV

Posted: Fri May 25 8:59 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Ann Arbor student misses the cut for 'America's Next Top Model'

A graduating Greenhills School senior who was one of 30 contestants nationally for a spot on the next season of "America's Next Top Model" is out of the running. Lauren Satterwhite of Ann Arbor was part of a Facebook contest this week, and while her mother, Lisa Jackson, reports she ...

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Posted: Tue May 22 12:23 p.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor teen a finalist to be contestant on 'America's Next Top Model'

A student from Ann Arbor is one of 30 women vying to compete on the next season of "America's Next Top Model."

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Posted: Tue May 22 5:15 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Dan Rather discusses his life in journalism at the Michigan Theater

More than 650 people gathered in the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium on Monday evening to hear newsman Dan Rather give his take on historical and current events, his career, and the state of American journalism for a little more than an hour. Ostensibly, the free event—presented by the Ann Arbor ...

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Posted: Tue May 15 7:59 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Things you may not know about Dan Rather, appearing Monday (for free) in Ann Arbor

Dan Rather is coming to the Michigan Theater on Monday--not to break a story, but to tell his own.

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Posted: Fri Apr 27 9:03 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
NBC's '30 Rock' features surprising cameo of Chelsea mechanic Bill Dehn

To say that Bill Dehn—a Waterloo resident who works as a mechanic at Chelsea’s Side Street Garage—was taken aback by his recent brief appearance on the NBC comedy “30 Rock” would be an understatement. “I don’t watch (’30 Rock’) at all,” said Dehn. who appeared as part of a short ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 9 5:57 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
'30 Rock''s Judah Friedlander offering his World Champion stand-up in Ann Arbor

Maybe you won’t be shocked to learn that Judah Friedlander—who plays TV writer Frank Rossitano on “30 Rock,” and is bringing his stand-up act to the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase on Thursday—is a performer who’s worn, well, several different hats during his long career. He drew political cartoons and made ...

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Posted: Sat Apr 7 7:10 a.m. by Paul Wiener AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
This week's web picks: Sacred texts, the Sistine Chapel and rewriting your favorite movie or TV show

Editor’s note: This is the next installment of a weekly column by Paul Wiener designed to point readers to cool or useful websites. Sacred Text Archive This may be a megasite about a megatopic, but it still occupies only a niche in the secular world. The Bible may be the ...

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Posted: Fri Apr 6 5:59 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
U-M student TV station WOLV may be small, but it provides big experience for would-be broadcasters

Michigan senior Lauren Blanchard, left, and freshman Erica Decker, right, lean in as junior Hadas Brown reads a breaking news message on her cell phone before they do a taping of their show on University of Michigan student TV station WOLV. Student-run television station WOLV at the University of Michigan ...

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Posted: Tue Apr 3 11:43 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Jeff Daniels' new HBO series, 'The Newsroom,' has new trailer

June 24 marks the debut of a new Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing") television drama on HBO, "The Newsroom," starring Chelsea native and Purple Rose Theatre Co. founder/executive director Jeff Daniels. A first glimpse of the show recently surfaced online. In the show, Daniels plays a news anchorman who, after ...

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Posted: Sun Mar 25 5:59 a.m. by Nick Baumgardner Sports Reporter
Report card: Grading the Michigan basketball seniors

As a class, they won 81 games, advanced to three NCAA Tournaments and earned the program's first Big Ten championship banner in 26 years. Not a bad resume. Their careers ended bitterly earlier this month when the Michigan basketball team fell to Ohio in the second round of the NCAA ...

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Posted: Fri Mar 23 1:21 p.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Cable TV's 'House Hunters' focusing on Ann Arbor couple

"House Hunters," the long-running cable TV show that focuses on people looking to buy a new home, will feature an Ann Arbor couple on a new episode Monday.

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Posted: Thu Mar 22 9:52 a.m. by Kurt Anthony Krug AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
University of Michigan grad Miriam Shor having fun as star of ABC's 'GCB'

Miriam Shor As an actress, part of University of Michigan alum Miriam Shor’s job is to fall in love with her roles. “I’ve gotten really lucky,” said Shor, of New York. Shor currently plays Cricket Caruth-Reilly on “GCB”—based on Kim Gatlin’s book “Good Christian Bitches”—airing Sunday nights on ABC. She’s ...

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Posted: Mon Mar 19 noon by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
MTV's 'Real World' casting in Ann Arbor (again) this week

If they keep coming here for casting, at some point don't the producers of "The Real World" have to choose someone from Ann Arbor?

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Posted: Thu Feb 16 10:26 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Ypsilanti man proposes on Valentine's Day - on live TV

An Ypsilanti man and his girlfriend appeared on cable TV on Valentine's Day as part of a salute to the troops—but he added an extra twist when he proposed marriage as part of the appearance. David Butzin, himself an Air Force 1st lieutenant, and Rosaly Aponte went on the HLN ...

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Posted: Fri Feb 10 9:48 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
U-M junior Connie Shi's run on 'Jeopardy!''s college tournament comes to an end

U-M junior and Okemos native Connie Shi, who won her first round of the "Jeopardy!" college tournament (which aired on Thursday, February 2), got stopped in her second, semi-final round, which aired on Friday, February 10. Shi was in the lead after the semi-finals' first round of questions, but a ...

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