Jamie Bamber in ‘The Last Detective’

All through my viewing of The Last Detective, familiar faces kept popping up. One episode features, in a small role, Peter Davison’s own daughter, Georgia Moffat (not playing a relation to his character, though) — she, of course, played the Doctor’s cloned offspring in “The Doctor’s Daughter.” That same episode of Last Detective also featured … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Designing Women’ movie

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Designing Women, the 1986-93 CBS sitcom about four Southern women — and one token man — who run an interior design firm. (This week’s Dream Cast was suggested by reader i fields. If … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Mork & Mindy’ movie

Shazbot, I’m late this week. But it’s still Thursday, so there’s still time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Mork & Mindy, the 1978-82 ABC sitcom about the doofiest alien in the universe and the human girl who lets him sleep on her sofa. (If you … more…

Nathan Fillion’s got a new show?

This is what I get for not reading fan sites. I only just discovered now, during a commercial break in the middle of Lost, that Nathan Fillion is gonna be appearing on my TV again on a regular basis. Seems ABC’s got a cop show called Castle debuting in March. Honestly, it looks like the … more…

celebrity idiot of the week: Britney Spears

It’s totally awesome when celebs get the Web. Like Britney! I love reading her Twitter tweets about how much she loves working out and newsflashes from her people about how she just had a Pinkberry and how she thinks all those tiny cars in Japan are so cute. (I think so too!) And so it’s … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Fantasy Island’ movie

It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week, in honor of Ricardo Montalban, who just passed away: Fantasy Island, the 1977-84 ABC series about dreams coming true. (If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, … more…