News reports and sources cite conflicting reasons why Israeli-born Rod Lurie was booted or departed as show-runner of the successful new ABC drama, \”Commander in Chief,\” about the first female president of the United States
Welcome to fall: The time of High Holidays, contemplation, repentance and really, really long services.
And did I mention TV?
Based on Whedon\’s short-lived 2002 TV series, \”Firefly,\” whose fan base helped spur the movie, \”Serenity\” revolves around the outlaws\’ attempts to discover the telepath\’s true identity after she beats up everyone in a bar.
When Paul Reiser co-created and starred in the 1990s hit sitcom, \”Mad About You,\” — about a secular Jew married to a Christian — he helped spur a new trend in TV comedy: the cute but neurotic Jewish leading man.
\”Monster House,\” which dubs itself \”a home show on steroids,\” capitalizes on viewers\’ hunger for prickly reality TV shows. On each episode, Schwartz and five builders — all strangers to each other — have five days to transform a house into a family\’s dream theme — with absolutely no peeking by homeowners. Tempers flare as the team crashes spaceships through ceilings, turns fireplaces into fire-breathing Tiki gods and bursts the Three Stooges through living room walls.
A team of scouts is scouring the Diaspora for the ideal single Jewish man for a new Israeli reality television show. Once selected, the bachelor, who according to producers preferably will be good looking and \”financially secure,\” will come to Israel for the summer, when 15 young Israeli women will compete to capture his heart.
\”We all grow up in Jewish houses and we know the dream of Jewish mothers is that their son finds a nice Jewish girl,\” said Gadi Veinrib, a producer for the show, to be called — what else? — \”A Nice Jewish Boy.\”
In the promising pilot — which one critic called \”\’Frasier\’ with boobs\” — Elon Gold proved a hilarious comic foil for the vacuous yet surprisingly insightful Pamela Anderson.
Rosenstock is one of six Jewish screenwriters who will appear on a panel to discuss how Judaism affects their work as part of The Jewish Screenwriter Speakers Series on March 29 and May 3 at B\’nai David-Judea.
There\’s nothing inherently wrong with reading celebrity gossip magazines. If you can do it in moderation, I applaud you (and please let me know if Lindsay Lohan\’s dad ever gets his act together). In my case, however, I was a problem reader and I had to put the magazines down.
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