Part of Our Day

When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms of the national networks, but there's another chapter to the tale. Belinda Acosta looks at some of the pioneers of Austin television.

"...speak in terms of the national networks -- NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont (which never became a network in the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The Mole, Temptation Island, and Survivor II -- get ready for a whole new season of watching contestants backbite, cheat, weasel, outsmart, and canoodle their way to the win.

"...Similar to CBS's Survivor, The Mole creates a game world where the..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The Michael Richards Show fizzles, Billy Crystal can't host the Oscars, and other odds and ends from our harried television columnist.

"...for next season's Frasier. Rival networks like ABC and CBS are reportedly showing interest should the peacock network cast..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Image of a First Lady

Based on her physical appearance alone, Jean Stapleton is a natural to portray Eleanor. But it turns out that the accomplished actress' resemblance to the first lady doesn't end there. It extends to her idealism, her feminism, and even her awakening to activism.

"...screen -- which she has done in the 1982 CBS movie Eleanor: First Lady of the World, and is..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Why are this year's season premieres so darn dull? Also, a goodbye to Steve Allen and news on a class action suit alleging age discrimination filed by 28 TV writers.

"...Gilmore Girls on the WB and That's Life on CBS (tape it!) -- but some of the other offerings..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Television's latest phenomenon Big Brother is here -- and it couldn't be more boring; also, Freaks &Geeks finds a home, and Austin at Issue introduces us to new council members.

"...Big Brother airs Mon-Tue and Thu-Sat, 7pm, on CBS. Freaks and Geeks Lives! The former NBC dramedy that..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The Real World: New Orleans and Survivor, CBS' brutal bid to rein reality television, are sure to fascinate pop culture fans throughout the summer. Belinda Acosta explains why she resents it: and why she can't stop watching.

"...the debut of the newest reality drama, Survivor on CBS, I've been thinking how navel gazing and voyeurism are..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Hoping to cash in on the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire craze, networks are developing game shows with increasingly ridiculous premises.

"...acquired for U.S. television. This time, the network is CBS, and the show is called Big Brother, based on..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Sweeps period approaches, and it's no big whoop that prime time is dishing up more drama, intrigue, and sex than ever. But the intelligent treatment of gay relationships on prime time? That would be a something to celebrate.

"...offerings:Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2/13 & 16, 8pm, CBS). The ordinarily respectable Sam Neil stars in this potentially..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

David E. Kelley is one of the most gifted and powerful television writers of the late Nineties : so why is he wasting his talents on trips around the belly buttons of the most self-obsessed, spoiled creatures ever created for the small screen?

"...of me, I can't think of another one. With CBS committed to 13 episodes, City of Angels will have..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Daniel Stern

"...Stanley Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange, and worked for CBS. In the Eighties, he and his wife Gloria also..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Insider

"...interesting when it focuses on the power struggle between CBS brass, who want to kill the Wigand segment (which..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Chick dramas: we just don't get it; also, what to watch this witching weekend

"...Friday, 10/29: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (7pm, CBS) and Garfield's Halloween Adventure (7:30pm, CBS): not-so-scary 'toons to..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...When the recent mega-merger of CBS and Viacom was announced, the news media dutifully gave..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

TV Eye

From Ethel Mertz to Margaret Cho, we examine how the small screen has portrayed big women; also, a look at Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.

"...Show to Tyne Daly's mother figure in Judging Amy (CBS). The unfeminine outsider usually appears in the guise of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What? 1998's Over?

Nine Tv Faces We'll Miss

"...she was cast as Bob Newhart's wife Joanna on CBS' Newhart. Her blonde, even features gave her a Barbie..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Yellow Brick Road

"...the presence of The Wizard of Oz (5/8 7:30pm, CBS). In this, the second-to-last week of the 1998 spring..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Overall Breakdown of Austin's Evening News Broadcasts

"...3:22 (11%) 3:04 (10%) 10:17 (32%) KEYE (ch. 42; CBS) 12:32 (41%) 1:25 (5%) 3:25 (11%) 3:24 (11%) 9:43..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Column

You Go, Girl!

TV Eye

"...TV programming began to reach further. In the mid-Eighties, CBS's Cagney & Lacey and Designing Women, ABC's Moonlighting, and..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Slow Burn

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...Allard's report to the producers of 60 Minutes, the CBS news magazine program. CBS researchers sent the FLIR to..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Feature by Dick J. Reavis

Fox at 10

TV Eye

"...anniversary of their coup against the ABC (Ch 3), CBS (Ch 5) and NBC (Ch 4) networks...."

April 11, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Bigger-Is-Better

Top Ten Media Stories of 1995

"...takeovers. Disney's purchase of ABC and Westinghouse's acquisition of CBS epitomized this decade-long trend towards the centralization of power..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Column

Media Clips

"...appear remarkably similar, as do Inside Edition and the CBS Evening News, Entertainment Weekly and Time. All now appear..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Column

Seth Meyers and Jane Seymour Announced for ATX TV Festival

Andor creators and Mark Duplass also added to lineup

"...• With season two of her CBS criminal law comedy Elsbeth wrapping up mid-festival, star Carrie..."

April 2, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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The weekend in arts and culture

"...Then came acting, which started in a diner on CBS's 2 Broke Girls, continued into a recurring role in..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

AI Goes Mainstream at SXSW

Panels delve into the good and not-so-good of artificial intelligence

"...Donald Trump and Elon Musk have created an almost..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

Opportunities to Amplify, Educate, and Trailblaze in This Week’s Events

The week ahead is looking bright

"...year as a sexy Morris Chestnut type doctor on CBS, this upcoming Texan-led production imagines a less glamorous journey..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dismantling Democracy

"...cut fat and they cut muscle'" by Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, Feb. 20). But no, instead, since Jan. 20,..."

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"...Star of CBS’ The Equalizer – a show I’ve only seen muted..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Andy Langer and Carrie Rodriguez Are Now UT Employees

University Live Music Initiative snags industry heavyweights

"...Residence program, our piece of the CMT Awards, a CBS Morning shown [sic] on campus with Jelly Roll and..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

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