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?

"...a warning: I'm going to talk about race. The reason for the warning is that talking about race is..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Best of Enemies

The 1968 debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal are legend

"...Directed by: Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Festival Expands With Empire

"Creatives" panel added, plus an FX comedies night

"...Fox’s breakout drama Empire conquered the battle for audience eyeballs and utterly dominated the..."

April 28, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Play It Again, Sam

ATX TV Fest founders are back for round two

"...TV festivals are like TV shows. Anyone can make a pilot, but the challenge comes with..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The Future Loose Amongst Us

Digitalized fabrication changes everything we know about work and government

"...a [horse-and-buggy] cab driver would have said if left alone with the motor-car would have been: What's so new..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye: Front and Center

Eyeballing what NBC and Fox are serving up in the the fall

"...It's upfront season – the time when the broadcast networks show..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

At this year's Emmy Awards, cable won, and reality lost. Sorry, Heidi.

"...annual Emmy Awards were handed out last week. I won't rehash what was already said about the show –..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

From Camilla Parker Bowles to the perks and perils of catering to the consumer

"...because all those "a look back" specials are looming on the horizon. Some occurred early, like Barbara Walters' annual..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush likes democracy, except when he doesn't; business is a poor model for government; The Book Thing gives reading material to the needy.

"...an old saying in Chicago politics: Before you dance on someone's grave, be sure he's dead...."

April 26, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

TV Eye

Fox premieres an extraordinary new series that redefines prime-time network fare.

"...was just yesterday that I had a mad crush on Kiefer Sutherland in Joel Schumacher's late-Eighties film The Lost..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...Warning: By the time you read this story, the information contained in it will probably be obsolete. When University..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Bank Shot

Is Bigger Better?

"...independent banks to sell out, leaving slim pickings for consumers who want more than, as Walters puts it, "an..."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Coach's Corner

"...she sat me down, gave me a glass of bourbon, told me to be calm, and said this: "I..."

April 10, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Doing the Twister

Tornado Coverage Courageous, Runoffs Ignored

"...local news outlets deserve applause for their coverage. Both television and newspaper journalists worked hard and actually braved possible..."

June 13, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Fox at 10

TV Eye

"...wrote "TV Eye" for me this week. Actually, the Washington Post critic wrote his own column for his own..."

April 11, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

UT-Austin’s Esports Level Up

A new state-of-the-art gaming arena creates a space for all students

"...plenty of bowling and billiards available at the Texas Union Underground, but a new eye-catching space, branded the Alienware..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

A joyous historical document of the Harlem Cultural Festival

"...Ahmir Khalib Thompson, better known as Questlove, has always been a multihyphenate..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

David X. Cohen Brings Futurama Back to the Future

ATX Television Festival brings some of the cult show's voice actors together for a table read

"...resuscitating ABC's defunct Last Man Standing, while NBC became national heroes for saving Brooklyn Nine-Nine when Fox dropped the..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The End of the Line?

As print media money dries up, political cartoonists look to the web

"...Jen Sorensen, the political cartoonist whose strip has been appearing every other week in..."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

TV Eye

At the networks' preview of their fall shows, it seemed a lot like same-old, same-old

"...same. At least that's the sense I got watching online previews of new series presented at this year's network..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Now What?

Mediamakers consider what happens when traditional media meets its maker

"...currently reading used to have a few different names –information or journalism, for starters. Now, thanks in part to..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

When the Science Guy Is Still in Short Pants

Welcome to Enzoology.com

"...Eight-year-old Enzo Monfre bounces like a pinball between exhibits in the Texas..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Sarah Jean Billeiter

TV Eye

Showtime for This American Life

"...I have good news and bad news. For those wondering if the TV version of This American Life meets..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

News blast

"...What's new in TV? Nothing and everything. It depends on where you're looking. Programming that beams into your living..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Could Paris Hilton or Jonathan Antin teach Dubya a thing or two about how to work it?

"...When former President Ronald Reagan died, I wasn't surprised at the weeklong mourning..."

June 18, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Frontier Television

The Territory 2003 season schedule

"...Even after hundreds of films, emerging technologies, and increased competition, Mary Lampe remains enthusiastic. As a co-executive producer of..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Film actors take flight for the small screen.

"...summer's drove of reality series and primetime talent shows, television has provided some "to die for" opportunities for actors..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Online, Unplugged

Wireless Internet is cost-effective, accessible, of the people rather than gouging the people. So what are you waiting for? It's time to cut the cord.

"...In a small room at your house, on a table that's littered with breakfast taco wrappers? At..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

TV Eye

Push versus pull, a standardized infrastructure, the death knell of prime time … do you even want to interact with your TV?

"...SXSW Interactive panels to hear how Ultimate TV, TiVo, Respond TV, and other Interactive TV products would change how..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

The war on drugs works in opposition to the battle against terrorism.

"...It is time to end the ridiculous, ineffectual War on Drugs in order to concentrate on the very real..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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