When is a sitcom not a sitcom? When said sitcom is "Sports Night." Not that there's anything wrong with that. In fact, "Sports Night" is at its best when it's not trying to be funny, giving it the feel of a half-hour drama.
The idea for "Sports Night" is "SportsCenter" meets "The Larry Sanders Show." Series creator and writer Aaron Sorkin (screenwriter of "A Few Good Men" and "The American President") has a great idea, which isn't quite realized. While "Sports Night" has the intelligence of "SportsCenter" and "The Larry Sanders Show," ultimately it lacks their zing.
'Night' has great potential
Trumpeter Humberto Ramírez and his band proved in their concert at Mendelssohn Theater this past Sunday night that the most talented musicians are often hidden treasures.
The energetic Puerto Rican ensemble eased the audience into the show with "Nilda" and "Portrait of a Stranger," two numbers that got toes wiggling, thanks to extraordinary percussionist Paoli Mejillas and the strong bass of the slightly hyper Ramón Vásquez.
Troupe reveals musical talent
Just like his heavenly counterpart, the devil works in mysterious - and often downright rockin' and rollin' - ways.
And on "Speak of the Devil," the devil appears in the form of a pompadoured, guitar-slinging sultan of cool, wielding his wicked ways with the ladies on 14 swingingly seductive tracks.Isaak unleashes lusty little 'Devil'
Hovercraft has done it again. Following up 1997's "Akathisia," the Seattle trio fuses together beeps, chimes, static, heavy bass, grating guitar, rolling drums and an enclave of other imbiotic sounds to produce an intensely visual album with triumphant assaults of aural mantras.Strange sounds make Hovercraft zoom
"And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there."
Wow, a real estate company with its own annoyingly catchy pop tune. Real Estate has a tough sell
Despite never playing its local club circuit and just releasing its debut album titled "Candyass," Orgy has already managed to create quite a buzz for itself as the first band singed to Korn's new label, Elementree Records, and is set to be part of this fall's Family Values tour (featuring the likes of Korn, Ice Cube, Rammstein and Limp Bizkit).Orgy connects the '80s and '90s with success
After six years of giving dedicated fans a lot to look forward to, Archers of Loaf is saying "goodbye" to its long time record company Alias Records with the release of its latest album "White Trash Heroes," which also might be the band's last record.Loaf arches into maturity with 'Trash' masterpiece
The cruel irony of the new TV season is that the crap no one watched last season is replaced by crap no one is going to watch this season.
So, let's welcome "Encore! Encore!" to the crapfest!Lane's new NBC comedy bound for no 'Encore'
Ice Cube, not satisfied with turning beats and acting, steps into the director's chair for "The Players Club." This is the story of a struggling stripper tryin' to make ends meet in a crazy world. Cube writes, directs and stars in the best stripper movie since "Showgirls.
New video premieres are short of titanic
The year 1971 saw the incarnation of one of television's greatest characters, Carroll O' Conner's Archie Bunker, a loud-mouthed ignoramus whose landmark "All In the Family" tackled groundbreaking issues concerning race and social culture. Four years later, a spin-off show starring Sherman Hemsley as the African American and richer version of Archie, George Jefferson, greatly furthered the already racial and social issues raised.New ABC sitcom faces racial divide
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