For most people reading this, Jeffrey Tambor has always been a part of your consciousness. My first exposure was way back in the day when I -- then a huge fan of Three's Company -- religiously tuned into The Ropers for every episode of its short run. Tambor went from frequent guest-star to (for me) cultural icon when he originated one of TV's greatest roles -- that of "Hey Now" Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show. That he would later go on to originate yet another iconic role(s) -- George Sr./Oscar in Arrested Development -- is almost a miracle. more ›

I'm feeling it a little bit, yes, definitely am looking forward to the LOST premiere on Thursday night. Maybe make some chicken teriyaki and some tropical drinks, perhaps in a real coconut shell, yeah, that's the ticket. more ›

When The Peacock announced this week that it was going to have to slash 700 jobs in order to compete with those television geniuses over at Fox and the CW, we at LAist decided that we should chip in and help with a round-up of NBC news this morning. You know, to give them some rainbow-feathered love. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" and the John Lithgow-Jeffrey Tambor "Twenty Good Years" slipped to 5th place Wednesday... more ›

Now that the majority of the new TV season has been paraded out in front of our collective eyeballs, LAist can make a few somewhat informed predictions as to how these new shows, and returning ones, will fare. Some of the new ones will, of course, do better than others. In the mix there are always one or two that breakout and become hits. Mostly, however, there are far more that die a quick... more ›