Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Lifetime Announces Halloween Programming; Remembering TV Composer Neal Hefti
Lifetime hits the ground running Halloween week beginning Monday, October 27 every day at 11 AM (ET/PT), with five new episodes of Lisa Williams: Voices From the Other Side, featuring the renowned clairvoyant's eerie encounters beyond the grave. Each day's show will feature a lead-in of a quite different brand of terror with themed episodes of Wife Swap at 10 AM (ET/PT). Halloween-themed episodes of the sitcoms Frasier, Reba, Still Standing and Will & Grace will also pepper the week-long schedule.
Over on sister channel Lifetime Movie Network, it's a full weekend of supernatural movies (Saturday, October 25-Sunday, October 26) ranging from the classic scares of The Rage: Carrie 2 and The Unquiet to contemporary paranormal stories like The Watch, You Belong to Me and Nightmare at End of the Hall.
Neal Hefti, a TV composer who composed the memorable themes for the movie The Odd Couple and the campy hit TV series Batman, has passed away. Hefti died Saturday (October 11) at his home in Toluca Lake, said his son, Paul. He did not know the cause of death, but said his father had been in good health.
While known primarily as a film composer, his two TV themes are his most famous work. Among his credits as a film composer are Sex and the Single Girl, Harlow (one of his most famous tunes, "Girl Talk," came out of the score), How to Murder Your Wife, Boeing Boeing, Duel at Diablo, Barefoot in the Park, A New Leaf, Last of the Red Hot Lovers and The Odd Couple, whose theme he reprised for the 1970s ABC TV series. Hefti also gained wide notice for composing the energetic title theme for Batman, the over-the-top 1966-68 ABC superhero series that became an overnight sensation. Hefti's Batman theme became a Top 40 hit and won a 1966 Grammy Award for best instrumental theme.
Hefti retired in 1976. He will be deeply missed but his themes will live on forever. Mr. Hefti was 85.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, October 8
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Feminine Wiles and Some Tire Thing in Lubbock" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Tensions rise when Mandy and the family side against Georgie in his fight with Mary. Meanwhile, Connor turns to Georgie when he gets himself into trouble.
Eternally Yours - "Pilot" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
ETERNALLY YOURS is a family comedy centered around Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards) – a vampire couple whose once-passionate romance has devolved into a pulseless marriage after 500 years together. Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut – until their daughter Emma’s (Helen J Shen) earnest human boyfriend, Max (Jaren Lewison), unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence. Max finds his world turned upside down after he discovers the truth about Emma’s mysterious family.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 5)
Thursday, October 8
- Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) - Catch Michael on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Keri Russell (Running Wilde/Daddy's Girls) - Keri appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Kyle MacLachlan (Carol's Second Act/Sex and the City) - Kyle is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. He also talks about Fictional Selves: A Memoir with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Heather Dubrow (Stark Raving Mad/Jenny/Life with Roger) - Andy Cohen interviews Heather on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 1:30am on Bravo.
- Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kerry talks about Animals on ABC's Good Morning America sometime betweeen 7-9am.
- Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Allison discusses The Diplomat on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Ed Weeks (Eternally Yours/LA to Vegas/The Mindy Project and Allegra Edwards (Eternally Yours/Upload) - Ed and Allegra talk about Eternally Yours on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
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