BRBTV News Blog

An indulgence of great classic television by journalist and author Billie Rae Bates.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Orlando's MegaCon features a nice "Dukes" presence

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BRB is having a great time at MegaCon in Orlando right now, interviewing comic book industry professionals for the Comics Continuum website...
Friday, March 25, 2011

TGIF: A little vintage Archie

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We all know the characters of our beloved "Archie's Weird Mysteries" go back decades before this animated series ever debuted ...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

John Schneider shooting "The Duke of Diesel" for CMT

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John Schneider, our own Bo Duke of "The Dukes of Hazzard" updated fans via email this week that he was  in Texas shooting a show f...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Movie version of John Jakes' "The Bastard" offers a dynamite classic cast

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BRBTV likes to play this little game, when viewing a movie that is new to us, though it may be new, old, or older! We like to guess the year...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy star in pre-"Dallas" TV flick

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Special thanks to Will "the Voice Man" Rodgers, our collaborator in BRBTV, for uncovering this sweet little gem. Imagine a TV movi...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Spotted: Lesley-Anne Down, Terri Garber and more

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The "North and South" miniseries of the '80s, based on John Jakes' juicy novels of the Civil War era, had a dynamite cast....
Friday, February 18, 2011

TGIF Toys: Boss Hogg falls to pieces ... and back again

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Spotted at the Gaithersburg Antiques Fest in Maryland last weekend, right next to a Penguin Mego (and a Riddler Mego, if you really must kn...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer talk about their "Dukes" days

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Christopher "Chip" Mayer, who is a BRBTV double-shot as Vance Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard" and T.J. Daniels on "S...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Charlene Tilton chats about new TNT "Dallas" project and more

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Charlene Tilton, our own Lucy Ewing Cooper of "Dallas," just chatted live with fans this evening at UltimateDallas.com , and BRBTV...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Woo-hoo! A Martinez is back in the game!

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It was a banner week for fans of the classic daytime soap "Santa Barbara," as kingpin A Martinez, who played Cruz Castillo, return...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

We will certainly miss Peggy Rea

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Fans of "The Dukes of Hazzard" everywhere are mourning the loss of Peggy Rea, our own graceful Lulu Hogg, as news broke this week ...
Friday, February 04, 2011

An update on James Best's "Shrews" project

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What's better than writing and shooting a sequel to a delightful B movie you made decades ago? Recruiting a bunch of your friends to sta...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Turner issues official release on new "Dallas" project

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Oh, we've been geekin' out for weeks -- months, perhaps -- in anticipation of TNT's new "Dallas" project, set to begin...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Announcing the Kindle version of "Destination: Dallas"

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Ya know, the books of the BRBTV fact book series all started out in electronic format, several years ago, presenting all the fun facts about...
Monday, January 24, 2011

A "Dynasty" prequel movie? Sounds like crazy-cool fun!

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Thanks to Dennis at the "Dynasty" Facebook group , as well as the Plastic Retro Blog and Coming Soon (have we forgotten anybody?...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Blog brings you news on Joan Collins

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We reported a while back that Joan Collins -- the "Dynasty" diva Alexis Carrington-Colby-And-On-And-On -- has just launched a Twit...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Nana Visitor talks about her time on "Trek"

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To us fans of the "Dynasty" offshoot "The Colbys," she was Georgina Sinclair, the beautiful ballerina who viciously vied...
Sunday, January 09, 2011

A fresh talk with Victoria Principal, and don't count Larry Hagman out for TNT's "Dallas" pilot

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DallasFanzine.com has just posted an interview with Victoria Principal -- our beloved Pammy Ewing of our just-as-beloved "Dallas....
Friday, January 07, 2011

John Schneider hits the con circuit hard this year

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Thanks to Phyllis once again for the round-up on the 2011 appearance schedule for John Schneider, our own Bo Duke of "The Dukes of Hazz...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Welcome back, Christopher Mayer!

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We love how the Hollywood Show churns out the great classic TV stars a few times a year, but we love even more that on the guest list this ...
Friday, December 31, 2010

CMT rolls out the "Dukes" and "Dallas" episodes in fab form this weekend

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It would be enough for our friends at CMT -- who showed the great wisdom to bring "The Dukes of Hazzard" back to the airwaves a fe...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Lane Davies talks about his work on "The Bay"

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OutTakes host Laurie Baker just did a fresh  interview this evening with Lane Davies, our own Mason Capwell of "Santa Barbara," o...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Update on the Archie's Weird Mysteries compilation paperback

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Mr. Paul Castiglia has updated BRBTV on the trade paperback compilation of the Archie's Weird Mysteries comic book series, which we told...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Archie's Weird Mysteries gets compilation paperback

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Many thanks to the author himself, Mr. Paul Castiglia, for the heads-up on this one:  Those juicy, spooky stories you loved in the Archie...
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

BRBTV birthdays for December

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- Forry Smith, the dashing Reese Walker on "SB," turns 58 on December 1. - Charlene Tilton, little Lucy Ewing of "Dallas,...
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Created in 1998, BRBTV is a series of fun fact books and shorter reference guides on classic television shows: primetime soaps "Dynasty" and "Dallas," the action-adventures "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Wonder Woman," "The Secrets of Isis" and "The Green Hornet," along with a host of fab animated series like "Super Friends" and "Scooby-Doo." Founded with the mission of spreading "peace, love and useless information about television," BRBTV seeks to inform, with a solid journalistic expertise, on these shows and their stars, as well as a sprinkling of the TV world in general. While this news blog takes a journalistic approach, with many posts delivered straight-on, you will see some attitude here. You will see an opinion or three (and unfortunately, you will see us attempt to crack jokes once in a while!). That's why a blog format was chosen. Just sayin'. Learn more at the BRBTV home page: www.brbtv.com. Learn more about BRB and her other work at her own home page: www.billierae.com
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