The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program)

'The Sopranos' tops WGA's top 101 TV shows of all time

2013-06-03 05:00:00

They say that television is a writer's medium, so it makes sense that the Writers Guild of America would have its own list of the 101 greatest TV shows of all time. At the top of the list is "The Sopranos," HBO's multiple award-winning hit series that...

The Gold Standard: Emmy chances for comedy shows and stars

2013-06-06 06:00:00

"Modern Family" has won the comedy series Emmy for each of its three seasons. Other shows that have gone the three-peat route — "30 Rock," "Taxi," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "All in the Family" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" — were denied a...

New releases: 'To the Wonder' a beautiful and rewarding film

2013-04-07 08:30:00

To the Wonder Available on VOD beginning April 12 Early buzz on Terence Malick's film pegged it as a muddled rehash of the director's crazily ambitious "The Tree of Life," but that's not entirely accurate. Some of Malick's trademarks have become...

'Argo' wins top SAG Award; Day-Lewis, Lawrence win drama honors

2013-01-27 19:57:00

Ben Affleck's “Argo” seems to be unstoppable. The film about a CIA plot to rescue American hostages in Iran in 1980 won the 19th Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday night for ensemble in a motion picture. The win came hours after the film,...

SAG Awards 2013: Dick Van Dyke honored for life achievement

2013-01-27 18:27:00

It was an emotional, nostalgic moment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year when Dick Van Dyke gave Mary Tyler Moore the guild's 48th Life Achievement Award. The two veterans, who had come to TV fame playing Rob and Laura Petrie on the landmark...

Bill Persky, that guy from 'That Girl'

2013-01-01 18:20:00

Emmy Award-winning sitcom writer-producer-director Bill Persky was recently giving a lecture at New York University's film school when the topic of role models came up. Someone in the class wanted to know why he believed only women needed role models in...

Dick Van Dyke to accept SAG Life Achievement Award

2012-12-20 06:00:00

On Jan. 27, the Screen Actors Guild will give veteran entertainer Dick Van Dyke its Life Achievement Award, honoring his storied career and humanitarian work, simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 5 p.m. PST. And if that isn't enough to celebrate, at 86 Van...

Dick Van Dyke set for one-night performance in Malibu

2012-08-22 07:50:00

At the ripe age of 86,�Dick Van Dyke�is having an eventful year, both professionally and personally. The�"Mary Poppins"�actor is scheduled to appear in a one-night live performance in September that will benefit the Malibu Stage Playhouse.�The Sept. 12...

Soccer star Landon Donovan makes a quick score in home sale

2012-07-29 00:00:00

Galaxy superstar Landon Donovan listed his compound in Manhattan Beach for $4.295 million and in two weeks had an offer in hand. Built in 2007 and 2008, the compound is made up of two houses with a swimming pool. The main house features 11-foot ceilings,...

PASSINGS: Doris Singleton, Elinor Agnew, Bob Banfield, Patricia Bario

2012-06-30 00:00:00

Doris Singleton Actress worked with Lucille Ball Doris Singleton, 92, an actress best known for playing Lucy's friend Caroline Appleby on the classic TV comedy "I Love Lucy," died Tuesday in Los Angeles of complications from cancer, according to her...

Morey Amsterdam family estate sold

2012-06-21 00:00:00

The longtime Beverly Hills home of the Morey Amsterdam family has sold for $4.9 million. The 5,854-square-foot house, built in 1958, has walls of glass that open to the backyard, a living room with a fireplace and a step-down bar, a breakfast room, a den...

John Rich dies at 86; director of landmark sitcoms

2012-01-30 00:00:00

As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970. On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to...

14. 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'

2013-06-03 07:18:00

with "All in the Family." His credits over an almost 50-year career also included "Gunsmoke," "The Twilight Zone" and "MacGyver." Above, Rich, right, with Norman Lear in 1973 when they won an Emmy for outstanding series for "All in the Family." He was 86.

2013-01-16 11:31:00

Van Dyke presented Mary Tyler Moore with her Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2012 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The two costarred in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" from 1961 to 1966.

2013-01-15 12:35:34