August 12, 2008
Freaks and Geeks (NBC 1999-2000)
It's been almost a decade now since "Freaks and Geeks" enjoyed its glorious one-year run. If it magically appeared on our small screens today, it would be as fresh as...
Nichols (NBC 1971-72)
A young James Garner Okay, this is going back a little ways. But in 1971, James Garner â after his movie career but before "The Rockford Files" â starred in...
Cupid (ABC 1998-99)
"Cupid" shot an arrow through hearts of its dedicated fans â but didnât dent the stone-cold, love-less suits at ABC who dropped one of the most innovative shows of its...
Maybe Itâs Me (WB 2001-02)
Fred Willard Suzanne Martin, creator of "Maybe It's Me," once told me she intentionally wrote scripts a minute or two short, knowing that Fred Willard's impromptu brilliance at rehearsal would...
HANK BLAMES YANKEES SLIDE ON INJURIES
MINNEAPOLIS - Hank Steinbrenner talking about next year was a strong indication he privately feels like a lot of other people: This year is gone. After explaining to the Associated...
Game 119: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- The Mets hope to bounce back from Mondayâs meltdown against the Pirates when Johan Santana takes the mound here tonight in the first of a three-game road series...
Manuel considers drastic move
WASHINGTON -- We're not sure how truly serious he is about this, but Jerry Manuel said today he is considering making one of three starters -- John Maine (pictured), Oliver...
Fastlane (FOX 2002-2003)
After the high that was "Charlie's Angels" â I say this in all seriousness, that movie rocked â McG turned his eyes to television and gifted us with the one...
Scene-NYC streets
Rebecca Davis, who works for Nylon, wears Las Pipas shoes from Argentina with fishnet ankle socks, a vintage Ellen Tracy for Saks polka-dot skirt, vintage belt, Banana Republic tank, a...
Leetch, Richter Inducted USA HOF
Former Rangers' greats Mike Richter and Brian Leetch were inducted to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2008 ESPN.com reports.Brett Hull and Cammi Granato were also voted...
Scene-NYC streets
Teen Vogue Fashion Editor Mary Kate Steinmiller walks the streets in a Caroline Hedaya dress, carries a Marc Jacobs bag, and wears Nine West shoes."I just met the designer at...
'HAWAII FIVE-O' COMEBACK
CBS is saying "Aloha" to a revamped version of "Hawaii Five-O." The producer of "Criminal Minds" is behind an updated edition of the iconic series which originally ran from 1968...
John From Cincinnati (HBO 2007)
But, "John" was not only the most creative television program in the mediumâs sixty-year history but also some of the most mysterious. As we watched - enthralled by the beauty...
Halfway Home (Comedy Central 2007)
Comedy Centralâs "Halfway Home" only made it halfway to stardom before falling off the programming map. Created and co-starring the indelible Oscar Nunez (aka Oscar from "The Office"), "Halfway Home"...
The Comeback (HBO 2005)
Following in the footsteps of several other high-profile sitcom stars of her time, Lisa Kudrow - famous for starring as the earthy and quirky "Smelly Cat"-singing-massage-therapist Pheobe Buffay on "Friends"...
TODAY'S PENNANT RACE BREAKDOWN
Scott Kazmir looks to help the Rays recover from the loss of Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria, who went on the disabled list yesterday. Tampa Bay starts a three-game set...
OLYMPICS VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT: Michael Phelps and a pair of American teammates dominated in the pool, while the U.S. men's gymnastics team garnered a surprise bronze medal in the...
ON DECK: METS AT NATIONALS
The deal that sent Lastings Milledge to the Nationals looked brilliant up until the moment Ryan Church took a knee to the head in Atlanta. Church has barely seen the...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT TWINS
It was impossible to think before the season started, but maybe Kyle Farnsworth was the glue keeping a surprisingly dominant Yankees bullpen together. Since Farnsworth was traded on July 30...
U.S. Women Trounce New Zealand
APSHENYANG, China -- Heather O'Reilly scored less than a minute into the match Tuesday to lead the United States to a 4-0 win over New Zealand and a spot in...
'EASTWICK' ON LITTLE SCREEN
"The Witches of Eastwick" will be turned into a TV show--again. The 1987 movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher and Susan Sarandon--adapted from John Updike's novel--will be turned into an ABC...
Garcia set to go elsewhere
You can scratch Freddy Garcia off the Mets' list. According to a source close to the veteran right-hander, Garcia will sign with another club as soon as today. The ex-Phillie,...
The Flash (CBS 1990)
Ever heard of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo? Maybe not, but aside from being responsible for bringing Rachel Bilson into the world, Danny Bilson was one half of a...
Young WRs showing their stuff
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY â Once again, it was the reserve corps of receivers out on the field for the morning practice, with such luminaries as Plaxico Burress, Amani Toomer and...
Space: Above and Beyond (FOX 1995-96)
A group of newly trained US Marine Corps aviators took to the dark vacuum of space to combat a ruthless, silent and murderous enemy bent on the destruction of humankind....
Otherworld (CBS 1985)
I just stumbled upon this one by accident. Has there ever been a show you've seen, but you saw it so long ago that you remember only details, can't quite...
Deadly Games (UPN 1995)
When the United Paramount Network launched in 1995, it's primary draw was "Star Trek: Voyager." The network ran a host of other shows to pad its line-up, including "Marker," "Live...
Live Shot (UPN 1995)
Here lies another victim of the Trekkies. "Live Shot" was another of the fledgling -- and now defunct (small wonder, there) -- UPN's early shows that didn't survive the network's...
Coverage in today's Post
Yikes. The less said, the better about how Mets 5, Pirates 1 in the seventh inning Monday somehow became a Pirates 7, Mets 5 final thanks to Aaron Heilman (pictured)...
Look for Kunz to close
From JOEL SHERMANWho is going to get the next crack at closing for the Mets? Well, as the Mets left their clubhouse on Monday to head for a bus and...
TIME TO DEMOTE MELKY
FROM JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees were held scorleess against the Twins to open a three-game series. It marked the 38th time that the Yanks scored two or fewer runs. That is...
3 UP: Melky, Kunz and Dunn
1. The Yankees were held scorleess against the Twins to open a three-game series. It marked the 38th time that the Yanks scored two or fewer runs. That is the...
GETTING OFF THE GROUND
Ever wonder how a big metal airplane shares space with the sparrows? Read on to see how these winged marvels make it in the air. Man envied the birds for...
FAVRE'S DEBUT GOES NATIONAL
BRETT Favre's first start as the Jets quarterback will be such big news that it's going to be televised nationally. Cable TV's NFL Network is picking up Ch. 2's coverage...
THE GRAB MAN
"MAD Men," a show about the early '60s that never could have aired then, featured a storyline about a show that did air then, but almost didn't because of its...
OLYMPICS ARE TV HIT
MICHAEL Phelps may be bringing home the gold for swimming, but it's NBC that's bringing home the gold for ratings. Coverage on Saturday for the Olympic games, which aired on...
GREEN-EYED MONSTERS INVADE 'LOST'
'LOST" stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly are renegotiating big raises - spurring fellow cast members to cash in their own new deals. Fox and Lilly, who play Jack and...
9021-DOUGH
TORI Spelling has an grily ditched The CW's "90210" spinoff - after learning she'd be paid less than her former "Beverly Hills, 90210" castmates Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth. "It's...
A HUCK OF A SHOW
FORMER Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee may be the only presidential candidate to come out of the campaign with more than what he went in with. Huckabee quietly taped a pilot...
ART OF DARKNESS
VOGUE Pages: 798 (down from last year!) Price: $4.99 Hits: Interview with mad fashion genius Alexander McQueen, with five pages of looks from his new collection inspired by the super-knotty...
MPFREES
Metro Station, "Shake It" The exuberant, catchy lead single off the Hollywood band's self-titled album encourages you to get off your butt and shake...it. Dolly Parton, "Shinola" The steel guitars...
FIRST STOP: SUCCESS
WHEN your sister is a teen superstar with a hit TV series and a chart-topping music career, it seems like a waste not to ride her coattails, even just a...
DIAMOND IS FOREVER
NEIL Diamond has a polarizing effect on people. You either love or hate him, but lately there seems to be lots o' love for this 67-year-old American treasure. This past...
ONE-ACT SHORTS FIT NICELY IN SUMMER HEAT
AS lightweight as its title suggests, "Summer Shorts 2" seems tailor-made for heat-induced short attention spans. But while the brief one-acts that comprise "Series A" don't add up to very...
FRINGE DARTS TARGET TART
IT hardly comes as a surprise that Britney Spears is a character in not one but two of the offerings in this year's Fringe Festival (and that's just over the...
BE HAIRFUL OUT THERE
HOT mamas aren't the only ones getting waxes; now their kiddies are, too. That's right, the newest trend in pre-tween preening is a wax job, with girls as young as...
SCHABLE FINE AFTER INJURY
Perhaps the best sight of yesterday's practice was tight end A.J. Schable back in uniform only days after suffering what appeared to be a serious neck injury in the preseason...
JET BOOSTER
If you're a Jet fan hoping for tickets to go see Broadway Brett and Gang Green, you might want to consider Saturday's preseason game against Washington, because apparently Favre Fever...
JETS' RUSH 4-TIFIED
The view from across the line of scrimmage might appear a bit foreign to Jets running backs Thomas Jones and Leon Washington. As they peer over their own wide-body offensive...
JOBA SET TO START THROWING
MINNEAPOLIS - Joba Chamberlain wanting to play catch tomorrow in Tampa is an encouraging sign to Yankee manager Joe Girardi. However, the organization won't let Chamberlain throw until Friday, when...
DEATH WATCH
MINNEAPOLIS - Yankee manager Joe Girardi sat the AL's leading hitter and a member of the home-run leader's club last night against Twins lefty Glen Perkins. In Johnny Damon's place...
OL IS DIEHL-ING WITH TIME OFF
ALBANY - When it was time for the team portion of Giants practice Sunday afternoon, David Diehl did not line up at left tackle, which qualifies as big news around...
PEDRO'S IMPRESSIVE DAY WASTED
Five years after Doug Mientkiewicz last got in the box against Pedro Martinez, who was in his prime, the Pittsburgh first baseman said the 2008 Martinez is tougher to face...
WAGNER TO RETURN MONDAY
Billy Wagner can't return to the Mets fast enough, and all indications are he'll be activated from the disabled list on the first day he's eligible (Monday), a team source...
METS' POISON PEN THE PITTS AGAIN
Jerry Manuel still calls it a bullpen, but the proper term might be bull excrement. The stench permeated the air above Shea Stadium late yesterday afternoon and had the Mets...
DESPERATE MANUEL WANTS CHANGE
FORGET about Gandhi. Forget about Martin Luther King. Jerry Manuel, a disciple of their calm, rational thinking, has found something at which even the great pacifist would grow intolerant: the...
THAT'S ALI, FOLKS
BEIJING - Sadam Ali's eyes got watery, his voice quivered and he tried to force a smile. The 19-year-old boxer from Brooklyn saw his Olympic dream end in just eight...
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RECORD
BEIJING - This time there was no last-millisecond finish, no amazing comeback and no guttural scream in celebration. This time, Michael Phelps won the 200-meter freestyle in business-like fashion, blowing...
GOLDEN CHANCE FOR JONES
BEIJING - Cullen Jones had one of the best seats in the house for the final leg of yesterday's dramatic 4x100 meter freestyle relay. As teammate Jason Lezak swam the...
SPLISH-SPLASH
BEIJING - We can thank Butch and Sundance for this, if you think about it. They were the groundbreakers. You remember: they were trapped on a cliff, Lefors? men were...
CHAMP'S NEVER SECOND-BEST
BEIJING - As you waited for Michael Phelps to jump in the water yesterday, it was hard not to remember the old story about Mickey Mantle and the 1957 season,...
BRONZE BOMBERS
BEIJING - The U.S. men's gymnastics team arrived here as a decided underdog. Its members will be leaving as Olympic medalists. The Americans won the bronze medal in the team...
U.S. GYM GALS AIM TO OVERCOME IMPERFECT QUALIFYING
BEIJING - After a dramatic qualifying session, the U.S. women's gymnastics team takes the floor tonight hoping for a clear path to its first gold medal since 1996. The women's...
AMERICANS SET 'TARGET'
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Padraig Harrington is golf's new Tiger Woods and, as well as Sergio Garcia played in the 90th PGA Championship, it's clear the Europeans will be heavy...
HILL OF A SHOW
Darryl Hill wasn't supposed to be here. Neither were his teammates. But when the buzzer sounded on Thursday night at the Nike Pro City championship, the members of PDG Queensbridge...
HONDO TAKES TIM, MAN
Hondo, who stopped the bleeding Sunday with the White Sox, started hemorrhaging anew last night when he lost the Pale Hose repeater and saw the earnings drop back to 390...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Report: Ex-scout being investigated A former part-time scout for the Nationals is at the center of a league probe that has already led to the firing of one scout...
NEWS + NOTES
DUTCH AND GO CURAÇAO - the only Caribbean island secure enough to rock that "C" tail - has put together a program offering airfare, food and beverage credits ($240/pp!), free...
HOT DEALS!
* MEDITERRANEAN $499/pp 7-night cruise on Costa Romantica; RT out of Rome stopping Sicily, Rhodes, Crete and Athens. Leave Nov. 3 - that's a whopping $350 off earlier departures (cruisesonly.com).*...
NO STRESS, PLEASE!
YOU won't find much along this winding stretch of Route 9D that runs along the Hudson River between the Bear Mountain Bridge and Peekskill, save for an info center manned...
THE LEFT'S CLOSED MIND
Speaking as a person who loves the study of history and who is aware of how badly it has been twisted, Ralph Peters' "Thought Police" (PostOpinion, Aug. 5) makes for...
THE JETS GET BRETT - BUT SOME NYERS FRET
This move gives the Jets instant credibility ("Jet Favre," Aug. 7). Now they will own the back page for a little while, and, if they do badly this year, everyone...
THWARTING RELIEF OF HIGH NY TAXES
LAST Friday, during a special session, the state Senate passed property-tax-cap legislation, marking an ex cellent start to solving New York's growing proper ty-tax crisis. New Yorkers pay some of...
MAC'S MOMENT
PRESIDENT Bush's assurance back in 2001 that he looked into Vladimir Putin's soul and liked what he saw was the international equivalent of his "heckuva job" boosterism of Federal Emergency...
RUSSIA GOES ROGUE
IT'S impossible to overstate the importance of what's un folding as we watch. Russia's invasion of Georgia - a calculated, unprovoked aggression - is a crisis that may have more...
OLYMPIC EYE SORE
Spain's Olympic basketball team managed to commit a flagrant foul even before setting foot on the court. In a series of full-page advertisements that ran in Marca, Spain's most popular...
CHINA STAB SURVIVOR IS IMPROVING
An American woman who was seriously wounded in a Beijing knife attack that killed her husband near an Olympics venue spoke briefly yesterday, her family said. Barbara Bachman's condition was...
RUSSIANS SPLIT GEORGIA IN HALF
Russia opened up a second front in its brutal onslaught against Georgia yesterday - slicing the Black Sea nation in two with a fierce assault that drew harsh worldwide condemnation....
CEREMONY BIGS FAKED FOOTSTEPS
Admirers of the Olympics' spectacular opening ceremony said it would be difficult to follow in the program's footsteps. Now it turns out the footsteps were fake. Organizers concluded last week's...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 975; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 2806; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Mon: 598; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
NEW O AD CALLS MAC THE REAL CAUSE 'CELEB'
WASHINGTON - Weeks after John McCain ridiculed Barack Obama by comparing him to celebrities like Paris Hilton, the Obama camp struck back yesterday, hitting McCain for hobnobbing with late-night talk-show...
ROCKE-FAUX-LER WED JUST TO GET GREEN CARD
The serial scammer currently known as Clark Rockefeller married his first wife in Wisconsin just to get a green card, and then ditched her the day after their rubber-stamp ceremony,...
CHEAT JOHN IS STILL 'LYING'
John Edwards lied even when he "came clean" by claiming his affair with vixen videographer Rielle Hunter began after his presidential campaign hired her, a friend of the mistress said...
HIS AFFAIR SCREWED HILL, EX-AIDE SAYS
A former top aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she would have defeated Barack Obama had John Edwards' sex scandal been exposed last year - a stunning claim...
HAYDEN'S DAD BEAT MA: COPS
"Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere's dad was busted yesterday for allegedly beating up her mom in a drunken rage. Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies picked up Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere, 49,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A Midtown Kmart worker was busted for giving customers more than $120,000 in discounts that he wasn't authorized to make, officials said. Franklin Butler, 38, handed out the bogus,...
CITY HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS MAKE GRAD-UAL STRIDES
High-school graduation rates are climbing in New York City, but the five boroughs still trail the state in churning out graduates, according to figures released yesterday. Editor's Note: To search...
QNS. MOTHER IN GRISLY SLAY
A Queens man slit his girlfriend's throat ear-to-ear in front of her 9-year-old and 6-month-old daughters yesterday, authorities said. Pedro Ayala, 21, of 151st Street in Jamaica, was arrested at...
SOTHEBY'S SUED OVER ASYLUM ART 'THEFT'
The family of a renowned Mexican-American folk artist who died in an insane asylum is suing Sotheby's and a retired therapist for $3 million - saying they stole 17 paintings...
IT'S BACK TO PEN, 'PREPPY'
"Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers is headed back to prison. The notorious strangler pleaded guilty to a felony drug-possession charge in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday in return for a 19-year prison...
GOV'S CHOPPING SPREE
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson raised the stakes in his looming fiscal showdown with the Legislature yesterday, calling on lawmakers to slash health-care spending, cut aid to New York City, and...
ORBACH 'EX' FACTOR
The first wife of the late "Law and Order" star Jerry Orbach yesterday defended her son's poison-pen letter to his stepmother - the actor's second wife - and took her...
SNIFFING OUT BANK 'ROBBER'
A cross-dressing bank robber donned a wig, makeup and women's clothing to throw cops off the scent - but he got caught because he couldn't disguise his super-sized schnoz, authorities...
PROMISING DANCER HIT BY AUTO
An accomplished dancer, choreographer and artist was struck and critically injured by an unlicensed driver as she crossed a rain-slicked Brooklyn street yesterday. Jillian D. PeÑa, 28 - a doctoral...
PRISONER FOUND HANGED IN CELL
A prisoner hanged himself in a holding cell at a Brooklyn station house when he was left alone while officers left on an urgent call, officials said yesterday. David Sotomayor,...
'TERROR' MA GETS DOCTOR
An MIT-educated mother of three accused of trying to gun down US military officials in Afghanistan rolled into Manhattan federal court in a wheelchair yesterday and complained she's been denied...
HOORAY? GAS NOW 'ONLY' $4
Gas prices have dropped from obscene to simply absurd. Motorists who a few months ago would have cursed the notion of paying $3.99 for a gallon of regular unleaded were...
NY ART WORLD SHOCK
Someone likely once paid a king's ransom for the Alberto Giacometti bust found in the home of a late, eccentric Manhattan dealer in 2006. Now, if the FBI only knew...
NY DAD DIES IN IRAQ
A New York hero who'd dreamed of being a soldier since childhood was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb, officials said yesterday. Army Sgt. José Ulloa, 23, of Washington...
WALL ST. EXEC BULLISH ON NEW JOB AS ED. CFO
A top moneyman who was a major player in the failed bid to save investment bank Bear Stearns is taking on another headache - as the new financial chief of...
THE MAGIC METROCARD MACHINE!
Three pals stumbled on a MetroCard machine in Penn Station that gave them free fares - and they milked it for $800,000 over nearly three years before the MTA caught...
TRASH MAN DIES ON JOB
A 60-year-old sanitation worker who had just told his partner that he felt "a little lightheaded" died of an apparent heart attack yesterday in The Bronx. Officials said Nelson Diaz,...
SLAY JUDGE HAILS KID COURAGE
A Queens judge yesterday congratulated an 11-year-old boy for his "courageous" testimony that helped convict the man who gunned down his father, then sentenced the coldblooded killer to 25 years...
SEC PLOTS PROPOSAL TO DETER SHORT SELLERS
The Securities and Exchange Commission is working furiously to unveil a proposal next month that would permanently tighten existing rules for short selling, according to people in talks with the...
MAGAZINE SALES RACK UP A BIG LOSS
The first half of 2008 proved to be most unkind to the magazine business, with newsstand sales taking a pounding from consumers rocked by soaring gas prices and falling home...
STUDIO'S VOD-DAY
A rift is developing among the major media companies over releasing movies through video-on-demand on the same day DVDs go on sale. Last week's earnings calls revealed that the industry...
UPCOMING CPI NUMBER MAY HAVE A CRUDE REALITY
WALL Street has been feasting lately on news that the speculative bubble in crude oil is deflating. This Thursday, inflation could bite back. The July consumer price index (CPI) will...
EIGHTH AVE. HOTEL PROJECT SLOWS
A big Eighth Avenue de velopment site might not be developed any time soon. Work has stopped at TriBeach's assemblage on the avenue's west side between 46th and 47th streets,...
BLUE CHINA IT'S NOT
China's red-hot advertising market will last long after the Olympic torch is extinguished, a new report says. Overall ad spending in China will grow almost 20 percent in 2009, to...
TRADING CHARGES
A trading-firm CEO is trying to smear three former employees who blew the whistle on him for allegedly using company cash for hookers, strippers and babysitters, a pair of sensational...
MOSCOW ON THE MOVE
Given Russia's incursions deep inside neighboring Georgia, no one should doubt any longer that this offensive is a long-planned effort by Moscow to dominate the region - and perhaps beyond....
DAVE'S DANGEROUS FLIRTATION
Gov. Paterson's new fiscal plan - pres ented in Albany yesterday in antici pation of next week's special legislative session - contained good news and bad. The governor proposes cutting...
HE GOT OFF EASY LAST TIME
Robert Chambers, the "preppie killer" of '80s infamy, is headed back to prison for a long stretch. This is as it should be. Under a deal announced yesterday, Chambers will...
GIVE THIS 'LOVE LIPS' A PUNCH IN THE KI$$ER
HE'S still a lying skunk. Every American who stuck a bill into a can or wrote a check in the name of sleazy ex-presidential candidate John Edwards should demand a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Nevada Board of Education member was chastised during a public meeting for dangling a piece of jewelry in front of his giggling new wife, who was sitting next to...
Honeymoon over in Hollywood, as Gullit & Lalas sacked
By BRIAN LEWISWith the slumping Galaxy in full-blown turmoil, L.A. essentially sacked both coach Ruud Gullit and president/GM Alexi Lalas. Sure, the company line is the Dutchman resigned for personal...
ESCAPES: Just relax
Today's story in print whet your whistle for close-to-home relaxation? Here are four more spas where you can get away from all the urban hassles â in just 1½ hours...
ON DECK: METS AT NATIONALS
John Maine had five more days' rest than he would have liked. Maine was ready to come off the disabled list on Friday, but instead pitched a simulated game. Maine...
Pitching set for Nationals series
The pitching matchups are in for the three-game series with the last-place Nationals that begins Tuesday night in D.C. with Johan Santana (pictured) on the mound for the Mets. Here...
Hughes scheduled to pitch for SWB Tuesday, Kennedy Wednesday
After a successful rehab start last Thursday with SWB, Phil Hughes is expected to continue his rehab with the Yankees' Triple-A club again tomorrow, when he will take to the...
Prospect Report for Monday, August 11
After a nice weekend away from the computer, we'll try to get you updated on some of the happenings from the Mets and Yankees' minor league systems over the weekend,...
Deal of the Day-Eventide
This delicate offbeat Caprice Top from Brooklyn design team Eventide is so delicato, it would uber-feminine with a high waisted full skirt or even with jeans and a grandpa cardigan.And...