Television
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Television • Hank Hill »
An animated personality.
September 1997 by Joe Nick Patoski
No Show »
Cash-poor PBS stations can’t seem to come up with innovative new ideas, so they ought to resurrect an innovative old one: Newsroom, the best local public- affairs program in Texas history.
September 1997 Jim Atkinson
Heeeeeere’s Gary! »
After years of laboring in virtual anonymity as Mr. Amy Grant, Texan Gary Chapman has his own talk show on The Nashville Network and is known by a vastly more flattering moniker: the David Letterman of country.
August 1997 Jamie Schilling Fields
Hill Bent »
Mike Judge plays King of the Hill
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February 1997 by Jason Cohen
Still ZZ After All These Years »
So what if they’re not cranking out hits and selling out concerts the way they used to? After nearly three decades, no one makes better blues rock than ZZ Top.
December 1996 by Joe Nick Patoski
Morris the Catch »
Dick Morris’ other other woman.
December 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
Peri, Trouper »
Waco, Houston, Dallas, Austin, London, New York, Hollywood: Peri Gilpin was all over the map before finding stardom on NBC�s hit sitcom Frasier.
October 1996 by Ellise Pierce
Television • Chuck Norris »
Lone Ranger.
September 1996 by Gary Cartwright
The Candy Man »
Mr. Peppermint doffs his skimmer in a fond if bittersweet farewell to all the kids he entertained on TV for so many years.
July 1996 by Joe Nick Patoski
Dial M for Molly. »
Molly Ivins and Bob Wade on TV.
May 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
Now Hear This »
The surprising sound of the Internet.
May 1996 by Josh Daniel
Interview With The Vamp »
After twenty years as the reigning queen of the soaps, the essential truth about Morgan Fairchild remains: She’s not a bitch, but she plays one on TV.
April 1996 by Skip Hollandsworth
Barry Corbin »
February 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
Thomas Haden Church, Actor (Thursday, April 15th 2010)
Texas-born actor Thomas Haden Church has found success in Hollywood, but chooses to keep roots deep in his home state. He spent six seasons with a major role on the hit sitcom Wings, won an Oscar nomination for his part in Sideways, and recently played the villain in Spider-Man 3. But Church enjoys a parallel career as a hands-on cattle rancher, complete with broken bones to show for it.
Tim Matheson, Actor (Thursday, April 22nd 2010)
No matter what your age, you probably know actor Tim Matheson from a role in an era-defining production. As a child, he worked on shows including Leave It To Beaver, Father Knows Best and the cartoon hit Jonny Quest, where he voiced the title role. In the 1970s, he played the part of smooth-talking frat boy Eric “Otter” Stratton in Animal House. And he continues to act in a variety of projects with a wide range of roles, earning two Emmy nominations for his role as Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing.
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