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James Sims James Sims is the Senior Editor at BroadwayWorld.com. Beyond his duties on this website, James also contributes as a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

Having grown up in Los Angeles, California, James spent time working as an entertainment reporter on the west coast before heading to New York City to attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sofasnark.com">SofaSnark.com</a> and follow James on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/simsjames">@SimsJames</a>.





Sofa Snark: Publishers Can Take Warning From 'Collected Stories'
Sofa Snark: Publishers Can Take Warning From 'Collected Stories'
April 29, 2010

Rupert Murdoch and Jonathan Burnham, consider yourself warned. Playwright Donald Margulies has assumed the role of a publishing soothsayer, and what he predicts isn't pretty...

New on TV: 4/29/10
April 29, 2010

Things are about to get a bit more musical on Fox as the network airs a musical episode of the mysterious series Fringe tonight...

New On TV: 4/28/10
April 28, 2010

Tonight sees the premiere of a new ABC series, Happy Town, which takes a page from the David Lynch series Twin Peaks -- expect creepy characters and strange story lines...

Hulu.com Prepares to Charge Viewers
April 21, 2010

Hulu.com, the internet's mecca of free streaming television episodes, and the alternative to cable subscriptions for freeloading college students, is about to change things up with a paid subscription service...

TV Themes Get Nixed from Emmy Awards
April 21, 2010

Television theme music writers have been dealt a blow by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmy Award category that has previously recognized the main title theme song for TV shows has been nixed by the awards committee...

Sofa Snark: Music's Past & Future Meet on Broadway
Sofa Snark: Music's Past & Future Meet on Broadway
April 20, 2010

Broadway needs to begin taking more chances on new kinds of musicals. While 'American Idiot' shows the future of Broadway musicals, 'Million Dollar Quartet' provides the backstory to the long hard journey that the music industry took to get us to this point. Here's hoping U2 can swoop in next season with 'Spider-Man' the musical and reaffirm that rock music belongs on Broadway...

Sofa Snark: 'Glee' Could Save Arts Education
Sofa Snark: 'Glee' Could Save Arts Education
April 14, 2010

While most prime-time programming is filled with cookie cutter procedural dramas and a seemingly endless number of Law & Order spinoffs, all merely teaching kids how to dispose of a dead body, Glee has quickly turned into a show advocating for a positive change in America, even while maintaining its cotton candy sweetness...

Sofa Snark: 'Addams Family' Dead as Doornail
Sofa Snark: 'Addams Family' Dead as Doornail
April 9, 2010

After the reported hefty advance sales run dry, it would suit the Broadway community to dispense of The Addams Family as fast as it did that other clunky deadly musical, Young Frankenstein...

Sofa Snark: ABC's 'Lost' Takes Page from 'Matrix'
Sofa Snark: ABC's 'Lost' Takes Page from 'Matrix'
April 7, 2010

Like every other LOST fanatic, I'll be tuning in every night until ABC finally wraps up this mysterious television wonder. Only five episodes left until series finale time...

Trailer for Showtime's 'The Tudors' Sizzles
April 7, 2010

One of TV's hottest dramas, The Tudors, which also boasts a historical premise, returns to Showtime this Sunday, and if the newly released trailer is any indication of things to come, then all hell is going to break loose in King Henry VIII's kingdom...

The Kitchen Heats Up as 'Top Chef Masters' Returns
April 7, 2010

Bravo is ready to deliver a second helping of Top Chef Masters, the spinoff of the network's popular cooking challenge show Top Chef...

Maura Tierney Returns to TV in 'Rescue Me'
April 6, 2010

After battling breast cancer, and being forced to pull out of a new series on NBC, actress Maura Tierney is ready for a return to television, this time in a role she previously played on FX's Rescue Me...

Whoopi Goldberg Stands Up for Jesse James
April 6, 2010

Jesse James is getting heat from every side of the pop culture and tabloid news world, rightfully so, so it might have come as a bit of a surprise to the Monster Garage star that The View's co-host Whoopi Goldberg defended him...

Rachel Maddow Says No to Television
April 6, 2010

MSNBC darling Rachel Maddow keeps plenty of television viewers informed, and often entertained, on her nightly program -- just don't expect her to use TV as her own form of entertainment...

Nicollette Sheridan Claims 'Housewives' Creator Assaulted Her
April 6, 2010

Now comes a lawsuit, filed by Nicollette Sheridan, alleging that Marc Cherry forcefully hit her with his hand across the face and head after the actress questioned a script element...

Watch: GLEE Performs Live at the White House
Watch: GLEE Performs Live at the White House
April 5, 2010

As Gleeks await the return of the hit series Glee, those attending the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll, and anyone tuning in online, were treated to a live performance from the singing and dancing cast...

Tom Hanks to Reunite with 'Bosom Buddies' Cast
April 5, 2010

Get ready for Tom Hanks in drag, again, as the now movie star will reunite with his fellow Bosom Buddies cast during the upcoming TV Land Awards, marking the first time the gang has joined together in public since the series ended in 1982...

Showtime Previews 'The Real L Word'
April 5, 2010

Showtime showcased lesbian lifestyles for six season with its sexy drama The L Word, and now the channel is hoping to create new buzz with a reality series called The Real L Word -- the series focuses on a group of women living in West Hollywood...

Anna Paquin's Bisexuality Crashes Website
April 2, 2010

'True Blood' star Anna Paquin helped singer Cyndi Lauper launch a gay rights campaign for the True Colors Fund Thursday by appearing in a service announcement...

DirecTV Could Rescue FX's 'Damages'
April 2, 2010

FX's original series 'Damages' hasn't been faring well with viewers -- less than a million viewers are tuning in each week -- so word of cancellation wouldn't be surprising, however DirecTV might be lending a hand to rescue the legal-thriller...



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