Alice on CBS

Question: It seems like every other movie I see advertised is based on a TV show, like The Dukes of Hazzard. But what about the other way around? I know there was a series based on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but what other TV series have been based on a movie, and were any of them good?

Answer: There have been a handful of top-notch TV shows based on movies. The flop Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) was revived as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003); Robert Altman's acerbic M*A*S*H* (1970) became the long-running M*A*S*H (1972-1983); Neil Simon read more

NIGHT FEEDING | Today's News: Our Take | 10/20/2005
After giving birth to her first child, daughter Alice, on Sept. 10, Tina Fey will return from maternity leave to coanchor Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" on Oct. 22. "I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I only have a verbal agreement," Fey quips in a statement. Aw, Horatio, we hardly knew ye. (OK, we did. And, well, you were "eh.") read more