Oh, how we've missed Officer Poncherello so! Our favorite copper is back and spreading a very important message to motorcyclists of the world: Be weary of spontaneous combustion (damn those hellish fireballs). According to the Ponch, the problem is motorcyclists are just "too hot" for their own good. So listen up, and listen up good: If you're going to ride your motorcycle, do what the Ponch says and just be cool.
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CHiPs courtesy Turner Home Entertainment, Route 66 courtesy CBS, Incredible Hulk courtesy Universal Studios
As we all know by now (unless you're living under a rock), Harrison Ford has been whipped back into shape for the long-awaited 4th film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It debuts at the box office in just two more months, and most of us can't wait! But there's been an added bonus: in the run-up to this sure-fire blockbuster, Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm have slowly been releasing DVD sets of the early '90s television version, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In fact, the third and final collection ships on April 29th.Pre-order Young Indiana Jones - Vol. 3 on Amazon.comBut if it weren't for the upcoming return of this illustrious character, would the television series have ever seen the light of day? Maybe...but possibly not at this particular time, and probably not with such an in-depth production job on episodes and extras. Oh, these TV-DVDs have certainly been in the works since 2002. But then again, the new film has been planned for a very lon...
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CHiPs - The Complete 2nd Season courtesy Warner Home Video
New releases announced today, February 20:CHiPs - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out June 3The Dukes of Hazzard - 2 TV Movie Collection will be coming out June 10Hawaii Five-O - The 4th Season will be coming out June 10Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Per Variety, TV Land has bought off-network rights to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the cabler's first-ever purchase of a reality series and only the second time it has grabbed a show currently on the air. EM:HE will air Tuesdays at 11 pm/ET, starting Aug. 7.... Out on DVD today: Meatballs: Special Edition, and CHiPs' Season 1 (see Erik Estrada Q&A). Coming soon: Black Snake Moan (June 26) and The Dark Crystal: 25th Anniversary Edition (Aug. 14).
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Erik Estrada in CHiPs
No offense to the current crop of motorcycle cops cruising the City of Angels, but the California Highway Patrol has never looked better than when Erik Estrada was riding high as Officer Francis Llewellyn "Ponch" Poncherello alongside Larry Wilcox's Jon Baker on CHiPs (1977-83). For six years, the blow-dried and beloved sex symbol broke racial barriers and battled NBC, while forever cementing his status as an icon on wheels. So in honor of the show's Tuesday debut on DVD, we rang up Estrada to get the dish on CHiPs — including Ponch's nationality switch, and the money dispute that almost got him "Olympically" canned.
TVGuide.com: Let's talk about the first season of CHiPs, which just came out on DVD. It's about damn time!Erik Estrada: I know. Through the years people would come up to me and say, "W
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You know you're a redneck when... you're tapped to host Fox's Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? quiz show. Jeff Foxworthy begins the gig Feb. 27.... Kevin Costner and his wife of two years, Christine, are expecting their first child together, his rep tells the AP. Costner has three kids from a previous marriage.... CHiPs: The Complete First Season arrives on DVD June 5.... Effective immediately, Disney's Touchstone Television brand will be known as ABC Television Studio.
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Erik Estrada, Armed & Famous
CBS’ new reality series Armed & Famous, premiering tonight (at 8 pm/ET) and airing a second episode tomorrow, trains such celebrities as Jack Osbourne, La Toya Jackson and — naturally — CHiPs’ Erik Estrada to be real-life cops serving and protecting the people of Muncie, Ind. We talked to Estrada about upholding the law.
TV Guide: Why’d you do this?Erik Estrada: It helped fulfill my childhood dream. From the age of 7 to 17, I wanted to be a New York City cop, but I got bit by the acting bug. Then CHiPs came along, and I got
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Question: Your comments on the Night Court actors reminded me that I had a crush on the woman who played the court clerk before Mac. What was her name, and did she do anything else besides Night Court?Answer: That she did, and that she does, Bill. You're thinking of actress Karen Austin and her character, court clerk Lana Wagner, who was replaced on the comedy after a season by Charlie Robinson's Mac Robinson.
Austin did a lot of guest work on such series as Happy Days,
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