Orlando Brown by Jesse Grant/ WireImage.com
That's So Raven star Orlando Brown has been found, one day after his manager reported him missing.Brown, 20, was reported missing on Tuesday after leaving his manager's office to visit a nearby 7-Eleven. It turns out, the actor went into seclusion after a bad experience at a nightclub the previous night where his performance skills were criticized.In a statement, Brown said, "It was wrong for me not to inform my manager about my whereabouts, especially when I am usually so routine and big on communication, but I felt a little lost and needed to get away."Brown has several projects in the works, including a Raven spin-off and a new album featuring Akon and Sean Kingston. — J.R. Whalen
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Remember how I recently alerted you to NBC's triple-play of Friday Night Lights episodes? Well, Bravo is upping the ante with a 10-episode marathon, starting Saturday, Dec. 30, at 9 am/ET.... Remember how I recently alerted you to ABC Family's 11-hour Ugly Betty marathon (starting Sunday at 9 am/ET)? Well, if you really love Eric Mabius, be advised that SOAPnet will unspool its own, 10-hour Bettython starting New Year's morning at 10 am/ET.... George Takei, already booked to play Hiro's dad on Heroes, will guest-star on Disney Channel's That's So Raven spin-off, Cory in the House (premiering Jan. 12), playing the head steward on Air Force One.... The first batch of Golden Globes presenters includes Reese Witherspoon (hopefully in an unused dress), Salma Hayek (hopefully in a small dress), Felicity Huffman, Ben Stiller and Justin Timberlake.
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CBS has set a Jan. 10 debut for Armed & Famous, a reality series in which Erik Estrada, Jack Osbourne, La Toya Jackson and others brave a police academy and then go on patrol — strapped and all — in Muncie, Indiana.... Oxygen has announced a Jan. 10 premiere for Season 2 of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.... Disney Channel's Cory in the House, a spin-off of That's So Raven, premieres Jan. 12.... E! is developing High Maintenance 90210, a look at the domestic staffers of the rich, famous and super-demanding.
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Question: To answer Rose's question about the absence of kids from network TV: They went to cable. I have a preteen daughter who enjoys shows such as That's So Raven and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on the Disney Channel. As I've watched a few episodes of these, I thought that these were very much like the family sitcoms that used to be on, say, ABC's old TGIF block.
Answer: Good point. This is another excellent example of how cable has rushed in to fill gaps left by the broadcast networks after they drop the ball on servicing major portions of the viewing audience (in this case, kids and families) ...
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