12 Days of Bacon: Day Six

On the sixth day of Christmas, my Bacon gave to meeee…

We Need a Little Opera, Right This Very Minute

Now that pledge drive season is over and you can watch PBS without the threat of Big Bird or Betty White cutting you if you don’t pick up the phone (I can say it–I’m on the monthly plan), check out the fairly amazing list of stuff coming up on public television. They’re not just updating [...]

PBS Updates MASTERPIECE THEATRE

After 37 years, PBS is updating its revered anthology series, Masterpiece Theatre. Starting next year the show will be split into three mini-seasons, each with its own name and host.
Masterpiece Classic will premiere on Jan. 13 with new host Gillian Anderson, already familiar to PBS fans for her turn as Lady Dedlock in Bleak House. [...]

Monday Newsapalooza

Stephen Colbert’s presidential bid nipped in the bud by South Carolina Democrats. (NY Times)
Masterpiece Theatre to air adaptations of all six Jane Austen novels in January. (Hollywood Reporter)
Aaron Sorkin returns to Broadway with “The Farnsworth Invention.” (NY Times)
Weeds renewed for a fourth season. (Hollywood Reporter)