Sherwood Schwartz

After the coffee. Before wondering if I'll remember who won the All-Star game two days from now. The Skinny: I always preferred Mary Ann to Ginger, but not Jan to Marsha. R.I.P. Sherwood Schwartz, who created two of the most......

Television writer and producer Sherwood Schwartz has died; a book he wrote about "Gilligan's Island" is still in circulation....

Sherwood Schwartz, creator of "The Brady Bunch," is remembered today in Dennis McClellan's obituary. For a certain generation, the suburban split-level that Mike, Carol and company called home represented something of an ideal, and not just because...

Margaret Gray reviews "End Days" at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble....

When the Television Critics Assn. unveiled nominees Thursday, "Modern Family" led with the most (five), followed by "Glee" and "Breaking Bad" (four). Nice surprises included major notice for rookie series "Sons of Anarchy," "Parks and Recreation,"...

Morton Lachman, one of the creative minds behind Bob Hope who was a writer and producer for the famous comedian for more than two decades before shifting into sitcom production in shows including "All in the Family," "Gimme a Break" and "Kate & Allie,"...

Don't look for deep meaning in "A Very Brady Musical" at Theatre West. A parody wrapped in a spoof surrounded by a lampoon, this world premiere musical satire is a study in concentrated silliness. That's mostly to the good. The show is based on "The...

The star of "Maude," a creative force behind "MASH," a talk show host and the creator of "Gilligan's Island" were among those announced Thursday for induction into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. "Their respective careers have...

It's about time, truebelievers. Legendary superhero creator Stan Lee, the late George Harrison and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the celebrities who will be honored in 2008 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnny Grant, Hollywood's...

Los Angeles-based playwright Oliver Mayer revisits a disgraceful chapter of local history in "Conjunto," a kaleidoscopic portrait of Japanese American farm owners and Mexican migrant laborers caught up in the World War II-era hysteria that made a...

Friday February 17, 1995      Starting out as six single-parent children in search of a TV family, the Brady Bunch have turned into a multimedia conglomerate of daunting proportions.      Besides that original ABC series about the dad with three boys...

Friday August 23, 1996      They're baa-aacck!      Still frighteningly cheerful, still as out of place in '90s California as alien invaders, the "decade-impaired" Brady family makes its second big-screen appearance in "A Very Brady Sequel." Cute and...