New TV shows weeks away, even if writers end strike

11 02 2008

The end of the U.S. screenwriters strike could see leading TV series return to the networks within weeks, industry sources said Sunday.

With a preparation time of four weeks for comedies and up to eight weeks for a top-notch drama, some series could be back on the air in March, assuming the striking screenwriters approve the contract their union negotiated.





Obituary: Roy Scheider, 75

11 02 2008

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,” has died. He was 75.

Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.

However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital’s Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.