Author: Will Harris

James L. Brooks has, in his time, been a creative force to be reckoned with. During his career on the small screen in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, he was the man behind “Room 222,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (as well as its spin-offs), and “Taxi.” Even now, his name continues to appear amongst the credits on “The Simpsons” on a weekly basis. Insofar as his film work goes, he could’ve coasted on having written, directed, and produced “Terms of Endearment” for the rest of his life, but he held the same trifecta of titles on “Broadcast News”…

Isaiah Mustafa’s name may not immediately ring a bell with you, but his most famous role will certainly bring a smile to your face. He is…the Old Spice Guy. If you’ve seen his commercials, then you can understand why we’d take the opportunity to have a chat with someone who’s brought us so much laughter over the course of 2010. Given the reason for his recent fame, it’s only appropriate that our conversation came about as a result of Mustafa’s latest gig: hosting TBS’s annual “Funniest Commercials of the Year” special, which premieres on Dec. 16. During the interview, we…

Aidan Quinn has been around the block plenty of times as an actor, sometimes as the leading man, sometimes just as part of an ensemble. In his latest film, “Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright,” he’s in the former camp, starring as the title character, a Madoff-like fellow who, by virtue of Quinn’s performances, turns out to be way more sympathetic than he ought to be. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Quinn about this film, along with a few items on his resume, including the short-lived series “The Book of Daniel,” his quick appearance in “Jonah…

They call him…The Hoff. Or, at least, they do now. For years, David Hasselhoff was merely a TV icon (as if that isn’t a tremendous accomplishment in and of itself), thanks to his work on such series as “Knight Rider” and “Baywatch.” Sometime after he stopped playing Mitch, however, a strange transformation occurred where Hasselhoff suddenly became famous for…well, just for being himself, really. Part of that change occurred as a result of serving as a judge on “America’s Got Talent” and as a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars,” but if we’re to be honest, part of it also…

If you know Brad Meltzer’s name, then you know that he’s a writer. What varies, however, is the manner of his writing with which you’re familiar. Granted, the majority of Meltzer’s readership has come to him through the various thrillers he’s written: “The Tenth Justice,” “Dead Even,” “The First Counsel,” “The Millionaires,” “The Zero Game,” “The Book of Fate,” and “The Book of Lies.” Earlier this year, however, he entered the realm of non-fiction with “Heroes for My Son,” in which he submitted a collection of individuals to whom his son, Jonas, should someday offer his respect and admiration, including…

It isn’t as easy to pinpoint how people recognize Bob Saget as it used to be. First, he was just the happy-go-lucky guy who played dad to the Olsen Twins (not to mention Candace Cameron and Jodie Sweeten) on “Full House” and hosted “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” but then people started to hear about his stand-up and how it featured material that was decidedly different from his prime-time persona. Somewhere along the line, Saget also earned a certain degree of recognition for his directorial efforts, including Norm MacDonald’s “Dirty Work,” he occasionally turns up playing an exaggerated version of himself…

When “30 Rock” first premiered on NBC, the character of Tracy Jordan was sufficiently defined that he had a posse, but we didn’t really know anything about these proud individuals. It didn’t long, however, before we were properly introduced to a crazy couple of kids called Grizz and Dot Com. We’re not sure how long it took Kevin Brown to get used to answering to the name of “Dot Com,” but one presumes that Grizz Chapman has never had any problems in remembering his character’s name. Bullz-Eye chatted with the man known as Grizz in conjunction with “30 Rock” making…

Few sitcoms have as many cast members serving as members of their writing and production staff as “The Office” does. Just taking a look at the show’s current season, you’ve got B.J. Novak, who wrote “Counseling” (Michael has to endure six hours of counseling with Toby), you’ve got Mindy Kaling, who wrote “The Sting,” which introduced Timothy Olyphant as Danny, and, most germane to this particular interview ,you’ve got Paul Lieberstein, the man behind “Sex Ed,” where Michael contacts all of his former girlfriends to tell them that he may have given them herpes. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat…

There are a lot of reasons to love HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” and even if you pinpoint your praise to focus specifically on the performances of the show’s cast…well, geez, that’s not really narrowing it down at all, because it’s a heck of an ensemble. This is a good thing, though, because when the Bullz-Eye TV Power Rankings appeared on the horizon and we dropped a line to the network to see if we could chat with someone from the show, we knew that we’d end of a winner no matter who they hooked us up with. Still, we’d have to…

When “Parks and Recreation” first premiered, critics were less than kind, with most making reference to the similarities to its kinda-sorta sister series, “The Office,” and not in a good way. Not only did the show survive these slings and arrows, but its second season proved so consistently hilarious that it actually earned a significant number of apologies from some of those critics. Not us, of course. Even when we put the show in our spring TV Power Rankings and praised how much better it had gotten, we still started the write-up by saying, “If you bailed on ‘Parks &…