Meteorologist Audrey Puente, who has not been seen for weeks on WCBS, is going to be going to WWOR to replace the suddenly fired Storm Field. Field, the veteran meteorologist and son of the legendary Dr. Frank Field, was abruptly let go after last Wednesday’s 10 p.m. newscast. The firing of Field is reminiscent of the firing Warner Wolf by WCBS in 2004 who also was let go without warning. The Daily News reported that......

Sure, you might think of Christopher Meloni as the always angry Detective Eliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he's also had some indelible roles in The Runaway Bride, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Wet Hot American Summer and, of course, Oz. We were perusing the official Christopher Meloni website when we found this great speech that Oz (and Homicide) creator Tom Fontana gave for him at a Human Rights......

- City buses will keep a seat open, as well as leave their headlights on, to mark the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus (and Gothamist didn't realize it was the bus centennial in July until recently - New York is definitely a subway-centric town) - A 94 year old retired police officer is being evicted by the city, but CBS 2 helps stop them -......

- Bar Tonno gets turned over - The Mets welcome Carlos Beltran - Homicide & Oz producer Tom Fontana ackles NYC college life - Different ays to the airport - The Big Unit comes to the Big Apple with a big attitude - What to do with your old printers and fax machines - Sets & the City with Benzos - The Mayor gives the state of the city address: Things are getting better, and......

Hot pilot news: One of Gothamist's favorite TV producers, the brilliant Tom Fontana, will be headed to the WB with a drama series set in a "small liberal arts college in NYC" that will center around a human behavior class. Fontana said, "The show specifically centers on a human behavior seminar where (the students) openly talk about their sexual lives or the lack of sexual lives and come to understand themselves and the world they......

You can tell a lot about a year by seeing which posts were popular, and from Gothamist's standpoint, it's been a banner year for our readers who are perverts or nerds (we're hoping the loyal readers are both). Here are a few of our most popular posts: Thoughts on the Matrix Reloaded; 100 Best Songs; when we pretended to know all about friendster messages; Paris Hilton sex tapes and her SNL appearance; Nicole Richie's racial......

It's all about Baltimore lately. If it's not the Times' Bryan Miller looking at Baltimore area restaurants, then it's another critical rave (and query: Why aren't more people watching?) for HBO's Baltimore-set drama, The Wire. Or it's the Yankees sweeping the Orioles (George Vecsey gives a little Baltimore local color in his piece about how Yankees fans worry and worry and worry). Gothamist knows one Baltimore blogger, and that's eebmore, who has noticed that......

Not only will we have to hear the words "synergy" and "strategic fit" even more, we'll probably being seeing more cross-selling, multipurposing, and unbeknownst-to-the-viewer-reader-listener-type-marketing with the FCC's decision to relax media ownership of multiple properties in different markets and of different mediums- as the Times says, Big Media Gets the Chance to Get Even Bigger. Stephen Labaton's overview in the Times explains: "It will permit a company to own up to three television stations, eight......

Tom Fontana on TV
Tom Fontana (St. Elsewhere, Homicide, Oz) spoke at the IFP From Script to Screen Conference and Gothamist listened....

This Saturday and Sunday, the IFP is holding its annual "From Script to Screen Conference" with panels of film, television, and stage professionals giving their insights and thoughts about breaking in, getting the work made, and the business involved. Paul Schrader, writer of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Last Temptation of Christ, will be speaking about his career (his most recent work was directing AutoFocus). Gothamist is looking forward to Tom Fontana, the creator behind......