Boston – Friday, July 4

Television
Local sticks to her guns for ‘30 Days’
The next time you decide to respond to an intriguing Craigslist post, read carefully, because you might end up on an Emmy-winning television show. Just ask Brookline native, Pia Lalli.
 
Television
The manliest man show (for girls, too)
INTERVIEW. On the unabashedly male-oriented cable network Spike, “The Factory” — a heavily improvised comedy about four blue-collar dudes slacking off and being, well, dudes while earning a paycheck at the ol’ town mill — is set to debut as the channel’s first original comedy series.
Music
Leading the Red, White and Blue crew
INTERVIEW. 2008 marks the 35th anniversary of the annual Boston Pops Fourth of July concert. This year’s guests include pop country troupe Rascal Flatts, MC Craig Ferguson, hosting for the first time as a U.S. citizen, and the Air National Guard and Air Force flyover...
 

Television
Beauty, brains and hockey sticks
Most men with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a master’s in economics don’t wind up in a job that lands them half naked on a billboard in Times Square.
 

Television
When dudes are a girl’s best friend
“My Boys” — the story of tomboy sportswriter P.J., whose BFFs are almost exclusively guys — returns for a second season of unlucky in love antics. Though she’s got four loyal, single guys in her life, P.J.’s still trying to find “the one”....
 
Television
Tearin’ up your heart
JC Chasez would rather not be compared to Simon Cowell just because he’s the stern judge on MTV’s wildly popular competitive dance show, “America’s Best Dance Crew.”
Television
Shag rugs and shagging
Despite the polyester, the avocado and goldenrod color palate and the disco soundtrack, actress Miriam Shor has fond memories of the 1970s.

 
 
 

Television
Nothing to fear …
PREVIEW. A creepy thrill doesn’t need a hard R rating — NBC’s suspenseful new anthology series “Fear Itself” brings spooky tales to network TV. Actors Eric Roberts and Jesse Plemons, both featured in the series, help dissect how the genre just got a little more thought provoking...
 
Television
Meet your new pop ‘Idol’
American idle
Fox charges up ’08 season
CBS lightens up (a little)
Ten years after ‘Seinfeld’ said farewell, does it (and other finales) still hold up?
What’s old is now new again
Upfronts are off to a quiet start
Mario Lopez danced his way into the limelight
Ira Glass brings American tales to radio, TV and now the big screen
D.C. area duo makes seven-day treks as part of plan to Live Inspired
Television
GLAAD Awards get ‘Ugly’
McHale offers ‘Soup’ for the pop culture addict’s soul
Improv pro teaches ‘The Real World’ cast how to react in almost any situation
Going green on the couch
A welcome return for TV’s funniest
Elizabeth Berkley on joining the reality TV dance spotlight
‘Galactica’: Final frontier
Pack your flannel: ‘Ax Men’ follows loggers to the woods
It’s Idol’s top 10 ... yet again
An eye-opening education
 



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