http://www.kansascity.com/221/index.rss News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012 Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart 60 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:08:37 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com Copyright 2012 Kansas City Startelevision,tv,reality,reality,tv,drama,sitcoms,kansas,city,criticTV & Filmaaron@tvbarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnotelevision,tv,reality,reality,tv,drama,sitcoms,kansas,city,criticTelevision critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next!Television critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next! http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3333610/tv-year-in-review-a-few-standouts.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/ujhhh3lBpFo/tv-year-in-review-a-few-standouts.html Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:19 CST As recipients of millions of new smartphones and tablets, our pockets and purses in 2011 bulged with media, if not money. As a result, the mediasphere grew ever denser and noisier this year -- a din that only increased as people strove to break through it with deeds that were outrageous, audacious or just plain dumb. 1377716 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3333610/tv-year-in-review-a-few-standouts.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294934/fox-4-struggles-with-word-of-harmans.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/tF0TDk_90EU/fox-4-struggles-with-word-of-harmans.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00 CST Fox 4 weather forecaster Don Harman took his own life Tuesday, casting a pall Wednesday over Kansas City's top-rated morning newscast. The 41-year-old native of Marietta, Ohio, was found by his wife, Monica Johns, at their south Kansas City home shortly before 5 p.m. Police said the death was a suicide. 1377719 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294934/fox-4-struggles-with-word-of-harmans.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294024/for-1st-time-in-history-tv-ownership.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/_EPcy-mO2y8/for-1st-time-in-history-tv-ownership.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:59 CST Something else to blame on the Internet. 1377723 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294024/for-1st-time-in-history-tv-ownership.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/28/3290581/knock-on-wood-all-music-tv-may.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/FA6TrAc2lno/knock-on-wood-all-music-tv-may.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:00 CST People like to say that MTV isn't MTV anymore, but Joe Comparato argues that the original idea behind MTV wasn't sustainable. Comparato's Lawrence-based company, TheCoolTV, takes a different approach. It is a chain of 71 local TV stations, and growing, that draws on a common core of content. Basically, it's music radio with pictures. 1377721 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/28/3290581/knock-on-wood-all-music-tv-may.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/24/3284922/hallmark-hall-of-fame-gets-a-new.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/VuxPGvL9ndQ/hallmark-hall-of-fame-gets-a-new.html Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:00 CST The "Hallmark Hall of Fame" will turn 60 soon, and like many of us who reach that milestone, it's trying not to look its age. 1377721 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/24/3284922/hallmark-hall-of-fame-gets-a-new.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/18/3273401/new-fall-shows-which-survivors.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/hWpB8OrE-WA/new-fall-shows-which-survivors.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00 CST If you're a producer on a new network TV show, and you're still churning out episodes come Thanksgiving, this is indeed a time to give thanks. You're not on the phone with your agent looking for a new gig, and those studio paychecks will buy a lot of Christmas cheer. But if you're a viewer, it's a more tenuous time. 1377721 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/18/3273401/new-fall-shows-which-survivors.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/15/3267730/why-elizabeth-alex-is-still-at.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/xtAZD8vCWMo/why-elizabeth-alex-is-still-at.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:07 CST In a word -- it's working. 1377721 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/15/3267730/why-elizabeth-alex-is-still-at.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/13/3258555/hot-button-issues-move-from-ballot.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/nwX7nLXDU8k/hot-button-issues-move-from-ballot.html Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00 CST Only a fool would hazard a guess as to what might happen on Election Day 2012. But here's a safe prediction: Between now and next November you're going to hear almost nothing about the so-called "wedge issues" that have dominated our national discourse the past decade. 1377721 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/13/3258555/hot-button-issues-move-from-ballot.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/08/3255600/nationwide-test-has-emergency.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/1M7I0x9QIpI/nationwide-test-has-emergency.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:00 CST For the first time in history, every radio and TV station, every cable and satellite operator, will interrupt all broadcasts, at 1 p.m. today, for a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.Two years in the planning, the minutelong drill is designed to expose weaknesses in a 60-year-old readiness system that has never been used -- not even on 9/11. 1377722 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/08/3255600/nationwide-test-has-emergency.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/14/3205489/can-walking-dead-revive-amc.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/JNxuforEb44/can-walking-dead-revive-amc.html Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:00 CDT If you enjoyed the first season of AMC's surprise smash hit "The Walking Dead," be assured that the show picks up right where it left off when it returns Sunday in all its cringe-making, nail-biting, gory glory. But the horror show going on behind the scenes at AMC included the well-publicized slashing of "Walking Dead's" budget and dispatching of the show's creator. 1377722 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/14/3205489/can-walking-dead-revive-amc.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/03/3185188/new-broadcast-channels-offer-more.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/HOoLpdyEgjs/new-broadcast-channels-offer-more.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:15 CDT Imagine, for a moment, the unthinkable: Your cable goes out. While you're waiting for the repair truck, you decide to have your TV set "scan" for any over-the-air signals in the area. 1377722 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/03/3185188/new-broadcast-channels-offer-more.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/30/3175592/showtimes-homeland-in-safe-hands.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/7zbaUy1l0tY/showtimes-homeland-in-safe-hands.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00 CDT "Homeland" is a spare and oftentimes bleak drama about strange, lonely people who prove to be unlikely central players in a plot to attack the United States. So far it sounds like what might happen if a Sundance director made "24," but it's actually one of the best new shows of the season, thanks to grade-A performances by its three stars. 1377722 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/30/3175592/showtimes-homeland-in-safe-hands.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/24/3160703/starz-may-be-the-real-netflix.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/K9Ny5gV0F84/starz-may-be-the-real-netflix.html Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:15 CDT Leaving aside whether Netflix was smart to split itself in two or raise its rates I thought the more devastating news for the future of Netflix came on Sept. 1. That was the day that Starz, the No. 3 pay-cable service, said it would pull its titles from Netflix when their deal expires in February. 1377722 aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/24/3160703/starz-may-be-the-real-netflix.html Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnonadult