Posts Tagged ‘Burton’

No Pot of Gold At The End Of Burton’s Reading Rainbow

28th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The Emmy-winning Reading Rainbow is coming to an end, due to a shift in the philosophy of educational television.
Friday marks the end of the twenty-six-year run of Reading Rainbow, hosted by Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton.
John Grant, who is in charge of content at WNED Buffalo, Reading Rainbow’s home station, explained the reasoning [...]

Burton: Striking It Lucky

24th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

More than once, LeVar Burton has worked on projects that were unexpectedly successful.
When Burton worked on Roots, no one anticipated that the miniseries would be so successful. “I seem to continue to fall into situations that exceed and succeed beyond anyone’s expectations,” said Burton of his roles in both Roots and Star Trek: The Next [...]

Burton To Star in “The Caterer”

5th April 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

It’s sometimes said that “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” The Caterer, starring LeVar Burton, will explore that certainty of death, by finding the right death for each person and not just leaving it to chance.
As reported by The Caterer, Burton, best-known to Star Trek: The Next Generation fans for [...]

Family Guy The Next Generation Photo Released

13th March 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Fox has released a photo from the forthcoming Family Guy: Not All Dogs Go to Heaven episode.
As reported by Comics Continuum, A new photo for the Family Guy “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode was released today, showing the Next Generation crewmembers standing in a transporter with Stewie standing in front of them.
According to [...]

Star Trek Family Guy To Air Next Month

25th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

In March, a new Family Guy episode will air on FOX featuring a Star Trek: The Next Generation story.As reported by SF Universe, Star Trek: The Next Generation actors will be voicing their characters in the forthcoming Not All Dogs Go to Heaven episode of Family Guy, including Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael [...]

Burton Critical of Berman And Baird

18th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

With Jonathan Frakes at the helm, Star Trek: Nemesis could have been changed and saved says the former Geordi LaForge.

Burton: Confused And Disappointed in Roddenberry

15th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

To LeVar Burton, Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry was a bit of a contradiction as a person, but Burton has no beef with Wil Wheaton.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, Roddenberry’s attitudes at times were a puzzlement to the former Geordi LaForge. “I will go a bit into detail but not too much because, obviously, a lot [...]