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KEYE’s Allison Smith gone … ‘The Saint’ returning?
Time sometimes gets away from us, and before we realize it, someone we’re used to seeing on TV isn’t just gone for a little while, she’s gone for good.
Allison Smith, KEYE’s hard-working and wonderfully competent weekend and fill-in weeknight sports anchor has moved to Los Angeles with her husband. Bummer.
“We would love to have kept Allison,” said KEYE’s news director Suzanne Black. “She’s a terrific person.”
We’ll try not to begrudge Allison her personal happiness, but we’ll miss her.
The new weekend/fill-in sports anchor is Chris Pelikan, hired from a station in St Louis. Yes, he’s been on the air for a while, but (duh), we thought maybe he was either a third sports anchor or temporary replacement. He’s full-time and permanent.
Sorry for the late welcome, but welcome to Austin, Chris.
Return of ‘The Saint?’
Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, famous for such hard-hitting, gritty crime dramas as “Homicide: Life on the Streets” and “Oz,” are this close to helming a revival of the light-hearted, 1960s crime series “The Saint.”
British actor James Purefoy (Mark Antony in HBO’s “Rome”) is at the top of the list to star in the show as Simon Templar, the super-rich sophisticate who specializes in helping the less fortunate.
“The Saint” revival was originally on TNT’s development list last year but was dropped and now is searching for a network home. A two-hour pilot starts production later this spring … surely someone will step up to the plate and pick up the series. Please?
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By Jeff
March 11, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
Jim Bob:
Please see the story on Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island and control your impulses.
By Jim Bob
March 11, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
With as many New Orleans transplants as we have in Austin I would have thought they would show all the Saints games. I know they were down a bit last season but let's hope someone will be smart enough to realize the Saints have a big following in this area.
By Larry
March 11, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Personally, if you're taking a count, I would really like to see a revival of "The Saint". It's great, feel-good TV!