Night watchman

So. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." Who saw that one coming?

Aaron "West Wing" Sorkin's series about the behind-the-scenes drama at a late-night sketch show was one of the most-hyped shows of the 2006-07 TV season—and its biggest flop.

Some tried, some untried, all true

MONDAY 8pm:ABC—"Dancing With the Stars" (9/24)CBS—"How I Met Your Mother" (9/24)CW—"Everybody Hates Chris" (10/1)Fox—"Prison Break" (9/17) NBC—"Chuck" (9/24)8:30pm:CBS—"Big Bang Theory" (9/24)CW—"Aliens in America" (10/1)9pm:CBS—"Two and a Half Men" (9/24)CW—"Girlfriends" (10/1)Fox—"K-Ville" (9/17)NBC—"Heroes" (9/24)9:30pm: ABC—"Samantha Who?" (10/15)CBS—"Rules of Engagement" (9/24)CW—"The Game" (10/1)10pm:ABC—"The Bachelor" (9/24)CBS—"CSI: Miami" (9/24)NBC—"Journeyman" (9/24) TUESDAY 8pm:ABC—"Cavemen" (10/2) CBS—"NCIS" (9/25)CW—"Beauty and the Geek" (9/18)Fox—"Bones" (9/25)NBC—"The […]

Fall's best drama

Forget the courtroom dramas and hot doctor shows. For some of us, there’s only one soap opera worth watching: college football, a program that shows no signs of ever getting canceled. Fall means something to watch all day every Saturday. Though some might argue for the cartoonish physiques and league parity of the pros, college […]

Supes try to delay rural "protections" vote

After the public has said its piece and left, and most of the staff has vanished into the night—that’s when the Board of Supervisors can really start talking. Fortunately, Charlottesville Tomorrow’s mics keep recording. At the close of the September 5 supervisors meeting, a heated discussion was sparked by a simple question from Community Development […]

Obama to follow Clinton to town

Apparently, Illinois Senator Barack Obama's camp has decided it doesn't want to cede the fundraising rich soil of Albemarle County and Charlottesville to Obama's biggest rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Local carpooling on the rise

Linda Swartz has been carpooling to work for almost 30 years. In addition to saving gas money, she says she is less stressed in the mornings, which has made her 30 minute commute from Stuarts Draft, across the mountain in Augusta County, to Fontaine Research Park a lot more fun. "We usually talk, or sometimes […]

Mark Warner dazzles Darden

The questions were inevitable. Even if former Virginia Governor Mark Warner was technically at UVA's Darden School of Business as part of its Career Discovery Forums—a special additional speaker, according to its website.

UVA plans walkway, city smiles

It was a quick decision, in that it was a decision at all, one that took no more than 10 minutes at the September 4 City Council meeting. The city granted UVA air rights and easements for a pedestrian walkway to be built over Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) as a part of the University’s South […]

Kicking off another season

They come in their sun dresses and orange ties, a steady stream of students and alums, the rabid fans and the cheerful socialites, the drunks young and old who like a tailgate and a crowd and who do not mind sitting outside on a 90-degree day. The 58,554 pour into Scott Stadium to watch the […]

Jeff Scholars ask for $21M loan

If approved by the Board of Supervisors as expected at its September 12 meeting, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation will be on their way to a $21 million loan to help finance the purchase, renovation and possible expansion of the former Beta Theta Pi frat house at 124 Maury Ave., near the intersection of JPA and […]