In conjunction with our Off the Wall column on the TV page of Newsday’s Saturday print edition, we’ll be clueing you in on some weird, wild and wonderful tube-related web sites here, too.
Like this one:
Television Week’s Backlot Talk
The industry trade paper presents weekly audio updates directly from the mouths of producers of such hot shows as “24” (Howard Gordon) and “American Idol” (Nigel Lythgoe). You can listen to their latest interview about each new episode, download it as a podcast for later enjoyment, or read transcripts of what they had to say.
TV Week also has archive chats with producers from shows like “Entourage” and “The Real World.”
There’s even a mighty spiffy weekly ratings chart.