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Where are my TV Story ENDINGS?

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Why I Watch Established TV Series The Bowman Family I know that Gilligan never got off that darn island and I can live with that, but the growing number of television series that pop up, gain your viewing trust, and then disappear into the night has become an epidemic! Gilligan's Island I see promos for new series, they sound really cool but before I can check into them a notice is out the Network has pulled the series! Its a business decision, I get that. HOWEVER, there is a difference in a pilot, add a few episodes of a new series to see if it sticks with audience compared to three seasons of a show. I have invested time. It's like Goldilocks is just sitting in a chair for no reason and we leave her there forever! Did the bears come back and eat her?  Why do the Networks allow this? Shows that hang us out to dry? To just....stop. M.A.S.H got it right! Even Seinfeld had an ending, maybe not a good one, but it ended! I still remember watching M.A.S.H...

LOST in Caesar

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(Newspaper article I wrote many years ago about Uncle Keith and his grandson, Josh Holloway. Published in the Picayune Item.) You might ask, what does the hit ABC drama series, LOST have to do with Caesar, Mississippi? The connection is simply that of family ties. One of the standout actors on the series, Josh Holloway who plays bad boy, Sawyer has family roots in the small community outside of Picayune. His Holloway ancestors, including his father are from the area. The star’s grandfather lives in Caesar, Keith Holloway who enjoys watching his offspring’s acting success. **note. Uncle Keith Holloway left this world a couple of years ago. Lived way into his 90's and was handsome to the end.   “I knew he could get discovered. He had almost given up after just getting small parts. He is real good in acting in different parts. Many of the great actors starting out playing the bad guy,” said Keith. As for the history of the Holloway name, it has been around thi...