 Dan Rather is hardly averse to posing for pictures |
Dan Rather, the disgraced former CBS anchor who always denounced TV news for being too "soft," will soon be making his entertainment television debut:
There were gasps of surprise at ABC's fall-schedule announcement this week when the veteran TV newsman popped up as an actor in clips for "Dirty Sexy Money," a new drama about a wealthy, misbehaving New York family.The role wasn't exactly a stretch. Rather plays a reporter at a fancy dinner party pressing a politician, portrayed by William Baldwin, about his future political plans.
Rather initially said no when the show's executive producer and director, Peter Horton, called to ask if he'd be interested. News people occasionally pop up in fictional settings, like CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday's "Gilmore Girls" series finale, but it is frowned upon at CBS News--his former home for decades-- and Rather had never done it.
Then he gave it a second thought. It might be an easy way to remind people that he's still working, with his own weekly news show on HD Net.
That would be the same HD Net that hosts "Geek to Freak" starring former NBA player Dennis Rodman.
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He'll do okay. He's been pr
May 16, 2007 - 17:02 ET by bretzysdudeHe'll do okay. He's been pretending to be a serious reporter for decades.
Acting is not something new t
May 16, 2007 - 17:14 ET by winston smithActing is not something new to Dan Rather. Memo-gate and "What's the frequency, Kenneth" were both great theater.
With Rather on the program, t
May 16, 2007 - 20:27 ET by jdhawkWith Rather on the program, they ought to rename the show, "Tired, Stupid, and Impotent."
"How would you like it i
May 17, 2007 - 05:06 ET by AlgerHiss"How would you like it if I judged your career by those seven minutes when you walked off the set in New York?"
That wonderful George Bush zinger during the 1988 elections.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
a new drama about a wealthy,
May 17, 2007 - 08:51 ET by Jack BauerOf course, in the real world that would make them East Coast, Lear Jet Lib***ls... but I have a vague suspicion that is not at all what their political persuasion turns out to be...
I love the way every dan rath
May 17, 2007 - 15:59 ET by pepsiman127I love the way every dan rather story starts with "the disgraced former cbs anchor" please dont stop writing that..ive seen it a hundred times and that first line makes me chuckle every time, he deserves more than just legacy tarnish..he should of been charged criminaly with attempted election tampering