Lou Haviland joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019. Much of her focus is on classic TV, including The Andy Griffith Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Matlock. She also covers Jeopardy! and the Nat Geo Wild reality series The Incredible Dr. Pol.
Much of her coverage stems from the personal enjoyment she’s drawn from watching the shows herself, and she loves finding cast members’ accounts from their experiences on the shows to share with readers and fellow fans.
Try Giada De Laurentiis’ spin on the classic Roman dish Pasta Alla Gricia for a creamy, ridiculously easy pasta dish that delivers on flavor and satisfaction.
Food Network personality Alex Guarnaschelli’s Turkey Breast Piccata may just become a new weeknight dinner favorite: it’s quick, tasty, and super easy.
Food Network star Ree Drummond’s Lazy Chiles Rellenos recipe is a quick Mexican feast. Still, many reviewers were less than delighted but their interpretation of the recipe may have been the culprit.
Actor Clint Howard played little Leon with the peanut butter sandwich on ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’ He may not have had any lines but he was a memorable part of Mayberry.
'The Andy Griffith Show' began as a single-camera TV comedy and stayed that way throughout its eight-season run, thanks to the star's insistence on this condition.
An 'Andy Griffith Show' star revealed that Griffith was difficult to please when it came to the show's scripts, spending hours on each one until it was just right.
Unlike other actors who are typecast, Jim Nabors was fond of the ‘Andy Griffith Show’ character of Gomer Pyle that vaulted him to fame. In fact, he once said he ‘loved’ Gomer.
Here’s what former Food Network personality Alton Brown had to say about the future of his distinctly scientific and quirky culinary show, ‘Good Eats.’
Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis' flavorful pan-fried zucchini is the perfect summertime recipe for using up a bumper crop of the abundant green vegetable.
In a 2021 book, the late 'Andy Griffith Show' star Maggie Peterson revealed she wasn't aware she was auditioning for the role of Charlene Darling when she got the part that made her famous. Here's what she had to say.