(meta data) TITLE: Narrow Gauge Railroad Through Black Canyon - Curecanti National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)

When the first Denver and Rio Grande train passed through the upper reaches of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in August 1882, the passengers gazed with wonder at the steep walls above them, the cascading waterfalls and the towering granite point of Curecanti Needle.

As the little train found its way out of the canyon and the passengers set their thoughts toward the open vistas ahead, few could imagine the human and monetary cost of constructing this "Scenic Line of the World" through some of the most rugged country in the West.

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE RAILROADWilliam Jackson Palmer's Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was built toward Gunnison in hope of tapping the wealth and traffic pouring in and out of the booming gold and silver mines of the area.

The steep mountain passes and narrow canyons made the 4' 8 1/2" standard rail width too expensive and time consuming.

So Palmer decided to go with the narrower 3' gauge.

The Denver and Rio Grande was not the only narrow gauge railroad to cross the Rocky Mountains, but it soon became the most successful.

When the D&RG reached Gunnison in August 1881, it was greeted with cheers from leaders of the fledgling town.

Palmer and his men, however, were already looking ahead.

They planned to continue to survey and lay track in two directions.

North was the prized coal veins and silver mines near Crested Butte.

West was an outlet to Montrose, Grand Junction and the lucrative route to Salt Lake City.

Yet, between Gunnison and Montrose was land Captain John W. Gunnison described in 1854 as the "roughest, most hilly, and most cut-up" he had ever seen.

Palmer and his railroad were committed to find a way through.

Actually, Palmer was not satisfied with 15 miles of his railroad through the Black Canyon.

He wanted the Denver and Rio Grande to travel the entire 53-mile length, and depth, of the canyon, including through what is today Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

But Palmer's surveyors, who under the leadership of Bryan Bryant endured an incredibly hazardous exploration through the lower, steeper and narrower canyon in 1881, convinced him that 15 miles of railroad through the Black Canyon was quite enough.

SURVEYING A ROUTEThe first 20 miles of track building west of Gunnison to the entrance of the Black Canyon was fairly easy.

As the line was surveyed and graded, and hundreds of mostly Italian and Irish railroad workers began to lay track, "terminal cities" were created along the way.

The new settlements of Kezar, Cebolla, and Soap Creek (later changed to Sapinero) began with numerous saloons, and little else.

These rail stations were later buried under the waters of Blue Mesa Reservoir.

At the junction of the Lake Fork and Gunnison Rivers, the Denver and Rio Grande officials had a decision to make: build a tortuous and expensive route up and over the top of several steep mesas or go right through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

It was decided that the route along the river would be cheaper and would have a better chance of remaining snow free throughout the rough Rocky Mountain winters.

Little attention seems to have been paid to the hazards future train employees and passengers would face.

CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONConstruction of the fifteen miles of Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, from Sapinero to Cimarron continued throughout the winter of 1881-82.

Carving a railroad bed from the steep, rugged and extremely hard rock walls made for some of the most difficult and hazardous work.

While blasting rock just west of Sapinero (near today's Blue Mesa Dam), a crew was using an unfamiliar explosive called nitroglycerine.

The nitroglycerine accidentally detonated and the foreman, Sweeny, was blown into the stream, his body disappearing forever.

An African-American worker on the grading crew had his head, left shoulder and side so mangled, he died within an hour.

Another African-American worker by the name of Cunningham was blown fifty feet away, but was unharmed.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison had begun to take its toll.

Once the grade was finished, it was then up to the mostly immigrant track layers to lay the rails through the canyon and up the Cimarron River to the new town site of Cimarron.

While working in the canyon the men often used rail cars as combination mess hall, sleeping quarters, and social club.

The final cost of building the narrow gauge railroad through the Black Canyon was $165,000 a mile.

But the real costs were only just beginning.

editor of the Gunnison Review-Press newspaper was on that first train through the canyon in August 1882.

He commented that this was "the largest and most rugged canon in the world traversed by the iron horse."

Thousands of passengers were thrilled by the ride.

According to Rudyard Kipling , who rode through the canyon in 1889: " We entered a gorge, remote from the sun, where the rocks were two thousand feet sheer, and where a rock splintered river roared and howled ten feet below a track which seemed to have been built on the simple principle of dropping miscellaneous dirt into the river and pinning a few rails a-top.

There was a glory and a wonder and a mystery about the mad ride, which I felt keenly…until I had to offer prayers for the safety of the train."

The engineers that took trains through the Black Canyon for the next 67 years may have agreed to the beauty of the canyon, but were extremely fearful of the route - especially during winter.

Avalanches and rock falls were common and an engineer and his crew never knew if or when their train would be the next to be swept into the icy waters of the Gunnison River.

Despite the dangers and constant repair work, the Denver and Rio Grande made its Black Canyon route the cornerstone of its "Scenic Line of the World" passenger promotions and featured the Curecanti Needle on its emblem.

CIMARRONAt the western end of the narrow gauge's route through the Black Canyon was Cimarron.

During the construction, Cimarron was a tent city, but soon became a little town of up to 250 people whose livelihood and schedule revolved around the trains.

Here were housed the train relief crews, the roundhouse with the engines that would push the trains west up the steep Cerro Summit toward Montrose, the restaurant that would have 20 minutes to feed passengers, and the railroad's hotel for those staying longer.

After mining decreased in the Gunnison region, stockmen continue to gather at Cimarron to ship their cattle and sheep to market via the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Today at Cimarron, an outstanding exhibit displays authentic railroad cars and interprets those bygone railroad days.

A short drive north of Cimarron brings one to the remains of a trestle across the Cimarron River on which sits the genuine Engine 278, tender and caboose actually used on trips through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

THE END OF RAILROADING THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONThe

decrease of mining activity, the increase of standard gauge routes through the Colorado Rockies, and the rising use of automobiles and trucks led to the gradual demise of narrow gauge railroads beginning in the early 20th century.

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad ran regularly, although decreasing freight and passenger service through the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison until 1940, when scheduled passenger traffic was diverted north to the standard gauge track over Tennessee Pass or through the Moffat Tunnel.

Freight trains continued until 1949 when the line from Gunnison to Montrose was finally abandoned and the rails torn up.

The route through the canyon, including its nine bridges, became a public road, used primarily by fishermen until construction of the Blue Mesa Dam in the early 1960s.

Most of the old Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge railroad bed is now submerged beneath the waters of Morrow Point Reservoir.

A short section of the old railroad bed, complete with interpretive displays, is accessible from the Pine Creek Trail.

At the end of this one-mile trail is the launch point for the Morrow Point Boat Tours.

REFERENCESGordon Chappell and Cornelius Hauck, Narrow Gauge Transcontinental: Through Gunnison County and Black Canyon Revisited, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1971

Cornelius Hauck, ed, Colorado Rail Annual, 1970, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970

Duane Vandenbusche, The Gunnison Country, B&B Printing, Gunnison, CO 1980

Cerro Summit (el. 8,042 ft.) is a mountain pass in the State of Colorado, located about 14 miles east of Montrose, Colorado. It divides the watershed of the Cimmaron River to the east and the Uncompahgre River to the west, both of which eventually flow into the Gunnison River.
 The summit is traversed by U.S. Route 50.   Until 1949, Cerro Summit was part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Black Canyon line which ran between Gunnison and Montrose.


The route was originally part of the D&RGW's transcontinental line to Salt Lake City.

(meta data) TITLE: Narrow Gauge Railroad Through Black Canyon - Curecanti National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)

When the first Denver and Rio Grande train passed through the upper reaches of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in August 1882, the passengers gazed with wonder at the steep walls above them, the cascading waterfalls and the towering granite point of Curecanti Needle.

As the little train found its way out of the canyon and the passengers set their thoughts toward the open vistas ahead, few could imagine the human and monetary cost of constructing this "Scenic Line of the World" through some of the most rugged country in the West.

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE RAILROADWilliam Jackson Palmer's Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was built toward Gunnison in hope of tapping the wealth and traffic pouring in and out of the booming gold and silver mines of the area.

The steep mountain passes and narrow canyons made the 4' 8 1/2" standard rail width too expensive and time consuming.

So Palmer decided to go with the narrower 3' gauge.

The Denver and Rio Grande was not the only narrow gauge railroad to cross the Rocky Mountains, but it soon became the most successful.

When the D&RG reached Gunnison in August 1881, it was greeted with cheers from leaders of the fledgling town.

Palmer and his men, however, were already looking ahead.

They planned to continue to survey and lay track in two directions.

North was the prized coal veins and silver mines near Crested Butte.

West was an outlet to Montrose, Grand Junction and the lucrative route to Salt Lake City.

Yet, between Gunnison and Montrose was land Captain John W. Gunnison described in 1854 as the "roughest, most hilly, and most cut-up" he had ever seen.

Palmer and his railroad were committed to find a way through.

Actually, Palmer was not satisfied with 15 miles of his railroad through the Black Canyon.

He wanted the Denver and Rio Grande to travel the entire 53-mile length, and depth, of the canyon, including through what is today Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

But Palmer's surveyors, who under the leadership of Bryan Bryant endured an incredibly hazardous exploration through the lower, steeper and narrower canyon in 1881, convinced him that 15 miles of railroad through the Black Canyon was quite enough.

SURVEYING A ROUTEThe first 20 miles of track building west of Gunnison to the entrance of the Black Canyon was fairly easy.

As the line was surveyed and graded, and hundreds of mostly Italian and Irish railroad workers began to lay track, "terminal cities" were created along the way.

The new settlements of Kezar, Cebolla, and Soap Creek (later changed to Sapinero) began with numerous saloons, and little else.

These rail stations were later buried under the waters of Blue Mesa Reservoir.

At the junction of the Lake Fork and Gunnison Rivers, the Denver and Rio Grande officials had a decision to make: build a tortuous and expensive route up and over the top of several steep mesas or go right through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

It was decided that the route along the river would be cheaper and would have a better chance of remaining snow free throughout the rough Rocky Mountain winters.

Little attention seems to have been paid to the hazards future train employees and passengers would face.

CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONConstruction of the fifteen miles of Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, from Sapinero to Cimarron continued throughout the winter of 1881-82.

Carving a railroad bed from the steep, rugged and extremely hard rock walls made for some of the most difficult and hazardous work.

While blasting rock just west of Sapinero (near today's Blue Mesa Dam), a crew was using an unfamiliar explosive called nitroglycerine.

The nitroglycerine accidentally detonated and the foreman, Sweeny, was blown into the stream, his body disappearing forever.

An African-American worker on the grading crew had his head, left shoulder and side so mangled, he died within an hour.

Another African-American worker by the name of Cunningham was blown fifty feet away, but was unharmed.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison had begun to take its toll.

Once the grade was finished, it was then up to the mostly immigrant track layers to lay the rails through the canyon and up the Cimarron River to the new town site of Cimarron.

While working in the canyon the men often used rail cars as combination mess hall, sleeping quarters, and social club.

The final cost of building the narrow gauge railroad through the Black Canyon was $165,000 a mile.

But the real costs were only just beginning.

editor of the Gunnison Review-Press newspaper was on that first train through the canyon in August 1882.

He commented that this was "the largest and most rugged canon in the world traversed by the iron horse."

Thousands of passengers were thrilled by the ride.

According to Rudyard Kipling , who rode through the canyon in 1889: " We entered a gorge, remote from the sun, where the rocks were two thousand feet sheer, and where a rock splintered river roared and howled ten feet below a track which seemed to have been built on the simple principle of dropping miscellaneous dirt into the river and pinning a few rails a-top.

There was a glory and a wonder and a mystery about the mad ride, which I felt keenly…until I had to offer prayers for the safety of the train."

The engineers that took trains through the Black Canyon for the next 67 years may have agreed to the beauty of the canyon, but were extremely fearful of the route - especially during winter.

Avalanches and rock falls were common and an engineer and his crew never knew if or when their train would be the next to be swept into the icy waters of the Gunnison River.

Despite the dangers and constant repair work, the Denver and Rio Grande made its Black Canyon route the cornerstone of its "Scenic Line of the World" passenger promotions and featured the Curecanti Needle on its emblem.

CIMARRONAt the western end of the narrow gauge's route through the Black Canyon was Cimarron.

During the construction, Cimarron was a tent city, but soon became a little town of up to 250 people whose livelihood and schedule revolved around the trains.

Here were housed the train relief crews, the roundhouse with the engines that would push the trains west up the steep Cerro Summit toward Montrose, the restaurant that would have 20 minutes to feed passengers, and the railroad's hotel for those staying longer.

After mining decreased in the Gunnison region, stockmen continue to gather at Cimarron to ship their cattle and sheep to market via the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Today at Cimarron, an outstanding exhibit displays authentic railroad cars and interprets those bygone railroad days.

A short drive north of Cimarron brings one to the remains of a trestle across the Cimarron River on which sits the genuine Engine 278, tender and caboose actually used on trips through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

THE END OF RAILROADING THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONThe

decrease of mining activity, the increase of standard gauge routes through the Colorado Rockies, and the rising use of automobiles and trucks led to the gradual demise of narrow gauge railroads beginning in the early 20th century.

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad ran regularly, although decreasing freight and passenger service through the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison until 1940, when scheduled passenger traffic was diverted north to the standard gauge track over Tennessee Pass or through the Moffat Tunnel.

Freight trains continued until 1949 when the line from Gunnison to Montrose was finally abandoned and the rails torn up.

The route through the canyon, including its nine bridges, became a public road, used primarily by fishermen until construction of the Blue Mesa Dam in the early 1960s.

Most of the old Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge railroad bed is now submerged beneath the waters of Morrow Point Reservoir.

A short section of the old railroad bed, complete with interpretive displays, is accessible from the Pine Creek Trail.

At the end of this one-mile trail is the launch point for the Morrow Point Boat Tours.

REFERENCESGordon Chappell and Cornelius Hauck, Narrow Gauge Transcontinental: Through Gunnison County and Black Canyon Revisited, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1971

Cornelius Hauck, ed, Colorado Rail Annual, 1970, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970

Duane Vandenbusche, The Gunnison Country, B&B Printing, Gunnison, CO 1980

Cerro Summit (el. 8,042 ft.) is a mountain pass in the State of Colorado, located about 14 miles east of Montrose, Colorado. It divides the watershed of the Cimmaron River to the east and the Uncompahgre River to the west, both of which eventually flow into the Gunnison River.
 The summit is traversed by U.S. Route 50.   Until 1949, Cerro Summit was part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Black Canyon line which ran between Gunnison and Montrose. The route was constructed in 1882.


The route remained so until more direct routes were built in the early 20th Century.

(meta data) TITLE: Narrow Gauge Railroad Through Black Canyon - Curecanti National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)

When the first Denver and Rio Grande train passed through the upper reaches of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in August 1882, the passengers gazed with wonder at the steep walls above them, the cascading waterfalls and the towering granite point of Curecanti Needle.

As the little train found its way out of the canyon and the passengers set their thoughts toward the open vistas ahead, few could imagine the human and monetary cost of constructing this "Scenic Line of the World" through some of the most rugged country in the West.

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE NARROW GAUGE RAILROADWilliam Jackson Palmer's Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was built toward Gunnison in hope of tapping the wealth and traffic pouring in and out of the booming gold and silver mines of the area.

The steep mountain passes and narrow canyons made the 4' 8 1/2" standard rail width too expensive and time consuming.

So Palmer decided to go with the narrower 3' gauge.

The Denver and Rio Grande was not the only narrow gauge railroad to cross the Rocky Mountains, but it soon became the most successful.

When the D&RG reached Gunnison in August 1881, it was greeted with cheers from leaders of the fledgling town.

Palmer and his men, however, were already looking ahead.

They planned to continue to survey and lay track in two directions.

North was the prized coal veins and silver mines near Crested Butte.

West was an outlet to Montrose, Grand Junction and the lucrative route to Salt Lake City.

Yet, between Gunnison and Montrose was land Captain John W. Gunnison described in 1854 as the "roughest, most hilly, and most cut-up" he had ever seen.

Palmer and his railroad were committed to find a way through.

Actually, Palmer was not satisfied with 15 miles of his railroad through the Black Canyon.

He wanted the Denver and Rio Grande to travel the entire 53-mile length, and depth, of the canyon, including through what is today Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

But Palmer's surveyors, who under the leadership of Bryan Bryant endured an incredibly hazardous exploration through the lower, steeper and narrower canyon in 1881, convinced him that 15 miles of railroad through the Black Canyon was quite enough.

SURVEYING A ROUTEThe first 20 miles of track building west of Gunnison to the entrance of the Black Canyon was fairly easy.

As the line was surveyed and graded, and hundreds of mostly Italian and Irish railroad workers began to lay track, "terminal cities" were created along the way.

The new settlements of Kezar, Cebolla, and Soap Creek (later changed to Sapinero) began with numerous saloons, and little else.

These rail stations were later buried under the waters of Blue Mesa Reservoir.

At the junction of the Lake Fork and Gunnison Rivers, the Denver and Rio Grande officials had a decision to make: build a tortuous and expensive route up and over the top of several steep mesas or go right through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

It was decided that the route along the river would be cheaper and would have a better chance of remaining snow free throughout the rough Rocky Mountain winters.

Little attention seems to have been paid to the hazards future train employees and passengers would face.

CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONConstruction of the fifteen miles of Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, from Sapinero to Cimarron continued throughout the winter of 1881-82.

Carving a railroad bed from the steep, rugged and extremely hard rock walls made for some of the most difficult and hazardous work.

While blasting rock just west of Sapinero (near today's Blue Mesa Dam), a crew was using an unfamiliar explosive called nitroglycerine.

The nitroglycerine accidentally detonated and the foreman, Sweeny, was blown into the stream, his body disappearing forever.

An African-American worker on the grading crew had his head, left shoulder and side so mangled, he died within an hour.

Another African-American worker by the name of Cunningham was blown fifty feet away, but was unharmed.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison had begun to take its toll.

Once the grade was finished, it was then up to the mostly immigrant track layers to lay the rails through the canyon and up the Cimarron River to the new town site of Cimarron.

While working in the canyon the men often used rail cars as combination mess hall, sleeping quarters, and social club.

The final cost of building the narrow gauge railroad through the Black Canyon was $165,000 a mile.

But the real costs were only just beginning.

editor of the Gunnison Review-Press newspaper was on that first train through the canyon in August 1882.

He commented that this was "the largest and most rugged canon in the world traversed by the iron horse."

Thousands of passengers were thrilled by the ride.

According to Rudyard Kipling , who rode through the canyon in 1889: " We entered a gorge, remote from the sun, where the rocks were two thousand feet sheer, and where a rock splintered river roared and howled ten feet below a track which seemed to have been built on the simple principle of dropping miscellaneous dirt into the river and pinning a few rails a-top.

There was a glory and a wonder and a mystery about the mad ride, which I felt keenly…until I had to offer prayers for the safety of the train."

The engineers that took trains through the Black Canyon for the next 67 years may have agreed to the beauty of the canyon, but were extremely fearful of the route - especially during winter.

Avalanches and rock falls were common and an engineer and his crew never knew if or when their train would be the next to be swept into the icy waters of the Gunnison River.

Despite the dangers and constant repair work, the Denver and Rio Grande made its Black Canyon route the cornerstone of its "Scenic Line of the World" passenger promotions and featured the Curecanti Needle on its emblem.

CIMARRONAt the western end of the narrow gauge's route through the Black Canyon was Cimarron.

During the construction, Cimarron was a tent city, but soon became a little town of up to 250 people whose livelihood and schedule revolved around the trains.

Here were housed the train relief crews, the roundhouse with the engines that would push the trains west up the steep Cerro Summit toward Montrose, the restaurant that would have 20 minutes to feed passengers, and the railroad's hotel for those staying longer.

After mining decreased in the Gunnison region, stockmen continue to gather at Cimarron to ship their cattle and sheep to market via the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Today at Cimarron, an outstanding exhibit displays authentic railroad cars and interprets those bygone railroad days.

A short drive north of Cimarron brings one to the remains of a trestle across the Cimarron River on which sits the genuine Engine 278, tender and caboose actually used on trips through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

THE END OF RAILROADING THROUGH THE BLACK CANYONThe

decrease of mining activity, the increase of standard gauge routes through the Colorado Rockies, and the rising use of automobiles and trucks led to the gradual demise of narrow gauge railroads beginning in the early 20th century.

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad ran regularly, although decreasing freight and passenger service through the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison until 1940, when scheduled passenger traffic was diverted north to the standard gauge track over Tennessee Pass or through the Moffat Tunnel.

Freight trains continued until 1949 when the line from Gunnison to Montrose was finally abandoned and the rails torn up.

The route through the canyon, including its nine bridges, became a public road, used primarily by fishermen until construction of the Blue Mesa Dam in the early 1960s.

Most of the old Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge railroad bed is now submerged beneath the waters of Morrow Point Reservoir.

A short section of the old railroad bed, complete with interpretive displays, is accessible from the Pine Creek Trail.

At the end of this one-mile trail is the launch point for the Morrow Point Boat Tours.

REFERENCESGordon Chappell and Cornelius Hauck, Narrow Gauge Transcontinental: Through Gunnison County and Black Canyon Revisited, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1971

Cornelius Hauck, ed, Colorado Rail Annual, 1970, Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970

Duane Vandenbusche, The Gunnison Country, B&B Printing, Gunnison, CO 1980

Cerro Summit (el. 8,042 ft.) is a mountain pass in the State of Colorado, located about 14 miles east of Montrose, Colorado. It divides the watershed of the Cimmaron River to the east and the Uncompahgre River to the west, both of which eventually flow into the Gunnison River.
 The summit is traversed by U.S. Route 50.   Until 1949, Cerro Summit was part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Black Canyon line which ran between Gunnison and Montrose. The route was constructed in 1882. The route was originally part of the D&RGW's transcontinental line to Salt Lake City.


Several of Hønneland’s books have appeared in new editions.

(meta data) TITLE: More Arctic politics in China - fni

FNI's director Geir Hønneland together with translators Wang Chuanxing, Su Ping and Tang Yao.

Two FNI books on Arctic politics have been translated and are now available for the Chinese market.

Both books are written by FNI's Director, Geir Hønneland, who attended the book launch at Tongji University in Shanghai earlier this week.

The first book started its journey in Norwegian language in 2013, under the title 'Hvordan skal Putin ta Barentshavet tilbake?' ('How will Putin take the Barents Sea back?'), as a response to Russian criticism of the 2010 Barents Sea delimitation agreement between Norway and Russia.

"I wrote the book to put the Russian reactions to the delimitation agreement in a cultural context," says Hønneland, "but I never expected it to attract much interest outside our own backyard, so to speak.

But it was picked up by the global academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan and was published in a revised edition for an international readership in 2014 under the title 'Arctic Politics, the Law of the Sea and Russian Identity'.

When Chinese scholars wrote to me and asked if it could be translated into Chinese, I first thought the subject matter would be too narrow, but then, as they say, Norway and China have one thing in common – Russia is neighbour to us both.

The second book, 'Making Fishery Agreements Work', looks at half a century of Norway and Russia working successfully together to maintain the rich fish resources in the Barents Sea at a sustainable level.

The Chinese edition was selected for inclusion in China's 13th 5-year plan in the section on academic publications on ocean governance.

Director / Research Professor+47 99796020geir.honneland@fni.no

Post-Agreement Bargaining in the Barents Sea Fisheries: Strategies for Coping with OverfishingPast

Geir Hønneland (born 1966 in Mandal in Norway) is a Norwegian political scientist, Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) (2015–) and professor II at the Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø). Hønneland has been Deputy Director (2014-2015) and Research Director (2006-2014) at FNI and he has previously worked as an Officer for the Norwegian Coast Guard.
 Hønneland took his doctoral degree at the University of Oslo in 2000, with the PhD dissertation "Compliance in the Barents Sea Fisheries". He was given full professor competence in 2004, and has worked as a visiting scholar at several universities, including Rutgers (the State University of New Jersey) (2002-2003), Aalborg University (2010) and the Royal Danish Defence Academy (2013).
 Hønneland has worked and published extensively on issues related to international ocean governance, East-West relations in the Arctic, Russian politics, and the role of identity in international relations. He has been ranked the most publishing scientist the Norwegian institute sector (48 institutes) from 2012-2016, and he also ranks high on the list of Norway’s most published scientists across all disciplines.


Several of Hønneland’s books have appeared in new translations.

Geir Hønneland (born 1966 in Mandal in Norway) is a Norwegian political scientist, Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) (2015–) and professor II at the Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø). Hønneland has been Deputy Director (2014-2015) and Research Director (2006-2014) at FNI and he has previously worked as an Officer for the Norwegian Coast Guard.
 Hønneland took his doctoral degree at the University of Oslo in 2000, with the PhD dissertation "Compliance in the Barents Sea Fisheries". He was given full professor competence in 2004, and has worked as a visiting scholar at several universities, including Rutgers (the State University of New Jersey) (2002-2003), Aalborg University (2010) and the Royal Danish Defence Academy (2013).
 Hønneland has worked and published extensively on issues related to international ocean governance, East-West relations in the Arctic, Russian politics, and the role of identity in international relations. He has been ranked the most publishing scientist the Norwegian institute sector (48 institutes) from 2012-2016, and he also ranks high on the list of Norway’s most published scientists across all disciplines. Several of Hønneland’s books have appeared in new editions.


The new translations include Chinese and Russian.

Geir Hønneland (born 1966 in Mandal in Norway) is a Norwegian political scientist, Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) (2015–) and professor II at the Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø). Hønneland has been Deputy Director (2014-2015) and Research Director (2006-2014) at FNI and he has previously worked as an Officer for the Norwegian Coast Guard.
 Hønneland took his doctoral degree at the University of Oslo in 2000, with the PhD dissertation "Compliance in the Barents Sea Fisheries". He was given full professor competence in 2004, and has worked as a visiting scholar at several universities, including Rutgers (the State University of New Jersey) (2002-2003), Aalborg University (2010) and the Royal Danish Defence Academy (2013).
 Hønneland has worked and published extensively on issues related to international ocean governance, East-West relations in the Arctic, Russian politics, and the role of identity in international relations. He has been ranked the most publishing scientist the Norwegian institute sector (48 institutes) from 2012-2016, and he also ranks high on the list of Norway’s most published scientists across all disciplines. Several of Hønneland’s books have appeared in new editions. Several of Hønneland’s books have appeared in new translations.


Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005.

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The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain.


Martin Newland took many former "Telegraph" employees with him.

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# Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi

First published on Wed 6 Feb 2008 12.25 EST

The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain. Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005.


Colin Randall is a former "Telegraph" executive news editor.

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# Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi

First published on Wed 6 Feb 2008 12.25 EST

The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain. Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005. Martin Newland took many former "Telegraph" employees with him.


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# Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi

First published on Wed 6 Feb 2008 12.25 EST

The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain. Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005. Martin Newland took many former "Telegraph" employees with him. Colin Randall is a former "Telegraph" executive news editor.


Senior photographer Stephen Lock is a former "Telegraph" employee.

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# Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi

First published on Wed 6 Feb 2008 12.25 EST

The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain. Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005. Martin Newland took many former "Telegraph" employees with him. Colin Randall is a former "Telegraph" executive news editor. Sue Ryan is a former managing editor.


Stephen Lock covered domestic and foreign news during his 20 years on "The Daily Telegraph."

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# Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi

First published on Wed 6 Feb 2008 12.25 EST

The Daily Mail's deputy showbusiness editor, Tahira Yaqoob, is joining Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper.

Yaqoob, number two to Richard Simpson on the Mail's showbusiness desk, will be part of the national news reporting team on the unnamed newspaper, set to launch within months in the United Arab Emirates.

Newland, the newspaper's editor in chief, said Yaqoob's fluency in Urdu and Punjabi and her deep knowledge of Muslim society would be "invaluable".

Burhan Wazir, a former deputy features editor of the Times's T2 section, will edit the Arts and Life section, while feature writer Philippa Kennedy, who edited UK Press Gazette from 1998 to 2002, will contribute regularly to the new paper.

"The quality of these appointments speaks for itself, and there is more to come," said Newland, a former Daily Telegraph editor.

Former Daily Telegraph managing editor Sue Ryan, a consultant on the new paper, has appointed Julia Robson, previously the Telegraph's deputy fashion editor, as London-based fashion director.

"Sue is aiming to recruit another top feature writer and I am looking for one more senior reporter to lead our bright, young team by example," said Newland.

Travel writer Rosemary Behan, who wrote on travel for the Telegraph, joins Ryan's team as a writer.

Photographer Stephen Lock, who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on the Daily Telegraph, has arrived in Abu Dhabi as a senior photographer.

Karen Davies, a former deputy picture editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has also joined as a photographer.

They join executive editor Colin Randall, formerly the Daily Telegraph's chief reporter and Paris correspondent.

James Langton, former New York correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, is news features editor and Alam Khan is sports editor.

· To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857.

For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332.

· If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".

The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including "Aletihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majed" and "National Geographic Al Arabiya" (in partnership with "National Geographic"). In 2016, "The National" was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of Sky News Arabia. "The National" has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016; Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013; and Martin Newland, who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.
 With its pledge to emulate Western newspaper standards and to "help society evolve", "The National" claims to be an anomaly in the Middle East, where most media are tightly controlled by the government. Before "The National" moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi. However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.
 During the initial launch "The National" built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times" and "The Daily Telegraph" of Britain. Martin Newland was editor of the "Daily Telegraph" from 2003 to 2005. Martin Newland took many former "Telegraph" employees with him. Colin Randall is a former "Telegraph" executive news editor. Sue Ryan is a former managing editor. Senior photographer Stephen Lock is a former "Telegraph" employee.


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8.31.06 - Michael Rapaport will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live the night of Friday, September 1st.

8.31.06 - Michael Rapaport will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson the night of Tuesday, September 12th.

7.28.06 - Rashida Jones will guest star on The Office next season, and may possibly become a recurring character.

Jeri Ryan is engaged to her business partner and boyfriend, French chef Christopher Eme.

Ryan announced her engagement during the Television Critics Association press tour to promote her new TV series, Shark.

5.5.06 - From TVGuide.com: Loretta Devine will costar in the Lifetime Original movie "Life is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story," as Fantasia's grandmother.

Jeri Ryan will guest-star on the May 16 season finale of ABC's Boston Legal, playing a reality-series host charged with shooting dead a member of the paparazzi.

David E. Kelley has a new project at ABC called Life on Mars, based on the BBC sci-fi drama that launched this past January.

The story is about a detective who lives in the 21st century, tho following a car accident inexplicably finds himself living and working in the 1970's.

Kelley will write and exec produce the pilot, which is targeting a Fall 2007 debut.

Jeri Ryan joins James Woods in the new CBS drama project Shark from Spike Lee.

Chi McBride has been cast in the ABC drama project formerly called Nine Lives about a lengthy hostage crisis from the point of vieew of the hostages.

Loretta Devine recently appeared on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber.

She will also be a recurring guest star on the WB's new show, Supernatural, where she plays a psychic who may be able to shed some light on the mystery of the two boys' mother's death.

Michael Rapaport's new sitcom, The War at Home, has been picked up by FOX for a full season.

Rob Estes has replaced Nicky Katt as a lead in ABC's new series, The Evidence.

9.9.05 - From TV Guide Online: Rapaport Armed for The War at Home

Fox's Simpson, Hill, Griffin and Smith families are getting a funny new neighbor: the Golds of The War at Home (premiering Sunday at 8:30 pm/ET).

Playing pop to a trio of challenging teens (blossoming Hillary, sexually misunderstood Larry and videogamer Mike) is Michael Rapaport (Small Time Crooks, Hitch), whose previous TV run was as a firebrand teacher on Boston Public.

TVGuide.com got a few minutes during the busy actor's lunch break to discuss fatherhood, films and his real-life friend in need.

TVGuide.com: What did your three-season stint as Boston Public's Danny teach you?

Michael Rapaport: It taught me that good work is good work, and having the opportunity to act every day is a really special thing.

Did it give you an appetite for further episodic series such as War at Home?

I liked the consistency of the work and, as I said, I enjoy acting a lot.

So often in this business, you rarely get to act; you spend time trying to get jobs and that kind of thing.

But what's great about doing a TV show, especially one that I like, is that you do get to act every day, as opposed to chasing work, which is a real pain in the ass.

Some liken War at Home to Married... with Children.

Rapaport: I think it's more like a Roseanne or an All in the Family.

Although Married... with Children was an extraordinarily funny show, this show is based in a stronger sense of reality.

TVGuide.com: Are you excited about Sunday's premiere?

I'm so proud of this show and so proud of the cast.

I think once people see it they're going to enjoy it.

How do you like Anita Barone (The Jeff Foxworthy Show) as your TV wife?

Dave and Vicky have a good, healthy, fun and playful relationship — they're friends and still very attracted to and sexually into each other.

TVGuide.com: Where are you coming from to play a father of teens?

A big inspiration for me is always my father, and I also sort of take from [creator/executive producer] Rob Lotterstein's inspiration, which is his father.

But the fact that I am a father of two boys — Julian, who's 5, and Maceo, my 3-year-old — is obviously the best firsthand experience I have.

TVGuide.com: What do you make of the pseudo-"controversy" of a show titled The War at Home's debuting on 9/11?

TVGuide.com: Not that you are averse to controversy, which you experienced much of as a cast member of Bamboozled.

It dealt with a lot of stereotypes in the black community and the way they are exploited by Hollywood — the television industry, more specifically — and it didn't pull any punches.

[Writer/director] Spike [Lee] took incredible risks making it, and because of the controversy and all that, it didn't get a chance.

But it's a very, very important movie that people should be able to enjoy for a long time.

TVGuide.com: Are there any new films coming up that you're particularly proud of?

Rapaport: Special, which is going to premiere at the [January 2006] Sundance Film Festival, I'm really excited about.

It's a little independent movie about a guy who is sort of depressed and sheltered and he winds up taking an antidepressant and starts to [experience] adverse reactions — he starts to think he has supernatural powers because the medication doesn't really work properly.

It has a dark, comedic element to it, but it's really a dramatic portrayal of a guy who is suffering from depression and is desperate to try to fix it.

I'm enormously proud of it, and I'm looking forward to people getting a chance to see it.

Lastly, I'd like to ask if you have heard any updates regarding Natasha Lyonne (American Pie).

[Rapaport's longtime friend/Comic Book Villains cast mate was recently in a New York City hospital ICU with hepatitis C, a collapsed lung and a heart infection.]

I've been thinking about her a lot lately and I care about her....

I saw somewhere that her father was threatening the hospital with a lawsuit for violating confidentiality and letting her admittance be leaked out.

The thing about her father that hasn't been put out there is... she doesn't speak to her father — she has a restraining order against him — so he's just trying to get his face into the papers for some reason.

I don't know why a sixtysomething-year-old man would be so interested in getting in the press when his daughter is so sick.

Natasha knows how I feel about her, aside from all the stuff that we went through [when her unruly behavior forced Rapaport to evict Lyonne from an apartment building he owns].

She's a very, very good person, and I'm hoping that she's able to get better.

6.8.05 - Jessalyn Gilsig is being promoted to cast regular on Nip/Tuck.

3.16.05 - Chi McBride has been cast in the Fox drama pilot Deviant Behavior.

Nicky Katt has been added to the cast of The Evidence, a new show from Warner Bros. TV/John Wells Productions starring Martin Landau and Orlando Jones.

It's a procedural drama about two homicide detective, and is being produced for ABC.

Boston Public repeats will premiere on WE on Monday, September 27th, and will be airing at 7pm and 1am on weekdays.

Women's Entertainment has acquired the off-net cable rights to Boston Public.

Boston Public comes with 81 episodes and is scheduled to begin airing on WE this fall.

Jeri Ryan accused her former husband, Republican Senate candidate Jack Ryan, of trying to coerce her into performing sex acts at various clubs while others watched.

The charges -- first leveled during the couple's bitter child-custody battle back in 2000 -- were made public on Monday.

In the documents the actress also acknowledged infidelity on her part, but only after the marriage was irretrievably broken.

David E. Kelley will develop his own reality show that will include real lawyers.

In creating a real firm, the lawyers/players will handle civil cases with binding arbitration presided over by sitting or former judges (the same type of binding arbitration as used in various syndicated court shows), and at the same time be vying for a partnership position within the lawfirm.

NBC has ordered up 8 episodes which will be produced by Kelley and Renegade 83.

Kristin at E!Online reports that when Chi McBride was asked if there was a chance that Boston Public would ever return, McBride just laughed.

"Boston Public is as dead as fried chicken.

There's about as much hope of it returning as a drumstick attaching all the other pieces together and running in your yard."

5.11.04 - Michael Rapaport and wife Nichole are going their separate ways after four years of marriage.

4.7.04 - Zap2It.com: Gilsig Subs for Ross on 'NYPD Blue' -

Charlotte Ross' departure from "NYPD Blue" has opened the door for former "Boston Public" star Jessalyn Gilsig to join the cast....

3.17.04 - From the March 20th issue of TV Guide: Graduation Day

Fox has yet to officially dismiss Boston Public, but there's every indication that school is out for the gang at Winslow High.

"The cast has been released from their contracts, and the show's sets have been torn down," sniffs a Boston native.

Two unaired episodes won't give fans much closure; creator-producer David E. Kelley was not given enough notice to script an appropriate farewell.

Jeri Ryan is in final talks to star opposite Kim Delaney in the pilot for Sudbury, a CBS drama that revolves around two sisters who also happen to be witches.

3.1.04 - Chi McBride will join the cast of Countdown (Fremantle Media/Vertikal/Touchstone) as the SWAT team leader.

McBride's fellow cast members include Jason O'Mara, Louis Mandylor, Salli Richardson, and Adam Beach.

This show was previous known as 43 Minutes.

1.24.04 - Zap2It.com: School Year Ends Early for 'Boston Public' -

While most shows typically complete 22 episodes per season, FOX has halted production on "Boston Public," which was in the middle of shooting its 15th episode this past week.

David E. Kelley's drama, which centers around the lives of students and faculty at a high school, is currently in its fourth season.

Many suspected it would be the show's last since FOX had originally only ordered 13 episodes before tacking on an additional two....

12.15.03 - Zap2It.com: R.E.M. Unplugs for 'Boston Public' -

So many people are crowded into Doyle's Cafe on the set of FOX's "Boston Public" that, if it were a real pub, the place might be in violation of the fire code.

The occasion is the filming of "Chapter Seventy-Six," the Friday, Dec. 19, episode of the high-school drama, and it's far from business as usual on the soundstages in Manhattan Beach, Calif....

10.29.03 - R.E.M. will perform an acoustic version of "Losing My

Religion" during Boston Public's Christmas-themed episode Dec. 19.

of the deal, producers agreed to play the group's new single "Bad Day" in

10.10.03 - From TV Guide Online: "Idol Star Goes Gay for Pay" by Michael Ausiello

American Idol lullababe Tamyra Gray is going from thespian to lesbian.

The Boston Public grad will play a sapphic singer who develops a crush on Rachel True's Mona character on the Nov. 3 episode of UPN's Half & Half.

The 24-year-old crooner admits she had some reservations about making her sitcom debut with such a "challenging" role.

"In the beginning [I was a little apprehensive], but mostly because I didn't know the other actress, Rachel, who I was playing side-by-side with," she tells TV Guide Online.

"But it's kind of lighthearted, so it wasn't so bad.

It wasn't bad at all, actually; it was pretty easy."

In the story, Mona tries to sign a hot new singer named Zora (Gray) to Delicious Records, but the hetero-leaning exec quickly realizes that the artist is sporting designs on more than just a lucrative album deal.

"My character on Boston Public was a little shy," Gray says.

"[Zora] is much more outgoing and aggressive."

Um, just how aggressive are we talking here?

"There are no kissing scenes," laughs Gray.

"That probably would have been my [deal]breaker, because I don't know if I'm ready for it just yet."

When Gray is not pursuing girls, er, acting gigs, she's busy putting the finishing touches on her debut album, which is due out in the spring.

"For the most part, I will have written most of my album except for one song," says the Maryland native, who describes the CD as "a blend of old school and new school, with alternative pop and R&B."

And if Gray has it her way, her album's release will coincide with another big career development.

"Hopefully by the time my album is about to drop, then I'll be back on Boston Public," she says with a smile, "because [my character] ended with a record deal.

Sounds like Gray may have a future in marketing, too.

Milo Ventimiglia: Neither Bad Nor a Boy -

"My manager makes fun of me," says Milo Ventimiglia.

"He's like, 'Since you started in the business, you've aged eight years, but on television, you've only aged two or three.'

10.1.03 - NBC is looking at a sitcom with Michael Rapaport, currently titled First Comes Love, which was also written by Rapaport along with Les Firestein, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

9.23.03 - Variety reports that David E. Kelley will be writing a big-screen remake of Agatha Christie's classic mystery "Witness for the Prosecution."

Anxious to maintain its audience after a move to Friday night, David E. Kelley's "Boston Public" is filling up with guest stars like so many over-crowded public school classrooms.

Dennis Miller was already slated to begin a multi-episode arc on Friday, Oct. 24 and he'll be joined by former "Twin Peaks" gal Sherilyn Fenn.

Fenn has signed on to do at least two episodes of the FOX drama, starting with Oct. 24 show....

9.22.03 - Michael Rapaport will be on Last Call with Carson Daly the night of Thursday, September 25th.

Fox has ordered a pilot script for a comedy from David E. Kelley Prods. called Five Finger Discount, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The script will be penned by Kerry Ehrin, a consulting producer on Boston Public.

Dennis Miller has signed on for a 3-episode arc the will begin Friday, October 24th.

For more information on his role, see the previews page.

8.25.03 - Lyndsy Fonseca (The Young and the Restless) will guest star on three episodes of Boston Public.

8.14.03 - FOX has changed the premiere date of Boston Public from September 26th to Septmeber 19th.

Milo Ventimiglia, who was last seen as Jess on Gilmore Girls will appear in three episodes of Boston Public, Variety reports.

He'll play a bad boy with a hidden agenda.

Kristin at E!Online reports that James Van Der Beek could be headed back to the big screen.

He's in talks to star in "Standing Still," described as a "Big Chill" for Gen Y, which also stars Michael Rapaport and Estella Warren.

'Angel' Brings in Fresh Face, Old Friend -

As the only currently active outpost in the know Buffy-verse, "Angel" is swelling its cast to include even more familiar faces, as well as one or two new characters to replace departed Charisma Carpenter and Vincent Kartheiser.

As has long been rumored, Mercedes McNab will join the show on a recurring basis, revisiting her Harmony character.

This will allow Harmony, a somewhat bumbling vampire whose attempts at self-empowerment rarely end well, to reunite with former flame Spike (James Marsters, who has already been announced as a new series regular).

McNab made appearances as Harmony on both "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel."

McNab's other credits include appearances on "Dawson's Creek" and "Boston Public."

The WB has also confirmed that another "Boston Public" alum, Sarah Thompson, will join "Angel" for at least six episodes as Eve, a new assistant to David Boreanaz's Angel at Wolfram & Hart.

Those in the know are coy about Thompson's character, who may or may not provide temptation for the show's undead hero.

Thompson, who played high school seductress Dana Pool in the first season of "Boston Public," appeared on episodes of "The District" and "Touched by an Angel" last season.

She also was in the feature "Malibu's Most Wanted."

7.29.03 - TV Guide Online: Meet Boston Public's "Spicy Latina" -

This fall, Natalia Baron joins the cast of Boston Public as Miss Carmen Torres.

"I'm a spicy Latina student teacher," the newbie tells TV Guide Online.

"She's still in college and she comes in speaking Spanish the whole way, even though she's teaching physics, not Spanish!"

What gives with Carmen livin' la vida loca en Español?

"She believes that all the kids should learn Spanish — as well as all the teachers — because we're fighting in a bilingual job market," Baron smiles.

7.29.03 - FOX has schedule the season premiere of Boston Public for Friday, September 26th.

7.22.03 - From TV Guide Online: Former New Kid Joey McIntyre and That '70s Show's Mila Kunis

are taking the plunge, signing on to star in a big-screen adaptation of the

interactive stage show Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding.

7.17.03 - Boston Public received one Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography.

The Emmy Awards will be presented live on Fox from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, September 21st.

Tamyra Gray was nominated for a Teen Choice Award as Breakout Female TV Star for her recurring role on Boston Public.

The awards are scheduled to air Wednesday, Aug. 6 on FOX.

Teens can vote on several categories at TeenPeople.com (a subscription is required).

6.3.03 - Couple of program changes coming to Fox's Friday night schedule next month: as of July 11th The Bernie Mac Show will air back to back episodes from 8-9pm and Boston Public moves to 9pm.

As of August 8th, Wanda at Large slides into the 8:30pm time slot, displacing the second Bernie Mac.

5.28.03 - TV Guide gives JEERS to Whitney Houston's unlikely appearance on Fox's Boston Public.

As if it weren't stretching credibility that Houston would play a high school prom, the pop diva further challenged reality by showing up for the gig on time!

5.27.03 - Joey McIntyre, Jon Abrahams, Cara DeLizia and China Jesusita Shavers will not be returning next year.

Bianca Kajlich (Lisa Grier, first season) and Joey Slotnick's new comedy, Rock Me Baby, has been picked up by UPN for the fall season.

Boston Public has been renewed for another season by FOX, but will now be airing on Fridays at 9pm ET.

David E. Kelley's new drama, The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. (starring, among others, Cleo King, the "smell that shoe" woman), has been picked up by CBS for the fall and will air on Wednesday nights.

5.13.03 - Indigo's (Cheyenne) new cop drama, 10-8, has been picked up for the fall season by ABC, and will air on Sundays at 8pm ET.

5.3.03 - From the May 3rd issue of TV Guide:

It wasn't jealousy over Tamyra Gray's rendition of "I Will Always Love you" that convinced Whitney Houston to play herself in the May 12 season finale of Fox's Boston Public but rather a plea from series creator David E. Kelley.

He phoned Houston and asked if she'd play a student's superstar prom date.

To sweeten the deal, Kelley is letting the diva sing a track from her latest CD.

3.7.03 - Indigo (fka Alyssa Ashley Nichols, who plays Cheyenne) has been signed to play Officer Graves, a trainee at the Sheriff's Dept., in the ABC crime drama 10-8.

Cleo King (the "smell this shoe" woman) has been cast in David E. Kelley's CBS pilot, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire.

Tamyra Gray Signs for More 'Boston Public' -

Former "American Idol" contestant Tamyra Gray has received an extended hall pass from the producers of "Boston Public."

Gray has signed to appear in three more episodes of the FOX drama, bringing her total to seven.

She made her prime-time acting debut on Monday's (Feb. 24) episode of the series.

"We are extremely excited about the acting debut of Tamyra Gray," executive producer Jason Katims says.

"She has done an amazing job in portraying a sensitive character...."

Tonight's Boston Public revolves around a closeted teen named Devon who comes to terms with his same-sex feelings after witnessing a gay bashing.

There's just one problem – Matt Lutz, the actor playing Devon, is about as pro-gay as Jesse Helmes.

"I think homosexuality is a sin," the conservative Christian tells The Advocate.

"I think that it is a lifestyle that I don't necessarily...

Tamyra Gray Sings Her Heart Out for 'Boston Public' -

Since losing out to Kelly Clarkson in the first season of FOX's "American Idol," 23-year-old Tamyra Gray has gone on to prove that, sometimes, winning isn't about coming first.

A favorite of the show's judges -- in particular the acerbic Simon Cowell -- Gray has now embarked on an acting career, with a four-episode stint (and perhaps more) on FOX's high-school drama "Boston Public...."

Writers Guild To Honor David E. Kelley, John Gay -

The Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) will honor John Gay and David E. Kelly with awards for excellence.

The awards will be presented at the 55th Annual Writers Guild Award ceremony on March 8, 2003....

10.14.02 - Jeri Ryan was #41 on TV Guide's list of the 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time.

Of all the wonders of the sci-fi universe, few compare to Seven of Nine (1997-2001) in UPN's Star Trek: Voyager.

Only Jeri Ryan could have made this icy Borg such a voluptuous, red-blooded woman.

In a catsuit so tight it must have made breathing difficult, Ryan could always be counted on to heat up the cold vacuum of outer space.

'Idol' Contestant Gray Enrolls in 'Boston Public' -

"American Idol's" assault on the world of entertainment continues.

The latest salvo comes in the form of Tamyra Gray, "Idol's" fourth-place finisher.

She'll be appearing on several episodes of FOX's "Boston Public" beginning in February.

"We're thrilled to have Tamyra join the cast for four episodes later this season," executive producer Jason Katims says.

"She gave a very impressive audition, and while it's possible her character will sing, we are most interested in helping to launch her as a dramatic actress...."

Fox is confirming that American Idol standout Tamyra Gray will appear in four episodes of Boston Public beginning in February.

American Idol loser Tamyra Gray may prove to be the show's biggest winner after all.

The up-and-comer is in talks to join the cast of Boston Public for a multi-episode arc.

If a deal is finalized, Gray -- who landed a record contract with the producers behind Idol -- could debut by November sweeps.

David E. Kelley is stepping down as executive producer and

head writer of Fox's Boston Public in order to focus his attention on ABC's The

Practice and his new Fox drama, girls club.

will replace him behind-the-scenes -- which may mean that aliens are about to

Boston Public's New Kid on the Block - Fresh from doing tick, tick...

off Broadway, Joey McIntyre has moved to L.A. to join the cast of Boston Public.

It's a culture shock for the New Kids on the Block star to leave his beloved Boston for the Santa Monica beach.

But hey, he still gets to play a Beantown boy on TV....

7.22.02 - Boston Public will have its third season premiere on Monday, October 21st at 8pm ET.

7.17.02 - TV Guide Online: Halloween's New Ghoul Girl - Could Halloween: Resurrection boost unknown Bianca Kajlich to full-fledged starlet status?

So far, she's done perky pom-pom duty as a cheerleader in Bring It On.

Plus, she spent a year on Boston Public as Lisa...

7.10.02 - Jon Abrahams (Scary Movie, Meet the Parents) will be joining the cast as a new faculty member.

6.7.02 - Former New Kids on the Block singer Joey McIntyre will be guest starring next fall.

5.30.02 - David E. Kelley is in the process of casting one or more male teachers for Boston Public.

FOX unveiled their official fall schedule today, and Boston Public will be keeping its 8pm ET Monday time slot, followed by David E. Kelley's new show, Girls Club.

5.6.02 - Chicago Sun-Times: A 'Public' role with principles -

It was two years ago this month, in a Manhattan theater packed with ad execs, that Fox first trotted out "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" auteur David E. Kelley along with the cast of his new high school drama for the following fall....

4.29.02 - FOX has officially renewed Boston Public for a third season.

4.24.02 - Don't miss Nicky Katt in the new movie, "Insomnia," in theaters everywhere May 24th.

4.1.02 - Girls Club, a new pilot for FOX from David E. Kelley, has cast Giancarlo Esposito as its first cast member.

Esposito will play a senior partner at the law firm headed and owned by three women attorneys.

3.30.02 - TV Guide mentions Michael Rapaport in "Great Performances" on page 10 of the March 30th issue.

As Danny Hanson, the brash and boyish new teacher on Fox's Boston Public, Michael Rapaport earns an A for attitude.

Although Danny is reckless and impishly confrontational–he urged his students to sue a fellow teacher for defamation of character–Rapaport's working-class charm keeps the chracter blissfully free of the mannered quirks that define so much of the faculty.

He was quite moving in a recent episode in which he defied authority and risked his career by analyzing the racially charged N-word during classroom "talk time."

By not being afraid to show that Danny doesn't have all the answers, Rapaport moves to the head of his class.

3.13.02 - Bianca Kajlich (Lisa Grier) has been cast in the WB sitcom In My Opinion, along with Nat Faxon, Richard Trapp, Stacy Francis, and Peter McKenzie.

3.12.02 - Thomas McCarthy (Coach Kevin Riley) can currently be seen in the Broadway production of "Noises Off."

Chi McBride is named one of TV's MVP actors in the March 9th issue of TV Guide.

At 6-foot-5, McBride is an automatic authority figure, whether battling racial unjustice, policing horny faculty members or impersonating Ralph Kramden in a play.

"He brings enormous weight to the series, and I don't mean this as a pun," says Anthony Heald, who plays administrator Scott Guber.

"His character has an enormous heart and a very strong set of priciples.

2.13.02 - Fox has given a 13 episode commitment to a new David E. Kelley drama focusing on three women (guess what? they're lawyers!) who live together in San Francisco.

2.7.02 - Zap2It.com: Advocacy Groups Target 'Boston Public' -

A coalition of 15 family and child advocacy groups have sent the Federal Communications Commission a letter complaining that FOX's "Boston Public's" is too racy for the eight o'clock hour....

12.18.01 - Chi McBride has been nominated for an American Film Institute Award for AFI Male Actor of the Year in a Series.

The awards ceremony will be broadcast on CBS on Saturday, January 5th, at 8pm ET.

Loretta Devine has been nominated for two NAACP Image awards.

One is for her supporting role in the motion picture "Kingdom Come" and the other is for Oustanding Actress in a Drama Series.

Rashida Jones and Vanessa Bell Calloway also received nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Boston Public itself received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.

The awards will be presented on February 23rd in Los Angeles.

Boston Public gets Jeers in the November 17th issue of TV Guide.

The hiring of actress Jeri Ryan by executive producer David E. Kelley to spice of Fox's Boston Public all but guaranteed an endless supply of tawdry double entendres.

And the only disappointment in Ryan's first episode on October 29 was that the entendres didn't even aspire to the level of double.

Kelley, who seems increasingly incapable of creating female characters who are not miniskirted sexpots, gave Ryan a truly inauspicious welcome.

In one commercial for the series, Ryan, as teacher Ronnie Cooke, was asked by an inquisitive student whether she was a "a real teacher."

Her response–"Yes, are you a real student?"– was only slightly wittier than "I know you are, but what am I?"

But the real indignity came when, in Ryan's first episode, a student asked to see her breasts.

We've seen old Van Halen videos with more class.

David E. Kelley is developing a new series for Fox, but he's not writing it.

The new show is called The Understudy and will be supervised and exec prod by Kelley, produced via David E. Kelley Prods. and 20th.

But he won't be writing the pilot or any of the presumed subsequent episodes.

That task will be left to Ivan Menchell, current writer/producer on Ally McBeal.

Along with Menchell, The Understudy was co-created by Bill D'Elia who is also the showrunner on Ally, and will direct The Understudy.

The show is about a 21 year old in NYC trying to make a career for herself on Broadway.

10.31.01 - TV Guide Online reports that Fox's Monday night dramas returned to mixed results: Boston Public debuted strongly with 13.8 million viewers, but Ally McBeal

averaged a disappointing 10.8 million viewers.

10.30.01 - Don't miss the full-length article in the October 27th issue of TV Guide on new cast member Jeri Ryan.

The November 6th issue of Soap Opera Digest reports that Sharon Leal and fiancé Bev Land welcomed their first child, Kai Miles Land, into the world on September 13th.

9.9.01 - Boston Public won one Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series ("Chapter One").

8.6.01 - TV Guide Online: Jeri Ryan's New Boss -

When Boston Public begins its sophomore year this September, Winslow High's male pupils won't be the only ones ogling former Star Trek: Voyager bombshell Jeri Ryan - who's enrolling as curvaceous corporate-lawyer-turned-teacher Ronnie Brooks...

7.12.01 - Boston Public received 2 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series ("Chapter One") and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Kathy Baker as Mrs. Peters).

The June 19th issue of Soap Opera Digest reports that Sharon Leal is pregnant.

Although in the past, she had been linked with Grayson McCouch (Another World, All Souls), with whom she worked on Legacy, sources indicate that the child is not his.

5.8.01 - TV Guide gives Jeers to spelling trouble.

"We'd like to think the April 16 episode of Fox's Boston Public was making a sly comment about the state of American education, but we suspect plain old carelessness was the culprit.

During a conversation between teachers Harry and Lauren, a chalkboard in the background listed the day's assignment.

Boston Public has received a Prism Commendation for the episode "Chapter Eight."

Prism recognizes work in which members of the entertainment community take an active role in addressing drug abuse in America.

The 5th annual Prism awards, hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis, were taped April 4th.

No word yet when or where they will air.

3.8.01 - At the TV Guide Awards, which aired on Fox last night, Peter MacNicol, Chi McBride and Lara Flynn Boyle presented the first annual Brandon Tartikoff Award to David E. Kelley for incredible achievement in television.

3.6.01 - Zap2It.com: Boston Public Hits Close to Home

3.5.01 - TV Guide Online: Boston Public Star Stands Tall - Chi McBride takes great pride in his role as formidable principal Steven Harper...

2.10.01 - Chi McBride was named one of the MVP actors of TV in the February 10th issue of TV Guide.

In addition, David E. Kelley was named one of the MVP writers of TV.

David E. Kelley will take home the newly minted Brandon Tartikoff Award at the third annual TV Guide Awards, which will air on March 7 on Fox.

Named for the legendary network executive, Tartikoff's award honors other creative movers and shakers behind the scenes.

Fox has renewed "Boston Public" for a second year, giving it a full season order.

"Boston Public" has earned to date an average of 12.1 million viewers, a 5.6 among A18-49, and the show's audience has been building.

After the November sweep when repeats became regular fare on the competing networks, the opportunity came to much of the audience to see "Boston Public" for the first time.

Now the question is how many are hooked and will stay hooked through the February sweep.

12.29.00 - "Boston Public" has been nominated for two TV Guide Awards: New Series of the Year and Actor of the Year in a New Series (Chi McBride).

11.30.00 - "Boston Public" was nominated for a People's Choice Award as Favorite New Television Dramatic Series.

11.4.00 - Matt Roush in the November 4th issue of TV Guide: "I'm the principal.

I'm entitled to a tone," says the formidable Chi McBride as Steven Harper, the exasperated yet dedicated principal on Fox's high school melodrama Boston Public.

McBride, best known for comedy (including UPN's notorious The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer), sets the dramatic tone for this often over-the-top series, projecting a powerful aura of quiet, steely authority, even when his fractious faculty and rebellious students wear him down.

Both rational and explosive, McBride's Harper is a stern general who nonetheless inspires loyalty among his troops.

In this role, McBridge shows he's an actor of, yes, principle.

Dania dated "Soul Plane" director Jessy Terrero until 2008. She became engaged in September 2011 to director John Beverly "Bev" Land. The couple married on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on February 16, 2013.