Press Archive

1995

January

• Father Knows Squat
  Parents used to be wise and stable. Now they're stupid or dead
  Published: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Washington Post
  
• ABC Wants More Adults In Its Family Fare Mix
  About ABC's show lineup
  Published: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Newsday
  
• ABC: Faint Pulse Remains in "So-Called Life"
  MSCL still on hiatius
  Published: Sunday 1st January 1995 - AP
  
• Life Support
  Fans bend together to save "My So-Called Life
  Published: Sunday 1st January 1995 - People Weekly Online
  
• Teens Sign On As Tv Show Signs Off
  Interview with teenage girls about ther opinion on MSCL
  Published: Thursday 12th January 1995 - South Bend News
  
• A TV Show Worth Watching
  Interviews with Steve Joyner, Winnie Holzman, Dorothy Swanson (VQT)
  Published: Friday 13th January 1995 - Washington Post
  
• ABC's official e-mail answer
  A reply from ABC
  Published: Friday 13th January 1995 - ABC
  
• The Marvin Kitman Awards Special
  And the Marvy goes to...
  Published: Saturday 14th January 1995 - Newsday
  
• Life Not Dead -- Yet
  Contains an interview with Ted Harbert
  Published: Sunday 15th January 1995 - Knight-Ridder
  
• TV or not TV
  A few weeks before MSCL was put upon hiatius
  Published: Sunday 15th January 1995 - Gannet News
  
• ABC's series' so-called demise may be a bit premature
  Cancelled or not ?
  Published: Monday 16th January 1995 - Los Angeles Daily News
  
• Merits of "My So-Called Life" May Lead To Its Undoing
  After Claire Danes won the Golden Globe
  Published: Tuesday 17th January 1995 - St. Louis Dispatch
  
• Despite Those Low Ratings, Keep Viewing
  About the low ratings of MSCL
  Published: Wednesday 18th January 1995 - Indianapolis Star
  
• My So-Called Life In Danger Despite Great Danes
  Contains interviews with Claire Danes, Winnie Holzman, Marshall Herskovitz
  Published: Thursday 19th January 1995 - Los Angeles Daily News
  
• Ted Harbert ABC Online Chat
  A Chat with former ABC Entertainment Chief Ted Harbert
  Published: Thursday 19th January 1995 - ABC
  
• 'Life' Support
  Short article about the cancellation of MSCL
  Published: Friday 20th January 1995 - Entertainment Weekly
  
• AOL A.J. Langer Chat
  AOL Chat with A.J. Langer
  Published: Friday 20th January 1995 - AOL
  
• The Fight For TV Favorites
  Viewers are going all out to rescue "My So-Called Life," whose last episode airs Thursday
  Published: Saturday 21st January 1995 - USA Weekend
  
• "My So-Called Life" Creator Discusses TV Show
  An interview with Winnie Holzman
  Published: Sunday 22nd January 1995 - National Public Radio
  
• "My So-Called Life" is Moving Closer To Death
  About the struggle for a better timeslot
  Published: Tuesday 24th January 1995 - Wall Street Journal
  
• Frantic Fans Attempt Electronic Resuscitation
  A detailed article about the online LIFE-movement in early 1995
  Published: Tuesday 24th January 1995 - Wall Street Journal
  
• "LIFE's" Claire Danes
  An interview with Steven Spielberg, Claire Danes, Zwick and Herskovitz
  Published: Tuesday 24th January 1995 - Philadelphia Inquirer
  
• The Struggle To Save Life
  An article about the efforts of Operation Life Support
  Published: Tuesday 24th January 1995 - USA Today
  
• AOL Chat
  Chat with Winnie Holzman and Scott Winant
  Published: Tuesday 24th January 1995 - AOL
  
• `My So-Called Life' Nears Graveyard of Good Shows
  A very interesting look behind the facts of the cancellation
  Published: Wednesday 25th January 1995 - Newsday
  
• Interview with Jon Stewart
  Claire Danes Interview
  Published: Wednesday 25th January 1995 -
  
• Claire Danes - Start Remembering Her Name
  Interview with Claire Danes
  Published: Wednesday 25th January 1995 -
  
• "LIFE" Interrupted
  Good acting, writing seem not to be enough to save show based on ordinary lives of teenagers
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - Seattle Times
  
• 'Life' has support, but is series dying?
  About the fight for LIFE
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - Atlanta Constitution
  
• "My So-Called Life" Star Reveals her Driving Ambition
  About Claire Danes
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - Chicago Tribune
  
• People In The News
  Short Interview with Claire Danes
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - AP News
  
• Saving "My So-Called Life"
  Fans Rally in Cyberspace
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - AP
  
• Life must Live
  The open letter printed in Variety and USA Today by OLS
  Published: Thursday 26th January 1995 - Operation Life Support
  
• 3 articles about MSCL
  An overview of MSCL from a canadian point of view
  Published: Saturday 28th January 1995 - Canadian Press
  
• Goodbye "My So-Called Life"
  About the predecessors of MSCL
  Published: Saturday 28th January 1995 - St. Louis Dispatch
  
• Opening Lines
  When there's Life, there's hope
  Published: Saturday 28th January 1995 - Starweek Magazine
  

February

• "LIFE" made TV Worthwhile
  A review from a mother's point of view
  Published: Wednesday 1st February 1995 - Capital Times
  
• Save "My So-Called Life"
  About the efforts to save the show
  Published: Wednesday 1st February 1995 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
  

March

• Operation Life Support
  About OLS
  Published: Wednesday 1st March 1995 - SPIN
  
• So-Called Limbo: Now They Really Feel Alienated
  A really HUGE article about the efforts to save LIFE
  Published: Sunday 12th March 1995 - The New York Times
  
• Life Savers
  About Operation Life Support
  Published: Thursday 16th March 1995 - NetGuide Magazine
  
• Cancelled teen drama resurrected?
  Rumors about six new episodes
  Published: Friday 17th March 1995 - The Toronto Star
  
• Ask ... Winnie Holzman
  An interview with Winnie Holzman
  Published: Monday 20th March 1995 - Viewers For Quality Television
  

April

• Life after Life ?
  It's been an exhausting year for MSCL's Claire Danes
  Published: Saturday 1st April 1995 - Teen Machine
  
• My So-Called Life: Why Don't They Get It ?
  Will ABC renew the series in May 95 ?
  Published: Saturday 1st April 1995 - Teen Machine
  
• MSCL on MTV
  MSCL started airings on MTV
  Published: Monday 3rd April 1995 - The New York Times
  
• So-Called Life Goes on at MTV
  MTV airs the 19 episodes of MSCL
  Published: Monday 3rd April 1995 - Mediaweek
  
• MTV is breathing Life into "LIFE"
  About the reruns on MTV
  Published: Tuesday 4th April 1995 - New York Daily News
  
• `My So-Called Life' Holds On
  Sensitive teen show pops up on MTV after ABC gave up
  Published: Wednesday 5th April 1995 - The Marvin Kitman Show
  
• "So-Called" Pals Still Tight Off the Air
  Short Interview with Paul Dooley
  Published: Monday 10th April 1995 - Mediaweek
  
• Death Watch Continues for "My So-Called Life"
  Is there still hope for MSCL ?
  Published: Monday 17th April 1995 - Philadelphia Inquirer
  

May

• "Claire Danes' reluctance may have expedited death of 'Life'
  Did Claire Danes pull the trigger on "My So-Called Life"?
  Published: Wednesday 17th May 1995 - Philadelphia Inquirer
  
• Winnie Holzman speaks !
  A telephone interview with Winnie Holzman
  Published: Wednesday 17th May 1995 - So-Called Mailing List
  
• My So-Called Life Cancelled
  Some voices
  Published: Wednesday 17th May 1995 - Baltimore Sun
  
• Quality Takes a Back Seat in Upcoming Season
  My So-Called Life is shoved aside
  Published: Thursday 18th May 1995 - Orlando Sentinel
  
• A "So-Called" Canelation
  MTV begins MSCL repeatings
  Published: Saturday 20th May 1995 -
  
• Some So-Called Explanations for Death of "LIFE"
  About the background of the cancellation
  Published: Tuesday 23rd May 1995 - Hartford Courant
  
• "So-Called" Lifer Rebounds
  Interview with Devon Odessa
  Published: Tuesday 23rd May 1995 -
  
• The History of a Campaign that Failed
  A very good article about the efforts of Steve Joyner's OLS
  Published: Wednesday 24th May 1995 - Saint Petersburg Times
  
• "Don't blame me" says Claire Danes
  Did Claire Danes kill MSCL ?
  Published: Thursday 25th May 1995 - Newsday
  
• My So-Called Column
  About OLS
  Published: Thursday 25th May 1995 - Berkeley Voice
  

June

• The Ambassador of Life
  A few minutes with Bess Armstrong
  Published: Thursday 1st June 1995 - OLS
  
• Devon Squared
  Life's Devon Odessa and Devon Gummersall Square Off
  Published: Thursday 1st June 1995 - OLS
  
• My So-Called Movie
  MTV in talks with MSCL producers
  Published: Saturday 17th June 1995 - TV Guide
  

July

• Winant Scott and Winnie Holzman for NBC
  An anouncement of a tv-show that was never made
  Published: Saturday 1st July 1995 - St. Louis Dispatch
  

August

• Wilson Cruz looks toward future after show cancellation
  An interview with Wilson Cruz
  Published: Tuesday 1st August 1995 - Oasis