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For all of you who call in and write me about Showtime's long-dead series Dead Like Me, here's the news you've been waiting for: the series is being resurrected as a straight-to-DVD movie, which will be released on February 17, 2009.
Jim Colucci is a freelance entertainment writer whose work has appeared in such publications as TV Guide, Inside TV, Quick & Simple, InTouch, Rosie, The Advocate, Next and CBS' Watch! magazine, where he serves a a Deputy Editor. From 2004-16, Jim delivered a weekly on-air version of this blog as a correspondent for “The Frank DeCaro Show” on Sirius XM radio.
In the fall of 2004, Time Inc. released Jim’s official, authorized companion book to one of NBC’s biggest comedy hits, titled Will & Grace: Fabulously Uncensored. His second TV book, The Q Guide to The Golden Girls, was released by Alyson Books in September, 2006. In April of 2016, HarperDesign released Jim's latest book, the New York Times best-selling Golden Girls Forever, full of exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photos with the cast and crew of the beloved sitcom.
In television, Jim co-created an original animated pilot for the Disney Channel, and contributed comic material to four annual Oscar-themed comedy specials airing on Comedy Central, hosted by his husband, Frank DeCaro of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. In 2010, Jim and Frank's comedic music video with Fredrick Ford, "Betty White Lines" went viral, and was featured on The Today Show and CNN's Showbiz Tonight.
Jim has written for entertainment media since his days as the Film Editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian, the college newspaper at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a degree in marketing from the Wharton School of Business. Originally from Wayne, New Jersey, he now lives in Los Angeles with Frank and their mischievous Boston terrier, Gabby.