If you're a fan of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, you might find this interesting. Creator Craig McCracken is posting, in real-time, a step-by-step description of everything that goes into creating an episode of the series. You'll have to check the production blog every day to see how they're coming along. The first step, naturally, is coming up with a story idea, which Cracken says is usually based on a certain character rather than some mere "concept." I guess that's a good approach, and it seems to have worked pretty well for them so far. The blog is still pretty new, so there's not a lot of stuff on it yet, but check out the archives anyway for some cool early sketches of the characters.

Patrick Duffy, who starred in Dallas and Step by Step and was once the leg of Scuzzlebutt, is coming back to television. This time Duffy will be playing Stephen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful. Stephen is the father of Brooke Logan, played by Katherine Kelly Lang. Part of me wants to call this a step down for Duffy, but I don't think he has people banging down his door these days, so I'll just say it's cool he's getting work. Besides, he's not a bad actor. I was always impressed by his comedic talent on Step by Step, even if the show itself was absolutely wretched.

[via BC Beat]