• First Look: DEXTER Season 7 Poster (Above)
• Pilot Watch: NBC lands CLEOPATRA.
• THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Original cast member Ronn Moss exiting after 25 years.
• HAPPY ENDINGS Hilarity, Rob Corddry cast as Jane’s new [Spoiler]
• SHERLOCK… Gets the Lego Treatment!
• Felicity Watch! FX’s cold war drama THE AMERICANS gets series order.
• Mark Your Calendars, DALLAS returns in January.
• Deal of the Day: TEEN WOLF: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON is 60% off on Amazon today!
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Morning Static: Syfy, NBC, SVU & More!
• Jimmy Fallon in talks to host 2012 Oscars? Not if ABC has anything to say about it.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen, Syfy greenlights project from M. Night Shyamalan.
• NBC Defends Olympics Coverage: Critics a ‘loud minority.’
• SVU Scoop: Roger Bart and Anna Chlumsky get booked by LAW & ORDER.
• Must Read TV: Chuck Lorre signs vanity card book deal with Simon & Schuster.
• In Case You Missed It: Your first look at DEXTER’s seventh season premiere.
TCA 2012 Live Blog: ARROW
9:07AM: Finding the titular character for The CW’s latest comic book adaptation wasn’t nearly as challenging as one might expect thanks in no small part to a smarter-than-your-average casting director who didn’t only ensure that actor Stephen Amell was the first actor to auditin, but informed the proverbial powers that be that “this guy would not be around on Thursday.”
9:08AM: Multiple iterations of Spider-Man, Superman and Batman have conditioned audiences to embrace fresh faces behind the mask (or in the case of ARROW’s titular character, hood). Explains executive producer Marc Guggenheim, “Michael Keaton doesn’t affect your love of Christian Bale and Christian Bale doesn’t affect your love of Adam West.”
9:09AM: Fun Fact: In preparing for the role, Amell trained with Superman’s (Henry Cavill) body double. [Read more…]
Dirty Sexy Politics! James Wolk Dishes on His Sizzling New USA Network Miniseries POLITICAL ANIMALS
The new television event from USA Network is the six-part series POLITICAL ANIMALS. With its third installment about to air this Sunday, the political drama is only ramping up the tension between the various Hammond factions. This is no ordinary family, each is motivated by political and personal aspirations that infuse the very blood in their veins. In part two last week, we watched with interest and shock as Elaine Hammond’s son, Douglas, sold out her secret plan to re-run for President of the United States to a tenacious investigative reporter. Whether he is acting on his mother’s orders or in her best interest, it is still incredible to watch as the layers upon layers of political intrigue unfold. In a recent press conference call, co-star James Wolk shared some insight into the inner mind of Douglas Hammond, the “good” son. [Read more…]
TCA 2012 Live Blog: LAST RESORT
5:19PM: “What we have on the submarine is our own tight knit family and consequently we have a basis to test those loyalties on the show,” Andre Braugher says on the subject of his character’s relationship with Scott Speedman’s XO Sam Kenda. “Watching us start out as a family and slowly get torn apart is where things are really going to get fun.”
5:20PM: “I don’t have a lot of information to judge the world in which there is a white Andre Braugher who did better than I did,” is how Braugher brilliantly defers what has sadly become the obligatory question surrounding Hollywood’s lack of leading me of color.
5:22PM: “This is a show I couldn’t make five years ago because I didn’t possess the skill set,” reveals Shawn Ryan, who credits his work on THE SHEILD, CHICAGO CODE and TERRIERS with giving him the respective tools necessary for LAST RESORT’s serialized storytelling and incredibly high production values. [Read more…]
Morning Static: NEW GIRL, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, ONCE UPON A TIME & More!
• NEW GIRL, meets new guy.
• Pilot Watch: AMC orders AREA 51.
• Pilot Watch II: BATTLE ROYAL could be reborn as a show on The CW Network.
• It’s official: Laurence Fishburne returning to primetime in HANNIBAL.?• How I Met Your Mother Scoop: Ashley Williams Set to Return for Season 8 Arc
• Move Over Charming, ONCE UPON A TIME casts PRETTY LITTLE LIARS actor as Sleeping Beauty’s prince.
Morning Static: FRINGE, ONCE UPON A TIME, MODERN FAMILY & More!
• A real-life FRINGE Event? John Noble’s sleep disorder forces a delay in production.
• Pilot Watch: Kal Penn joins CBS comedy EX-MEN.>
• Pop Pop! Fox negotiates for new comedy from COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon.
• ONCE UPON A TIME Scoop: A TEEN WOLF bites into the role of [Spoiler].
• Scotty FTW! BROTHERS & SISTERS’ Luke MacFarlane to guest on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
• The Business of Show: MODERN FAMILY sets table read for tomorrow, cast expected to show up.
TCA 2012 Live Blog: REVOLUTION
2:09PM: “It’s a really compelling ‘What if?’ What would happen if we all lived without electricity in this technologically overextended world of ours,” said REVOLUTION creator Eric Kripe when asked about how much about the story is why the lights turn off in the first place. “But for me, epic fun sagas are always fun but character is everything. The journey of this family struggling to reunite against incredible adversity is intensely character driven.”
2:10PM: “Anything that throws a spark, circuits that carry electric charges, it’s that alone and everything expands from that. Batteries, spark plugs, engines…” was Kripke’s clarification when asked about what does and doesn’t turn on in the world of REVOLUTION. “We actually brought a physicist into the writer’s room, let him in on the big secret as to why it all happened and watched his face just light up. He never considered it, but said it’s amazing what we came up with, something that is actually quite plausible.”
2:13PM: For those of you already scratching your head as to why certain types of guns more technologically advanced than muskets seem to work, pay attention! The Monroe Republic has taken away the right to bare arms. Oh, and in terms of steam engines, all director Jon Favreau would say is, “Stay tuned!”
2:15PM: Director Jon Favreau credits the increasing number of restrictions around the movie industry with him jumping to television. Explained Favreau, “Audiences have a tremendous capacity for sophisticated story lines and you’re seeing a reopening on television for smart story lines.” [Read more…]
Morning Static: GLEE, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, NEW GIRL & More!
• Pilot Watch: HBO teams up with THE OFFICE’s Stephen Merchant.
• It’s Official: Chord Overstreet now a GLEE series regular.
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Scoop: Look Who’ll Be Romancing Robin in Season 8!
• Nice Work If You Can Get It! Mariah Carey to earn $18 Million on AMERICAN IDOL.
• New Guy! Zooey Deschanel’s season 2 love interest revealed.
• ALCATRAZ Actress Lands On Her Feet, Sarah Jones joins CBS’ VEGAS.
TCA 2012 Live Blog: A Farewell to FRINGE
4:40PM: With John Noble under the weather and Jasika Nicole busy shooting, FRINGE’s final Television Critics Association panel features Lance Reddick, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and Executive Producer J.H. Wyman. Kicking off the panel is a video thank-you from series co-creator J.J. Abrams, who wanted to take the opportunity to thank members of the media for their unbelievable support. “True to its name, FRINGE has always been a bit of an outside of the box series and the good thing about that is we can have these parties with every single viewer!”
4:41PM: According to EP J.H. Wyman, the idea behind last season’s 19th episode was always to serve as a test-balloon or back-door pilot of sorts for what would turn out to be FRINGE’s upcoming fifth and final season.
4:43PM: “In an odd way I’ve been given a rare gift because we knew going into the final season of DAWSON’s that we were ending and we know with FRINGE as well,” Josh Jackson says when asked to compare the endings of his popular shows. “I have plenty of actor friends that got caught short with surprise cancelations, so for us to collectively go into the final season is not bittersweet for me. All shows end and I’d rather have the ability for us to end well. I’m really looking forward to the process of putting it together, knowing we’re going to end and enjoy the ride off to the sunset.”
4:44PM: “It’s quite something seeing the joy these guys had in creating these fully realized alternate universe character and I’m certainly jealous of the process that they went through but on the flip side it’s nice to have a day off every once in a while,” jokes Jackson when asked about whether or not he missed out on playing another version of his character. Adds Anna Torv, “I loved it, it would have been nice to have the occasional day off, but the more engaged you are in what you’re doing, and the busier you are the more engaged you are. I certainly did not imagine I’d ever have the opportunity… [Interjects Jackson, “Play Leonard Nimoy!”].” [Read more…]