After a season spent juggling a blossoming writing career that culminated in this summer’s Horrible Bosses, it’s not hard to image that actor John Francis Daley — who co-wrote the hit film alongside writing partner Jonathan Goldstein — might be looking forward to returning to his supporting role on BONES this year. Little did he know that thanks to Emily Deschanel’s real-life pregnancy, his once cushy role that usually saw him effortlessly pop-in-and-out-of any given episode with a dollop of advice or a memorable one-liner would be a little different this season. [Read more…]
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Jonathan Nolan Peels Back the Mystery that is PERSON OF INTEREST
Question: What do you get when you pair the mysterious Michael Emerson with the intensity that is Jim Caviezel? Answer: A hit CBS show that has quickly become one of the fall’s most intriguing new offerings. One part police procedural, one part mystery thriller, PERSON OF INTEREST sees Emerson and Caviezel team up to help stop crimes before they happen. And here to talk about what is shaping up to be one of the small screen’s most bizarre bromances since NIP/TUCK’s Christian and Sean is none other than creator and executive producer Jonathan Nolan, who recently took some time with reporters to shed some much-sought-after light on the CBS’ newest dynamic duo. [Read more…]
Morning Static: SHAMELESS, THE SIMPSONS, DEXTER & More!
• Trailer Park: SHAMELESS Season 2.
• If For No Other Reason than We Love Infographics! Find out what 30 ROCK, PARKS AND RECREATION and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT have in common.
• Pilot Watch: The Coen Brothers team up with Fox for their first ever television project.
• 20th Century Fox Looking to Save D’Oh! Claims THE SIMPSONS cannot continue without cutting costs.
• Must Read TV: Hulu is also making a play for the ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT mini-series.
• Is DEXTER Doomed? Stalemate between Michael C. Hall and Showtime puts show’s future in limbo.
Recap: We Have a Good “Instinct” About TERRA NOVA’s Second Trip 85 Million Years Back in Time
The real litmus test for any new television series isn’t so much the pilot episode — which in the case of TERRA NOVA was a showcase that afforded the Fox Television Network the better part of a year to finesse the series to their liking — but rather, episode two.
So just how did the cast and creative team follow up last week’s 14 million dollar dino-epic? By cleverly tapping into the cultural phenomenon that is angry birds and delivering an episode that wasn’t so much Avatar meets Jurassic Park but rather reminiscent of your classic STAR TREK adventure. [Read more…]
THE GOOD WIFE! HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER! HAPPY ENDINGS! The TV Addict Week in Rewind
Further Evidence That It’s Rarely a Good Idea to Judge a Book by its Cover: Having already had the [dis]pleasure of sitting through the pilot, we can assure you that the just released key art for MAN UP (above) is far more clever than anything the first episode has to offer.
And This Week’s Award for Best Use of an Apartment Hallway Goes to…: THE GOOD WIFE’s Will and Alicia, whose scandalously sexy scene that shed some much needed light on why he was going so hard on her… at the office.
Most Welcome Return: If you were one of the five or six million viewers who didn’t stick around following MODERN FAMILY for the much-anticipated return of HAPPY ENDINGS, you not only missed out on one of the funniest cold opens in recent memory, but a valuable lesson on shellfish shucking.
Only in Hollyweird: Does self-professed conductor of the crazy train Charlie Sheen walk away with a reported settlement of 25 million dollars for his antics over the course of the past year. [Read more…]
Morning Static: PARENTHOOD, THE X-FILES, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER & More!
• Super-Sizing Done Right! NBC orders 2 more episodes of PARENTHOOD.
• Really!? NBC’s Bob Greenblatt Not Rushing To Wield Cancellation Axe On FREE AGENTS and THE PLAYBOY CLUB.
• From the Files of ‘It’s About Darn Time! X-FILES Creator Chris Carter Is Back To TV With Mystery Drama Produced.
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Scoop: Barney, Robin, Ted storyline will ‘take a few episodes to explode,’ says boss.
• Pilot Watch: LOST Showrunner Carlton Cuse Getting Spiritual Again for ABC.
Channel Surfing: GOSSIP GIRL, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, WHITNEY & More!
Until the last minute twist that revealed who is about to be a mommy, last night’s season premiere of GOSSIP GIRL was… well, nothing much to talk about. Serena’s Hollywood job is a snore, thanks in large part to the boring folks cast to play the various cliches and stereotypes surrounding her. Chuck deciding to say “yes” to everything would be a great development… if we’d ever thought of his as someone to deny himself anything. Nate continued to flounder in storyline limbo, sleeping with yet another older woman. (Does this guy need therapy to deal with his mommy issues?) And, of course, Blair whined. About what this week? Well, let’s see. She whined about every detail regarding her royal wedding and, most ludicrously, she whined about not be allowed to attend some royals-only speech. That’s right, she’s upset about not being able to attend a speech. There was, of course, a party, as is required of every episode. I imagine that in the writer’s room, the first thing they discuss each week is what the party-of-the-week will be and how it will turn into a disaster. The only real surprise at this particular party was that the pool around which it took place did not have anyone shoved into it. Things finally perked up in the final moments with Chuck’s bruise, Blair’s secret and Serena’s run-in with the chick who pretended to be her cousin last year, so hopefully, next week’s outing will be more juicy.
I almost didn’t check out the new sitcom WHITNEY because it got some pretty awful reviews. And yet, having finally gotten around to watching, I can’t for the life of me figure out why. The cast was largely appealing and the pilot, while not the best thing ever, was a heck of a lot better than some of the new sitcoms hitting the airwaves this year. (Yes, I’m lookin’ at you HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN.) By the end of the episode, I’d rearranged my taping schedule, having decided that WHITNEY is a keeper.
I’d really hoped that going into this season knowing it would be their last, the folks at DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES would pull out all the stops. Unfortunately, the season premiere was okay, but nothing out of the ordinary. And what the heck does poor Vanessa Williams have to do to get out of storyline Siberia? Once again, the ladies of Wisteria Lane were caught up in a story that brought them all together… except for poor Wilhelmina-lite, who was stuck with nothing to do but vamp it up for the new guy on the street who was, of course, introduced in the tried-and-true fashion of walking up behind people who are talking about him. Sigh. And can anyone explain why rich folks like him keep moving into the same middle-class neighborhood as barely-getting-by Mike and Susan or often-struggling Tom and Lynette? This has bothered me since back in the day when we were supposed to believe that Carlos and Gaby were way-uppermiddle class yet opted to shove all their uber-expensive tchotchkes into a house next to single-mom Susan.
Monday marked the official beginning of DAYS OF OUR LIVES’ much-ballyhooed reboot. Longtime fans had to have been thrilled to see formerly-exiled faves John and Marlena return, and the whole episode was like a tribute to better times. In a downright brilliant move, the show unleashed a weeks-long advertising blitz to let people know that things were getting back on track and, even smarter, kicked things off on the first day that it would no longer have ALL MY CHILDREN (sob!) as a time-slot competitor. It’s a little too early to declare that happy DAYS are back again, but we having been this excited about a retooling since GENERAL HOSPITAL booted Bob Guza and brought in Garin Wolf. As they say, stay tuned, because we’ll be keeping our eye on the show and letting you know how it’s looking!
Morning Static: CHUCK, THE OFFICE, TERRA NOVA & More!
• Trailer Park: CHUCK Season 5.
• See the future before it happens, NBC to stream UP ALL NIGHT and WHITNEY episodes on Yahoo before they air on TV.
• Best Casting News Ever? Maura Tierney to check into THE OFFICE.
• Pilot Watch: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER creators sell a new father-centric show to Fox.
• Size Does Matter, Seeking Next Big Hit TV Tries Hollywood Hoopla.
• Missed the Launch of TERRA NOVA? Catch it for free via iTunes, Hulu or Amazon by clicking here.
You Be the Critic: TERRA NOVA
After years of development, countless productions delays and a seemingly never-ending deluge of commercials, Fox finally took the wraps off of their 15 million dollar 2-hour TERRA NOVA pilot. But did it live up to the hype? That’s for you to decide in the poll we’ve handily embedded for you after the jump. [Read more…]
We Shine the Spotlight on HART OF DIXIE Star Wilson Bethel
To play Wade Kinsella, the CW’s newest bad boy, Wilson Bethel didn’t have to do nearly as much research as one might have expected. After-all if anyone can relate to struggling to find ones place in the world, it’s the guy best known for almost being cast as Captain America. Luckily for Bethel, that’s only part of his E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY, with tonight marking the start of an exciting new chapter of his career thanks to the series premiere of HART OF DIXIE. And here to tease his new role on the soon-to-be hit CW series, not to mention the incredibly interesting journey that got him to where he is today, is none other than the affable actor himself who gives new meaning to the phrase, “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.” See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]