Taking a page out of the successful television playbook, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS introduces viewers to an exclusive world where the rich and powerful play and where they can stumble into some thorny predicaments if they do not keep their game face on and cannot keep their head in the game – whether the game is competitive sports, politics, the news room, on a race track or in a boardroom. To help keep these power players in the game, they seek the aid of Dr. Dani Santino, a psychotherapist, deftly portrayed by Callie Thorne. During a recent press call, Callie shared what makes Dr. Dani the best player in the game.
What was it about the premise of the show and your character that made you want to do it?
Callie: I think initially the fact that it was a true story and that it was based on a real woman, a real extraordinary woman, is you know why. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the script and read it in the first place. Because, to me, that automatically means that a story’s going to be that much more rich and that much more layered — especially in the writing room. It just means that everything’s going to be that much more true, that much more grounded — and I was right. I read the script, I flew through it, and it felt so honest and based out of a real kind of truth, that even when I got to meet her, it all sort of fell into place so perfectly. Because there’s a spirit about her that fills up the entire page. Which then makes it that much easier to go ahead and get in front of the camera and try to tell her story. [Read more…]
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Time Jumps! Guest Stars! Road Trips! Executive Producers Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch Share Secrets from the Third Season of ROYAL PAINS
As USA Network’s series ROYAL PAINS returns for its third season, we find out what is next for the Lawsons, Hank and Evan, and their father Eddie Lawson, last seen headed off to prison. The show picks up nine months later to see the aftermath of so many momentous changes in their lives. But as the Lawsons discover, no matter how many surprises and curve balls that life throws at them, they are still bound by their enduring love and intertwined destinies.
What can you tell us about the one year time jump and how will this effect the various relationships on the show between the characters?
Andrew Lenchewski: Well, it’s not quite a year. I mean what we’re doing is the first two seasons were in one summer and now we’re jumping to the next summer. So we’re going about a little under a nine-month time jump from the end of Summer 1 of the Royal Pains life to the beginning of Summer 2.
Michael Rauch: That’s been one of the challenges and one of the fun parts for us — how do you keep the characters in larger arcs going even though there’s been basically a bunch of seasons that we haven’t played and we haven’t seen and the audience hasn’t seen. It’s one of the reasons why we ended Season 2 the way we did with a lot of people going away so we could come back in Season 3 with getting into what happened while they were gone. A continuation of some storylines and some surprises that happened in the time we didn’t play. [Read more…]
FALL TV Preview ‘11: HART OF DIXIE
You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve heard the hype. Now there’s only one thing you want to know: Which of the new fall shows are worth watching and which should be avoided at all costs? In this continuing series, we give you the scoop on some of the most highly-anticipated shows of the season, with today’s focus being HART OF DIXIE, the CW’s version of Sweet Home EVERWOOD Alabama
The Boilerplate: Since these pilot presentations may go through numerous rewrites and casting changes prior to premiere, this by no means should be considered an official review. Rather a preview of what one can expect come Fall. [Read more…]
Morning Static: WEEDS, DEXTER, ROOKIE BLUE & More!
• WEEDS… gets animated.
• Trailer Park: Ricky Gervais’ new BBC Series LIFE’S TOO SHORT.
• Killer Scoop! Executive Producer Scott Buck reveals details about DEXTER season 6.
• Taking the “Real” our of “Reality TV,” Fox’s MASTERCHEF busted for fake crowd scene!
• In Case You Missed It: Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith Preview ROOKIE BLUE Season 2.
FALL TV Preview ‘11: SMASH
You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve heard the hype. Now there’s only one thing you want to know: Which of the new fall shows are worth watching and which should be avoided at all costs? In this continuing series, we give you the scoop on some of the most highly-anticipated shows of the season, with today’s focus being SMASH, NBC’s attempt to cash in on the GLEE phenomenon.
The Boilerplate: Since these pilot presentations may go through numerous rewrites and casting changes prior to premiere, this by no means should be considered an official review. Rather a preview of what one can expect come Fall. [Read more…]
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT in Review: Atlanta Auditions
Auditions for America’s Got Talent kicked off in LA, where a variety of talent (and the non talented) did everything from juggling stun guns to erotic dancing [see the highlights here]. With sunny California behind them, Piers, Howie, Sharon and crew headed East to Atlanta for more hopefuls to impress judges or make fools of themselves. Let’s find out who did which, and make a few predictions as to which acts moving on will stand a chance. [Read more…]
Does NBC’s SMASH Represent the Future of Original Musicals on Broadway?
From the savior of Broadway to a desperate attempt on behalf of NBC to develop their very own version of Fox’s license-to-print-money that is GLEE, SMASH, an ambitious new series that will chronicle the excitement, pressure and drama surrounding the makings of a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe has been called a lot of things. But one thing it has yet to be called, is Broadway’s equivalent of television’s back-door pilot.
Until now. [Read more…]
For Canadian Eyes Only: CityTV Unveils 2011-12 Schedule
After two “gruelling” weeks spent screening pilots in Los Angeles, Keith Pelley (President, Rogers Media), Scott Moore (President, Rogers Broadcasting) and Malcolm Dunlop (Executive Vice President, Programming, Rogers Media Television) returned to Toronto to kick off Canada’s Upfront Week.
What’s more, the didn’t return empty-handed. [Read more…]
Summer Scoop: A few candid insights from writer/producer Jeff Davis and director Russell Mulcahy on MTV’s TEEN WOLF
In MTV’s new supernatural series TEEN WOLF, the typical coming-of-age story is given a new twist — a teenage boy must not only navigate through high school, he must figure out the challenges of being a werewolf in the midst of the most heightened years of his life. Writer and executive producer Jeff Davis and director Russell Mulcahy talked about what drew them to the TEEN WOLF series and teased a bit about what to expect as the show debuts.
Jeff Davis (Executive Producer/Writer)
How was the tone for the show established in choosing between campy vs. dark?
Jeff: The tone was set right off-the-bat from the first meeting with MTV. It was their idea to do the show. I had a meeting with MTV . .. . [MTV] said they were attached to TEEN WOLF the series and asked would I be interested in writing it. So I asked MTV at the meeting, I said, ‘How do you guys see adapting this for a TV series because the original is very much a comedy and, to me, it’s actually a basketball movie.’ . . . . So they said, ‘We want to do it a little different — a little darker, sexier’ and I said, ‘Well, what if we did it kind of like The Lost Boys?’ Which was an ’80’s movie that I still love to this day. I mean, I love Teen Wolf very much. But The Lost Boys just stuck in my head ’cause it is scary, it’s sexy, and it’s still funny — really funny, like Corey Feldman, the Frog Brothers. I mean, you always remember them. So that’s really the paradigm we chose. It’s The Lost Boys with a little bit of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer thrown in. . . It’s funny. We talk about this being a remake or reboot, and after talking with MTV a little while ago, I said, ‘Since it’s MTV, maybe we should call it a remix.’ We’ve taken an old classic and kind of given it a new beat. How’s that for a sound bite?
Summer Scoop: A Candid Conversation with Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Colton Haynes and Holland Roden about MTV’s new series TEEN WOLF
In MTV’s new dark thriller TEEN WOLF, a teen boy’s life is irrevocably changed after being bitten by a werewolf. While he struggles to adjust to his new physical changes, the world around him shifts as well. He discovers he is not alone and meets a mentor of sorts who helps guide him through the transformations and navigating an increasingly tricky social scene at school. Then, as if that were not enough, he finds out that he is not necessarily the predator in this story; that he may be the prey as well when it is revealed that a team of hunters have moved into town and are tightening their net.
Thus, the cursed and conflicted Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), his mysterious mentor Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin) and the new girl in town Allison Argent (Crystal Reed) are all caught up in the thorny tale of star-crossed romance amidst a modern day horror story.
Taking a few minutes to talk with the press about what makes TEEN WOLF a must-see show of this summer, Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed and Tyler Hoechlin candidly shared their insights and offered a few sneak teases.
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