• Must Read TV: Leah Remini Shares The Truth About The Hardest Year Of Her Life.
• Ask Her Anything! I am Sarah Michelle Gellar, also known as the girl who saves the world a lot. Ask me almost anything!
• Funny Business: ‘Portlandia’ Duo Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Discuss the Secrets to the Cult Show’s Success.
• Q&A: ‘Vikings’ Creator on Higher Stakes, Profound Ambitions and Season 2
• The Business of Show: FX’s ‘The Americans’ Season 2 Debut Draws 1.9M Viewers.
• Checking In: Grey’s Anatomy’s Sarah Drew Dissects April’s Decision, Teases What’s Next.
• Scoop: ‘Supernatural: Tribes’ enlists (another!) ‘Vampire Diaries’ alum.
• FLOTUS FTW! Michelle Obama Set To Appear On ‘Parks & Rec’ Season Finale.
• Scandal Post Mortem: Bellamy Young on Mellie’s Sexy ‘Game Changer’ and Matchmaking for Olivia.
• Pilot News: Justin Hartley, Liza Weil and Ellen Burstyn Are Among Latest Castings.
• Deal of the Week: Nab GILMORE GIRLS THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD for 73% off via Amazon.
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We Shine the Spotlight on Part-Time TOMB RAIDER and Full-Time GREY’S ANATOMY Star Camilla Luddington
I spoke with passionate actress, Camilla Luddington about her role on ABC’s famed drama GREY’S ANATOMY. Light-hearted and enthusiastic, Camilla describes embracing the changes of a new season, the chemistry between “Jolex” and her role as Lara Croft in the iconic Tomb Raider video game franchise. [Read more…]
Morning Static: HEROES, NETFLIX, THE GOOD WIFE & More!
• Rumor Patrol: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Is Returning to “Dancing with the Stars”
• Pilot Watch: Michelle Trachtenberg, Michael Rosenbaum Among the Latest Castings.
• Must Read TV: The ‘Heroes’ Reboot and NBC’s Obsession With Its Own Nostalgia.
• Sad But True: Cinemax’s ‘Strike Back’ To Go On Hiatus After Sullivan Stapleton Off-Set Injury.
• We Love Lists! A Definitive Ranking of Every Season of ‘Survivor’.
• Ask Me Anything: I am Carlton Cuse. I tell stories for television. Some of my shows are LOST, Bates Motel, and the upcoming The Strain.
• Casting Coup: The Good Wife Benches Law & Order’s Jill Hennessy.
• Funny Business: Arsenio Hall renewed for second season.
• The Business of Show: Disney to Spend $200 Mil on Marvel Series for Netflix Set to Film in New York.
• Mark Your Calendars: CW’s ‘Labyrinth’ miniseries gets a premiere date; season finales for ‘Vampire Diaries,’ ‘Supernatural’ also set.
• Deal of the Week: Nab GILMORE GIRLS THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD for 73% off via Amazon.
Funny Business: Meet MIXOLOGY Star Alexis Carra
The highly anticipated new comedy series MIXOLOGY premieres tonight on ABC! I spoke with one of the starts of the show, Alexis Carra about her character Jessica, her theater background, and how it feels to get the coveted time slot after MODERN FAMILY. [Read more…]
Morning Static: SUPERNATURAL, GAME OF THRONES, THE GOOD WIFE & More!
• Pilot Watch: Viola Davis To Topline ABC Drama Pilot ‘How To Get Away’ Produced By Shonda Rhimes.
• Pilot Scoop: Supernatural Spin-Off Casts Pretty Little Liars’ Sean Faris as Wolfy Lead.
• Open Call: Every Sketch Lena Dunham Will Do on SNL.
• Must See TV! Katie Couric to Grill Alec Baldwin in ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Cameo.
• Funny Business: Matthew Perry’s ‘Odd Couple’ Pilot Ordered by CBS.
• FULL HOUSE OF CARDS: Is The Mash-Up You Didn’t Know You Needed.
• GAME OF THRONES: New season 4 posters plus Tyrion video.
• Casting Coup: Mayor De Blasio to appear on CBS’s ‘The Good Wife’.
• FARGO First Look: Billy Bob Thornton in action.
• Deal of the Week: Nab GILMORE GIRLS THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD for 73% off via Amazon.
Morning Static: GLEE, BATES MOTEL, DOWNTON ABBEY & More!
• RIP Harold Ramis: Revisiting the laughs on ‘SCTV.
• Pilot Watch: Jamie Lee Curtis To Star In CBS’ David Marshall Grant Drama Pilot.
• Pilot Watch II: Lily Rabe To Topline In ABC Pilot ‘The Visitors’
• Pilot Watch III: Skeet Ulrich To Co-Star In NBC Pilot ‘Babylon Fields’
• Trend Watch: Bates Motel Is Getting a Live After Show.
• Q&A: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future.
• ‘Glee’ returns! New scoop from the cast about NYC move, 100th episode.
• The Business of Show: Comedy Central renews ‘Broad City’
• This Week in Tech: Disney Movies Anywhere service launches with an unprecedented link to iTunes.
• Deal of the Week: Nab GILMORE GIRLS THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD for 73% off via Amazon.
Morning Static: GAME OF THRONES, SUPERNATURAL, EVERWOOD & More!
• Pilot Scoop: Krysten Ritter Orbiting NBC’s Astronaut Comedy Mission Control.
• Pilot Watch: Milo Ventimiglia & Barry Sloane To Star In ABC Drama Pilot ‘The Visitors’
• Not-So-Funny-Business: Why Was Rebel Wilson’s ‘Super Fun Night’ Such a Disappointing Failure?
• Must See TV: What Disney Princesses would look like as Game of Thrones characters.
• Scoop: TNT Eyes 10-Episode Librarian Series; Noah Wyle Poised to Return as Flynn.
• Happy Ending? Elisha Cuthbert To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot ‘One Big Happy’
• SUPERNATURAL Scoop: Spin-Off Casts Duo (Including a Vampire Diaries Fan Fave)
• Awwww Alert! Hodor and Bran from Game Of Thrones Are Real-Life BFFs
• ForEVERWOOD: Treat Williams to Co-Star in NBC Drama ‘Odyssey’
• #13HourDevour NBC and Amazon set the table for the Hannibal.
• Deal of the Day: Save big on ARCHER on DVD.
Morning Static: THE MINDY PROJECT, BREAKING BAD, DALLAS & More!
• Pilot Season: 4 Hot Trends for 2014.
• News You Can Use: Kristen Bell Won’t Talk With Media That Use Photos of Celebs’ Kids.
• The Business of Show: ‘House’ actress Lisa Edelstein to star in Bravo’s first scripted series.
• Funny Business: The Mindy Project Recruits Tim Daly.
• USA! USA! USA! America’s Addiction to Television Is Not Normal.
• Pilot Watch: Debra Messing to Headline NBC’s Greg Berlanti-Produced Mysteries of Laura.
• Art Imitates Art: Breaking Bad Now Has Gorgeous Posters For Every Single Episode.
• Michael Patrick King wants The Comeback to… wait for it… make a comeback.
• Casting Coup: Jada Pinkett Smith Joins Gotham as Fish Mooney.
• Careful, Sue Ellen! ‘Dallas’ Launches J.R. Ewing Bourbon Brand.
• Deal of the Day: Save big on ARCHER on DVD.
Morning Static: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, SHAMELESS, CSI & More!
• Molly McNearney Reveals How She Fell in Love With Jimmy Kimmel: Plus, What Not to Do in a Workplace Romance!
• Must See TV: Full House Without Michelle Is Disturbing and Far More Enjoyable.
• The Vampire Diaries Casting Scoop: Meet Enzo’s Love Interest and Whitmore College’s New Gay Student.
• It’s Official: HBO’s ‘Getting On’ Gets Second-Season Renewal.
• Pilot Watch: Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan Lands Lead in ABC’s Selfie.
• When Child Stars Go Good! Haley Joel Osment Lands ‘Entourage’ Role.
• Groan: CBS Developing New CSI Spin-Off; Potential Series Will Focus on Cyber Crimes.
• Woo-Hoo! Showtime Renews ‘Shameless,’ ‘House of Lies’
• Deal of the Day: Save big on ARCHER on DVD.
Must Read TV: Series Finales Are The Worst!
With the HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER finale coming up I decided to talk about finales, and what I think about them. So here it is, if you’re going to end my show, and take it off the air you better give me a good ending. You better tie up all of the loose ends, finish every story arc, and make sure all of my favorite characters get everything they want out of life. Am I asking for too much? I don’t think so! As an avid TV watcher I think I am well versed enough to say that a good finale can make or break a whole series. Usually, the show is ending because the ratings are sinking, or a cast member wants out. Only in rare cases the producer chooses to end the show for creative reasons, such as BREAKING BAD. (Which was a fantastic finale)
In my opinion a finale is supposed to put you at ease, or at least that’s what I look for in a finale. At the end of the episode when I see the Executive Producer title card come up I want to feel relieved, and emotional because of how moving it was and because everything I have ever wanted for the main characters has happened. Since the pilot episode we invest our time and emotion into these characters, we want good things to happen to them.
J.D. (Zach Braff) in the SCRUBS finale said “Endings are never easy, I always build them up so much in my head, they can’t possibly live up to my expectations and I just end up disappointed, I’m not even sure why it matters to me so much how things end.” Whether we realize it or not we do the same thing. From the first episode we map out these lives for our favorite characters and we realize what we want for them. Sure, there will probably will be some jaw dropping moments throughout the shows run that will make us change our minds a dozen times, but we still have that small hope that things turned out the way we always imagined. And when they don’t turn out how we hoped they would we freak out, boycott the show (even though it’s already over) we are so mad and don’t know what to do about it. [Read more…]