In anticipation of tonight’s return of REMEDY on Global TV (9PM ET/PT) the TV Addict was recently afforded the opportunity to check in with series star Enrico Colantoni. Not surprisingly, the affable actor and star of such TV Addict favourites like VERONICA MARS, JUST SHOOT ME and PERSON OF INTEREST was only too happy to share what attracted him to the project, why you should be watching REMEDY and what’s next for one of Canada’s biggest and brightest exports. [Read more…]
Archives for March 2015
Morning Static: MAD MEN, GLEE, OUTLANDER & More!
• First Look: William Hurt stars in AMC’s new sci-fi drama Humans
• ‘Mad Men’: Jon Hamm Got Advice on Ending Show From ‘Breaking Bad’ Star Bryan Cranston
• TV Review: MAD MEN
• RIP Alberta Watson: 24, Nikita Actress Dies at 60
• Duh of the Day: ‘Outlander’ Boosts Tourism to Scotland
• Next Stop World Domination: Netflix Unveils Australia, NZ Pricing Ahead of Launch
• It Gets Better: Kerry Washington, ‘The Imitation Game’, ‘Transparent’ honored at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards
• Still Miss It: NewsRadio was the best sitcom of the 1990s
• Must Read TV: How Do TV Writers Develop Episode Plots?
• ‘The X-Files’ Revival Nears Greenlight At Fox; Network Eyes Short Order, Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny To Return
• It’s True: Downton Abbey’s Sixth Season Will Be Its Last
• Glee Gave Us Ups and Downs, But Leaves Us With a Legacy of Love
• LOVE THIS: Kerry Washington rouses in speech on LGBT rights
• Nice Work if You Can Get it: Veronica Belmont Will Cover ‘Game Of Thrones’ Red Carpet Via Facebook
• Analysis: Does Fox’s ‘Empire’ Break Or Bolster Black Stereotypes?
• Pilot Watch: Minnie Driver to Star in CBS Comedy ‘Happy Life’
• For Canadian Eyes Only: CRTC to require $25 ‘skinny basic’ cable package
On TV Tonight: Monday March 23, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Dancing with the Stars | Castle | ||||
CBS | 2 Broke Girls | Mike & Molly | Scorpion | NCIS: Los Angeles | ||
CW | The Originals (R) | Jane the Virgin (R) | ||||
FOX | The Following | |||||
NBC | The Voice | The Night Shift | ||||
MISC | American Dad (TBS) | Better Call Saul (AMC) Eye Candy (MTV) | ||||
A&E | Bates Motel | The Returned | ||||
ABC FAM | The Fosters (ABC Family) | Chasing Life (ABC Family) |
On TV Tonight: Sunday March 22, 2015
Goodbye GLEE: We Rank Our Top 5 Performances
Glee is airing its final episode tonight and I think this show deserves a little reflection. I’ve been very open about my disappointed in Glee (Exhibit A) and the free fall of its ratings prove that something went wrong with this show. But it needs to be said that this show is a success based on the fact that it has lasted 6 seasons and that it even aired to begin with. Who would have thought, a show where a bunch of high schoolers burst into song and get slushied in the face would work? I would have never guessed that and I wouldn’t have put my money on Glee lasting even two seasons. But here we are 6 seasons in and that is pretty incredible. [Read more…]
Morning Static: GLEE, REIGN, SUPERGIRL & More!
• Review: Netflix’s dark, family melodrama Bloodline demands to be binge-watched
• Reign boss talks Francis: ‘Even young kings do not live forever’
• Streaming Today: Hulu Strikes An Exclusive Deal To Stream “Empire”
• For Canadian Eyes Only: ’Skinny basic’ cable for Canada gets CRTC go-ahead
• ‘Supergirl’: ‘Mentalist’ Star May Play Supervillain Vartox
• Rumor Patrol: True Detective reportedly casts porn stars for season 2 mega-orgy
• Pilot Watch: Bella Thorne To Star In ABC Family Drama ‘Famous In Love’ From Marlene King
• ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ Star Karla Mosley on Transgender Shocker: I Asked, ‘Why Me?’
• The Business of Show: Lifetime Greenlights Adaptation of ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Author’s ‘My Sweet Audrina’
• Let it Go: ‘Glee’ Cast Shares Their Souvenirs From the Set
• Pilot Watch: Fox ordering TV series about Sherlock Holmes author
• This Week in Tech: Sony Vue streaming TV service launches on PlayStation in select markets, coming soon to iPad
• Chris Colfer reflects on Glee and Cory Monteith: ‘He really was the big brother I never had’
• Is NBC Playing Games to Pad Its Ratings? No, It’s Playing the Game. (And Still Winning)
• Discuss: Is Canadian TV Doing Better Than We Want to Admit?
• The Plans to Save the Sitcom: How Pilot Season is Shaping the Next Round of TV Comedy
On TV Tonight: Friday March 20, 2015
Meet Mommy Not So Dearest: Annie Wersching Previews Her Arrival on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Just when you thought you met all of the Salvatore’s – there is a new one in town, sort of. The showrunners have decided to introduce to the fans Damon and Stefan’s mother, Lily Salvatore being played by the talented Annie Wersching. Wersching spent almost an hour talking with me about the role, what it’s going to be like, and that all is not what it seems. Check out part one of our interview below.
Q: I hope we didn’t blow up your twitter too much recently when I told The Vampire Diaries’ fans that I was going to be speaking to you. Obviously, it’s a popular show, so what did it feel like to come in and play this critical, important role? Fans have never gotten a chance to see the Salvatore brother’s mom before.
Wersching: It came to me through the normal channels. My agent called me and said here is an audition. I went in and when they were interested in me for it, I asked for some more information from one of the producers for it and she sent me an email because it shoots in Atlanta and I have young kids. So it’s a big deal to travel and be away from them. So, I wanted to make sure it was going to be juicy and good. She gave me a break down and her thoughts on Lily and the second I read that I thought I am in, I am totally ready [laughs]. So then I started watching the show and I am up to the third season. Even though mama Salvatore hasn’t been mentioned all that much she has been mentioned and you can feel her presence and her absence.
Q: Are you surprised that so many fans responded to you right away?
Wersching: I know, it’s so cool. I mean it’s obviously a hugely popular show, but I had heard in particular the fandom was very hardcore. So I wasn’t surprised but it was nice that mama Salvatore has only said three words so far and they have already taking a liking to her. I don’t want to disappoint anyone in anyway. So, hopefully people will really like tonight’s episode.
Q: We have so many questions. Why is she stuck there, what has she been doing, how come the father lied about her whereabouts, is she alone, does she have powers. I mean the questions are endless. Tonight we are going to meet her and get some questions answered but what can you tell us?
Wersching: She is an interesting character. She is still this sort of prime and proper woman of the 1800’s yet she is a ripper and has that in her somewhere. You will see tonight whether or not she is active or in ripper remission. She tries to carry herself as a woman of her time would, but you can tell that under the surface there are a lot of other stuff brewing and she is very much related to Stefan and Damon [laughs]. She shares a lot of their traits. In their first meeting, Damon brings a lot of his Damon-esq jabs and comments he gives to her and she is not falling for it. She’s like I know these tricks I see you haven’t changed much. You will get a lot of answers tonight. Initially right off the bat, Damon wants to know what she has been up to. There is always two sides to a story, even though it appears she just abandoned them and just went off and had a good time in ripper land, there are reasons for everything she did. Whether or not those are sufficient enough reasons for the boys, that remains to be seen.
Q: Of course there are fans that want Elena with all different characters of the show, but since she is currently with Damon and with the promo showing she is with him tonight when he meets you, can you talk to me about your relationship with her – how much of an interaction are you guys going to have over the next few episodes?
Wersching: There are certainly bigger issues in the forefront of Lily’s world right now. She reveals to Damon and Elena in tonight’s episode when they are getting ready to leave the prison world she reveals this crazy, secret to them about the prison world. I can’t say much about it, but this secret is sort of her driving force.
Q: How well does she adapt? I mean it’s like she is coming out of prison and seeing cell phones, computers, people dressed more scandal-ish, etc then in past.
Wersching: Well, a lot of time it seems that she is often overwhelmed by things and then the next time you see her she is instantly adapted to it. She definitely has a Salvatore way about in terms of powering through things and working on things. She adapts pretty well.
Q: Is she going to be on for a long time? We going to get to see her for the rest of the season?
Wersching: Yeah, I think I am allowed to say. I am still here in Atlanta and we are starting up episode 21 today.
Q: So as the time progresses, how does she start to relate to her sons? Does she want a relationship with them? Or is this a bad scenario they have to deal with?
Wersching: As is the way of The Vampire Diaries and in Mystic Falls, it’s a little of both. She wants to in theory be there for them and be the mother they are sort of longing for, but there are a lot of other things at play. The fact that she has the ripper in her is something she is always battling like Stefan, so you don’t want to upset her too much because you don’t want to set her off [laughs]. So there is a lot of back and forth between her and the boys in terms of them saying this is what we want and her saying this isn’t what I can give you right now.
Q: In the ripper aspect she relates to Stefan, how does she relate to Damon?
Wersching: I think her and Damon are very similar to each other in terms of going back and forth. Ian [Somerhalder] and I as actors and as the characters sort of compliment each other very well. We have an easy rapport even when we are fighting. There was just that comfortableness. It’s obvious how her and Stefan are related because she passed this horrible gene onto him. But Damon and her seem very similar in a lot of other ways besides the vampire-ism.
Q: Was she aware of how her sons’ lives were going to end up? Did she know they were going to be turned and what fate lied ahead for her sons?
Wersching: She had sort of heard things. She heard rumors about the boys, but she definitely has a lot to catch up on.
Q: Does she end up getting close to Elena and/or Caroline who are big parts of her sons’ lives or even their friends?
Wersching: So far she has had more interaction with Elena than Caroline. She has met Caroline like once but it was brief. She has had some different interactions with Elena. In the beginning, mama Salvatore is trying really, really hard to be the mama that they want and do motherly type things so Elena is involved in some of that. As is the way of the show, things turn on a dime and she has had some other interactions with Elena, which will probably not be pleasing to a lot of people.
Learn more about Ian’s love of apples, her relationship with the cast, what it was like wearing the costumes, her first scene, comments on tonight’s episode and what’s to come for the rest of the season in Part 2 of our interview with Annie Wersching coming soon.
Tune in to The Vampire Diaries tonight on The CW at 8 pm EST. Photo Credit (Top): The CW
How to Get Away with Improving HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
**Just so many spoilers ahead**
The HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER finale aired a few weeks ago and it was pretty darn good. There have been many articles about that fact as well as many about where the show is going with the cliffhanger it left us with. Fortunately for you, TVAddicts, I will not be writing such a piece. Instead I’m going to write about what HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER can do to fix itself in order to be as good as everyone says it is. [Read more…]
Morning Static: EMPIRE, GAME OF THRONES, SLEEPY HOLLOW & More!
• The Remarkable Rise of Empire, in 7 Charts
• Funny Business: Ken Jeong says he will never leave Community
• Spoiler Alert: HBO unsheathes 2 new ‘Game of Thrones’ scenes
• Daytime Drama: CBS soap reveals character is transgender
• Fox Renews Sleepy Hollow for Season 3, Names the Series’ New Showrunner
• Must Read TV: Read Jon Cryer’s Painful Inside Account of Charlie Sheen’s Meltdown
• ‘Empire’ Postmortem: EP Danny Strong on Ending the Season the “Polar Opposite of Where It Began”
• Nostalgia Alert: A Minor League Baseball Team Is Hosting ‘Full House Night’ With Dave Coulier
• Scoop: Wes Bentley joins American Horror Story: Hotel
• Mad Woman: Kiernan Shipka’s Life After Sally Draper
• The Business of Show: CBS Launches Major Campaign To Keep TV Ad Dollars From Moving To Digital
• Duh of the Day: Netflix Is So Hot Right Now
• Messing with Brilliance Yet Again: Teen Wolf showrunner adapting Let The Right One In for TV
• Awards Watch: ‘Glee,’ ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘Shameless’ are all comedies according to the Emmys
• Interesting: Bridgit Mendler’s Social-Media Power Gets Hitched To ‘Undateable’ Debut
• Nathan Fillion And Alan Tudyk’s ‘Con Man’ Set A Crowdsourcing Record. Here’s A Teaser.