Proof positive that behind every successful man really does stand a great woman comes SUITS’ secretary extrodinaire Donna Paulsen. One-part legal eagle, one part right-hand man, Donna isn’t just always there to lend hot-shot attorney Harvey Spector a helping hand, but a bit of well meaning advice as well. Advice that Spector will most certainly need when he finds his career in jeopardy during SUITS’ upcoming second season. Or at least that was our big takeaway after spending some time with her portrayer Sarah Rafferty on the Toronto-based set of SUITS where she teased what challenges lie ahead for both Harvey and Donna when the hit USA series kicks off its second season on Thursday June 14th. [Read more…]
Archives for June 2012
Did ABC Make the Grade? We Hand Out its End of Season Report Card!
The Good: Eschewing the less is more approach by throwing a whole whack of pilots up against the wall and seeing what stuck, ABC managed to score some of this past season’s biggest, if not buzziest, breakout hits. On the dramatic front was the surprising successes of ONCE UPON A TIME and REVENGE, with SUBURGATORY and DON’T TRUST THE B**** IN APARTMENT 23 scoring points on the comedic one. Other good news was the creative resurgence of GREY’S ANATOMY, the fact that patience paid off in terms of allowing HAPPY ENDINGS to become the meme machine that Tumblr sees today, while CASTLE and SCANDAL’s sizzling season finales still have fans all a twitter both literally and figuratively. [Read more…]
Breaking News: Showtime to Stop Dealing WEEDS
This just in: Showtime President David Nevins really wasn’t kidding around when he told us during the recent Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena that “it’s a real possibility” WEEDS’ upcoming eight season would be its last. Case in point, this morning’s breaking news that has Showtime officially announcing that it will stop dealing WEEDS this summer. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Wednesday June 13, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle (R) | Suburgatory (R) | Modern Family (R) | Duets | ||
CBS | Dogs in the City | Criminal Minds (R) | CSI (R) | |||
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | America’s Next Top Model (R) | ||||
FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | |||||
NBC | Betty White’s Off Their Rockers (R) | Up All Night (R) | Law & Order: SVU (R) | Law & Order: SVU (R) | ||
MISC | Melissa & Joey (ABC Family) | Million Dollar Listing: LA (Bravo) | The Soup (E!) America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV) Around the World in 80 Plates (Bravo) | |||
TNT | Dallas (Bravo in Canada) | |||||
USA | Royal Pains | Necessary Roughness |
Take Me To Your Leader: FALLING SKIES Ep’s Dish on How they Dealt with Last Season’s Crazy Cliffhanger and Why the Show’s Upcoming Second Season is Bigger and Badder than Ever!
FALLING SKIES debuted last summer to record breaking numbers as fans across the globe avidly tuned into see the mesmerizing aliens and to figure out how humans were going to reclaim their planet. During a recent press conference at Zoic Studios, executive producers Remi Aubuchon, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank provided some insight on how they approached the second season of the alien occupation series that has the whole world buzzing. [Read more…]
Back In The Saddle: DALLAS Rides Again!
There seem to be two questions asked by two different sets of people when it comes to tonight’s return to the infamous Southfork ranch of DALLAS fame. Folks who loved the iconic original want to know if the reboot is worthy of the original, and those too young to have watched the classic wonder if they’ll be able to dive into TNT’s version (launching with a two-hour premiere tonight at 9 p.m. ET) without feeling lost.
Happily, the answer to both questions is a resounding yes. [Read more…]
Morning Static: REVENGE, MAD MEN, PRIVATE PRACTICE & More!
• REVENGE Scoop: Margarita Levieva will return for season 2.
• MAD MEN’s Vincent Kartheiser on Season 5: Why I gained 25 pounds, had a receding hairline.
• Pilot Watch: Portia De Rossi To Play Lily Munster in NBC’s MUNSTERS Reboot MOCKINGBIRD LANE.
• Checking Out: Kate Walsh Confirms, ‘This Is My Last Season of PRIVATE PRACTICE.’
• Checking Out II: Shonda Rhimes discusses SCANDAL and PRIVATE PRACTICE exits.
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Second Season SUITS Scooplets From Star Gina Torres
Still reeling from SUITS’ fantastic first season finale that saw “friend” Trevor let the cat out of the bag in terms of Mike Ross (Patrick James) lack of legal credentials? Well, imagine how Jessica Pearson (Ginna Torres), of Pearson Hardman felt? We did! Which is precisely why we accepted an invitation to visit the Toronto-based set of SUITS in an effort to get to the bottom of things. What follows are a handful of second season scooplets from fan favorite Gina Torres (FIREFLY, ALIAS), who was only too happy to take a break from shooting to tease how her character will react to learning that Harvey Spector and Mike Ross put her professional life on the line, the after-math that is the wrath of Jessica, and what other surprises and challenges are in store for the character when the hit USA series kicks off its second season on June 14th. See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]
Holy CHUCK! Yvonne Strahovski Joins DEXTER Season 7 for a Multi-Episode Arc
Just when our interest in DEXTER was starting to wane following last season’s universally panned misadventures comes this one-two punch orchestrated by the fine folks at Showtime publicity. No really, as if this just released first look photo pitting brother (Dexter) against sister (Deb) wasn’t reason enough to get us back on the bandwagon, Showtime announced today that former CHUCK star Yvonne Strahovski has signed on to appear in a multi-episode arc during the upcoming seventh season of DEXTER. [Read more…]
Matthew Atkinson Dishes on JANE BY DESIGN and Talks Being Friends with Erica Dasher
In the modern fairytale story of a young girl who applies for an internship and gets her dream job in high fashion, the real fairytale is about all the dreamy young men that circle around her. In a recent press conference call, star Matthew Atkinson, who plays Nick talked about being one of the many romantic suitors on the show and what it is like working on such a dream-come-true type show. [Read more…]