How on earth does a kid from Indiana become one of the stars of a high profile network series?
Logan Huffman: It’s kind of a weird story. I like history a lot and I used to make gladiator weapons in my garage. My next door neighbour, who taught voice, movement and stage combat would come by, look at what I was doing and say, “You’re building that wrong!” He started telling me about what he taught, and not thinking about college much thought maybe that would be a good thing to do. It was Christmas and he had me over and I did a monologue for him. I later found out he thought I could take directions well so he sent me to a Master Meisner teacher, Katherine Gattely. I sold my car, moved to Chicago and lived there off and on for a year and a half. From there I moved to New York, had a manger who passed away, got the people I’m with currently and it’s all good. The hardest part for me is that I’m a nobody. I’ve got no family in this business, I’m not the son of casting director, I’m just a stupid kid from Indiana who likes what he does and it’s the only thing I’m good at. People took a risk on me. Yves Simoneau, who directed V’s first four episodes also directed me in my first big break, a lifetime movie called AMERICA with Rosie O’Donnell. Without Rosie, I wouldn’t have a career. She was the one who said, “I want that long haired boy from New York!”>
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10 Things we learned from the cast of 10 THINGS WE HATE ABOUT YOU
1. Nobody remembers ALIENS IN AMERICA.
Before we dove into chatting about tonight’s return of 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU with stars Lindsey Shaw and Ethan Peck last week, we’d would have been remiss if we didn’t take a moment to reminisce about one of our all-time favorite brilliant-but-cancelled gems: The CW’s short-lived laugher ALIENS IN AMERICA starring a then known Dan Byrd (COUGAR TOWN), Adhir Kaylan (RULES OF ENGAGEMENT), Amy Pietz, Scott Patterson and of course Shaw herself. “OMG! You are one of six people who must have watched!” said an only semi-serious Lindsey Shaw who was most definitely taken aback by the mention of her previous starring series. “Very rarely do I get ALIENS IN AMERICA fans talking to me, but when they do, it feels so good because the show never really got recognized and was really cool.”
TV Ratings: Sunday March 28, 2010 (March Madness Assists CBS to Victory)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
---|---|---|---|---|
8PM | CBS | 60 Minutes | 14.74 | 3.4/10 |
ABC | Extreme Makeover: HE (R) | 6.24 | 1.7/5 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 5.69 | 2.7/8 | |
NBC | Minute To Win It | 4.96 | 1.6/4 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Amazing Race 16 | 11.61 | 3.5/9 |
8:30PM | FOX | Cleveland Show | 5.64 | 2.7/7 |
9PM | CBS | Amazing Race 16 | 14.43 | 4.4/11 |
FOX | Family Guy | 7.27 | 3.7/9 | |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 6.75 | 2.6/6 | |
ABC | Desperate Housewives (R) | 5.33 | 1.4/3 | |
9:30PM | CBS | Undercover Boss | 15.34 | 4.8/12 |
FOX | Sons of Tucson | 4.14 | 2.0/5 | |
10PM | CBS | Undercover Boss | 16.81 | 5.0/13 |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 7.39 | 2.8/7 | |
ABC | Castle (R) | 4.26 | 1.0/3 |
Ask the Addict: Spoilers on BONES, V, FRINGE, 90210, GREEK & More!
Question: TV Addict, I’ve got 50 bones riding on a bet with my bestie that Booth and Brennan will be the much-talked-about couple to head down the aisle later this season. Please tell me I will not be $50 dollars poorer in the not-to-distant-future! — Jayson
The TV Addict: To my fellow BONES addicts who insist on inundating my email box with variations of the exact same question, I’ve got some bad news for you. I for one will not be responsible for ruining the super-adorable proposal that may be coming sooner than you think.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Sunday March 28, 2010
UNDERCOVER BOSS (9PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
Otherwise known as the Corporate America equivalent to an Entertainment Weekly cover story (cough*KatherineHeigl*cough)
No Longer Stuck in the Middle, Justin Berfield Grows Up
Tyler Labine (R) and Justin Berfield (L)
After lying and cheating his way through 151 episodes as the hit Fox series MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE as second-to-eldest brother Reese, Justin Berfield is in the midst of his biggest scheme to date, a second act.
Yes, rather than head off into obscurity, or worse the tabloids, this grizzled Hollywood veteran who has been working since the age of five is back on FOX, but this time, behind the camera as one of the executive producers behind SONS OF TUCSON.
“I went through life never thinking I was better than anyone or I deserved more than anyone else.” said Berfield, who credits his parents and the family-like atmosphere on the set of MALCOLM for keeping his head on straight. “From day one, there was the idea that actings is a job. Enjoy it, but you’re just like any other kid.”
Well, maybe not just like any other other kid.
Dana Delany Looks Back on her favorite roles, including DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, PASADENA and KIDNAPPED
Move over Ryan Seacrest, Dana Delany just stole your busiest actor in Hollywood title. Don’t believe us, get this. On a break from shooting her new ABC pilot BODY OF EVIDENCE in Providence, Delany took to the phones to not only promote her current guest stint on CASTLE, but her recent DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES exit and reflect on a career that has spanned over three decades and included TV Addict favorites such as PASADENA and KIDNAPPED.
Before we get to your guest appearance on CASTLE, I first have to ask about your recent work on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. How surprised were you by Katherine’s journey this season?
Dana Delany: I loved this season. Just beginning with last fall when I started to unravel when Mike left me, to when Marc [Creator Marc Cherry] came to me with the idea that I would go sapphic for a while, I thought it was great material and so much fun to do. I think what Marc discovered early on that with the Katherine character, you could go through a little more odd stuff with her because she wasn’t really as iconoclastic as the other characters. Like the story-line with Robin [Julie Benz], I think it turned out delightfully sweet and heartfelt.
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Questions with Michaela Conlin who reflects on 100 episode of BONES
What can you tell us about Angela’s role in the much-anticipated 100th episode?
Michaela Conlin: We go back seven years, a year before the pilot. Brennan and Angela had been friends already and we find out about how and why Brennan decides to bring her into the Jeffersonian as an employee. She had been travelling and is trying to get back to Paris, which is sort of why she takes the job.
Looking back on the first 100 episodes, do you have a favorite?
I really loved the first Christmas episode. I know a lot of people didn’t love it, but shooting that episode, it was the 13 episode of the season of the first year and it was really when we started to congeal as a cast. We all shot everyday, we were locked in the lab, I was in an elf outfit, it was just a blast. It was lovely and the first time I think we realized that we had something very special.
Channel Surfing: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, LOST, THE BIG BANG THEORY & More!
For a show that prides itself on planning ahead (See: The Wedding Bride), there was something oddly anti-climactic about the lack of clues one (okay, we) could decipher the fab five’s flash forward (pictured above) during the final scene of Monday’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Assuming of course Lily’s giant flower dress wasn’t simply a ploy to distract us from an impending baby bump, and it was mere coincidence that Ted didn’t bring a skank…. err, we mean potential “mother” to Lori’s Lily’s 42nd 32nd birthday party, did we missing something? Or did creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas finally learn a lesson from “the goat” and intentionally avoid painting writing themselves into a corner this time?
News Showtime probably doesn’t want to hear. Our increased enjoyment of Monday’s second season premiere of the UNITED STATES OF TARA was predicated on the fact that for the most part, the episode completelyy lacked Tara’s other states. Is it wrong? Are we crazy? Or is there something to be said for the satisfaction one gets from a straight up family dramedy from the always entertaining mind of Diablo (Yup, we’re still laughing at the term ‘Gayble’) Cody?
Must Read TV: TRUE BLOOD, BREAKING BAD, AMERICAN IDOL & More!
• Sink your teeth into…. a TRUE BLOOD sneak peek.
• Mamma I’m a big girl now, Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky signs on to ABC FAMILY’s HUGE.
• Breaking Big: Third season of BREAKING BAD opens to its best ratings ever.
• Alas, this is not an early April Fool’s joke: Miley Cyrus to mentor tonight’s AMERICAN IDOL hopefuls. No, really.
• READING RAINBOW The Next Generation? Host Levar Burton says stay tuned.