Saving Grace [TNT, Tuesdays, 10/9C] is what you might call a high concept show. Having self-destructive police detective Grace Hanadarko [Holly Hunter] be assigned a “last chance angel” – a rather redneck looking chap named Earl [Leon Rippy], thereby playing with all manner of expectations – is certainly not the most subtle of ideas. For […]
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TELEVISION: Hawthorne Serves Pinkett-Smith Poorly!
TNT’s new medical drama, Hawthorne [Tuesdays, 9/8C], features a strong central character in Christina Hawthorne [Jada Pinkett-Smith] – the latest empowered woman to come from Turner, and probably meant to complement its other female-centric series, Saving Grace and The Closer. Unfortunately, it can’t hold a candle, let alone a cotton swab to either of them. […]
TELEVISION: Oscar® & Golden Globe® Nominee Viola Davis to Recur on Showtime’s United States of Tara!
When Showtime’s controversial United States of Tara begins filming its second season, Viola Davis will come aboard in the recurring role of Lynda B. Dozier, “an unconventional artist who plays a significant role in Tara [Toni Collette] and her daughter Kate’s [Brie Larson] lives. Davis, who – with one scene – practically stole Doubt out […]
TELEVISION: Digital TV Conversion happens tonight! Are You Ready ?
I’m sure that 100 percent of you savvy EM Readers are ready for tomorrow’s Digital TV Conversion. I’ve never really understood the point of this and why it’s being forced upon everyone, or even where this initiative started. But as of midnight tonight (I’m assuming it’s at midnight) Television will be all digital. So if […]
TELEVISION: Nurse Jackie Works a Double!
Nurse Jackie [Showtime, Mondays, 10:30/9:30C] has only just premiered and already the series, which stars Edie Falco, has been renewed for a second season! The darkly humorous series, which is centered around Falco’s “strong-willed and brilliant — but very flawed — emergency room nurse in a complicated New York City hospital,” has garnered almost universal […]
TELEVISION: Adam Lambert’s Big News Day, Shocks the World!!
Today is a big news day for Adam Lambert fans, he just signed a record deal with Simon Cowell’s recording company – as I’ve said numerous times Idol was FIXED this year, not that this particular news should be shocking or even that there’s something wrong with Cowell’s record company signing the deal. His new […]
TELEVISION: Sci Fi Channel Casts Bates, Scorsone as ‘Alice’ Leads!
The Sci Fi Channel today announced the casting of the leads for its four-hour movie event that is scheduled for a December, 2009, premiere. This updating of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland will star Kathy Bates [Charlotte’s Web, Revolutionary road] as the Queen of Hearts and Caterina Scorsone [1-800-Missing, the upcoming Edge of Darkness – […]
TELEVISION CLIP: Here’s a clip of A & E’s The Cleaner
Here’s a preview of A & E’s The Cleaner. William’s (Benjamin Bratt) former sponsor Pauline Kmec (Whoopi Goldberg) resurfaces when he is called to help an addict she currently sponsors. Davis (Gary Cole), a former friend and fellow program member, is a high-profile national news anchor and a spokesperson for recovery, but is struggling with […]
TELEVISION: Michael Shanks Online Launches Charity Auction!
Proceeds to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada A second spin-off – “Stargate Universe” – due to hit the airwaves, with cameos and appearances by original cast members. A third DVD movie in the pipeline – and a DVD movie for the first spin-off, “Stargate: Atlantis” – also on the drawing board. A re-mastered […]
TELEVISION: Nurse Jackie Guarantees Your Recommended Daily Dose of Intelligence!
Showtime’s new series, Nurse Jackie [Mondays, 10:30/9:30C], may be even darker in tone, and more grimly hilarious than Weeds, the show it follows on the network’s Monday night summer schedule. Jackie Peyton [Edie Falco] is a dedicated nurse who is not afraid to tear a strip off a young intern who thinks too highly of […]
TELEVISION: Weeds – New Lows for Nancy and Celia; New Highs for Most Everyone Else!
After a lacklustre fourth season in which the world’s most selfish mother wound up pregnant by a Mexican drug lord to keep herself alive, Weeds’ [Showtime, Mondays, 10/9C] Nancy Botwin [Mary-Louise Parker] finds herself, once more, in potentially fatal circumstances – while her former best friend, Celia [Elizabeth Perkins], discovers that everyone hates her, a […]