Last week, I had the opportunity to take part in a conference call Q&A session with Joelle Carter who plays Ava on FX’s hit series, Justified [Wednesdays, 10/9C]. She spoke about Ava’s survival instincts and her burgeoning relationship with Walt Goggins’ Boyd Crowder – a relationship that is unique because, in the series premiere, she […]
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Justified’s Timothy Olyphant Is A Straight Shooter!
FX’s hit, Justified [Tuesdays, 10/8C], features a classic hero – filtered through Elmore Leonard’s unique style – in Raylan Givens. I had the opportunity to take part in a conference call with the series’ star, Timothy Olyphant and, as you will see, he’s tough to put one over on. Like Givens, he calls ‘em like […]
Justified Season 2: Nature Abhors A Vacuum!
In the season two premiere of Justified [FX, Tuesdays, 10/9C], a state trooper tells Raylan Givens, ‘Nature abhors a vacuum.’ Truer words have never been spoken.
Archer Sharpens Its Edge For Season Two!
How do you top the kind of unspeakably crude and equally unspeakably funny work of your first brilliant season? If you’re Adam Reed, creator of Archer [FX, Thursdays, 10/9C], you dig deep and go for a situation that’s so uncool that even Sterling Archer is compelled to show some discipline!
Jessica Walter Talks All Things Malory Archer and Playing Aggressively Self-Interested Women!
Some things I learned over the course of Jessica Walter’s Q&A session in support of tomorrow’s second season premiere of Archer [FX, Thursdays, 10/9C]: she was the first actor cast for the series; she cites a surprising difference between Arrested Development’s Lucille Bluth and Archer’s Malory Archer [and it has nothing to do with running […]
Archer’s Creator and Agent Lana Kane Go There!!
Over the last few days, two conference call Q&A sessions were conducted in support of FX’s critically acclaimed – and increasingly popular – animated spy satire, Archer [Thursdays, 10/9C]. This, the first of the sessions, features series creator Adam Reed [also the voice of Agent Ray Gilette] and Aisha Tyler, the stand-up comedian and the […]
Lights Out Showrunner and Star Talk Making A Series Set In The World Of Boxing!
Lights Out [Tuesdays, 10/9C] is the latest example of how FX lives up to their motto, ‘There is no box.’ It’s a series about a former heavyweight boxing champion, Patrick ‘Lights’ Leary, who has a great life – happy family, beautiful, intelligent wife – until his brother’s wonky investment strategies result in their going broke. […]
Lights Out Is A Heavyweight!
FX’s new series, Lights Out [Tuesdays, 10/9C], is a terrific series that avoids most of the big clichés that abound in boxing movies mostly because it focuses on a retired heavyweight champion who actually seems perfectly happy in his post-boxing life – until that life comes crashing down around his ears.
Television: Terriers Gets Sent to the Cancellation Kennel – Lie To Me Gets Capped at 13 Episodes
FX has sent it’s fledging series Terriers to the cancellation Kennel. The quirky series, which averaged about 500,000 viewers per episode, starred Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as two best friends who take on the sometimes dangerous role of unlicensed private investigators in San Diego County. The series, which was created by Ted Griffin […]
FX Adds Frodo to Russell Crowe on a Bender For New Comedy Series Wilfred!
FX – home to comedies like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Louis – is adding yet another comedy series to its schedule. Elijah Wood [Lord of the Rings, Sin City] and Jason Gann will star in Wilfred, a single-camera live-action series based on the australian series of the same name that was co-created by […]
The League Returns and It’s Time for The 2010 Draft!
The League [FX, Thursdays, 10:30/9:30C] is a show about six members of a fantasy football league – in the same sense that a hurricane is about wind. These people are dedicated to winning – and not particularly scrupulous about how they do so.