Legit (FXX, Wednesdays, 10/9C) was a dark and twisted surprise when it took the work of standup comic Jim Jeffries and got him to fashion it into a half-hour comedy. The show, about a standup comic and his best friends – an alcoholic sad sack and a remarkably cheerful quadriplegic – became one of those […]
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The Americans’ Matthew Rhys Spies Interesting Times To Come For The Jennings Family!
When FX announced that it had greenlit a series about a family that was a Russian sleeper cell, I’m sure a lot of people were thinking something along the lines of ‘WTF?’ Then The Americans (Wednesdays, 10/9C) premiered and became the network’s latest big hit. Viewers quickly became addicted to the family drama (the Jennings […]
When Calls The Heart’s Lori Loughlin On Her New Series, Family TV, The Cable Model and Those Full House Reunions!
It seems like the explosion of cable has resulted in TV programming to get farther and farther from the traditional family programming that produced such great shows as Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven or Happy Days. Even network TV is darker or more twisted (or both), these days. Now, Hallmark Channel has […]
Rake: Greg Kinnear Tackles The Justice System–Sort Of!
Rake’s (Fox Thursdays, 9/8C) Keegan Deane is charming, intelligent, and a lousy gambler but he tends to get too involved in situations that cannot go well for him: he owes his bookie; his office manager/secretary/general assistant is about quit over back pay, and his latest client has paid him in tuna (well, with a tuna). […]
Different Show; Different Starting Place – Kevin Williamson Talks Season Two of The Following!
Showrunners for hit shows hate to let spoilers out before a season begins, and The Following’s (Fox, Sunday, 10/9C – then, from January 27th, Mondays, 9/8C) Kevin Williamson is no exception. What he does do, though, is set the stage really well – and his thoughts on season two are intriguing in the extreme. He […]
Helix: Get The Lowdown On Syfy’s Newest Hit From Stars Billy Campbell and Jordan Hayes!
After its successful premiere, Helix (Syfy, Fridays, 10/9C) has made a good impression. A large part of that is due to its cast, including Billy Campbell (as Dr. Alan Farragut) and Jordan Hayes (Dr. Sarah Jordan). Earlier this week, Campbell and Hayes spoke with a group of journalists/bloggers about such topics as favorite set, the […]
Maeda & Zagorsky: Helix Is Something More/Other Than An Outbreak Show!
Last Monday, Steven Maeda, showrunner of Syfy’s Helix (Mondays, 10/9C), and Kyra Zagorsky, one of the two female leads, talked with a group of journalists/bloggers about the 13-episode series and how it might appear to be an ‘outbreak’ show on the surface but there’s much more to it than that. As Maeda puts it, at […]
Archer Speaks: H. Jon Benjamin Talks Season Five of the Best Animated Series on TV!
When Archer (FX, Mondays, 10/9C) returns for the fifth season premiere, the employees of ISIS will discover that they’ve been living a lie since, well, forever. In terms of environment, the series will be completely new – but the characters are still the characters we know and love (in spite of ourselves, or themselves… you […]
Have You Heard The One About The Gay, White Rapper Fresh Out of Prison? Chozen Series Creator and Star Speak!
FX’s Chozen (Mondays, 10:30/9:30C) is a bit of an odd duck. It’s the first animated series to be built, as our headline suggests, around an ex-con, gay, white rapper. The show could be looked at in a lot of different lights: a satire of rap culture from a unique perspective; a straightforward sitcom about a […]
Sons of Anarchy’s Jimmy Smits Talks About the Show’s Off Kilter Characters, Relationships; Teases Big Things Coming for Nero!
Jimmy Smits has been familiar to TV audiences since the mid-1980s, playing lawyers, cops, nice guys and psychopaths. His addition to FX’s Sons of Anarchy (Tuesdays, 10/9C) as Nero Padilla has given the series new layers and Smits another indelible role. Monday morning, he spoke with a group of journalists/bloggers about (among other things) the […]
Robot & Human Relations – Karl Urban and Michael Ealy Talk Almost Human!
The idea of teaming a human cop with a robot/android partner isn’t new; there have been a couple of high profile attempts in the past: Mann and Machine on the drama side, and Holmes & Yoyo on the comedy side just off the top of my head. Fox’s Almost Human (Sunday, 8/7C)then Mondays, 8/7C) is, […]