Although tonight’s episode of Bones (Fox, Mondays, 8/7C) doesn’t take up much space in our latest conversation with showrunners Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan, they definitely seemed happy to be back on Monday nights (or, maybe, they had one cup of coffee too many…).
When they chatted with a group of bloggers/journalists on Friday, there was a great deal of laughter and a wide range of topics – ranging from Wendell’s cancer to the gross remains that kick off each episode and even Hanson’s new series, Backstrom (premiering on Fox next season). Stephen Nathan even played Kevin Reilly for a completely unauthorized bit faux scheduling. It was one of the liveliest Q&As of the season. If there are showrunners out there who love talking with the press more than these guys, I’ve yet to encounter them.
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Sometimes I’m so unreliable. Last summer I had a fun lunch with Author Jason Mott and am just now getting around to posting this. I’m blaming iMovie – every sense the interface chance I hate using it – that’s my story. You may not know his name but if you watched Sundance Channel’s surprise hit, The Returned then you sort of know his work. If you missed that show, don’t worry about it, there is now a major ABC Show called Resurrection that is based on his book and produced by a little Hollywood D lister named Brad Pitt. What would you do if your dead loved ones suddenly re-appeared as if nothing happened? How would society react? No they aren’t zombies.
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Cosmos (Fox, Sundays, 9/8C) revives the great science series that aired on PBS in the early ‘80s. Why did it land on Fox? What is its mission now?
Series host Neil deGrasse Tyson and executive producer/director/writer Anne Druyan spoke with a group of journalists/bloggers about why the series exists and what it does – and how and why it wound up on Fox. Check it out after the jump.
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Saint George (Thursdays, 9/8C) is FX’s latest half-hour comedy to be produced under the 10/90 model. If the ten episodes that have been produced get the ratings, there will be ninety more. The series, about a recently divorced Latino entrepreneur with a young son, and a desire to give back to his community, premieres on Thursday, March 6th.
Series star George Lopez spoke with a group of bloggers/journalists earlier this week and talked about where the series idea and title came from, why it’s on FX, what he likes about the 10/90 model and a great deal more.
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Documentary filmmaker Patrick Creadon spends a year in Bertie County, North Carolina, one of the poorest counties in the state, as he follows a group of students in a new experimental education program called Studio H which stands for Humanity, Habitats, Health and Happiness. Architects Matthew Miller and Emily Pilloton goal is to teach kids how to apply design concepts and thinking to their every day lives.
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The Act of Killing starts with a quote from Voltaire “It is forbidden to kill. Therefore, all murderers are punished, unless they kill in large numbers, and to the sound of trumpets.” This sums up a movie that takes your into the mind of mass murderers. If you ever wanted to know what makes them tick but were afraid to ask, this movie may be for you.
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Executive Producer Warren Leight and guest star Jonathan Silverman sat down to chat with us about tonight’s episode of Law and Order: SVU – Comic Perversion which touches on a very controversial topic of rape in comedy. They raise the question of is it funny, what effect a comics brand of humor may have on its audience and why our culture is drawn to such a taboo subject.
LAW & ORDER: SVU airs Wednesday, February 26th at 9/8c on NBC “Comic Perversion”
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