USA Network’s In Plain Sight [Fridays, 10/9C] begins is fifth and final season this week. Will Marshal Marshall Mann and Marshal Mary Shannon get together? How will the decidedly non-maternal Marshal Mary Shannon deal with actually being a mother? What will series stars Mary McCormack and Fred Weller remember most fondly – and what souvenirs […]
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In Plain Sight’s Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller Talk Unrequited Love, Babies and the Fourth Season Finale!
This week I had the opportunity to take part in a conference call Q&A with Mary McCormack and Fred Weller in support of the fourth season finale of their USA Network series In Plain Sight [Sunday, 10/9C], Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up. There were some technical issues that made the call a free-for-all rather than […]
In Plain Sight’s New Showrunners Talk the Pluses and Minuses of Taking Over an Established Series!
On Thursday, I had the opportunity to take part in a teleconference Q&A with John Straus and Ed Decter, who have taken over the reins of USA Network’s In Plain Sight [Sundays, 10/9C], which is now in its fourth season. We talked a bit about their background, and a bit about coming into a established […]
In Plain Sight – It Takes a Thief to Explain a Thief!
For its fourth season, USA’s In Plain Sight [Sundays, 10/9C] returns to its original timeslot with an episode that is a bit of a departure. The Art of the Steal finds Marshal Mary Shannon fearing that her sister, Brandi, has become involved in grand theft auto [again!] – and seeks advice and insight from a […]
Mary McCormack and Fred Weller Speak to the BIG Changes This Season on In Plain Sight!
When USA Network’s hit series In Plain Sight [Sundays, 10/9C] returns this weekend, it marks a sea change in the life of its female lead, Deputy U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon [and we all know how much Mary loves change… not!] – plus plenty of pithy commentary on the subject of change by her partner, Deputy […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Mary McCormack and Fred Weller on Season Three of In Plain Sight, Tony Award Nominations and More!
In Plain Sight [USA, Wednesdays, 10/9C] is a unique series – even for USA where the motto is Characters welcome. The lead is a strong, cynical woman [Mary Shannon, played by Mary McCormack] who, along with her partner [Marshall Mann, played by Fred Weller], works for the U.S. Marshals in the Witness Protection Program [WITSEC]. […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: In Plain Sight: Father Goes West – Amnesia for Mary; Truck Trouble for Boston Transplant!
Donnie Wahlberg guest-stars in tonight’s season three premiere of In Plain Sight [USA, Wednesdays, 10/9C]: Father Goes West. Wahlberg plays Boston trucker robber Jimmy Porter who runs afoul of his boss when his crew tackles a truck that turns out to have no cargo. Faced with his boss killing his son, he kills the boss […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Donnie Wahlberg Talks Guest Starring on USA’s Hit Series In Plain Sight!
On Friday, I had the pleasure of taking part in a teleconference Q&A session with Donnie Wahlberg in support of his guest-starring role in the third season premiere of USA’s hit series, In Plain Sight [Wednesday, 10/9C]. Wahlberg is an intelligent, articulate fellow who has become a dependable character actor with a wide range. It […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: In Plain Sight’s Mary McCormack Takes Us Into The World of Marshal Mary Shannon!
The second season of In Plain Sight [USA, Sundays, 10/9C] began immediately following the harrowing first season finale and showed us a Mary Shannon who was suffering the after effects of her ordeal. I was part of a teleconference Q&A session with Mary McCormack where she talked about her character’s ordeal, and relationships – and […]
TELEVISION: In Plain Sight – In the Season Premiere, The Aftermath!
In Plain Sight [USA, Sunday, 10/9C] opens its second season immediately following the events of the first season finale. Marshal Mary Shannon [Mary McCormack] has lived through her kidnapping and, in getting herself free, has killed a man – now, in the season premiere, Mary is on administrative leave pending psychological evaluation [which will happen […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Roundtable Grills In Plain Sight’s Christian de la Fuente About The New Season!
On In Plain Sight [USA, returning Sunday, April 19, 2009, 10/9C] , Mary McCormack’s tough, yet sensitive United Stated Marshall has two families – one, her real [blood] family, that makes her crazy, and the other, her work family, where she feels completely at ease. In between the two, there is Raphael, the Adonis who […]