NBC’s The Blacklist (Mondays, 10/9C) is, to my mind, the fall’s best new drama. The titular blacklist is a list of criminals that no one has caught because no one has ever known about them. Criminal mastermind Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington turns himself in to the FBI and claims he can help bring them down on […]
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Bones Showrunners Talk About The Season Nine Premiere, Pelant, The Wedding and More!
There are two things you can count on when you take part in a conference call Q&A with Bones (Fox, Mondays, 9/8C) showrunners Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan: they (and you) will have a good time, and the call will go long. Hanson and Nathan love what they do and they love to share that […]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Comedy Is Hard! (Just Ask The Show’s Creators and Star…)
Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Tuesdays, 8:30/7:30C) is the best of the fall’s new half-hour comedies. It’s a combination procedural/workplace comedy set in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine – a precinct where the best detective is an immature prankster who behaves like the class clown in high school – and the precinct’s new captain is a by-the-book hardass who […]
Why Sleepy Hollow Has No ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ – Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Talk Fox’s New Horror/Cop Show Hybrid!
Fox’s Sleepy Hollow (Mondays, 9/8C) is a show that blends Hawthorne, Rip Van Winkle and Revelations within a flexible cop show/semi-procedural format. It’s goofy, weird, scary and oddly compelling in equal measures. Executive Producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci spoke with members of the press/bloggers earlier this week to tease the series and explain how […]
Burn Notice Exit Interview with Bruce Campbell, Jeffrey Donovan, and Matt Nix
The crew of USA Network’s Burn Notice – Bruce Campbell, Jeffrey Donovan, and show creator Matt Nix say farewell in a bittersweet “final” conference call with the Press. Last calls are always sort of bittersweet. I’ve been fully down with the Burn Notice crew since the beginning. They’ve always been great to work with, talk to […]
Kelly Rowland – The X Factor’s New Judge Says It’s The Year of the Woman!
On Monday, The X Factor’s (Fox, Wednesdays/Thursdays, 8/7C) newest judge talked with members of the press (print and online) about her new job – enthusiastically – and calls this season The Year of the Woman. Listening to her, it’s easy to think that she will bring considerably more energy and enthusiasm to the show than […]
Haven’s Lucas Bryant Teases Season Four!
The fourth season of Syfy’s supernatural series Haven (Fridays, 10/9C) returns this week – and how perfect is it that it returns on Friday the 13th – picking up six months after last season’s meteor shower cliffhanger. Haven’s Nathan Wournos, Lucas Bryant, spoke with a group of journalists/bloggers late last week to bring us up […]
Kick-Ass2 Composer Matthew Margeson talks about Scoring Super Hero films with Michelle
Composer Matthew Margeson may not be as well known as his contemporaries like Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman but in the last few years he’s built quite a musical catalog of awesome soundtracks. His body of work includes doing work on Wreck-It Ralph, This is the End, X-Men: First Class and numerous others. His current, […]
Charisma Carpenter talks to Michelle about surving a Terrifying Ordeal
Charisma Carpenter has had a very interesting and diverse career. Many fans will know her primarily as the feisty Cordelia Chase from the cult favorite television Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. It was a 9 year career defining role. After that she’s gone on to be in other cult favorites including Veronica […]
Jenna & Drew: Wilfred’s Other Odd Couple Speak!
One of the ongoing mysteries in FX’s unique dramedy Wilfred (Thursdays, 10/9C) is that of the marriage of Jenna and Drew. At first glance, they seem to be an obvious mismatch, but when Fiona Gubelmann and Chris Klein spoke with a group of bloggers/journalists on Friday, as well as touching on other topics, they revealed […]
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones week, concludes with Part 3 of our interview with Lily Collins, Kevin Zegers and Jamie Campbell Bower
We conclude our three part interview with Lily Collins, Kevin Zegers and Jamie Campbell Bower from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Much like we started, with getting them to reconfirm their commitment to taking this long journey with the fans. In this last installment we talk about what it was like to be Hall […]