Actor Vincent Pastore has withdrawn from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars after one week of training. Pastore came to the decision that the physical demands of a ten-week season would be too difficult for him to undertake. “When I initially committed to joining ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ I didnt realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity,” said Pastore. “I’d like to thank ABC and the show’s producers for inviting me to participate. I wish my partner, Edyta, and the other dancers the best of luck.”
Executive producer Conrad Green added: “We’re sad that Vincent felt he was unable to continue in the competition, as he would have been great on the show - but we appreciate him standing aside now rather than having to withdraw later. ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is physically demanding and it pays to know your limits. We respect his decision.”
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Goran Visnjic has decided not to renew his contract, and will most likely leave the show at the end of the season. Warner Brothers is attempting to broker a Noah Wyle-type deal with Visnjic that would bring Dr. Kovac back for five or six episodes next season - likely the show’s last. That would give producers enough time to script an appropriate ending to the Kovac/Abby love story, since Maura Tierney is most likely returning.
Katherine Heigl has dropped out of contract talks with Grey’s Anatomy, due to matters of money, People is reporting. “Katie is disappointed and hurt that Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other costars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington,” says a source who apparently didn’t get the memo that Touchstone changed its name to ABC Television Studio.
Michael Ausiello is reporting that the onetime Ally McBeal regular Lucy Lui has signed on to star in ABC’s Darren Star-produced drama pilot Cashmere Mafia, which revolves around four female executives in New York. Lui’s costars include Frances O’Connor and Miranda Otto.
James Brolin will play Alyssa Milano’s father in an untitled ABC drama pilot. Milano heads the cast as a successful Atlanta lawyer who returns to her messy family in Savannah, Ga., with her newborn son. Brolin’s character is a charismatic, larger-than-life family attorney. Brolin most recently co-starred in A&E’s TV movie Wedding Wars. Other TV credits include Showtime’s controversial biopic The Reagans and a stint on The West Wing.
Las Vegas is set to return for a fifth season in the fall without two of its stars, James Caan and Nikki Cox. Caan wants to return to movies, while Cox’s departure is said to stem from budget cuts. The show boasts a large ensemble cast and has moved from Mondays to Fridays, where viewership levels are lower.
Caan, Oscar-nominated for his turn as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, made his first foray into TV series with Las Vegas, in which he plays the surveillance boss at a casino. “I’ve had a wonderful four years, worked with great people and made friends for life working on ‘Las Vegas,’ but I’m eager to return to where my heart is, which is film, and due to the show’s schedule, I missed some great opportunities to do that,” Caan said. “I wish the show and everyone involved with it continued success.”
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NBC has renewed its veteran drama series Las Vegas (Fridays, 9-10 p.m. ET) for a fifth season through 2007-08, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment. “The cast and producers have consistently given us what we want from ‘Las Vegas’ - pure entertainment - and we’re looking forward to another fun ride next season with the show,” said Reilly.
This season, Las Vegas is averaging a 2.8 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 9.0 million viewers, to rank #1 in the Friday 9-10 p.m. (ET) hour in 18-49. “Las Vegas” has generated an 8 percent gain versus NBC’s year-ago non-sports rating in the time period. Las Vegas, currently in it’s fourth season, stars James Caan, Josh Duhamel, Molly Sims, Nikki Cox, James Lesure and Vanessa Marcil.
A second Hellboy animated TV movie, Hellboy: Blood and Iron, will premiere March 17 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network, the network announced. In the new movie, Professor Broom discovers that someone in New York is attempting to bring back the evil female vampire Erzsebet Ondrusko, whom the professor destroyed 60 years earlier. Erzsebet was known to bathe in the blood of innocents to retain her youth. Professor Broom calls upon three of the top B.P.R.D. agents - Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien—to investigate.
Actors from Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 Hellboy feature film will again give voice to their animated counterparts in the new film: Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Selma Blair (Liz Sherman) and Doug Jones (Abe Sapien). The animated film also features the voice-over talent of two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt as Professor Broom. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola co-wrote the movie’s story. Tad Stones and Victor Cook direct the movie. Del Toro and Mignola are creative producers.
Hellboy: Blood and Iron is produced by Film Roman, a Starz Media Company, and is distributed worldwide for television and on DVD/video by Starz Media LLC.
Helmer Michael Grossman has been hired to direct the two-hour episode that will serve as the pilot for ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, reports Variety. The episode, titled My Favorite Mistake, marks Grossman’s second visit to the Grey’s set in the past year. He directed the show’s 13th episode of the season, Great Expectations. My Favorite Mistake will serve as Grossman’s broadcast-network pilot directing debut. The episode, whose plot remains shrouded in secrecy, will set up the possibility of Dr. Addison Shepherd leaving Seattle Grace Hospital. It will also introduce Hector Elizondo as Mr. Torres, father of Dr. Torres.