February 19th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nip/Tuck has cast Neil Hopkins to join the cast as Sean’s long-lost brother, Brendan. You might remember Hopkins from Lost, where he played Charlie’s heroin-addicted sibling, Liam.
Hopkins character is a recovering meth addict who has been living on a nature preserve. Sean thought his brother had died, so he’s definitely surprised to see him. Hopkins’ character will be introduced at the end of the show’s upcoming sixth season.
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February 12th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The fifth season of Rescue Me doesn’t premiere for two months, but FX is already ordering a sixth season. The network picked up another 18 episodes of the drama. The 22-episode fifth season, which was delayed by the writers strike, starts April 7, about 19 months after the conclusion of Season 4. And the newly ordered sixth season may not be the last. “I believe this show will continue to maintain a level of excellence for several years to come,” FX president John Landgraf said.
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February 11th, 2009 | 6 Comments
FX picked up the pilot for Lights Out and a Graham Yost-penned drama. Lights Out, from The Bucket List writer Justin Zackham and Phillip Noyce, and the Yost project, based on an Elmore Leonard short story, mark the first pilot orders for FX since Sons of Anarchy in 2007.
Lights Out, a drama from Fox TV Studios and FX Productionss, centers on an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who struggles to find his identity and support his wife and three daughters after his fighting days, leading him to accept reluctantly a job as an enforcer collecting debts. He is diagnosed with pugilistic dementia, a neurological disorder that affects boxers who receive multiple blows to the head, which gradually will lead to him losing all of his memories.
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January 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments
AnnaLynne McCord, who plays 90210’s naughty Naomi on The CW, is returning to Nip/Tuck in January 27 episode. “I’m reprising my evil vixen role,” McCord says referencing her previous run as Eden, an 18-year-old hellraiser who at first merely wanted her virginity “restored,” but then went on to torment Sean, corrupt Annie and poison/shoot Julia.
So where has Eden been since we last saw her, and why is she back? “I’ve gone off to Europe, but now I come back to… well, I can’t say,” McCord teases. “But I come back to ‘claim something’ that’s rightfully mine. And then I end up being quite charitable with it.” McCord appears on next week’s Nip/Tuck, then again on February 24.
December 22nd, 2008 | 0 Comments
Michael Chiklis is developing a new series at FX about a ponzi investment scheme similar to the true life events surrounding the Bernard Madoff scandel. The project, House of Cards, concerns a group committing an elaborate scam similar to the alleged Madoff fraud. Chiklis has been developing the project since February after he and his wife became victims of a Ponzi scheme themselves. “It really rocked our world,” Chiklis said. “Not so much from a monetary standpoint – it didn’t significantly hurt us – it was more the feeling of being betrayed and the ripple effect it caused.” House of Cards will likely center on the leader of investment scheme, with Chiklis planning to executive produce, but not star. FX expects to attach a showrunner to the project shortly. At first the concept might seem a bit limiting for a series – how many seasons can you stretch out the story of a scam? Chicklis countered that his case has been going on for five years and still isn’t entirely resolved.
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November 26th, 2008 | 0 Comments
Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Pushing Daisies, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Sons of Anarchy.
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Pushing Daisies (ABC)
When a millionaire is murdered, the prime suspects include a modern-day Robin Hood (Danny Comden) and the deceased’s scheming, much younger widow (Jennifer Elise Cox). Meanwhile, Lily is repulsed by Dwight’s courtship of an oblivious Vivian.
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