By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 15, 2010 in News, TV Shows | 0 Comments
Dammit: The clock’s about to run out for “24.”
Nothing’s official yet, but Fox has all but decided to make the current season of the Kiefer Sutherland thriller its last, according to people familiar with the network’s decision. Fox and 20th Century Fox TV have begun end-of-life conversations and a formal announcement that season eight will [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 5, 2010 in TV Shows | 0 Comments
“Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.”
When “Nip/Tuck” opened with that line in the summer of 2003, the television universe had no idea what it was in for. Alternatively emotional, outlandish, sexual, graphic, tongue-in-cheek and gothic, the story of two handsome Miami plastic surgeons (Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon) “sucking the champagne and caviar [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 2, 2010 in Directors, TV Shows | 0 Comments
Give Ron Howard credit. He’s tenacious.
Back in 1990, the actor/director created a television version of his 1989 feature film “Parenthood” with Leonardo DiCaprio, Thora Birch and David Arquette in the cast. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” mastermind Joss Whedon was one of the writers.
Even with all that fire power, the show lasted 11 episodes.
That hasn’t stopped [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 18, 2010 in Actors, TV Shows | 0 Comments
Lost star Josh Holloway has said he ‘cannot believe’ that the show is finally ending after six years.
Holloway, 40, has played the role of Sawyer since the beginning of the hit series and it is currently in its sixth and final season.
Talking about the end, he said: ‘I cannot believe it, even though we’ve had [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 17, 2010 in Actors, News, TV, TV Shows | 0 Comments
No one can stretch a day out like ‘24′, where no one ever has to eat or use a bathroom. But it seems some things are worth halting for: Fox has temporarily suspended production of the hit show because star Kiefer Sutherland has to have surgery.
Details of the nature of the surgery were not instantly available, but Fox [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 17, 2010 in News, TV Shows | 0 Comments
Researchers from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, screened the popular medical dramas “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House,” “Private Practice” and “ER” to see if TV medical dramas were helping to educate the public about first aid and seizures.
The researchers found in 327 episodes screened, 59 seizures occurred. Fifty-one seizures took place in a hospital. Nearly all first [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 9, 2010 in Actors, TV Shows | 0 Comments
Where the hell has Christopher Lloyd been? The legendary funny man who’s worked steadily on film and television for years, is bringing his eccentric persona to NBC’s “Chuck.” The news recently broke that he’ll have a guest spot on the action comedy this spring before its highly anticipated finale in May.
The news of Lloyd’s casting was [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 5, 2010 in TV Shows | 0 Comments
Warning, SPOILERS ahead. If you haven’t seen the season premiere of “Lost” yet, you might not want to continue. “Lost” fans who have now seen the premiere can read ahead for some explanation from Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. (Comments are likely to be full of spoilers also, you’ve been warned again.)
Once upon a time in Germany, a [...]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jan 27, 2010 in TV Shows | 0 Comments
On Sunday, January 17, FOX launched Human Target, an action adventure series starring Mark Valley (Fringe, Boston Legal), Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies), and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen). The show is loosely based on a DC comic and features Chance (Valley), an amazingly skilled bodyguard who protects clients in serious danger by integrating himself into their lives.
Human Target [...]