DylanMcdermott-related stories
Posted Oct 25th 2009 3:03PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, Reality-Free, Jane After Dark
It's always interesting when you've been hearing about a series for years and then finally sit down to watch it. All the little pieces and pop references of
Ally McBeal are starting to come together, like Fishisms, The Biscuit, dancing babies and Vonda Shepard. I have seen the light. Well, at least season one of the light.
I mentioned in
my preview last week that
Ally McBeal seems like a mix of
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and
My World and Welcome To It. Having reached the end of season one, I still feel that way, with maybe a little
Buffy the Vampire Slayer thrown in (hey, don't throw things at me, Ally looks like Buffy).
Molly Dodd because Ally is funny, desperate, strong and cute.
My World because of all her fantasies, though not always in cartoon form as was the case with John Monroe / James Thurber.
Continue reading Jane After Dark: Ally McBeal, season one
Posted Jul 13th 2009 2:03PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Early Looks, Reality-Free
I've been really curious to see what TNT's
Dark Blue is all about. It's got a few things going for it right off the bat: producer Jerry Bruckheimer and lead actor Dylan McDermott. I can't say I'm all about the police dramas, but those two guys made me want to check it out.
Plus, it's on TNT, which has been running edgier shows lately, like
Saving Grace,
The Closer, and
Leverage. The network is sort of a cross between HBO and USA, with some FX thrown in.
On my first viewing of the
Dark Blue pilot, it came across as just another procedural about a brooding cop (McDermott) whose team walks the line between right and wrong. But I knew in my heart there was more, so I watched it again.
Continue reading Dark Blue -- An early look
Posted Jan 8th 2009 2:07PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
TNT is furthering its investment in original drama by
adding two new shows to its programming, increasing the number of original hour-long dramas they offer to seven. The first new show is
The Line, a cop drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Dylan McDermott. The second is a medical drama called
Time Heals starring Jada Pinkett Smith.
This seems to me an example of a trickle-down effect. Due to the Internet and video-on-demand, reruns simply don't work anymore in keeping a network in business. Original drama worked so well for premium networks such as HBO and Showtime that standard cable stations such as AMC, TNT and several others took it upon themselves to do the same.
I guess
Leverage is such a winner for the network that it can afford to add to its line-up. At this rate, there is going to be too much original television offered weekly for a human being to possibly keep up (if there isn't already), which is why video-on-demand was invented in the first place.
Posted Nov 7th 2008 12:36PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free
TNT knows drama. That's their logo, their mantra, their promise to viewers, and with
The Closer, for instance, they've delivered. Now they're prepping another new drama, this one with some major experience in front of the camera and behind it.
It sort of reads like a dream team.
Dylan McDermott starring in a Jerry Bruckheimer drama called The Line for TNT. Only it's not a dream. It's a pilot for 2009.
Instead of sharing this one with CBS where his shows dominate the line up --
CSI, CSI: New York, CSI: Miami, Eleventh Hour, Cold Case, Without A Trace, The Amazing Race --
Jerry Bruckheimer has decided to share the wealth a bit. He's moved this one over to TNT. However, he's bringing in
CSI vets Jonathan Littman (six-time Emmy winner) and Danny Cannon to produce and direct, respectively.
Continue reading Dylan McDermott cast in Bruckheimer's new TNT drama
Posted Feb 27th 2007 10:45AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, Industry
It's that time of the year. People are being cast in pilots left and right and some interesting stuff has
been announced. At ABC, Christopher Titus (
Titus) has landed one of the lead roles in an untitled project from Warner Bros. The show focuses on CEOs and also stars Dylan McDermott (
The Practice) and Michael Vartan (
Alias). McDermott and Vartan as CEOs is an easy sell. But Christopher Titus, Senior VP Harvard graduate? That's different, and something I look forward to checking out.
Carrie-Anne Moss (
The Matrix) is set to star in ABC's
Suspect. The show is a procedural that will solve crimes by tracking suspects through a lineup. She's joined by Eric Palladino (
ER) and Kathleen Munroe (
Beautiful People). The ABC track record for procedurals is less than impressive, but the addition of Guy Ritchie (
Snatch) as director is intriguing enough to give this one a look.
Continue reading Casting News: Christopher Titus, Carrie Ann Moss, Billy Baldwin, more
Posted Oct 12th 2006 3:32PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, CBS, Industry, Programming, Medium
With
Kidnapped shuffled to a new night to finish out its run, and
Smith pulled from the schedule completely, NBC and CBS have a couple slots to fill. The Emmy-winning
Medium will return to NBC for its third season sometime in mid November, taking over the Wednesday at 10PM slot. CBS will fill Tuesday at 10PM with
3 Lbs starting on November 14th.
3 Lbs is about the relationship between a brilliant, but arrogant, neurosurgeon, and the rising star that works for him. Originally it was to star
Dylan McDermott, but now will feature Stanley Tucci (
The Devil Wears Prada, Murder One) and Mark Feuerstein (
West Wing, Good Morning Miami). I'm not sure about Feuerstein in this role, we'll have to wait and see, but I'll give anything with Stanley Tucci in it a look. This character sounds like he could have a little Richard Cross in him, which would be a good thing.
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