Posts with tag JoshSchwartz
Posted Jun 26th 2008 12:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Sports, Casting, Chuck, Reality-Free
Anyone who's followed the NFL over the last fifteen years knew what Michael Strahan's plans were going to be after retirement: TV, TV and more TV. It was a given; during most of his career with the Giants, Strahan loved to be in front of the camera, and often did commentary and studio gigs on his off-weeks or during the playoffs.
Now, with a Super Bowl ring in-hand, the newly-retired defensive end is making his move. Not only has
he joined the FOX NFL pregame show, but he also just completed filming
a cameo on the NBC geek adventure comedy Chuck. He plays Mitt, the manager of the sporting goods store that's in the same shopping center as Buy More, the store where Chuck works. He and his crew take over the home theater portion of the store during lunchtimes, playing
Madden '09 and making a mess. My guess is that we'll set up a geeks vs. jocks scenario with retail being the venue, instead of the locker room.
Continue reading Michael Strahan follows in Nicole Richie's footsteps on Chuck
Posted Sep 13th 2007 7:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Chuck
One of my favorite characters on
The O.C. was Summer Roberts. I liked her humor, naivety, and her spark. When FOX announced the cancellation of the show, I was sad to depart with characters like her, the Cohens and Taylor. So when
NBC announced today that she would guest star on a few episodes of
Chuck, I was delighted to see the actress return to the small screen!
Bilson will appear in a multi-episode arc on NBC's new action-comedy airing Mondays before
Heroes. She is set to play a love interest for the lead character of Chuck, played by Zachary Levi. Her character will be Chuck's first romantic interest since his girlfriend broke up with him a few years ago while in college.
Continue reading Rachel Bilson to appear on Chuck
Posted Sep 12th 2007 1:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Early Looks
It's that time of the year again. Time to put away the bathing suits, winterize the boats, and start thinking about getting the big coats out of the back of the closets, at least up here in the Jet City. While it will be sad to see those long summer days fade into fall, the silver lining is a truckload of new and returning shows, all set to debut.
One of the first out of the gate is
Gossip Girl, which premieres next Wednesday at 9 on The CW. They were nice enough to send a copy of the pilot over to TV Squad HQ, and I couldn't resist the possibility of a good teen drama, so here is an early look at what the fifth network has cooking.
Continue reading Gossip Girl -- An early look
Posted Jul 27th 2007 7:34PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Chuck
I know the picture's a little blurry folks, but isn't it worth it to know how far the cast of NBC's new pilot
Chuck is willing to go to get you to love them? Stars Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez were not, in fact, reenacting the finer points of the Kama Sutra on stage. They were recreating their comic ninja fight from the pilot. Now that's we've cleared that up, more on
Chuck after the jump.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Chuck Panel Report
Posted Jan 5th 2007 10:33AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Industry, The O.C., The CW
Don't cry for young Josh Schwartz, the creator of
now-cancelled The O.C. Sure, the ratings for the show dropped to terribly low levels (fewer than 500,000 teens watched it on a weekly basis). And his star wanted off the show. But, he has been given greenlights from both NBC and The CW for pilots.
Joel
already told you about the NBC pilot, called
Chuck. It's "a high-concept action dramedy about spies and twentysomethings..." His other pilot, which was just greenlighted by The CW, is called
Gossip Girl. It's about New York teens and their parents, as told through an anonymous blogger. Kinda sounds like
Sex and the City meets
Dawson's Creek. (With Josh Schwartz, everything "meets
Dawson's Creek").
Oh, and did I mention that Josh Schwartz is merely 30-years old and has a three-year, seven-figure deal with Warner Bros. television? Yeah, he's gonna be just fine.
Posted Aug 22nd 2006 3:28PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, The O.C., The CW
Josh Schwartz, creator off FOX teen soap
The O.C., is in negotiations to write and produce a pilot for The CW. It's based on a popular series of teen novels called Gossip Girls. The story is about a group of wealthy girls who attend a private school in New York and it's all narrated by an anonymous narrator. A few years ago,
Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino was going to write a movie version of the books and Lindsay Lohan was set to star, but the deal fell through.
Schwartz may be looking for his next job as the future of
The O.C. is murky. FOX has only ordered half a season so far, as the teen soap is up against heavy hitters
CSI and
Grey's Anatomy.
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