MarciaGayHarden-related stories
Posted Jul 15th 2008 12:46PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Programming, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pickups and Renewals, TCA Press Tour, Damages, Reality-Free
FOX's second day on TCA was given over to FX, and network president John Landgraf had some news:
- They are ordering an additional 19 episodes of Nip/Tuck. The show will be end its run in early 2011 with an even 100 episodes. Show-runner Ryan Murphy wil stay through the end of the run.
- Michael J. Fox will appear on a four episode arc of Rescue Me next season. He'll play Janet Gavin's new boyfriend, who is confined to a wheelchair.
- Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden will be a regular on second season of Damages.
- The network has ordered 39 more episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This is in addition to 13 currently being produced for the upcoming season.
- They are ordering 13 episode of new comedy series Testees, created by Kenny Hotz (South Park - Kenny vs Spenny). Its about two friends in their early 30's who earn living as medical guinea pigs.
Posted Apr 11th 2008 5:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
It's always a good thing when an Oscar winner deigns to do TV, and based on her past efforts, I have high hopes for
The Tower knowing that Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast. The Tower, is a
new CBS pilot about a group of Chicago reporters. Marcia Gay Harden is going to play Zoe, the millionaire owner of the newspaper, the leader of the pack.
Since winning the 2001 best supporting Oscar for
Pollack, which was directed and co-starred
her husband Ed Harris, Marcia's gone back and forth between TV and features. She received another Oscar nom for
Mystic River in 2004, and last season did a memorable -- and Emmy nominated -- turn as a determined, driven FBI agent on
Law & Order: SVU.
Continue reading Marcia Gay Harden joins CBS pilot
Posted Sep 20th 2006 8:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Law and Order
(
S08E01) Good Lord, how disturbing was that opening scene? A girl shows up to the emergency room with a shaved and wounded head. She won't give her name or allow a rape kit even though it's obvious that's what happened to her. All she wants is a morning after pill. Det. Olivia Benson (a very pregnant Mariska Hargitay) catches her as she's leaving the hospital and trails the woman to her apartment. From the super, she learns the girl's name is Hailey. She gets into Hailey's apartment but the woman refuses to give any information and she cries as she gets into the bathtub and washes away all evidence of her rape. Luckily, Olivia is snoopy. As she's leaving the apartment, she swipes the girl's underpants for evidence.
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