Michael Cassidy-related stories
Posted Dec 29th 2008 5:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
A lot of casting news lately has been about series regulars departing their series. Today's announcement is no different.
Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello just announced that Michael Cassidy, whom we've grown to love or hate -- depending on whether you were rooting for Summer and Seth to be together in the end -- as Zach Stevens on
The O.C.,
will depart The CW's Privileged.
Since his stint on
The O.C. ended, Cassidy appeared in a few movies and The CW series. He played character Cliff Wyatt on the canceled-rather-fast CW series
Hidden Palms and guest starred in a multi-episode arc on
Smallville as Grant Gabriel, a.k.a. a cloned and aged version of Julian Luthor.
Wonder why, when and how he will depart
Privileged? Answers, including tiny spoilers about the series, are coming up after the jump!
Continue reading Michael Cassidy leaves Privileged
Posted Sep 9th 2008 10:23PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01) In the first five minutes of this show, viewers are treated to a visual definition of the phrase "fish out of water."
I generally don't like any comedy that starts out with the the main character losing everything and starting her life all over again. In a drama, it kind of works that the hero has to go from town to town searching for something she lost. In a comedy, it just means that we'll be spending the next half hour watching the hero say things like, "What did I get myself into?"
Continue reading Privileged: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Jul 7th 2007 9:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Smallville, Hidden Palms, Casting
Early June, I reported in
TV Squad's Spoilers Anonymous feature that when
Smallville would return in September the Daily Planet would have a new editor. The show was looking for an "extremely hot thirtysomething actor" to play this new character who would be featured in six of the first eight episodes and could become Lois Lane's new love interest.
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello reports that
Hidden Palms' Michael Cassidy landed the role.
Continue reading Michael Cassidy joins Smallville
Posted Jun 14th 2007 1:07PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, Cancellations, Hidden Palms
I don't know if I had a premonition, but when I watched the
Hidden Palms screener last summer I predicted that the series wouldn't last long. The CW somewhat made my prediction come true earlier this week when they announced the series would wrap up sooner.
Hidden Palms was first slated to be a mid-season show and 13 episodes had been ordered. During production, the show's episode number was lowered to 8 and CW decided to keep it for the summer.
Continue reading Hidden Palms to end sooner
Posted Jan 11th 2007 1:06PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, The CW, Early Looks
When I first started watching The CW's yet-to-be-scheduled midseason replacement
Hidden Palms, the first thing I said was "
O.C. RIPOFF!" Then I realized that I'd said it out loud, because I was sitting in a Starbucks watching it on my laptop, trying to look like a writer-type at work. After I mumbled an "Oops, sorry ..." I screwed my earbuds back in and gave it another whirl. After two episodes, I have to say I'm sucked in and want to see more. Curse you, Kevin Williamson.
Continue reading Hidden Palms - an early look
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