ausiello-related stories
Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:46AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
In the
season finale of Lost, we saw the mysterious Jacob get stabbed by Ben. Of course, we have no idea if that means Jacob will be killed or just injured (maybe he can't even die like a normal person can), but if he is indeed not on the show anymore, actor Mark Pellegrino has secured another gig.
Michael Ausiello over at EW.com says that
Pellegrino will play the devil on The CW's Supernatural.
Continue reading Jacob is coming to Supernatural
Posted May 23rd 2009 6:15PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, 24, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Spoilers Anonymous, Casting, Chuck, Fringe
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Glee, 24, Melrose Place, Grey's Anatomy, Chuck, Scrubs and Fringe (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted May 16th 2009 2:00PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Spoilers Anonymous, How I Met Your Mother, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Desperate Housewives, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, and Brothers & Sisters (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Apr 25th 2009 9:18AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Reality-Free
EW.com's Michael Ausiello
posted this blind item yesterday: "A major female character on a popular and highly rated hour-long drama series will learn that she's pregnant next month."
Other tidbits: The expectant character isn't thrilled to be pregnant. The timing, both personally and professionally, is really bad. The baby daddy's going through some stuff. And the bun in her oven may have company.
Ok, let's speculate here. My first thought is that it's Meredith Grey on
Grey's Anatomy, since her real-life alter-ego Ellen Pompeo actually IS pregnant. But the timing isn't all that bad. She and Derek are getting married. They can use a distraction with Izzie's cancer taking center stage. And although he's had some issues, Derek seems to have pulled it together.
Continue reading Who's the "major female character" that's pregnant?
Posted Mar 3rd 2009 6:25PM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Reality-Free
Really?
Ausiello seems to think so, but I have my doubts. I can see how he might think that to be true when he says Carter Bays told him the central mystery of the show is going to be (sort-of) resolved. However, I noticed that Ausiello didn't quote Bays here. Now, what he did quote Bays as saying is:
"At the end of the season, we will address the title of our show," reveals Bays, adding that the last four episodes will feature "big events in the lives of our characters -- specifically Ted (Josh Radnor). We're going to wrap up some things that have been left dangling."
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother will reveal "the mother" this season?
Posted Oct 20th 2008 9:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free
Who is the missing Walker sibling? For a year, the answer was Rebecca, but DNA has proven that that's not William Walker's unaccounted for child. It's a character named Ryan Lafferty and today a newcomer named
Luke Grimes has been cast in the role.
When the storyline revealed that there was a Ryan somewhere out there, rumors were rife that a big name would land the role. Jason Ritter and Jason Dohring were in the running, but Grimes is set to sign on the dotted line and his resume is pretty slim, just a couple of minor movies,
Assassination of a High School President and
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.
Continue reading Newcomer cast as Brothers & Sisters long-lost sib
Posted Aug 7th 2008 1:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Casting, Reality-Free
Don't worry, their names aren't Nikki and Paolo.
Michael Ausiello over at
Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive news about
two new characters that are coming to the Lost world. No word yet on whether these characters will be on the island or off of the island, but they sound intriguing.
One is a man in his late 30s/early 40s named Caesar, who is described as "dangerous, physical, and extremely intelligent" and that he's "as skillful at charming people as he is at killing them." Sounds like an assassin type, no? The other character is Ilanna, a female in her late 20s/early 30s who is described as European, intelligent, dangerous, and "used to getting her own way." Except for the European part, that sounds like a lot of the women I've dated.
Lost starts filming its new season in less than two weeks, so we'll have the answers soon enough. And by answers I mean "more questions." This is
Lost, after all.
Posted Feb 8th 2008 9:35AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, WGA Strike
Depending on who you want to listen to -- or believe -- the end of the writers' strike is a done deal. Michael Eisner, former Disney CEO and current CNBC host,
thinks "it's over," as he told the network's
Fast Money show. Nikki Finke, in her usual subtle way, takes pains to debunk Eisner's expertise on the matter,
saying that "Eisner hasn't mattered since 2004-2005 when he was kicked to the curb by Disney and its shareholders."
Still, Finke
does give a timeline of how she's been informed the next few days will go; tomorrow seems to be the crucial day, as the WGA membership on both coasts will have "informational meetings" before the governing board of each coast's guild decides whether to put the tentative deal up for a vote. If the informational meetings go well, the union bigwigs may call off the strike before the vote, anticipating the deal will win with the rank-and-file.
Continue reading As the strike winds down, what's next?
Posted Nov 12th 2007 9:29AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Programming, House, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Reaper, Dirty Sexy Money, WGA Strike
I'm about to have a lot of free time on my hands when my favorite shows go into reruns due to this writers strike. Besides the late night talk shows, the first scripted series to go into reruns is
The Office, which has only one new episode left and it airs this Thursday.
Michael Ausiello over at
TV Guide has a long list of television shows and how many new episodes are left. I'll give you a quick list of the most popular shows, and you can click on over to see the others (not everything is listed):
Continue reading WGA Strike: Get ready for reruns
Posted Sep 13th 2007 1:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Friday Night Lights, Bionic Woman
NBC has brought in
Friday Night Lights executive producer Jason Katims to consult on
Bionic Woman, after Glen Morgan left over those curious 'creative differences.' It's certainly not a new story, a producer getting an extra iron in the fire even though they have a show already on the schedule. Although, usually we see this with producers who have established hits on their hands. This one comes as a bit of a surprise to me, given the tenuous nature of FNL's position.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as much in the bag for the show, and Katims, as anybody. But we have to be realistic and admit that the renewal did come as something of a surprise after the way the show performed in the ratings last season. Renewing it was a gamble for the network, so is pulling one of the people credited with giving it that quality away to work on another show really the best idea? I certainly think that Katims can be a help to the Bionic Woman team, but I hope that Friday Night Lights doesn't suffer for it.
[ via
Ausiello Report ]
Posted Aug 14th 2007 8:59AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Celebrities, Casting
Kristen Bell, formerly of
Veronica Mars,
was reportedly asked to join the cast of
Lost next season as a new, recurring character (one of The Others!). But, Bell has apparently turned down the opportunity to live and work in Hawaii in favor of living and working on Broadway in New York City.
According to TV Guide's
Michael Ausiello, Bell will take over the lead role in the Broadway version of
Legally Blonde in February. He's putting two-and-two together to come to this conclusion, but it seems pretty logical. She has wanted to do Broadway in the past, but her
Veronica Mars schedule would never accommodate it.
This seems like an...interesting...career choice. A role on
Lost would boost her visibility with mainstream viewers, while a role on Broadway will only make her visible to those who are into that sort of thing. But, if Broadway's your dream, go for it!
Posted Aug 11th 2007 4:09PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Casting
All casting rumors for
Lost seem to have been debunked almost as quickly as they spread.
Last week,
Isabelle reported on word that
Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell and
Prison Break's Peter Stormare were being considered for two new recurring roles on
Lost. The Stormare rumor
got squashed pretty quickly, and today TV Guide's Ausiello
is reporting that Kristen Bell won't be joining the cast, either. The reason, he says, is because Bell didn't want to relocate to Hawaii.
Well, shucks. I adore Stormare and would love to see Bell get a gig that'll give her a wider audience.
Posted Jul 13th 2007 9:05AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Criminal Minds, Celebrities
Yes, you read right. It is possible that Mandy Patinkin, lead of CBS'
Criminal Minds, be let go from the show.
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello's reports that after he failed to show up for work, it was decided to write him out of the season premiere.
Continue reading Mandy Patinkin to be let go from Criminal Minds?
Posted Jun 5th 2007 4:15PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Jericho, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals
Maybe
Jericho's fans aren't nuts after all.
After the serialized apocalypse-themed program was canceled by CBS, its rabid fans sent the network
thousands of pounds of nuts, egged on by a well-organized internet campaign to save the show. Now, the ever-tuned-in Mike Ausiello is reporting that the network brass is listening, and is
in talks to bring back the show for eight episodes, to possibly air at mid-season.
Continue reading Jericho may be coming back
Posted Apr 24th 2007 4:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, NCIS
Michael Ausiello at TV Guide is reporting a big scoop: NCIS star Mark Harmon is threatening to walk off the hit CBS show.
Citing inside sources, Ausiello says that Harmon has always been fed up with producer Donald Bellisario's (Magnum, P.I., JAG, Quantum Leap) "chaotic management style" and wants off the show. The source also says that Harmon is one of the nicest guys on television and that he's in the right on this one. The dispute is described as "a big standoff."
So I'll ask you readers the same thing that Ausiello asks his readers: can NCIS survive without Mark Harmon, or is he the main reason to watch the show?
[via TV Tattle]
Next Page >
Have any questions for Vik Sahay of Chuck? Ask them here!
Mike Henry and Daryl Hall on a Cleveland Show Thanksgiving
The TV Squad Podcast: The Prisoner, '80s TV, soap news and more
