bobby cannavale-related stories
Posted Jun 24th 2009 11:10AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
You think
Bobby Cannavale has felt the sting when all those episodes of the failed second go-round of
Cupid have been burned off by ABC this past few weeks? It's got to be a shot to the ego, even for an established, successful Emmy-winning actor. Well, here's some news that should puff him back up again.
Cold Case is bringing Bobby Cannavale back for the new season.
Cannavale appeared last season on
Cold Case as Detective Eddie Saccardo, an undercover narcotics cop -- think Serpico with a sense of humor -- who had a brief romantic fling with Lily. It was one of the only happy things in Detective Rush's life last season, so the return of Eddie could be just what the doctor ordered for Kathryn Morris's character.
Continue reading Bobby Cannavale bounces back to Cold Case
Posted Jun 17th 2009 8:05AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Oh,
Cupid remake, we hardly knew ye.
So the show is dead and gone. It won't be renewed by ABC and it's not going to be saved by another network. At this rate, with
Cupid and
Studio 60, some people are going to start calling Sarah Paulson a "show killer." That's silly, of course.
So why didn't this
Cupid make it further? Just not good enough? Did it pale in comparison to the Jeremy Piven original? Too many quirky, light shows already on TV? Nothing to grab viewers? The cast?
Posted May 13th 2009 10:43AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
When a
Cupid remake (the original starred Jeremy Piven) was announced months ago, a lot of fans wondered if an update was even necessary. So here we are after the season finale, so I have to ask...was an update even necessary? How did it compare to the original? Should the series come back for another season?
Posted Apr 15th 2009 10:29AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E03) This episode really lacked the charm and spirit of the first two. We did get to see the kooky Julie Hagerty as Claire's kooky mom. That was a plus. But you know a show isn't winning you over when the star's designer T-shirts are more interesting than the plot.
Only three episodes in and the
Cupid cancellation rumors are swirling. According to
some sites, the show is already dead. I might have been upset about
Cupid going bye bye two weeks ago. Today, not so much.
I won't weep for a show that delivers warmed over fluff instead of compelling stories and interesting characters week after week. The first two episodes weren't amazing, but the charming cast, some great guest stars and the show's optimistic spirit managed to make them watchable. Tonight's ep dragged, the story and the couple of the week were straight outta dullsville, and Trevor and Claire's banter is getting old fast.
Continue reading Cupid: The Great Right Hope
Posted Apr 8th 2009 1:07PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E02) Like I wrote
last week, the success of
Cupid 2.0 will hinge heavily on the guest stars. Luckily, this week's guest stars were great.
Erik Palladino and Julie Ann Emery (as Mick and Riley) gave me the warm fuzzies as
Cupid's latest couple of the week. I enjoyed their chemistry so much that I was able to forgive the stock "surprise twist" that reared its witless head in the third act.
Continue reading Cupid: Live And Let Spy
Posted Apr 1st 2009 1:00PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01) Call me a hopeless romantic, but I was charmed by the series premiere of
Cupid 2.0.
ABC's original
Cupid from 10 years ago, also headed up by executive producer Rob Thomas, was a smart, playful and quirky hour of television that looked and felt like nothing else on the air at the time. ABC's promos for Thomas' remake made this new show look silly and the quirkiness look forced. Thankfully, that's not the case – for the most part.
Bobby Cannavale plays Trevor (played by Jeremy Piven in the original), a New York City bartender who claims he's Cupid, the god of romantic love. Expelled from Olympus, he's given the task of bringing one hundred couples together here on Earth. Trevor goes about his plan under the watchful eye of Sarah Paulson's Dr. Claire McCrae (Claire Allen in the original), a psychiatrist and best-selling self-help book author assigned to monitor Trevor's release from a psychiatric hospital.
Continue reading Cupid: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Mar 30th 2009 1:11PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Interviews, Reality-Free
Ten years after ABC prematurely cancelled Rob Thomas' dramedy
Cupid, the alphabet net has decided to give it another go. The new version of the show, which premieres Tuesday at 10 PM ET, now stars
Sarah Paulson and Bobby Cannavale in the roles originated by Paula Marshall and Jeremy Piven, respectively.
The premise is the same: Trevor Pierce claims to be Cupid, exiled from Mt. Olympus, and he needs to find true love for 100 couples before he is allowed back home. After Trevor is arrested for one of his stunts and sent to a psychological hospital, singles self-help guru Dr. Claire McCrae is assigned to keep track of him as he makes his way in the outside world. This time around, the show is set in the fast paced and cynical world of New York, complete with all the modern touches of dating in the late '00s (Maybe Cupid will have a Twitter account).
I spoke to the stars of the new
Cupid last week. While I was on the phone, I asked Paulson about what happened on her previous series,
Studio 60. I got a pretty interesting response...
Continue reading Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson talk about the return of Cupid - VIDEO
Posted Feb 4th 2009 2:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Reality-Free
Back when I was a kid, besides walking several miles in the snow to school, we never heard the insider-ish, behind the scenes details of what was going on behind the scenes of a TV show. We hardly knew that shows were even coming up, not until we got the super-duper fall preview issue of
TV Guide. We didn't have any preconceived notions of the shows, we didn't know about any episode orders or set tension or anything like that. Shows just premiered, they stayed on or they didn't, and then we moved on.
That's not the case nowadays, of course. TV fans on the web (thanks to sites like, well, this one) know just about everything about a TV show months before it airs. And here's another little bit of information about a show before it airs:
ABC has again dropped the number of episodes it wants for the Rob Thomas remake of
Cupid.
Continue reading Honestly, why are they even bothering with another Cupid?
Posted Nov 19th 2008 3:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Reality-Free
Fans might remember the original TV show
Cupid, which starred Jeremy Piven long before
Entourage made him a household name and he won a bunch of Emmy awards. It was about a seemingly ordinary guy who might just have been the magical guy who gets lovers together (or maybe he was just crazy). There's a new version coming to ABC from
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas, and the trailer for the show is after the jump.
This one stars Bobby Cannavale, and it seems to be...quirkier than the original? Not that the original wasn't quirky, but there was something very down to earth about it. This one seems like it might be forcing that quirkiness. I'm not sure if it's going to be a comedy, a drama, or the dreaded dramedy, so I'll throw it in both categories. It has a good cast though.
Studio 60 fans will recognize Sarah Paulson. I'm sure her character will be just as beloved in this show as she was in that one.
Continue reading Here's a sneak peek at the new Cupid - VIDEO
Posted Aug 29th 2008 9:07AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
I am about to write something that I normally don't do when it comes to the way networks program their primetime schedules. It's something that will shake your foundations, rock the world, turn Republicans into Democrats (and vice-versa) and make Amy Winehouse finally get sober. Ready? ABC is being smart with its programming schedule.
There, it's done. Now to sit back and wait for the accolades.
Seriously, after years of relying on only a handful of shows to carry the schedule throughout the year, ABC has been filling out their schedules with a number of backup shows to fill those gaps that always appear when a fall premiere tanks. Granted, some of these mid-season replacements also tank, but at least the network is letting them try. Because of that we have been lucky to enjoy shows like Samantha Who? and Eli Stone. This time around, ABC has five new series - all scripted - that will be premiering during the 2008-09 season. You'll find a brief explanation of each after the jump.
Continue reading ABC picks up five series to fill out its new season
Posted Jun 11th 2008 11:39AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
It's hard to believe that we're a full year removed from the glorious mess that was
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. It seemed that the split between "liked it" and "hated it" was about 50-50, but everyone wanted to comment. One thing I noticed in those comments was that, even among the people who liked it, there was a strong sentiment against the performance of Sarah Paulson as Harriet Hayes. Most people just didn't like the chemistry she had with Matthew Perry, and she didn't manage to make us care enough about the plight of the über-religious comedian to root for her to connect with anyone.
So, for anyone who's looking forward to the revival of Rob Thomas'
Cupid, the news that
Paulson's been cast as the female lead on the show has to be disheartening. She's playing Dr. Claire Allen, the same role Paula Marshall played in the original series, opposite Bobby Cannavale, who is taking over the Cupid role from Jeremy Piven.
Continue reading Sarah Paulson cast in Cupid; Studio 60 fans point and laugh
Posted Apr 8th 2008 10:41AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Jeremy Piven was unavailable this time around, busy as he is playing Ari in
Entourage, so writer/producer Rob Thomas went in another direction. Taller, by four inches.
Thomas has chosen Bobby Cannavale for the title role in Cupid for ABC.Cannavale, an Emmy-award winner for his guest turn on
Will & Grace as Vince, will be Trevor Hale in
Cupid. He's described as manic and charming and firmly believing in the fact that he is the real Roman god of love, Cupid. His mission is to make 100 love matches so he can earn the right to leave Earth and return to Mount Olympus.
ABC is behind this new pilot, an updated version of Thomas' 1998
Cupid that didn't make it past season one.
Continue reading Bobby Cannavale is the new Cupid
Posted Mar 20th 2006 8:07AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, FOX, CBS, Talent
Catherine Bell (
JAG) and Gary Cole (aka
'Lumbergh' on
Office Space)
have
joined the cast of the CBS pilot
Company Town, a drama about government agents who live in the same
neighborhood. Already on board for the pilot are Sherry Stringfield (
ER) and Blair Underwood (
LA
Law). You don't have to wait for next fall to see Cole on television, he'll reappear on some of the final episodes
of
The West Wing.
Mercedes Ruehl
has
joined the untitled Paul Reiser comedy pilot for CBS, about a man who takes over the family car dealership in
Queens, NY. In 1991, Ruehl won an Academy award for her supporting role in
The Fisher King. Ruehl joins
castmates Bobby Cannavale (
Will & Grace) and Hector Elizondo (
Chicago Hope).
Continue reading Bell, Cole, Ruehl latest to sign up for pilots
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