criminalminds-related stories
Posted Nov 20th 2009 11:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
It's taken a while, but
The Young and the Restless has finally filled a role that's been vacant for too long. No, David Hasselhoff is not coming back as Snapper Foster. The role of
Malcolm Winters is returning and Darius McCrary's got the Y&R role. Malcolm, the dynamic younger brother of Neil Winters, has been missing in action for a while because the previous actor in the part, Shemar Moore, has become a star in primetime.
The Winters family is an important element in the
Y&R canvas and they've missed Malcolm. Shemar was asked to come back, but with his success on
Criminal Minds, there simply wasn't time in his schedule for both shows. Truth be told, there probably wasn't enough money to compel him to work that hard. So,while the fans might have liked Shemar back, they'll have to get used to a new face instead.
Continue reading Family Matters meets The Young and the Restless ... casting wise
Posted Nov 10th 2009 3:04PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Game Show, Reality-Free
The term "adult video games" sounds admittedly dirty, so we'll steer clear of that and call CBS Consumer Products' upcoming line of TV series-based titles "grown up."
CBS announced in a press release that they're breaking out a line of games related to hit shows that aren't exactly on the kids' radars -- what with their rock n' roll and their Hula-Hoops and their "Beavis and Buttheads." You'd expect to see console or computer games based on
The Clone Wars or
Battlestar Galatica, but
Diagnosis: Murder and
Hollywood Squares? What would Paul Lynde say?
But, those latter two shows are on the list, with a PC & Mac game heading our way in 2010 for
Diagnosis and an iPod Touch and iPhone game of
Squares coming next year.
Continue reading CBS breaking out line of grown-up TV video games
Posted Oct 14th 2009 8:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
If I were an executive at CBS, I would never want to do business with actor
Mandy Patinkin again. Even though Mandy is a terrific actor and one of my personal favorites -- I loved him on Broadway in
Evita and
Sunday in the Park with George, not to mention on screen in
The Princess Bride and
Yentl -- his history with CBS is abominable.
He was an Emmy-winning star on
Chicago Hope, then left after a couple of seasons to be closer to his family in New York. Okay, that was understandable. Then after getting
Criminal Minds off to a great start, he walked out of that show, citing creative differences.
Apparently, someone has said let bygones be bygones because
Mandy Patinkin will be a guest star on Three Rivers. Maybe because this is a very personal issue with Mandy, he's convinced the powers that be to let him return to the network, albeit for just a guest appearance.
Continue reading Mandy Patinkin back to CBS... as guest on Three Rivers
Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: TV on DVD, Ask TV Squad, Reality-Free
The "Ask TV Squad" column, published every Wednesday, answers your questions about current and past TV shows, as well as about the celebrities appearing on TV. Every week, I will pick a question (or more) sent to us and provide answers in the column. If your question is not picked for a column, it may be answered in a subsequent column. To submit questions to the "Ask TV Squad" column, you can post them below in comments or email them at
asktvsquad@gmail.com.
This week, I answer questions about online TV shows, a new series called Miami Trauma, and NYPD Blue DVDs.
Continue reading Ask TV Squad: NYPD Blue, Miami Trauma and online shows
Posted Oct 1st 2009 9:31AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
Oh, no. Please. CBS, please don't. I know it's tempting when you see the
NCIS: LA ratings -- number two for last week, topped only by
NCIS! -- but please, refrain. What am I talking about?
CBS is pushing a spinoff of Criminal Minds, asking the show's executive producer Ed Bernero and executive producer Chris Mundy to come up with a variation on
Criminal Minds. Hmm...
Criminal Minds 2.0?
Son of Criminal Minds?
Criminal Guts?
Continue reading No, no, please, not a Criminal Minds spinoff
Posted Apr 28th 2009 11:00AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Video, Interviews, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Moonlight is history, but Alex O'Loughlin is still in demand. The actor, who garnered a huge fan base playing
Moonlight's good guy vampire Mick St. John, returns to TV this week. O'Loughlin will guest star as a conflicted serial killer on CBS's
Criminal Minds on Wednesday.
For O'Loughlin fans, the guest appearance is only a tease. What they really want to see is their favorite Aussie actor starring in a new weekly series. They might get their wish if CBS picks up
Three Rivers, a drama pilot starring O'Loughlin as an organ transplant surgeon.
I got a chance to speak with O'Loughlin this week. We chatted about his new projects, his love for the vampire genre, and how Mick St. John could totally kick Kate Beckinsale's ass. Click through for the conversation, plus preview images and video from the actor's appearance on
Criminal Minds.
Continue reading Moonlight's Alex O'Loughlin talks guest spots, TV pilots, and vampire smackdowns
Posted Feb 12th 2009 5:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
What a sad sad day it was when
CBS announced last season that it was canceling vampire series
Moonlight starring hottie
Alex O'Loughlin. The series was getting better and better every week, had a devoted fan base and a oh-so-beautiful cast (thanks mainly to Aussy O'Loughlin).
Even if CBS decided to end the series, the network was not about to let go of the actor which is why
they inked a one-year deal with him to star in one of their new projects.
Until said project happens, Alex O'Loughlin will guest star in one of CBS's most popular shows:
Criminal Minds.
Continue reading Moonlight fans rejoice! Alex O'Loughlin will grace your screen in April!
Posted Nov 2nd 2008 5:00PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
It's November sweeps time. When thinking of that time of year, TV fans know that this also means huge cliffhangers, major twists and a lot of guest stars. A good number of fans don't like the stress this time of year brings, especially since they know some of their favorite series will go on hiatus for December and the first weeks of January.
To help you prepare for November sweeps 2008, we compiled spoilers for the November episodes of some of the best shows on TV. We give you spoilers for series such as:
Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Fringe. Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Prison Break, Smallville, The Simpsons, The Unit, Without a Trace and
Ugly Betty.
SPOILERS FOLLOW!Continue reading November sweep secrets
Posted Aug 15th 2008 10:39AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Short-Lived Shows, Criminal Minds, Cancellations, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free, Army Wives
I can't decide if this is good news or bad news.
Moonlight star
Alex O'Loughlin is staying at CBS.
Unless you've been in another galaxy for the past year, you know that the Aussie actor cultivated an enormous fan base with his role as vampire P.I. Mick St. John on CBS'
Moonlight. The uproar caused by the cancellation of the show in May can still be heard, well, in another galaxy.
At the
Television Critics Association press tour in July,
CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said the popularity of
Moonlight was
due in large part to O'Loughlin's fan base. So I can appreciate the fact that CBS wants to keep him around. But it's what they'll do with him that has me worried.
Continue reading Alex O'Loughlin inks deal with CBS...now if they could just create a show like Moonlight...
Posted Aug 12th 2008 8:03AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV Royalty, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
Ed Bernero is such a big
Hawaii Five-0 fan, he has the show's theme song as his ringtone. But that's not all.
The
Criminal Minds exec producer is also creating a new version of the classic show that starred
Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett, head of an elite branch of the fictional Hawaii State Police. The show won two Primetime Emmys and ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980 (Really?! It ran that long?!).
According to
The Hollywood Reporter, the new version
will feature McGarrett's son as top cop. Bernero says he won't try and re-invent the series, and will "keep as much of the original show as possible."
Okay, let's think about this. Who looks enough like Jack Lord to play his son? (Of course, he'll have to have the same immovable, thick mane.) Jake Gyllenhaal? Kyle MacLachlan? How about Peter Krause?
Dirty Sexy Money can't last much longer, can it?
Continue reading Book 'em, Danno! Hawaii Five-0 2.0 on the way
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:19AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Criminal Minds, Reality-Free
After the success of the
CSI franchise, it's only natural that CBS would look at other shows on its lineup for spinoff possibilities. Oddly enough, the lucky show isn't
World's Greatest Dog, but
Criminal Minds. According to Executive Producer Ed Bernero, talks between CBS and ABC studios, who produces
Minds, are currently underway, saying, "It's safe to say there will be something soon."
Because the
Criminal Minds spinoff is still in the discussion phase, there's no news on exactly what the new show will entail. But, since there are obviously many more specialties within the FBI besides criminal profiling, chances are the new series will focus on one of those. As is the case with most spinoffs nowadays, the new series will probably be introduced via a "backdoor pilot" in an upcoming
Criminal Minds episode.
Continue reading Could Criminal Minds be the next CSI?
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:41AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Medium, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E13) "Allison... close your eyes. I gotta get out of bed now and I'm not wearing any clothes." - Lee Scanlon
The opening voice over left me a bit unnerved. I'm used to Medium starting with some kind of disturbing vision. The only thing disturbing about Allison's narration was that it made me feel like I was watching Criminal Minds.
The pool of blood seeping from the head of Di Novi's dead friend was a little closer to what I've come to expect and I really liked the surrealistic way Scanlon and Di Novi repeated Allison's dream verbatim.
Continue reading Medium: A Cure For What Ails You - VIDEO
Posted Mar 26th 2008 10:20AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Grey's Anatomy, Casting
If you want great acting, she will come.
The Field of Dreams allusion is purposeful. The leading lady from that film,
Amy Madigan, is joining ABC's Grey's Anatomy. The actress who's a past Oscar-nominee for
Twice in a Lifetime will have a recurring role, becoming part of the Seattle Grace Hospital coterie on April 24 when the show returns with new episodes.
Last year, Amy was seen in Ben Affleck's
Gone Baby Gone, which interestingly came out soon after she appeared on CBS's
Criminal Minds for two shows. Going from features to television is clearly not a problem for the gifted actress. In fact, she won a Golden Globe for the TV movie
Roe vs. Wade in 1990.
Continue reading Amy Madigan cast on Grey's Anatomy
Posted Feb 15th 2008 4:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming, CSI, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Pickups and Renewals, Shark, Ratings, NCIS, Cane, Moonlight
Fans of the Tiffany network can do the happy dance.
CBS has renewed 11 scripted shows for the 2008-2009 TV season. The lucky 11 are:
CSI; CSI: Miami; CSI: New York; NCIS; Criminal Minds; Cold Case; Without a Trace; Ghost Whisperer; Numb3rs; Two and a Half Men; and
The Big Bang Theory.
There are not a lot of surprises in this bunch, although it's great news that
The Big Bang Theory, CBS's rookie Monday-night sitcom from Chuck Lorre's stable, made the cut. Still in limbo, however, are three other Monday-night comedies from the network:
How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, and
The New Adventures of Old Christine. The story speculates that
Mother will get the greenlight for a fourth season soon, but
Rules and
Christine seem to be in competition for the 9:30-10:00 half-hour slot.
Continue reading Update - CBS renews a slew of shows
Posted Aug 14th 2007 1:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Criminal Minds, Celebrities
This is becoming more of a soap opera than that whole "who is going to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View?" stuff.
We reported yesterday that Joe Mantegna is going to replace Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds (Patinkin didn't want to return to the show). Now Michael Ausiello over at TVGuide.com reports that Patinkin will in fact return to the show...for one epsiode, to explain what happened to his character.
Continue reading Patinkin returning to Criminal Minds, for a limited time only!
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