guest stars-related stories
Posted Sep 26th 2009 3:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Cancellations, Reality-Free
While a lot of shows seem to be thriving in cable, in the last couple of days, two series have bitten the dust.
TBS dumped The Bill Engvall Show after three seasons, and now
A&E Network has canceled The Cleaner, opting not to give the drama series another year. Hmm... does that mean Benjamin Bratt is available to return to
Law and Order?
Probably not. Been there, done that, you know. But the TV pro is now unemployed although I doubt that'll be for long.
The Cleaner just never really clicked for A&E. It was as intense as the network's hit reality show, Intervention, but it wasn't nearly as compelling.
Continue reading A&E cancels The Cleaner
Posted Aug 26th 2009 2:42AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E08) Warehouse 13 finally delivered an insane episode worthy of the show's strange and ridiculous premise. Steve Rubel's bewitched disco ball mated with Lewis Carroll's magic mirror to make Myka switch places with Carol's "Alice," who turned out to be a really creepy serial killer. Now this is the kind of stuff I wanna see.
If you ask Syfy's marketing folks, tonight's ep was all about the guest stars,
Eureka's Erica Cerra and Niall Matter. They were serviceable as married grifters addicted to a cool little artifact, but they were pushed to the background just like Tricia Helfer and Joe Flanigan before them. "Duped" was really all about watching the Warehouse team do some much-needed bonding (and bringing the weirdness and the screwball comedy elements to the forefront, of course).
Continue reading Warehouse 13: Duped
Posted Jul 23rd 2009 12:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
We all knew this was gonna happen.
Along with Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox starred in one of the most popular ensemble TV comedies of all time. It's inevitable that at least one of her former
Friends co-stars will eventually show up on her new ABC comedy,
Cougar Town, for a guest spot. Even show creator Bill Lawrence knows that this is something the TV Gods demand.
"You and I both know that we'll do that eventually," Lawrence told
EW's Michael Ausiello about the possibility.
But don't expect to see any of Cox's old friends visiting
Cougar Town any time soon. ABC is set on selling the show's star and not potential guest actors this fall, Lawrence said.
Continue reading Which one of Courteney Cox's old Friends would you like to see on Cougar Town?
Posted Dec 5th 2008 5:08PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Guest stars can be good and guest stars can be not-so-good, but this one sounds like a winner to me. EW's Michael Ausiello has an exclusive report that
Florence Henderson will be on Samantha Who? And if you think Christina Applegate kind of looks like she could be related to Florence, you're not alone.
The Brady Bunch veteran has been cast as Samantha Newly's grandmother, Jean Smart's mama. And if that's not blonde goodness and potential hilarity for you, TVGuide.com has another exclusive;
Christine Ebersole will play Sammy's aunt. In the very same storyline!
Continue reading A Brady and a Broadway blonde check in to Samantha Who?
Posted Sep 21st 2008 10:06AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Celebrities, Project Runway, Casting
This season of
Project Runway lost some star power when Jennifer Lopez pulled out of judging the final runway shows due to a "foot injury" (which apparently didn't hamper her in a triathalon the next weekend).
But the reality show plans to make up for it.
Access Hollywood says that Lindsay Lohan will be the guest critic in the premiere of the sixth season, the first with
new producers and a new network in Lifetime.
Lohan's already in New York for her guest role on
Ugly Betty, and the cast can't believe the "mayhem" she incites everywhere she goes. Ana Ortiz told
ABC News Radio, "It really puts it into perspective the bubble that she has to live in ... people yelling at her and cussing at her. It's unbelievable."
Continue reading Lindsay Lohan brings mayhem to Betty, will guest judge Project Runway
Posted Sep 15th 2008 4:38PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
Another week, another guest star announced for NBC's
30 Rock. But this is one I'm actually looking forward to.
Actually, I'm looking forward to all of the guest stars that have been announced for
30 Rock this season (OK, maybe not so much the
Gossip Girl cast), including
Jennifer Aniston and
Oprah Winfrey. But this one seems particularly impressive and funny.
Steve Martin will appear on the Thursday night comedy.
Continue reading Latest 30 Rock guest star: Steve Martin
Posted Sep 6th 2008 12:39PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Monk, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E07) Too often when a show reaches an anniversary, like say 100 episodes, the producers feel the need to mark the occasion with an extraordinary entry. That was what happened with
Monk.
To commemorate the 100th episode, they created Mr. Monk's 100th Case, and using a show within a show format, celebrated Adrian Monk, a modern day Sherlock Holmes. San Francisco's defective detective
Thank goodness it all worked! I was afraid we were going to get a clip-laden, down-memory-lane type of show with nothing remotely intriguing. No, writer Tom Scharpling and company were more clever than that.
Continue reading Monk: Mr. Monk's 100th Case
Posted Jul 17th 2008 11:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Star Trek: Original Series
The legacy of
Star Trek includes many memorable guest stars, Joan Collins as Edith Keeler in "City on the Edge of Forever," Ricardo Montalban as Khan on "Space Seed," Jane Wyatt as Spock's mother on "Journey to Babel." And those are just the ones that come first to mind.
But what about the less celebrated stars who appeared on
ST? There were many who made a great impression because of the larger than life character they were given to play, and the ability to seize the spotlight.
Here are five of my favorite, and most memorable, though less celebrated,
Trek stars...
Continue reading Five memorable -- but less celebrated -- Star Trek guest stars
Posted Apr 10th 2008 8:30PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Here is Reason #243 why I like Neil Patrick Harris, or NPH as people have taken to calling him: He thinks that
How I Met Your Mother is perfectly OK without all the guest stars. And, yes, that includes that nutty gal from Louisiana.
"I worry that if they start
Will and Grace-ing us too much, that the show will suffer, " NPH told Erin Carlson of the AP. He's referring to the fact that
W&G spent many of its later years building comedy around a parade of high-profile guest stars. He went on to say that "we're all really proud of the content of the show. I mean, viewership is not our game. It's the network and the studio's game, you know. It's the promotion department's game."
NPH feels he's in "the minority" with his view, according to the article, and he thinks the fact that the show is opposite
Dancing with the Stars (or, as he calls it, "an awkward reality dancing competition") has caused the network, as well as creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, to scramble for viewers.
Continue reading HIMYM doesn't need guest stars like Britney, says Neil Patrick Harris
Posted Sep 24th 2007 9:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Episode Reviews
(S03E01) Welcome to season three of
How I Met Your Mother. If you read
my Early Look post on the season premiere, you'll know that season three picks up where season two left off.
Well, kinda. Yes, Robin and Ted have gone their separate ways after a year together. Yes, Marshall and Lily have just gotten married (and I guess are back from their honeymoon, but they never say).
But something didn't happen --at least not right at the start of the episode -- that I think almost every
HIMYM fan expected to happen.
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother: Wait For It (season premiere)
Posted Sep 21st 2007 3:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Early Looks
When
we last left the group of five intrepid twenty-somethings from How I Met Your Mother, Ted and Barney were smoking cigars after Lily and Marshall's wedding. Ted had just finished telling the tale of how he and Robin broke up. And, after some uncharacteristic sympathy, Barney gets all charged up about being a wingman for Single Ted. The season ends with Barn launching into his signature line: "Ted, my boy, this is going to be legend... wait for it..."
Well, we waited all summer. And Carter Bays and Craig Thomas know how long we waited; they named the third season premiere, which airs on CBS at 8 PM ET on Monday, "Wait For It." Was it worth the wait? Some non-spoilery thoughts after the jump.
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother season three -- An early look
Posted Jun 13th 2007 2:20PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: The Simpsons, Celebrities
Since the very first season, The Simpsons have had numerous guest stars. Some have only appeared once, while others have returned again and again. Now, with the eighteenth season recently wrapped up and no end in sight, The Simpsons have had roughly twelve billion guest stars. That number might not be accurate, but I think it's close.
I mention this because our friends at AOL (which owns TV Squad), want to know who your favorite Simpsons guest stars are. If your brain needs a bit of prodding, you can check out this list I made a year ago, but I think my fellow Simpsons fans should be able to come up with a list of actors just fine on their own.
Oh yeah, and AOL also wants to know what your favorite episode of all time is, so be sure to mention that, too.
So, start filling up the comments, folks. The most popular choices will be featured on AOL TV sometime in the near future. We'll keep you posted.
Posted Jun 7th 2007 12:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Law and Order, Celebrities, The Sopranos
One day after the series finale of The Sopranos, TNT will dedicate twelve hours to a Law and Order marathon focusing on episodes featuring actors from The Sopranos.
The marathon begins Monday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m. and features episodes with appearances from Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Jerry Adler,John Ventimiglia, Vincent Curatola, Dan Grimaldi, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Ray Abruzzo, Robert Funaro, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Sharon Angela and Frank Vincent.
Continue reading Sopranos stars focus of Law and Order marathon on TNT
Posted Mar 9th 2007 12:35PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, Celebrities
Dog Whisperer meet Ghost Whisperer. Ghost Whisperer meet Dog Whisperer. In what is either a new low or absurdly funny high in stunt casting, Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan will be guest-starring as himself on an
upcoming episode of Ghost Whisperer. It looks like Homer the Ghost Dog is having problems "crossing into the light" so Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Delia (Camryn Manheim) seek Cesar's post-mortem doggy advice.
Cesar is, of course, the star of his own
Dog Whisperer vehicle on the National Geographic Channel. You may remember him in his animated incarnation from
South Park when Cartman's mom turned to him for parenting advice. Cesar's aggressive, alpha dog methods have their
detractors, but the story of his journey to the United States and daily routine today are something else.
Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker piece on Cesar if worth a look regardless of what you think of his methods. Then again, isn't anything by Malcolm Gladwell worth a look?
Posted Jan 15th 2007 1:05PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, CSI: New York, Music and Variety, Celebrities
It's a cross-promotional party over at CBS for Grammy Week '07. In anticipation of the February 11th broadcast of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, nominees
Mary J. Blige and
Nelly Furtado will be making special guest appearances on CBS shows. Blige will be playing opposite lackluster recording artist Jennifer Love Hewitt on an episode of
Ghost Whisperer, and Nelly Furtado will be playing a dead hooker on
CSI: NY. Oops... actually she's not playing a dead hooker. I just saw "network crime procedural" and "attractive woman" so I thought "dead hooker."
Continue reading Blige and Furtado to drop by CBS for Grammy Week
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