On Wednesday night I attended the Paley Center for Media’s 6th Annual Fall TV Preview Party saluting ABC. The night started off with a Q&A panel featuring Eileen Heisler, the creator of the half-hour comedy The Middle as well as series star Atticus Shaffer; Noah Hawley, the creator of the new series My Generation and executive producer Jon Harmon Feldman …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Cristine Rose – Cristine has a long resume, starting out with roles in Kate & Allie, Spenser: For Hire, Matlock, My Sister Sam, Moonlighting, St. Elsewhere, Murder She Wrote and Newhart. She also appeared in the TV version …

A few weeks ago, I was out with some friends, attending the free screening of the upcoming movie “Easy A”. While waiting in line, we talked about different television-related subjects, which is actually a typical topic when I’m out with friends. One of those topics was “show killers”. Except this wasn’t an examination of actors who play murderers or the …

Recent Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick, in the guise of her character Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the hit TNT series The Closer, has spent the summer investigating gruesome murders in Los Angeles as part of the Major Crimes Division. Throughout the summer episodes, the search for a new Chief of Police has been conducted with Brenda’s name entered into …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, country legend Merle Haggard, composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, and director and choreographer Bill T. Jones are this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Universal Pictures and NBC will produce a three part film franchise and a TV series based on the Stephen King …

After traveling back in time to 1947 during the season premiere of Eureka and dealing with all the ramifications when they were able to return to their own timeline – albeit a timeline in a Eureka universe very much like their own yet not quite the right one – Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson), Allison Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), Jo Lupo (Erica …

Back in July (while attending Comic Con), I had the chance to join other bloggers and entertainment writers inside the Syfy press room for their new series Caprica, getting to interview the creative minds behind the show – David Eick and Ronald Moore– as well as speak with some of the actors – Sasha Roiz and James Marsters – who …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Lana Parrilla – Lana’s first real TV role was on the comedy Spin City. She guest starred in episodes of JAG and The Shield as well as a recurring role on Boomtown. She then moved on to appearances …

For a number of years now, the Paley Center for Media – both in New York and Beverly Hills – have held their annual “Fall TV Preview Parties,” hosting a special night dedicated to each of the major networks. Each night’s parties includes airings of several pilots for new and/or returning shows on the networks as well as visits by …

The stunning summer finale of the hit TNT series Leverage airs tonight at 9/8c. What can viewers expect to see from Nathan Ford (Timothy Hutton) and his team of con artists? They try to get one step closer to catching the as-yet-unseen international crook Damien Moreau. As viewers will remember, the mysterious woman (Elisabetta Canalis) who got Nate out of …