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Paradise is a sci-fi political conspiracy thriller series created by Dan Fogelman. The Hulu series is set in an idyllic community housing some of the most important people in the world, and it follows Special Agent Xavier Collins after the President of the United States is murdered. Paradise stars Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV, and James Marsden. So, if you loved the political intrigue, genre-blending plot, and compelling characters in Paradise, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Salvation is a sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro, and Matt Wheeler. The CBS series follows a group of people as they discover that an asteroid will hit the Earth in six months and destroy the planet.

“It was a flashback, for sure,” says Sharif Atkins of stepping back on the set of a medical drama set for his guest spot on Chicago Med. He played Dr. Michael Gallant on ER across five seasons of its 15-year run (1994-2009) on the same network. Now, he appears in the October 1 episode of Med, as Joe Thomas, alongside Crystal Lee Brown as his wife Gina. Their son, Max (Kevin Chacon), is a patient at Gaffney. “It’s being on the other side of the clipboard, right? I’m now the person being taken care of or looked after or what have you,” Atkins tells TV Insider. “It just reminds me of [being on ER]. I remember the first scene that I did, Laura Innes was directing the episode, and I was taking some vitals for an elderly patient. And so it’s really cool to have been back in Chicago and to...

Breathless is a Spanish medical drama series created by Carlos Montero. The Netflix series is set in the Joaquín Sorolla public hospital in Valencia, Spain and it follows a group of doctors as they juggle their professional responsibilities, hectic work schedule, and secret affairs all while trying to give their patients the best medical care possible. So, if you loved the medical drama, romantic elements, and tense stories in Breathless here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Night Shift is a medical drama series created by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. The NBC series revolves around a group of doctors associated with the US Army as they work the night shift in the ER at the San Antonio Medical Center. They face several issues in their personal and professional lives while trying to give their patients the best care possible.

Noah Wyle knew ER would be a hit when the crowd erupted in cheers after watching clips of the pilot in Avery Fisher Hall. ER became a hugely successful series, earning 23 Emmy nominations and making Wyle a five-time nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Wyle will star in a new medical procedural called The Pitt, offering fans a chance to see him take on a leading role in the healthcare-focused drama.

Former ER actor Noah Wyle reveals the reason why he knew that the series would be successful early on in its run. Wyle is known for playing John Carter on the series ER, which originally ran for 15 seasons from 1994 to 2009. In addition to Wyle, ER's cast included Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Marguiles, Eriq La Salle, Laura Innes, and Maura Tierney.

Speaking on the Still Here Hollywood podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Wyle explains how he knew that ER was going to be a hit.

Robert Romano's death in ER was shocking, but the character's complexity was not fully explored, leaving a sense of missed potential. Romano's antagonistic demeanor made him a memorable character, but his rare moments of showing humanity hinted at a more sincere side. Romano's death, crushed by a helicopter, seemed overly hokey and lacked believability, especially considering his previous storyline involving a helicopter accident.

The death of Robert Romano (Paul McCrane) in ER was a shocking event, but the writing did not completely do the character justice. Centering around the doctors and nurses of Cook County General Hospital in Chicago, ER is one of the most definitive medical dramas on TV, and Robert Romano made a big splash when he was introduced. Starting off as a recurring character in seasons 4 and 5, Robert became a series regular in ER season 6. From his earliest episodes, Robert butted heads with the other staff members at County General.

In 1994, NBC launched a fast-paced medical drama called ER that would capture the hearts and minds of viewers for 15 years. From the twisted romantic relationships to the constant pressures of practicing emergency room medicine, ER touched on subjects as heartwarming as they were taboo.

Between the hospital board politics and the strain of a teaching hospital atmosphere, to the ungodly hours on duty and the moments of triumph and peace that made the stresses of the job worth it, ER had its highs and lows, just like every other long-running television series. Sprawling across fifteen seasons, it's a given that some seasons are much better than others. So, how does each season rank, and what made it memorable enough to earn its place in medical drama history? Let's rank the seasons, from worst to best.

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The U.K.’s ITV has signed an agreement with Glaswegian-based Anime Ltd, the largest independent anime licensor in the U.K., which will make its upcoming streamer Itvx the free-to-air home of 500 episodes and 200 hours of anime television series and films. The collection will include “Escaflowne,” “Lupin III Part 6,” “Megalobox,” Shinichiro Watanabe’s “Cowboy Bebop” and Hideaki Anno’s “Gunbuster.”

An additional deal involves the launch of True Crime U.K. from CBS Reality. Drawing from the library of CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel in the U.K. popular amongst adult women, the service will provide Itvx with an additional 200 hours of true crime content at launch, and a further 50 hours in 2023. Titles include “Descent of a Serial Killer,” four series presented by renowned investigative journalist and criminologist Donal MacIntyre, two series of “The Real Prime Suspect” hosted by former detective Jackie Malton, the inspiration behind drama series “Prime Suspect,...

Fresh from his Emmy nomination for guest actor in a drama series for his appearance in “Euphoria,” Colman Domingo is set to executive produce P.J. Palmer short “North Star,” in which he also stars.

In “North Star” Domingo plays a patriotic and hardworking rancher and one half of a middle-aged, same-sex couple. His other half Craig (played by Tony award nominee Malcolm Gets) is dying. Tensions arise when Craig’s sister Erin (“Mad Men’s” Audrey Wasilewski) arrives unannounced to whisk him off to see out his final days with his “real” family.

Laura Innes (“Deep Impact”) and Kevin Bacon (“Footloose”) also star, playing televangelists who “push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith.”

“The Maze Runner’s” Chris Sheffield rounds out the cast.

P.J. Palmer (“The Grapes of Wrath: An American Story”) wrote and directed the short. He was previously series producer on Amazon Prime LGBTQ+ drama “Anyone But Me.

I’ve been having a fascinating conversation this evening with @Richard_Amm about representation of disabled people in media. He contacted me because he’s developing a test for such representation akin to my Where Are the Women? test. During our chat it occurred to me that it might be useful and interesting to think about what positive representation of disability exists in movies.

What are some films with good representation of people with disabilities?

Honestly, it’s tough to think of many films that do a good job of this! Richard suggested Tod Browning’s controversial 1932 film Freaks (pictured), and I agree that that one is, at least, better than many others.

One TV character that comes to mind is Kerry Weaver on ER, who walked with a limp and used a crutch for support: her disability was far from the totality of what defined the character, and for...

Louie Anderson, the stand-up comedian, game show host and Emmy-winning actor, has died at the age of 68 following a battle with cancer.

Anderson was previously diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. As Anderson’s publicist, Glenn Schwartz, confirmed to our sister site Deadline, the actor died Friday morning at a Las Vegas hospital where he’d been getting treatment. Fellow comedian Pauly Shore tweeted Jan. 20 that he had visited Anderson to say his goodbyes. “He’s still with us, but keep him in your prayers,” he said.

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Exclusive: Marjan Kamali’s novel The Stationery Shop, which tells the story of star-crossed lovers in 1953 Tehran, is getting a television adaptation at HBO.

Prentice Penny’s A Penny For Your Thoughts Entertainment has teamed up with writer and actress Mozhan Marnò and author Kamali for the small-screen adaptation.

The book, which was published in 2019, tells story of teenagers Roya and Bahman, star-crossed lovers in 1953 Tehran, who are separated on the eve of their marriage by the dramatic events of a coup d’etat that changes the course of history. Sixty years later, an accident of fate leads Roya and Bahman back to each other in the United States and offers them a chance to examine the ghosts of their youth and learn the truth about the fateful day that changed their destiny.

Marnò, who has appeared in House of Cards and The Blacklist and will feature in Hulu’s...

The staff of County General reconvened for a virtual stroll down memory lane on Thursday, as George Clooney, Julianna Margulies and several fellow ER alumni appeared on Stars in the House to wax nostalgic about their time on the long-running NBC medical drama.

In addition to Clooney and Margulies, who played Otp Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway, the RSVPs included Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) and Noah Wyle (John Carter), Gloria Reuben (Jeanie Boulet), Laura Innes (Kerry Weaver), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Ming-Na Wen (Jing-Mei Chen) and Cch Pounder (Angela Hicks); Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday) appeared in a pre-recorded message, while...

Updated: You can watch the livestream of the ER cast reunion above.

Previous, April 13: George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies and Anthony Edwards will reunite with other cast members of NBC’s classic hospital drama ER for a special Earth Day episode of Stars in the House, the YouTube series benefitting The Actors Fund.

The ER reunion episode is set for Thursday, April 22 at 8pm Et.

The episode, another in the series’ popular TV cast reunions, will benefit Waterkeeper Alliance, the global clean water nonprofit. The idea for the benefit reunion came from actress Gloria Reuben, who portrayed ER‘s physician assistant Jeanie Boulet and now serves as the President of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Also joining the virtual reunion: Laura Innes (who played Kerry Weaver), Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Paul McCrane (Robert Romano), Ming-Na Wen (Jing-Mei Chen), Laura Cerón (Chuny Marquez), Yvette Freeman (Haleh Adams), Conni Marie Brazelton...

Miss Thursday’s ER reunion? For all the highlights, click here.

Did someone page Dr. Ross?

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George Clooney will reunite with his ER castmates on Thursday, April 22 (at 8/7c), including on-screen love Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) and Noah Wyle (John Carter).

Additional RSVPs include Gloria...

On this Earth Day, April 22, 2021, former castmembers of ER will join together for a special reunion episode of Stars in the House. Among the names taking part are George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Anthony Edwards, Alex Kingston, Goran Visnjic, Paul McCrane, Ming-Na Wen, Laura Cerón, Yvette Freeman, Conni Marie Brazelton and Cch Pounder. Airing at 8 p.m. Et on the Stars in the House’s YouTube channel and streaming on People magazine’s social platforms, it’s a benefit for the nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of 350 environmental groups in 46 countries who work to preserve and protect clean water....

On this Earth Day, April 22, 2021, former cast members of ER will join together for a special reunion episode of Stars in the House. Among the names taking part are George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Anthony Edwards, Alex Kingston, Goran Visnjic, Paul McCrane, Ming-Na Wen, Laura Cerón, Yvette Freeman, Conni Marie Brazelton and Cch Pounder. Airing at 8 p.m. Et on the Stars in the House’s YouTube channel and streaming on People magazine’s social platforms, it’s a benefit for the nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of 350 environmental groups in 46 countries who work to preserve and protect ...

Stars in the House continues tonight 8pm Et with an ERCast Reunion with Gloria Reuben Jeanie Boulet,George ClooneyDoug Ross,Noah WyleJohn Carter, Laura Innes Kerry Weaver, Anthony Edwards Mark Greene, Alex Kingston Elizabeth Corday,Julianna MarguliesCarol Hathaway, Goran Vinji Luka Kovac, Paul McCrane Robert Romano, Ming-Na Wen Jing-Mei Chen, Laura Cern Chuny Marquez, Yvette Freeman Haleh Adams, Conni Marie Brazelton Connie Oligario and Cch Pounder Angela Hicks.

The doctors are in! Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the beloved cast of “ER” will reunite on “Stars In The House” for a very special Earth Day episode benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance, the fastest growing global nonprofit focused solely on clean water.

Gloria Reuben, who portrayed physician assistant Jeanie Boulet on the hit TV series, serves as the President of Waterkeeper Alliance, and thought it would be great fun to bring the cast together in support of such an amazing organization. Gloria will be joined by George Clooney (Doug Ross), Noah Wyle (John Carter), Laura Innes (Kerry Weaver), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene), Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday), Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Paul McCrane (Robert Romano), Ming-Na Wen (Jing-Mei Chen), Laura Cerón (Chuny Marquez), Yvette Freeman (Haleh Adams), Conni Marie Brazelton (Connie Oligario), and Cch Pounder (Angela Hicks) for an evening of catching up and reminiscing...

The Og County General crew is getting back together, albeit for one night only.

The original cast of NBC’s ER — George Clooney (Doug Ross), Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) and Noah Wyle (John Carter) — is set to reunite on Thursday, April 22 (at 8/7c) as part of Stars in the House, a YouTube series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, People reports.

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Spoiler Alert: The report includes details about the Season 3 finale of How to Get Away with Murder.

Tonight’s series finale of ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder was filled with twists and turns, but fans finally got answers to some pressing questions — most important, whether Annalise will be absolved of her crimes.

Here’s what went down.

The season finale, titled “Stay,” opens with a shooting at the courthouse, and chaos breaks out. We get more context on that later.

The show rewinds to three days earlier, where Annalise (Viola Davis) is panicking after learning of the death of Hannah. Frank (Charlie Weber) is thought to be the perpetrator as he just learned some very shocking news about his parents — he was born out of an incestuous relationship between Hannah and her late brother/Annalise’s ex-husband Sam. It’s later implied that Governor Birkhead (Laura Innes) was behind her killing.

1957: CBS aired the last episode of daytime soap Valiant Lady.

1985: General Hospital's Celia and Jimmy Lee married.

2007: Guiding Light's Olivia ran into Reva during Josh's wedding.

2007: One Life to Live's Asa Buchanan died."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: The final episode of daytime soap opera Valiant Lady aired on CBS radio and television. The show, which debuted in 1953, was a follow up to the radio soap opera of the same name that ran from 1938 to 1952. Flora Campbell starred as Helen Emerson during the show's final three years.

1971: On The Doctors,...

If the Emmys love you enough to give you Best Drama Series, you’d think they’d love you enough to shower you with acting awards, especially with an ensemble cast as deep as “Game of Thrones.” Alas, only one actor has ever won for the show: Peter Dinklage. This year is the last chance for his co-stars to join him in the winner’s circle. But even if no one does, “Thrones” will be in good company. “ER” and “Mad Men” couldn’t get more than one regular cast member to the podium either.

“ER” was a pop cultural juggernaut in the 1990s, and it won Best Drama Series in 1996 for its second season. When all was said and done the show ran for a whopping 15 years and picked up a slew of nominations across acting categories, but the only time a regular cast member won was in the very first season,...

Anyone can be a multi-talent. But to be a major star with a big heart and a social conscience means even more.

Tonight at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on TNT and TBS, Alan Alda — who 83rd birthday is on Monday — will be honored by his thespian peers as he receives a Screen Actors Guild life achievement award for his body of work on stage, in film and especially on TV. That includes his 11 seasons on “M*A*S*H” (1972-83), both in front of and behind the camera, along with his activism and other landmarks in his seven-decade career.

The award predates the 25-year-old competitive awards by more than 30 years. The first recipient: Eddie Cantor in 1962. More recently, the guild has presented its honorary prize to such performers as Morgan Freeman, Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett, Debbie Reynolds, Rita Moreno and Dick Van Dyke. Here are five reasons why Alda is fully...

1957: CBS aired the last episode of daytime soap Valiant Lady.

1985: General Hospital's Celia and Jimmy Lee married.

2007: Guiding Light's Olivia ran into Reva during Josh's wedding.

2007: One Life to Live's Asa Buchanan died."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: The final episode of daytime soap opera Valiant Lady aired on CBS radio and television. The show, which debuted in 1953, was a follow up to the radio soap opera of the same name that ran from 1938 to 1952. Flora Campbell starred as Helen Emerson during the show's final three years.

1971: On The Doctors,...

Prepare to scrub in for the longest binge of your life.

Hulu has acquired the rights to ER, marking the first time the iconic NBC medical drama has been available on a streaming service. All 15 seasons — 331 episodes total — are now available to watch.

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ER was a pivotal piece of NBC’s Must-See TV lineup from 1994-2009, airing Thursdays at 10/9c for the entirety of its run. It amassed a record-setting 124 Emmy nominations, winning a total of 23 Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama Series. It continues to hold the record for longest-running medical drama in TV history.

In our current political climate, as I watch the sides battle it out in their beliefs of who is right and who is wrong, I can only wonder whether either would have the temerity to survive if circumstances reached a boiling point.

While it may not be quite boiling yet, the events of Colony Season 2 Episode 8 are only going add fuel to the fire.

Survival continues to depend upon gray areas. If you're staunchly black or white, i.e., unwilling to temporarily work with the other side to gain information and ensure you live to fight another day, your days will be numbered. There's no question about it.

What many of us have already determined, and what it appears those we appreciate the most on Colony are also realizing, is that these groups cannot continue to function as silo organizations and hope to outwit the Raps. 

There is killing a...

As protesters cheered and car horns honked incessantly in protest of president-elect Donald Trump, actress Laura Innes, known for “E.R.,” joined roughly 45 other people on a Los Angeles street corner on Wednesday night. The gathering served as a proxy to a larger protest in downtown L.A. — the biggest city in the blue state of California — as citizens protested President-elect Donald Trump. “I’ve known Hillary Clinton forever because I worked on her senate campaign,” she told TheWrap. “To hear how she was so misrepresented brought me out to work more for the campaign. In L.A. we live in a kind of a.

When Maura Tierney was a regular on John Wells’ “E.R.,” she spent 22 episodes a year wrapping her tongue around medical jargon at top speed. As jilted Brahmin wife Helen Solloway on Sarah Treem’s Showtime series “The Affair,” she measures her words as they dig deeply into what happens inside intimate relationships.

Tierney portrays the wife of wayward novelist Noah; according to Tierney, he sees her as “the perfect martyr wife,” she said during our video interview. From the perspective of Alison, Noah’s lover, Helen is “raucously aloof and confident and classist.” (Tierney convincingly acts to the manner born; she grew up in middle-class Boston.)

Season Two brought the perspectives of Helen and her counterpart, Alison’s husband Cole (Joshua Jackson),to the forefront. “In her understanding of herself,” said Tierney, “she’s very not perfect. She has to work super hard to be this kind of Brooklyn mom.

When Maura Tierney was a regular on John Wells’ “E.R.,” she spent 22 episodes a year wrapping her tongue around medical jargon at top speed. As jilted Brahmin wife Helen Solloway on Sarah Treem’s Showtime series “The Affair,” she measures her words as they dig deeply into what happens inside intimate relationships.

Tierney portrays the wife of wayward novelist Noah; according to Tierney, he sees her as “the perfect martyr wife,” she said during our video interview. From the perspective of Alison, Noah’s lover, Helen is “raucously aloof and confident and classist.” (Tierney convincingly acts to the manner born; she grew up in middle-class Boston.)

Season Two brought the perspectives of Helen and her counterpart, Alison’s husband Cole (Joshua Jackson),to the forefront. “In her understanding of herself,” said Tierney, “she’s very not perfect. She has to work super hard to be this kind of Brooklyn mom. She can’t do it. Actually, she falls apart.” One of the funniest episodes shows Helen taking too much marijuana and pills to drive safely; she finally realizes what a mess she has become.

It was more complicated for the writers to slot everyone into the timeline, said Tierney, but it yielded more for the actors to play with. “It’s Sarah’s show,” said Tierney. “Even if other writers write the episode, everything passes through her computer. By and large, she’s the creator of the characters. At the end of Season 1, Sarah said, ‘I think we’re going to open up the show next year.’ ”

This allowed the creative narrative device to remain interesting and not devolve into a trick, said Tierney: “It opened up the storytelling for them, for Cole and Helen to have more Pov. It was more about her character having more responsibility for what went down… Sarah’s goal is she wants to peel away and get into intimacy, communication, truth-telling — and the lack of truth-telling.”

Helen is a sympathetic character because she loves her husband, who left her with three headstrong children to raise. And she didn’t see it coming. “She didn’t fall down,” said Tierney. “People stop noticing things, like how difficult the intrusion of her parents are, how hurtful it was to her husband that she was still taking money from them. You get used to a certain way of doing things. It’s the accruing of small tiny things you let slide, and you led slide, and then there’s a big chasm.”

While Helen tries on several romantic interests over the course of the series, she never stops loving Noah. “He’s a romantic ideal for her, even if she took him for granted,” said Tierney. “He’s very charming and sexy, very much the person she fell in love with.”

Some of the juiciest dramatic scenes involve Helen finally standing up to her bossy mother (the formidable Kathleen Chalfont). “Those were some of my favorites,” said Tierney. “Chalfont is wonderful; she plays the character so well…when Helen says to ‘shut up,’ it was satisfying. Margaret needed to shut up!”

Another favorite episode reunites Helen and Noah during his book tour. “We shot both of those restaurant scenes in one day, back to back,” said Tierney. “Sixteen pages of dialogue is a lot, with back-to-back POVs.”

That episode was shot by Laura Innes, her old “E.R.” cohort who’s now a top TV director. “We’re good friends,” said Tierney, “but she’s very demanding. It’s a little daunting. I always forget: ‘Yay! Laura’s directing!’ But she’s demanding, which is a good thing. You feel like you don’t want to let her down.”

When Tierney landed a Golden Globe nomination, that was shocking enough, she said. But when she won, “I could barely talk. I was really surprised.” She managed to recover. “The Affair” will start production on season 3 in August.

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[caption id="attachment_48082" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Mercy Street TV show on PBS adds new cast members for season two. (L-r) Brían F. O’Byrne, Patina Miller, and Bryce Pinkham. Image courtesy of PBS./caption]

Three new cast members and two directors have been announced for the second season of the Mercy Street TV series on PBS. Joining the cast of the Civil War-era medical drama in the second season are Brían F. O’Byrne, Patina Miller, and Bryce Pinkham. Scandal's Stephen Cragg is directing episodes one and two of the second season. ER's Laura Innes is set to direct episodes three and four. Director of episodes five and six will be announced at a later date.

Cast members returning for the second season of Mercy Street include: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Josh Radnor, Gary Cole, Hannah James, Brad Koed, Jr., Norbert Leo Butz, Tara Summers, McKinley Belcher III, Jack Falaheew, AnnaSophia Robb,...

With donations from famous friends like Jennifer Garner, Alec Baldwin and Michael Douglas, Melissa Gilbert's campaign for Congress in Michigan's 8th district is off to a well-financed start.

That said, the 51-year-old actress, who rose to fame for playing Laura Ingalls Wilder in the 1970s hit TV series Little House on the Prairie, is facing a tough battle in the swingy, gerrymandered district that encompasses the roughly 100 miles of farmland between the state capital of Lansing and the upscale suburbs of Detroit. The district hasn't sent a Democrat to the U.S. House since the 1990s.

The actress, who...

With donations from famous friends like Jennifer Garner, Alec Baldwin and Michael Douglas, Melissa Gilbert's campaign for Congress in Michigan's 8th district is off to a well-financed start. That said, the 51-year-old actress, who rose to fame for playing Laura Ingalls Wilder in the 1970s hit TV series Little House on the Prairie, is facing a tough battle in the swingy, gerrymandered district that encompasses the roughly 100 miles of farmland between the state capital of Lansing and the upscale suburbs of Detroit. The district hasn't sent a Democrat to the U.S. House since the 1990s. The actress, who...

With donations from famous friends like Jennifer Garner, Alec Baldwin and Michael Douglas, Melissa Gilbert's campaign for Congress in Michigan's 8th district is off to a well-financed start. That said, the 51-year-old actress, who rose to fame for playing Laura Ingalls Wilder in the 1970s hit TV series Little House on the Prairie, is facing a tough battle in the swingy, gerrymandered district that encompasses the roughly 100 miles of farmland between the state capital of Lansing and the upscale suburbs of Detroit. The district hasn't sent a Democrat to the U.S. House since the 1990s. The actress, who...

The Affair, Season 2, Episode 7: “207″

Written by Abe Sylvia

Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

The Affair, Season 2, Episode 8: “208″

Written by Sharr White

Directed by Laura Innes

Airs Sundays at 10 pm Et on Showtime

With the immediate aftermath of the separation of the two couples now over, the four individuals affected by Noah and Alison’s affairs have now turned their focus to rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of this gigantic change. With Noah’s book now published, and Alison pregnant and living back in the city with Noah, the past two episodes have focused on how the book has affected the lives of those who recognise themselves in its pages, as well as how Helen and Whitney are dealing with both the publication of the book and their immediate future, resulting in a strong pair of episodes.

It’s interesting to see the Lockharts interacting as...

The Affair, Season 2, Episode 5: “205″

Written by Sharr White

Directed by Laura Innes

The Affair, Season 2, Episode 6: “206″

Written by David Henry Hwang

Directed by Jeffrey Reiner

Airs Sundays at 10 pm Et on Showtime

While the first season of The Affair focused on the relationship between Noah and Alison and what drove them towards cheating in the first place, the show’s second season has focused more on how the characters deal with the aftermath. While Helen and Cole have both spiralled from the abrupt dissolution of their marriages, the two have begun to come to terms with the change in their life, just as Noah and Alison hit a rough patch in theirs as they get to know each other better, in a compelling pair of episodes.

Alison’s reaction to Yvonne and Noah’s book this week is the biggest evidence to date of her difficulty in adjusting to life outside Montauk.

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As The Librarians returns to Syfy UK, we chatted to Noah Wyle about directing, Falling Skies, and Jonathan Frakes peeing in a dumpster…

Since he first appeared as medical student John Carter in the Emergency Room of County General Hospital, Ill., Noah Wyle has specialised in playing a particular type of brainy hero. During his record-breaking tenure in ER, Wyle was notably the first to portray a fictional version of Steve Jobs in biopic Pirates Of Silicon Valley, a part that earned him an invitation from Mr Jobs to play a prank on the audience at the 1999 Macworld Expo.

Among a host of stage and screen roles, Wyle also played the small but memorable role of Dr Monitoff, a science teacher with an interest in parallel universes in 2001's Donnie Darko, followed in 2004 with the part of Flynn Carsen, perpetual student-turned-Indiana-Jones-type in three The Librarian television movies.

It’s not uncommon for actors on long-running shows to take a turn in the director’s chair. Some even turn that into their full-time job, like Laura Innes or Peter Horton. It’s rare that you see an actor be given quite so complicated an episode for his first directing job as “The Americans” handed Noah Emmerich tonight. The episode (which I reviewed here) had an action scene, suspense at FBI headquarters and a lot of tricky emotional material for Emmerich to both direct and, in several scenes, play. Earlier this week, we talked about how the assignment came about, what he learned from other “Americans” directors, and how he got the show to dip back into the Fleetwood Mac catalog after the early success with “Tusk.” How did it come about first of all that you were going to direct an episode? Noah Emmerich: It was something...

How To Get Away With Murder, Season 1, Episodes 14 & 15: “The Night Lila Died” and “It’s All My Fault”

Directed by Laura Innes and Bill D’Elia

Written by Michael Foley and Peter Norwalk

Airs Thursdays at 9 Pm and 10 Pm on ABC

How To Get Away With Murder wraps up its season with a two-hour finale that solves the central mystery while leaving some questions unanswered. Some of the episode is a slog, padded out by yet another snoozy case of the week, but the last 10 minutes are as suspenseful as anything on television. If Peter Norwalk and the writers can figure out how to drop the procedural element of the show and more fully explore the actions of the regular characters, some of whom are not much more fleshed out than when the series began, the show will be much improved in season 2.

But that final sequence is fantastic,...

The Fury

Written by John Farris

Directed by Brian De Palma

USA, 1978

In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.

Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...

The Fury

Directed by Brian De Palma

Written by John Farris

USA, 1978

In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.

Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...

Previously, On Warehouse 13

It's been a long, strange trip for Steve Jinks. Murdered by Rusty Griswold, he was brought back to life by Claudia, only to have his new existence threatened at every turn by the artifact she used, Johann Maelzel's Metronome. If the inverted pendulum thingy on the metronome stops, so does Steve's heart (so it's probably a good thing that the pendulum is self-powered. I'd hate to have to frantically fumble around trying to find fresh double A batteries while Steve is gasping for air).

Not only that, but the downside of the artifact is that Claudia can feel Steve's pain (and not in a Counselor Troi way), so they're both in constant extreme danger, which really isn't conducive to being a Warehouse Agent.

Happily, that arc comes to an end with this episode, which also sees Artie triple-teamed by Helena, Mrs. Fredric and Leena. Pray for him.

Okay, raise your hand if you were shocked that Steve got off the metronome this quickly.

Same here.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad that Steve and Claudia aren’t tied together at the nerve endings anymore. I’m just surprised they opted to only have him on the metronome for seven episodes. Honestly, I’m grateful they didn’t run the gimmick into the ground to the point that we wanted Steve dead again just to get rid of it.

But, wow... what away to get rid of it. Seems like Steve was not the only one who got a "Second Chance." As we went to learn more about Steve’s sister Olivia, we met his mom Emma Jinks (played by the incredible Laura Innes) and we found out why they are not in agreement about his sister's death. I’m glad we got to see Steve...

On TV this Monday: One of your favorites is back, no Bones about it. Plus, Revolution and Mob Doctor make their debuts, the Cma Music Festival packs a whole lotta yee-haw into a couple of hours and ER’s Laura Innes checks Warehouse 13′s vitals. Here are 10 programs to watch out for tonight.

8 pm Bones (Fox) | Season 8 premiere: While accused murderer Brennan remains on the lam, Booth and the Jeffersonian team work to prove that Pelant manipulated evidence in the case against her. For a sneak peek before the episode, check out TVLine’s bountiful Bones premiere preview, watch clips and check out photos.

Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 73. Actress Jennifer Warren is 71. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 63. Singer Kid Creole is 62. Actor Sam J. Jones ("Flash Gordon") is 58. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 58. Actor Bruce Greenwood ("Thirteen Days") is 56. Country singer Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad) is 56. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 51. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot is 49. Actor Peter Krause is 47. Actor Michael Ian Black ("Ed") is 41. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 41. Actor Casey Affleck is 37. Actress Maggie Lawson ("Psych") is 32. Actress Imani Hakim ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 19.

Aug. 13: Actor Pat Harrington is 83. Actor Kevin Tighe is 68. Actress Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") is 65. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 53. Actress Dawnn Lewis ("A Different World," "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper") is 51. Actor John Slattery is 50. Actress Debi Mazar is 48. Actress Quinn Cummings ("Family") is 45. Country singer Andy Griggs is 39. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 34. Actress Kathryn Fiore ("Reno 911!") is 33. Singer James Morrison is 28.

Aug.

Press Release:

August 02, 2012

Brian J. Smith (Stargate Universe) And Dee Wallace-stone (E.T.) Create A Firestorm On Syfy’S Hit Warehouse 13

New York – August 2, 2012 – Brian J. Smith (Stargate Universe) and Dee Wallace-Stone (E.T.) will heat up the Warehouse when they guest star in the upcoming Monday, August 6 episode of Syfy’s hit series Warehouse 13.

In the episode, Smith plays “Jesse,” a small-time thief who accidentally comes into possession of a dangerous weather-controlling artifact after robbing a safe house belonging to the late Walter Sykes.

Wallace’s character is “Mrs. Garner,” a hospital administrator who gets in the way of Jesse’s plans.

Smith and Wallace join season four guest stars Laura Innes, Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner, Sam Huntington, Lindsay Wagner, Kate Mulgrew, and Rene Auberjonois, among others.

Warehouse 13 follows a team of government agents who work at a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact,...

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Dee Johnson has worked on some of your favorite shows and she happens to be an out lesbian. She began her career as a writer on Melrose Place in 1993 and eventually joined the team at E.R., where she fought for the Kerry Weaver storyline that was one of the turning points for major lesbian characters on network television. Dee said she's proud of the storyline, in general, but there are two things she said she "robbed from" her real life as a gay wife and mother.

"We had a fear, early on, when we both were having kids because I had no biology," Johnson said. "My partner had the kids. I just had a fear her mom, who's since passed away — that if anything ever happened .... that I'd be in for a battle. "So when when her partner,...

Laura Innes is in for some top-secret paranormal activity.

The "ER" and "Event" vet has been cast as a guest star in Syfy's "Warehouse 13" as Emma Jinks, a woman who has been estranged from her son Steve (Aaron Ashmore) for two years.

“The wonderfully talented Innes gives a heartrending performance as a woman who is desperately trying to mend her relationship with the only child she has left after her family was torn apart by tragedy," executive producer Jack Kenney said.

Other upcoming "Warehouse 13" guest stars include Brent Spiner, Sam Huntington, Lindsay Wagner, Kate Mulgrew, Rene Aberjonois and Jeri Ryan.

In other TV casting news...

Michael Row will appear on "Arrow." The Canadian actor will play Deadshot in an episode of the CW series titled "The Lone Gunman." [TV Guide]

"Revolution" gets a new cast member. Derek Webster has been cast as a rebel leader named Nicolas who faces off...

Last night, viewers of Warehouse 13 got to see something unusual, the return of a dead character, and a beloved one at that. Steve Jinks, played by Aaron Ashmore, was brought back by his fiercely determined (and coifed) Claudia. Back at the end of June we spoke to Aaron about his return, the idea of creating a gay character icon, and what's in store for Steve this year. Something that doesn't come across in print that was a joy of the conversation is that Aaron laughs, a lot. It's a deep, genuine fun laugh that he hasn't been able to bring to the show so far. We also break the news of who is going to play his mother later this season.

AfterElton: We're talking to Aaron Ashmore, who made his triumphant return to Warehouse 13, which was somewhat unexpected since he'd been dead for three days.

I have to...

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. Actors like to dabble. It’s how Ron Howard went from Happy Days to feature-directing greatness. So it’s no surprise that those who have the opportunity take the plunge to write and direct for TV. Historically, actors have had their share of Emmy good fortune, most recently including comedy writing wins for Tina Fey (30 Rock), Garry Shandling (The Larry Sanders Show) and Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen) and drama series nominations for Denis Leary (writing, Rescue Me), Laura Innes (directing, The West Wing) and Steve Buscemi (directing, The Sopranos). We caught up with five such multi-faceted souls who will be submitting for Emmy consideration this year in categories outside of their performances. They discussed what it is that inspires them to move to the other side of the camera. Bryan Cranston (Star of AMC’s drama Breaking Bad, directed the Modern Family episode...

It will be a sad night tonight, as we bid a fond farewell to the latest casualty in the Death to Intelligent Shows War, the smart and mysterious Awake. Tonight’s season finale, and therefore the series finale, will reportedly give us some feeling of resolution. But wait til you see this TV spot:

I Cannot Wait!

Awake, starring Jason Isaacs, Laura Allen, Dylan Minnette, Laura Innes, Bd Wong, and Cherry Jones, airs its series finale tonight at 10/9c on NBC.