DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES scoop: Major character dies!The character (one of the wives? a husband?) is set to die in March. Though the actor obviously won’t appear in the much-anticipated finale, at least he or she will be available for pilot season. Many pilots have already been ordered for fall 2012 consideration and casting has begun.
Justin Hartley and Scotty McCreery coming to HART OF DIXIE
Hartley's character, a war hero, turns up the southern charm in his first return to The CW since the end of SMALLVILLE. AMERICAN IDOL winner McCreery will play himself.
Special-effects reel reveals that everything on BOARDWALK EMPIRE is fake
Special-effects reels are kind of a mixed bag for TV fans. On the one hand, it’s pretty cool to see how visually spectacular television can be cobbled together from half a building, a green screen, and a whole shitload of CGI. On the other, it can be kind of a dream-killer to see those eye-popping worlds you love to escape to every week reduced to wireframes.
Watch it below:
The CW has ordered a pilot for FIRST CUT from 90210 writer Jennie Snyder Urman
The pitch: “Glad to leave her nerdy past behind for a fresh start in the adult professional world, a newly minted doctor discovers that, sadly and comically, life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school.”
DOWNTON ABBEY will see an influx of Americans — and two weddings — for its third seasonUS-born actress Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Grantham, revealed there will be reunions with her relatives from the States — and told how much she loves the show. McGovern said: "I feel a bit guilty because I get paid to do something that is so much fun. We have a lot of laughs. I love the team behind DOWNTON so it really is a joy."
You Can Have Dinner at Downton Abbey for a Mere £7,900
The Dowager Countess would most certainly frown upon this: The real-life noble family that lives in Highclere Castle—the setting for Downton Abbey—is selling day tours to the famous site for £7,900 (~$12,000). The cost includes tea with the the eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, a tour of the state rooms, lunch in the dining room, and a tour of the grounds. No mention of whether or not the "downstairs" will be available for viewing.
DOWNTON producers unhappy with PBS jewelry line
Producers Carnival were forced to call in lawyers to stop the Public Broadcasting Service, the US network that airs Downton Abbey, from naming jewellery after the show’s most famous character, Lady Mary Crawley.
Alan Ball’s Drama BANSHEE Gets Series Order from Cinemax
The action drama centers on an “ex-convict and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal activities even as he’s being hunted by the shadowy gangsters he had betrayed years earlier.”
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL's Jennifer Gareis expecting second child
Gareis and husband Bobby Ghassemieh already have a son Gavin, 19 months.
GENERAL HOSPITAL returnee/crossover scheduleFinola Hughes brings Robin's mother, Anna, back to town the week of February 13. OLTL's Kristen Alderson (Starr) makes her GH debut the week of February 20, and Tristan Rogers returns as Robert Scorpio the week of February 27. That same week also marks the Port Charles arrivals of Llanview transplants Todd and Blair Manning, played by Roger Howarth and Kassie DePaiva. Michael Easton's John McBain will arrive in March.
No plans for Melissa Archer's Natalie to cross over to GH at this time
A spokesperson for GH tells Soaps In Depth that at this time, Archer will not be joining the cast. "Despite us loving them, there are no immediate plans to bring her to Port Charles," says the rep.
Alyshia Ochse (Cassandra) leaving GENERAL HOSPITAL
The actress made her official GH debut as the "Woman In White" in early December.
Why was former GENERAL HOSPITAL actress Demi Moore hospitalized?
Demi Moore's friend called paramedics Monday night after the actress inhaled a dangerous amount of nitrous oxide, TMZ has learned. One of Demi's friends who was at her home told emergency workers Demi was doing whip-its.
Emmerdale, Weatherfield and Walford are officially filthy
Cleaning experts from Vileda were dedicated watching the UK’s television soaps for two weeks, and have been left amazed to see that not one house, or pub, was cleaned in that time.
DESPERATE FOR RATINGS: Tim Gunn reveals he hasn't had sex in 29 years
Tim Gunn has given his new ABC chat program, THE REVOLUTION, a big publicity boost with a very personal revelation. During a panel discussion about Americans in low-sex or no-sex relationships, Gunn admitted he hasn't had sex in 29 years — and said he's perfectly fine with it.
Can someone please inform the good Sara Nathan of the Daily Mail newspaper that PBS is not a cable channel but a public broadcast channel whose signal can be obtained with any 1/2 way decent antenna? I don't subscribe to cable nor satellite and I get at least 3 PBS stations.
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