Four months after being introduced on CSI as the new lab head, has Ray Langston, Lawrence Fishburne’s character on CSI, receive the approval of the show’s loyal followers?
The New York Post takes a look at how he is doing after taking over in January…
The procedural crime series, “Lie To Me”, is rumored to be getting a second season and a new show runner! Shawn Ryan, the man who is behind the very captivating series, The Shield and The Unit, has supposedly taken over for the second season.
I haven’t had the chance to watch the other half of Lie To Me lately (had only watched up to the sixth episode), but it is something I do intend to finish this summer. With this news, I’m more excited about where the show is heading. I’m a big fan of The Shield and would hope Lie To Me improves for the next season.
Entertainment Weekly via Ausiello reports all of the changes on his blog.
The numbers might be good for Castle, which ends its season this week, and will therefore have a better chance at getting a renewal.
The Mentalist ends its season run this week going back to the story of Red John, a storyline that has been very significant to Simon Baker’s character, Patrick Jane, this season.
But as producers notes, the end will present no cliffhanger for the freshman series.
Says Ashley Gable, the show’s co-executive producer: "Cliffhangers can be problematic. They can be gimmicky. I think what [series creator] Bruno Heller has done is the right move to tantalize the audience but give the audience a little satisfaction. We’re learning more things about Red John … and going deeper into that mythology. Because the tone of our show is so much lighter, it would be jarring to have sawed-off heads and all that stuff. We’re not about the forensics. You’ll never see a ‘Mentalist’ episode that revolves around the bug found in the dead guy’s stomach and what the bug ate for breakfast and how that tells us who the murderer is. It’s always going to be Jane and the Sherlock Holmes thing. It’s also about the way he likes to poke at people. If Sherlock Holmes was the world’s first consulting detective, Jane is the world’s first trickster detective."
The show has been attributed to the lightness and cleverness of an early detective TV series, Columbo.
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How are you enjoying Lie to Me so far?
The series, which stars, Tim Roth, is about to end its season run this month. The show airs on Fox and tackles crime-solving based on scientific based techniques using body language.
TV Guide interviews its lead and talks about the dark side of Lie to Me —
Numb3rs have not gotten its fair share of press and hype the last five seasons but look at where they are now…the series is celebrating its 100th episode this season and holds a solid audience in its Friday night time slot.
I admittedly am not a regular viewer of the show, but I do find it engaging every chance I get to watch it on TV.
Variety runs a story of Numb3rs and its writers in the article after the cut…
After three airings, NBC has picked up the cop series Southland for the Fall Season. This takes place even as the series has declined from viewership since it first aired.
The series follows the lives of cops in Southern California and has apparently been favored by critics. I’ve seen only one episode of this show so far and I’m kind of reminded by The Shield, about how gritty it is.
The details to Southland’s pick up are after the cut…
NBC has announced their newest line up of programs for the upcoming Fall Season. The list includes four new drama series. The details are after the cut…
Apologies for the lack of post the last couple of months. Having an awful time and I’m trying to get things in order. But I’m back now and will be updating again.
So, how have you been doing?
AN ENGAGED WOMAN’S INVOLVEMENT WITH A DATING SERVICE HAS BOOTH AND BRENNAN SEARCHING FOR A MATCH ON “BONES” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, ON FOX
1st of 2 All-New Episodes Airing This Week Another All-New Episode Airs Thursday, April 16
When the image of the Virgin Mary is spotted on a bale of compressed cardboard at a recycling plant, Booth and Brennan are on the scene. They discover the image is no miracle, but rather an outline of dried human blood. Upon closer inspection, they find a flattened body inside the compressed cardboard, and must find out who the victim is and who may have wanted her dead. When they discover the victim had been planning the perfect wedding for years – even before she even had a boyfriend – and was finally engaged to be married, they trace her last steps and find that her fiancé was not the only man in her life. With a trail of men from a cell-phone dating service in tow, Booth and Brennan try to understand the duplicitous woman’s dealings. Meanwhile, the pair grow suspicious when they spot Sweets’ girlfriend Daisy trying on a wedding dress with another man, and Hodgins and Angela come to terms with the status of their relationship in “The Cinderella in the Cardboard” episode of BONES airing Wednesday, April 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BON-414) (TV-14 D, L, V)
Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan; David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins; Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro; Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets
Guest Cast: Carla Gallo as Daisy Wick; Michael Grant Terry as Wendell Bray; Matthew Yang King as Dr. Marcus Scheer; Eric Matheny as Bob Caverly; Mayim Bialik as Genie Gormon; Linda Hart as Mrs. Lucia Bertolino; Pat Lentz as Anya Pertel; Brandon Scott as Bartender; Kevin Christy as Kurtis Rossi; PJ Byrne as Joe Fillion; René L. Moreno as Barney; Jerry Zatarain, Jr. as Juan
DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SERIES OF HOME INVASIONS, DON’S LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE AFTER BEING INJURED IN A RAID, ON “NUMB3RS,” FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Michael Gaston (”Fringe,” “Jericho”) and Alan Blumenfeld (”Heroes”) Guest Star
Debbon Ayer, Rob Morrow’s Wife, Guest Stars as Sarah Fisher
“The Fifth Man” - When the FBI is called in to investigate a series of home invasions, the team uses Charlie and his math skills to help profile the suspects, but when his
calculations go awry during a raid, Don suffers a life-threatening injury, on NUMB3RS, Friday, April 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumika
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol
RECURRING CAST:
Robin Brooks……………………. Michelle Nolden
GUEST CAST:
Tom Kardum………………………… Shea Wigham
Doctor Iverson………………… Shannon Cochran
Sarah Fisher…………………………. Debbon Ayer
Gil Fisher…………………………… Michael Gaston
Slobodan Radovic……………. Michael Khmurov
Karen Cruz…………………………… Delilah Cotto
Store Owner……………………… Alan Blumenfeld
WRITTEN BY: Executive Producer Don McGill
DIRECTED BY: Executive Producer Ken Sanzel
THE WORLD OF DEATH METAL MUSIC STRIKES A FATAL CHORD ON “BONES” THURSDAY, APRIL 16, ON FOX
Stephen Fry Guest-Stars
2nd of 2 All-New Episodes Airing This Week
When a real human skeleton is found being used as a stage prop for a death metal band in Norway, authorities determine the victim was an American citizen. The Jeffersonian team tracks the skeletal remains to an underground U.S. death metal band and identifies the victim as a bassist named Mayhem from a band called Spew. As Booth and Brennan venture into the unfamiliar world of death metal music to search for the killer and a motive, they learn about their own team’s surprising musical preferences and gain new insight into Sweets’ past. Meanwhile, when Sweets asks Dr. Gordon Wyatt (guest star Stephen Fry) for input on the book he’s writing about Booth and Brennan, Dr. Wyatt lends Sweets an interesting perspective on the pair’s unique relationship in the “Mayhem on a Cross” episode of BONES airing Thursday, April 16 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BON-415) (TV-14 D, L, V)
Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan; David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins; Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro; Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets
Guest Cast: Stephen Fry as Dr. Gordon Wyatt; Eugene Byrd as Clark Edison; Greg Roman as Murderbreath; Frank Pacheco as Mayhem; John Thomas as Wrath; Michael William Freeman as Grinder; AJ Trauth as Pinworm; Tania Raymonde as Lexi; Frida Farrell as Dr. Solberg; Thor Knai as Delta Unit Commander
If you have DirecTV access, you’d be glad to know that you can catch up on these following crime dramas which have long been canceled on network television:
The full details are after the cut…
Chris Noth and Christine Baranski has been cast in the upcoming drama series, The Good Wife, which is a story about a politician’s wife who returns to work as a lawyer in a top firm. The series will be lead by Julianna Margulies.
Chris Noth will play a DA who lands himself in jail due to a sex scandal, while Baranski will play a top litigator in Chicago.
Jeri Ryan has grabbed a guest starring role in an episode of Law & Order: SVU. It will be a three part episode which will have its first airing April 7th.
According to the show’s executive: “Jeri Ryan’s the real deal. She brings a compelling intensity to her roles, and we’re lucky to have her as a kick-butt attorney on ‘SVU,’”
The guest cast will also include Delroy Lindo (”Kidnapped”) who plays the detective working on the case of a serial killer and John Ashton (”Gone Baby Gone,” “Beverly Hills Cop”) as the chief of NYPD.
Jeri Ryan last played the role of a lawyer in the defunct series, Shark.
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