Sheryl Crow is taking a rare detour into acting with a major recurring role on Cougar Town.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Grammy winning singer-songwriter is set to appear in multiple episodes of the freshman ABC comedy as Grayson’s (Josh Hopkins) new girlfriend.
No further information was available about her character, although I’m told the 47-year-old will not [...]
Melinda Clarke’s upcomingVampire Diaries arc just got a whole lot juicier.
Executive producer Kevin Williamson tells me that Matt’s trashtastic mother, Kelly, will blow into Mystic Falls and waste no time digging her cougar claws into Ian Somerhalder’s Damon.
“If I didn’t have Kelly and Damon hook up there would be no God,” declares Williamson with a laugh. [...]
ABC has handed out early renewals to its three promising freshman comedy series, “Modern Family,” “Cougar Town” and “The Middle.”
The decision was announced Tuesday by entertainment president Steve McPherson at the Television Critics Assn.’s semi-annual press tour.
The pickups follow Monday’s early renewal by Fox of its breakout freshman dramedy “Glee.”
In the fall, ABC made a [...]
ABC has greenlighted to pilot the Matthew Perry-starring comedy “Mr. Sunshine.”
The single-camera project, from Sony TV and Jamie Tarses’ Fanfare, stars Perry as the manager of an aging San Diego stadium who realizes on his 40th birthday that he can no longer get by on just his charming, noncommittal ways.
“Sunshine” is based on an idea [...]
TOP DESIGNER: The team infiltrates the fashion world to take down a sweatshop owner on “Leverage,” starring Jeri Ryan and Timothy Hutton, at 10 p.m. on TNT.
SERIES
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tells her therapist (Eric McCormack) that she is in love with him (8 p.m. CBS).
Mercy: The hospital admits three promiscuous [...]
ABC has ordered even more episodes of the freshman comedy Cougar Town.
The network added two more episodes of the Bill Lawrence-produced show, bumping the first season order to 24, zete.tv has confirmed.
The only trouble ahead for the show will be going up against juggernaut American Idol once the Fox reality series kicks off its ninth [...]
SUNDAY
The new docu-soap “Secrets of Aspen” charts the lives of sexy single ladies Star, Erin, Shana, Robin, Laura and Brooke as they search for Mr. Right — or Mr. Right Now — among the male population of the tony but tiny Colorado resort town. (VH1, 10 p.m.)
MONDAY
Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert engages famous faces — [...]
DO NO HARM: Sean (Julian McMahon) is asked to perform surgery on a prison inmate (Eric Stonestreet) in the season finale of ‘Nip/Tuck,’ at 10 p.m. on FX.
SERIES
Sports Jobs With Junior Seau: In this new episode, Junior joins up with Boston’s legendary “Bullgang” crew to convert a sports arena’s playing surface from ice to hardwood [...]
ABC has locked in its scripted commitments for the 2009-10 season.
The news, which was confirmed to the site exclusively by network and studio sources, includes some adjustments to its previously indicated episode orders.
Newcomers “V” and “FlashForward” are set to film 12 and 24 total hours, respectively, both one episode shy of numbers reported earlier this [...]
Will ABC’s move of “Ugly Betty” from the Friday-night dead zone to Wednesday be enough to save what was once a watercooler show?
The network is expected to announce today that “Betty” will begin airing Wednesdays at 10 in January, replacing the ill-fated “Eastwick.”
But is the move too little too late?
On one hand, the Wednesday move [...]
