Friday, March 12th, 2010

Now that Heroes has finished season 4, the ball is in NBC’s court about renewing it for yet another season.  Given NBC’s recent track record of decision-making, we suspect Heroes will be renewed for another five seasons right after The Biggest Loser is expanded to three-hour episodes.
But this is a very bad idea.  Despite ending with “To Be [...]

Desperate Housewives‘ Dana Delany will have some backup when she crosses over to Castle later this season.
Ex-Heroes star Leonard Roberts has been cast as the partner of Delany’s kick-ass federal agent character, sources confirm to me exclusively.
In the two-part episode, the first of which is conveniently scheduled to air immediately followingHousewives on March 21, the feds (a.k.a. [...]

Former Heroes star Adrian Pasdar was arrested early Wednesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of DUI, zete.tv has confirmed.

The actor was pulled over after clocking 94 miles per hour on the 405 Freeway and was taken into custody at 2:59 a.m. when police determined he was under the influence, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said.
According [...]

As his life hung in the balance on last week’s Heroes, Hiro was confronted by the important characters from his past in his subconscious. Well, most of those people.
Missing in action, of course, was Charlie (Jayma Mays), his significant other who is lost in time. But, with three episodes left in the season, that doesn’t mean a [...]

Ratings shmatings. Greg Grunberg says Heroes will be back next fall for a fifth season — and he’s got proof. “We wrapped yesterday and the [final episode] is nowhere near a series finale,” he told us at last night’s People’s Choice Awards. “It is cliffhanger-y and exciting, but it is nowhere near an end to a [...]

The People’s Choice Awards is bringing Taylor Swift to the stage.
The country-pop sweetheart is among the many stars named to attend the 2010 People’s Choice Awards.
Often in years past, the stars that are in attendance also tend to be winners if they’re nominated. Swift has been nominated for multiple awards this year. Check out the [...]

While many of us were storming the stores over the holidays, ‘Heroes’ star Masi Oka was busy making like a real-life hero, campaigning on behalf of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet. “I’m encouraging everyone to be an everyday hero by going to RedCross to learn about volunteer opportunities, by donating their time, and by donating blood,” [...]

Everyone is taking the departure of Ramamurthy and Pasdar as a sign that the show is canceled. ScreenJunkies reached out to an inside source at Heroes who confirmed these rumors as false.
Our source tells us that Ramamurthy got a pilot and asked the writers to write him out. They obliged. Everyone loves Sendhil Ramamurthy and [...]

Fast National ratings for Monday, Nov. 30, 2009
Monday’s ratings took a big drop as ABC began a post-”Dancing with the Stars” period and CBS had a night of repeats. A Wilson-centric episode of”House” ended up leading FOX to the top of the heap.
FOX drew 10.4 million viewers and a 6.3 rating/9 share for the night. [...]

Here’s a pilot casting that is sure to get fans of “Heroes” buzzing.
The show’s co-star Sendhil Ramamurthy has joined NBC’s comedic drama pilot “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer” as a regular.
Jane Curtin also has been cast in the pilot that stars David Tennant as Rex Alexander, a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks [...]