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Amy Brenneman: Hiatus Will Make Practice Perfect | Party Central: The Latest Buzz from Your Favorite Stars | 2/26/2008
While the rest of the world swooned over Hollywood's finest on TV, five women attending the Dove Oscars Viewing party on Sunday could barely contain their excitement over meeting Private Practice's Amy Brenneman. "She is amazing," gushed Celeste Wouden, winner of the Dove Supreme Cream Oil Body Wash Ad Contest, after being interviewed by Brenneman about her victory. Brenneman, who hosted the competition that inspired women to define everyday luxury, is now preparing her return to work. Although... read more
Amy Brenneman on Baring It All | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/5/2007
Amy Brenneman is a mother of two who thinks her body isn't picture perfect but still finds the courage to bare it all in front of millions of viewers. That's why Dove has chosen her as a spokeswoman, following Sara Ramirez, who represented the company after dancing in her underwear on Grey's Anatomy. TV Guide was on-set as Brenneman kicked off the Dove ad contest that asks real women to showcase their talent. She spoke about beauty, body image and why the cast of Private Practice will never ... read more
Episode Recap: "In Which Sam Gets Taken for a Ride" | Private Practice | 11/15/2007
If there's one thing I can say about this show, it's that they get some fantastic guest stars. Christopher from Gilmore Girls and, my personal fave, Darlene Connor. With a gun. In the convenience store.But I'll get to that. My first priority is to cover the sex that went on and the sex that didn't. Cooper and Violet — did anyone think that was really going to happen? I'll be honest and say I thought it was going to be Violet who chickened out, but I like how it worked out. I thought Cooper... read more
Ask Matt | 10/29/2007
I'm not even a Grey's Anatomy watcher, but it was the star power that drew me to the backdoor pilot of Private Practice. I am very disappointed in the recasting of Merrin Dungey, who I thought was just fine when she played Naomi. Audra McDonald does take things too far. As for Amy Brenneman and Paul Adelstein, they are brilliant. I too remember his creepiness on Prison Break, especially his torturing Sarah Wayne Callies last year. His hidden depth in Practice is really great. I enjoy seeing how... read more
Episode Recap: "In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead" | Private Practice | 10/25/2007
News flash: Women in Connecticut don't pleasure themselves! OK, maybe just Addison. But since she's just a character on a television show, I guess I should take back the above generalization.How funny was Violet's William Jefferson Clinton fantasy? Of all people! It just goes to show you, all women have something or someone that gets their motor going. I'm a Milo Ventimiglia kind of gal myself and his Heroes superpowers definitely add a fun element to my daydreams. Who is your fantasy man? Post... read more
Ask Matt | 10/22/2007
The thing that really annoys me about Private Practice is that every actor is well known already. In fact, many of them have already been leading men or leading ladies on their own TV shows! There won't be any surprise breakout stars with this series, like there were on Grey's Anatomy. Had anyone even heard of Ellen Pompeo, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson or Katherine Heigl before that show's first season? It's like we're watching a veteran actor's workshop or something with Private Practice, and... read more
Episode Recap: "In Which Addison Finds the Magic" | Private Practice | 10/11/2007
Well I don't know about you but I won't be eating cake anytime soon. And that stinks because I really like cake. Not sure how I feel about Dell trying to win Naomi's affections through his grandmother's baked goods but I do know what it's like to want an "in" with someone you care about. He's definitely barking up the wrong tree though and she really gave it to him in the end. Poor Naomi. I want to feel bad for her but she's really just wallowing in her own misery. Why won't she try to... read more
The Push Worked for Daisies | Roush Dispatch | 10/4/2007
The early ratings are in, and it looks like the combination of aggressive promotion and laudatory media buzz paid off for the first round of ABC’s delightful Pushing Daisies, which handily won its time period Wednesday and is off to a solid start. Honestly, though, if any of the reality alternatives had prevailed (especially CBS’s snooze-inducing Kid Nation and the is-that-still-on stupid briefcase show over on NBC), I think I’d be wearing a black armband in to work for the rest... read more
Episode Recap: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor" | Private Practice | 10/4/2007
Wow. Now I know what Ron Burgandy meant when he said he was in a glass case of emotion! So much went on tonight. There was a poison Granny, a baby switch and a nasty stripper with a rash on her bum! Yuck! Speaking of bums, I loved how Sam was more concerned with Stripper Ginger's rash instead of the fact that she was gyrating in his face. He's my kind of guy! Another classic example of how men and women handle break-ups differently. Women bring ice cream over and men send strippers. Whatever... read more
Episode Recap: "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl from Somewhere Else" | Private Practice | 9/27/2007
Thank God my anticipation for this show didn't ruin the first episode for me. I was afraid I put a hex on the show by hyping it so much in my head. Sure, at first I wanted Addison to stay in Seattle and in Karev's arms, but I think I'm going to like her "one-man gyne show" in L.A.!I didn't think I was going to laugh when Sam saw Addison naked because it had been all over the commercials, but I did. She did the robot! Anyone doing the robot is hilarious, at least in my book.Overall, I felt this... read more
Private Practice Preview: Judging Amy's Brenneman Plays Dr. Obsessive | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/25/2007
ABC's Private Practice premieres this Wednesday. TVGuide.com is counting down to the Grey's spin-off's arrival with daily cast-member Q&As. It's been two years since she starred on Judging Amy. Now Amy Brenneman is back on prime time, playing the Oceanside Wellness Center's resident psychiatrist Dr. Violet Turner on Private Practice. We caught up with the five-time Emmy nominee to talk about raising kids, returning to television and who really inspired her to play an obsessive ... read more
Anatomy of a Spin-off: A Rocky Start | Roush Dispatch | 5/4/2007
Watching Thursday night's underwhelming, overly frenetic "backdoor pilot" setup for the seemingly inevitable Grey's Anatomy spin-off, I was reminded how blown away I wasn't by the original Grey's pilot as well. The Grey's pilot had its problems, but this glossy new twist on the formula seems much more problematic.When Grey's first appeared, with the pilot held for mid-season in a year when Lost and Desperate Housewives exploded on the scene and turned ABC's fortunes around, my initial thoughts... read more
May 3, 2007: The Other Side of This Life | Grey's Anatomy | 5/4/2007
Raise your hand if you're already hooked. Shonda, you have just sold me on Grey's 2.0, or what you are currently planning on calling it: Private Practice. I can't imagine ABC not picking the show up for the fall. To make this easier for me to write, but more importantly, to give it a more reader-friendly approach, I'd like to split this in two. I'll get to my comments on the very well-executed Kate Walsh pilot later. First, let's talk about Grey's...I. GREY'S ANATOMYWhen I heard that Meredith... read more
Fall 2007: Christina Applegate Draws a Blank | Today's News: Our Take | 3/13/2007
Who's doing what for whom this pilot season (per Variety and the Reporter):• Emmy winner Christina Applegate, long wooed to return to network TV, has opted to star as an amnesiac woman in the ABC comedy Sam I Am. Jean Smart is Sam's mom, and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) is also in the cast.• As first scooped by the Ausiello Report, Judging Amy Brenneman and Merrin Dungey (Alias) have come on board the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, playing Violet and Naomi.• Melanie Griffith will... read more
Big Scoop! Grey's 2.0 Adds Alias Grad and "Amy" | Ausiello Report | 3/12/2007
Grey's 2.0 just got a major infusion of girl power. Sources confirm that Alias' Merrin Dungey and Judging Amy's Amy Brenneman have joined the cast of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, er, I mean "the enhanced two-hour Grey's Anatomy episode with a potential for afterlife." Based on recent intel, my guess is Dungey will be playing a psychiatrist, and Brenneman a fertility specialist. But it could be the other way around. The duo's hiring puts to rest speculation (or concern?) that Kate Walsh would... read more
ABC Courts Judging Amy Star | Today's News: Our Take | 10/16/2006
Amy Brenneman has inked a talent-holding deal to star in a fall 2007 project for ABC, says the Hollywood Reporter. The pact reunites Brenneman with the network where she appeared on NYPD Blue during its first season. The actress then went on to star {and net three Emmy nods) on CBS' Judging Amy from 1999-2005. read more
Ask Ausiello | 3/8/2006
Last year, after CBS dropped Judging Amy, there was talk that there might be a movie to wrap things up. Any wor read more
Ask Matt | 2/13/2006
I was really upset when Judging read more
Ask Matt | 3/25/2005
Question: Is it just me or is Judging Amy's Amy Brenneman pregnant in real life? Why write her actual pregnancy in and t read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/25/2004
As hinted in the season finale of Judging Amy, Dan Futterman will return to the show as a regular this fall. According t read more