ER's John Stamos will star in Killing Mr. Kissel, a Lifetime original movie based on the true story of multimillionaire brothers (good...) who each wed the woman of their dreams (good...) only to wind up dead (unfortunate). Anson Mount (Conviction) plays Stamos' bro, and Robin Tunney (Prison Break) is one of the brides.Per the Reporter, Stamos is also developing Baby Love, a TNT pic about the founder of Project Cuddle, a national organization that works to save babies from being abandoned or harmed. — Matt Mitovich
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Just as ABC extended its option on Football Wives, a few other initially passed-on fall pilots might see the airwaves after all. Per the Hollywood Reporter, ABC is also keeping a short leash on the comedies The Middle (Ricki Lake as blue-collar mom) and The Hill (set in D.C. and starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Wendie Malick).Fox, meanwhile, still may come calling for Nurses (a dramedy fronted by Eliza Dushku and Sara Rue) and/or The Cure (starring Oded Fehr and Anson Mount).
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Jon Stewart, the 78th Annual Academy Awards
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ConvictionI've had many obsessions in my life — love, shiny jewelry, chocolate — but none as devastating as Law & Order. My addiction to Dick Wolf's franchise (save for the deservedly short-lived Trial by Jury) has distracted me from finishing freelance assignments, deprived me of adequate sleep and even chased away a boyfriend or two. That said, Wolf's new series Conviction — which technically isn't part of the L&O family, even though it stars Special Victims Unit's cast
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