Ask Matt: Revenge, Glee, Once Upon a Time, Alcatraz and More!

Emily Vancamp, Josh Bowman

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Question: This past week marked the 13th episode of the freshman series Revenge. I remember reading that the Labor Day engagement party previewed in the pilot was originally scheduled to be the 13th episode. Have the writers decided to take advantage of the series' popularity and draw out the story by delaying that episode? Will we see the events of the ...
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Tricia Helfer Lawyers Up for NBC's The Firm

Tricia Helfer

Battlestar Galactica alum Tricia Helfer has landed a recurring role on NBC's upcoming drama The Firm.

"Just signed a recurring role 'Alex Clark' in NBC's 'The Firm' airing this winter," Helfter tweeted. "Will be working with some amazing talent - very excited!"

When can you next catch Tricia Helfer on TV, online or on demand? Add her to your Watchlist and you'll know for sure

Based on John Grisham's novel, the series takes place 10 years after ...
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Molly Parker Joins The Firm

Molly Parker

Molly Parker has joined the upcoming drama The Firm, its network NBC has announced.

The Deadwood and Swingtown alum will star as Abby, the wife of protagonist Mitchell McDeer (Josh Lucas), who played a key role in his bringing down a mob-related Memphis law firm...
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The Firm Makes It Legal With Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie

Juliette Lewis, Callum Keith Rennie

Another two actors have joined The Firm.

Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie have been cast in NBC's legal drama, which is based on John Grisham's bestselling novel, the network announced Tuesday. They join Josh Lucas, who stars as attorney Mitchell McDeere, a role that Tom Cruise played in the film adaptation of the novel.

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The Killing's Mireille Enos: Arresting Beauty

Mireille Enos

Some crime shows pull you in with gunplay and explosions, others with snappy dialogue between bantering buddies. On The Killing, AMC's compelling new mystery, it's the faces that hook you. Whether they're despairing, full of rage, menacing or intensely haunting as in the case of Sarah Linden, played by the superb Mireille Enos — just try to turn away.

With a quiet authority and obsessive dedication to the job, Detective Linden is perhaps the most multilayered and intriguing female cop since Helen Mirren's Jane Tennison on Prime Suspect. The demanding role was exceedingly difficult to cast. "A mild panic had set in about ever finding the right actress," recalls exec producer Veena Sud...
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Roush Review: Lots of New TV, But Only One Kills It

Kristin Lehman, Billy Campbell and Eric Ladin

Not since the fall TV onslaught has there been a weekend this cluttered with high-profile new premieres, including network and cable (though mostly cable), running the gamut from lavish costume drama to spy spoof to haunting mystery. And there's a really lousy, old-school Kennedy miniseries in the mix you might have heard about. Something for everyone, you might say...
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When Californication Continues: "Smiles Will Fade"

Natascha McElhone and David Duchovny by Randy Tepper/Showtime

Remember how the premiere season of Showtimes Californication ended in smiles Well that wont last Creator Tom Kapinos sat down with us at the Season 1 DVD release party to dish on what will happen next with the dysfunctional family The second season [arriving no sooner than September] is investigating the very nature of happy endings whether they really exist at all he says The reason I chose to freeze-frame it in that happy moment is because if you let it play out eventually their smiles are going to fade and they have to deal with reality That reality is Sonia played by Paula Marshall who will return with a bun in the oven a bun that may or may not be Hanks That [will be] splitting Hank and Karen apart in the early parts of the season says Kapinos Also Battlestar Galacticas Callum Keith Rennie joins the cast as an iconic record producer a kind of Phil Spector-meets-Rick Rubin who gives Hank the dream job of writing his biography This is the guy read more

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