Catherine Bell
Hallmark Channel has greenlighted sequels to its original movies The Good Witch and The Note, starring fan faves Catherine Bell and Genie Francis respectively.
Witch's Catherine Bell and Chris Potter will start shooting (thank goodness it's a working title) The Good Witch 2 later this month in Toronto for a 2009 premiere. The sequel will revolve around...
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Catherine Bell by Fred Norris/Lifetime
Not many TV shows earn promotional shout-outs from both John McCain and Barack Obama But endorsing Army Wives A political no-brainer The hit Lifetime drama Sundays at 10 pmET after all depicts with sensitivity and soap-operatic flourish the lives of American military families The candidates high-profile tributes were the latest signs of success for the networks most popular show which scored record ratings for its second-season opener as well as an official thumbs-up from the US Department of DefenseThe upshot of that seal of approval permission to film inside an actual C-17 transport plane at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina near the set used as the shows fictional Army post The DoD also provided a medical evacuation crew to reenact their duties nursing wounded soldiers We want to help the show portray the military not only in a good light but in a realistic light says Air Force public affairs officer Capt Wayne Capps The series als
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Army Wives by Fred Norris/Lifetime
Thanks in part (I have to believe) to TVGuide.com's video Q&A with Catherine Bell and her miles upon miles of telegenic gams, Army Wives returned to an audience of 4.5 million total viewers on Sunday night, making it the highest-rated original drama series telecast in Lifetime's 24-year history. What's more, versus the Season 1 premiere, it represented a 67 percent increase in the women 18-49 demo. What's your take? Does Army Wives in some ways mark the "official" arrival of quality summer TV? — Matt MitovichRelated:• Video Q&A: Catherine Bell Teases Army Wives' Season 2
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While out promoting the second season of Lifetime's hit series Army Wives, Catherine Bell (who plays Denise Sherwood) stopped by to chat about everything from characters being killed off after the explosion cliffhanger to a new McDreamy joining the cast. Fun Fact: Did you know Bell is an avid motorcyclist? Hard to picture such a dainty little thing riding a hog, but it garners lots of "awesome" points in our book!
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Catherine Bell in Army Wives by Fred Norris/Lifetime Television and Seamus Dever courtesy Seamus Dever
Well, this doesn't bode well for ol' Major Frank: Army Wives has cast General Hospital alum Seamus Dever — he was Ian Devlin, doctor by day, hit man by night — as a new love interest for Catherine Bell's Denise.The actor, who's also guested on NCIS and JAG, will appear in at least four episodes of the Lifetime soap's second season (which kicks off June 8) as hot doc Getti at Mercer Hospital. You know the type... funny and flirtatious, with a motorcycle in the parking lot to boot. (No word yet on whether this doc is also a closet hit man.)So do you think this means Frank's going to die overseas? Or is Getti just a passing fancy, someone whose bedside manner distracts Denise from her injuries after that pesky explosion in the season finale? Weigh in below. -- Additional reporting by Ben Katner
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Catherine Bell, The Good Witch
Catherine Bell's trading in her army-wife stripes tonight for some supernatural potions in Hallmark's original movie The Good Witch (9 pm/ET). Best known for her roles as Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie in JAG (NBC: 1995-6; CBS: 1997-2005), and currently as Denise Sherwood in Lifetime's Army Wives, tonight she plays the enchanting Cassie Nightingale, a newcomer to a small town who can't decide if she's a witch or not. We spoke with Bell about the film and Wives' upcoming season.
TV Guide: This is one of the more lighthearted roles you've done.Catherine Bell: It's very different. That's exactly why I decided to do it. She's a little portion of my personality, actually, which is funny because I've played all these women who
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Army Wives
Lifetime's Army Wives (Sundays at 10 pm/ET) doesn't take a stance on the war, but it's still making a big noise. Since its June 3 debut, the soap has smashed the female-friendly network's ratings records with almost four million viewers a week. It doesn't hurt that the show stars popular TV veterans Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) and Catherine Bell (JAG) and that it's lustier than Lifetime's usual fare. But Army Wives also seems to be striking a chord with its depiction of military family life — a world full of rituals, duties and sacrifices unknown to most of America. "People keep coming up to me saying it's about time we see the female perspective on war," explains ex
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On TV, it's the summer of the wife.
Barely had Desperate Housewives wrapped its third season than a sudden blitz began: USA Network's comic The Starter Wife (Thursdays, 9 pm/ET), ABC's insipid reality show Ex-Wives Club (Mondays, 9 pm/ET) and a fifth and final season of BBC America's campy Footballers Wive$ (starts Wednesday, 8 pm/ET).
Since Lifetime couldn't possibly sit this wave out, along comes Army Wives (premieres June 3 at 10 pm/ET), a sudsy home-front drama about military families set against a current backdrop of war and wrenching deployments. It fits this network's brand like a dress
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Jason Priestley and Marisa Coughlan courtesy Lifetime
Today the veteran cabler gave advertisers a sneak peek at a slew of upcoming programming, including scripted series, reality shows and, of course, its legendary TV-movies. Future offerings include the one-hour dramas Chambermaid about an attorney fresh out of law school clerking for a powerful judge; Bailey Weggins, the adventures of a divorcee-cum-investigative reporter; Burnt Toast, based on the memoir by Desperate Housewives' star Teri Hatcher; an American incarnation of the Brit airline series Mile High; and Lovely and Talented about an all-female acting class. Original movies include a look at the House of Hilton and the presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull, who ran for office decades before women were granted suffrage. Well-titled reality offerings include How to Look Good Naked hosted by Queer Eye guy Carson Kressley; Judgment Day, America's Psychic Challenge and Going for Broke. Premiere dates for a trio of previously announced series were also revealed: Kim Delaney and ...
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First, you got David James Elliott back on your screens (on Close to Home), now his JAG leading lady is bound for her own new TV gig. Lifetime has granted a 13-episode series order to Army Wives, an ensemble drama starring Catherine Bell, Kim Delaney, Brigid Brannagh (Over There) and Sally Pressman as military men's missus. Shot on location in Charleston, South Carolina, Army Wives is set for a March bow.In other Lifetime news, the cabler has opted not to pick up second seasons of either Angela's Eyes or Lovespring International (starring the always-fab Jane Lynch).
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