Nia Long, whose recent film credits include the two Big Momma's House movies, will appear in at last three episodes of ABC's Boston Legal, playing a micromanaging associate from the New York office of Crane, Poole & Schmidt who arrives in Boston to solicit help from Alan.... Also per the Hollywood Reporter, Christopher Gorham has been upgraded to recurring status on Ugly Betty, where he has twice guested as Betty's nerdy accountant love interest.
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The "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" doctrine is alive and well at CBS. At least that's the impression you get after spending two days in the network's company as the first of the broadcast networks presenting a fall lineup at the summer press tour.
Although No. 1 in prime time, with the hottest nights of drama (Thursday) and comedy (Monday), they're not especially cocky. They didn't produce the breakout hits of last season (that would be ABC), and they're not likely to this year, either. But who's complaining when you have Survivor, The Amazing Race, CSI and all those other Bruckheimer shows, plus Two and a Half Men, as tentpoles?
Most of CBS' new shows appear solid, and a few even feel unusually fresh for a network that loves its formulaic procedural dramas and standard-issue sit
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Can you believe Harrison, the high-school geek from WB's Popular, is all grown up? His portrayer, Christopher Gorham, turned 30 this year. He's got a wife and two kids. He also has another well-liked but short-lived series under his belt, UPN's bionic-boy show, Jake 2.0.
"I never got a reason why we were canceled, really, except that the numbers weren't what UPN wanted them to be," he tells TV Guide Online. "I got a call on the morning we were to shoot Episode 16. I was leaving the gym, getting ready for work and [the producers] called with the bad news. But we still ended up getting to shoot that last episode, which is great. There are four episodes that have not aired in the States, and it kills me because they're the four best episodes we did!"
Well, just in case there's a Jake 2.0 DVD release — and TV sci-fi fans are clamoring for it — what was in those lost episodes? "There's an episode called 'Blackout' and one
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