Courtney B. Vance

The Closer Sneak Peek: Brenda's Back for the Holidays!

• Dec 6, 2010 03:46 PM ET
• by David Hochman

Kyra Sedgwick lets out a big "Ha!" when asked how Brenda Leigh Johnson, the Georgia peach—turned—Los Angeles police babe she plays on The Closer, has changed after six seasons on TNT. "That's the wonderful and fun thing about Brenda," she says. "The woman really hasn't evolved."

On one level, Sedgwick is right. The Closer returns tonight for five episodes ending with ... read more

The Closer: More Guest Star, Big Cases on the Way

• Oct 12, 2010 02:12 PM ET
• by Scott Huver

Have you been missing The Closer since it wrapped its season last month? Emmy-winning star Kyra Sedgwick is already back on the beat for a five-episode winter season that begins in December, and co-star Tony Denison tells TV Guide Magazine that the holiday episodes' self-contained storylines will tread a fine line between ...
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Courtney B. Vance to Guest-Star on The Closer

• Sep 10, 2010 04:39 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

Brenda Leigh Johnson is going to need a little help in The Closer summer finale, and Courtney B. Vance is the man for the job.

The former Law & Order: Criminal Intent and FlashForward star will guest-star in Monday's episode, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. He may also return later in the season.

Vance will play Deputy Chief Tommy Delk, the head of the LAPD's counter-terrorism division. He's brought in to help with a joint investigation between the FBI and the LAPD. As Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) fights to stay a step ahead, Delk proves that he is just as clever as she is in manipulating the system... read more

Lost to Flash Viewers with Teases for New Sci-Fi Series

• Apr 24, 2009 12:54 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Those who tune in for Lost's 100th episode — and do not zap through the commercial pods — will spy teasers for Flash Forward, an ABC pilot which is envisioned as a possible companion series to the adventures of Jack, Sawyer et al.

Sources tell TVGuide.com that during commercial breaks for the Lost episode airing April 29 ... read more

Vance, Davenport Flash Forward in New ABC Thriller

• Dec 2, 2008 11:14 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Courtney B. Vance (Law & Order: Criminal Intent ) and Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean, Swingtown) have joined the cast of Flash Forward, an ABC pilot based on  Robert J. Sawyer's sci-fi novel and fancied as a possible "companion show" to Lost.

Exec-produced by David S. Goyer (Blade) and Brannon Braga (Threshold), Flash Forward depicts the events that follow when everyone in the world ... read more