Critic's Notebook: ABC's Fall Lineup

Emily VanCamp

"Why just watch if you can feel?" As new-season slogans go, ABC's feels ... well, a bit clingy and demanding. Back off, ABC. I'll feel you when I'm good and ready.

But the proof is in the programming, and ABC's new fall schedule — unveiled during Tuesday's Lincoln Center upfront presentation — feels like something I'll be spending a fair amount of time analyzing, and perhaps even enjoying, in the season to come. (See the full lineup here.)

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Critic's Guide to the Week in TV: Finales, Musical and Comedy Divas, and More!

Allison Miller

'Twas the week before Christmas, and I can't remember when so much was stirring on TV this late into the year. Here are some highlights from an unusually busy pre-Christmas week.

MONDAY

DINO-MIGHT? The biggest cliffhanger regarding the two-hour finale of Fox's time-tripping family sci-fi drama Terra Nova (8/7c) isn't so much what happens on the show, which is fairly standard action-adventure mayhem, but whether it will return for a second season next year. (That decision should be ...
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Elizabeth Perkins Appearing on The Closer

Elizabeth Perkins

Weeds alum Elizabeth Perkins will guest-star in an upcoming episode of The Closer, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Perkins, 50, will play Gail Meyers, the wife ...
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Our Emmy Nominations Predictions

The Good Wife, Glee

Joel McHale (Community) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) will be announcing the names of this year's Emmy nominations Thursday live at 8:40 a.m. ET. Here's who we think will get the 2010 nods.

COMEDY

Best Series

30 Rock: Surprising guest stars Elizabeth Banks and Matt Damon proved that Tina Fey's brilliant love child is also a romantic.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Seinfeld reunion was... read more

Elizabeth Perkins Leaving Weeds

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins is leaving Weeds, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actress will end her five-year run as breast cancer survivor Celia Hodes on the Showtime hit to develop her own comedy series and to star in the upcoming film

Elizabeth Perkins is leaving Weeds, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The actress will end her five-year run as breast cancer survivor Celia Hodes on the Showtime hit to ...
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Weeds to Make Basic Cable Debut on TV Guide Network

Weeds

Weeds will be broadcast on basic cable exclusively on TV Guide Network starting in September, the network announced Wednesday.

The comedy series starring Mary-Louise Parker — who's won a Golden Globe for her performance as a suburban mom who deals pot to make ends meet after her husband's death — becomes... read more

Weeds New Season Is Still Smokin'

Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

To celebrate the return of Weeds (Mondays at 10 pm/ET, Showtime), we sat down with  Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins to discuss getting naked, kissing Albert Brooks and what to expect in the  trippy new season. TV Guide: What are Mary-Louise and Elizabeth like versus your ever-battling characters, pot-dealing Nancy and her frenemy, Celia?Mary-Louise Parker: Well, unlike our characters, I want time with Elizabeth. I don't know what the similarities between Celia and Nancy are, though — well, except they're both very particular about their footwear.Elizabeth Perkins: Yeah, I don't know how to be Celia without high heels on. So, yes, we both have shoes in common in our very in-depth approach to our characters. [Laughs read more

Kevin Nealon Goes to Commercial (Again). Plus: His Weeds Wish!

Kevin Nealon

Another year, another celebrating of the small screen's most outrageous TV ads. Tonight at 9 pm/ET, TBS welcomes back Saturday Night Live alum turned Weeds star Kevin Nealon as host of the newest Funniest Commercials of the Year special. TVGuide.com spoke with Nealon about his annual "ad-ulation" gig, as well as his dream casting wish for Weeds. (Hint: She has 42-inch legs.) TVGuide.com: If I recall, you appeared to be freezing your butt off taping your Funniest Commercials segment in Times Square last year.Kevin Nealon: Yeah, it's always freezing in New York City when we do this, and this year was no different. And this time, we wer read more

October 30, 2006: Do You Want to Die Today?

They shoot pot dealers, don't they? That question lingers as Season 2 of Showtime's Weeds drew to a close with a helpless, hempless Nancy staring down the barrels of not one or two but five serious pieces of firepower... never once setting down that prominently displayed can of Diet Coke. Her only possible salvation: Silas, now in possession of the final MILF weed harvest, but himself also in dire straits, with Celia and a policeman marching toward the 38-pound stash. And let's not forget poor Shane, who graduated from grade school straight into an impetuous, Cactus Cooler-fueled trip to Paraguay, with Kat (as in Krazy) behind the wheel, and Uncle Andy and Abumchuck in heated pursuit.And to think that the Weeds writers almost tied everything up in a neat bundle instead! So glad they opted otherwise, (as explained in my fresh Features Q&A with series creator Jenji Kohan).Was I entirely satisfied with the season-ending cliff-hanger? No, not entirely. I think it was a cheat to kill... read more

Weeds, the Season-Finale Q&A: What Happens Next?

Alexander Gould and Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

For the occasion of Weeds' season finale, which aired last night on Showtime, TVGuide.com sat down with series creator Jenji Kohan to discuss the season gone by, ask about some of the juiciest twists, and try to get a glimpse into the future. After teasing you with a craftily edited Part 1, here is the entire, unexpurgated interview, including additional questions about exactly what transpired in the shocking season-ender. (As a courtesy, I have denoted new or revised exchanges with an asterisk [*].) TVGuide.com: You started this season with some of the characters and their stories somewhat segregated, but, ultimately, they dovetailed together. Did you ever feel that was a risky approach?Jenji Kohan: You know, we love to build an arc. When we sit down, we plan the full season out completely befor read more

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