Laurie Metcalf

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Laurie Metcalf Makes Easy Money for the CW | Today's News: Our Take | 6/24/2008
Get Mega Buzz on Trace, Kyle XY and more here!Roseanne's sister, Laurie Metcalf, has been tapped to play matriarch to a family of loan sharks in Easy Money, the new hour dramedy premiering this fall and airing Sundays at 9 pm/ET on the CW, says the Reporter.Penned by Sopranos scribes Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Easy Money is part of the Sunday lineup being developed and programmed for the CW by Media Rights Capital. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Official CW Sunday Sked: Laughs,... read more
Drew By Day; Comedy Tonight | Roush Dispatch | 10/15/2007
Giggling at the antics of the slap-happy contestants who “come on down” at what he calls “the happiest place on Earth,” Drew Carey looks like he’s having a blast, and looks right at home, on the spiffed-up set of The Price Is Right as he takes over as host today. There’s no fuss and no ceremony, and outside of the introduction telling us we’re at the Bob Barker Studio in Television City, and that one of the games is still called “Barker’s Bargain... read more
Lights Out at the Emmys | Roush Dispatch | 7/19/2007
Remember how Charlie Brown used to end up on his back every time he went to kick the football after Lucy pulled it away? Well, that was me, in the pre-dawn of Thursday morning at the TV Academy building in North Hollywood, as the first Emmy category (for best drama series) was read aloud. Amid a gaggle of impatient media crews and anxious publicists, I once again felt sucker-punched by the cluelessly inexplicable whims of the Emmy nomination process. (Go here for a list of nominees.)The... read more
On Stage: One Hero, Two Emmy Faves and Mrs. Brady | Today's News: Our Take | 6/6/2007
Heroes "flying man" Adrian Pasdar will take a different leap of faith this winter as the book writer for Marcus Hummon's new musical Atlanta, at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse, says Playbill.com. Grammy-winner Hummon has penned hits for a host of Nashville acts, including Mrs. Pasdar's (aka Natalie Maines') Dixie Chicks. Other Hollywood hotshots gracing the Geffen next season include Emmy winners Christine Lahti (in the West Coast bow of Wendy Wasserstein's final play, Third) and Laurie Metcalfe... read more
Pilot Talk: Desperate Housewife Is Virgin's Ma | Today's News: Our Take | 2/1/2007
The latest fall-pilot developments, as recapped by our pals at Variety:• Laurie Metcalf has joined the cast of Lifetime's The Virgin of Akron, Ohio, playing the mother of the title character, a young model who returns to her hometown and, after surviving a car crash, is believed to have been sent by God. I'm sorry, a model who's a virgin? Aren't we already having trouble believing Adriana Lima?• ABC has picked up See Jayne Run, a comedy about a woman juggling motherhood and a career,... read more
December 27, 2006: Fallen Heroes | My Boys | 12/28/2006
Laurie Metcalf is a great guest star, and who didn't love her as wacky Aunt Jackie on Roseanne? I love how she's basically an older P.J. Quirky, funny, sitting at Crowley's with her niece's dopey friends. Welcome, Aunt Phyllis! Even better? Andy's reaction when he sees her: "Oh, no." And he was right.... Uh, good morning, Kenny. How awkward! But let me just point out... totally something Aunt Jackie would have done, too. Does Laurie just play crazy people? (Remember her psycho supermarket... read more
Ask Matt | 11/10/2006
How about last week's hostage-taking episode of Desperate Housewives? Pretty good, eh? Writer Joe Keenan deserves a writ read more
Housewives and Sisters: Good Neighbors | Roush Dispatch | 11/6/2006
While some of us still miss Grey's Anatomy on Sundays, a perfectly entertaining bit of escapism to charge our batteries for the week ahead, ABC's new Brothers & Sisters has been growing on me. Week by week, culminating in this Sunday's most enjoyable episode yet, the show has become both lighter in tone and more emotionally compelling, proving to be a suitably compatible companion piece to Desperate Housewives — which, by sweeps coincidence or not, also enjoyed on Sunday its finest... read more
November 5, 2006: Bang | Desperate Housewives | 11/6/2006
I read a lot of advance press about this action-packed sweeps episode, and let me tell you, all the hype did not let me down. I laughed, I cried, I was on the edge of my seat, and I screamed "Shut up!" so many times I lost count. Definitely one of the best episodes ever, so I must first give kudos to the writer — Joe Keenan (writer/executive producer of Frasier) — and the director, Larry Shaw. The entire cast did an outstanding job, but the three powerhouses were Felicity Huffman,... read more
Ask Matt | 11/6/2006
I know you love Grey's Anatomy and don't really like Desperate Housewives, and last season I shared that opinion. This s read more
October 29, 2006: Sweetheart, I Have to Confess | Desperate Housewives | 10/30/2006
I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's confession-themed episode, as did my roommate Jason, who referred to the Lynette-Susan-Gaby-getting-drunk-on-the-porch scene as one of the all-time funniest and well-written scenes, and I agree. Just that scene alone had highlights galore, like Lynette confessing her innermost feelings about Tom: "I want him to have what he wants — if it's what I want. I'm a bitch with a capital C." Earlier, Gaby's line had us rewinding to watch it again: "I'm just gonna say... read more
Ask Matt | 9/29/2006
I was wondering how you liked the season premiere of Desperate Housewives. I thought the episode was an improvement over read more
When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters | Roush Dispatch | 9/25/2006
Something seriously unfunny is happening on two of TV's most notable hour-long comedies, Desperate Housewives and Gilmore Girls. Not that either show is beyond rescue, but I fear it's going to take a while this season to extricate some heretofore favorite characters from the miserable corners they were painted into last season.Most infamously, Lorelai Gilmore (still, against the odds, effervescently played by Lauren Graham) is mired in an unpleasant situation that makes her overextended... read more
September 24, 2006: Listen to the Rain on the Roof | Desperate Housewives | 9/25/2006
Looks like Marc Cherry is keeping his promise: He's been in the media everywhere proclaiming that the show's quality will be back in tip-top shape, like it was in the first season. He deserves a pat on the back for cowriting a (for the most part) first-rate script with Jeff Greenstein (Emmy-winning writer/executive producer of Will & Grace - Jeff wrote the pivotal '80s flashback episode where Will first came out to Grace). I thought it was a smart thing to fast-forward to six months from... read more
Housewives Casts Mystery Lady, Hunky Hero | Today's News: Our Take | 9/21/2006
Desperate Housewives, which begins its third season on Sunday, has announced the casting of Oscar-nominated songwriter-actress Kathleen York as Monique, a beautiful redheaded mystery woman, and Matt Roth (husband of new recurring Housewives player Laurie Metcalf) as Art, the buyer of Paul Young's home who is befriended by Lynette after he plays hero in a bank robbery. Which sitcom vet almost nabbed Roth's role? Check out Ask Ausiello for that and other scoops on Housewives' new season. read more
The Watercooler | 1/29/2006
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The Watercooler | 1/28/2006
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The Watercooler | 1/23/2006
MonkIs it lame of me to continue mourning the loss of Bitty Schram, read more
Ask Ausiello | 12/21/2005
Any 24 scoops before it returns in January? You probably heard that Broadway vet Jayne Atkinson has replac read more
Roush Dispatch | 11/30/2005
Nothing gets my critical pulse racing more than when a show I already love switches up the formula, telling a story from read more