Glee, FlashForward
This week, television surprised and moved us. Meredith Baxter announced that she is gay. Sons of Anarchy shifted its focus abruptly from revenge to deep sorrow. And House admitted that without Wilson, he is truly alone. Also: Nathan Petrelli is dead and the ladies of Eastwick are witches. (OK, so not everything was a surprise.) Welcome to the Coolest Moments (aka Top Moments): Shock and Awwww Edition.
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Chris O'Donnell and Julianna Margulies
Freshman dramas The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles have been given full-season pickups, CBS announced on Wednesday.
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NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J, has been...
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NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles, one of the most anticipated new dramas of the fall, premieres Tuesday (9/8c, CBS), and every member of the production knows the show has something to prove.
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"My biggest concern, and I think [for] most of us, is to please the current NCIS fans first and foremost, because there's... a huge following," says the show's star, Chris O'Donnell. "If new people tune into the show, that's great, but I feel more pressure to live up to the [original fans'] expectations."
O'Donnell's co-star, LL Cool J, feels similar pressure ...
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NCIS: Los Angeles
Don't call LL Cool J's role on NCIS: Los Angeles a comeback; just call it a new source of inspiration.
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The rapper-turned-actor hit the studio to record "NCIS: No Crew Is Superior," a new track based on his experiences playing special agent Sam Hanna. "This song is the musical interpretation of what I felt after meeting with NCIS agents, experienced Marines and Navy Seals," LL Cool J said. "It represents the collective energy in the room. I was so inspired I wrote the song on set."
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NCIS: Los Angeles stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J as special agents ...
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Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J
Paula Perrette, the goth beauty of NCIS, will guest in the second episode of the CBS spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles, executive producer Shane Brennan announced Friday.
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Perrette's character, Abby Sciuto, will appear in a "fun little cameo" and help solve the case, Brennan said at the show's Television Critics Association fall press tour panel.
He also hinted about how the NCIS storyline that ended with Chris O'Donnell's character, Special Agent G. Callen, taking a bullet will continue on the spin-off. "It's four months later and it's ...
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LL Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles
Starting Sept. 22, NCIS fans will double their pleasure when CBS' high-rated procedural is followed by the series premiere of NCIS: Los Angeles. The much-heralded spin-off concerns the L.A.-based Office of Special Projects and its own team of Special Agents, led by Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. Here, the man who famously rapped about "Going Back to Cali" reveals how he landed in Los Angeles this TV season.
TVGuide.com: That was quite a performance you gave at the CBS upfronts. [LL Cool J surprised the crowd with a rousing performance of "Mama Said Knock You Out."]
LL Cool J: Oh, thank you, man. I had a good time with that.
TVGuide.com: Had you been on the hunt for a TV gig?
LL Cool J: I had a deal with CBS for about three years, and we were looking for the right show. We tried a few things and they weren't really right, but when this opportunity came along, I met with [NCIS boss] Shane Brennan and we clicked instantly. It felt like the right thing.
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TVGuide.com: Tell me about the first meeting between you and Chris O'Donnell. How did it go?
LL Cool J: Very, very ...
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Chris O'Donnell and Mark Harmon
CBS has issued its official press release and first photos for the two-part NCIS episode that will serve as a backdoor pilot for a spinoff starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.
Titled "Legend," the episode kicks off April 28 and concludes May 5. In one of the photos, Mark Harmon's Gibbs is seen walking-and-talking with O'Donnell's Special Agent G. Callen.
The setup: When the discovery of a Marine's corpse becomes a matter of national security, Gibbs' team must ...
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LL Cool J, Chris O'Donnell
The deals are now done, and Chris O'Donnell and recording artist LL Cool J are on board for CBS" much-ballyhooed NCIS spinoff.
O'Donnell will play Callen, a chameleon-like lead agent, while LL's character, a former Navy SEAL, is described as hard on the outside but "thoughtful, eloquent and disarmingly charming" under the surface.
Previously announced castings include CSI alumna ...
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Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J
How do you assemble a team that can even compare to Jethro Gibbs & Co.? If you're NCIS and you're prepping a spin-off, you start with Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.
Batman's former Robin and the recording artist/sometime actor are in talks to front the CBS hit's offshoot, says the Reporter and EW. O'Donnell would play ...
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Grammy Award Statue
Christina Aguilera will join Celine Dion, the Foo Fighters, B.B. King and John Mayer at The Grammy Nominations Concert Live, a concert hosted by LL Cool J and Taylor Swift.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced earlier this year that it will broadcast two different Grammy specials: a concert that will feature past winners and announce this year's nominees, and the traditional awards ceremony.
The concert and nomination special will air Dec. 3...
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