Bruce Greenwood, Eloise Mumford, Joe Anderson
A mere two nights after The Walking Dead finale shattered cable ratings records, and more than a few nerves, with its zombie shooting gallery at Hershel's now-abandoned farm, two more dynamic series signed off for the season Tuesday night — hopefully not for good (though one seems a likely goner) — giving us some fun and tense times. Sometimes both at once.
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Timothy Olyphant, Justified
On that rare occasion when someone tells you there's nothing good on TV — but honestly, why would you be talking to people like that? — gently point them toward Tuesday nights at 10/9c, a time period that became ridiculously overstuffed this week thanks to some of cable's best and most entertaining dramas. (And let's pause to give thanks to cable replays, for those with limited DVR capability.)
THE TUESDAY LOGJAM: Let's start with FX's Justified, fresh as ever in its third season. Still recovering from last season's wounds, wry U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) may not be up to snuff just yet — as his boss taunts, "You can't run and you can't shoot, what good are you?" — but the show is so assured in its blend of barbed humor and deadly menace that you can always expect at least once per episode to be found laughing on the edge of your seat. Mags Bennett may be gone, and there's no replacing the great Margo Martindale, but icy-eyed Neal McDonough is giving it a robust go...
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Michael Cudlitz, Lucy Liu
Things will look a little different this season on Southland.
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Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips will guest-star on the Season 4 premiere of TNT's Southland, TVGuide.com has learned.
Southland recruits Lucy Liu for Season 4
The former NUMB3RS and Stargate Atlantis star will play Danny Ferguson, a physically intimidating beat cop who is deeply cynical about law enforcement. His views cause more than a little tension with Ben (Benjamin McKenzie) and Sammy (Shawn Hatosy), but when the time comes to put up or shut up, Ferguson proves to be an exceptional officer...
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Katee Sackhoff
Battlestar Galactica alum Katee Sackhoff has signed on to star in the upcoming A&E crime thriller Longmire, reports Entertainment Weekly...
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Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips is getting out of here a winner: The actor was crowned king of the jungle on the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! season finale.
"This experience is head and shoulders, and far to the left of anything I've ever done. One of a kind," Phillips said on Wednesday's live finale. "No movie set ever compares to this. This is the real deal and it's been an amazing trip."
See photos of Phillips and the cast sweating it out in the jungle
The win comes with ...
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Lou Diamond Phillips, Alaina Huffman
The ship is fast filling up on Sci Fi Channel's Stargate Universe, with Lou Diamond Phillips (Numbers, La Bamba) and Alaina Huffman (Smallville's Black Canary, Painkiller Jane) being the latest additions to the crew, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Get details on their roles — and two other new castings — after the jump.
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Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips will guest on an upcoming episode of Patrick Swayze's new A&E drama The Beast, playing an associate of Swayze's character, Barker.
Phillips plays Capone, a figure with a bloody past and connections to a gang. The episode, airing Feb. 26 at 10 pm/ET, revolves around the death of a Chicago police officer.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ross McCall by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
Jennifer Love Hewitt is engaged to Scottish actor Ross McCall, says Us. But don't feel too bad, Mitovich: The guy proposed with an engagement ring that's been in his clan for more than a century. That's tough to beat.... Lou Diamond Phillips and his wife of three months, Yvonne Marie, are parents already. Daughter Indigo Sanara was born on Oct. 9.... Though rumors are swirling that Gwyneth Paltrow's marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin is in trouble, the New York Post hears that it ain't necessarily so. They simply make every effort not to be photographed together.... Jessica Simpson spent what would have been her fifth wedding anniversary pouring over scrapbooks chronicling her stint as Mrs. Nick Lachey. "There are definitely parts of her that regret breaking up with Nick now," a sources tells Us. — Ben Katner
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Nancy Juvonen and Jimmy Fallon by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
SNL alum Jimmy Fallon is altar-bound, having popped the question to longtime honey Nancy Juvonen, who co-owns Flower Films with Drew Barrymore and apparently never saw Taxi, says the New York Post.... Also heading to the chapel, I now read, are Joe Pesci and Angie Everhart (?!).... Lou Diamond Phillips' second marriage, to Kelly Phillips, has officially been dissolved. The couple will share custody of their three children, with Phillips paying child and spousal support totalling $12,200 a month. Guess who wants more Numbers guest gigs now?
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