Received your invite yet? On the SAG Awards red carpet, The Big Bang Theory cast told me that invitations to Howard and Bernadette's spring wedding are in the mail!
"I was stuffing invitations in the last episode we shot, so we're moving closer to the wedding," says a very excited Melissa Rauch (Bernadette). But the actress admits she had a bit of anxiety when she remembered the fate of George's fiancée, Susan, on Seinfeld, who died from licking toxic wedding-invitation envelopes in 1996. "I didn't actually...read more
1. HOMELAND
The best new series of the year is Showtime's twisty nail-biter of a psychological thriller, an emotionally intense cat-and-mouse game between two damaged souls: Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine POW who may have been turned by terrorists during eight years in Iraqi captivity, and Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, the unstable CIA analyst who breaks all the rules to get under his skin — and at times under the sheets. (Bringing new meaning to undercover agent). The actors are as electrifying as the storytelling in this taut tale of homeland insecurity, which also features a marvelously restrained Mandy Patinkin as Carrie's melancholy mentor and a revelatory Morena Baccarin as Brody's understandably conflicted wife. Homeland comes from the veteran producers of 24, who have lost none of their knack for sustained suspense, but within this more realistic framework have been able to concoct a thoughtful and gripping meditation on the human toll of the war on terror.
read moreIt's the second Tuesday in November, and The Big Bang Theory cast descends on Stage 25 of the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., for a live taping of the episode "The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition," which will air just nine days later on Thursday, Nov. 17 (8/7c on CBS). "There's no time anymore," executive producer Chuck Lorre notes of the quick turnaround. A lot goes into filming Bang on such short notice, so TVGuide.com hit the set to gather behind-the-scenes intel on one of the geekiest shows on TV:
Big Bang Theory's Johnny Galecki: Penny and Leonard are the loves of each other's lives
Pre-show rituals: For Jim Parsons, it's...read more