Archie Panjabi
She lost two of her closest — maybe, only — friends. She's under investigation by the FBI. And now she has a drug kingpin on her tail. Don't let the baseball bat and those boots of justice fool you — it's not a good time to be Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife. And judging from the preview for Sunday's Season 3 finale (9/8c on CBS), things might be getting worse before they get better. "The stakes are very high with this one," Archie Panjabi tells TVGuide.com.The Emmy winner also shared what's next for Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Kalinda's road back to friendship, Cary's return to the firm and the upcoming introduction of Kalinda's husband...
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The Thick of It
Timing is everything. Which may help explain why, after a nearly three-year delay, BBC America is finally importing the third season (from 2009) of the blistering political satire The Thick of It to its "Ministry of Laughs" weekend franchise (Saturday, midnight/11c) — on the heels of HBO's launch of Veep, which springs from the same demented imagination of dark farceur Armando Iannucci.
Thick set the tone of deeply cynical, bitterly vicious, and scaldingly profane high-office shenanigans that Veep is adapting with some success.
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Smash
Let's start this week's rundown with some good news.
Like a bit of reality redemption, as the charming and freakishly talented Mondo wins Project Runway All Stars.
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Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter will guest-star on ABC Family's Switched at Birth, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Baxter will play Bonnie Tamblyn Dixon, the mother to Lea Thompson's character Kathryn and biological grandmother to Daphne (Katie LeClerc). Sparks fly and tension arrisses when she arrives for a family visit.
ABC Family sets return dates for Pretty Little Liars, Lying Game and more
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Denis Leary & Michael J. Fox
"You want us to talk to each other?" Denis Leary jokes, relaxing with his old pal Michael J. Fox. "This is really hard, because we don't have a lot to say to each other. Actually, we do, but it's mostly hockey talk." In fact, Leary, 54, and Fox, 50, share a lot more than their love for the Boston Bruins: They're devoted dads and husbands (Fox married Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan in 1988, one year before Leary wed writer Ann Lembeck) with their own charities: the Leary Firefighters Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox's Emmy-winning role as a hedonistic paraplegic on Leary's recently wrapped drama Rescue Me reignited his acting career, leading to his irreverent turns as an...
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Phineas and Ferb
Has True Blood vampire Bill Compton met his match in the Teen Wolf ? Yes, that's True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, along with Michael J. Fox, providing guest voices in an upcoming Halloween episode of Disney Channel's animated hit Phineas and Ferb.
In the segment "The Curse of Candace,"
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Ringer
Our top moments of the week:
15. Orange You Glad You Did This? Award: Now that Anderson Cooper has come out of the closet about his admiration for Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, it's only fitting that they go out on a proper date. On his new daytime talk show, the Jersey Shore star takes Cooper for his first spray tan. "I had no idea that Mr. Anderstand had muscles," Snooki says, as a sheepish, shirtless Cooper undergoes the process. "So when he took off his shirt, he had, like, a huge peanut muscle. Cool." Cooper, at least, seems pleased with the results: "Wow! I've never had a tan line like that." Does anyone...
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Julianna Margulies and Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox will reprise his role as Alicia's rival on The Good Wife, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Fox, who portrayed rival defense attorney Louis Canning, will return for...
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Michael J. Fox, Larry David
TV at its most extreme — HBO would have it no other way as it bid farewell to its Sunday summer tentpoles this weekend. Here's my take on each of them:
Extremely Bloody: That would be True Blood, which as usual wrapped its season with an orgy of extremely silly excess. The body (and bawdy) count was high as the episode reached more climaxes than the final reel of the last Lord of the Rings movie. When and how would it ever end? In a bloody mess, that's how. But I've loved most of this season ...
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Rebirth
Most everyone remembers where they were 10 years ago on September 11, as we watched the horrific images and stories unfold. A decade later, many will gather in front of the TV again to watch, remember, reflect — and the broadcast and cable networks are offering a wide range of specials to put the tragedy in perspective.
But there's plenty else happening on TV this weekend. Here's my take on some of the more notable highlights, including the major 9/11 programming:
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