Kick Buttowski
Saturday is a happy day, indeed when the Fonz himself, Henry Winkler, returns to Kick Buttowski — Suburban Daredevil as the principal.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
On Tuesday, Ringer's freshman season comes to a close — and it's anyone's guess as to whether or not it will be renewed for a second season.
Why? Ratings haven't been great. Ringer hit a series low two weeks ago with only 1.05 million tuning in. On the surface, it's hard to explain why: Not only was Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known for her Buffy the Vampire Slayer days, returning to TV, but viewers were getting a double dose of her as estranged twins, one of whom faked her own death. There was also whole lot of eye candy (see: Ioan Gruffudd, Kristopher Polaha and Lost alum Nestor Carbonell), and a murder mystery with as many twists and turns as there are Buffy die-hards.
32 bubble shows — which will survive?
So why didn't Ringer become the new guilty pleasure hit? TVGuide.com turned to series executive producer Pam Veasey (CSI: NY) to get her take on why the neo-noir thriller never clicked with a big audience. Plus: Veasey discusses how Season 2 would be different should the series get renewed, and how Siobhan and Bridget have become the "will-they-or-won't-they" duo of the show. (Oh, get your mind out of the gutter!)
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Nestor Carbonell
Ringer's Nestor Carbonell has joined the cast of ABC's The Smart One pilot, TVLine.com reports.
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Vanessa Bell Calloway, Nestor Carbonell
The Ringer season finale is upon us.
Vanessa Bell Calloway has been tapped to guest-star in the freshman series' closer, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The Coming to America actress will play...
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Community
"We're feeling pretty confident," executive producer Russ Krasnoff said Saturday at the PaleyFest panel for Community about a possible fourth-season renewal for the NBC comedy. "Look, it's because of the people who love our show and the fact that they were so upset when it went away... [Also,] the people at NBC love the show."
Love doesn't necessarily translate to airtime, however. The cult-favorite sitcom went on an indefinite hiatus in early December, a move that did not bode well for the show's future. Only last month did NBC announce that Community would return on Thursday, March 15 at 8/7c to continue its third season.
With so many shows on the bubble, can smart comedies survive?
When moderator Alan Sepinwall of HitFix.com asked star Gillian Jacobs how she liked having her character Britta become synonymous for being the worst at everything, she joked, "It's so great because I feel that sort of hit right before the show got pulled. So NBC 'Britta'd' it. We gave our fans such a great...
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ringer returns Tuesday (9/8c, The CW) with even more death, adultery and drama than the season's first half. With Siobhan (Sarah Michelle Gellar) back in New York, it's only a matter of time before the sisters cross paths. When will it happen? Get the scoop on the twins' past, present and future:
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Amber Benson
Tara's a stripper now?
On the midseason finale of Ringer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Amber Benson makes her debut as a stripper with a heart of gold — or at least, we like to think so. Benson, who portrayed Willow's ill-fated girlfriend Tara on Buffy, will portray another Tara on Ringer: A stripper who worked with Bridget (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in Wyoming who's also an informant for Agent Machado (Nestor Carbonell).
Exclusive: Ringer to have a Buffy reunion!
Check out a first look at Benson's debut:
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Buffy
Maybe this will help the weak ratings: Sarah Michelle Gellar will reunite with one of her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-stars on Ringer.
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Nestor Carbonell and Sarah Michelle Gellar
Nestor Carbonell went from protecting an island on Lost to doing the same thing for Sarah Michelle Gellar's runaway twin on Ringer.
"She is my...
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Sarah Michelle Geller and Ioan Gruffudd
Having come of age in the pre-VCR/DVD/DVR era, I have a soft spot for the sort of glossy B-movie melodramas that used to be a staple of local channels. Movies like Dead Ringer, a '60s potboiler starring Bette Davis as a woman who takes over her identical twin's identity. Any resemblance to the CW's Ringer may not be intentional, but it predisposes me to come along for the convoluted ride. (Comparisons to the twin-swapping shenanigans over at ABC Family's The Lying Game are also inevitable, but this is a much more clearly defined mystery thriller, and is aimed at a slightly more mature and sophisticated audience. It was developed for CBS, believe it or not.)
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