Before ABC's Revenge came along to revive the prime-time soap in all of its shamelessly melodramatic splendor, there was an irresistible British potboiler called Mistresses, a sort of Desperate Housewreckers about four glam chums with a knack for making a mess of their torrid relationships. Of which they've had plenty.
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It's the moment Fringe fans have been waiting for since Peter was transported to the alternate timeline: a Walternate and Peter showdown.
Stranded in a reality where Walter (John Noble) rejects him, Olivia (Anna Torv) has feelings for another man and no one truly believes he's a ...
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As someone who spends a healthy (if that's the word) chunk of most weekends catching up on Friday night TV, here are some very strong arguments for even the most cabin-feverish among us to stay in this Friday night. It's also a classic DVR dilemma. Which to watch live, which to record?
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My vote is on having a real-time Fringe experience — which in this case means flashing back in time to another pivotal moment in the worlds-collide mythology. This terrifically imaginative series, hitting its peak in its third season in every way but ratings, needs every fan's support. I do think Fox believes in the show and is rooting for it to succeed, but the move to Fridays is proving to be as challenging as trying to tell the two Walter Bishops apart back in 1985. (I had to play back one scene twice because I temporarily lost track of which world we were in.)
Fringe reminds me of Lost in the way that over time it has abandoned almost any pretext of reeling in the casual viewer. You're either into ...
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Orla Brady (Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise) will play James Woods' ex-wife in several episodes of CBS' Shark this season. The role was filled in the pilot by Lindsay Frost.... Also from the Reporter, Tony winner Christian Hoff (Jersey Boys) will play the vice principal — and Donal Logue's nemesis — in the Fox comedy pilot Hackett.... Jennifer Aspen, Brendan Sexton and Sean O'Bryan are William H. Macy's younger sister, nephew and younger brother on the TNT drama pilot Family Man.
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