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Rob Lowe Sues Former Nannies and Chef | Today's News: Our Take | 4/8/2008
Brothers & Sisters' Rob Lowe is having all sorts of trouble with his employees. Lowe and his wife have filed three separate lawsuits against two former nannies, who they claim spread lies about their family, and against one chef they claim had sex in their home and stole prescription medication.According to the AP, one of the former West Winger's complaints charges Laura Boyce, a caretaker of Lowe's two sons for most of 2007, with defamation, violating a confidentiality agreement and... read more
Brothers & Sisters Romance Cut Short? | TV Guide News Report | 11/6/2007
Danny Glover’s much-anticipated eight-episode arc on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, as love interest for the family matriarch (played by Sally Field), may be cut short due to the writers' strike (which Glover supports). He’s already grown attached to his character, an advisor hired by Kitty (Calista Flockhart) to help Robert’s (Rob Lowe) campaign. "I like his sensibility. He’s funny, he’s witty, he’s basically a good guy," says Glover. Despite the uncertainty... read more
Ask Matt | 10/12/2007
I love your column. It is refreshing to hear the way you dissect television art, and I'd like to discuss Brothers & Sisters. I'm so glad I tuned in, despite the early problems. Not only was my perception of Calista Flockhart as annoying totally shattered, especially in the Sept. 11 episode, but the players I had no preconceived notions about, like Matthew Rhys and Dave Annable, showed me how strong the show really is. And last week's episode with Justin's return was pure brilliance, from the... read more
The War At Home | Brothers and Sisters | 10/1/2007
Episode Recap: "Home Front"As Brothers and Sisters jumps into its second season, it's nice to see that the neurotic and argumentative Walkers are still just that. The little quirks that made us love them last year are all back in full force. They talk over one another, pick at each other, hold mini-grudges against each other, get drunk together and they worry about each other. Tonight it was the worrying that was at the crux of the show. Justin, still on active duty in Iraq, has not been in... read more
Rob Lowe Is High on New Anti-stalking Drama | Today's News: Our Take | 8/10/2007
Rob Lowe is deftly placing a producer's hat atop his perfect head of hair, teaming with writer Alison Cross (Commander in Chief) to create a procedural pilot for ABC. The project, says Variety, concerns the Los Angeles Police Department's anti-stalking unit, and represents the first offering out of Lowe's new production shingle. Lowe tells the trade he originally conceived the idea more than a year ago and as a starring vehicle for himself. Now it will be fronted by someone else (Andrew... read more
Twenty Things I Learned This Past TV Season | TV Matt'rs | 5/23/2007
1. I learned how to type "Isaiah" correctly on the first try. (Yeah, that lesson became kind of imperative.)2. I learned that creating a keyboard shortcut for "from O.C. creator Josh Schwartz" would have saved me loads of time come pilot season.3. I learned that no matter how you ask, no matter which one you are talking to, you will never get an American Idol castoff to pick their favorite to win. Good manners, you say? Top-secret contract clause, I theorize.4. I learned that unless a new... read more
May 20, 2007: Goodbye | Brothers & Sisters | 5/21/2007
After it was resolved that Justin's deployment to Iraq would be delayed to allow him to work on his recovery, much of his story line has centered on his struggle to shake his addiction. But Justin's fears about going back to war were always there in the background. And tonight those fears became a reality in the worst way, as Justin found out at the last minute that his departure date was earlier than planned. At first I liked the way Justin handled his goodbyes individually — until, like... read more
May 13, 2007: Matriarchy | Brothers & Sisters | 5/14/2007
The birth of Tommy and Julia’s twins has been anticipated by the Walkers all season long. Sadly, what should have been the happiest moment in Tommy and Julia’s lives turned out to be one of the most difficult. I can’t imagine how awful they must have felt, trying to decide whether or not their daughter should be a kidney donor for their son. Although he’s usually not a very emotional person, you could really see Tommy’s anguish when he told Nora that he was afraid when... read more
5 Reasons Everyone Should Be Watching Brothers & Sisters | As If! | 5/1/2007
As far as I can remember, this is the first year in awhile that I am really loving Sunday night TV. With Discovery's special eye-opening series Planet Earth (which I've raved about before), the return of Entourage and Ari's fuming and hysterical ways, and ABC's new family hit Brothers & Sisters, I've ended my weekends on a good note recently, instead of wishing for more free time to play. And although staying up for Brothers & Sisters, which airs at 10 pm/ET, is tough some weeks and... read more
April 15, 2007: Game Night | Brothers & Sisters | 4/16/2007
Joe kissed Rebecca. When Rebecca first came into the picture I never thought I’d be writing that sentence. I can’t believe Joe. It just seems so, well, out of character. Although I guess we don’t really know very much about him, to be honest. He’s a musician, he stays at home with the kids, he seems frustrated and bored at times, and his marriage to Sarah seems to have its problems. But basically all his on-screen time has involved his shared marital problems with Sarah, or,... read more
April 8, 2007: Three Parties | Brothers & Sisters | 4/9/2007
Kitty supposedly went to Senator McCallister’s hometown looking for some commentary about how great the senator is from those who knew him first. She also secretly hoped to get some gossip that would be beneficial to her in her role as Robert’s girlfriend. What she found at first was pretty run-of-the-mill: a small town with nothing to do (well, nothing that didn’t involve artichokes) and a high-school sweetheart with generic nice things to say. But boy was Kitty ever in for a... read more
April 1, 2007: All in the Family | Brothers & Sisters | 4/2/2007
In the last new episode, we saw everyone react to the fact that Rebecca is actually a Walker — everyone including Rebecca herself. The main focus tonight continued to be the fallout from the Rebecca situation, although tonight was less about reacting and more about interacting. And what better way for everyone to get to know each other than at a Walker family dinner?Though well intentioned, Nora’s dinner didn’t go as smoothly as she had hoped. Kitty was noticeably absent, Sarah... read more
Brothers' Rob Lowe Signs On for Second Term | Today's News: Our Take | 3/28/2007
"The senator" has ABC's vote — or perhaps vice versa. Rob Lowe will continue on with the just-renewed Brothers & Sisters next season, and as a full-fledged cast member, Variety reports. Lowe first guested as Calista Flockhart's eventual love interest last November, then stayed on as a "special guest star" (which to me always reads as, "Good agent, better money"). My question: If Lowe's senator is elected president, does Martin Sheen come on as his deputy communications director? Is... read more
Ask Ausiello | 3/14/2007
Is your "Gray Matter" Blind Item referring to Rob Lowe? read more
Brothers & Sisters Exclusive: Rob Lowe's Gay Bro Cast! | Ausiello Report | 3/12/2007
Finally, we can put a face with the name. Former Days of Our Lives stud Eric Winter has been cast as the oft-referred-to-but-never-seen gay brother to Rob Lowe's Sen. McCallister on Brothers & Sisters. According to my Walker family mole, the 30-year-old actor -- whose other credits include the blink-and-you-missed-it WB drama Just Legal and, most recently, ABC Family's Wildfire -- starts work this week for an April debut. As I teased in Ask Ausiello, Kitty initially mistakes him for being... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/26/2007
In a TV Guide interview, Chad Lowe reflects on his new gig as 24's resident evildoer, sobriety, his new girlfriend and p read more
February 18, 2007: Love Is Difficult | Brothers & Sisters | 2/19/2007
It was a surprise to hear Noah’s name mentioned tonight. After briefly appearing in the opening episodes, he seemed to disappear. I thought we were going to go through the rest of the season without hearing about him again. But in attempting to address her feelings toward Joe’s friend Vanessa, Sarah was forced to confront her own confusing extramarital friendship and how it affected the way she feels about her husband. Coming clean to Joe didn’t seem to help much, at least for... read more
February 11, 2007: Valentine's Day Massacre | Brothers & Sisters | 2/12/2007
So much happened last night that it could have taken weeks for a typical family to sort out every event. Thank goodness the Walkers don’t keep secrets. All it took was one four-way conversation for everyone to know that Kitty slept with the senator, Kevin slept with Scotty, Justin slept with Tyler, and Nora spent the night in jail.Kitty and the senator were the big story, obviously. Once we found out that a business trip had them spending Valentine’s Day together, it became apparent... read more
January 21, 2007: Something Ida This Way Comes | Brothers & Sisters | 1/22/2007
"Medieval" and "mid-level" might sound similar, but unfortunately their meanings are very different. And a coat of arms and people in costume at Nora’s 60th birthday party were the least of the Walker family’s problems. Between drinking in closets and Sarah’s sex tape and grandmothers who don’t know when to refrain from commenting, it’s a wonder they even had time for cake.Nora’s mother (guest star Marion Ross) came as a surprise. I wouldn’t have pictured her... read more
Where Are We? Where Do We Go? | Robbie's Brothers & Sisters Blog | 1/19/2007
So. Hi. Happy 2007. Been a while since I've posted on the inner workings of Brothers & Sisters [Sundays at 10 pm/ET, on ABC], the oddly popular serio-comic series of which I am the titular creator. We're closing in on the home stretch of our first season here, with six more episodes to write and nine more to shoot. (ABC ordered an extra three episodes, to make up for having never aired the original pilot and scrapping an episode early on, so that instead of a back nine, we have a back... read more