Sarah Chalke

Watch Out, Boy, Maneater Sarah Chalke Will Chew You Up

• May 29, 2009 02:32 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich
• 2 Comments

Sarah Chalke, Maneater

Summer is around the corner, so it's time for some fun and frothy fare to liven up the tube. Filling that bill this weekend is Maneater, a two-part Lifetime miniseries airing Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm/ET, and based on the Gigi Levangie Grazer's New York Times best-seller.

Starring as the titular minx is Sarah Chalke, who traded in her scrubs for dazzling (mini-)dresses and come-hither bikinis. Can her shallow socialite, Clarissa Alpert, develop a deeper appreciation of what matters in life? Chalke surveyed her character's journey, as well as offered updates on her How I Met Your Mother and Scrubs runs.

TVGuide.com: I have to say, you're looking absolutely terrific in Maneater.
Sarah Chalke: Thanks, dude! It's all pretend — smoke and mirrors and ... read more

Here We Go Again: Is Stella the Mother?

• May 5, 2009 11:53 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich
• 29 Comments

Stella's not out of Ted's life just yet.

Just when you thought she was out ... they pull her back in.

Sarah Chalke's Stella resurfaced at the end of CBS' How I Met Your Mother this week, and at a most interesting moment. Throughout the entire episode, Narrator Ted had set the stage for an encounter which, had it hot happened, his kids wouldn't be here today.

Now, mind Adult Ted's words carefully: Never did he tell his kids that this latest story — in which food poisoning, Barney's 200th conquest and an intervention all led his younger self to this run-in — was about meeting their mother. After all, Ted has ... read more

Judy Greer, Philip Winchester and More Join Lifetime's Maneater

• Jan 21, 2009 03:38 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 4 Comments

Judy Greer, Philip Winchester

Judy Greer, Philip Winchester (Crusoe), Gregory Harrison and Maria Conchita Alonso have joined the cast of the Lifetime miniseries Maneater, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Maneater, based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's novel, stars ...
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Lifetime Recruits Maneater Sarah Chalke

• Dec 11, 2008 04:26 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 8 Comments

Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke is going from a doctor to a Maneater.

The Scrubs star has been tapped for leading lady duties on Lifetime's new miniseries, Maneater, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's book and adapted by Suzanne Martin, Maneater will star Chalke as ...

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Will J.D. And Elliot Reunite for Scrubs' Final Season?

• Dec 10, 2008 12:49 PM ET
• by Michael Maloney
• 12 Comments

Sarah Chalke, Scrubs

Scrubs fans are hoping the on-again, off-again romance of J.D. and Elliot is resuscitated when the hospital-based sitcom returns for its eighth and final season on Jan. 6 on ABC. Sarah Chalke can't say for sure what happens, but she is hoping that her character and Zach Braff's J.D. go the way of Ross and Rachel and not Sam and Diane.

"I think they should ... read more

Critics' Notebook: Worst Show of the Century?

• Sep 24, 2008 05:22 PM ET
• by Matt Roush
• 4 Comments

Justin Bruening and Deanna Russo in Knight Rider by Mitchell Haaseth/NBC Photo

Here we are at "hump night" of the first week of the official TV season. Or, given that NBC is giving us a line-up of the atrocious Knight Rider, the dishonestly monikered America's Got Talent and the turgid Lipstick Jungle, maybe we should rechristen Wednesdays "lump night."
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Neil Patrick Harris and Sarah Chalke to Co-Host Creative Arts Emmys

• Aug 22, 2008 07:37 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

Neil Patrick Harris by Jean-Paul Aussenard/ WireImage.com; Sarah Chalke by Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage.com

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are going for laughs this year.Neil Patrick Harris and Scrubs star Sarah Chalke have been enlisted to host the award show, which honors technical and behind-the-scenes achievements.Trophies will be handed out Sept. 13, and the ceremony will air on E! as a two-hour special on Sept. 20, a day before the Emmy Awards, where you'll be able to catch Harris again.The 35-year-old snagged his second straight Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a comedy series for How I Met Your Mother, on which Chalke, 31, guest-starred last season as the potential "mother." — Joyce Eng read more

CBS at Press Tour: Life After Grissom

• Jul 18, 2008 08:57 PM ET
• by Matt Roush

If the season opener of CSI is any indication—CBS gave critics screeners of the episode this week—William Petersen is going to get quite the emotional workout in his final 10 episodes as a series regular. He gives one of his strongest performances to date as he grapples with the aftermath of the climactic shooting of Warrick (Gary Dourdan) in last season’s cliffhanger shocker. The episode also brings Jorja Fox’s Sara (looking softer and prettier) back into the picture, at least temporarily.CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler, kicking off CBS’s portion of the fall-season TCA press tour on Friday morning, spent much of her session explaining the new character who will be introduced to eventually take over the team. Described by Tassler as “an outsider coming into the CSI unit … not immediately as the boss,” he’s a doctor and scientist with “an interesting genetic profile that, in certain sort of medical contexts, they’ve noti... read more

It's Official: Chalke Returning to Mother! Is Brit Next?

• Apr 21, 2008 06:04 PM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Sarah Chalke and Josh Radnor in How I Met Your Mother by Monty Brinton/CBS

Hear that? It's the sound of fresh ink drying on Sarah Chalke's brand spankin' new How I Met Your Mother contract!Sources confirm to me exclusively that Chalke has formally signed on to reprise her role as Ted's possible future wife in at least one additional episode. (I first reported on the Chalke-Mother negotiations back on April 10.) The Emmy-worthy Scrubs cutup is due back on the Mother set this week to begin work on this season's third-to-last episode. Meanwhile, talks are continuing for Britney Spears to return as Chalke's loopy assistant, although my source insists no deal is in place. Yet. "The producers want her back," says the insider, "and hope she will return."My prediction: The ink will be dry on that comeback in the next 48-72 hours. read more

Exclusive: Sarah Chalke Preps Mother of a Comeback

• Apr 10, 2008 09:20 PM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Sarah Chalke by Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

OMFG, she is so the mother! I think. I'm hearing from multiple sources that Sarah Chalke is in advanced talks to reprise her role as Ted's possible future wife on How I Met Your Mother.In fact, just moments ago, Chalke's Mother crush himself, Josh Radnor — here to shoot a guest appearance for next week's Ausiello Report vodcast — confirmed that we'd probably be seeing Stella for a "few more episodes" this season. He was quick to add, however, that he has no clue whether or not she's the mother. "I really don't know," he said, "nor do I ask." Radnor also pleaded ignorance regarding the possibility of Britney Spears returning as Chalke's unhinged assistant, although he expressed confidence that exec producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas "could write a great plot for her to come back." Neil Patrick Harris may prove a harder sell. Radnor's costar told the Associated Press that too much of Spears may not be a good thing. "I'm in the minority that our show does not need stunt c... read more