Cue the daddy issues!
Our favorite geek (one of them at least), Chuck Bartowski, is finally getting a dad.
Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula is slated to join Chuck as our protagonist's estranged father for a three-episode arc, creator Josh Schwartz tells EW's Ausiello.
"Chuck made a promise to ...
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Ray Romano's return to TV is official.
After greenlighting new series from Jerry Bruckheimer and Jada Pinkett Smith last week, TNT is giving the go-ahead to Romano's character dramedy Men of a Certain Age, according to Variety.
The series, starring Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula ...
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TNT has taken a Quantum Leap and added Scott Bakula to the cast of Men of a Certain Age.Joining Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in the drama pilot about three old college buddies, Bakula will play Terry Elliott, an actor of a certain success dating a woman of a certainly younger age. Bakula, eh? And they thought Everyone Loves that other guy! — Matt MitovichRelated:• Pilot News: Andre Braugher Hits a Certain Age • Still Love Raymond? Romano to Star in TNT Pilot • Will Ray Romano Deal Us a New TV Series?
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Steven Soderbergh the man who brings together A-listers in his sleep is taking a giant leap into a pool of TV talent and other talent less frequently seen on the big screen to help out Matt Damon in his new comic thriller The InformantAlongside Damon who stars as an insider in the agricultural biz Soderbergh has nabbed former Quantum Leaper Scott Bakula and The Soups Joel McHale whos still in final negotiations says the Reporter The two will play FBI agents trying to fight corporate baddies in a price-fixing scam The film is an adaptation of Kurt Eichenwalds blockbuster book The Informant A True Story Bakula and McHale will also be joining other comedic cast members including Mike OMalley Yes Dear and Two and a Half Mens Melanie Lynskey Of his unusual casting decisions Soderbergh says he didnt want actors who were already overexposed in the cinema and who could let a dark comedic tone emerge organically What do you think of these big leaps t
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Fifteen years after their Murphy Brown characters rocked a romance, Candice Bergen and Scott Bakula renew their chemistry on Boston Legal (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET, ABC). An avowed "huge fan" of Legal, Bakula plays Jack, Shirley's brash law-school love. We caught up with Bakula in between live theater gigs.
TV Guide: Was the idea here to hark back to Peter and Murphy?Scott Bakula: I was dying to know, but there were no writers — therefore no rewrites — so I don't know! It was oddly coincidental, since Jack [like Peter] plays piano and sings. I'm very curious. He's energy and zaniness — very high-powered, in everyone's face. The first time I meet Alan [James Spader] I tell him, "Get me coffee." Then, "Did you hear me?"
TV Guide: How was it to work with Candice again?Bakula: Wonderful. She
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