Reverend Camden saddles up in Every Second Counts premiering Saturday at 9 pmET a Hallmark Channel original about a retired rodeo champion who wagers more than he should on his daughters Kyle XYs Magda Apanowicz own success at the sport TVGuidecom spoke with Stephen Collins about this latest foray into family-friendly fare ruling the Broadway stage in Spamalot and the prospects for a 7th Heaven reunion Matt Webb MitovichTVGuidecom Most people chill out in the summer but you seem to be keeping busyStephen Collins When Mike Nichols calls and says Do you want to come to Broadway if youre me you go Uh yeah Its very exciting And as it happens the movie is coming out now tooTVGuidecom Was being out on the range a big draw of Every Second CountsCollins When I read the script I just loved the character Hes flawed but his heart is in the right place When I read a script a big yes starts to form in my gut or not I had an immediate
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Bob Newhart will be returning to the tube this summer in Herb's Murders, a two-hour original movie for the Hallmark Channel. Newhart will play a detective who, with the help of his police-officer daughter, investigates the killing of a publisher.Murders is but one of Hallmark's 30 original movies planned for release this year. Among the other projects are The Ride of Her Life, feauturing 7th Heaven's Stephen Collins, and Ladies of the House , which finds Pam Grier, Florence Henderson and Donna Mills working on a church-sponsored home-renovation project.For those who just can't get enough of funny old ladies, Hallmark also announced that it will begin airing The Golden Girls in March 2009. I've already begun counting the days! — Adam Bryant
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Stephen Collins must have an "in" with The Big Guy Up There, because this weekend the patriarch of the CW's long-running 7th Heaven (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) is hitting the big screen to woo no less than Diane Keaton. TVGuide.com spoke with the actor about slipping out of the reverend's collar to reunite with (and mack on) Annie Hall, and invited him to dispel the "7th Heaven versus Everwood" myth.
TVGuide.com: First, let's put some people at ease. Stephen Collins does not have a serious heart condition. Rev. Eric Camden does. I hear there's some confusion?Steph
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If you've watched 7th Heaven over its 11-season run — or even caught a glimpse of one episode — you know that the Camdens aren't just about achieving family harmony but about helping the entire community that surrounds them. This week's new episode (Sunday at 8 pm/ET, on the CW) is no exception. In fact, it covers a pressing issue that we've been hearing about every day: Darfur — a topic so devastating, it's a real departure from the common troubles we usually see on this family drama. Filled with information about the crisis abroad, executive producer Brenda Hampton spoke with TVGuide.com about the motivation behind this episode, 7th Heaven's again-uncertain fate, and saying goodbye to some of our favorite Camdens.
TVGuide.com: I just watched the Darfur episode, and it's amazing how much dial
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Question: 7th Heaven scoop, please. Anything!
Answer: Tragedy looms for one of the Camden kids as the 11th season opens. And a younger man is going to cause problems for Lucy and Kevin in Episode 2. Stephen Collins, meanwhile, will lampoon his do-gooder Heaven image in tomorrow's season finale of FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. All I'll say is that he has a surprising connection to Dennis and Dee, and it's one of two major twists in the episode.
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