Steven Pasquale

Drowning in Summer's Reality Glut

• Jun 25, 2008 01:18 PM ET
• by Matt Roush

Wipeout by Adam Larkey/ABC

First, some good news before the bad: July is less than a week away, and a month that once upon a time signified the absolute doldrums for TV fans now looms like an oasis of bountiful pleasures, with returning shows on the horizon including The Closer, Burn Notice, the Monk-Psych combo, and the piece de resistance of Mad Men's second season. (You’ll also want to add HBO’s gripping Generation Kill docudrama miniseries to your calendar.) Naturally, this is all on cable, but this is still especially good news after the dismal reality circus of June, capped by the current week’s onslaught of ridiculous time-wasters.More than ever, I’ve been feeling trapped in a bizarro world, as if I’d bought a subscription to a season of “To Each Their Own” theater. I know there are people out there who get their jollies at watching elaborate and messy pratfalls accompanied by snarky commentary—the model being Spike’s MXC, which I found mildly amusing until ... read more

Denis Leary and Minisodes Come to the Rescue

• Jun 23, 2008 08:07 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

Denis Leary by Timothy White/FX

The summer would be just a little less hot without the boys from Ladder 62 Fortunately FX is keeping our Rescue Me passion stoked with 10 minisodes Tuesdays at 10 pmET and also at Cracklecom The five-minute standalone vignettes will premiere June 24 as a sort of preview to the strike-delayed fifth season which isnt kicking off until April 09 Series cocreator and star Denis Leary chatted with us about those as well as the status of Tatum ONeal Mike FlahertyTV Guide These minisodes seem ideally suited for a show like Rescue MeDennis Leary Yeah It would be really hard for another drama to do them But we have comedy and drama as well as giant action sequences which play well in small doses People will get a taste of everything they like about the showTV Guide Tell me about a couple of the plotlinesLeary In one Sean Garrity Steven Pasquale spills a drink in his bed while the guys are asleep in the bunkroom and he decides to climb into bed with Tomm read more

At the Movies: 24 Alum Fronts Alien Sequel

• Sep 25, 2006 02:09 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Per Variety, Reiko Aylesworth (24) and Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) have grabbed the leads in Alien vs. Predator 2, to start filming next week in Vancouver.... Ron Howard is on board to direct a film adaptation of Frost/Nixon, a play currently earning raves on the West End about the famed 1977 television interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Cate Blanchett is set to star in Cancer Vixen: A True Story, based on the memoir of Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a fashionista cartoonist for Glamour and the New Yorker. read more

Rescue Me's Maggie Is the O'Neal Deal

• Jul 11, 2006 04:00 AM ET
• by Mike Flaherty

Tatum O'Neal, Rescue Me

Although life hasn't always been a paper moon for Tatum O'Neal, it's been great practice for braving the boys' club of FX's Rescue Me (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET).

TV Guide: Your Rescue Me character, Maggie Gavin, is the sister of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin. Describe her.
Tatum O'Neal: What you see is a real broad, a Queens woman who doesn't think before she speaks and is extreme in everything — extreme in her drinking, extreme in her men, extreme in her language, extreme in her opinions. Extreme all the way.

TV Guide: How did she get that way?
O'Neal: Maybe it's because s read more

Considering the wonderful ...

• Jan 13, 2006 03:00 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Question: Considering the wonderful praise given to Rescue Me by you as well as other critics, it saddens me that this show seems to be snubbed come nomination time. It's made plenty of critics' Top 10 lists and I'm happy it made AFI's list. It simply amazes me how Denis Leary does not get an acting or writing nomination for Tommy Gavin and Season 2 for the Golden Globes. It's not the first time a deserving series has been ignored, but I am just surprised given the "FX is the new HBO" attitude as of late. In HBO's prime, it got tons of nominations. Finally, what saddens me most of all is that the ensemble of this show will simply never be recognized. Jack McGee and Daniel Sunjata deserve recognition for their story lines. The wonderful work of Steven Pasquale, John Scurti and Michael Lombardi will never be awarded since their story lines are mostly comedic in a dramatic program, even though the show would not work without them. The drama is so poignant because we are able to laugh with ... read more