NCIS by Eric McCandless/CBS, Lost courtesy ABC and Jason Priestley by Mathew Imaging/WireImage.com
Senior editors Matt Mitovich and Mickey OConnor answer your questions E-mail us your own spoilery needsYou are doing a terrific job with Mega Buzz but nowhere have I seen anything mentioned about NCIS and the paper the new director took out of a file I thought it was his own and destroyed Can you scoop the significance of it Al Matt First of all Al thank you for the kind words about the column Mickey and I find great joy and take tremendous pride in it As for your query you impressed the heck out of NCIS executive producer Shane Brennan Yes the paper is significant very significant and yes it did come out of the directors personal file he tells the Buzz Will we find out what it really means Yes This season Maybe Will it shed new light on Director Vance You betcha Im wondering why Gabrielle Carteris was not approached to appear on 90210 KristiWill Jason Priestley appear on the new 90210 Brandon-and-Kelly fans would like hi
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Steven Weber by Mathew Imaging/WireImage.com
Steven Weber is spending his downtime from wooing Brothers & Sisters' Sarah with a visit to USA Network's Psych. The vet of such series as Wings and Studio 60 will appear in a mid-August episode playing Henry's brother, and thus Shawn's uncle.Oh, but not just any visiting relative. Weber's Uncle Jack hits town claiming he has a map to hidden Spanish treasure. A race to beat raiders to the loot ensues, with James Roday presumably doing his best Shia LaBeouf.Weber's casting marks the latest expansion of Shawn's fam — Cybill Shepherd previously was announced as playing the lad's mother, in two episodes starting with the July 18 season opener. — Matt Mitovich
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I have more news on the Richard Belzer front. I spoke with the actor himself this week and he is very grateful that you guys all miss Detective Munch and it turns out we weren't imagining things: Belzer’s contract this year was reduced from 22 episodes to a measly 13. No word on why this happened. Belzer is as mystified as we are but the 63 year old's character was pretty much replaced by 35 year old Adam Beach this season. Nobody is saying its ageism and maybe I am just as conspiracy minded as Detective Munch but you do the math and tell me what you think.Executive Producer Neal Baer would not comment further. Although he told me last week Munch wasn't going anywhere, they have sure found screen time for Adam. I think every episode this season. Personally Munch is one of my favorite characters. He is funny, cynical and real. If you want to see more Munch let your voice be heard. Write to NBC or send a letter to TV Guide Magazine and let the show’s producers know ho...
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The Simpsons courtesy Fox
The past few weeks have been trying ones for anyone who cares about TV and the potentially devastating impact the ongoing writers’ strike could have on the current season and beyond. Which is why, being a cockeyed optimist and all, I’ve been cautiously thanking the fates ever since hearing that the Writers’ Guild and the producers’ alliance are going back to the negotiating table on Monday. No guarantee, of course, that this will mean a quick end to the standoff that has shut so much production down already. But hey, it’s Thanksgiving week, so let’s stay in a thankful and hopeful mode, OK?In that light, here are 10 more reasons to be thankful about the current week in TV as we head into the Thanksgiving break.1. We’re still in a sweeps month, which has allowed us most nights to live blissfully in denial that a strike is even happening, since new episodes continue to abound (including over most of this long holiday weekend). Depending on what happen...
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Steven Weber by Eric Liebowitz/NBC
Steven Weber, who has a recurring gig coming up on Brothers & Sisters, will star in Zip, a half-hour comedy pilot for NBC. Weber will play a Beverly Hills hanger-on who, with a colorful cast of accomplices, concocts one scheme after another to "make it big" and provide for his three kids.... Also from the Reporter, Starsky & Hutch film director Todd Phillips will make his TV debut with The More Things Change, an ABC comedy pilot about four guy friends.... MTV is developing a new take — three, actually — on Name That Tune, each of which will be customized for play on MTV, VH1 and CMT.
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Steven Weber by Art Streiber/NBC; Rachel Griffiths by Justin Stephens/ABC
Rachel Griffiths has landed herself a not-too-shabby (Spoiler Alert) rebound relationship on Brothers & Sisters. Ex-Studio 60 chairman Steven Weber is joining the cast for a significant arc as a love interest for Griffiths' (Spoiler Alert) soon-to-be-single Sarah. Weber's character, Graham Finch, is a private consultant who is brought in to help expand the Walker family business. And although Sarah is initially resistant to the idea, she ultimately succumbs to his charms."Steven is a wonderful actor, skilled in both drama and comedy, and we can't wait to see him go toe-to-toe with Rachel," gushes executive producer Mark Perry.My B&S mole, meanwhile, tells me Mr. Finch may or may not be hiding something. Well, at least we can rule him out as being another one of Holly's illegitimate children. At least I think we can rule that out. Holly?
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The real "Cell Phone Man" will be revealed on the first-season finale ofLifetime’s Side Order of Life."They said they were looking for a voice that could convey humanity, warmth and a sexy vulnerability — Gilbert Gottfried was unavailable so it fell to me," actor Steven Weber jokingly tells TV Guide.In the cable net’s Ally McBeal-esque hour-long dramedy, Marisa Coughlan plays Jenny, an ambitious magazine writer/photographer who’s examining life’s purpose with great intensity and a little bit of mysticism.Since the series’ start, she’s had ongoing philosophical conversations with an as-yet unseen guy on a cell phone. The series closer has Jenny even questioning her own sanity as she consults with a therapist (guest star Carrie Fisher).Weber describes Side Order as "unabashedly romantic. There are noexplosions and the characters have a vulnerability that is uncommon intelevision."The season finale of Side Order of Life, "Funeral for a Phone," premier...
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Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Steven Weber by Virginia Sherwood/NBC
Although the fates of the other Law & Orders are still up in the air, SVU is apparently flush enough to blow its budget on a bevy of familiar faces for its May 22 season finale. In addition to the slew of previously announced guests — including Michael Weston as Olivia Benson's half brother, Ludacris as Fin Tutuola's stepson, and Court TV divas Nancy Grace and Star Jones Reynolds as themselves, unfortunately — Steven Weber (Wings), Lisa Gay Hamilton (The Practice) and Vincent Spano will appear as a lawyer, Luda's mother and an FBI agent, respectively. Also as previously reported, Adam Beach (aka Det. Chester Lake) will make his official debut as a series regular this episode. In fact, production (and thus guest-casting) on the next season of the popular procedural is already under way, with upcoming visitors including Sabrina the Teenage Witch herself, Melissa Joan Hart, and former film star Elizabeth McGovern. And should CI and/or the original flavor go off the air, e...
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Question: Here's my opinion of why Studio 60 is not doing well and why I gave up on it last week (and I was a huge West Wing/Aaron Sorkin fan!): There are no characters who evoke any sympathy from viewers, at least not this one. The shows I love have characters whom viewers can relate to and have empathy for. What are your thoughts on this?
Answer: Again referring to my Dispatch, I'll stand by my opinion that I'm with Jack Rudolph (Steven Weber) in his disdain for and disinterest in everything happening on the "Studio 60" set these days. Who knew he'd be my hero? Abhorring all the characters, who have for the most part been singularly ill-developed on this series, is certainly a major obstacle ...
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Nothing brings a family together like a bunch of purloined suitcase nukes. Or so we gather from 24 this season, which apparently has split the fan base over whether it was a good idea to reveal the Big Bad from this and last season to be Jack Bauer’s own brother: the sniveling Graem—played by one of TV’s most reliable go-to villains, former ER irritant Paul McCrane. (Think maybe Jack can arrange for a helicopter to fall on this creep as well?)As usual, I’m willing to go along for the ride, trusting it won’t take us into Kim Bauer-meets-the-cougar territory. This storyline is just the latest of many risks taken by this show, which has ruthlessly killed off favorite characters (starting with the death of Jack’s wife Teri at the end of the first season) and brought Jack back from the dead, both literally and figuratively, prompting allegations of shark-jumping almost from the start. To which I say, and always have said: Phooey!I loved the way they revealed...
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