There's no series finale written and producers and cast aren't yet ready to sign off for good but if, as many predict, ER's County General closes its doors at the end of its upcoming 14th season, the NBC drama wants to lure back as many of its cast as it can. Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter), who's popped in and out of the show for a number of years, is returning for multiple episodes, and there will be no running around in Africa this time. "He'll be in Chicago in the ER, interacting with all our people," executive producer David Zabel tells TVGuide.com. The doc is back to check out the Joshua Carter Center, a gift from his big-bucks family, as well as for a medical concern. In turn, ER is hoping to bring back Thandie Newton, who plays Carter's wife Kem. Zabel says they've also talked to Gloria Reuben (as Jeannie Boulet) and Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway) about returns. "Julianna's doing a show now (midseason's Canterbury's Law), but we can always write a story that can shoot in a ...
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Spidey has a new honey; now how about that certain secret agent? Per the New York Daily News, Wicker Park beauty Rose Byrne is said to have the lead over the likes of Thandie Newton in the race to be cast as Bond girl Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's debut 007 outing. Damn you, Scarlett Johansson, for getting all wrapped up in this "serious" film phase. Grrr.
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Question: I need some major ER scoop!
Answer: A fairly major character is going to get shot, and one of County General's finest will be implicated in the crime. Also, a NBC rep confirms that Noah Wyle's four-episode arc will commence right after the Olympics in March.
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TVGuide.com has been counting down to Noah Wyle's imminent departure from ER for a while now. This week, he finally says farewell in his last episode as a series regular (Thursday, 10 pm/ET on NBC). He's signed on to do eight more episodes over the next two seasons.
"I stayed exactly as long as I wanted to and wouldn't have left a second sooner," Wyle insists. "My initial hope was that the show would go on long enough to make some money — and then get canceled and free me up to pursue the feature-[film] career that I thought I was destined to embark upon. So the irony that, 11 years later, the show is [going on without me] is pretty thick.
"But, as I said at the party they threw me on the Warner Bros. lot on the night I shot my last scene, I found absolutely everything I was looking for in this show. I found some of the richest friend
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