Are you buying what Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack are selling this Monday at 10 pm/ET? In the new TNT dramedy Trust Me, TV's former Ed Stevens and Will Truman play Connor and Mason, creative partners at a (modern day, ahem) ad agency. As the series kicks off, the buds' professional and personal bonds are tested by the departure of a cold body and the arrival of a hot blonde. Can TV's newest ad men draw eyeballs? Cavanagh gave us a sneak peek.
TVGuide.com: I think you and I last talked during your Love Monkey days.
Tom Cavanagh: That show [about an indie music label] was a massive success. [Laughs] But thank you for your support!
TVGuide.com: Better to have a show go off the air and have a few people saying, "Darn it," than...
Cavanagh: Yeah, we got that a lot. We shot it in New York, and ...
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Before Scrubs signs off for good, fans can count on one final appearance by J.D.'s ne'er-do-well brother, Dan.
"I would say the chances are 100 percent," Tom Cavanagh confirmed during a TVGuide.com Q&A to promote his new TNT series, Trust Me. "If I was a betting man ...
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Question: I've been seeing ads the last couple of days for a new TNT show coming in January starring Tom Cavanagh. Have you seen anything of it yet? I'm so hoping it's really good and a really big hit. The couple of brief appearances by Cavanagh on Eli Stone this spring were fantastic, but left me wanting so much more of him — I still miss Ed a lot! And I know you don't keep tabs on these things, but who does someone have to extort to get Ed released on DVD?!
Answer: It's no secret I'm a big fan of this guy myself, so I have high hopes as well for Trust Me, the new drama in which he stars with Eric McCormack as co-workers at a Chicago ad agency. (First strike will be overcoming the inevitable comparisons with Mad Men, which probably isn't fair, as this is a contemporary piece.) I haven't even seen the promos yet, as this show won't premiere until January and I have my hands full right now making sense of the new fall season (and still trying to squeeze pilot episodes out of some of
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TNT on Wednesday held its upfronts presentation, unveiling a slate loaded with drama... and including the occasional Elvis impersonator.Having previously greenlit the series Raising the Bar (from Steven Bochco and starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Leverage (fronted by Timothy Hutton) and Truth in Advertising (Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh), and the pilot Men of a Certain Age (returning Ray Romano to TV), the cabler has a development slate that includes:• Delta Blues, exec-produced by George Clooney and revolving around a Memphis cop/Elvis impersonator who lives with his momma. (What is Kurt Russell up to...?)• Morse Code, tentatively starring Donnie Wahlberg as a war hero/DEA agent working his hometown of Bah-ston. I will go out on a limb and predict his last name is... Code.• Angel City, a "six cops/three cars" drama in the vein of Adam 12 and Hill Street Blues.• A fast-paced and gritty drama from 24's Joel Surnow and centered on a BATF agent.• A quirky, Lit...
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TNT on Monday revealed its ambitious plan to change most of its weekday prime-time schedule to original fare by the year 2010. (Popular movies will still be the cabler's bread-and-butter on Fridays/weekends.) Here's what's on tap.Already greenlit for production:• Raising the Bar, a Steven Bochco drama about a public defender (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), his boss (Gloria Reuben) and an imperious judge (Jane Kaczmarek). Teddy Sears and Melissa Sagemiller also star. • Leverage, in which a former insurance investigator (Timothy Hutton) assembles a team of highly skilled thieves, hackers and grifters.In consideration:• Truth in Advertising, an ad-biz drama starring Eric McCormack, Tom Cavanagh and Monica Potter.In development (scripted):Generations (from Robert Redford, a drama following three generations of the same family living in a house); an untitled family drama set in 1950s Indiana; a series based on Tess Gerritsen's crime novels; The Genie Chronicles (about... a genie i...
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