The last time Tom Hertz looked forward to the Super Bowl ending was 2007. His show Rules of Engagement premiered the next day to what remains its best numbers ever. Six years later, Hertz found himself in a similar position. Rules' seventh — and perhaps final — season premieres Monday (8:30/7:30c, CBS).
"I am shocked we didn't get [the post-Super Bowl slot]," Hertz jokes to TVGuide.com. "But if this it, then I guess we've come full circle. It's been a long, windy road."
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Or more like bumpy. The well-rated sitcom has lived a topsy-turvy existence, between its schedule-hopping, bubble status and lack of a permanent timeslot. Even its 13-episode Season 7, which will bring the show to 100 episodes, was hard ...
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Can you give us any more details on Brennan's near-death experience on Bones? — Destiny
ADAM: "I am shot and I die," Emily Deschanel deadpans. Fortunately, she continues, while Brennan is trapped between planes, she reunites (and has a heart-to-heart) with her long-dead mother, which could change Brennan's view of the world completely. "She has some big words of advice for me," Deschanel says. "You discover where Brennan's hyper-rational perspective came from, and ... her mother shatters it a bit. No one changes over night, but that does change Brennan and really seeps into her life."
Will Derek ever return to surgery on Grey's Anatomy? — Katie
NATALIE: I posed that very question to executive producer Shonda Rhimes and her response may scare you...
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Paul Scheer is among the many famous faces heading to Modern Family this season.
The League star will guest-star in an upcoming episode as a Costco manager, TVGuide.cmo has confirmed. As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, he'll interact with...
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The Looney Tunes Show comes back in a big way Tuesday — literally, as Bugs Bunny has fallen victim to Porky Pig's cooking and now weighs in at a whopping 300 pounds. Turns out Porky can believe it's not butter, and uses quite a bit of the real stuff; though viewers will hear nary a Paula Deen crack in the episode. "It's not...
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