Kathryn Morris and Raymond J. Barry, Cold Case
Cold Case
9 pm/ET CBS
Period music is one of the strong points of the series, and occasionally an episode will focus exclusively on one artist, such as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen.
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Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy), Jennifer Morrison (House) and Matthew Fox (Lost)
Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor answer your questions. As always, you may direct your own spoilery needs to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Having Denny appear on one episode of Grey's Anatomy, because Izzie's memories were triggered by a case, is one thing. But to make him a ghostly fixture in her life and carry on some kind of romance from beyond the grave is beyond ridiculous. — Evie
MATT: I hear you. Getting it on with a ghost is so circa-1981 Barbara Hershey. Now, if s-e-x between living, breathing humans is what floats your boat — and lord knows the pickings are slim if you only watch Grey's, Ghost Whisperer and Supernatural these days — Drs. Owen Hunt and Cristina Yang might soon move beyond spontaneous necking and into full-on boinking. As Kevin McKidd himself tells me, "At the end of the day, this is Grey's Anatomy, so you can bet good money on it!" (Read my full Q&A with "McArmy" on Thursday. Great Scot, he gave up crazy Journeyman scoop!) As for Izzie and Denny, that "ghost story" isn't ending any time soon, seeing as Jeffrey Dean Morgan still has a few more appearances left (says EW's Ausiello).
I've missed Chase and Cameron on House, and was thrilled to see them in significant roles again. Are they more involved in future episodes? — Shane
MICKEY: Though the much-touted "hostage" episode airing Nov. 25 is kind of the Thirteen Show (Olivia Wilde is great in it), Chase and Cameron do ...
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Desperate Housewives by Ron Tom/ABC
Sunday's ratings recap:7 pm/ETThe season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition averaged 9.55 million total viewers.8 pmThe Amazing Race 13 placed third for the hour, premiering to 10.29 mil (down 25 percent from Cycle 12's launch). The Simpsons returned to an audience of 9.3 mil, dipping just 135K from its previous opener; King of the Hill led out with seven mil. 9 pmHousewives bested NBC's coverage of the Eagles-Bears with 18.44 mil, virtually matching last season's premiere. Cold Case (11.24 mil) dropped a mil. Family Guy (9.2 mil) built on King's audience, while American Dad (6.86 mil) was up 13 percent from its previous premiere.10 pmBrothers & Sisters (12.35 mil) trailed football, but was down just seven percent from a year ago. The Unit (9.75 mil) lost nearly a mil from its previous, Tuesday-night season opener.
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Dick Wolf by Chris Haston/NBC Universal Photo
A new pilot from Law & Order guru Dick Wolf is in the works for NBC, featuring "an unconventional female detective" who solves the murders of anonymous victims, according to Variety .Lost and Found will be written by Law & Order alum Chris Levinson, and pick up is contingent upon who they cast to headline the show.Sound familiar? I thought so, too. The first thing that comes to mind when the words, "unconventional female detective," are pitched is the plethora of successful shows already containing that dynamic. The Closer has quirky southerner Brenda Leigh Johnson, Cold Case has flashbacking Lilly Rush, and Saving Grace has self-destructive, angel-talking Grace Hanadarko. How do you think Dick Wolf and Co. can distinguish this show from so many others already on our radar? — Erin FoxRelated• Dick Wolf Seeks Profit Justice• Use Our Online Video Guide to Watch More Law & Order
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Cold Case - Kathryn Morris by Joel Warren/Warner Bros.
On tonights Cold Case renewed interest in an aspiring writers suspicious hanging death in 1962 allows a trio of formidable guest stars to shine in a tale loosely based on the 1944 movie classic Gaslight Flashbacks feature Brothers Sisters and John From Cincinnati vixen Emily Rose as Nancy Patterson a Sylvia Plath type whose apparent suicide is reinvestigated after Lilly learns she didnt pen the note found on her body Its the story of a woman who thinks shes going insane says executive producer Veena Sud The question is Who is [making her think that] Lillys search for the answer leads her to fiery Frances Fisher ideally cast as Nancys ultra-repressed daughter Rachel Apart from being the last person to see her mother alive Rachel also nurses a grudge against the stepfather who abandoned her played by authority-figure specialist and weasel-virtuoso Ronny Cox The Fisher-Cox combination gives this Cases dramatic twists an added payloa
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Returned March 30 airs Sundays at 9 pm on CBSNumber of new episodes 5Where we left off A spat over a serial-bomber case marked the end of the fling between Det Scotty Valens and ADA ThomasWhats next The April 6 episode finds Det Lilly Rush still struggling with the aftermath of her shooting and her mothers death while she and Scotty are transporting a suspect from West Virginia to Philly Its going to be really tough exec producer Veena Sud says but she will succeed in finding hopeAnd love The following episode will introduce undercover narc Eddie Saccardo Will Graces Bobby Cannavale with whom Lilly strikes up a provocatively prickly relationship He gets under her skin Sud says We are going to see that relationship develop and they will leave this season with possibly a new beginning Thats hotWatch video clips | Photos | More Returning Favorites coverage
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Bobby Cannavale by Maury Phillips/WireImage.com
Here's one fewer Cold Case for Lilly Rush to solve: I have confirmed the identity of her next sexual conquest, and it's Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale.Sources tell me exclusively that the graduate of Third Watch and Will & Grace has been cast as a recurring love interest for Kathryn Morris' single homicide detective. His character answers to the name of Eddie Saccardo and first appears in this season's final batch of episodes.
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today announced nominees and special honorees for its 19th annual Media Awards. ABC leads the field among the networks with nine nominations, with Logo leading the cable networks with five. Announced from Park City, some of the nominated artists and productions include Across the Universe, ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, Bravo's Work Out, one episode each from Cold Case and Boston Legal and heavyweight 60 Minutes, among others. In addition to the series and movie, GLAAD will be honoring various members of the creative community at several award ceremonies, including celeb photog Herb Ritts, uber-musician Rufus Wainwright and uber-... well, Janet Jackson. According to the organization, the annual awards "honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the ... LGBT ... community and the issues that affect their lives." — Anna Dimond
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From Roy Herstein in San Francisco...Jeers to the Nov. 4 episode of Cold Case for thinking we wouldn't do the math. The murder takes place 69 years ago in 1938. All of the major characters are, at best, in their early thirties, which would make all of them over 100 today. Miraculously, they are all still alive and played by actors in their seventies and eighties, like Pa Walton (Ralph Waite) and Seinfeld's Uncle Leo (Len Lesser).• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on AMC's Mad Men reruns, Top Model and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the brand-new Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Paget Brewster, Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna in The Unit by Michael Desmond/ABC Studios
Say this for Joe Mantegna: He doesn’t make Criminal Minds any worse. Like that’s even possible. This inexplicably popular crime drama remains the most pretentious, the most simplistic and the most dehumanizing of CBS’ current glut of procedurals. Replacing Mandy Patinkin, who quit between seasons — I’m guessing he finally watched an episode — Mantegna makes a valiant effort at creating an actual character, but he invariably gets lost amid the wood (his supporting cast) and the cheese (the scripts).We first see him bird hunting in a Virginia marsh. The next time we see water, a dead body (a brutalized, mutilated woman, naturally) is floating in a Dallas suburb. This victim’s backstory? She comes home to find a "Have You Seen Me?" poster on her door with her own face on it. Understandably spooked, she goes to the sheriff, who figures it’s just a Halloween prank. We know better, having seen this show in action before. Soon enough, she’s a go...
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