
Julianna Margulies and George Clooney
George Clooney is notorious for on-set pranks, but he let his costars off easy during his return visit to ER's County General.
"There were none," Julianna Margulies told Us. "We shot everything in two days. We had no time. He was on a film schedule. I was coming from New York, and I had a baby to get back to, so there was no time for pranks."
Even without the jokes, Margulies, who played Clooney's love interest from 1994 to 2000, said she was happy to be back ...
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Lost's Emilie de Ravin, ER's Julianna Margulies and Smallville's Erica DuranceDurance
Senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions. Drop us a line at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Please tell me that Emilie de Ravin isn't done on Lost. — Jason
MATT: Allow me to be crystal Claire, as it were — we will see MIAaron's mom again, and not just by means of a time-jump à la the birthing moment Sawyer witnessed anew. As the Aussie actress shared in this video, she is just taking "a little break" this season, and multiple sources assure me the plan is still for her to return for the series-ending Season 6. Speaking of finales during this sad, Lost-less week, I'm hearing that there will be just one more "hiccup" — a late-April clip show — detouring our road to this year's undoubtedly big finish.
Where are my favorite ER supporting cast members, like Haleh and Jerry? Will they be back before the finale? — Timothy
MICKEY: Does anyone else remember the sexy desk clerk that SVU's Mariska Hargitay played? Well, she ...
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Greetings from the Canadian Rockies! My post this week will be short as I am watching much later than I usually do. Thanks to all the Canucks who pointed me in the right direction as to where to find the show in the Calgary area.
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Mark Harmon (NCIS), Melina Kanakaredes (CSI: NY) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe)
Senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions. Drop us a line at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Give us something good about NCIS, pretty please? — Gina
MATT: Remember how last week's Mega Minute scooped the imminent return of Trent Kort, the spook to whom Gibbs owes a solid? That same episode will guest-star Christian Clemenson (of Boston Legal fame) as the accountant for a criminal the team is chasing. Also on the horizon: vampire bites! (I thought Alex O. was doing Criminal Minds?)
Everybody is talking about CSI: NY's Lindsay/Danny, but is there any thing about Stella/Mac? — Hilla
TIM: I'm going to pass this off to executive producer Peter Lenkov, who says the last four episodes of the season are ...
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McLean Stevenson (M*A*S*H), Terry O'Quinn (Lost), Leslie Hope (24)
We really should've known better. We waited two weeks for Brothers & Sisters' "shocking death," when all along we should have realized that what the network had been teasing for weeks (months even, among insiders) in the end wasn't all that shocking — especially when it didn't even really happen.
Oh well, maybe we're all patsies. But to make ourselves feel better, after the jump are the TV deaths that actually delivered a gutshot and had us talking about a character's demise the next day — for all the right reasons.
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Alexis Bledel
TV's former Gilmore girl, Alexis Bledel, will return to the smaller screen as a guest star in the two-hour ER series finale, airing April 2
Bledel will trade in her Traveling Pants for scrubs, playing ...
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Linda Cardellini, John Stamos and Scott Grimes, ER
How much do a few minutes with Dr. Ross cost? Almost half a million bucks.
NBC is seeking $425,000 for a 30-second ad spot on ER's April 2 series finale, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The long-running medical drama will wrap its 15th and final year with a two-hour extravaganza that features familiar faces in George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Anthony Edwards and other original cast members.
ER normally fetches ...
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Sorry ER fans, due to unavoidable travel delays, tonight's recap will be delayed. In the meantime, feel free to comment on the episode's happenings.
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Emily Deschanel and Marisa Coughlan, Bones
Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands
8 pm/ET CBS
"Crazy" Sandy managed to avoid being ousted last week since her tribemates could no longer tolerate bossy Carolina. But if the Jalapao tribe doesn't win immunity tonight, the team's resident "old lady" will likely be sent packing. A key challenge for everyone is a rain-soaked basketball-like game that turns into a physically draining adventure.
Read on for previews of ER, Grey's Anatomy, Bones and Being Erica.
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As our march toward the finale continues, we were treated to an episode directed by none other than Dr. Peter Ben... oh wait, I mean talented hyphenate Eriq La Salle. Call me crazy, but I was really hoping that our favorite surgeon would make a guest appearance in his self-directed episode. I guess the clue for me should have been the lack of NBC spoilers promoting a "very special return." We'll save that for next week.
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