Friday Night Lights
With NBC officially confirming that The Jay Leno Show will no longer air at 10 o'clock as of Feb. 12, what are its plans to fill the vacant slot?
Leno leaving 10 o'clock timeslot; late-night changes proposed for Conan and Jimmy
"I will wait until the very last second making changes to the schedule," NBC chairman Jeff Gaspin said.
Among the more promising options, however, is an earlier-than-planned premiere of Friday Night Lights on the Peacock. Gaspin said episodes that have aired on DirecTV will be available for broadcast on NBC as early as March 1...
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Dick Wolf
Former advertising executive Dick Wolf got his start in television writing for shows like Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice. But his greatest accomplishment is Law & Order, which mastered the TV-show-as-brand concept by cornering the market on cops-and-courts procedurals. (This year it ties Gunsmoke's record for longest-running scripted television program.) L&O laid the groundwork for two successor series: Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Wolf, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, talked with us about the germ of the idea that led to his gritty TV empire. He also told us what he watches.
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is joining the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Mastrantonio's casting solves the mystery of who would appear on the new season after four lead actors — Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Julianne Nicholson and Eric Bogosian — all announced they would not return.
Mastrantonio, 50, will play...
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Criminal Intent
Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian will leave Law & Order: Criminal Intent during the upcoming ninth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Report: Saffron Burrows will replace Julianne Nicholson on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Their exits follow that of castmate Julianne Nicholson, who will be replaced by Saffron Burrows. Burrows and Jeff Goldblum, who joined the show last season, will now headline the procedural, the Reporter says.
However, a source told TVGuide.com that deals ...
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Saffron Burrows, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe
Will Saffron Burrows replace Julianne Nicholson on Law & Order: Criminal Intent next season?
USA is in final talks to green-light the show for a ninth season, but...
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Raging Planet - Tornado
Raging Planet
9/8c Discovery
Take a thrilling ride right into the heart of the planet's most amazing forces — revealing the speed of twisters and the lethal force of lightning bolts. The show features the most spectacular footage of these occurrences ever shot as well as interviews with people who have come face to face with these stunning mega-storms.
Read on for previews of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, There Goes the Neighborhood, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Roast of Joan Rivers and Entourage.
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Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller
USA has picked up In Plain Sight for a third season, a show rep tells TVGuide.com.
Check out photos from In Plain Sight
The network is also near a deal to bring back Sight's Sunday night lead-in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A Season 9 order for Intent would give USA a perfect 6-for-6 in renewals. Last week ...
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The Storm
The Storm
9/8 CT NBC
In the tradition of the catastrophic Irwin Allen disaster flicks (The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, The Swarm) of the 1970s comes this two-part spectacle about a billionaire (Treat Williams) who dumps a chunk of his vast fortune into cutting-edge technology that allows for manipulating the weather. (Hey, everybody talks about it, but somebody is finally doing something about it!) Of course, he's got ulterior motives, and when things go awry — hurricanes, sandstorms and other meteorological devastation — the planet becomes endangered. James Van Der Beek costars as a scientist out to stop him. The conclusion airs next Sunday.
Read on for previews of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Doctor Who, True Blood and Drop Dead Diva.
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Thomas Jane
BET Awards '09
8 pm/ET BET
Relentless multitasker Jamie Foxx takes on emcee duties for tonight's awards, which honor musicians, entertainers and athletes. The O'Jays are this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, and Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean receive the Humanitarian Award. The night, of course, is chock-full of music performances, including the highly anticipated return of Maxwell, who has emerged from a lengthy stay out of the spotlight. Kanye West, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and many others are also scheduled to perform.
Read on for previews of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hung, Army Wives and Masterpiece Mystery!.
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Josh Holloway (Lost), Lisa Edelstein (House) and Shenae Grimes (90210)
Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
I like Sawyer and I love Juliet, but I really need this Sawyer/Juliet thing to be over soon on Lost. — Claudia
MATT: I on the other hand have taken a shine to "Suliet," so it is with some glee that I tell you that there will be a bit more idyllic "playing of the house" — as well as a little smooching! — before the action-packed ramp-up to the May 13 season finale. It kind of makes you wonder to whom Kate might turn since Jack, I am hearing, is going to only become more unlikable.
Please bring Heroes' Daphne back. She was a super hero, and her complex personality and fantastic look made her one of my favorites. — Cordialea
TIM: Brea Grant's speedster may return in some capacity, but you'll have to accept that she is, in the words of imaginary flying partner Greg Grunberg ...
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