Political Animals: Episodes & News

Happy Endings Postmortem: What's Next (If the Show Comes Back)?

[SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains spoilers from Friday's season finale of Happy Endings. Read at your own risk.]
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Burn Notice Targets Heroes Alum Adrian Pasdar for Recurring Role

Coming this summer to Burn Notice: A Heroes reunion!

Adrian Pasdar, who played Nathan Petrelli on the NBC superhero series, is joining Burn Notice's seventh season forread more

Pilot Season: Sarah Michelle Gellar to Play Robin Williams' Daughter in CBS Sitcom

Sarah Michelle Gellar is slated to star alongside Robin Williams in the CBS sitcom pilot The Crazy Ones, TVGuide.com has learned.

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Scandal Swears In Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius

Olivia Pope & Associates' client list is quickly turning A-list on Scandal.

Following news of Lisa Edelstein's upcoming appearance, Ugly Betty alum Eric Mabius has been tapped for a guest spot on the ABC political drama, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Scandal seduces House's Lisa Edelstein for guest spot

As first reported by Mabius will play... read more

Pilot Season: James Wolk to Co-Star in CBS' The Crazy Ones with Robin Williams

Political Animals star James Wolk has joined the cast of the CBS pilot The Crazy Ones, a workplace comedy starring Robin Williams, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The Crazy Ones, from David E. Kelley, is... read more

New Girl Scoop: Carla Gugino Does Dirty Things to Max Greenfield and Lives to Tell the Tale

Schmidt may have finally bitten off more than he can chew!

New Girl's self-professed ladies' man will meet his match in Emma (Carla Gugino), his new corporate boss who enlists Schimdt (Max Greenfield) in a reverse Fifty Shades of Grey-esque relationship Tuesday (9/8c, Fox). As such, Gugino and Greenfield had to get mighty close throughout filming their, ahem, sadomasochistic (S&M) scenes, which is why TVGuide.com turned to the Political Animals alum to find out just how far things went on set. Plus: How is Greenfield as a TV lover? Get the scoop below:

Are New Girl's Nick and Jess the new Ross and Rachel?

What was your first reaction to this role when it hit your radar?
Carla Gugino:
My first introduction to it was a conversation on the phone with [creator] Liz Meriwether, and at that point, it was in the incubation phase of, "This is what we think we want this dynamic to be." As she started describing more of the qualities of this character, I was loving it more and more. I was happy that she wanted this person to be as crazy as... read more

Ask Matt: USA Cancellations, Revolution Hiatus, Community, X Factor and more

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Question: Been a follower for some time now. I'm happy to say you're usually a fan of the same shows as me, and we're close enough that I use your take on upcoming shows I'm on the fence about. My question is regarding the recent USA cancellations of Common Law and Fairly Legal. read more

USA Cancels Political Animals

Political Animals will not return for a second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The six-episode series, starring Sigourney Weaver and Carla Gugino, was originally conceived as a miniseries, but producer Greg Berlanti and some of the show's stars hinted that it might be picked up for a second season if the initial run drew enough viewers. The show premiered to 3.8 million total viewers and averaged a modest 3.2 million viewers for the six weeks it was on the air.

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Premise: Drama series following a former first family through political and private conflicts.

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