Cheers & Jeers: Michael B. Jordan Scores on Parenthood
Cheers & Jeers: The Closer --- Revenge of the Nerd!
Cheers to Curtis Armstrong for proving that his career is still going strong. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. Nearly 30 years after his breakout role as Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, the ubiquitous character actor is busier than ever. In addition to his cameo in the new big-screen comedy Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, he butted heads with Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick as Peter Goldman, the sanctimonious attorney who literally turned his crusade against Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson into a federal case in The Closer's summer finale.
Cheers & Jeers: (Rose) Byrne-ing Up the Screens!
Cheers to Rose Byrne for sprouting up everywhere.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. After costarring in two of the summer's biggest box-office hits—X-Men: First Class (on DVD and Blu-Ray today) and Bridesmaids—the Aussie actress seamlessly segued back into her Emmy-nominated role as an ambitious attorney on DirecTV's Damages. A peek at next week's season finale...
Cheers & Jeers: Molly Shannon Talks The Talk
Jeers to The Talk for turning Molly Shannon into a parody of herself. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The skilled sketch comic used to spoof tacky TV shows like CBS' daytime trainwreck during her Saturday Night Live stint. As guest cohost during September, Shannon has...
Cheers & Jeers: Sons of Anarchy --- There's a New Sheriff in Town…
Cheers to Rockmond Dunbar for laying down the law on Sons of Anarchy. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The SAMCRO motorcycle club had a free ride in Charming, Calif. as long as their old pal, police chief Wayne Unser (Dayton Callie), was...
Cheers & Jeers: Romola Garai's Finest Hour
Cheers to Romola Garai for her starmaking turn on The Hour.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!The voluptuous British actress is making a big noise as Bel Rowley, the ambitious producer of a 1950's TV newsmagazine on BBC America's thrilling new drama. In this week's episode, the triangle between Bel, her ...
Cheers & Jeers: Rescue Me — The End is Near!
Cheers to Rescue Me for going out in a blaze of glory. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Even if you burned out on FX's FDNY dramedy several summers ago, you should not miss the final two episodes
Cheers & Jeers: Michelle Trachtenberg Gets Lost in Weeds
Jeers to Michelle Trachtenberg for going to seed on Weeds. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! As Emma, the temptress who turned the Botwins' bicycle shop upside-down — literally — and stole their pot business, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum is
Cheers & Jeers: Louis C.K. is A-OK
Cheers to Louie for taking flight with a beautiful episode, "Duckling." Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! I haven't counted myself among the cadre of TV critics who worship Louis C.K.'s FX comedy
Cheers & Jeers: Damages — A Fine (Chris) Messina
Cheers to Damages for allowing Chris Messina to show new depth. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The handsome actor has often been stranded in bland roles,
Cheers & Jeers: Parker Posey Wilts on The Big C
Jeers to The Big C for bringing out the worst in Parker Posey. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! In its second season, Showtime's cancer-themed comedy has embraced its aggressively quirky side, much to its own detriment.
Cheers & Jeers: Oona Chaplin --- The Other Woman of The Hour
Cheers to The Hour for keeping Oona Chaplin in...
Cheers & Jeers: Rizzoli & Isles --- Jackie, Oh No!
Jeers to Rizzoli & Isles for squandering the ample talents of Jacqueline Bisset. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. The sexiest senior citizen alive (can you believe she's 66?) brought a touch of class — as opposed to costar Lorraine Bracco's touch of crass — to TNT's corn-chowder crime drama as Constance Isles, Maura's jet-setting, air-kissing mother. The real crime: R&I utilized Bisset in only a few brief scenes, choosing to focus on a silly case involving a sniper and Revolutionary War re-enactors.
Cheers & Jeers: Breaking Bad Takes it to the Banks
Cheers to Jonathan Banks for bringing new meaning to badass on Breaking Bad. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. As Mike, the muscle for meth kingpin Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), the bullet-headed character actor makes sequences like Sunday's heart-stopping opener — in which he...
Cheers & Jeers: Entourage --- No Dice!
Jeers to Entourage for letting the Diceman cometh back.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.Are we really supposed to believe that an animated TV series about gorillas ...
Cheers & Jeers: Betsy Brandt's Big Break
Cheers to Betsy Brandt for breaking out on Breaking Bad. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.As Marie Schrader, the off-kilter sister-in-law of terminally ill meth-magician Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the skilled character actress has mostly provided support — in every sense of the word — on AMC's nerve-wracking thriller. But with the latest episode, "Open House," Brandt brilliantly stepped into the ...
Cheers & Jeers: Damages --- Hail, Judd Hirsch!
Cheers to Judd Hirsch getting back into the fast lane with Damages. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.
Cheers & Jeers: Maura Tierney Burns Bright on Rescue Me
Cheers to Maura Tierney for her incandescent performance on Rescue Me. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. The amazingly versatile actress returned to her recurring role on FX's firefighter dramedy as Kelly McPhee, a feisty single woman who warmed the cockles of Tommy Gavin's cold, cold heart. (They bonded over the fact that they had both lost children.) But when Tommy bumped into Kelly in a drugstore, something had changed: She'd been diagnosed with cancer — much like Tierney was in real life — and had lost much of her hair.
Callie Thorne Tackles Her First Starring Role on Necessary Roughness
Callie Thorne was stuck in New York City gridlock recently with her mom when she spied a familiar face. "I was like, 'Ma, Ma, look!' and I point and there's me on the back of a bus, and we both started shrieking," says the star of USA's new drama Necessary Roughness, laughing. "There was this convertible of guys next to us, and my mother goes, 'That's my daughter!' They were taking pictures and they said, 'Get out of the car!' I was like, 'I will not get out of the car!... OK, I'll get out of the car.' I'm such a loser."
Cheers & Jeers: Love is Blind on Covert Affairs
Cheers to Covert Affairs for a wonderfully overt affair.
Cheers & Jeers: Men of a Certain Rage
Jeers to TNT for cutting short the lifespan of Men of a Certain Age. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine. Oh, the cable net's execs thought they were being sneaky, announcing the cancellation on Friday at 5 pm to minimize the backlash, but they're not getting off easy on this one...
Cheers & Jeers: Dean Norris — Breaking Out
Cheers to Dean Norris for being so damn good on Breaking Bad.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.The bulldog-like character actor still snarls as Hank Schrader even though the DEA agent is mostly confined to his bed after getting shot in an ambush at the end of last season. But you can't keep a good narc down, so Hank will soon be back on the trail of meth genius "Heisenberg," unaware that it's really his brother-in-law Walter White (Bryan Cranston)...
