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Great Migrations Make Their Move
To produce Great Migrations, a seven-hour documentary about animals in transit, filmmakers spent two and a half years in the field on 83 different shoots, covering 420,000 miles in 20 countries, on all seven continents...
Are Wildlife Shows Real?
TV is a wildlife lover's Garden of Eden. Networks like Animal Planet, Discovery, National Geographic, NAT GEO Wild and PBS fill their schedules with documentaries and critter reality programs. These shows promise a real glimpse into the behavior of wild animals. But just how authentic are they? "There's a degree of audience deception that goes on," says veteran wildlife producer Chris Palmer, whose recent book, Shooting in the Wild, reveals some of the trickery.
Friday Night Lights Executive Producer Jason Katims on the Show's Final Season
Our favorite more-than-a-football show Friday Night Lights begins its fifth and final season Wednesday (9/8c, DirecTV; the show will air on NBC this spring). Executive producer Jason Katims shares his plans for the folks of Dillon, Texas, as they head toward the final down...
The Good Wife Exclusive: Who Will Alicia Choose?
The cast of The Good Wife has Shakespeare on the brain. Granted, the playwright may not seem like an obvious influence on the hit CBS drama, which deals with such thoroughly modern issues as the destructive power of media and the Internet. But as the show charges through its sophomore season, it's exhibiting many of his hallmarks, complete with star-crossed lovers and a purloined letter. (Or make that voice mail.)
Vampire Diaries Exclusive: Masked Murder!
If The Vampire Diaries is supposed to suffer from a second-season curse, someone forgot to send the supernatural romance the memo. Feeding the public's continuing thirst for vampire love, lust and blood, Season 2's ratings have been steady and fan frenzy has multiplied. The CW's highest-rated series' place in the TV firmament was cemented when Nina Dobrev, who plays long-suffering teen heroine Elena Gilbert (plus her evil vamp doppelgänger, Katherine Pierce), was chosen for Jimmy Fallon's buzzy Emmy opening number. "We're definitely not in a sophomore slump," says exec producer Kevin Williamson. "The actors are still so enthusiastic."
Jennifer Grey's House Call
Jennifer Grey trades her Dancing With the Stars spangles for hospital gowns when she guests as the mother of a mysteriously ill baby on tonight's House. "Getting this part made me remember how much I love acting," says Grey, who took time off to ...
Supernatural's Jensen Ackles Is Camera-Ready
After five seasons playing Supernatural's cocky demon hunter Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles tries out his directing talents on this week's episode, "Weekend at Bobby's" (airing Friday at 9/8c on The CW)."I'd been studying the ...
The Big Bang Theory's Injured Kaley Cuoco on Her Love of Horses
The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco broke her leg in a horse-back riding accident this past weekend and will be written out of the episode taping today (the hit comedy is taking a scheduled hiatus next week). Cuoco shared her passion for horses with TV Guide Magazine. "That's my secret life. I've been ...
SVU Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup
How did Melissa Sagemiller come to replace Paula Patton as the new ADA on Law & Order: SVU? TV Guide Magazine got the scoop from showrunner Neal Baer. "Right before Paula started her first episode — which she's shooting right now — she was offered...
Christine Lahti Returns to Law & Order: SVU
An Oscar-nominated actress will return to Law & Order: SVU this season — but don't get nervous, it's not Sharon Stone. It's Christine Lahti, reappearing as overbearing ADA Sonya Paxton sent by the DA's office to ride herd on the SVU team.A nasty alcoholic, she butted heads with Stabler (Chris Meloni) and was eventually forced to enter rehab...
Niecy Nash Cleans House
After nine seasons of tidying cluttered homes, Niecy Nash won her first Daytime Emmy as producer and host of Clean House (Wednesdays, 10/9c, Style Network) in June. The comedian shares some neatening tips and what's behind her trademark flower...
Exclusive Q&A: Oprah Winfrey Celebrates 25 Years
As almost everyone on the planet knows, The Oprah Winfrey Show will come to an end this spring after 25 years of groundbreaking interviews, emotional reveals, multiple awards and the best giveaways ever. Arguably the most influential TV personality of all time, Oprah Winfrey has helped sell millions of books and launched a myriad of successful careers. Her next venture, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, kicks off Jan. 1, but her talk show is still her No. 1 priority. "My intention is to be fully present this season," says Winfrey, 56. "To take in every experience and allow myself to feel it all." Read the full interview after the jump...
Exclusive: Gloria Reuben Returns to SVU
It's the return of a familiar face and a farewell in the fourth episode of Law & Order: SVU, TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively. First, Gloria Reuben will reprise her role as U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson from several years back and reunite with SVU chief Neal Baer, her former ER producer. "We're bringing back characters we love...
Oprah: I Reached Out to Rosie
Rosie O'Donnell is joining Oprah Winfrey's family. The six-time Daytime Emmy-winning talk-show host is returning to her roots after a stab at a prime-time variety show and a tempestuous — but high-rated — stint on The View. O'Donnell, whose last TV project was the HBO special A Family Is a Family Is a Family, will launch a daily talk show on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network in 2011...
Exclusive: Edward James Olmos to Guest on CSI: NY
TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively that CSI: NY has cast Edward James Olmos in his first television role since Battlestar Galactica's heroic Admiral William Adama. In a story about gang turf wars, the actor plays a former gang leader — newly released from prison — who goes head-to-head with Mac Taylor ...
Tricia Helfer Shows Her Dark Side
When Dark Blue returns tonight for its second season at 9/8c, TNT's gritty cop show will be less grim and a lot sexier. Packing the heat: new cast member Tricia Helfer, the Canadian actress best known ...
When Syfy Worlds Collide: Warehouse 13 and Eureka Crossover
It's geek love at first sight when real-life best friends Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13's Claudia Donovan) and Neil Grayston (Eureka's Doug Fargo) visit each other's shows this week, starting with ...
Get to Know the Law & Order: Los Angeles Characters
"There's a little more character development at the offset than usual," promises Law & Order: Los Angeles executive producer Rene Balcer. So if you're champing at the bit to learn about the cops and lawyers that will populate the West Coast entry of the venerable franchise this fall, here's some exclusive scoop direct from Balcer, a longtime showrunner for the franchise's mother ship...
Scoop on Being Human's Second Season
A beguiling British mash-up of Friends and The Vampire Diaries, the charming Being Human (Saturday, 10/9c, BBC America) returns for its second season with the increasingly darker and more harrowing adventures of a trio of roomies who just want to fit in despite being a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost...
Morgan Freeman Goes Through the Wormhole
Morgan Freeman is not just about playing God in movies. The Oscar winner's curiosity in science led to his current project, narrating Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Wednesday, 10/9c, Science Channel), which explores the universe's greatest questions—like whether God exists...
Life's a Drag for RuPaul
RuPaul wants to show every woman how to unleash her inner diva. In RuPaul's Drag U, an eight-episode Drag Race spin-off premiering tonight at 9/8c on Logo, he enlists his favorite queens to transform glamour-starved ladies into over-the-top divas who strut their stuff to win the highest DPA. (Drag Point Average). Ru gives us a college orientation...
