Mark Pellegrino, whom Dexter fans for certain will remember as Rita's hate-to-hate-him druggie/abusive babydaddy, has been cast on ABC's Lost, sources confirm for TVGuide.com. Pellegrino will likely make his first appearance in the two-hour Season 5 finale, airing May 13. His casting was first reported by EW's Ausiello. But who is Pellegrino playing? "Officially," our source tells us, he is billed on the call sheet as ...
Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute: • If you believe, as I do, that T.R. Knight has been conspicuously underutilized on Grey's Anatomy this season, Kevin McKidd is here to offer a ray of hope about a big storyline for O'Malley. • Which former Dancing star might find himself dancing in the sheets with one of the Brothers & Sisters siblings? Find out who, and when he first airs!Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump!
As first reported by TVGuide.com, Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse decided this year to invite fans to come up with the "code name" for the season finale's jaw-dropping final moment. After receiving a flood of submissions — and perhaps taking a cue from a certain time-slot rival — Team Darlton narrowed the field down to a "Top 13." As revealed in the official ABC podcast, the contenders are: Baby Diaper Covered in Barbeque Sauce The Droids You're Looking For The Exploding Pretzel Jar The Fifth Toe The Fork in the Outlet The Hooded Leprechaun Jack Gets Pregnant The Joop Smokey's Dorm Room The Spanish Inquisition The Twinkie The Zeigarnik The Zombie Bake Sale One of the above — "The Hooded Leprechaun" — the boys say, seems "oddly appropriate," given the actual nature of this season's top-secret final scene. Lindelof and Cuse will further whittle down the list each week via their ABC podcast. In the meantime, TVGuide.com is here to tell you what this year's "Frozen Donkey Wheel" will not be nicknamed. In this "bonus" episode of our Getting Lost video series, the producers reveal the No. 1 Rejected Code Name — god-awful misspellings and all.Now if I may brazenly stir the pot, is it that the "worst" suggestion is that bad ... or perhaps Darlton's "problem" with it is that it's far, far too accurate and thus spoilery? A-ha!Watch and discuss the video, after the jump.
For 24 fans who hope to once again see Jack Bauer and the American way prevail over unheard-of evil this season, there is some bad news ... and some badder news. The simply bad news first. Speaking with TVGuide.com at Saturday night's GLAAD Media Awards, Cherry Jones (who plays President Allison Taylor) teased that with this week's "game-changing" episode, "We have Mr. [Jon] Voight fully in the Darth Vader chair," wreaking havoc as Jonas Hodges. "He's moving into high gear," warns Jones, "which means ...
CBS would be crazy to go without its Trace next fall, says Roselyn Sanchez, addressing talk that Without a Trace might get clipped after seven seasons. "The show is still doing amazing when it comes to ratings," Sanchez points out to the New York Daily News. In its last outing, Trace topped its Tuesdays-at-10 time slot with 12 million viewers. "I'm sure everybody is a little scared," adds the actress, "but it would be ...
How Friday's fare fared: 8 pm/ET CBS' NCAA tourney coverage topped all time slots, averaging 10.3 million total viewers across the night. Wife Swap placed second at 8 o'clock, surging 14 percent to hit 5.54 mil. Sarah Connor (3.83 mil) this week targeted third, gaining 180K. Howie Do It dropped 7 percent, to 3.6 mil. 9 pmSupernanny babysat an audience of 6.52 million, up 21 percent week-to-week. Friday Night Lights saw 3.95 mil turn out for the Panthers' state qualifying game, up 100K. Despite coming off its strongest episode to date, Dollhouse fell 250 thou, to 3.88 mil. 10 pmBasketball, 20/20 (8.05 mil) and Dateline (5.39 mil).
The only question is whose, exactly. At a party marking the filming of Grey's Anatomy's 100th episode, series creator Shonda Rhimes confirmed that the milestone hour will air May 7 — and indicated that it might feature the nuptials of the show's central couple. "The only thing I'll tell you about the 100th [episode] is that it takes place on ...
This particular doctor is in, if Shonda Rhimes has plans to keep her around. So said Katherine Heigl at a party marking Grey's Anatomy's 100th episode, where she for the first time addressed the rumor that Dr. Isobel Stevens is being written off of the show at season's end. Should Grey's keep Izzie alive and kicking around the halls of Seattle Grace, "I'm there," Heigl told the Associated Press at the ABC serial's Friday celebration. Talk of Heigl's Grey's days being numbered began last summer, when she appeared to dis the show's writers for ...
The summer has flashed by and school's back in session when ABC Family's recently renewed Greek resumes its second season this Monday at 8 pm/ET. What's new with the gals and guys? For one, fresh off her D.C. internship, Casey's looking to make a drastic change in her collegiate life. "She wants to buckle down and really start studying," Spencer Grammer previews in this video Q&A. "She decides to take less of a stand [at the sorority] and develop into her own person." Grammer talks about whether castmate Michael Rady's increasingly busy dance card means that ...
Thursday's ratings rundown: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol played to a special Thursday audience of 22.35 million total viewers, down 650K from last week's results show. CBS' NCAA tourney coverage placed second in every prime-time hour, averaging 10.12 million viewers across the night. ABC's brand-new In the Motherhood (6.72 mil) and returning Samantha Who? (6.53 mil, down 270 thou from Dec. 1, its last fresh outing) combined for third, but averaged 13 percent less than Ugly Betty's most recent numbers. Trailing NBC's pairing of Earl (5.87 mil) with an Office repeat, Smallville scored 3.74 mil, surging 14 percent week-to-week. 9 pmGrey's Anatomy enjoyed CSI's latest bye, topping the hour with 15.8 million viewers, up 10 percent. Hell's Kitchen nipped at basketball's heels, placing third with 10.95 mil. Both NBC's The Office (8.45 mil, +500K) and 30 Rock (7.17 mil, +150K) saw gains, while Supernatural (3.17 mil) was flat. (Be sure to check out next week's high-sterical promo!) 10 pmWith CBS' Eleventh Hour still shot-clock-blocked, Private Practice again claimed No. 1 with an audience of 10.48 mil, up 470 thou. ER gained 700K but still trailed hoops, delivering 10.16 mil.
Casting of the three leads is now complete on the CW pilot Vampire Diaries, and not a moment too soon. I was just about out of puns. Paul Wesley, who played an angel on ABC Family's Fallen, this time has a bit of the devil inside him, having been cast as Stefan, one of two vampire brothers fighting over the central heroine, Elena. Wesley's character, says the Hollywood Reporter, is a "gloriously, amazingly, especially beautiful young man." He is also ...
The next episode of the CW's Supernatural — "The Monster at the End of This Book" — arrives on the heels of April Fool's Day, but what happens to Sam and Dean ain't no joke. No, the brothers' horror is all too real when they come to discover that an author has recounted their demon hunts, in detail, in a series of graphic novels. The cheeky folks at the CW have thus put together a promo for the episode that is fashioned as a pulp fiction-y/noir trailer, complete with such dramatic prose as: "Armed with an iron horse and abs of steel, these heroes pack real heat." "Prepare to be swept away" by the complete promo ...
Back with a bang, it's the latest entry in TVGuide.com's "Getting Lost" video series. This week, just hours after Sayid put a bullet in Young Ben, I spoke to 13-year-old Sterling Beaumon about his pivotal character's fate. Is Ben dead? And regardless, are there ramifications for the castaways' future? Give a listen to Beaumon's take.Also in this episode of Getting Lost:• Many of you have pointed out the conspicuous absence of one Dharma member. Find out if that MIA individual is returning anytime soon.• I've got your best theories as to why Sun and Ben crashed versus flashed.• And this week's burning question comes with an added twist — a tiny hint from Elizabeth Mitchell. Give it a listen, then send your best guess to GettingLost@tvguide.com.Coming soon: a "bonus" episode of Getting Lost featuring an exclusive from Team Darlton.Watch and discuss the new Getting Lost after the jump.
Donald Sutherland has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot The Eastmans, playing — wait for it — the wealthy and wily patriarch of a large family. Of doctors. Ergo, Sutherland's character is a distinguished cardiologist, whereas Dirty Sexy Money's Tripp Darling gave people heart attacks. He'a also the husband of Jacqueline Bisset, who became an Eastman earlier this week. In other CBS pilot news, Josh Charles (Sports Night) will play ...
Well, at least this time he won't be the first to die. Ian Somerhalder, who as an original cast member of Lost played ill-fated Boone, has joined the cast of Vampire Diaries, the CW pilot based on a series of young adult novels. Somerhalder will play one of two vampire brothers ...
Wednesday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol's Motown Week kick-off averaged 25.6 million total viewers over its two-hour run, up 19 percent from last week's (Tuesday) sing-off and a 3 percent increase from the comparable night a year ago. A Survivor clip show placed a distant second with 8.15 mil. ABC's Scrubs (5.33 mil, -470K) and Better Off Ted (4.7 mil, down 16 percent) both dropped. Top Model (2.85 mil) plunged 21 percent but still beat out NBC's Chopping Block (which chopped off another 26 percent, hitting 2.6 mil). 9 pmCriminal Minds came in second with 14 million viewers, gaining 520K week-to-week. Lost lost another 260 thou to set a new low of 8.82 mil. Life inched up a hair, to 4.32 mil. 10 pmCSI: NY topped the hour with 12.6 million viewers, followed by Law & Order (7.25 mil, up 180K). The penultimate episode of Life on Mars (5.67 mil) gained 400 thou.
Will Owen's PTSD get worse before it gets better? It sure looks that way. As Kevin McKidd shares in Part 1 of his TVGuide.com video Q&A, the haunted Dr. Hunt once again — and to an even scarier degree — misdirects a nightmare at his lady love, Cristina, in this Thursday's episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Previewing this latest dark moment, McKidd tells TVGuide.com, "It's going to become a catalyst for him to really sort his stuff out and become whole again. He really loves [Cristina] and wants to make things good for her, and not to be this burden." In tackling such tricky fare, McKidd declares himself "lucky" to have Sandra Oh as a scene partner, saying, "She's such a committed artist." McKidd also gives kudos to Grey's for journeying down this rocky road with his war vet. "Post-traumatic stress has ...
This Thursday, Zatanna works her magic on the CW's Smallville, and at least one person's life might never be the same as a result. What brings the DC Comics character to town? Aside from granting Chloe a birthday wish, what other tricks does Ms. Z have up her sleeve? And which of Smallville's eligible gents is she hot to cast a sexy spell on? Guest star Serinda Swan shared with us a few of her secrets. TVGuide.com: So, "Serinda Swan" — a name as pretty as the actress who wears it.Serinda Swan: Aw, thank you very much! I had a thespian and a hippie for parents, so they came up with unique names for my sister [Ariel] and I. A "serinda" is an ancient Tibetan musical instrument, like a flute. TVGuide.com: When you landed this Smallville role, did you immediately start Googling to see what Zatanna looks like and what she's all about?Swan: Only after I found out that I was Zatanna; I originally auditioned for "Cassie," which was the character's cover name. They wanted to keep this very hush-hush. It wasn't until my agent got a call from someone at TVGuide.com offering their congratulations.... TVGuide.com: That was me, kiddo. That was me.Swan: I was thinking it was you! So yeah, then I Wikipedia'd it and ...
Scott Caan of Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen has landed the lead in Cop House, Fox's dramedy pilot about a halfway house for lawmen. Caan will play an expert marksman who suffers a nervous breakdown when his wife leaves him for his (guffaw) sister, says the Hollywood Reporter. Also entering this House is ...
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETPresident Barack Obama's news conference spoke to 31.12 million total viewers across the Big Four networks, a 5 percent dip from his previous prime-time address. Though perhaps falling under the category of Too Little, Too Late, the CW's Reaper seized the opportunity to score a season-high 2.48 million viewers, up 32 percent from its week-ago outing. 9 pmAiring an hour later than usual, NCIS stepped on Dancing with the Stars' toes, placing first with 17.54 million viewers. (Think Ducky will ever cough up McGee's vintage LP?) The DWTS results show nonetheless built on last Tuesday's numbers, delivering 15.7 mil. The Biggest Loser averaged 9.78 mil, up 24 percent from St. Patrick's Day. 10 pmThe Mentalist closed out CBS' night with an audience of 17.53 million viewers, up 13 percent week-to-week. The second hour of Biggest Loser bested ABC's Primetime: What Would You Do? (8.47 mil).
Jeffrey Tambor will reunite with the creator of Arrested Development as a cast member of The Bridget Show, a Mitchell Hurwitz-produced comedy pilot for ABC. The Bridget Show stars Gilmore gal Lauren Graham as a former talk-show queen attempting a comeback after a disastrous romance. Tambor will play Bridget's business manager. In other ABC pilot news, Kyle Bornheimer's Worst Week may very well be over, now that he has ...
As Bones' Booth ponders becoming a family man, he'll get a visit from Family Guy's Stewie, in a "crossover" episode slated to air May 7. The set-up for this unusual merger of genres: When Bones' Brennan asks Booth to father her a child, the normally nonplussed federal agent becomes consumed ...
