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Wake Up with Day Break's Beautiful Moon Bloodgood

Sure, Taye Diggs' Detective Brett Hopper is trapped reliving the same, dreadful day over and over on ABC's Day Break (Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET), but at least the dude gets to wake up at 6:18 am each morning to his lady love Rita, played by Moon Bloodgood. TVGuide.com spent a few minutes — over the phone, alas — getting to know the exotic beauty better. TVGuide.com: You, Miss Bloodgood, have the best pajamas on television.Moon Bloodgood: I'm so glad you like them! I actually joke with the camera guys, "Are you shooting my butt? Are you getting me full-length? Because I don't like my butt." I'm that girl. And they're like, "Moon.... " [Laughs] TVGuide.com: How many sets of th

Wed, Nov 22, 2006

Wake Up with Day Break's Beautiful Moon Bloodgood

3 LBS Star Weighs In on Storytelling Controversy

Mark Feuerstein, whose credits to date are vast and varied — including TV's The West Wing, Once and Again and Good Morning, Miami, and the movies Woman on Top and In Her Shoes — is exploring new, undiscovered territory these days as Dr. Jonathan Seger, the idealistic young surgeon serving as a fellow to Stanley Tucci's brilliant brain man on CBS' 3 LBS (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET). We invited the actor to flex his gray matter and weigh in on the new medical drama's strengths — as well as one perceived weakness. TVGuide.com: If I may steal from the show's ad campaign, some may say that acting isn't brain surgery, but in this case it is.Mark Feuerstein: [Laug

Tue, Nov 21, 2006

3 LBS Star Weighs In on Storytelling Controversy

Sarah Wayne Callies: Prison Break's Sara Is in Deep Water

When last we tuned in to Fox's Prison Break (Mondays at 8 pm/ET), Sara Tancredi was bobbing for apples — minus the apples and any sense of autumnal festivity. More accurately, I suppose, she was being water-tortured by the evil Agent Kellerman. (That decision to run out on Michael is looking pretty bad now, eh?) TVGuide.com spoke with the good doctor's portrayer, Sarah Wayne Callies, about her latest pickle, Sara's undeniable love for Michael and what Season 3 (yes, I said 3) might hold. TVGuide.com: So, how long can you hold your breath? I'm worried about you there.Sarah Wayne Callies: [Laughs] Much longer than I had thought originally. TVGuide.com: I always imagine that it must be harrowing shooting a scene like that, even though it's "pretend."Callies:

Mon, Nov 20, 2006

Sarah Wayne Callies: Prison Break's Sara Is in Deep Water

Meet Nora Zehetner, Heroes' Newest Empowered Stranger!

The final moments of last week's Heroes (Mondays at 9 pm/ET)  let loose with yet another whopper: Sweet li'l Eden McCain, aka Horn-rimmed Glasses' gal Friday, boasts the superpower of suggestion, and is apparently able to make anyone do anything she says. While Nielsen Media Research subpoenas the brunette beauty's phone records, TVGuide.com gave her portrayer, indie regular Nora Zehetner (Brick, Fifty Pills) a call to find out what's next on NBC's super-unpredictable hit. TVGuide.com: From Day 1, did you know that Eden would be one of the heroes, that she had her own special something?Nora Zehetner: Yeah, I did. When I went to audition, I was kind of adamant that I wanted a power, but it turned out that that was their plan from the beginning. Who wants to be on a

Mon, Nov 20, 2006

Meet Nora Zehetner, Heroes' Newest Empowered Stranger!

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives: Mrs. McCluskey Dishes the Dirt!

You loved her as Mrs. Landingham (so much so that you mourned her First Secretary's sudden death), and adored her as Old Lady God on Joan of Arcadia. These days, Kathryn Joosten is hanging with the Desperate Housewives (Sundays at 9 pm on ABC), even grabbing some gold for her portrayal of the sometimes-cranky, other times gossipy Karen McCluskey. TVGuide.com chatted with the Emmy-caliber character actress about what's ahead for Wisteria Lane, and how much she misses the Oval Office. TVGuide.com: I was thinking recently how cool it was to seeMrs. McCluskey hanging out on the porch, shooting the breeze with the other Housewives....Kathryn Joosten: Yes, wasn't that fun?! Dishing the dirt a little bit.... [Laughs] TVGuide.com: D

Fri, Nov 17, 2006

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives: Mrs. McCluskey Dishes the Dirt!

The President's Daughter, Pregnant with Demon Baby, Visits Shark!

How is that for a headline? And it's actually kinda sorta true. Caitlin Wachs, who played first daughter to Geena Davis' Mackenzie Allen on ABC's Commander in Chief, has a flurry of fun gigs coming up, roles that find her, at separate times, expectant with Satan's offspring, and channeling a teen Great Gatsby. First up, though, is a guest spot on tonight's episode of Shark (10 pm/ET on CBS). The in-demand ingenue gave TVGuide.com a call to preview her varied ventures. TVGuide.com: Hey, guess what. You, little miss Boston Legal fan, are being recorded on the same tape as William Shatner

Thu, Nov 16, 2006

The President's Daughter, Pregnant with Demon Baby, Visits Shark!

The Secrets Behind My Name Is Earl's Animated Outing!

This week's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET, on NBC) isn't just super-sized, at 40 minutes long, and it doesn't just guest-star film vet Christian Slater. No, on top of all that, the outing presents Earl, Joy, et al, like you've never seen them before, when a visit to an earthy commune sends Randy trippin' into a foam-animated alternate Earliverse. Ethan Suplee, who plays Earl's bro, offered TVGuide.com a sneak peek. TVGuide.com: What was your reaction when you first heard about this "foamation" technique they'd be using for the Nov. 16 episode?Ethan Suplee: [Series creator] Greg Garcia had actually talked to me about it around the beginning of

Thu, Nov 16, 2006

The Secrets Behind My Name Is Earl's Animated Outing!

Day Break: Your Insider's Guide to ABC's Slick New Thriller

Decisions... consequences. Decisions... consequences. Such is the mantra of the master villain dogging Taye Diggs in ABC's Day Break (premiering tonight at 9 pm/ET, with a two-hour episode). The serialized thriller has a nifty edge: Diggs' Detective Brett Hopper is forced to relive the same disastrous framed-for-murder/lady love-in-peril day over and over (and over...), until he can somehow "get it right." No easy feat, as Hopper comes to discover that it will be nearly impossible to crack the conspiracy which ensnares him and save the life of his honey, Rita (Eight Below's Moon Bloodgood). Just when he thinks he has solved one sticky wicket — say, eluding capture by crooked fellow cops — he realizes th

Wed, Nov 15, 2006

Day Break: Your Insider's Guide to ABC's Slick New Thriller

It's Show Time for Star Trek/Boston Legal's William Shatner

Show Me the Money, once but a quotable from a Tom Cruise film, has finally found its rightful place as the title of a TV game show, premiering tonight on ABC at 9:30 pm/ET and hosted by William Shatner. (Starting Nov. 22, the show's regular time slot is Wednesdays at 8.) Having once sported a full-size Captain Kirk poster on my bedroom door, this TVGuide.com reporter was more than excited to speak with the Star Trek alum about his bold new mission, what's next for Boston Legal's Denny "Denny Crane" Crane and the current fate of his Starfleet commander. TVGuide.com: What kind of schedule have you come up with where you can juggle these two ABC gigs of yours?

Tue, Nov 14, 2006

It's Show Time for Star Trek/Boston Legal's William Shatner

Funny Girl Jennifer Elise Cox Teases a Time-Trippy Nip/Tuck!

Tonight's episode of FX's Nip/Tuck (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET) splits its time between the present day, when Julia is preparing to leave Sean and Christian behind for good, and the year 2026, when a grown-up Annie and Conor McNamara reveal just how troubled an upbringing they each endured. Playing adult Annie is Jennifer Elise Cox (the Brady Bunch movies, Lovespring International), who recently gave TVGuide.com a sneak peek at the future-shock ahead, and also talked up her new, freewheeling comedy series. TVGuide: Were you a fan at all of Nip/Tuck going into this role?Jennifer Elise Cox: Oh, my god, I am a stalker-obsessed f

Tue, Nov 14, 2006

Funny Girl Jennifer Elise Cox Teases a Time-Trippy Nip/Tuck!

Heroes' Greg Grunberg Takes TV Guide on the Hunt for Sylar

Greg Grunberg sure has come a long way since being chewed up and spit out by that whatever on Lost. Now, he's the star of his own watercooler-conversation series, NBC's Heroes (Mondays at 9 pm/ET). When Grunberg stopped by the TV Guide offices the morning after last week's episode aired, we debriefed him on the hunt for Sylar, Matt's upcoming date with a cheerleader, and what longtime pal J.J. Abrams was like as a tyke. TVGuide.com: First, I have to say: Would that every husband could read their wives' minds!Greg Grunberg: Yeah, but be careful what you wish for. You immediately thin

Mon, Nov 13, 2006

Heroes' Greg Grunberg Takes TV Guide on the Hunt for Sylar

Michael C. Hall: Can Dexter Catch a (Fellow) Killer?

Who'd have thought that a series serving up an unapologetic killer for a protagonist would slay viewers the way Dexter has? Yet the proof is in the pudding (or is that coagulated blood?): The Showtime drama, barely midway through its first season, has already been picked up for a second round of giddy, gory chills. In anticipation of this week's episode (Sunday at 10 pm/ET) — in which the elusive and bloody-brilliant Ice Truck Killer is purportedly unmasked — TVGuide.com spoke with series star and Six Feet Under alum Michael C. Hall. TVGuide.com: It's good to talk to you, man. I really enjoy the show — though I'm not entirely sure what that says about me as a person.Michael C. Hall: [Laughs] TVGuide.com: Congratulations on the

Fri, Nov 10, 2006

Michael C. Hall: Can Dexter Catch a (Fellow) Killer?

Ashley Scott Teases Jericho's Explosive Sweeps Shockers!

As the star of the WB's short-lived Birds of Prey, Ashley Scott played no less than the love child of Batman and Catwoman. These days, she is contending with an equally far-out yet more sobering role on CBS' postapocalyptic hit drama Jericho (Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET). Will Emily ever find her MIA fiancé, whose plane was found abandoned after the blast? If not, might she restart her romance with Skeet Ulrich's Jake? And what does Em's portrayer know about the super-mysterious Hawkins? Episode 8 of Jericho airs tonight, but at the instant TVGuide.com caught up with Scott, she gushed... Ashley Scott: I'm reading Episode 12 right now, and it's so exciting! It's so good. So good. TVGuide.com:

Wed, Nov 8, 2006

Ashley Scott Teases Jericho's Explosive Sweeps Shockers!

Adrian Pasdar, Heroes: Will Nathan Kill to Keep His Secret?

Here comes the bride. This week on NBC's fantastically popular Heroes (Mondays at 9 pm/ET), viewers will finally meet the thus-far (and conspicuously) MIA wife of Adrian Pasdar's political contender, Nathan Petrelli. (Just Shoot Me's Rena Sofer fills the bill as Heidi, the Mrs.) Might the arrival of his better half shed new light on Nathan's secret "ability," to fly? Or might her presence instead only introduce new questions? Surveying the marrieds' obviously fractured relationship, Pasdar tells TVGuide.com, "It was predicated on what I think is a common understanding of what it would take to be a politician's wife, and all the things that go along with that. And love, of course, factored in, heavily — in the beginning." (Suddenly, Nathan's

Mon, Nov 6, 2006

Adrian Pasdar, Heroes: Will Nathan Kill to Keep His Secret?

Inside the Shocking HBO Film That Rocks the Voting Process

HBO's Hacking Democracy (premiering tonight at 9 pm/ET) tells the story of Bev Harris, a grandmother and writer who started investigating the subject of electronic voting in 2002 after questioning her county's switch to electronic touch-screen voting machines. Unsatisfied with their explanation, Harris set out to learn about electronic voting systems on her own, and in doing so stumbled upon shocking revelations about the vulnerability of the software and hardware. Harris, who went on to form the watchdog group BlackBoxVoting.org, recently spoke with TVGuide.com about her illuminating, though unsettling, journey. TVGuide.com: Have you read any of this week's news stories, about Diebold [a leading manufacturer of voting syste

Thu, Nov 2, 2006

Inside the Shocking HBO Film That Rocks the Voting Process

Sitcom Hottie Wants You to Join Her for Happy Hour

Fox's Happy Hour is back! (And you thought it had never left. Or existed in the first place.) To be fair, this freshman sitcom has a "few" formidable time-slot rivals, but still, it's worth sidling up to the fun-loving characters' always-busy in-home bar, if only to catch Beth Lacke as Amanda, that "beautiful mess looking for love." (The network's words, not ours.) She who favors Debra Messing recently gave TVGuide.com a call to trumpet the show's after-baseball return, tonight at 8:30 pm/ET. TVGuide.com: Your last name is pronounced "Lake-y," as in having the qualities of a lake?Beth Lacke: Yes. A cool body of water... that's me. The family is hoping that some day my success will allow people to know how to pronounce our last name. It's a yoke I bear. TVGuide.com

Thu, Nov 2, 2006

Sitcom Hottie Wants You to Join Her for Happy Hour

Mindy Kaling (Kelly) Throws a Surprise-filled Office Party!

Mindy Kaling doesn't just play Ryan-crazy (and sometimes just plain crazy) Kelly on NBC's The Office. She's also a writer-producer, as seemingly are most of the hit comedy's main players. This week's episode (airing tonight at 8:30 pm/ET), penned by Kaling, introduces Michael Scott (Steve Carell), among others, to the holiday of Diwali, as well as diverts some ongoing stories in new directions. TVGuide.com spoke with Kaling about the decision to just Hindu it. TVGuide.com: First off, I just want to say that "Diwali" is a great episode.Mindy Kaling: Thank you! TVGuide.com: When did you first come up with the idea of a Diwali-centered outing?Kaling: This is some

Thu, Nov 2, 2006

Mindy Kaling (Kelly) Throws a Surprise-filled Office Party!

Elizabeth Mitchell: Has Lost's Juliet Found Her Romeo in Jack?

This past Friday the 13th was a lucky, yet unlucky, day TVGuide.com. The good news is that we got the chance to Q&A Lost newcomer Elizabeth Mitchell, who first caught our eye years ago when she bedded Angelina Jolie (in the HBO movie Gia). The bad news was that we had to sit on this feature until today, Nov. 1 — albeit in time for Lost's penultimate pre-hiatus outing. (The even worse news was that the end of our chat — in which we discussed The Santa Clause 3, opening Friday and in which she again plays the big guy's Mrs.

Wed, Nov 1, 2006

Elizabeth Mitchell: Has Lost's Juliet Found Her Romeo in Jack?

Pamela Anderson Beholds Baywatch's Biggest Bombshells

Originally a piece of little-watched NBC prime-time fluff, Baywatch went on to bask in its syndicated and sun-baked goodness, bolstering the careers of David Hasselhoff, Carmen Electra and the like. But first and foremost in fans' minds when they think of that gorgeous gaggle of lifeguards is Pamela Anderson, who is currently serving as spokesperson for the series and its five-disc Season 1 and Season 2 DVD sets, slow-motion jogging into stores today. Never one to turn down a date with Pammy, TVGuide.com gave her our best eight minutes. TVGuide.com: Did I catch you in between weddings to Kid Rock?Pamela Anderson: Yeah, actually, you did! TVGuide.com: So, will some people's preconceptions of Baywatch be proven wrong when they pop in these DVDs?

Tue, Oct 31, 2006

Pamela Anderson Beholds Baywatch's Biggest Bombshells

Weeds, the Season-Finale Q&A: What Happens Next?

For the occasion of Weeds' season finale, which aired last night on Showtime, TVGuide.com sat down with series creator Jenji Kohan to discuss the season gone by, ask about some of the juiciest twists, and try to get a glimpse into the future. After teasing you with a craftily edited Part 1, here is the entire, unexpurgated interview, including additional questions about exactly what transpired in the shocking season-ender. (As a courtesy, I have denoted new or revised exchanges with an asterisk [*].) TVGuide.com: You started this season with some of the characters and their stories somewhat segregated, but, ultimately, they dovetailed together. Did you ever feel that was a risky approach?Jenji Kohan: You know, we love to build an arc. When we sit down, we plan the full season out completely befor

Tue, Oct 31, 2006

Weeds, the Season-Finale Q&A: What Happens Next?

Weeds Q&A, Part 1: Your Pre-Show Guide to the Season Finale!

For the occasion of Weeds' season finale, premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET on Showtime, TVGuide.com sat down with series creator Jenji Kohan to discuss the season gone by, ask about some of the juiciest twists, and try to get a glimpse into the future. Here is Part 1 of the Q&A — rendered spoiler-free through some crafty editing. The unexpurgated interview, including additional questions about exactly what transpires in tonight's season-ender, will be posted Tuesday morning. TVGuide.com: You started this season with some of the characters and their stories somewhat segregated, but, ultimately, they dovetailed together. Did you ever feel that was a risky approach?Jenji Kohan: You know, we love to build an arc. When we sit down, we plan the full season out completely before we start to write. We f

Mon, Oct 30, 2006

Weeds Q&A, Part 1: Your Pre-Show Guide to the Season Finale!

J.J. Abrams Divulges Mission: Impossible Secrets, and More!

That sizzling sound you hear isn't originating from the iconic Mission: Impossible fuse, but from the red-hot DVD release of Mission: Impossible III, simultaneously available today in standard as well as both (HD DVD, Blu-ray) hi-definition formats. To mark the action-packed escapade's vid store arrival, TVGuide.com spoke with director J.J. Abrams, who divulged secrets from the M:i:III set, shared his awe of franchise front man Tom Cruise (aka IMF superagent Ethan Hunt), and even updated us on that "little" Star Trek film thing he has in the works. TVGuide.com: First off, I want to say that I really, really enjoyed the film. I have two young

Mon, Oct 30, 2006

J.J. Abrams Divulges Mission: Impossible Secrets, and More!