Set to the soundtrack of the '60s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her "good girl" image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an "American Bandstand" dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Meg's father
Set to the soundtrack of the '60s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her "good girl" image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an "American Bandstand" dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Meg's father
Conrad Gayson's other wife is coming to town! NYPD Blue alum Gail O'Grady has been cast as Conrad's first wife on Revenge, TVGuide.com has confirmed. As first reported by E! Online, O'Grady's character will surprise her former hubby (Henry Czerny) and Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) when she reappears unexpectedly in Episode 13. O'Grady's character, whom Conrad dumped for Victoria 25 years ago, is described as...
Royal Pains star Mark Feuerstein will debut the USA dramedy's Season 5 premiere at the second annual ATX Television Festival, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. "I love television, I love Austin, and I love that we're going to show you the premiere of Season 5 of Royal Pains," Feuerstein says in the video below. Royal Pains Exclusive Video: Get your first look at Season 5 Joining the actor will be co-star Reshma Shetty and executive producers Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch.
Rachel Boston will star opposite Jenna Dewan on Lifetime's new pilot Witches of East End, TVLine.com reports. Boston will play...
This week in TV was as notable for the legends who left us as for what actually happened on TV in the last full week before the May sweeps begin (next Thursday). So let's start there, acknowledging two figures who loomed large in my formative years of being weaned on TV. It's impossible to imagine TV without Dick Clark, the genial host and canny impresario...
Brittany Snow has been cast in NBC's new presidential pilot 1600 Penn. The comedy centers on the most ordinary family in the world — who just so happen to live at the White House. Snow will play...
Glee is adding another new cast member to its roster for Season 3. American Dreams vet Vanessa Lengies will recur on the Fox musical as Sugar, a spoiled new student described as...
Brittany Snow will guest-star on CBS' new romantic comedy Mad Love as Sarah Chalke's sister, the actress tells TVGuide.com. TV's new romantic comedies: How to tell them apart Mad Love follows the story of Kate (Chalke) and Ben (Jason Biggs), who find romance on top of the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, their respective best friends — serial rom-com best friend Judy Greer and Reaper's Tyler Labine — aren't too fond of one another. "It's an interesting episode because...
HBO has picked up the comedy series Girls, the network announced Friday. Created by and starring Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), Girls will provide a comic look at the humiliations and triumphs of a group of women in their early 20s. Filming is set to begin this spring. Get the rest of today's news
Ashley Williams has been tapped to star in TNT's Bird Dog, replacing Eliza Dushku as the lead, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Williams, 32, will play Gail McGrath, a cop who is forced to partner with her estranged father, also a policeman, who will be portrayed by...
Brittany Snow is heading back to NBC: The American Dreams alum has scored a role in Kindreds, David E. Kelley's dramedy pilot for the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Check out photos of Brittany SnowKindreds centers on ...
Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor answer your questions!I'm glad to hear that Desperate Housewives' Gaby is staying frumpy, if only for a bit longer. Any other scoop to share? — JillMatt: I almost forgot that I had gleaned this from my TCA party talk with exec producer Bob Daily (I blame my third Cape Cod...), but now here it is: Bree won't make do with just one kid for long. We will see Joy Lauren back as Danielle Van De Camp very soon — and not in flashback.At House's TCA session all I saw was Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps and the "new team." Does that mean that Jennifer Morrison (Cameron) and Jesse Spencer (Chase) are no longer part of the show? — KerryMickey: Very observant, Kerry, but I'm told their absence is not significant. Both Morrison and Spencer remain series regulars. In fact, an upcoming ep promises to shed new light on the couple. Any romantic relationships for Dr. House this season? — StephanieMickey: There's a ru...
Vanessa Lengies, who in my semi-humble opinion was one of the very best things about American Dreams, has joined the cast of the ABC comedy pilot This Might Hurt. In the prospective medical practice-set series, says the Reporter, Lengies will play Lily, a receptionist who is "sweet, naive and disarmingly sincere" and has a strange predilection for go-go boots. — MWM
Question: So, the DVD with the never-before-seen series finale of American Dreams is just sitting on your desk, huh? What are the chances of you burning it and mailing me a copy?Answer: The chances are about as good as you appearing on the cover of TV Guide's Sexiest Stars issue next month. [Beat] Uh-oh. Me screwed now.
While Cybill survivor Alicia Witt has checked herself out of Fox's shrink-rap comedy pilot More, Patience, Jenny McCarthy has gotten her foot in the door of Patricia Heaton's untitled ABC sitcom; Law & Order: Trial by Jury's Amy Carlson has washed up among the cast of ABC's insomniac-cop drama, Drift; and American Dreams hottie Sam Page has been thrown to Shark, the CBS drama with intimidating James Woods as an attorney-turned-prosecutor. So, are you impressed or appalled that I managed to handle all that in one densely packed sentence? Yeah, me, too.
While Cybill survivor Alicia Witt has checked herself out of Fox's shrink-rap comedy pilot More, Patience, Jenny McCarthy has gotten her foot in the door of Patricia Heaton's untitled ABC sitcom; Law & Order: Trial by Jury's Amy Carlson has washed up among the cast of ABC's insomniac-cop drama, Drift; and American Dreams hottie Sam Page has been thrown to Shark, the CBS drama with intimidating James Woods as an attorney-turned-prosecutor. So, are you impressed or appalled that I managed to handle all that in one densely packed sentence? Yeah, me, too.
While Cybill survivor Alicia Witt has checked herself out of Fox's shrink-rap comedy pilot More, Patience, Jenny McCarthy has gotten her foot in the door of Patricia Heaton's untitled ABC sitcom; Law & Order: Trial by Jury's Amy Carlson has washed up among the cast of ABC's insomniac-cop drama, Drift; and American Dreams hottie Sam Page has been thrown to Shark, the CBS drama with intimidating James Woods as an attorney-turned-prosecutor. So, are you impressed or appalled that I managed to handle all that in one densely packed sentence? Yeah, me, too.
A shiver just went down my spine. No, I didn't listen to my birthday message from Mariska Hargitay again. OK, yes I did — but that's not where the shiver came from. I just finished reading a first draft of the script for Heroes, NBC's fall pilot about everyday folks blessed with superpowers, and, well, to answer the question I posed in the title, yes, I believe a new Lost-like phenomenon is about to be born. And here's why: THE CAST ROCKS: In addition to one of my FFPOTP Greg Grunberg, the ensemble boasts Gilmore guy Milo Ventimiglia and teenage wunderkind Hayden Panettiere. The show's behind-the-scenes pedigree is equally as impressive. Dave Semel, whose credits include directing the American Dreams p
In other pilot casting news — and these days, there always is some — Gina Gershon (you say Showgirls; I say Bound) is set to star in NBC's Lipstick Jungle; Rachel Boston (American Dreams) has been cast in a CBS series about a young couple that moves to the woman's hometown; Kristin Lehman (Judging Amy) will star opposite Cole Hauser in the Fox legal drama Damages; and Moon Bloodgood (Eight Below) has joined ABC's Our Thirties.
Question: What happened to your super-secret surprise re: the unseen American Dreams series finale? Answer: An avalanche of red tape is what happened. But I'm optimistic that there will be good news to share in early '06.
Your grandmother wants to buy her presents at the dollar store. Your parents want you to be like her. And you want everyone to like you the way they like her. Yup, it's easy to love Brittany Snow. The 19-year-old actress is doe-eyed, chatty and a splurging giggler. Alas, granny may soon suffer a heart attack when she learns that American Dreams' darling Meg Pryor is now a neo-Nazi with some serious anger issues. Snow took time out from shooting her guest gig on FX's Nip/Tuck (beginning tonight at 10 pm/ET) to chat with TVGuide.com about evolving into a bad-ass, the truth behind Dreams' MIA finale and being the object of affection for a Desperate Housewives hott
Question: Wow, knowing that you're a USC alum makes me a bigger fan of yours. Go Trojans! Anyway, I can't wait to find out more about the American Dreams alterna-finale, like you promised in last week's AA. Please tell me that Chris disappears from Meg's life and she ultimately ends up with her true love Sam!Answer: Well, the first half of your wish came true, LJ. Chris is definitely out of Meg's life. And I know this because — brace yourselves, Dreamers, — I've seen the elusive epilogue! Jonathan Prince sent a DVD copy to me via armored vehicle late last week and all I can say is it more than lived up to the hype. Now, before I present you with the highlights, let me assure you that, come hell or high water, you will see the ending, too. Worse case scenario: You'll have to wait for the Season 2 and 3 boxed D
Question: Since we will never be able to see the alternate ending of American Dreams (I'm not holding my breath that the DVD will ever be released) can someone please just tell us what was in those 12 minutes?! I'm dying to know how it ends!Answer: Details are a little sketchy, but I'm told the epilogue takes place during the Summer of '69 — almost three years after the finale — with Meg a junior at Berkeley. I should have more to share with you in next week's AA.
Talk about doing a 180: American Dreams sweetheart Brittany Snow will play a white supremacist in a multiepisode arc on Nip/Tuck. Snow's character — who shows up in the Nov. 22 episode — becomes romantically involved with Matt (John Hensley).
Question: Hi, I would like a real, concrete, confirmed answer: Will we see the alternate ending to the American Dreams finale or not?!Answer: Sadly, not — at least not on NBC. I'm still waiting for Jeff Zucker to tell me what exactly went wrong, but I hear it had something to do with difficulty securing sponsors or some nonsense like that.
Question: Now that you got the Spike movie underway, how are things progressing with the American Dreams additional episode?Answer: Sadly, it appears to be DOA. But knowing what a huge fan Jeff Zucker was of this show, I have no doubt he tried his best. That said, I'm trying to get him on the phone so he can explain what the frick happened, but so far no luck.
Question: Any word on an airdate for the revised American Dreams finale? Or was Jeff Zucker just playing us?Answer: NBC is no longer responding to my e-mails on the subject ,so I'm beginning to worry that we were either being played or nothing has come of it. If it's the former, rest assured there will be hell to pay. If it's the latter, rest assured there'd better be a good excuse or else there will be hell to pay.
She's chronicled her romantic angst in song since the '70s, but Carly Simon has always left a piece of her heart in the '30s and '40s. As proof, the 60-year-old singer and songwriter is releasing her fourth CD of standards, Moonlight Serenade, on July 19. We visited the Oscar and Grammy winner at her Greenwich Village duplex in a historic town house. TV Guide: Moonlight Serenade has a very intimate, mellow feel.Carly Simon: Our intention was an album that you could make out to. [Laughs] TV Guide: You actually knew some legendary composers.Simon: Yes. Arthur Schwartz ("Dancing in the Dark") was my parents' [Simon & Schuster publisher Richard Simon and his wife Andrea] best friend. Oscar Hammerstein was a close friend of theirs, too. I have a personal feeling about these songs. TV Guide: Can you feel as passionate about these songs as you do about your own?Simon:
Television characters aren't real, but our attachment to them is. With that in mind, I hope we haven't seen the last of plucky protagonist Meg Pryor, the headstrong, idealistic teen daughter on American Dreams, played so convincingly by winsome actress Brittany Snow. In last week's tumultuous season finale, Meg rode off to an uncertain future in California on the back of a motorcycle, leaving behind a family in Philadelphia divided by issues of war and peace circa 1966. "I was trying so hard to break people's hearts with the truth," says executive producer Jonathan Prince, who oversaw an episode as uncompromising as it was honest, a send-off meant to send a message. "I wanted to have the network executives and [viewers] say in the end, 'We've got to keep this show on the air.'" Here's hoping that NBC considers how crushed the show's 7.5 million viewers will be if the netwo
Since the news broke last week that NBC had cut back its order of American Dreams episodes from 19 to 17, we've been losing sleep over the fate of the superlative period drama. "Is this the network's precursor to canceling the show?" we wondered unhappily. Maybe, maybe not. (The Peacock just announced that, as of March 9, the show is moving from its dead-end time slot to Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET.) While there is still time to rally the troops and get them watching the three-year-old series, TV Guide Online hunted down executive producer Jonathan Prince to get his take on the situation.TV Guide Online: How are spirits on the set at this point?Jonathan Prince: The cast and crew are determined to finish the year with the same joyful approach that we have every day. But to be honest, they're afraid more than anything else. They're worried that
Daphne Zuniga spent four years surrounded by bedroom bedlam on Melrose Place, but she didn't really get in on the action herself until this fall, when she joined NBC's comparatively tame '60s-set sudser, American Dreams (Sundays at 8 pm/ET). As single mother/Playboy Bunny Shelly Pierce, "I finally get to have a little fun!" she exclaims to TV Guide Online with a laugh. "I don't mean to be trite, but Shelly has a yen for men." Although she acknowledges that the Pryors' free-spirited new neighbor has noticed how handsome patriarch Jack (Tom Verica) is, she hints that she will eventually cast her eye, and then some, on the younger model — his ne'er-do-well kid brother, Pete (Matthew John Armstrong). "Nothing gets too, um, juicy," the actress insists coyly, "but there's definitely a chemistry that those two feel. "Matt has been married for six years and hasn't kissed anyone other than his wife [in all that time]," she ad
As the sophomore year of NBC's superlative American Dreams comes to a close (Sunday night at 8 pm/ET), viewers should brace themselves: Summer hiatus may bring as many changes to the series as the 1960s did to America. Here, executive producer Jonathan Prince tells TV Guide Online (almost) all about the season finale: Meg and Sam might finally get together. Although thus far the era has made it impossible for the white American Bandstand dancer and her African-American friend to acknowledge, never mind act on, their feelings for one another, their moment could be coming. This fall, "Sam's going to college. In that world, away from East Catholic [High], so much more is possible," Prince says. "In fact, this week, you'll see a scene where someone at Penn actually mistakes Meg (Brittany Snow) and Sam (Arlen Escarpeta) for a couple... and of course, that lands on them strangely yet wonderfully." JJ could die