Exclusive: NYPD Blue Alum James McDaniel Is The Following's New FBI Agent
Detroit 1-8-7
- Metascore63
- 2010-2011
- 1 season
- ABC Signature
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
The everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit's homicide unit.
- Metascore63
- 2010-2011
- 1 season
- ABC Signature
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
The everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit's homicide unit.
The Office: The Sopranos' Michael Imperioli to Go Up Against Dwight
After playing mobster Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for six seasons, Michael Imperioli has been in his fair share of TV fights. But what will happen when he goes up against Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson)?! Fans will find out when the Emmy winner guest-stars on The Office this spring as...
True Blood Alum Aisha Hinds Joins CBS' Under the Dome
Aisha Hinds has been tapped to co-star in CBS' Under the Dome, a drama based on Stephen King's 2009 novel, TVGuide.com has learned. The serialized drama...
Pilot Season: ABC Orders Drama and Comedy From Steven Spielberg's Studio
ABC is getting into business with Steven Spielberg. The network has ordered a drama pilot and a comedy pilot from the blockbuster director's studio Amblin TV. Lucky 7 follows seven employees of a Queens service station whose lives are changed in many unpredictable ways when they win a lottery jackpot. (Maybe they played the lucky Lost numbers?) The pilot was written by David Zabel (ER) and Jason Richman (Detroit 1-8-7).
Pilot Season: Sopranos' Michael Imperioli Checks Into Jason Katims' NBC Medical Drama
The doctor is in! Michael Imperioli has joined the cast of Jason Katims' medical pilot County, TVGuide.com has confirmed. TVLine.com first reported the news. Parenthood's Jason Ritter stars in the drama about a group of young doctors, nurses and administrators in an underfunded and morally compromising Los Angeles hospital. Imperioli, best-known for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, will portray...
Exclusive: CSI: NY Plots Major Love Interest for Mac
Mac Taylor's social calendar may soon be getting fuller on CSI: NY.The CBS drama has booked former Detroit 1-8-7 star Megan Dodds to appear in multiple episodes as a new love interest for Gary Sinise's Mac, executive producer Zach Reiter tells TVGuide.com. The casting comes in the same season that finally introduced Mac's wife, Claire (Jaime Ray Newman), who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks...
Nikita Exclusive: Meet Michael's Blast From His Division Past
Swedish actress Helena Mattsson has landed a recurring role on Nikita, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Is Nikita on your Watchlist? Add it and your other favorites now and never miss an episodeMattsson, who's appeared on Desperate Housewives, will play Cassandra, a sophisticated political figure who created some emotional ...
Friday Night Lights' Adrianne Palicki Joins G.I. Joe Sequel
Adrianne Palicki is trading in her Wonder Woman costume for military fatigues. The actress, who starred in NBC's failed Wonder Woman pilot earlier this year, has joined the upcoming G.I. Joe sequel, Deadline reports. Photo: Check out the updated Wonder Woman costume Palicki, 29, will play...
Ask Matt: Finale Fallout (Mentalist, House, Glee) and More!
Send questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter!Question: I don't agree that Patrick Jane killed the real Red John in The Mentalist finale. Bringing in a never-before-seen actor and calling him Red John is too easy and takes away from the drama of the show. Using an unknown "disposable" like this guy is indeed Red John's MO. "Who can Patrick Jane trust?" is the real central theme of the show.As of this episode, he trusts the CBI team, finally telling them what he knows. He still doesn't trust LaRoche (what was in the plastic box?), which is probably a wise move. It could never have been Director Bertram — he was too worried about media and not about what went on. LaRoche certainly has some baggage, including killing the bomber and responding as he did when Jane was running off to spring the trap. ("Busy boy.") My guess is that LaRoche ...
Ask Matt: Finale Fever, Cougar Town, The Killing, Cancellation Fallout and More!
Send questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter! Question: I know that last week was packed with season finales, talk of cancellations, and predictions of the successes for next fall, but I hope The Good Wife might get some attention. I'm in no way a TV expert, but the gestalt of the last scene was surprising. From the editing to the acting to the music (so out of place for the show, but somehow appropriate at the same time), those few minutes just felt like what great TV is. In particular, the editing of the elevator ride made me feel as though I was watching a cabler. While on the page the plot was perhaps mundane or even cliché, the execution was impressive. — Erin
Save These Shows: 9 Bubble Shows We Hope Will Survive
This time of year can be brutal for TV fans. In the next few weeks, a number of shows will be canceled to make room for the bright and shiny new series that the networks believe will give them the best competitive edge in the fall. The reality is that for every Outsourced or No Ordinary Family sent to the TV graveyard with little to no fuss, there's a handful of beloved shows that we're not ready to part with just yet. Behold, here are the nine shows we're desperately hoping the execs will give one more chance...
25 Bubble Shows --- Which Will Survive?
Will Chuck's luck finally run out? Is Season 8 the end of the road for One Tree Hill? Does Outsourced have a prayer for renewal? Just a few weeks remain before the networks decide which shows will and won't be back this fall. Are your favorites on the chopping block, or can you breathe an early sigh of relief? We offer an analysis of what's to come, so you can brace yourselves (looking at you No Ordinary Family fans, wherever you are) if things aren't looking so hot. Fall TV scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?$#*! My Dad Says (CBS)Thursdays at 8:30/7:30cThe Good News: Despite negative critical response, the show debuted to 12.5 million viewers and held about 80 percent of The Big Bang Theory's audience. The Bad News: In what is rarely a good sign, the show wrapped up its freshman season in a hurry in February to make room for new comedy (and fellow bubble show) Mad Love. Its final episode...
The Biz: Second-chance Successes
Mae West once said, "All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else." Several TV networks couldn't agree more. The Game was dumped by The CW in 2009 when the network decided to get out of the half-hour comedy business. Since relocating to cable network BET in January, the sexy, soapy sitcom about pro football players and the women who love them has averaged 4.4 million viewers — more than any current show on The CW...
Roush Review: Dana Delany's Body of Proof
Dana Delany doesn't have to prove to anyone that she's a TV star of the highest caliber. Her body of work, starting with the indelible Vietnam War classic China Beach, speaks for itself. But not since China's Colleen McMurphy has Delany had a role so well suited for her foxy, sardonic magnetism as Dr. Megan Hunt, neurosurgeon-turned-medical examiner/crime solver in the new Body of Proof. It's ABC's latest attempt to launch a crime drama to compete with the hit procedurals on other networks; only the more comedic Castle has had any traction in recent years. (ABC's latest casualty: the underrated Detroit 1-8-7.)
Matt's TV Week in Review
Sometimes it's not just about the ratings. And sometimes it is. That's the takeaway from an eventful week in the win-some/lose-some sweepstakes we call TV programming. On the plus side: TNT's renewal of Southland, the latest lifeline for the gritty police drama that NBC ditched during that misbegotten period when Jay Leno put the 10 pm drama on the endangered species list. It will never be as popular as the network's signature shows like The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles (which got a funny shout out from 30 Rock's Liz Lemon this week), but Southland's uncompromising integrity helps give credence to TNT's "We Know Drama" credo.
Ratings: New Episodes of the NCIS Tandem Come Back Strong
If it's Tuesday night, it must mean another sweep for CBS. NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife were back with new episodes, considerably boosting the size of their audiences compared with recent reruns.
Matt's Weekend Picks: March 18-20
Give It Up For Greg Giraldo (Friday, 11:30/10:30c, Comedy Central)Celebrity roasts just won't be same without him. In this affectionate tribute special profiling Greg Giraldo, the comedian who died last September at 44, Comedy Central celebrates one of its most familiar faces and voices, as comedy contemporaries including Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Sarah Silverman and Colin Quinn remember a good friend and colleagues. Lots of clips from career highs — and a few lows (including the short-lived sitcom Common Law). The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (Saturday, 10/9c, HBO)The magic word is "FUN!" Feel free to scream along with the Broadway audience as...
Ratings: Despite Reruns Galore, CBS Wins the Night
It was yet another week of reruns for NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife on CBS — and yet another week they all won their time slots, albeit with much smaller audiences.
Roush Review: V Finale and More Tuesday Drama (Detroit, Lights Out)
"V" is for "vamping" — that's been the case for most of the life of ABC's re-imagined, if hardly re-energized, version of V. You know, the show where alien ships hover over Earth week after week, with nothing much happening as Evil Queen Anna coldly plots the destruction of humanity with all those pesky emotional souls while ...
VIDEO: Detroit 1-8-7's James McDaniel Calls Role Some of His Most Emotional Work Yet
James McDaniel, who's been acting more than 32 years, calls his role on ABC's Detroit 1-8-7 some of the most deeply emotional work he's ever done. The NYPD Blue alum stars on the gritty cop drama as Sgt. Longford, who's planning to retire — although, in recent episodes, he's been reconsidering his decision. VIDEO: Michael Imperioli says Detroit 1-8-7 is a cop drama that's funny
Ratings: Glee Scores With Gwyneth
The tough tandem of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles still took their time slots, though with substantially lower numbers because of repeats, while the return of Glee was greeted by a bigger audience than its last original airings.
Cheers & Jeers: Detroit 1-8-7 Shoots and Scores
Cheers to Detroit 1-8-7 for a truly brilliant — and shocking — episode.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!ABC's underrated-in-every-sense-of-the-word cop drama proved just how good it is — not just good for you — with "Stone Cold," scorchingly directed by Cadillac Records' Darnell Martin. The hour's main case...
Ratings: American Idol Beats NCIS Head to Head; Sheen Can Claim Another "Win"
Ratings behemoths NCIS and American Idol went head to head — and Idol won. And the self-proclaimed biggest "winner" of all, Charlie Sheen, helped ABC win a lot more viewers than usual.Charlie Sheen on 20/20: I have a billion fans ... I expose people to magicThe CBS procedural attracted 19.2 million viewers (the low end of its range), while a 90-minute edition of the Fox network's singing competition — in which the top 12 male semifinalists performed — lured nearly 21.3 million. Idol's rating among 18-to-49-year-olds declined ...
Castle Exclusive: Inside TV's Hottest Romance
It's precisely the kind of chilling twist Richard Castle might concoct. On a Hollywood soundstage in early February, the mystery novel-penning protagonist of ABC's Castle, played by Nathan Fillion, is shadowing his muse, no-nonsense NYPD detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), as she tracks a person of interest to a storage freezer in Manhattan. Too bad the guy, who's already taken a bullet to the brain, won't be coughing up any clues.
Get to Know Detroit 1-8-7's Natalie Martinez
She plays Rough-and-tumble Det. Ariana Sanchez, the only female detective in a testosterone-heavy station house on Detroit 1-8-7. "Sanchez is an all-balls kind of girl," laughs Martinez. "She's really tough, from Detroit and ...
The Biz: Which Shows Will Be Canceled?
The broadcast networks are at work on their new fall shows, which means some of your favorites will be moving on. Here are the series facing an uncertain future. ABCThe network wants to bring back Desperate Housewives but still has to make deals with the show's stars. "Everyone is hopeful and optimistic that we'll be returning for an eighth season," executive producer Marc Cherry tells TV Guide Magazine. "But until the women have signed on, there's no guarantee." ABC needs Housewives for at least another year to launch something new in the slot that follows it, especially if ...
Ratings: NCIS Slightly Dented by Glee
OK, NCIS can't set a series high every week. Still, the CBS procedural nabbed 20.3 million viewers Tuesday night.
Roush Review: Chicago Code's Mean Streets
What a week for fans of crime dramas that try to raise the bar. Two winners premiering this week are set in USA's midsection — one rural, one urban (which I'm thinking you might have heard about on Super Bowl Sunday) — and they're so good it makes you wonder why Law & Order never took its act to the heartland.Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!We'll be discussing the second season of FX's spectacularly entertaining Justified (returns Wednesday, 10/9c) later this week. Inspired by an Elmore Leonard character, this Kentucky-fried caper sneaks up on you, its laid-back attitude punctuated by shocks of grisly mayhem.By contrast, Fox's muscular new The Chicago Code — from The Shield's Shawn Ryan — grabs you by the collar as it plunges headlong into a treacherous labyrinth of big-city corruption...
Ratings: NCIS Sets Yet Another Series High
Better a late bloomer than no bloomers at all. NCIS proves that.
Hi, Bob! NCIS with Newhart Leads Ratings
Four-plus decades after his start in television, Bob Newhart's appearance on NCIS attracted nearly 21 million viewers, just a week after its post-hiatus premiere nabbed a series-high 22 million viewers.
Mega Buzz: A Glee Romance Update, a Bones Death, and Office Drinking
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. When are Rachel and Finn getting back together on Glee? ­­— Harper NATALIE: You'll be waiting a while on that one. "We are broken up," Lea Michele says with finality. "We're bringing Rachel back to Season 1 a little bit with the yearning for Finn." So look for more of Rachel trying to get back together with Finn every now and then. And also lots of Michele's crying face. What else can you tell me about the Bones sniper episode? I want to see it already! — Justin ADAM: Why don't I let David Boreanaz, who also directed the pivotal episode, tell you? "It will definitely be the finale of the Gravedigger," he confirms. But it sounds like the Gravedigger (aka U.S. Attorney Heather Taffet) has one final trick up her sleeve, as Boreanaz hinted at...
Matt's TV Week in Review
"Why does fun always have a price?" These are the words of Poor Sue Heck — I can never refer to this scene-stealing character (played brilliantly by Eden Sher) without adding the word "poor" in front of her name — in another hilarious episode of ABC's underappreciated The Middle. Yes, the show is fun, but with the sting of truth. Living in the shadow of the marvelous Modern Family (which offered up another farcical hoot this week), ABC's Wednesday ...
Ratings: NCIS Sets Series High; Conan Wins Among Young Demo
NCIS returned from hiatus to a series-high 22 million viewers on Tuesday, easily helping CBS win the night.
ABC Renews Grey's, Castle and More --- But Which Shows Were Left Out?
Six ABC series have received early renewals, the network announced Monday.Medical dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, crime drama Castle and the network's three sophomore comedies, The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougar Town will each return next season. Winter Preview: Get scoop on all your favorite shows "We really stood by our Wednesday comedy block and who would have thought a year ago that The Middle, which I think is such an underrated show, would kick off what I think is one of the best nights of comedy," ABC President Paul Lee said at the Television Critics Association's winter previews. "That's a core part of our schedule." Lee also said Grey's and Private Practice "were really at the top of their creative form" this season...
Live to Dance Ratings Are High-Steppin'
Paula Abdul's Live to Dance high-stepped to No. 1 in the ratings. The two-hour premiere (starting at 8/7c on CBS) attracted more than 10 million viewers. VIDEO: Contestant falls on head during taping of Paula Abdul's Live to Dance During prime time's first hour Tuesday, Abdul's new show bested the kick-off of The Biggest Loser: Couples, which posted an all-time series low for a spring premiere with ...
Roush Review: Return of V and Southland
Embrace your inner lizard. V is back for a second season tonight on ABC (9/8c), with a red tint in the air and an ominous shower of red rain (the episode's title) falling on the embattled earthlings, although on my screener, everything looked orange. The color of cheese.Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!If this alien-adventure melodrama were any more cartoonish, you might expect the Road Runner to "Beep Beep!" behind the evil Anna the next time she's foiled...
Matt's Picks: November 29 - December 2
Restrepo (Monday, 9/8c, National Geographic Channel) Combat has rarely been captured with such authentic immediacy and gritty urgency as in this wrenching you-are-there Afghan War chronicle from Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) and Tim Hetherington. Their cameras capture the near-constant tension of life (and, naturally, death) with a platoon stationed in a treacherous outpost — named for a beloved fallen medic — where the next firefight attack could come at any moment. There are moments of raunchy levity and rowdy rough-housing as the men settle in to this no-man's-land, but the overall impact is devastating. There's a reason this has already been short-listed in the documentary feature category at this year's Oscars. ...
Fall TV Report Card: How Is the New Class Doing?
Despite a relatively lackluster development season, a few shows have struck a chord with audiences: CBS' Hawaii Five-0 has dominated on Monday nights and the CW's Nikita has proven that the network can launch more than shows for young women. Boardwalk Empire's record premiere bodes well for HBO, which already has a hit in its stable with True Blood. On the flip side, Lone Star's early cancellation shocked critics, if not the general viewing public. No such uproar greeted the axings of My Generation, Outlaw and The Whole Truth. For now, everything else seems to be treading water. Here's how we see fall TV's freshman class thus far...
ABC's No Ordinary Family, Better With You Get Full Season Pick-Ups
ABC has ordered full seasons for freshman series No Ordinary Family and Better With You, the network announced Monday. The Whole Truth, meanwhile, has become ABC's second casualty this season, following the quick demise of My Generation. The series, which only pulled in 4.45 million viewers in its last outing, will...
The Biz: Why ABC Should Save Detroit 1-8-7
Aisha Hinds, who plays Lt. Maureen Mason on ABC's Detroit 1-8-7, was feeling the love recently while at a Trader Joe's in Royal Oak, Michigan. "A woman wanted to give me her entire cart of groceries," she says. "I just came in for a bottle of water." That's a typical reaction in the Detroit area ...
Ask Matt: Fringe, Terriers, House, Bones, Fall Malaise and More!
Send questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter!Question: I know that you and many others are loving this season of Fringe with the alt-world, Doublivia high jinks but I am a bit more, shall we say, off-put. One of my problems is that I'm getting a very Charmed vibe about the whole thing. Allow me to explain. I was a devoted Charmed fan (until the unfortunate last season), but one of the staples of that show which always bothered me were the possession/body-swap type episodes. One of the sisters would be overtaken or possessed or swapped out or what have you and the other sisters would take forever and a day to noodle it out. No matter how strangely or out of character they acted, they would sense nothing was amiss until the whole thing blew up in their faces. With Fauxlivia in the mix on our side, I'm getting that familiar feeling of "Really? Come on!" when it comes to the continued obliviousness of the rest of the cast....
Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
Life Unexpected9:01/8:01c CW In this crossover episode with One Tree Hill, Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti) and Mia Catalano (Kate Voegele) are among the headliners at a Portland music festival. Cate meets Haley at this event, and the two women bond over when they discover many similarities in their pasts. Meanwhile, Ryan's busy hosting the gig, which also features Ben Lee, Rain Perry and Sarah McLachlan, who performs her single "Forgiveness." — Jennifer SankowskiRead on for previews of Dancing with the Stars, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, The Good Wife, Teen Mom, Detroit 1-8-7 and Parking Wars.
VIDEO: Michael Imperioli Says Detroit 1-8-7 is a Cop Drama That’s Funny
How does ABC's Detroit 1-8-7 differ from the other cop shows around? "There's a lot of humor," star Michael Imperioli says. "It's very necessary because cops are very, very funny people." See photos from Detroit 1-8-7 The new series follows homicide Detective Louis Fitch (Imperioli) and his team fighting crime on the streets of Detroit. In this video, the Emmy-winning Sopranos alum talks about his new series and how the show has...
Ratings: Glee's Numbers Sing; NCIS Still Most-Watched King
Glee proved it was no freshman fluke, according to overnight Nielsen estimates. Fox was No. 1 for the night as the musical dramedy drew 12.3 million viewers and its second-highest rating ever among the 18-to-49 demographic. Tuesday night's Season 2 premiere was also up 57 percent over Glee's premiere last fall (which was a repeat of its spring preview), and it was the night's highest-rated series in the demo. Watch full episodes of Glee Fox's new comedies, Raising Hope (7.5 million viewers) and Running Wilde (5.9 million viewers) lost...
The New Tuesday in Review: Hope, Glee and the Rest
Monday introduced my favorite new drama of the season: Fox's Lone Star. Tuesday night brings us my favorite new comedy of the fall, also on Fox: Raising Hope (9/8c). It's a highlight of another very busy night. Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!
Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010
Glee8/7c Fox Third place at Regionals just didn't cut it, and Season 2 begins with the glee kids back in the dumps. Time to call in reinforcements. Two possibilities: transfer student Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) and exchange student Sunshine Corazon (Charice). Meanwhile, Figgins is threatening more budget cuts, and he has an ally in the new football coach, a woman named Shannon Beiste (Dot Marie Jones), who looks upon the gleeks and the Cheerios with equal disdain. Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between Will and Sue? — Paul DroeschRead on for previews of The Biggest Loser, Raising Hope, NCIS: Los Angeles, Warehouse 13, Sons of Anarchy and Detroit 1-8-7.
Critic's Notebook: ABC at TCA
Wait and see. That's a fairly typical approach to the fall TV season this time of year, as pilots are being tweaked and strategies put in place to launch a new crop of shows. But for ABC, rocked in the last few days by the abrupt resignation of its entertainment president Steve McPherson, a wait-and-see attitude permeated the network's entire Sunday presentation on the TCA circuit. Want more fall TV coverage? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! There was no official elaboration on ...
ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates
Dancing with the Stars and Castle will kick off ABC's fall season on Monday, Sept. 20, the network announced on Thursday. Check out our day-by-day guide to all the networks' fall schedules Two-hour episodes of Dancing will air at 8/7c followed by Castle at 10/9c. Tuesdays launch Sept. 21 with the freshman cop drama Detroit 1-8-7 at 10/9c. The show will be joined by new superhero family series No Ordinary Family at 8/7c and the Dancing with the Stars results show at 9/8c on Sept. 28. ABC's Wednesday night comedy block...
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