Arrow Snags Medium Alum to Play Manhunter
Medium
- Metascore60
- 2005-2011
- 7 seasons
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama, Fantasy
- TV-14
Housewife and mother Allison DuBois uses her psychic visions about dead people and the violence surrounding them to work as a part-time consultant with the local district attorney's office. Her husband Joe, a science engineer, goes from being a skeptic to a bemused believer as Allison's gifts help solve crimes across the country.
- Metascore60
- 2005-2011
- 7 seasons
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama, Fantasy
- TV-14
Housewife and mother Allison DuBois uses her psychic visions about dead people and the violence surrounding them to work as a part-time consultant with the local district attorney's office. Her husband Joe, a science engineer, goes from being a skeptic to a bemused believer as Allison's gifts help solve crimes across the country.
Patricia Arquette Visits CSI for Possible Cybercrimes Spinoff
She spent seven seasons talking to the dead and solving macabre murders on Medium. Now Patricia Arquette has entered a crime world that's a very different kind of wild.
Ben Affleck to Direct Mob Drama Pilot for Fox
Acclaimed director Ben Affleck is taking his talents to the small screen. The two-time Oscar winner is set to direct the pilot for the Fox period drama The Middle Man, the network announced Friday. This marks the first TV directing gig for Affleck, who is also executive-producing the project with writer Glenn Gordon Caron. Worst TV cops The Middle Man is set in 1960s Boston and...
Hulu Plus to Begin Streaming CBS Content
Hulu will begin streaming archival content from CBS in January, the two companies announced Monday. As part of the arrangement, Hulu Plus subscribers will have access to more than 2,600 shows from the network's library for the first time, Additional titles will be announced later, but for now the shows that will be available are Frasier, Family Ties, MacGyver, Medium, Numb3rs, CSI: Miami, Star Trek, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Twin Peaks, The Tudors, The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy, according to Hulu. As of now, no current scripted shows will be available.
VIDEO: First Look at CBS' New Shows Elementary, Vegas and More!
CBS has released trailers for its new fall series Elementary, Partners and more. Check them out below.
Pilot Season: Lucy Liu to Play Watson in CBS' Elementary
Lucy Liu has been cast as Sherlock Holmes right-hand (wo)man in CBS' Elementary pilot. The drama is a modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes in which Sherlock (Eli Stone's Jonny Lee Miller) is a recovering addict and consultant for the NYPD. Liu will play...
Desperate Housewives' Roger Bart Heads to CSI
Roger Bart, best known for his role as Desperate Housewives' ill-fated pharmacist, has landed a guest spot on CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Two and a Half Men Snags True Blood Hunk
Joe Manganiello is returning to CBS! The True Blood star will guest-star in a late October episode of Two and a Half Men, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Manganiello will play...
ABC Buys Drama From Castle Duo
ABC has bought four new dramas, including Nicholas Sparks' first series project and a crime drama from a pair of Castle producers, TVGuide.com has learned. Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new shows Sparks, who's numerous novels have been adapted into such films as The Notebook and Dear John, has sold The Watcher to the network, a drama about...
Exclusive: Fringe Digs Up New Mysteries With Arye Gross
Arye Gross will guest-star in the upcoming season of Fringe, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Is Fringe on your Watchlist? Add it and your other favorites now and never miss an episode Gross — whose TV credits include Castle, The Riches and Medium — plays...
Lifetime Renews Army Wives, Sets Diva Premiere, Orders Project Runway All Stars
In addition to renewing Army Wives for a sixth season and setting a June 19 return for Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime has announced Monday it had ordered an all-stars edition of Project Runway and several new series. Kathy Griffin, Lance Bass and Clay Aiken appearing on Drop Dead Diva Project Runway All Stars, which has been picked up for eight episodes, will feature...
Exclusive: The Leverage Team Goes After a Mad Man
Former Mad Men star Michael Gladis will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Leverage, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Check out photos of the Leverage castGladis, who played beatnik copywriter Paul Kinsey for three seasons on Mad Men, will play Reed Rockwall, a public relations expert in crisis management. He ruthlessly protects his clients, often going after and destroying their enemies....
Anjelica Huston Joins NBC's Smash
Oscar winner Anjelica Huston has joined NBC's musical pilot Smash, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, Smash focuses on a group of people who come ...
Ratings: Fringe Fares Well on Friday; Medium Ends on High Note
What death slot? Fringe's Friday debut proved to be a ratings success, helping Fox top the night in the coveted adults-18-to-49 demographic.Check out photos from FringeFringe delivered 4.9 million viewers and a 1.9 in the demo, slightly above its fall average of 1.8 and up 12 percent from ...
Medium's Final Message
Medium has taken its fans on some intensely crazy rides over the course of seven seasons. Why should the finale be different? The CBS fright series — the victim of low ratings — will end its run tonight with the episode "Me Without You," which starts with psychic Allison Dubois and her family in the present day and follows them 48 years into the future.
Matt's Weekend Picks: January 21-23
Medium (Friday, 8/7c, CBS)After all these years, you'd have thought we'd see this coming. But after seven seasons on two networks, the series about a psychic crime solver (Emmy winner Patricia Arquette) comes to an end with a far-reaching series finale that promises closure while taking a long look into the Dubois family's future. We'll miss that funky, frazzled family, but who knows that we won't be seeing them in our dreams?
Camille Grammer Leaving Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?
Camille Grammer no longer wants to be a Beverly Hills Housewife. The 47-year-old will not be returning to the Bravo series if it's picked up for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
CBS Midseason Schedule: Blue Bloods Moves to Wednesday Nights
Two of CBS' freshman series, Blue Bloods and The Defenders, are trading prime-time real estate next month. CBS announced Tuesday that Blue Bloods will air Wednesdays at 10/9c for one month beginning Jan. 19. To make room, The Defenders will then permanently move to Fridays at 8/7c starting Feb. 4, two weeks after the...
Mega Buzz: CSI: Miami's Bad Romance, Dexter's Bloodbath and an Old Five-0 Flame
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.What is the deal with Delko and Calleigh on CSI: Miami? What's the status of their relationship? — TaneshaADAM: For the immediate future, they will be more friends than lovers. "Delko having to do things behind his colleagues' back kind of threw a wrench into the works as far as their relationship goes," co-executive producer Marc Dube tells us. "There's been a bit of an agreed backing-off on both sides. It's something that will be revisited, but right now it's more of a brother-sister relationship. They love each other very much. Will it spike again? Probably, but they're taking a little break from the intensity."Any scoop on Dexter? — Scott NATALIE: In the season's penultimate episode, there are not one, but two deaths! And not one, but two kidnappings!...
CBS Announces Medium's Cancellation on Facebook
CBS has officially canceled Medium. "It's true. Allison Dubois will dream her last dream on Medium, Friday, January 21st. In what we believe will be a series defining episode, Allison and her family will stare destiny in the eye. And destiny will not blink," creator Glenn Gordon Caron wrote on the show's official Facebook page Thursday.
Patricia Arquette: Medium is Canceled
Patricia Arquette says the current season Medium will be its last. "We got canceled," the 42-year-old told Entertainment Weekly. The star's comment arrives a month after CBS announced it had cut the supernatural drama's original 22-episode order back to...
Ask Matt: Raising Hope, Good Wife, Glee, Walking Dead and More
Send questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter! Question: I am loving Raising Hope, but I'm wondering if there will be any back story on Virginia's and Bert's families, other than Maw Maw, of course. Have you heard if they have parents and siblings? I think there has been mention of other relatives who want Maw Maw's house, but do you know if we will get to meet them? I think it would be a hoot to see the rest of the families on both sides! — Ginni
CBS Cuts Medium Order; Is Series' End Imminent?
Is Medium nearing its end — again? CBS has reduced the series' order from 22 to 13 episodes, which may be the show's last, according to Variety. CBS picks up full seasons of all five freshman series Starring Patricia Arquette, Medium was canceled...
Matt's Weekend Picks: October 22-24
Medium (Friday, 8/7c, CBS)One of the funniest bits on 30 Rock's recent live episode was Jon Hamm's cameo as a guy whose hand transplant goes awry (a classic horror-movie staple). This week, it's Allison's turn to play it a bit more straight, as she gets a skin graft on her hand and it begins acting up as if the other hand doesn't know what it's doing. The episode is titled "Talk to the Hand." Good to know moving to Fridays and a different network didn't rob the series of its sense of humor.
Ratings: CSI: NY Rises, Outlaw Falls
CBS easily won Friday night thanks to another round of strong performances from Blue Bloods, CSI: NY and Medium. Blue Bloods was the night's most-watched series, drawing...
Ask Matt: Fringe, Glee,The Choir, Lone Star, NCIS and More!
Send questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter!Question: One of my favorite shows is Fringe, but I can't help but wonder if Fox could pull an X-Files switch. I'm thinking maybe it should be moved to Sunday nights at 9/8c. This was great for The X-Files and made Sunday nights so darn cool. Fringe has that type of feel, and let's face it: two hours of cartoons is a bit much. I have a feeling they could get a nice ratings spike as well. Curious to know what you think — and do we really need more CSI-type shows? — MichaelMatt Roush: Well, those are two very different questions. And one doesn't really inform the other. CSI-style procedurals are still the flavor of the decade — especially on CBS, which knows exactly how to feed its audience — and everyone wants to be in on this lucrative game. But a show like Fringe will always be separate and special, and Fox knows that. The network has done a pretty good job of nurturing the show to where it can go all-out this season. So far, the results have been spectacular, creatively anyway...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Oct. 1, 2010
Medium8/7c CBS Season 7's second episode materializes, tracking buoyant clairvoyant Allison as she investigates a series of killings. But mysterious events soon turn this into Match Game 2010. While on the criminal task, Allison begins to discern bizarre symbols floating above people's heads, and she concludes the hovering figures could be mechanisms to pair people up with their soul mates. Elsewhere, workplace dramas stagger Joe when one of his employees levels charges of sexual harassment against a colleague. Tony Hale and Lana Parrilla guest star. — Dean MaurerRead on for previews of Smallville, Say Yes to the Dress, Todd Margaret, Teach: Tony Danza and Friday Night Alright.
Ratings: Blue Bloods Opens Strong; Smallville Leads CW to Super Finish
Blue Bloods proved to be ratings gold for CBS, as the Tom Selleck family police drama led the network to a Friday night win, according to early Nielsen estimates.Bloods was the most-watched show of the night with 12.8 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in ...
Keck's Exclusives: CBS Press Tour Party Scoops
Smallville executive producer Kelly Souders tells me "by the end of episode 3, Oliver's life is going to change forever." Uh oh. Might that mean that's the episode in which Smallville finally rights DC Comics lore and does away with the character of Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack), who isn't a series regular this season? Could be, which would open the door to a romance between Oliver's Green Arrow and Black Canary, two super friends who end up together in the comics...
CBS Kicks off Premiere Week with Comedy Block and New Hawaii Five-0
CBS is kicking off its premiere week with a slightly tweaked Monday-night comedy block —newcomer Mike & Molly replaces The Big Bang Theory, which is moving to Thursdays...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, June 18, 2010
Big Time Rush8/7c Nickelodeon Tonight the guys get to meet a celebrity who, like them, was a teenager who leaped from obscurity to fame: Season 6 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. However, the guys aren't allowed to hang out with her or even really go near her because Gustavo thinks they'll bring her bad luck. As Gustavo works on a new song with Jordin, the boys set out to prove him wrong — and show him that they may even be good-luck charms.Read on for previews of the World Cup, Medium, Supernatural, Miley Cyrus in London: Live at the O2, Discovery Saved My Life and Crossroads.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, May 21, 2010
Ghost Whisperer8/7c CBS After five seasons, it's evident that the appeal of this series doesn't rest solely on the supernatural element. It also explores universal emotions and themes, especially regarding love, death and the bonds between us, and that's at the heart of this series finale. Melinda confronts a poltergeist in the hospital, and that initiates a final battle with the forces that threaten Melinda and her son. Whatever her gifts, she is a mother first and will fight for her child's life.Read on for previews of Stargate Universe, Friday Night Lights, Medium, Kitchen Nightmares, The Ricky Gervais Show and Party Down.
CBS Cancels Seven Series, Including Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs and Cold Case
CBS has canceled seven series, including the veteran procedurals Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs and Cold Case, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Also axed are freshmen series ...
Is Your Favorite Show in Danger?
The new fall TV season means plenty of promising new shows — and canceling struggling old ones to make room. As the networks roll out new programs this month at their upfront presentations to advertisers, here's our list of 13 at-risk shows. Many have posted significant ratings declines. Others are expensive to produce, getting old, or just aren't performing as well as their time-slot rivals. Read about the issues each faces and then weigh in on which shows deserve to stay — or go.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, April 9, 2010
Smallville8/7c CW Oliver has an identity crisis when Tess captures the Green Arrow for Amanda Waller (Pam Grier), but he manages to preserve his secret by escaping. Waller, who doesn't give up easily, continues her pursuit of the "Watchtower," and she's not above threatening Chloe's life to get the answers to some pressing questions (such as the names and last known addresses of the Justice League members). Meanwhile, John Jones (Phil Morris) is caught poking his nose into the Green Arrow kidnapping.Read on for previews of Stargate Universe, Garage Mahal, Medium, Real Time with Bill Maher and Private Chefs of Beverly Hills.
USA Network's Fall Slate Includes Modern-Day Robin Hood, Steve Carell-Produced Dramedy
USA Network is upping their original content with seven new pilot scripts for the 2010-2011 TV season, including projects from Steve Carell, John Michael Higgins and Anthony Edwards. Carell (The Office) is teaming up with Higgins (Best in Show) to produce an untitled dramedy about...
Exclusive: Breaking Bad's Dean Norris to Appear on Criminal Minds
Breaking Bad star Dean Norris has booked a guest spot on Criminal Minds, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Norris will play a ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, March 12, 2010
Medium9/8c CBS Psychic drama mama Allison DuBois does the time warp. The series takes a bounce back in time to Allison and Joe's nuptials, a special day that finds the couple prepping for their big "I do" moment. But even as she opens this new chapter in her life, Allison sees her paranormal gift coming into play, and she's forced to face up to its ever-expanding powers. Bruce Gray and Kathy Baker return in their roles as Joe's parents. Actor David Paymer directed the episode.Read on for previews of Numb3rs, Supernanny, Who Do You Think You Are? and Life and Times of Tim.
Hope for Haiti Now Telethon Draws Big Crowd, Conan O'Brien Goes Out on a High Note
Friday's star-studded Hope for Haiti Now drew 16.05 million viewers on the five broadcast networks that carried the event. ABC's telecast of the telethon — hosted by George Clooney and Wyclef Jean — drew the highest numbers, with...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
Medium9/8c CBS Matriarchal medium Allison DuBois rematerializes in a fresh episode about otherworldly redemption. It all begins with an investigation into a serial-killing spree, a case that unfolds with a twist when the prime suspect turns up dead. Before long, Allison has a close encounter of the bizarre kind: The ghost of the suspect reaches out to her, seemingly in an effort to redeem himself, reconnect with his girlfriend — and perhaps even to assist in the case. Meanwhile, Joe is asked to assess a novel authored by his boss.Read on for previews of Suite Life on Deck, Shark Tank, Sanctuary and John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Monk9/8c USA With only three episodes left in the series, Mr. Monk becomes Detective Monk (again) when he's finally reinstated on the police force. The news is certainly welcome, but his celebrations don't last long. He starts off on the job by tracking a serial killer, but the case proves more difficult than he thought it would be. Tony Shalhoub's wife, Brooke Adams, guest-stars in tonight's episode.Read on for previews of Medium, Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau, Happily Ever Faster and 20/20.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
White Collar10/9c USA The discovery of a large cache of gold puts Neal and Peter on the trail of a smuggler who's dealing in Iraqi artifacts. At the start of their investigation, they suspect a U.S. soldier may be involved in the dirty dealings. But soon a corrupt news producer who's embedded in the area catches their attention and could possibly lead them to the missing artifacts.Read on for previews of Smallville, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Medium and Law & Order.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
Medium9/8c CBS The paranormal drama about creepy spirits, dark unknowns and a psychic soccer mom who sees dead people does some strange channeling: Canceled by NBC, the show now rematerializes on CBS, completing a ghostly night on the Eye network. (Ghost Whisperer precedes the show.) In the Season 6 opener, Allison struggles through the aftermath of her brain surgery and its potential lasting impact on her life. This also being a crime drama, there's some bad-guy intrigue: A TV-station owner enlists Devalos and Scanlon to probe the purported stalking of his station's sportscaster — who also happens to be his wife. Natalie Zea and Pruitt Taylor Vince guest star.Read on for previews of Brothers, Dollhouse, The Prisoner, Law & Order, Ghost Whisperer.
Mega Buzz: Scoop on Medium, CSI, Mad Men, Melrose and More
Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. I've just read that Garret Dillahunt will guest-star in the season premiere of CSI. Is he playing "Dr. Jekyll," the new serial killer, or will it be someone else? — VicADAM: Sorry, Cromartie fans, but Dillahunt is not Dr. Jekyll. He plays the head of a celebrity security service, which doesn't exactly scream "serial killer cover" to us. Then again, the character's name does imply duplicity. Here's what we do know about Dr. Jekyll: He's infamous for leaving behind immaculate crime scenes: The body is all the evidence the CSIs will ever get. Fantastic! A serial killer with OCD!Any scoop on Medium and how it might change now that it's switched to CBS? — AntiochMICKEY: "I guess I can let the cat out of the bag: [Allison] ...
Medium Revels in Place Among Living Dead
Medium will pay tribute this season to Night of the Living Dead — which couldn't be more appropriate, given the show's recent history.NBC dropped Patricia Arquette's supernatural crime drama last season, but it was quickly revived by CBS, whose production division produces the show.See pictures of Patricia Arquette"I'd been told unofficially we were getting picked up," Arquette said at Monday's Television Critics Association fall-TV tour. "I was about to buy a house, then I got told we got dropped. I was unemployed. And then I got a job. It was like, you're hired, you're fired. You're hired!"
Ratings: I'm a Celebrity, Jon & Kate, SVU Finale and More
Some recent ratings highlights: • Monday's two-hour premiere of NBC's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! averaged 6.35 million viewers, edging out The Bachelorette (6.34 mil) in both total audience and the demos. I'm a Celebrity then dropped 14 percent (to 5.5 mil) on Tuesday. • Among finales, Medium wrapped up its NBC run with an audience of ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, June 1, 2009
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!8 pm/ET NBC Do you ever wish some "celebrities," like Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag and Janice Dickinson, would just go away? Well now they are. Sort of. In this reincarnation of the 2003 series that aired on ABC, 10 shameless famous people are dropped in the heart of the Costa Rican rain forest to have their survival skills tested in a series of challenges voted on by viewers. The C-listers featured on the previous version included Cris Judd (J.Lo's ex), Bruce Jenner and Melissa Rivers. And hey, we haven't seen much of Cris Judd lately, so maybe one day "Speidi" really will go away. We can only hope!& Read on for previews of Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Medium and The Hills Presents: Speidi's Wedding Unveiled.
Fall TV: CBS Adds Eight New Series, Makes Big (and Medium!) Changes
CBS announced eight brand-new series for the 2009-10 TV season, including ones starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Julianna Margulies and Alex O'Loughlin, and swooped in and picked up NBC's castoff Medium. The Eye ordered a full 22-episode season of Medium, slotting it after Ghost Whisperer on Fridays. As CBS entertainment boss Nina Tassler says, "If Ghost Whisperer and Numbers had an offspring, Medium would be it." CBS also has tinkered with its Monday lineup in unexpected ways. How I Met Your Mother will now ...
Fall TV: NBC's "Split" Sked Offers Surprises for Fans of Chuck, FNL & Medium
NBC's 2009-10 schedule effectively cleaves the TV season in half, meaning that some shows will premiere in the fall and then vanish, while others will not return or premiere until midseason. That means that recent flourishes of good news for Chuck and Friday Night Lights have been tempered by news likely to disappoint the shows' fans. How so? Though Chuck was picked up for a third season, the action-comedy's fervent fans will have to wait until midseason (after the Winter Olympics, specifically) to get their fix. NBC boss Ben Silverman said in a Tuesday conference call, however, that Chuck's cast will not be whittled down. And while NBC recently trumpeted news of Friday Night Lights' two-season renewal, Coach Taylor won't call another play until ...
Fall TV: NBC Sizes Up Medium for a Sixth Season
The future looks bright for Allison DuBois. On the eve of its Monday "infront" presentation of 2009-10 TV season plans, NBC renewed Medium for a sixth season, says the Hollywood Reporter. An NBC rep has no comment on the report. The new season of Medium is expected to ...
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