Saving Grace

67
Metascore
2007-2010
3 seasons
TNT
Suspense, Drama, Fantasy
TV-MA

Saving Grace follows the personal and powerful story of Philippa Forrester and her husband, award-winning wildlife cameraman Charlie, as they attempt to save an abandoned baby otter named Grace. Watch as we track Grace's progress.

67
Metascore
2007-2010
3 seasons
TNT
Suspense, Drama, Fantasy
TV-MA

Exclusive Leverage Video: Nate Comes Face-to-Face with His Nemesis!

Someone's been keeping tabs on Leverage's Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton) all season. In Sunday's episode, that man will reveal himself, and we have your exclusive first look!Exclusive: Leverage recruits Saving Grace's Leon Rippy for recurring roleGuest star Leon Rippy (Deadwood, Saving Grace) returns as professional investor Jack Lattimer in Sunday's "The Boiler Room Job" (10/9c, TNT). His Warren Buffet-type character has figured out the Leverage team's game, and he has begun lining his own pockets by taking advantage of the companies Nate's team destroys...

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Exclusive Leverage Video: Nate Comes Face-to-Face with His Nemesis!

Exclusive: White Collar Snags Tom Skerritt, Bailey Chase for Season 3

Tom Skerritt and Bailey Chase are set to guest-star on Season 3 of White Collar, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Skerritt, 77, will play Alan Mitchell, the discerning dad of Elizabeth...

Fri, Jul 29, 2011

Exclusive: White Collar Snags Tom Skerritt, Bailey Chase for Season 3

Exclusive: Leverage Recruits Saving Grace's Leon Rippy for Recurring Role

Saving Grace's guardian angel is trading in his wings for something more villainous: Leon Rippy has been cast as a recurring nemesis on the upcoming fourth season of Leverage, TVGuide.com has learned.Check out photos of the Leverage castRippy will pay a mysterious Warren Buffett-type named Mr. Latimer. As we previously reported, Latimer begins spying on Nate (Timothy Hutton) and the rest of his gang of thieves with selfish intentions. Once Latimer figures out the Leverage team's game, he begins lining his own pockets by taking advantage of the companies Nate's team brings down.Rippy's character is expected to appear in at least five episodes...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Exclusive: Leverage Recruits Saving Grace's Leon Rippy for Recurring Role

Christina Ricci May Fly with ABC's Pan Am

Christina Ricci is in talks to star in ABC's drama pilot Pan Am, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Set in the 1960s, the project revolves around pilots and flight attendants of the iconic airline that ceased operations in 1991 after declaring bankruptcy. Ricci would join ...

Wed, Feb 23, 2011

Christina Ricci May Fly with ABC's Pan Am

Lifetime Orders Drama Starring Sons of Anarchy's Ally Walker

Lifetime has picked up the procedural dramas Against the Wall and Exit 19, the network announced Monday. Both series received 13-episode orders. Exit 19 stars Sons of Anarchy actress Ally Walker as Gloria, a divorced mother who juggles her demanding personal and professional life as an intuitive LAPD homicide detective. The drama co-stars Chris Payne Gilbert as Walker's character's  brother Davey, Tisha Campbell-Martin (My Wife and Kids) as her police partner and Miguel Ferrer (Crossing Jordan) as their boss.Jeffrey Bell (V), Nina Wass (Less Than Perfect) and Gene Stein (Accidentally on Purpose) executive-produced the pilot from ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios.

Mon, Feb 7, 2011

Lifetime Orders Drama Starring Sons of Anarchy's Ally Walker

Ashley Williams Replaces Eliza Dushku in Bird Dog

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...

Thu, Dec 9, 2010

Ashley Williams Replaces Eliza Dushku in Bird Dog

Ask Matt: New Dance Moves, Return of Rescue Me, and More!

Please send all questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter at @RoushTVGuideMagQuestion: A couple of summers ago, I gave So You Think You Can Dance a shot, based partially on your glowing praise for it. It quickly became one of my all-time favorite reality competition shows, and after Mad Men, the show I look forward to most every summer. Unfortunately, the last two seasons have been underwhelming, so I supported the show's decision to make some radical changes this season...

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

Ask Matt: New Dance Moves, Return of Rescue Me, and More!

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, June 14, 2010

The Bachelorette8/7c ABC Bye-bye mansion, hello... world. Ali and her 11 suitors embark on an around-the-world tour. Bet she remembered to pack the roses. First stop: New York, where it's Kasey's turn to deal with Ali's fear of helicopters. In addition, he must also deal with her questions. Later, Ali gets sick, delaying her date with Chris L. (The two are serenaded by Joshua Radin and the Harlem Boys Choir.) She also gets an InStyle makeover, appears in Broadway's The Lion King with one of the guys, and pares the field to nine before the Bachelorette love jet heads off to Iceland.Read on for previews of the World Cup, Secret Life of the American Teenager, Warren the Ape, For Neda, Saving Grace and The Big Bang Theory.

Mon, Jun 14, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, June 14, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, May 31, 2010

True Beauty10:02/9:02c ABC A second season opens for the beauty contest in which contestants are judged not only on their physical attributes, but also on their "inner beauty." Five gorgeous women and five handsome men are given $200 to create a look for what they think is a "Face of Vegas" contest. They're also given the chance to steal an item to give themselves an edge before posing for judges in lighted glass cases on the strip. Hidden cameras reveal who takes the moral high ground and who takes the bait.Read on for previews of United States of Tara, Cake Boss, Saving Grace, America the Story of Us, The Eastwood Factor and Dad Camp.

Mon, May 31, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, May 31, 2010

TNT and TBS Announce New Shows, Summer Schedule

You've heard about Conan O'Brien's new late-night show. He's joined in TNT and TBS' new lineup by Angie Harmon, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Noah Wyle, Alfre Woodard and Jason Lee, the networks announced Thursday. TNT is launching two scripted series this summer. Memphis Beat stars Lee as an Elvis-loving cop who...

Wed, May 19, 2010

TNT and TBS Announce New Shows, Summer Schedule

Saving Grace: Get Ready for Grace's Final Showdown with God

At the beginning of Saving Grace's final season, Grace Hanadarko's secret is out.TNT sets premiere date for Saving Grace's final seasonFor three seasons, the heavy-drinking and promiscuous Grace (Holly Hunter) has been under the watchful eye of her "last-chance" angel, Earl (Leon Rippy), who wants Grace to give her life over to God. After surviving a 12-story fall without a scratch in the Season 3 finale, Grace has her share of questions, including one she must ask herself: Does my life have a divine purpose?

Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Saving Grace: Get Ready for Grace's Final Showdown with God

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, March 29, 2010

Saving Grace10/9c TNT Following a seven-month layoff, the unflinching series' third and final season resumes, and so does hard-living Grace's prickly path toward her spiritual destiny. In the first of nine final episodes, Grace — who's now been given the moniker "Angel Cop" — deals with the impact of plummeting from a building with Neely. In due time, she'll also happen upon an enigmatic stranger (Gordon MacDonald). Meanwhile, familial divisions are the result when Ham dates his late brother's widow; and Grace and her crime crew probe a fatal attack by a dog.Read on for previews of 10 Things I Hate About You, Chuck, United States of Tara and RuPaul's Drag Race.

Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, March 29, 2010

TNT Sets Premiere Date for Saving Grace's Final Season

Saving Grace's fourth and final season will kick off on March 29, TVGuide.com has confirmed.The new season will begin with back-to-back episodes, beginning at 9/8c. The following week, the show will settle back into its normal Mondays-at-10 timeslot.Saving Grace to end next summerThe premiere date is a little earlier than the summer debut TNT indicated when the network announced the upcoming season would be its last. The season will be interrupted, however, by the NBA playoffs, which begin April 19...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

TNT Sets Premiere Date for Saving Grace's Final Season

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009

Saving Grace10/9c TNT The edgy series wraps up its summer season (it'll return in the winter), so Grace's extended journey toward spiritual enlightenment must go on hold. Tonight a distinguished doctor kills an intruder in his home, but it's a bitter pill to swallow when his version of events raises questions. Elsewhere, hiked and spiked tension between Rhetta and Ronnie finally reaches the breaking point.; and Ham gives meaty news to Grace. As for Grace's ragged last-chance angel (his name is Earl), he instructs Grace to help Neely.Read on for previews of Hell's Kitchen, Shaq Vs., Flipping Out and World Series of Poker.

Tue, Aug 18, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009

Saving Grace to End Next Summer

There's no Saving Grace: Holly Hunter's cop drama will wrap up next summer after its third season, TNT announced.The network had originally ordered ...

Fri, Aug 14, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, July 28, 2009

More to Love9/8 CT Fox Think of ABC's The Bachelor — only more so. You got it, romance fans: a dating show for the rest of us, at least those of us who think twice before getting into a bathing suit. Bachelor impresario Mike Fleiss is behind the series, and the bachelor who'll be looking for more to love, Luke Conley, did play football — on the offensive line — before going into real estate. And according to the 2005 Allan Hancock College Bulldogs 2005 roster, he tipped the scales at 270 lbs. Plus-size model Emme is the host.Read on for previews of Deadliest Catch, Warehouse 13 and Saving Grace.

Tue, Jul 28, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Mega Buzz on SVU, Criminal Minds, CSI, Numbers and More

Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.  What's in store for Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson during the new season of SVU? — CrystalMICKEY: Executive producer Neal Baer tells me the unofficial theme of Season 11 is "Benson and Stabler against the world." First all up in their grill is Wentworth Miller, who guest-stars as a cop with whom Benson will both clash... and make sexy eye contact! Next, Emmy winner Christine Lahti's ADA Sonya Paxton will be kickin' a-- and takin' names, which won't sit well for Stabler initially, and Benson ultimately.  I'm going crazy because there hasn't been any news on Criminal Minds. Please, tell me something about Hotch's future! — FrancescaMATT: You and many other Mega Buzz readers seem rather concerned about the gun that went off during Hotch's unexpected season-finale face-off with the serial killer known as the Reaper. Well, you should know that ...

Wed, Jul 22, 2009

Mega Buzz on SVU, Criminal Minds, CSI, Numbers and More

Mega Minute: CSI: NY Hook-Up Talk, and TNT's Grace Soaps Up

Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute: • On the heels of Danny and Lindsay finding wedded bliss — and yes, Flack and Angell being hit with heartbreak — might CSI: NY's Stella and Mac be the next to turn their professional partnership into something more? Melina Kanakaredes weighs in on that hot topic. • Saving Grace's Ham could find himself in a lather when a sexy soap opera alum guest-stars on the TNT series and sets her sights on Grace's guy. Find out who's entering the mix, and for how long. (Related: Read Kenneth Johnson's Saving Grace celebrity blog.)Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump.

Tue, Jul 21, 2009

Mega Minute: CSI: NY Hook-Up Talk, and TNT's Grace Soaps Up

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, July 7, 2009

10 Things I Hate About You8 pm/ET ABC Family This new teen comedy is based on the 1999 film of the same name (which was already an adapted work, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew). Larry Miller is back as overprotective dad Walter Stratford, and he's surrounded by a new crop of kids, including Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory Peck), who takes on the role of Patrick (played by Heath Ledger in the film). In the opener, Walter's two very different daughters — feminist Kat and social climber Bianca — begin life at a new high school.Read on for previews of Great American Road Trip, Warehouse 13, Saving Grace, That's Impossible and the Michael Jackson Memorial.

Tue, Jul 7, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Deadliest Catch9 pm/ET Discovery For this particularly chilly episode, they should have ditched the Bon Jovi song in the opening for "Baby, It's Cold Outside," as frozen things come in threes: frozen gear, frozen crabs and a frozen harbor. Meanwhile, on the Northwestern, skipper Sig Hansen wrestles with his cigarette addiction. Maybe he should consider changing his first name.Read on for previews of Tiny & Toya, Rescue Me, Saving Grace and Nova scienceNow.

Tue, Jun 30, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

HawthoRNe9 pm/ET TNT Hello, nurse. This new character-fueled, med-centric drama should be good medicine for fans of both hospital dramas and Jada Pinkett Smith. A solid Pinkett Smith essays the titular character, Christina Hawthorne, a headstrong yet empathetic chief nursing officer at a Richmond-based hospital. The series opens with our widowed heroine coping with the first anniversary of her husband's death, but that doesn't stop her from racing to prevent a cancer patient's suicide attempt. Meanwhile, she also deals with her rebellious daughter (Hannah Hodson) and her former mother-in-law (Joanna Cassidy). Read on for previews of CMT Music Awards, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Frontline and Saving Grace.

Tue, Jun 16, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

TNT Rolls Out New Dramas This Summer

TNT is heating up this summer, rolling out two brand-new dramas alongside new seasons of your favorites.Jada Pinkett Smith's nursing drama, HawthoRNe will debut Tuesday, June 16 at 9 pm/ET, according to Variety. The show, which also stars Michael Vartan, follows Smith as tough but caring nurse manager at a North Carolina hospital. HawthoRNe will be followed by the returning Saving Grace, which will air its third season on Tuesdays at 10 pm all summer.On Monday, June 8, Kyra Sedgwick's The Closer returns at 9 pm. It will be followed by

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List for Monday, April 13, 2009

249 pm/ET FOXTalk about taking one for the team! Jack has been exposed to Starkwood's pathogen, and he's getting sicker by the hour. This prompts the return of his daughter, Kim (Elisha Cuthbert), whose stem cells may be his only hope for a cure, but Jack is reluctant to ask for her help. Meanwhile, Tony Almeida operates in the field as Jonas Hodges and Starkwood try to blackmail President Taylor's administration.Read on for previews of Heroes, Roommates, Two and a Half Men and Saving Grace.

Mon, Apr 13, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List for Monday, April 13, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List for Monday, March 2, 2009

The Bachelor8 pm/ET ABCRomance fans, this is it. Molly? Melissa? Web rumormongers have had their say; now it's Jason's turn. Maybe Ty will have a say, too, after he meets his would-be stepmoms in New Zealand. And where does DeAnna fit into this? She's back, too. After the final rose comes the traditional "After the Final Rose" postgame show, which ABC is promoting breathlessly ("the unexpected and shocking ending of Jason's journey to find true love"). What's more, there's another "After the Final Rose" tomorrow.Read on for previews of Saving Grace, Harlem Heights, Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Mon, Mar 2, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List for Monday, March 2, 2009

Holly Hunter: Is Grace on a Mission to Save Another?

This Monday at 9 pm/ET, TNT's Saving Grace resumes its second season, but since we last left off, so much has changed. Namely, Grace has a new partner — Abby Charles, played by guest-star Christina Ricci — while Butch is now paired with Ham, now that Bobby is undercover. Plus, Earl has new business for Grace to tend to, involving death row inmate Leon Cooley. (Oh, and a serial killer is on the loose, too.) Holly Hunter shared a look at the next batch of episodes. TVGuide.com: There's a fair amount of upheaval being worked through in the squad room when the season resumes. Would you say that "change" is a big theme for what's ahead?Holly Hunter: I would say that the theme of the entire series is Grace dealing with change. It's hard to ever nail it down to any one thing that she's dealing with. But these days, one thing she's dealing with is forgiveness. She's trying to come around to forgiving herself for things that she's done, for things that have happened in her life that she has blamed herself for.  TVGuide.com: I wasn't too impressed with her new partner, Abby Charles, at first — and neither is Grace. But I assume that changes soon enough?Hunter: Oh, just wait and see ...

Mon, Mar 2, 2009

Holly Hunter: Is Grace on a Mission to Save Another?

VIDEO: Can Christina Ricci Save Face on Saving Grace?

When TNT's Saving Grace returns on March 2, the mood in the squad room will be a bit ... different ... given the new pairings of partners. Not only are Ham (Kenneth Johnson) and Butch (Bailey Chase) a long ways from completing each other's sentences — in fact, they tend to stomp right over 'em — but guest-star Christina Ricci's Det. Abby Charles rubs Holly Hunter's Grace the wrong way right from the get-go. By the first episode's end, though, I warmed up to Ricci. Maybe you will, too? After the jump, watch an exclusive video clip where Abby reveals to Grace the surprising reason why she was inexcusably late on her first day.

Mon, Feb 23, 2009

Do We Want Saving Grace's Heroine to Be Saved?

Grace Hanadarko is a complicated, brilliant, fiercely loyal, unapologetic, self-destructive train wreck of a major-crimes detective on TNT's Saving Grace — who just happens to be one of the most compelling TV characters around these days. With the title of the show being Saving Grace, not to mention the presence of a "last-chance" angel named Earl hanging around, can we assume that the endgame of the series would be to save Grace? But... do we want her to be saved?No, we do not. Here are our Top 5 reasons that the show should not save Grace:1) Grace's imperfections make her interesting. She drinks, swears, smokes, lives like a slob, sleeps with...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009

Do We Want Saving Grace's Heroine to Be Saved?

Saving Grace's Ham Wants Answers!

Ham Dewey Kenneth Johnson the partnerlover of Holly Hunters hellraising detective on Saving Grace Mondays 10 pmET TNT suffers a personal blow tonight when his kid brother Ralph goes missing in Afghanistan Hams tripping out because he wants answers Johnson says He thinks Ralph is going to be on video and beheaded Whats more Hams having problems with Grace who as usual is distracted by a case and not focusing on their relationship This time a collision with a drunk driver reveals a secret cache of cash in Graces beat-up Porsche The money is linked to the murder of a highway patrolman 30 years ago so she brings the cars former owners in for questioning Johnson says One of them is Barry Switzer who plays himself And if the former Dallas Cowboys coach thought owner Jerry Jones was tough just waitll he gets a load of Grace G J Donnelly

Sat, Aug 9, 2008

NBC Greenlights New Dick Wolf Pilot

A new pilot from Law & Order guru Dick Wolf is in the works for NBC, featuring "an unconventional female detective" who solves the murders of anonymous victims, according to Variety .Lost and Found will be written by Law & Order alum Chris Levinson, and pick up is contingent upon who they cast to headline the show.Sound familiar? I thought so, too. The first thing that comes to mind when the words, "unconventional female detective," are pitched is the plethora of successful shows already containing that dynamic. The Closer has quirky southerner Brenda Leigh Johnson, Cold Case has flashbacking Lilly Rush, and Saving Grace has self-destructive, angel-talking Grace Hanadarko. How do you think Dick Wolf and Co. can distinguish this show from so many others already on our radar?  Erin FoxRelated• Dick Wolf Seeks Profit Justice• Use Our Online Video Guide to Watch More Law & Order

Fri, Aug 1, 2008

Christina Ricci Cops Saving Grace Role

Wednesday Addams is joining a Monday drama. Christina Ricci has been tapped for a three-episode arc on TNT's Saving Grace (which premieres its second season tonight), says the Reporter. Speed Racer's girlfriend will play a young detective who partners with Grace while Ham (new TVGuide.com celebrity blogger Kenneth Johnson) takes a leave of absence.Among her other TV creds, Ricci, of course, was most literally da bomb in a 2006 Grey's Anatomy stint.  Matt Mitovich

Tue, Jul 15, 2008

Resolution on Series Premiere of Saving Grace

Last season, we left off with Holly Hunter's tortured character with a gun pointed at Father "Satan" Murphy's head. Now the question is, "Will she go through with it? Will she kill the man who molested her as child?" Now what kind of people would we be if we went ahead and spoiled it for you? But since we're good sports about it, check out this sneak peek of what's to come on the season premiere tonight. Watch it now! | More online videos

Mon, Jul 14, 2008

Resolution on Series Premiere of Saving Grace

Inside the Shocking Saving Grace Season Premiere

Last we saw Holly Hunters one-woman twister on Saving Grace Mondays at 10 pmET TNT her gun was pointed at the head of Patrick Satan Murphy Rene Auberjonois the priest who molested her as a child Rest assured that conflict is resolved in a big way tonight Season 2 opens with Grace shocked by a fellow officers sacrifice and that folks is just the tip of the iceberg Creator Nancy Miller says that Graces guilt over her sisters death in the Oklahoma City bombing will also be addressed There will be episodes that touch on forgiveness she explains One deals with [nephew] Clay asking her why she didnt babysit him the day before the bombing And shes going to be [swept up] in the storms of the other characters They include a secret harbored by her boss Kate Perry Lorraine Toussaint and a tragedy faced by her partner Ham Kenneth Johnson Look for guest stars too starting in the third episode with Amy Madigan Hunters costar in 1989s Emmy-winning

Fri, Jul 11, 2008

Inside the Shocking Saving Grace Season Premiere

Mega Buzz on Housewives, House, Smallville & More!

Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor field your burning questions!I'm desperate to know, is James Denton (Mike) coming back to Desperate Housewives? And are they leaving Gaby frumpy?  Barbara Matt Mitovich: As teased by this Mega Minute and confirmed here, Denton is coming back  in some sort of capacity. As for Gabrielle staying "frumpy," 1) Eva undoubtedly takes great offense to that characterization, and 2), let's just say that Gabs "won't be herself" this season. Can you please tell me when during Season 8 Kristin Kreuk will be back on Smallville? And how many episodes will Lana be in?  IanMatt: At this early point, all I can say is that KK will not be back for the season opener, since that eppy is already chock full of Justice Leaguing goodness. Kristin will be back, though, for multiple episodes (or specifically five, if this Canadian version of ET is to be believed).Is Amber really dead on House? I hope it was just a dream that House had. &#1...

Wed, Jul 9, 2008

Mega Buzz on Housewives, House, Smallville & More!

Scoop! "Brilliant" Amy Madigan Guests on Saving Grace

Now that she has screwed Mer's head (mostly) on straight on Grey's Anatomy, Amy Madigan is teaming up with longtime gal pal Holly Hunter on the third Season 2 episode of TNT's Saving Grace. "She was kinda brilliant," Hunter says of Madigan's guest-star turn as the wife of a murdered cop. "She made me really step up to the plate." Hunter and Madigan go back a ways, having previously costarred in the TV-movie Roe vs. Wade (1989). To reunite on Grace, Hunter says, "was such a privilege because she's been a friend of mine for years. And to play opposite her... she was so electrifying!"  Matt Mitovich, with reporting by Erin Fox

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

Scoop! "Brilliant" Amy Madigan Guests on Saving Grace

Cyrus Takes Over Nashville and More News Briefs

Billy Ray Cyrus has been tapped to host the new season of Nashville Star, airing this summer.... TNT is airing "the best of Saving Grace" this Monday through Wednesday, from 10 to midnight/ET.... Reba McEntire will host the Academy of Country Music Awards for a 10th time, on May 18 on CBS.... Rossi Morreale (Foody Call...?) will host Can You Duet?, CMT's new music competition premiering April 14.

Fri, Feb 29, 2008

Cyrus Takes Over Nashville and More News Briefs

Batgirl Gets Naked, Grey's and More Short Cuts

Alicia Silverstone is not clueless but shoeless (and shirtless and pantsless... ) in a new promo for PETA. Watch the not-entirely-safe-for-work video here.... TNT's Saving Grace ended its freshman season on Monday with a series low of 4.2 million viewers.... The Shield creator Shawn Ryan has inked a new three-year deal with 20th Century Fox. Among his new projects is the supernatural Fox drama The Oaks, on which he will serve as showrunner.... Jimmy Kimmel will repeat as host of the American Music Awards this Nov. 18, on ABC.... The Grey's Anatomy Season 3 DVD set last week bumped The Office S3 from the top of the sales charts. Blades of Glory was the No. 1 rental.... DVD releases have been set for I Love New York: The Complete Unrated First Season (Oct. 2) and American Pie Presents: Beta House (Dec. 26).

Thu, Sep 20, 2007

Batgirl Gets Naked, Grey's and More Short Cuts

Summer Finale Preview for The 4400, Burn Notice and More

TV's sizzling summer season has saved its best for last. Here is Part 2 of our guide to the season enders you will not want to miss. Monk, USA NetworkFinale airs Friday, Sept. 14, at 9 pm/ETDonal Logue guest-stars as a grifter, but the big news is Monk's other chance encounter. Says star Tony Shalhoub, "He literally bumps into a woman on the street. She's a total stranger, but he can't get her out of his head. I don't want to give too much away, because it's a poignant ending." Maybe a setup for romance when the show returns in January? "It may be time to open that door," Shalhoub says. "And not a moment too soon." Psych, USA NetworkFinale airs Friday, Sept. 14, at 10 pmKevin Sorbo (Hercules) guest-stars as a hotshot bounty hunter once idolized

Fri, Sep 7, 2007

Summer Finale Preview for The 4400, Burn Notice and More

Laura San Giacomo Details Her Devotion to Saving Grace

As Holly Hunter's churchgoing confidante on the gritty-yet-spiritual Saving Grace (Mondays at 10 pm/ET), Laura San Giacomo gives notice that TNT's uncompromising new drama is no one-woman show. We spoke with the former Just Shoot Me star, who reflected on her career, working with Hunter and matters of faith. TVGuide.com: Do you believe in angels? Do you believe in God?Laura San Giacomo: [Laughs] Well, it's certainly something I've had to examine over the last couple of months. I've always been kind of a spiritual person, but I've really had to focus a lot on God. Rhetta believes in God and is a Catholic and I was raised Catholic so I understand that world. So I've just been reading lots of things about Catholicism. Lots of books by scientists who believe in God. Also a bit of watching the Colin Hawkins debate

Mon, Aug 13, 2007

Laura San Giacomo Details Her Devotion to Saving Grace

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Ratings

TNT's Saving Grace debuted on Monday to 6.4 million total viewers, retaining 86 percent of The Closer's audience (7.3 mil) to become the most-watched basic cable series premiere of the year. The Holly Hunter-fronted drama beat the June 18 bow of time-slot predecessor Heartland, which drew 4.3 mil. And the best part? No naked Harvey Keitel bits.In other ratings news, Sunday's The Next Food Network Star finale served up 3.4 mil, making it the most-watched telecast in the cabler's history. All told, Season 3 was up 38 percent from last season.... David Beckham's debut with the L.A. Galaxy gave ESPN its best-ever numbers for a Major League Soccer contest (1.5 mil viewers).Related: Rating the Beckhams' Ratings

Wed, Jul 25, 2007

Holly Hunter: Saving Grace Is Very Risky Business

Following in the footsteps of Kiefer Sutherland, James Spader and, yes, Kyra Sedgwick, Holly Hunter is but the latest film vet to have her head turned by the increasing quality of the smaller screen. Yet the Academy Award winner’s much-touted trek to television — TNT’s Saving Grace (premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET) — was not necessarily by design. “As soon as I read the character, I went, ‘OK, I really don't care where this is happening,’” she shares with TVGuide.com. “I knew I wanted to get into it, period.” On Saving Grace, Hunter plays Grace Hanadarko, an Oklahoma City police detective who seems to break as many rules as she enforces. She drinks... to excess. She’s an exhibitionist. She’s adulterous. And on one fateful night, in the first ep

Mon, Jul 23, 2007

Holly Hunter: Saving Grace Is Very Risky Business

Holly Hunter Will Now Grace TNT's Monday Schedule

Is Heartland not beating strongly enough? TNT has announced that Academy Award winner Holly Hunter's Saving Grace, originally pegged for a July 18 bow and Wednesdays-at-10 time slot, instead will premiere Monday, July 23, serving as The Closer's new lead-out.Treat Williams' Heartland will stay put until Grace's arrival, at which point it will air two hours earlier, Mondays at 8.

Tue, Jun 26, 2007

Holly Hunter Will Now Grace TNT's Monday Schedule

Short Cuts: NBC Downsizes Laughs, TNT and TBS Upload Dramas and More

The Peacock plans to discontinue its supersized sitcoms. According to TVWeek.com, the net believes that starting shows at odd intervals like 9:23 pm was frustrating viewers, not to mention confusing TiVos.... TNT and TBS will stream all of their original summer series online, says BroadCastingCable.com. Existing hits The Closer and My Boys and newbies Heartland and Saving Grace will be available the day after they're broadcast.... Literary agent Tony Cowell  aka Simon's spotlight-starved sibling  will be the head judge of Bestseller, an American Idol-like reality competition for aspiring scribes airing on British TV.... Comedy Central is developing a new slew of controversial comedies, including the bank-robbing laffer Held Up, the Arab stand-up showcase The Watch List and David Alan Grier's Chocolate News. (We miss you, Dave Chappelle!)  Reporting by Raven Snook

Wed, May 30, 2007