Hey All,
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
NBC is moving Smash to Saturday nights at 9 PM starting on April 6, but claims they will air all remaining episodes. (Philiana Ng at The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor John Stamos will have a major recurring role, appearing in 10 episodes, on Necessary Roughness when the show returns for its third season sometime later this year. He will play Connor McClane, the founder of V3, a big global sports and entertainment management company who sees Dr. Dani’s (series lead Callie Thorne) success with TK (Mehcad Brooks) and the New York Hawks, and is willing to do whatever it takes to get her into the V3 family. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Colton Haynes (Teen Wolf) has been promoted to series regular status on Arrow when it returns in the fall for its sophomore season on The CW. He has appeared, so far, in one episode of the hot new drama as Roy Harper. (Zap2It and Green Arrow TV)
Actress Amanda Foreman (Felicity) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Awkward., playing Matty’s mom (Beau Mirchoff), who is being described as very conservative. (Megan Masters and Vlada Gelman at TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Cate Blanchett will executive produce and star in the HBO Films adaptation of the Marisa Acocella Marchetto memoir “Cancer Vixen: A True Story”. The protagonist is a cartoonist for magazines like The New Yorker and Glamour with a supercharged Manhattan lifestyle, who is about to get married but must re-examine her life through wit and her animation when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)
Universal Pictures has acquired an original sci-fi thriller pitch called Sagittarius from Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. (Mike Fleming, Jr. at Deadline)
Q&A SECTION (with Team Watch with Kristin at E! Online, Natalie Abrams and Adam Bryant at TV Guide and Michael Ausiello at TV Line)
Question: When is my handsome sheriff returning to Once Upon a Time? – Mona
Team Watch with Kristin: You must be talking about the one and only hipster Sheriff Graham, aka Jamie Dornan. He is set to return in an upcoming flashback episode, and most of his scenes will be with Lana Parrilla. “You’ll see the charming, handsome Jamie Dorman and I think there’s a cute flirtation between them,” she tells us. “Regina is excited to have him back in her life.”
Question: I love Rayna and Deacon on Nashville and would love some scoop on their future! – Kassandra
Team Watch with Kristin: Well, we’re sorry to be the ones bursting your bubble, but it seems Rayna will be spending a whole lot of time with another country guy on the ABC hit: Liam! Yes, Rayna and Liam will definitely be together by episode 18, like the kind of together where they are planning weekend trips.
Question: Pretty Little Liars scoop please! – Maakevdi
Team Watch with Kristin: Mark your calendars: The ABC Family hit returns for its fourth season on Tuesday, June 11! But looking to next week’s finale, we’ll see how “A” has assembled his or her team: Is it recruitment or blackmail?
Question: What’s next for Juliette on Nashville after she fired her manager? — Emily
ADAM: “[She’s] taking her career into her own hands and singing the things that she’s really passionate about,” Hayden Panettiere says. “People assume… that she’s just somebody’s puppet, and she wants to prove everyone wrong.” But will that ambition come back to bite her in the long run? “[Taking] hold of her own empire … can be good or it could be disastrous,” executive producer Dee Johnson says. “But I think she is largely going to continue to be successful. The question is: What’s it like when you get everything you want?”
Question: I can’t wait for Annie Wersching on Revolution! Got any scoop? — John
NATALIE: As you may have heard, Wersching’s character Emma was actually Miles’ first love, but Billy Burke told us at PaleyFest that the two share an even deeper connection. “She’s his high school sweetheart,” Burke says. “They were actually engaged at one point, but as life happens, something came between them much earlier than the event that the show is about. We revisit Bass and Miles’ hometown and that’s where we’ll find her.”
Question: Do you have any hints about this year’s Castle finale? Will Jack Coleman’s Bracken be back? — Kristen
ADAM: While executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe doesn’t rule out a return from Sen. Bracken this season, he says that character doesn’t really figure into the finale. Instead, expect an “emotional” season-ender that pays off some of Beckett’s season-long questions about her man. “We’ve spent four and a half years really unpeeling who Beckett is, but we haven’t learned a lot about Castle,” Marlowe says. “We want to have Beckett look at that and wonder what kind of relationship she’s going to be in if he is withholding stuff. To what extent can he open up and be secure enough with her?” But before you start thinking breakup, let Stana Katic calm your fears. “There are some mini bumps,” she says,” but there is some high-stakes stuff that brings them even closer.”
Question: The Evil Queen rides again! How will Regina get her revenge on Once Upon a Time? — Alison
NATALIE: “All bets are off,” Lana Parrilla tells me and adds that Regina with be more than pissed off with both the Charming Family and Rumplestiltskin. “I think she’s more dangerous than she’s ever been. She’s even more dangerous because… she makes the choice to be the bad girl again and that’s scary because she’s just so angry. Her relationship with Rumple before was a game, but now I think she’s going to really go after him.”
Question: OMG, is Sarah really alive on Arrow? — Mellie
NATALIE: The Arrow writers are masterful magicians, because while we’re all focused on that question, there’s an even bigger reveal on the horizon. “Believe me when I tell you there is another bombshell that will really… shake Laurel down to her core,” Marc Guggenheim says. But there is a chance of seeing Sarah again; the show will eventually flash back to before the Queen’s Gambit sunk to reveal why Oliver brought that Lance sister along.
Question: On Justified, Boyd is in deep. Will he survive this season? — Terry, via Twitter
ADAM: The better question might be: Will he survive next week’s episode? At least a couple of bodies will pile up as seemingly every thug in Harlan County tries to kill Drew Thompson, despite his being in Marshal Service’s custody. That leads to a number of intense, hold-your-breath standoffs between Raylan and Boyd as well as a particularly bloody showdown between Boyd and Mike O’Malley’s Nicky Augustine. Somebody will lose a body part….
Question: Break it to me gently — what’s the fate of Bunheads? Will it live or die? —Audrey
Ausiello: Contrary to rumors, it has not been picked up for a second season by ABC Family. That said, I firmly believe it will be.
Question: Any news yet on whether Cote de Pablo has/or will sign her contract to remain on NCIS? —Linda
Ausiello: Only that her castmates “hope that’s the case,” Brian Dietzen tells TVLine. “I’m optimistic,” he added. “But who knows? All I know is that everyone has been pretty close for a long time, and [no one] is unhappy on the show. If the cast doesn’t stay intact, I don’t think it’ll be because, ‘Oh, we don’t want to be here.’ It’ll be because of other opportunities or something. But hopefully we don’t discuss that for a while because the show is going really, really well, and people enjoy working on it. I know I’ll be there next year!”
Question: I need scoop on NCIS: LA‘s Deeks/Kensi. Anything would be awesome! —Christy
Ausiello: Oh, I’ve got much more than “anything.” Daniela Ruah shared with TVLine this sexy scoop at Monday’s TV Academy Hall of Fame event: “Considering how fun it was to see Kensi and Deeks go undercover as a married couple, they’re doing it again” — not long before the season ends. “I just found out today,” she added, “so that’s pretty much the extent of my knowledge.”
Question: Any scoop on Castle‘s Lanie/Esposito? Will they be getting more airtime? —Katherine
Ausiello: At minimum, they’ll get some sexy-looking-time. Tamala Jones confirms that, as hinted in the Valentine’s Day episode, the 12th precinct’s M.E. and detective “are seeing each other, and have been secretly seeing each other.” Moving forward, she teased, “I think possibly you’ll see a little bit more action between them [in Episode 100, airing April 1]. Everybody’s going to be looking spectacular, I can tell you that.”
Question: A while ago, Nashville kind of made it sound like Deacon had caused an accident back when he wasn’t sober. Any details on that? —Makenna
Ausiello: I can’t tell you exactly what happened when Deacon was on the sauce/pills/whatever, but I can tell you that Nashville creator and EP Callie Khouri promises a big reveal. “It’ll come up later,” she says. “We’ll find out more about that time in his life.” Bonus Scoop: Look for Liam to ask Rayna to go away with him for a long weekend. And look for her to say yes.
Question: You guys got any good Grimm scoop? —Ron
Ausiello: If you’re a fan of Monroe and Rosalee as a couple, Ron, you won’t like this: I’m hearing that because of the bigger stories going on (like Adalind’s Wesen bun in the oven and the Juliette-Renard-Nick triangle), the Spice Shop proprietress and her suitor will be backburnered for a while. “I think that Monroe and Rosalee are more in the service of a bigger story right now,” notes Silas Weir Mitchell.
Question: Scandal fan here with an urgent question: Who is Jake? —Nancy
Ausiello: A new woman’s about to come between the POTUS and the first lady, and her name is Lauren. She’s Fitz’s new assistant, and her primary job responsibility is to keep Mellie at bay (no small task). Oh, and to answer your question: No clue who Jake is. But I have my theories.
That’s it. Enjoy!
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