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Exclusive Interview: BEING HUMAN showrunners Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke talk about vamps, werewolves and ghosts

Sam Huntington in BEING HUMAN - Season 1 - "I Want You (Back from the Dead)" | ©2011 Syfy/Phillipe Bosse

BEING HUMAN started life as a BBC series, created by Toby Whithouse, about three Londoners sharing a flat, who just happen to be, respectively, a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. Syfy Channel has now made a Boston-set version of the show, with Sam Witwer as vampire Aidan, Sam Huntington as werewolf Josh , Meaghan Rath as ghost Sally and Mark Pellegrino as Aidan’s bloodsucking mentor/maker Bishop. While Whithouse is a producer on the new version, the executive producers/show runners are Jeremy Carver and Anna Fricke, who sit together on a couch as they talk about all their characters who […]Read On »


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Interview: SUCKER PUNCH star Carla Gugino on CALIFORNICATION

Carla Gugino in CALIFORNICATION - Season 4 |©2011 Showtime/Jordin Althaus

On Showtime’s CALIFORNICATION, now in its fourth season on Sunday nights, David Duchovny stars as writer Hank Moody, who has an on-again, off-again relationship with his wife (Natascha McElhone), a strained bond with his teenaged daughter (Madelein Martin) and a continual urge to perform the title activity. This year, actress Carla Gugino joined the cast as Abby Rhodes, who starts out representing Hank professionally and becomes involved with him personally. Gugino talks to us about playing Abby, as well as the long list of feature films she’s in that are coming out this year including this weekend’s SUCKER PUNCH. ASSIGNMENT […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Edward Asner joins the WORKING CLASS

Ed Asner in WORKING CLASS - Season 1 | ©2011 CMT

On CMT’s half-hour comedy WORKING CLASS (airing Friday nights), seven-time Emmy Award winner Edward Asner plays Frank, a grocery store butcher who is gruff and blunt. In real life, Asner is cordial and thoughtful, but he still speaks his mind, as he has all his life. Pretty much anyone who has ever watched television remembers Asner as Lou Grant, who started out as the heroine’s boss on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW and then, when that series’ seven-season run ended, moved over to his own hour-long newsroom drama, LOU GRANT. What many may not remember is how and why LOU […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: BONES star John Francis Daley has a Sweets time

John Francis Daley in BONES - Season 6 | ©2010 Fox/Brian Bowen Smith

On BONES, shady guest characters have a tendency to underestimate the professional skills of Dr. Lance Sweets, the youthful clinical psychologist who works with the team in profiling suspects – and occasionally profiles his colleagues, much to their discomfort. John Francis Daley (of FREAKS AND GEEKS and the Broadway production of the Who’s TOMMY), who plays Sweets, evaluates his work on the show for us. ASSIGNMENT X: Did you do any research into being a mental health professional when you got this part? JOHN FRANCIS DALEY: I just made sure to hang around a lot of mentally unstable people. In […]Read On »


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TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY teaser poster and synopsis revealed

TORCHWOOD - Miracle Day teaser poster | ©2011 Starz

Starz has been making some noise with SPARTACUS and the forthcoming CAMELOT TV series, but geeks are even more excited about seeing their new TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY series which brings the BBC series to the U.S. and they just released a brand new poster for the series (check it below). John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness) and Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper return from the BBC series by Bill Pullman, Mekhi Phifer and Lauren Ambrose (in an extended guest role). The press release reveals new cast members as well. Alexa Havins will play Esther Drummond, a deskbound CIA employee who […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Showrunner Marlene King talks Season 2 and beyond

Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario in PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Season 1 - | ©2011 ABC/Andrew Eccles

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS wrapped up its first season on ABC Family last night and with the show committed to a Season 2 (and possibly more), we caught up with showrunner and executive producer Marlene King to get the scoop on what to expect from Season 2 and beyond. Here’s what she had to say in this exclusive interview: ASSIGNMENT X: When a show gets an early renewal like PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, does that help in building to a more satisfying end of the current season? MARLENE KING: We planned in our minds for the show to run four or five […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 1 – “Dog Eat Dog”

Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington in BEING HUMAN - Season 1 - "Dog Eat Dog" | ©2011 Syfy/Philippe Bosse

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino, Sarah Allen, Terry Kinney, Vlasta Vrana Writers: Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: March 21, 2011 In “Dog Eat Dog,” the U.S. BEING HUMAN again enters new territory and is again the better for it. Show runners Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke have crafted an episode with good suspense, surprises and no dead spots. As a bonus, director Paolo Barzman is a veteran of HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES, which means he’s an old, deft hand at the 1940s flashbacks that show a very […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE CHICAGO CODE – Season 1 – “Black Hand and the Shotgun Man”

Billy Lush and Delroy Lindo in THE CHICAGO CODE - Season 1 - "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man" | ©2011 Fox/Jeffrey Garland

Stars: Delroy Lindo, Billy Lush, Matt Lauria, Jennifer Beals, Jason Clarke, Devin Kelley and Todd Williams Writers:  Davey Holmes Director:  Billy Gierhart Network: Fox, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 Grade: B+ Whereas last week’s episode of THE CHICAGO CODE felt a little too conventional for its own good, this week’s “Black Hand and the Shotgun Man” finds the show back on solid footing. A drug kingpin is caught by the police who soon discover the reason he had a bag full of cash was to pay a ransom on his 7-year old son who was kidnapped. From […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Shay Mitchell is to die for

Shay Mitchell in PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC Family/Andrew Eccles

ABC Family’s freshman series PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, based on Sara Shepard’s novels about four high school friends sharing a variety of dangerous secrets, has been a breakout hit this season. With the season finale tonight, we talk with Shay Mitchell, who plays Emily Fields, about the show and her character. ASSIGNMENT X: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS has gone beyond being a hit TV show and actually turned into sort of a cult phenomenon. When you first were cast as Emily, did you ever think it was going to turn into something this big? SHAY MITCHELL: From reading the breakdown and [knowing […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Troian Bellisario keeps secrets

Troian Bellisario in PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Season 1 - "The New Normal" | ©2011 ABC Family/Randy Holmes

On ABC Family’s hit PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which has its first-season finale Monday night, Troian Bellisario plays Spencer Hastings, one of a group of four high-school friends keeping secrets. Spencer is the perfectionist of the quartet, who is under a lot of stress from both outside forces and her own personal drives. Although Bellisario has had a recurring role on NCIS as the sister of the character Tim McGee, played by her real-life stepbrother Sean Murray, and her parents are television industry veterans – her father is producer Donald Bellisario (NCIS, JAG, QUANTUM LEAP) and her mother is actress/producer Deborah […]Read On »


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