KING CHARLES III: The late actor Tim Pigott-Smith on his final roles – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/14/2017
Tim Pigott-Smith in KING CHARLES III | Photo Courtesy of Robert Viglasky/Drama Republic for BBC and MASTERPIECE

Actor Tim Pigott-Smith, the subject of this interview, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 70 on April 7, 2017, a little under three months after this interview was conducted. He was at the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour in Pasadena, California, to talk about the film version of KING CHARLES III. KING CHARLES III began life as a stage play. It seems Shakespearean, dealing with the English throne and written by Mike Bartlett entirely in iambic pentameter, but in fact it deals with issues of present and future. The premise of KING CHARLES III is that Queen […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 11 – “The Jewel in the Crown”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 01/30/2017
Sebastian Roche in BONES "The Jewel in the Crown" | © 2017 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Carla Gallo, Tom Wisdom, Sebastian Roche, Gilles Marini Writer: Jon Cowan, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: David Grossman Network: Fox Network, Thursdays @ 8 PM Airdate: July 14, 2016 With all due respect to the A storyline in the BONES Season 11 penultimate episode “The Jewel in the Crown,” the real story here is Hodgins (TJ Thyne). When Hodgins starts seeing evidence of earthquakes that no one else can feel, he argues that people underestimate the fault […]Read On »


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INDIAN SUMMERS: Creator Paul Rutman on the new Masterpiece series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/27/2015
Jemima West as Alice Whelan and Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Ralph Whelan IN INDIAN SUMMERS | ©2015 PBS

Paul Rutman created INDIAN SUMMERS, now in its first season on PBS Sunday nights; it’s already been renewed for a second year. The epic drama, co-produced by Boston’s WGBH and England’s Channel Four, spans the years 1932 through 1945, as the British presence in India known as the Raj comes to an end. The series takes place in the small mountain resort of Simla, where working-class matron Cynthia Coffin (played by Julie Walters) has opened a hotel that caters to well-off English people escaping the summer heat in the lower climes. Rutman, an established writer in British television, has a […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Vik Sahay talks the end of CHUCK and AMERICAN REUNION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/10/2012
Vik Sahay at the TELEVISION: OUT OF THE BOX exhibit celebrates Warner Bros. Television Group | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Vik Sahay is having quite a year. Shortly after his five-season run on CHUCK as Buy More employee/part-time rocker Lester Patel came to a close, Sahay was on the big screen as the mean boss of Seann William Scott’s Stifler in AMERICAN REUNION, which is now out on home video. Sahay also had a lead role in the upcoming feature comedy MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE and got on a plane to Romania to film a lead role in the horror film WER, although at press time, the actor isn’t allowed to reveal much about either the latter project’s plot or […]Read On »


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