2010 Summer TCA

Kate Walsh and Taye Diggs stopped by last week's TCA in Beverly Hills to chat about season four of Private Practice. Kate quickly joked that these days they're able to divulge more spoilers, saying, "It's no longer the pentagon. It used to be they'd take a digit for every story you told!" With that out of the way, Kate and Taye still don't know exactly whether the relationship between their characters Addison and Sam will be a successful one this season. They also spoke about Shonda Rhimes's vision for the show and how they deal when she takes their characters in surprising directions — as in Addison being with her best friend's ex husband. Here's what a very playful Kate and Taye had to say:

Where do we pick up when Private Practice returns?

Kate Walsh: There is a little bit of a time jump, but we're not clear how much time. I'd say anywhere between three days and three weeks. [Laughs] I got highlights, so it's been some time. A little bit of time and then we ease people back in with the story. There's a lot of coupling.
Taye Diggs: Things have progressed. There's a lot of marriage talk in the air. So some time has passed, enough for that stuff to have evolved.

What is going on in all the relationships when we meet back up with you?

KW: Well there's a wedding, and it's not us! So yeah, Violet and Pete. It's really lovely and amazing. You kind of see throughout the first episode the question is in the air — what about Sam and Addison? What happened with them the last time we saw them? She took her dress off. Someone tweeted that, "Come on, she took her dress off! Something had to happen!" I was like maybe she just got hot. . . .there's nothing you could say without sexual innuendo. So you see where we end up, but it's very ambiguous. All I would say is for that first episode you really want to watch every single minute, including the last couple of minutes. Or you will miss the F out. I can say that, right? I didn't swear I just said F.
TD: Especially the last couple of minutes. Don't miss out.
KW: You don't want to be that person whose TiVo cut it off and you're like wait, what happened? Then you find out the next day.
TD: You have to set it for five extra minutes
KW: Yes! I'd encourage that. I think you're going to enjoy what you see.

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Of all the new Fall TV shows, the sitcom Better With You is one that really stands out for me — it's a cute relationship/family comedy, plus it has star JoAnna Garcia. My love for Garcia started way back, and her sadly short-lived comedy Privileged solidified my admiration for the actress. The TV vet, who's appeared in shows like Freaks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother, and Gossip Girl, sat down for a girl-to-girl chat at the TCA. Watch as she gushes about her new costars, discusses her career thus far, and reveals whether she's still friends with her old Privileged costars. Watch it now!

Matt Lanter has a big couple of months ahead of him. Not only is he gearing up for the return of 90210, but in two weeks we'll see him do his best Edward Cullen in the Twilight spoof, Vampires Suck. At the Summer TCA, I stole Lanter away for a few minutes, where he talked about his respect for Robert Pattinson and his fears of Twi-hard backlash. He also revealed what will happen with Annie and Liam on 90210 and gave us his take on which character will come out of the closet.

BuzzSugar: How much fun was it to spoof Twilight in Vampires Suck?
Matt Lanter: I had a blast doing it. I've worked with those guys before on Disaster Movie, so I knew I was going to have a good time. And to be able to do a Twilight spoof — let's be honest, they had it coming, right?

Buzz: Do you worry about fan backlash?
ML: Like a bunch of teen girls showing up at my house? A little bit, a little bit. So please don't hurt me.

Buzz: Have you met Rob [Pattinson]?
ML: I have not! He seems like a great guy, though. He really does. Honestly, I'm a fan. He does a great job in the Twilight series.

Buzz: So you've seen the Twilight movies?
ML: Yeah, I've seen them. I actually read the first book. I did my character research!

Buzz: Can you do an Edward Cullen impersonation for us?
ML: I'm not going to do a re-enactment for you! But I had the eyes and I had the hair. My hair was longer too, I had a very good, disheveled Rob Pattinson look going on. It was great, we pretty much closely follow the Twilight film. So a lot of the scenes in Twilight we're actually doing. What's also kind of cool is that we also follow our own storyline. It was fun.

Buzz: Did you get to do the sparkling like diamonds scene?
ML: I did, I did do the diamond scene. And I was naked in front of — well, not completely. I had a little loin cloth on in front of like 300 extras. You know you have that nightmare where you get up in front of everyone, and you're talking, and all of a sudden you're naked? That actually happened.

To see what Lanter had to say about 90210, including big spoilers about Annie and Liam and the rumored gay character, just read more

The intense season five trailer for Dexter got us all pumped and primed for the return of the show this Fall, and when I was at TCA last week, I shared exciting details from the panel. Now I have even more: an exclusive video interview with Dexter Morgan himself, Michael C. Hall! The actor reiterates the focus of the season: Dexter's guilt in the aftermath of his wife's murder, plus, he dishes on working with wife Jennifer Carpenter and what it's like to play a serial killer. Watch!

Kim Raver and Jesse Williams represented the cast of Grey's Anatomy at the ABC TCA day in Beverly Hills over the weekend. Jesse, who was recently promoted to a series regular, brought his piercing blue eyes to chat about making the incredibly intense season finale. Kim and Jesse joked about having to learn all the crazy medical words and how they try to make up funny little devices to help each other remember the phrases. They also gushed about what has made the show a success for so long, despite all the off screen casting drama. Here's what Jesse and Kim had to say about what to expect when Grey's returns:

Jesse, congrats on being made a regular. How was that when you got the news?

Jesse Williams: It was wonderful. It was kind of a time-release period of information. I knew I got picked up for the option, and then I knew it was a possibility, and then a narrower possibility and then I got the news when I was overseas on a break during the hiatus. It was great. It was a nice little treat during the vacation to bring it all back together.

Both of you must have been excited to survive the finale.

Kim Raver: Exactly. It was like ooooh, one person down. Oh, another person down! I'm kind of used to that though, with 24. There's always that target on your back.

JW: That was a tenuous table read. Everybody's skipping ahead to see if your name appears at the end.

To read the rest of the interview, plus what to expect when Grey's returns, just read more

It was Fox's turn to promote all its new shows at the TCA in LA yesterday. Everyone was looking for a big announcement on American Idol, but the executives had no official news and weren't looking to confirm or deny any rumors — soon they say, but no contracts have been signed yet. Running Wilde's Keri Russell and Will Arnett were briefly in town before starting to reshoot their pilot in Long Island today, though they still kept everyone cracking up during their panel. Lone Star is one of the new shows we're most excited about and the cast, including the adorable James Wolk, continued to impress the room of critics — read highlights from all the panels on Buzz!

Speaking of Lone Star, Jon Voight was excited to chat about it at the evening's Santa Monica Pier bash. He divulged that his family, including Angelina Jolie and her kids, are all doing great and he's excited to make a home in Texas for this show. When it came to Joshua Jackson, the hot topic of course was Pacey-Con — stay tuned for awesome video from Josh about his Dawson's Creek love. Joshua said it was the result of an idea that he originally had, and he had fun seeing the reaction of everyone at Comic-Con. The Glee kids were graciously happy to chat. Lea Michele looked gorgeous and in great spirits, despite a car accident scare earlier in the night, while Mark Salling was all about the carnival games. The whole crew was thrilled about all their Emmy nominations, and check out more with Buzz's report.

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Fox had a lively day yesterday at the Summer TCA with panels for its shows new and old — Glee had a reverent session, while Will Arnett kept it lively on the Running Wilde panel. But there was more to Fox's press day than that — check out the details on a couple other new series, as well as some bits about the new judging panel for American Idol.

• New drama Lone Star seemed to build buzz during its panel — the series is centered on a boyish con-man, played by newcomer James Wolk, who might be as much of a ladykiller as his character. When asked if he believed if it's possible to be in love with two women at once, he cracked, "I say five."
• Lone Star creator Kyle Killen says he pitched the Texas-set show as "Dallas without the cheese" and isn't worried about people being able to sympathize with its con-man lead. Of Wolk's character, he says that "by humanizing that person, you end up getting behind them."
• The comedy Raising Hope has the distinction of being the panel that was completely taken over by its star Cloris Leachman. She plays a great-grandmother on the irreverent series, about a young man who becomes a single father and raises the baby with his family, but Leachman was as eccentric on stage as the woman she plays on TV. In the span of 45 minutes, she ordered reporters to stand when they asked a question, moved her chair during the panel, and dropped the F bomb a couple of times. If this is what we can look forward to on the show, count me in.

To hear what the Fox execs had to say about changes for Idol, just read more

Fox had a full day of introducing its brand-new shows at the Summer TCA, but they took the time to bring out one of last year's biggest success stories: Glee. Series creator Ryan Murphy and other showrunners were on hand to talk about their first, Emmy-nominated season and what we can look forward to in the upcoming season (besides all the fun stuff we heard at Comic-Con).

• We're all salivating for the Britney Spears episode, but besides saying it was going to be "unusual," Murphy took the chance to address the comments Matthew Morrison made when the possibility of a Brit episode was first brought up (he famously said he didn't want the show to go that route). Morrison's attitude actually served to inspire part of the episode — Mr. Schuester will be fighting against the kids doing Britney songs within that episode. Meta.
• Murphy says that it's easier to get artists to agree to use their songs on the show, because they realize that it's "an ultimate pop culture love letter to those artists." How easy is it? Musicians are trying to get their music played — like Paul McCartney, who sent Murphy a mixtape of Beatles tracks he'd hoped Murphy would consider, like "Michelle."

To read more Glee tidbits from the TCA, just read more

For those of you who miss Arrested Development with all your heart, the Running Wilde panel at the Summer TCA is definitely the one you'll be most excited to hear about. Star Will Arnett reunites with Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz for the new Fox comedy, and they took the stage with the other stars, including Keri Russell, to talk about their new venture as well as the old, all the while making a room full of television critics cry tears of laughter.

• First things first — no, there was no solid news about the Arrested Development movie, but it sounds like Hurwitz hasn't given up on it: "We very much loved doing Arrested and do miss it, and it's why we want to make the movie still."
• I had thought of the show simply as a comedy, but the panel reiterated that this is a romantic comedy, so we can expect the relationship between Russell's and Arnett's characters to take center stage. Arnett noted that "We're kind of out of our comfort zone."

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