Tom Cavanagh

You know what? I like Trust Me. So what if the ratings are low? So what if it doesn't get much buzz? So what if nothing much ever really happens? I like it. I like grabbing a blanket and some popcorn and watching Mason McGuire (Eric McCormack) and Conner Too-cool-for-a-last-name (Tom Cavanagh) snark at each other and eventually make some ads. I even like Sarah Krajicek-Hunter (Monica Potter), even though I think the whole point of her character is to be unlikable.

So — even if I'm the only one — I'm sad that Trust Me is airing its final two episodes tonight. While nothing's been set in stone about the show coming back, McCormack himself says it's not looking good — and he has the role in another pilot to prove it. Since tonight will probably be the end of our time inside RGM, then, I'm determined to enjoy it.

Tonight's two episodes, "You Got Chocolate in My Peanut Butter" and "The More Things Change," start airing at 9 p.m. (EDT/PDT), with the Mink Group still struggling to make up the missing money from losing Arc Mobile and Mason and Conner growing further apart. I hope that something brings them together by the end of the finale, though; this is one bromance that should go out on a high note. Will anyone else be watching? To check out a scene from tonight's episodes, just read more

Tonight marks the beginning of Trust Me, TNT's new series about two friends working at a modern-day Chicago ad agency. There's Connor, the free-spirited wild guy played by Tom Cavanagh, and then there's Mason, the slightly more uptight and career-driven man who gets a big promotion in the first episode — to be Connor's boss. It's not a particularly deep show, but I greatly enjoyed the two episodes I saw; one even sent me into a giggle fit on an airplane. So, that alone gives it the Buzz stamp of approval.

A few weeks back, McCormack and Cavanagh chatted with reporters about the show, which premieres at 10 p.m. after a new episode of The Closer. Here are highlights:

• McCormack didn't want to be, say, the next CSI guy: Post-Will and Grace, "I didn’t want to be a cop, I didn’t want to say the word forensics, I didn’t want to be a lawyer or a doctor. I wanted a new, fresh setting. I wanted it to be real. I didn’t want to do a science fiction show. This setting, this script, these words, these characters and particularly this relationship, this friendship, just was just totally right up my alley," he said. "It’s written by guys that lived in this world and are very much living a friendship like this one."
• They always knew who'd be Mason and who'd be Connor. "I was like, 'I know Connor’s got funny lines,' but — in terms of bringing myself to a series day after day, week after week, I’m just more drawn to Mason," McCormack said of playing the more serious of the pair. As for Cavanagh, "You kind of feel that this is exactly how it was supposed to have played out," he said, "because you know I like playing the guy I’m playing."
• They both got their start in ads — and didn't hate it. Cavanagh said one of his first big jobs was starring in beer ads in Canada. "I think we shot something close to 11 spots, which was a blast because all I had to do was get the tag line out which was simply, 'If I wanted water I would ask for water,'" he said. "I got to improvise and I had a man's best friend — a dog that I riffed with." McCormack, too, did some beer commercials: "I did five spots with a girl and in every commercial I was trying to hit on her, but in every commercial we were different characters," he said.
• They're thrilled to be working on cable. "This is not a knock on the networks," Cavanagh said. "One of the reasons that we’re here right now is because of what we did at the networks. At the same time . . . some of the best comedy of my generation — you know Friends, Seinfeld, Cheers — these are shows that didn’t fare well early on and then became the blockbuster shows of our time. [Knowing that] you’re at a place where you’re going to get your say is extremely comforting."

To check out a preview from tonight's episode, just read more

Thanks to a little show called Mad Men, ad men have stepped into the TV spotlight, bigtime. Next month, the Don Drapers of the world will be getting a little competition from their modern-day counterparts when TNT launches Trust Me, a show about a Chicago ad agency starring Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh.

McCormack plays Mason, a creative director who's quick on his feet but occasionally insecure. He's a nice guy in a ruthless world, waiting for his inner go-getter to take over. Cavanagh plays Conner, Mason's more impulsive, unpredictable professional partner. Their relationship takes a crazy turn early on in the series, when Mason is promoted and becomes Conner's boss.

From the preview, I'm liking the relationship between Conner and Mason already — and McCormack, especially, looks adorable as always. Maybe it's just my inner Will and Grace fan talking, but I'm really rooting for this show to be good. To check out the clip, just read more

Uh oh, looks like Ryan Phillippe didn't pack any smiles for his trip to NYC for last night's Stop-Loss premiere. Sad face. He also doesn't seem to have packed his costars Channing Tatum or Joseph Gordon-Levitt, not to mention Miss Abbie Cornish. That's all okay, though, because special thanks to all those workouts Ryan brings enough handsome for the whole lot of 'em. Just maybe a little bit sleepy.

To see more of the premiere including Howard Stern, Beth Ostrosky, Peter Dinklage and others just read more

What's one big thing that could put a damper on your new relationship with your supermodel girlfriend? Mmm, finding out that your ex is pregs with your kid? Probably. So I'd almost say it sucks to be Tom Brady...but it still totally doesn't. The QB's ex, Bridget Moynahan, just announced that she is 3 months pregnant with Brady's kid. The couple split at the end of last year, so apparently careful wasn't the word at the end of the relationship? Meanwhile, he is off galavanting in Paris with his new lady, Gisele. I assume Tom (and those close to him) knew of this news before the general public did, but there have been no statements from his camp. Well, if it's a girl, hopefully it's got her looks and a boy, his arm.

For more people, from a weekend screening of Gray Matters, most of whom aren't pregnant including Heather Graham, Terrence Howard and some others just read more