First Look: Easy Money

BuzzSugar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:30:04 -0700

In addition to Valentine, there's another new show coming to the CW this Sunday: Easy Money, a series about a family of loan sharks that premieres at 9 p.m. EDT and PDT.

From a first glance at the plot description, Easy Money seems like the kind of show that would be more at home on FX or AMC. It centers on Morgan Buffkin (played by Jeff Hephner), the outsider in the family that runs Prestige Payday Loan. As the CW's description puts it:

While his mother, Bobette (Laurie Metcalf), the brains behind the business, dotes on him and sings his praises, Morgan has never quite fit in and he's doubting the ever-shifting stories she's woven about his childhood in the Buffkin household. Furthermore, he's having second thoughts about being the "heavy" for Prestige - running down ne'er-do-wells and gambling addicts - in an era of subprime mortgage lending and four-dollar gasoline.

I'm curious to see how a dark comedy about the bleaker side of money performs on the network of rich, materialistic teenagers and adults behaving badly. The early reviews have been mixed but mostly positive, so I'll probably give this one a shot. Does it pique your interest? To watch a preview, just read more.

Photo courtesy of The CW

Recast "Roseanne" and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:32:09 -0700

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

For this week's challenge, let's take a look at "Roseanne," a TV family that got much closer than most to portraying real life. If you could recast this lovable, working class family with new actors, who would you choose to play snarky Roseanne and her crew of kids? What about Roseanne's husband Dan and her sister Jackie?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, August 7, complete with a "new" cast photo. To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

Characters to recast:
Roseanne (Roseanne Barr)
Dan (John Goodman)
D.J. (Michael Fishman)
Darlene (Sara Gilbert)
Becky (Alicia Goranson/Sarah Chalke)
Jackie (Laurie Metcalf)

The BuzzSugar t-shirt

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