TNT Lines Up Mark-Paul Gosselaar for Legal Drama

BuzzSugar — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:34:37 -0800

With The Closer and Saving Grace, TNT already has two cop dramas in its stable of series. Now, it's adding some lawyers.

The network has picked up Steven Bochco's Raising the Bar, the newest drama from the producer of NYPD Blue, LA Law, and numerous other legal series. The show will focus on "the lives and cases of young lawyers who have been friends since law school, but who now work on opposing sides" and is set to premiere later this year.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who will always be Zack Morris to me, stars as an idealistic public defender, and Gloria Reuben of ER plays his passionate, protective boss. On the other side is a lawyer in the district attorney's office played by Melissa Sagemiller who will stop at nothing to bring people to justice. Those two, and other lawyers from their offices, face off in the courtroom of a slightly crazy judge played by Malcolm in the Middle's Jane Kaczmarek. I'm not sure I'll be able to get her Simpsons character out of my head when she's on screen.

I generally like TNT's original series, and Bochco certainly has the pedigree to pull this off. Plus, the news of any scripted television whatsoever sends my heart all aflutter these days. And it can't go wrong when Zach Morris is involved, right?

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Steven Bochco's "Cafe Confidential"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:23:03 -0700

Writer-producer Steven Bochco is best known for his gritty TV dramas, including "Hill Street Blues," "LA Law," and "NYPD Blue." But now he's trying his hand at something warmer and fuzzier by producing a series of confessional-style videos for Metacafe.

In this Los Angeles Times story about the project, Bochco likens himself to a camp counselor sitting around the fire listening to his 20-something "campers" tell stories about their worst dates, most embarrassing moments, and first sexual experiences. The first 19 videos are up now, and more than 40 are planned. Viewers can also submit their own stories.

Some of the videos are more successful than others, but the series as a whole is weirdly compelling. People tell stories in such different ways, and the just-you-and-a-camera setting made me feel like I was eavesdropping on something intimate. To see one of my favorites, in which a guy talks about his rap group's total failure at a high school talent show, read more

My Most Embarrassing Moment - DeLaGhetto - More free videos are here