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What Is the Best Network Drama of 2009?
You've already told me about the network comedy that keeps you laughing (and TiVoing) merrily, but now I want to move onto a more serious subject: drama. These amazing programs showcased some great acting, twisty plots, and powerhouse storylines this year. Which one is your favorite?
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- Eddie Murphy is out and Marlon Wayans is in for the Richard Pryor biopic — Cinematical
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera gets a premiere date! — Playbill
- 5 TV shows that deserve the big-screen treatment — TV.com
- Modest Mouse has a brand new video, and it's trippy — Stereogum
- The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles get picked up for full seasons — HitFix
- Check out this list of poorly cast film roles — Moviefone
- EW reveals Part 1 of their 40 Bad Romantic Comedies — EW
- Take this America's Next Top Model beauty quiz! (Then check back later for mine.) — BellaSugar
What's Your Favorite New Fall TV Drama?
Fall TV is in full swing, and we've already seen one of the season's new series go up in smoke (RIP, TBL). Yesterday you voted on your favorite comedy — Glee is running away with that competition — but what's your favorite new drama series?
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What's Your Favorite New Fall TV Drama?
Julianna Margulies on The Good Wife's Real-Life Inspiration
Tonight's premiere of The Good Wife marks Julianna Margulies's return to TV. She plays Alicia, the wife of a disgraced politician (Chris Noth), as she moves on in part by going back to work as a lawyer. The plot sounds ripped from the headlines, so when I saw Margulies at the TCA press tour, I had to ask how much the show was inspired by the Eliot Spitzer scandal.
Pilot Watch: The Good Wife
The networks have announced their Fall schedules, but which series will be worth watching? Throughout the Summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. Note that a lot can change before a show actually makes it to air, so these aren't reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now.
First Look: CBS's Fall Shows
A Jenna Elfman comedy, a medical show led by a former Moonlight star, a legal drama with Julianna Margulies, and a spinoff of NCIS will be coming our way this Fall courtesy of CBS, which announced its programming plans on Wednesday. But there's no reason to wait till Fall to see if any of these series look appealing — I've got photos and clips after the jump.
One thing these shows have going for them is strong casts: I'm curious to see if Alex O'Loughlin and The L Word's Katherine Moening can keep Three Rivers from being just another medical show, and I'm rooting for Jenna Elfman (and can't wait to see Ashley Jensen again) in Accidentally on Purpose.
CBS's Fall Plans: Four New Series and a Rescue of Medium
CBS swooped in after NBC canceled Medium and picked up the Patricia Arquette drama at its Upfront this morning. Medium joins four other new dramas on CBS's Fall schedule, which seems downright reasonable after, say, ABC's 11 new series.
CBS's newcomers are the NCIS spinoff with LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell; Three Rivers, a medical drama about organ transplants headed by Moonlight's Alex O'Loughlin; The Good Wife, starring Julianna Margulies as an attorney who goes back to work after her husband's public scandal; and Accidentally on Purpose, a comedy starring Jenna Elfman as a movie critic who gets pregnant from a one-night stand.
Upfronts Buzz: Samantha Who? Canceled, While ABC and CBS Pick New Shows
Over the weekend, things were looking pretty good for Samantha Who? to return in the Fall. But apparently, the numbers just didn't work: Christina Applegate's show won't be back on ABC next season because the budget just couldn't be cut down enough for ABC to pick it up.
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What to Rent: New DVD Tuesday
Need a good movie to watch while Winter is still nipping outside? I've got a few good new DVD releases to recommend today, including an Oscar nominee and other highly-anticipated movies. In addition to the flicks below, you can also find The Stepfather, Dare, and Serious Moonlight available today as well.
New Movie Roles For Women — Heigl, Blanchett, and More!
It's a good week for Hollywood actresses! Today comes the announcement of oodles of casting news in the works, as these famous ladies line up for big-screen parts.
- Katherine Heigl is taking over Reese Witherspoon's role in the long-dormant project One for the Money based on the chick lit novel by Janet Evanovich.
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