Archive: July 2011 (92-104 of 285)

Jul 22 2011 06:05 PM ET

TeenNick teaser for '90s block: See it here!

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Categories: EW Exclusive, First Look

Kenan & Kel fans, the wait is over: TeenNick will finally debut its retro block of ’90s programming on July 25! In case you weren’t one of the many diehard fans who started Facebook pages devoted to the cabler’s old comedies, TeenNick decided to dust off faves like Rugrats, Pete & Pete, The Amanda Show, All That, and Clarissa Explains it All and air them in a new midnight-to-2 a.m. programming block dubbed The ’90s Are All That.

EW obtained this exclusive first look of the teaser (music video? Random reason to say crap?) to help promote the much-anticipated return of the shows. Hey Dude and Doug? Apparently, you’ve been missed. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2011 04:07 PM ET

'NCIS' scoop: McGee's grandma is....

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Categories: Casting Scoops, EW Exclusive, NCIS, TV Scoop

Meeting the team’s family is always a gas on NCIS, and this latest bit of casting is no exception. We’re about to meet a very special member of  Special Agent Timothy McGee’s family in season nine of the CBS drama, which begins Sept. 20. And the newest member of the family tree is…. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2011 02:45 PM ET

'Torchwood' teaser trailer from Comic-Con here!

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Categories: Comic-Con
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Image Credit: Starz

Both hilarious and deliciously naughty, stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles had the fan boys and girls in stitches Friday at Starz’ Torchwood panel at Comic-Con. Just as eager to share their on-set pranks with the audience as they were with teasers from upcoming episodes, Barrowman (Capt. Jack Harkness) and Myles (Gwen Cooper) remembered to stop and thank the fans for keeping the franchise alive and well in the U.S.

“It’s so easy to slip into Cooper’s leathers, they are so warm and sexy,” Myles told the crowd. “She is a wonderful character that I fond difficult to let go. To come back to her is a dream.” READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2011 02:21 PM ET

'The Walking Dead' season 2 trailer is here!

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AMC’s The Walking Dead season 2 trailer has arrived! It’s more than four minutes. It’s fantastic. Very intense. It’s below.

But first: Premiere date announced! At Comic-Con, The Walking Dead panel just announced the second season will debut Sunday, October 16 at 9 p.m. — a couple weeks earlier than last year and at a different time. They also revealed the season will open with our heroes fleeing the Center for Disease Control — no time jump.

“There’s an expectation now,” says creator Robert Kirkman. “First season, nobody knew what was coming. I can say it’s made everybody work harder. It’s empowered us to try harder. We’re taking that seriously and really trying to deliver.”

Here’s the must-see trailer:

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Jul 22 2011 01:20 PM ET

Pierce Brosnan to star in A&E's 'Stephen King's Bag of Bones'

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Categories: Books, Cable, Casting, Television, TV Biz
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A&E will air a four-hour mini-series based on Stephen King’s Bag of Bones, the network announced today. Pierce Brosnan will play a bestselling novelist still grieving the loss of his wife when a mysterious dream sends him back to their lake house in rural Maine. Annabeth Gish will also star, and production begins next month in Nova Scotia. The two-night event is slated for late 2011.

Jul 22 2011 11:32 AM ET

Armie Hammer to play the Winklevoss twins again... on 'The Simpsons'! -- EXCLUSIVE

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Categories: Television, The Simpsons, TV Biz, TV Scoop
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Armie Hammer will double your pleasure once more: In a nod to his role(s) in last year’s big-screen hit The Social Network, the 24-year-old actor has recorded a cameo for The Simpsons as rowing twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, EW has learned. In the episode, which is titled “The D’oh-cial Network” and slated to air on Fox early next year, “Lisa creates a social network site in Springfield and gives too much credit to everybody, so we thought of doing a joke involving the Winklevoss twins,” explains exec producer Al Jean. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2011 10:33 AM ET

Robert Kirkman: 'Walking Dead' season 2 will leave you 'completely shocked'

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One of the most anticipated panels at Comic-Con today — heck, of the whole week — is for the return of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Below, creator Robert Kirkman previews what fans can expect from the highly anticipated second season debuting this fall:

EENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So what can fans expect at your panel?
ROBERT KIRKMAN: We’re bringing out more actors this year. I’m hoping to get some awkward questions from the audience that I can’t answer too well. And I’ll be wearing a different shirt. Last year my favorite was: “Why aren’t you filming the show in Los Angeles?”

I love the Georgia setting. When you watch Justified — it’s a great show, but it looks like Santa Clarita.
And one of the best things about this season is we’re getting out of Atlanta. It’s very rural. You’re going to see a lot more woods. One of the main set pieces is this farmhouse. It’s going to be pretty awesome, like an Andrew Wyeth painting — with zombies.

In the clip that was released, Rick Grimes is using a rock to kill zombies. Are they running low on ammo? READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2011 09:00 AM ET

'Drop Dead Diva': Wanda Sykes makes her debut as a judge -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Categories: Drop Dead Diva, EW Exclusive, Television

Like most law-centric shows, Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva features an always-interesting line-up of guest judges that has included everyone from Paula Abdul to Rosie O’Donnell during the series’ three-season run. Comedienne Wanda Sykes joins that esteemed group in Diva‘s next new episode, “The Prom,” which airs this Sunday, July 24, at 9 p.m., and EW has an exclusive clip of one of her best scenes.

Skyes’ judge is a bit surly, as you might imagine. “Why are you wasting the time of a very important judge?” she asks Jane (Brooke Elliott), who’s defending a teenage woman being kept from her high school prom because she’s a lesbian and wants to bring a female date. “This seems more like a matter for the student council,” she continues. But then Jane pleads her very convincing case, and… well, you’ll just have to watch to see how Sykes (who is a lesbian and an outspoken gay-rights advocate in her personal life, we might add!) reacts. Sassy! Watch here:

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Jul 22 2011 12:15 AM ET

Pee-Wee's big Comic-Con adventure closes day 1 of EW's video coverage

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Categories: Comic-Con

Consider Pee-Wee Herman… well, consider him — and the man who plays him, Paul Reubens — hilarious. At Comic-Con to promote the DVD release of his Broadway version of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, the bow-tied funnyman stopped by EW’s VIP lounge to share thoughts on facial moisturizing, the Alamo, and our nation’s space program. Watch the hijinx after the jump! READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2011 10:52 PM ET

'Game of Thrones' cast ponders death, books, and wigs at Comic-Con 2011

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Categories: Comic-Con, Game of Thrones, Television

A little therapy for Game of Thrones fans sliding into withdrawal after the massive season finale last month: EW grabbed showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff and cast members Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Lena Heady, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Kit Harrington, for a video chat at the VIP Comic-Con lounge on Thursday. Click the jump to watch EW’s Tim Stack talk to Weiss and Benioff about their geeky interests and EW’s Darren Franich talk to the cast about season 2 and lavish wigs. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2011 10:34 PM ET

Felicia Day geeks out at EW's Comic-Con lounge

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Categories: Comic-Con, Felicia Day, Television

Former Buffy cast member and current Eureka star Felicia Day has become a modern sci-fi legend. Lucky for us, she was able to fit in a stop on her Comic-Con 2011 tour at EW’s VIP lounge to talk to Sandra Gonzalez about geek culture, empowering sci-fi heroines, and what’s ahead on Eureka. (Hint: Love triangle!) Click the jump to watch Day’s sit-down.

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Jul 21 2011 10:33 PM ET

'Homeland' at Comic-Con: Here's a sneak peek

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Anyone who’s missing the mastermind behind 24 may want to check out Homeland, the latest drama from Jack Bauer scribe Howard Gordon that’s based on the Israeli format Prisoner of War. It debuts after Dexter on Oct. 2.

It’s a pretty heavy drama for Comic-Con but hey, it features V’s Morena Baccarin, who was there to greet her fans Thursday. Here’s Gordon on the drama that also stars Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin: “This is premiering 10 years after the events of 9/11,” Gordon told the crowd. “The show reflects that it’s a very different world we lived in from 10 years ago. We have the opportunity to handle some of the complexities of where we find ourselves. 24 was wish-fulfillment, this is taking Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, privacy and national security and the complexities of all those things. Who is the good guy? Who is the bad guy? Who is the hero? Who is the traitor? We are asking in a more nuanced way than I ever got to ask than 24.”

Jul 21 2011 09:56 PM ET

USA boss talks at Comic-Con about a possible seventh season of 'Psych'

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Categories: Comic-Con, Psych, Sci-Fi, Television

Psych‘s season 6 doesn’t even have a solid premiere date yet (ETA: October), but at today’s Comic-Con panel in San Diego, the stars and production team had a positive outlook on the future of TV’s most spoof-friendly series, especially when creator Steve Franks spoke about the show’s plans for a musical episode.

“I’m a big liar because I promised [the fans] that the episode that shoots Monday was going to be the musical, but then I realized that you can’t write a musical in three weeks,” he told the crowd. “So it’s going to be the first episode of season 7.”

Exciting — except the show hasn’t been picked up for a seventh season. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be, according to USA Network co-president Jeff Wachtel, who spoke to EW after the panel. READ FULL STORY »

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