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The game is afoot again as Season 2 of “Sherlock” premieres on PBS

May 3, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

It didn’t take a master detective to deduce that the BBC series Sherlock — a modern retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories — would be back for a second season (or “series,” as they like to say across the pond). Its original three episodes debuted to critical and fan raves on both sides of the Atlantic, demonstrating once again that Sherlock is one of those fictional characters whom fans will not tire of. It has been estimated that Holmes is the most frequently depicted character in the history of cinema, with his first known appearance coming in a brief, […]

7 Questions With … “Common Law’s” Michael Ealy

April 20, 2012 StayTuned Staff

When asked about the risk of looking too long into Michael Ealy’s deep blue eyes, Warren Kole — Ealy’s costar in the upcoming USA Network series Common Law — jokingly compared it to staring directly into the sun. Stare too long, and you’ll get lost, or perhaps go blind. Audiences will get plenty of chances soon to ignore that warning, as Ealy headlines the comedy Think Like a Man, which opens today in theaters, and can see him reviving the buddy-cop genre Fridays beginning May 11 in Common Law. RELATED: “Common Law” brings buddy-cop formula to USA Network You’re at a magazine rack […]

Hallmark Channel unveiling “Undercover Bridesmaid”

April 12, 2012 StayTuned Staff

I often pick on the people at Hallmark Channel and their hopelessly happy movies that always get wrapped up in a tidy little bow. They’re good sports about it, and they can take it — it’s a formula that’s done very well for them. A lot of people out there love Hallmark Channel’s original films and can’t wait until the next one arrives. At this point, they only have a few more days to wait, as Undercover Bridesmaid is set to hit Hallmark Channel this Sunday, April 15 at 8pm ET/PT. Undercover Bridesmaid stars Brooke Burns (The CW’s Melrose Place) […]

President Obama to introduce USA Network airing of “To Kill a Mockingbird”

April 5, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee is notoriously press-shy (she gave her last interview in 1964 before retiring from the limelight), but the writer of the acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird has had her name in the media a bit this week. On Monday, there was an American Masters episode about her, and now word comes that USA Network will be presenting a special airing of the film based on her memorable work. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, which was nominated for eight Oscars and won three, including Best Actor […]

“The Killing” returns for Season 2 and will definitely maybe solve the case

April 1, 2012 StayTuned Staff

For better or for worse, AMC’s The Killing returns tonight at 8p with a two-hour season premiere. The ambitious Twin Peaks-inspired series launched to acclaim last spring, but managed to alienate and anger much of its fanbase by season’s end. It wasn’t merely the lack of resolve over the central case that put people off, but the season-long habits of hasty conclusions and wild goose chases, not to mention a surprising amount of tv police ineptitude. Where We Left Off: Lead detective Sarah Linden (Emmy-nominated Mireille Enos) and her son finally boarded the plane to San Francisco when she gets […]

Lifetime’s hit original film “The Client List” returns as a weekly series

March 30, 2012 Lori Acken

In 2010, actress Jennifer Love Hewitt and Lifetime teamed up to put a timely twist on the network’s oft-lamented “woman in peril” film fodder. Hewitt executive-produced and starred in The Client List, a sobering tale of a housewife who resorts to desperate means to save her house from foreclosure and her family from financial ruin. Though some derided the ripped-from-the-headlines tale as tawdry, the film touched a nerve with viewers, garnering impressive ratings and earning Hewitt a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. This month, The Client List returns as a 10-episode series that reunites Hewitt with venerable actress Cybill […]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars in Starz hot new series “Magic City”

March 30, 2012 Barb Oates

It’s a Friday afternoon in Pasadena, Calif., where the cast of Starz’s new drama series Magic City (premiering Friday, April 6) has converged at the Langham Hotel for a press junket. The star of the series, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is in great spirits. And he should be — he’s got the incredible role of Ike Evans, the glamorous king of 1959 Miami Beach whose drive and ambition turned this hotel cabana boy into the owner of the luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel. Grinning handsomely, the 46-year-old Morgan playfully skips over to greet me. It’s been a few years since we last […]

Steven Seagal is out for “True Justice” on ReelzChannel

March 28, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Steven Seagal makes most of the fights in his movies appear effortless. Bad guy approaches, fists flailing, only to walk into the calm aikido master’s grip and limp away with a bloody nose and newly deformed limb. It’s all over in a flash, and afterward Seagal appears to have barely broken a sweat or changed his expression. The man himself will tell you it’s taken a lot more blood, sweat and tears than that to have forged the career he’s made for himself in nearly 40 movies over the past 24 years — starting with 1988’s Above the Law, reaching its […]

Tease campaign for TNT’s new “Dallas” references original series’ “dream” season

March 28, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

TNT has revealed the tease campaign for its new series Dallas, which premieres June 13 and catches us up with what several original members of the Ewing clan, as well as its next generation, are up to. The steamy campaign artwork flashes back to one of the most iconic scenes from Dallas history — and one of the silliest moments in TV history — when, in a May 1986 cliffhanger episode, Pam (Victoria Principal) awakens one morning to find her supposedly dead husband Bobby (Patrick Duffy, who returns in the new series) alive and well in the shower. When Dallas […]

Shonda Rhimes trades stethoscopes for “Scandal”

March 28, 2012 Lori Acken

Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes says she wasn’t interested in tackling another show when Grey’s executive producer Betsy Beers approached her with a new idea. “[But Beers] kept telling me, ‘You need to meet a woman named Judy Smith,’” Rhimes told critics assembled for Day 2 of ABC’s TCA Winter Press Tour sessions. Turns out Smith is the founder and president of Impact Strategies, a crisis communications firm. That’s “fixer,” for short — the kind of person that high-profile folks hire to make their missteps and faux pas go away. Smith’s case load spans the Iran-Contra affair […]