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Petals on the Wind: V.C. Andrews series blooms with “Attic” follow-up

May 13, 2014 Lori Acken

In January, Lifetime’s film adaptation of the V.C. Andrews cult classic novel Flowers in the Attic lured a whopping 6.1 million viewers to its controversial tale of multigenerational family horrors, brought to vivid life by Ellen Burstyn, Heather Graham and Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka. Almost immediately, production began on the film’s sequel, Petals on the Wind. Tweaking that novel’s timeline, Petals — which premieres on Memorial Day — begins 10 years after tormented Dollanganger siblings Christopher, Cathy and Carrie escaped their attic prison and the torment at the hands of their mother Corrine (Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Burstyn). Now grown, […]

Wo Fat returns in the Hawaii Five-0 season finale on CBS

May 9, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Grover (Chi McBride) is forced to help steal $100 million to rescue his daughter in the Hawaii Five-0 season finale on CBS Friday, May 9, at 9pm ET/PT. In the Season 4 finale of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0, “’O ka Pili ‘Ohana ka ‘Oi (Family Comes First),” Grover’s (Chi McBride) daughter is kidnapped by an old nemesis and he is forced to help steal $100 million in order to get her back. Meanwhile, Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos) escapes prison and heads back to Oahu. The episode also features the return of Nick Jonas as Ian Wright. Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel […]

CBS Blue Bloods season finale preview: “Exiles”

May 9, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) uncovers a shocking secret in the Blue Bloods season finale airing Friday, May 9, at 10pm ET/PT on CBS. ALSO SEE: 2014 TV season finales calendar In the Season 4 finale of Blue Bloods, “Exiles,” Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) is placed on modified duty after investigating a case that was off-limits when he realizes he stumbled upon something that someone is trying to keep quiet. When he passes the tip on to his father, Frank (Tom Selleck) is alarmed when he learns the enormity of this case and the internal involvement. “Exiles” premieres Friday, May 9, at 10pm […]

7 Questions With … Mary Lynn Rajskub of ‘24: Live Another Day’

May 5, 2014 Lori Acken

In tonight’s premiere of 24: Live Another Day, 24 fans will finally find out what went down after Chloe O’Brian ordered surveillance of rogue U.S. agent Jack Bauer turned off in the 2010 series finale of the FOX favorite. The 12-episode event picks up the action four years later with Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) still on the lam from the CIA and trying to prevent a new terrorist attack that involves the assassination of the U.S. President — who just so happens to be James Heller (William Devane). Bauer’s once trusted ally Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) works for a Snowden-like uber-hacker […]

Interview: Josh Hartnett on Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful”

April 30, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

An overall sense of mystery has pervaded Showtime’s new psychological horror series Penny Dreadful, premiering Sunday, and that is probably fitting. The eight-episode Victorian-era series is set in 1891 London and focuses on some of the scariest characters in literature, including Dracula, Dorian Gray, and Dr. Frankenstein and his creature. Bringing the gruesomeness and horror to life is an eclectic cast that includes Josh Hartnett, Eva Green and Timothy Dalton. The show is created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, Gladiator), and also executive produced by Sam Mendes (Skyfall). “As the show sort of settles […]

‘24: Live Another Day — the iconic FOX series moves to London for a bold new tale

April 29, 2014 Lori Acken

Jack Bauer’s back, 24 fans — and he has another burgeoning global disaster on his hands. When last we saw him in 24’s 2010 series finale, Kiefer Sutherland’s rogue U.S. agent was on the run, aided by his loyal comrade, acting CTU chief Chloe O’Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), who ordered the drone tracking his every move shut down as the final clock ran out. Now a new countdown begins as the much-anticipated 24: Live Another Day begins its 12-episode run this month. Yes, that theoretically means two hours per episode this time, but the show’s producers promise that Live Another […]

Preview to The Following finale: Season 2 finale finds Joe and Ryan as partners

April 28, 2014 Barb Oates

It might just happen. Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) and Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) could potentially partner up in The Following season 2 finale — titled “Forgive” — to save their beloved Claire (Natalie Zea). The Following finale airs tonight on FOX at 9pm ET. While teasers tell us “no one is safe” this could mean the end for Joe Caroll, who series creator Kevin Williamson admitted to a crowd of TV critics earlier this year (when talking about a third season) that “we can’t keep Joe forever.” Let’s hope it’s at least one more season. But who knows after last […]

Janet Montgomery on “Salem,” Mary Sibley, mice and Margaret Thatcher

April 18, 2014 Barb Oates

British actress Janet Montgomery has dabbled in a number of American TV series, from FOX’s Human Target to CBS’ Made in Jersey, but nothing has come even close to her newest role as Mary Sibley in WGN America’s Salem. “I do know when I read the scripts it definitely gives me the chills and sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that seems so risqué,’” Montgomery says of Salem, which airs on Sundays at 10pm ET beginning April 20. The series is set in 17th-century Salem at the height of the Salem witch trials, and follows Montgomery’s character Mary Sibley and […]

Preview of “Salem” on WGN: Sex, nudity and Janet Montgomery as one wicked witch

April 18, 2014 Barb Oates

When it comes to TV’s portrayal of witches, American Horror Story: Coven had its moments, but the newest entry in the genre — Salem — takes a more disturbingly realistic approach to the topic. The Season 1 premiere of Salem on WGN America (Sunday, April 20 at 10pm ET/9pm CT) takes little time to embark on a wildly wicked and provocatively dark telling of how the 17th-century Salem witch trials actually came to be. And, let’s just say, it wasn’t pretty. TV vets Brannon Braga (writer on series like 24 and Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Adam Simon (The […]

ABC’s “Black Box”: A doctor’s secret is locked up in new medical drama

April 17, 2014 Ryan Berenz

ABC’s new medical drama Black Box (Thursdays beginning April 24 at 10pm ET/PT) is set in the most mysterious place in the universe: the human brain. “Marco Polo of the Brain” Catherine Black (Kelly Reilly) is a brilliant neuroscientist at a top medical facility where she studies patients with some of the strangest, most complex brain disorders. In each episode, Catherine and her colleagues attempt to unlock the mysteries of patients’ hallucinations and other frightening conditions. While the case of the week might be Black Box’s neurons, Catherine’s personal life forms the synapses that fire the show. Catherine has bipolar […]