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TV News Roundup “ June 2009 “ Week 4

Actor goes from ‘Battlestar’ to ‘Heroes’
Rick Worthy in negotiations to recur on NBC drama
“Battlestar Galactica” alum Rick Worthy (humanoid Cylon Simon) is joining NBC’s “Heroes” next season, playing Matt Parkman’s (Greg Grunberg) new partner: an experienced and capable Los Angeles cop and someone that Matt can lean on for advice.

This just in: Bryan Fuller exits ‘Heroes’
Just as Heroes was gaining some creative momentum comes word of another setback: Bryan Fuller has vacated his post as consulting producer. The acclaimed Pushing Daisies auteur left to focus on developing new projects for NBC, and not (as some have speculated) due to creative differences with series creator Tim Kring.

Another signs on for ‘24′
Clayne Crawford joins cast of Fox drama
Clayne Crawford has been added to Fox’s “24″ as a recurring. On “24,” Crawford will play a bad boy from Dana Walsh’s (Katee Sackhoff) past. Sackhoff recently signed on as a new regular on the real-time drama starring Kiefer Sutherland, playing an expert data analyst at CTU with a secret past who is involved with CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Lost’s Maggie Grace Is Returning to Hawaii!
Emilie de Ravin’s return to the Island is already confirmed, and Dominic Monaghan’s is in a promising state of limbo. Now, Maggie Grace is hinting that she may be the next deceased survivor of Oceanic 815 to crash Locke’s power party.

Linda Hunt a lock for ‘NCIS: LA’
Joins series after departure of Loiuse Lombard
Oscar winner Linda Hunt has joined CBS’ new drama series “NCIS: LA” as a regular. Her character will oversee the “backroom” support staff tasked with providing everything from micro surveillance cameras to cars for Callen (O’Donnell) and his team. Efficient, hard-nosed and resourceful after years of being a Miss Fix-it in the film industry, she seems tough but genuinely cares about Callen and his team.

Showtime’s up on Tracey Ullman
Cabler greenlights third season of ‘Union’
Showtime has greenlit a third season of “Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union.” In the half-hour laffer, Ullman portrays a variety of real-life and fictional characters, doing impersonations of celebrities such as Celine Dion, Jodie Foster and J.K. Rowling. Cabler ordered seven episodes for the new season, with a launch set for 2010.

Congloms making nice for ‘NCIS’
NBC U to assist CBS in launch of show spinoff
NBC Universal will assist CBS in launching the Eye’s upcoming “NCIS” spinoff. USA has struck a deal with CBS to air the two “NCIS” episodes from this past season that set the stage for this fall’s newcomer “NCIS: Los Angeles.” USA already carries reruns of “NCIS,” currently the top-rated off-net series on cable.

Vampire-themed campaigns push ‘Blood’
Faux ads feature major brands
But for the second-season launch of “True Blood,” HBO enlisted eight major marketers to create vampire-themed campaigns in major newspapers and magazines, on billboards and across the Web. It’s a push any marketing maven would die for. The Mini car brand touts a blood-red convertible with the tagline “Feel the wind in your fangs” while Geico claims it can save vampires 15% on auto insurance. Monster.com offers “thousands of night shifts,” and a new fragrance from Marc Ecko promises to “attract a human,” accompanied by a titillating shot of a vamp about to snack on a model.

ËœPacific’ Trailer Online
The same filmmakers (Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks) that brought you Band of Brothers have decided to bring the Pacific version to the television screen. The first ever look at The Pacific trailer as shown on HBO on June 21st. Here it is:

Alexander Skarsgard is out for TRUE BLOOD
Alexander Skarsgard talked about how fans will be getting to see much more of him as Eric Northman, the 1,000-year-old Viking vampire who is also the owner of the local vampire bar, Fangtasia, on the acclaimed HBO television series True Blood, in Season 2.

Michelle Forbes Wants TRUE BLOOD
Best known for her work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Homicide: Life on the Street, 24, Battlestar Galactica, In Treatment and Prison Break, Michelle Forbes promises that Maryann’s motives will be revealed, as the season progresses. In this interview, Michelle Forbes talked about working with the talented cast of True Blood, and the devotion and dedication of sci-fi genre fans.

VIRTUALITY Interview with Ron Moore
Writer/executive producer Ron Moore has become one of the premiere voices in television’s sci-fi genre, with his work on such series as Battlestar Galactica, Carnivale, Good vs. Evil, Roswell, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation. While promoting the two-hour Virtuality, Moore talked about how he developed this captivating original feature.

WAREHOUSE 13 Interview with Eddie McClintock
In this exclusive interview, series star Eddie McClintock spoke about how getting to do comedy, drama, action and thriller, all in one, makes Warehouse 13 his dream job.

David Cross Creates UK Television Comedy With Spike Jonze and Will Arnett
Cross has written a pilot for a UK comedy show called The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. His co-writer is Shaun Pye, an actor who had a recurring role in Extras. Alongside Cross, the stars of the show are Will Arnett and, in his first big acting gig since Three Kings, Spike Jonze. The plot follows a US exec who is mistakenly sent to run his company’s UK arm, he knows nothing about British culture and nothing about sales. This is further complicated when he lies continuously to cover his ignorance and spectacularly fails to impress Alice the first beautiful girl he meets. Dave his British co-worker, soon takes full advantage of Todd’s situation and chaos ensues. Cross stars as exec Todd Margaret, with Jonze, Arnett and Russell Tovey supporting.

ËœReaper’ TV Series Could Live On As Comic Book, Says Tyler Labine
Bret [Harrison] told me a comic book is definitely in the works, Labine said. That’s a green light. I think ËœReaper’ would make a great comic book. I would read that one.

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  • Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2009
  • Author: Scott From LA
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