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Frobisher Lives!! Danson To Return To DAMAGES!! SUNNY Renewed Till 2011!! NIP/TUCK Gets Final Season!! FX News!!
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News from Tuesday’s TCA FX event:
* Ted Danson’s Arthur Frobisher, the big bad of “Damages’” first season, survived his gunshot wound and will be back alongside Rose Byrne, Glenn Close and Tate Donovan for at least part of season two. William Hurt (“The Incredible Hulk”), Timothy Olyphant (“Live Free Or Die Hard”) and Marcia Gay Harden (“The Mist”) join the cast for season two.
* The final season of “Nip/Tuck” will run in 2011.
* “It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia” will also run at least until 2011.
* There are no current plans to give “The Riches” a third season.
* Kenny Hotz, star of Comedy Central’s reality show “Kenny Vs. Spenny,” has received a 13-episode order for “Testees,” his sitcom about two guys who serve as human guinea pigs.
* FX’s transsexual drama “Pretty Handsome,” from “Nip/Tuck” creator Ryan Murphy, will not be going to series.
* Michael J. Fox will play the boyfriend of Tommy Gavin’s ex-wife on “Rescue Me.”
* The final season of “The Shield” launches Sept. 2.
* The first season of the biker drama “Sons of Anarchy,” starring Charlie Hunnam (“Undeclared”) and Sprague Grayden (“Jericho”), launches Sept. 3.
Find all of Variety’s story on the FX event here.
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Die hard with a vengeance??
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Good to hear that Always Sunny will be on the air till 2011....its the funniest show on tv
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I think Damages might have the greatest cast on t.v right now....Close, Hurt and Olyphant in the same show is pure gold
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The first seasons of Rescue me are excellent. In my opinion, the last season was very static and didn't really do anything as dramatic in the first few seasons.
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After The Shield is gone it is THE best show on TV. Watch it!
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is so damn hilarious.
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will not be going to series."shocking.people are worried about a black guy running the country. you think we're ready for a TV show about transsexuals?
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Shield, Rescue Me, Damages...three of the best. Sons of Anarchcy sounds pretty cool too. FX seems to be better than HBO at original series now. I don't know why The Shield doesn't get more awards. Not to start a war here, but is there any scene on The Sopranos or any other critics' darlings that beat the here's-a-sandwich...oh-and-a-grenade-in-your-lap-for-dessert-scene on The Shield?
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Does this mean Nip/Tuck will be on hiatus until 2011? or that we'll see a steady stream of seasons ending in 2011?
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Love that show.
And it's a shame about The Riches. After a promising first season, loads of cast talent, etc., the show just utterly lost its way. Having the family mired down in that gated community may well have been the problem since it's not really sustainable, especially when the clan and it's sub-culture was the most interesting thing the show had going. I would have preferred a show of the family on the road doing their thing. Too bad. -
And then it was like critics forgot it was on or something--which is weird because it was consistently more compelling than The Sopranos, Lost, etc. Only Deadwood seems to rival it for sheer quality shows and great acting.
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Minnie Driver is 6-7 months pregnant and cannot come back to the USA for filming until the end of the year. Eddie Izzard is busy with tons of other film work. Oh well, these things happen.Rescue Me lost steam last year, but the mini-episodes this summer are funny, and it will return for 20+ episodes in early 2009. Other than youtube, who is posting the mini-eps online? Thanks.------later------m
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ROCK, FLAG AND EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Didn't she recently mention that in an interview?? Cannot wait, N/T is the definition of fun for its own sake. It constantly gets more ridiculous than I expect it could ever get.
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Just cancel it now.
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The top two reasons to watch FX programming.
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I just got into the Riches thanks to Season 2, as I did with...Damages (the Courtney Cox tab show), enjoyed both,shame Riches won't come back, it needs the 3rd season to wrap things up
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shoot, I knew Damages was the legal thriller with Clsoe, don't know what I was thinking linking it with Courtney Cox's show, which is fun too
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They have the best setup, the FX website is a pain. Damn good episode for Rescue Me this week.----later-----m
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GREAT SHOWS
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Jul 16, 2008 4:49:57 PM CDT
THE SHIELD AND RESUCE ME ARE THE BEST OF F/X
by the guy who slept through everything.
Not a show in which a spa lets women rub jizz on their faces, or where "doctors" fuck every patient, INCLUDING Rosie O' Donnell.
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...from now until 2011? My guess is 593.
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I still find nip/tuck entertaining, but the plotlines have gone way past ridiculous. They should probably take a cue from the Shield and end it when its time I'd really like to see another season of the Riches though. The second season got cut short . Definitely the craziest thing about this announcement is Michael J Fox's new part. I can't imagine where their going with that.
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That was a punch to the gut at the end, eh?
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I hope it's better this season. I'm really looking forward to The Shield and Damages, though. :)
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Best news all day. This show is brilliant.
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That, right there, is a fucking travesty.
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Jul 16, 2008 10:11:13 PM CDT
Michael J. Fox will play the boyfriend of Tommy Gavin’s ex-wife
by punto
because of Parkinson's.
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I can see Rescue Me mining that for black comedy gold, in the way that only that show can.
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Nip/Tuck was a great show. The operative word here is "was." The first 3 seasons rocked. Season 4 had a few good storylines but the main ones were crap. But at the very least it had a satisfying ending that brought them full circle. Then came the most recent season, which was TOTAL CRAP! There were one or two cool moments and then the rest blew. By the end, I hardly watched it and said I was officially done with the show. They really, really jumped the shark at this point. As for Damages, kinda think it'd be better for Frobiger to be dead but that show rocks, so I'll go with it. I'm sure they'll have a good way of bringing him back. Maybe he'll help Ellen to bring down Patty.
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I always had a little fear in my heart regarding It's Always Sunny. I always thought It'd get cancelled. It's one of the funniest shows on TV and it deserves the push to 2011. It's about time to cancel Nip/Tuck. It's great and all, but c'mon, enough of these fucking guys smirking and being assholes, just enough. Damages looks like it might have a really badass season 2. I dug season 1, but I thought it was a big laborious to watch. I'm stoked for the new season. I watched the first season of the Riches, but the story is so awful that I couldn't bring myself to watch season 2. You'd think the acting would make the silly story a little more believable, but nah, it sucks. The Shield has been really good and I'm pumped for the final season. Never saw Rescue Me, but everyone tells me it's good. That's that.
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For some reason, there was an avalanche of shit talking about how the Wire was so much better but to be honest, I think the Shield simply explores more interesting themes and characters. The Wire is a great show but it essentially explores the good and the bad while in contrast the Shield gives us some truly conflicted and fucked up people who are neither wholly black nor white but rather a sad mixture of greys. Rarely, in any medium, has a character as compelling and complex as Vic Mackey ever been realized and despite his many sins he's somebody I keep rooting for because there is something raw and uncompromised about his ethics, however warped. Also, Nip/Tuck has sucked for the last two years and needs to go away before they completely nullify the quality of the first three seasons. Damages is awesome however and Rescue Me is always good for some fun.
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...are available everyweek on crackle.com. The resolution is far better than what is posted on youtube, and you don't have to bother with the ridiculous FX site.
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And the last season was just as compelling as the rest. There was a fair amount of character development in the last season, my the character shifts is what people have a beef with. All the characters look fatter too.
Three best shows on TV are probably The Shield, Damages, and Rescue me. In that order IMO. Although Damages has just started out, its le simply a great show, Ted Danson blew me away, couldn't believe it. -
fixate on penises borders on the ridiculous. Tommy's erectile dysfunction, the supposed size of the new Chief's member, etc. And much like the revolving door of lovely (but ultimately screwed up) women, that Tommy beds, this show tends to think more with its dick than its head. Maybe thats the whole theme.Congrats to Sunny...whatever happened to that supposed "contest" that the chief of programming advertised to submit taped suggestions/pilots/show ideas for a possible shot of a series ala Sunny a few years back? Did I dream that?
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Fantastic show. Probably my favourite, along with Dexter. Just recently finished season one on DVD. I'd say ultimately, Glenn Close was just as much of a villain as Ted Danson. That final scene on the pier is excellent... Loved the choice of music as Rose Byrne walks away. I'm looking forward to seeing what direction it all takes with the next season.
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to worship Dennis Leary a little too much, this is one of my main gripes.
The Shield feels more composed than the Wire. The Wire just feels very organic and very naturalistic. The Wire is far more complex, with more characters and plot arcs.
The Shield on the otherhand is lean .
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It's deserved, granted the third season started off rocky. I hope that since they're now all developing/writing a second series, their attention isn't split and Sunny suffers.
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Jul 17, 2008 3:38:11 PM CDT
I heard yesterday that no decision had been make on The Riches
by 2for2true
...I don't think a decision has been made to can the show...it's still up in the air at this point.
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Seriously? The Dumpster Baby Brother episode was fucking great.
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I'm having a hard time finishing the first season. The show started off great but the entire gated community thing is already tiresome. A show of them just going around, stealing shit, and dealing with gypsy politics would've been fascinating. The gated community stuff could've been ONE season. It's a good storyline that has gone on too long and just feels like cement shoes even before the first season is done.
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Did you seriously just list Olyphant's credit as Live Free Die Hard? Maybe you're not aware but he also played this character named Seth Bulloch on some critically acclaimed show. I think it was called Deadwood?
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