July 2009 News Archive (Page 4)

Initially signed for just six episodes, former Prison Break star Robert Knepper has been promoted to a series regular on Heroes.

Knepper will play Samuel on season four of the show, "the reluctant ringleader of a carnival," as the actor explained at the San Diego Comic-Con festival last week.

In the wake of his brother's passing, Knepper added that Samuel "made a decision that his life is not going to be the way it used to be," as he "one-by-one lures the heroes into helping with" this new plan.

Check out the incredible-looking volume five trailer for Heroes to watch this character in action.

As our previously announced Fringe spoilers have revealed, there's a lot going down on season two of this Fox hit.

But before viewers can get excited for those developments, they better memorize this fact: Fringe is moving to Thursdays this fall.

Don't worry. The following poster will likely be plastered around the country soon enough, offering a reminder of this important switch.

Michael Nouri is quickly becoming one of the best known "that guys" on TV.

He played Summer's father on The OC. He guest-starred as the director of Mossad on NCIS. He appears as Glenn Close's husband on Damages.

Now, Nouri has signed on for final two episodes of the third season of Army Wives. His character, Lt. General Walter Ludwig, will visit Fort Marshall to deliver unexpected news to Claudia Joy's husband, General Michael Holden.

TV Guide first reported this guest-starring stint.

Is September 8 circled on your calendar?

That's the second season premiere date for Sons of Anarchy.

As previously reported show spoilers reveal, the opening episode depicts a scene that sources can only describe as "horrific." Consider yourself warned.

Also consider yourself excited for the following promotional photos. Click on each to enlarge shots of various Sons of Anarchy characters:

While it may not reveal any juicy True Blood spoilers, Michael Ausiello of EW did a great interview with True Blood's Michelle Forbes and Deborah Ann Woll at Comic Con.

In the interview, the two talented actresses describe how much they enjoy playing the roles and how much the love the whole cast.

It's really an entertaining intervie, so be sure and watch, and pay close attention to what Deborah says at the end and then discuss in our True Blood forum.

On Leverage, Beth Riesgraf stars as master thief Parker.

In an interview with The Boston Herald, the actress dished on her character, explaining to fans what they can look forward to on the second season of the TNT hit.

"The throughline for Parker this season is that now that she’s comfortable around this group and she’s decided that she needs them in her life, the next step for her is acclimating herself and having a group of friends and people she can trust and how she deals with that,” she said.

Viewers, of course, wanna know if Parker and her partner-in-crime Alec Hardison will follow through on the mutual attraction that played out during the show’s initial season.

“People really want them to get together,” she said. “But if they did, people would be really disappointed. If it happens too fast, it doesn’t work. I think that the writers are being really smart about it. There’s enough there to play with and they definitely have chemistry, but you have to ride this one out, I think.”

How would Seeley Booth and Cal Lightman get along? We may soon find out.

According to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello, Fox is considering a crossover episode next season that would feature Bones' Booth and Brennan working on a case with Tim Roth’s Lie to Me specialist.

Nothing is finalized yet, as a network insider said the plan is in its very early stages and “may not even happen."

Possible Bones spoilers alert: Brennan may tangle with Lightman in the fall.

This past spring, of course, ABC attempted a multiple-week crossover with mixed results. Some loved seeing the Private Practice crew invade Seattle Grace, while others felt like it was a cheap trick to force Grey's Anatomy viewers into watching another show.

Do you think Fox should give it a try with these two shows?

Franka Potente is coming to House.

The German-born actress - who appeared on the big screen in The Bourne Identity and guest-starred on season six of The Shield - will appear in the two-hour season premiere, which is entirely based in the mental hospital in which House now resides.

House executive producer David Shore told E! Online of the opening episode:

"Those two hours take place basically exclusively within the institution" over a period of six months, as everyone's favorite damaged doctor tries to recover from the hallucinations that crippled him at the end last season.

Word has leaked out that the actress' character and House will get to know each other VERY well while in the asylum.

Welcome to our afternoon rundown of the hottest and heaviest soap opera action as we reach the middle of the week of daytime drama. See what happened today on ...

• All My Children
• As the World Turns
• General Hospital
• Days of Our Lives
• Guiding Light
• One Life to Live
• The Young and the Restless
• The Bold and the Beautiful

Late last week, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev chatted with Access Hollywood about The Vampire Diaries.

The trio gave viewers insight into their characters, while also responding to the inevitable comparisons to Twilight. Watch and enjoy below:

Meanwhile, it's been confirmed that John Dahl will direct the second episode of the series. Considering that his previous credits include True Blood, Dexter and Battlestar Galactica, this backs up talk that the series is far darker than many may realize.

Having viewed the pilot episode - Vampire Diaries spoiler alert! - we can confirm this is definitely the case. You'll agree after watching just the opening scene.