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In this episode of “Mlf All Angles” on Outd, viewers are granted an exclusive insider look at the highly anticipated Mlf Team Series 2024 Championship Semifinal Match 2. Offering unparalleled access, the episode delves deep into the heart of the competition, providing angler commentary and behind-the-scenes insights that fans won’t want to miss.

As the excitement builds, viewers will be immersed in the world of competitive fishing, witnessing firsthand the strategies, techniques, and challenges faced by the participating anglers. From the thrill of the chase to the tension of the weigh-in, every moment is captured in stunning detail, allowing viewers to experience the action as if they were right there on the water.

Throughout the episode, anglers offer their perspectives on the tournament, sharing their thoughts on the conditions,...

Carrie Preston is an acclaimed actress, producer, and director. She has a long list of roles and projects but is most known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO drama True Blood and Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS drama The Good Wife. 

She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.

After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.

Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.

It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!

Early Career

Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...

Stars: Béatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson | Written and Directed by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

I remember always enjoying Inside, and first saw it not long after its initial release. It was brutal, gory and set on Christmas Eve. Therefore, a ‘Christmas’ movie that, for a while, got watched every holiday period. But, with my ever-expanded collection of Christmas movies, and not enough time to watch them, it had been several years since I had seen the film. So, Second Sight’s Limited Edition Blu-ray release has come at just the right time!

If someone asked me if home invasion horror movies were a particular favourite of mine, my initial reaction would be no. But two of my favourite movies are Inside and The Strangers. Two movies that do lots of different things with that subgenre but that are equally as effective. Inside is the one...

The Walking Dead On the Inside Trailer — AMC‘s The Walking Dead: Season 11, Episode 6: On the Inside TV show trailer has been released. Cast and crew The Walking Dead: Season 11 stars Ian Anthony Dale, Laurie Fortier, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Melissa McBride, Khary Payton, [...]

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Exclusive: Bradford L. Schlei’s Stone Canyon Entertainment has acquired Daniel Gordis’ prize-winning nonfiction book Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, to adapt into a television docuseries. Director Matthew Mishory (Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile) will serve as creator and direct all six episodes. Production is expected to begin in 2022.

Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award, A Concise History of a Nation Reborn is described as “the first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day.” In the book, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people’s story and the creation of the state, illustrating how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse—but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes.

The producers will film additional material for the series’ final episode to cover the period since the book’s publication,...

A never-before-seen promotional video of Van Halen lip-syncing to their 1981 song “So This Is Love?” next to life-size dinosaurs in Italy has surfaced on YouTube.

“These videos aired on Italian state television, Rai 1, during a TV show called Happy Circus,” reads a caption by the Van Halen Italia Fan Club on YouTube. “Van Halen Italia Fan Club found those video clips and shares [sic] them with fans all over the world.”

Word of this lost Van Halen video first spread in the 1995 inaugural issue of the Van Halen fan magazine The Inside,...

Maude Apatow, William Hurt, Corey Stoll, and Lara Pulver have all joined the cast of the upcoming AMC animated drama “Pantheon,” the network announced Thursday as part of the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

Apatow, Hurt, Stoll and Pulver will be joining a voice cast that is jam-packed with diverse celebrity talent. Those previously announced “Pantheon” stars include Daniel Dae Kim, Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart, Taylor Schilling, Ron Livingston, Chris Diamantopoulos, Raza Jaffrey, Scoot McNairy, Anika Noni Rose, Grey Griffin, SungWon Cho, Kevin Durand, Samuel Roukin and Krystina Alabado.

In tandem with the “Pantheon” casting announcement, AMC Studios also confirmed that series creator and showrunner Craig Silverstein has inked an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with the network to develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies. Silverstein was the creator and showrunner for AMC Network’s period drama “Turn: Washington’s Spies.

William Hurt, Maude Apatow, Corey Stoll and Lara Pulver have joined the cast of Pantheon, AMC’s first animated, primetime drama. Additionally, Pantheon creator and showrunner Craig Silverstein is expanding his relationship with AMC Studios, the studio behind the series, with an exclusive multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Silverstein will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies. The news was announced Thursday during AMC’s presentation at the TCA Press Tour.

“Craig is simply an incredible talent and we’re thrilled to further our partnership with someone who has been an appreciated member of the AMC Networks family for some time,” said Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC Networks. “His brilliant work and writing have introduced viewers to truly unique worlds, anchored...

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Monday’s midseason finale of “9-1-1” Season 2.)

“9-1-1” dove into one of its biggest emergencies yet on the Season 2 fall finale Monday night: We met Maddie’s abusive ex-husband Doug in the final moments of the episode, just as everyone’s Christmas seemed so merry and bright.

Tim Minear, the first-responder drama’s showrunner, spoke with TheWrap ahead of the episode to explain how he decided to reveal the man who has haunted Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt). He also explained why he cast Hewitt’s real-life husband, Brian Hallisay, in the part.

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“Well, to be honest with you, I gave Brian Hallisay his first job at least 10 years ago on a show I did for Fox called ‘The Inside,'” Minear said. “It was literally...

9-1-1‘s last episode of 2018 ended with a hellish holiday cliffhanger, setting the stage for some exciting — and terrifying — events to come in the new year. TVLine spoke with showrunner Tim Minear about the fall finale’s many twists and (re)turns, but first, a quick recap:

Athena’s invited Bobby to move in with her, which somehow pivoted to him proposing (and her accepting!); Eddie reluctantly welcomed Shannon back into his life, thus fulfilling Christopher’s one Christmas wish; and we learned that, unbeknownst to Maddie, her abusive ex (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt’s real-life husband Brian Hallisay!

Saturday Night Live will resume after the Winter Olympics with an NBA legend.

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Charles Barkley is set to host SNL on Saturday, March 3, NBC has announced. Barkley previously headlined the late-night sketch comedy series three times, having last stopped by Studio 8H during Season 37.

The Inside the NBA commentator will be joined by Migos, who will serve as musical guest.

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Actor Nelsan Ellis, best known for playing flamboyantly gay short-order cook/drug dealer/spirit medium Lafayette Reynolds on seven seasons of HBO’s True Blood, has died. According to Variety, Reynolds, who was 39, died of complications from heart failure.

Born in Chicago, and Julliard-trained, Ellis first broke into TV with a role on Fox’s short-lived crime drama The Inside, playing the tech guy for the show’s Rachel Nichols-led team of crimesolvers. After the series folded, Ellis made a turn into film, giving supporting roles in the Ernie Davis biopic The Express and the Jamie Foxx/Robert Downey Jr. vehicle The Soloist, before scoring a key role in Alan Ball’s campy vampire soap in 2008.

As Lafayette, Ellis presented one of the few True Blood characters who seemed fully clued-in to just how ridiculous Charlaine Harris’ world of repentant vampires, angry Maenads, and rampaging werepanthers actually was ...

Nelsan Ellis, best known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s True Blood, has died. He was 39.

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Ellis died from complications from heart failure, his manager, Emily Gerson Saines, told The Hollywood Reporter. The full statement reads as follows:

“Nelsan has passed away after complications with heart failure,” Saines said. “He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.”

“We were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Nelsan Ellis,” HBO said in a statement. “Nelsan was a long-time member...

Back in September, Focus Features introduced Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona’s fantasy fable “A Monster Calls” at the Toronto Film Festival. I was wowed, as I had been by his first English-language film “The Impossible” (2012). This is a gifted filmmaker, as attested by his mentor-producer Guillermo del Toro, who hired him to direct “The Orphanage” and by Steven Spielberg, who hired Bayona to direct Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in “Jurassic World 2,” accompanied by his essential right-arm producer Belen Atienza, the Brian Grazer to his Ron Howard. They’re in prep now.

Bayona is poised to be the next Paul Verhoeven, Baltasar Kormákur, or Denis Villeneuve, someone who becomes a star in their own country and also can bridge the challenging cinematic culture of Hollywood. Bayona knows how to handle, with empathy and without sentimentality, intimate, emotional scenes with adults and children, plus action and VFX. He insisted on...

Deadline reports Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, Drive, The Inside, Dollhouse, and Terriers vet, Tim Minear, has been tapped as co-showrunner on Ryan Murphy's upcoming FX TV show, Feud. Fun fact: Minear's Twitter handle is "Cancelled Again." That said, the talented writer and producer been with Murphy's successful American Horror Story since the anthology show's first season.Jackie Hoffman has been cast as Mamasita, Joan Crawford’s (Jessica Lange) housekeeper. Also an anthology series, the first season of Feud tells the story of Hollywood nemeses, Crawford and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon). The cast also includes Sarah Paulson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci, Judy Davis and Dominic Burgess. Read More…...

June 6, 1944. Today marks the 72nd anniversary of D-Day.

On June 7th, Paramount Home Media Distribution will release director Michael Bay’s remarkable 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi.

Hailed as “powerful” (Kyle Smith, New York Post), “engrossing” (Soren Andersen, Seattle Times) and “full of explosive action” (Dan Casey, Nerdist), the film arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand this Tuesday. (Review)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi tells the incredible true story of six elite ex-military operators who fought to protect the CIA against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. The film stars John Krasinski (TV’s “The Office”), James Badge Dale (World War Z) and Pablo Schreiber (TV’s “Orange is the New Black”), and is based on the nonfiction novel 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by New York Times best-selling author Mitchell Zuckoff with...

"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home her fourth career win, and her second for her HBO comedy, at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday (Sept. 22), while "Breaking Bad" actress Anna Gunn earned her first award ever for her final season as Skylar White.

The complete winners list below:

Outstanding DRAMABreaking BadDownton Abbey Game of Thrones Homeland House of Cards Mad Men

Outstanding Actress In A Drama Connie Britton, Nashville Claire Danes, Homeland Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men Kerry Washington, Scandal Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Actor In A Drama Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom Jon Hamm, Mad Men Damian Lewis, Homeland Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones Christine Baranski, The Good Wife Morena Baccarin, Homeland Christina Hendricks,...

HBO dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday night, grabbing 20 awards, including eight for the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, the most-awarded program of the night. Other notable winners include Bob Newhart; the TV vet took home his first-ever Emmy for his guest-starring role on The Big Bang Theory.

See the complete list of winners below; an edited version of the nearly four-hour Creative Arts Emmys will air Saturday, Sept. 21, on Fxx.

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars

Winner: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn,...

The Emmys have begun! The Emmys have begun!

No, we’re not talking about the 2013 Primetime Emmys broadcast — you’ll have to wait till next Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8/7c for that — but rather, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, handed out at Sunday evening the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

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Here’s a list of the majority of winners:

Guest Actress In A Comedy Series | Melissa Leo, Louie

Guest Actor In A Comedy Series | Bob Newhart The Big Bang Theory

Guest Actor In A Drama Series | Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal...

Al Pacino, Helen Mirren in Phil Spector: Emmy Awards 2013 The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced earlier today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. As usual, there was a whole array of movie people nominated, including many with Academy Award pedigree. Those include Best Actor Oscar winner Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) and Best Actress Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), in the running for, respectively, Best Actor and Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Phil Spector; Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), a Best Actress in a Drama Series nominee for Bates Motel (itself related to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho); and Best Actor Oscar winner Michael Douglas (Wall Street) and Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), both up for the Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Emmy for their performances in Behind the Candelabra...

I Hate My Teenage Daughter lead Katie Finneran has landed a co-starring role on Michael J. Fox’s NBC comedy series, which has a 22-episode order for a fall 2013 launch. The single-camera comedy, from Sony Pictures TV and producer-director Will Gluck, is inspired by Fox’s real life and stars him as Mike Burnaby, a husband and father of three in New York City juggling the challenges of family and career while dealing with Parkinson’s disease. A former lead anchor for a local station in NY, Mike decides to go back to work after a new medication helps him manage the effects of his illness. Finneran will play Mike’s narcissistic, single and jobless sister. Also cast in the series are Conor Romero as Mike’s college dropout son who recently returned home, and Jack Gore as his younger, 7-year-old son. In addition to Fox, Finneran, Romero and Gore join Wendell Pierce,...

Chicago – HBO used to be a company that kind of let the quality of their TV shows speak for themselves. They would release DVD box sets that often included nary a special feature. Bonus material? Look to one of those “lesser” networks. Our shows are bonus enough. With the advent of Blu-ray however and an increasingly competitive collector’s market, HBO has gone in the complete other direction, releasing increasingly impressive TV on Blu-ray sets. The one just launched for their massive hit “True Blood,” the fourth season, is one of the best to date. It’s a shame the actual season is the worst yet for the show because the Blu-ray set is spectacular.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Is there anyone who wasn’t disappointed in the fourth season of “True Blood”? Not only did it contain the worst lead villain to date (Fiona Shaw is a talented actress but she mis-played...

Nearly a decade has passed since Adam Baldwin played the hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne on Fox's criminally short-lived "Firefly."   Since that time, Baldwin hasn't exactly been absent from the small screen. He was a regular on "The Inside" and "Day Break." He did guest appearances on shows including "Angel" and "Stargate Sg-1." There was also that little five-season run as John Casey on "Chuck," one of the few shows capable of giving "Firefly" a run when it comes to pure cult dedication.    But for all of those credits in the intervening years, there's still something...

Exclusive: Top literary managers David Lonner and Larry Shuman are in serious talks to merge their companies, Oasis Media Group and The Shuman Co, respectively. In the scenario being discussed, Shuman and Lonner and his Oasis partner John Mass would join forces under the Oasis umbrella, tied to an effort to secure financing to expand the business. If it closes, the merger would bring under the same roof such feature and TV heavyweights as Jj Abrams, Brad Silberling, Jon Turteltaub, Shawn Ryan and David Shore. While 2-year-old Oasis has some TV clients — crossover A-lister Abrams and ER and Detroit 1-8-7 showrunner David Zabel — the company skews heavily towards features with a client list that includes Abrams, Silberling, Turteltaub, Peter Sollett, Michael Tolkin, Audrey Wells and Rob Minkoff. Meanwhile, Shuman, who has run his boutique company for 20 years, has a TV-heavy roster that includes House creator Shore, The Shield creator Ryan,...

We begin with a recap of last week’s main event and already the presentation has improved by leaps and bounds. The production is slick and polished, but the overly dramatic music is still pretty cheesy and takes the shine off a little.

Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness are standing by the entrance ramp discussing last week’s main event, and announce tonight’s main event will be Davey Richards against his training partner Kyle O’Riley

And then we have a perfect example of everything that’s wrong with wrestling by cutting to a promo of Mike Mondo, aka Biff from Back To The Future. He tells people not to crowd him “’cause I take up a lot of space”. I actually rolled my eyes at that one. Basically the whole promo is about how strong he is and Mike thinks he’s the “biggest man in town”.

Again,...

Chicago – If Robert K. Elder’s book, “The Film That Changed My Life,” is indeed providing a blueprint for the screening series continuing this month at the Music Box, then cinephiles have every right to rejoice. Elder’s book interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers about the films that left a permanent impact on them, and the series reunites Elder and the filmmakers for screenings of their favorite films.

In June, the first installment featured Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” hosted by irreverent super-fan John Waters. Now on Oct. 16, the series continues with filmmaker Kimberly Peirce, who will host a 3 p.m. screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 landmark, “The Godfather,” as well as a screening of her own 1999 masterwork “Boys Don’t Cry.” Though these films may seem as different as night and day, they both share thematic and stylistic similarities, not to mention an overwhelmingly visceral power.

A Navy Petty officer hears shots fired and ends up getting shot too. McGee (Sean Murray) has killed a thousand people in a day, news courtesy of Tony. According to Tony (Michael Weatherly) Palmer (Brian Dietzen) the, 'autopsy gremlin' is in the office, it's apparent what happens when sunlight hits his skin. Commitment issues are part of this week's episode. Ziva (Cote de Pablo) says it's not a record killing a 1,000 people. Palmer has a henna tattoo. Gibbs (Mark Harmon) comments they shouldn't get him wet, cos as Gremlins do, he'll multiply, ha. Two duds tell what they heard and saw. Gibbs tells them to use words, "helpful ones" and ask if they're sure there were 2 of them and not an echo. They drove off. McGee matches the fingerprints of one of the Db's. Ducky (David McCallum) asks if McGee's magical new machine can tell him how they died. Tony...

Warner Bros. is developing a comedy-drama for Ed Helms called True North, Variety reports. The project is being produced by Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer. The studio picked up the pitch from Rob Pearlstein, and focuses on "a selfish talk-show host whose plane crashes, putting him into a two-year coma. When he awakens, he finds that his appearance has been surgically altered and then tries to track down his family to reconnect with his former life."

Helms stars on The Office, and appeared in both the Hangover films. He also starred in Cedar Rapids, which just was released on DVD/Blu-ray. In 2009 he  set up a comedy at Warners in which he would portray "a Civil War re-enactor accidentally transported back in time." Pearlstein is best known for his work on Medium and The Inside. He directed a short film called Our Time is Up, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

The flurry of pickups and cancellations at Fox in the past 24 hours has one more addition to the pickup side: a comedy called "I Hate My Teenage Daughter."

It joins another comedy, the Zooey Deschanel-starring "The New Girl," and dramas "Alcatraz" and "The Finder" (along with the previously picked up "Terra Nova") on the network's list of new series for 2011-12.

Unlike the rest of the half-hour comedies Fox has tried in the past couple seasons, "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" is a multi-camera show. Its title is pretty much its premise: The show focuses on two moms (Jaime Pressly of "My Name Is Earl" and Katie Finneran of "Wonderfalls" and "The Inside") who fear their daughters are turning into the kinds of girls who tormented them in high school.

Ellen Kreamer and Sherry Bilsing-Graham ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") created the show, whose cast also includes Kevin Rahm...

Broadway actor Christian Borle has landed the male lead opposite Debra Messing in NBC's Broadway-themed pilot Smash, which is based on an idea by Steven Spielberg. The pilot, from DreamWorks TV and Ums, follows a cross section of characters who come together to put on a Marilyn Monroe musical on Broadway led by the musical's composer Tom (Borle) and lyricist Julia (Messing). Also previously cast in the pilot are Jack Devenport, Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee. Borle was nominated for a Tony in 2007 for Legally Blonde. Katie Finneran has been cast as one of the two leads of Fox's multicamera comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter. The project, from Warner Bros. TV and writers/executive producers Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer, centers on two women, Annie  and Nikki (Finneran), who now have daughters just like the girls who picked on them in high school. Finneran is a familiar face at Fox.

Despite a rising movie career, Rachel Nichols apparently can’t quite get rid of the TV itch. As you’ll recall, the former model turned actress started her showbiz career on TV, including a regular stint on “Alias” and her own short-lived TV show “The Inside” (which, coincidentally, also had her plying an FBI agent chasing serial killers), before moving on to movies like “G.I. Joe” and the upcoming “Conan”. Nichols is now poised to return to TV as a new regular on CBS’ crime procedural “Criminal Minds”, one of those crime shows that have been on seemingly forever, but I’ve never actually seen a single, full episode of. Nichols was supposed to only show up in a 3-episode arc, but apparently she made an impression. That, or the show really needed a hot blonde to add to the mostly male cast. Nichols will be playing FBI cadet Ashley Seager,...

Fox may be heading deep into the past next season with a show called "Terra Nova," and "Friday Night Lights" star Kyle Chandler may be going along for the ride.

TV veteran Brannon Braga ("FlashForward," "24," "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Enterprise") has come aboard the show as executive producer and showrunner, and that puts the show on track for a pickup for the 2010-11 season. According to Deadline.com, the show has received an "unofficial" pickup and has been given the go-ahead to start hiring staff.

Meanwhile, a separate report on EW.com says Chandler -- who's currently working on the fifth and likely last season of "Friday Night Lights" -- has received a "lucrative offer" to star in the show, which centers on a family from the 22nd century who travels back in time. Way back, in fact: They wind up co-existing with dinosaurs.

If both the pickup and Chandler's deal go through,...

DVD Playhouse—April 2010

By

Allen Gardner

Ride With The Devil (Criterion) Ang Lee’s revisionist take on the Civil War is awash in moral ambiguity, along with some stunning cinematography, production design, and fine performances. Set during the Kansas-Missouri border war, Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich star as two friends who join up with the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers, finding an odd ally in a former slave (Jeffrey Wright). While it’s fascinating to see America’s bloodiest conflict through the eyes of a foreigner, thereby allowing much of the previously mentioned ambiguity a certain latitude, the film never loses the bad taste it leaves for one simple reason: it asks us, the audience, to side with not just the Confederates, but some of the lowest trash that made up the dregs, and the fringes, of the movement. Big points for audacity, but snake eyes on the story itself. Singer Jewel is impressive in her film debut.

As the title character in "Better Off Ted," an off-the-beaten-path office comedy in its second season on ABC, Jay Harrington feels an added level of pressure. "Nobody is making me feel this way," he emphasizes. "But if we're not being watched as much I may hope, I will feel a certain responsibility." Still, after more than a decade in the business, he says the lead role on a network program is the most "fun and challenging" gig of his career as well as a major step for the 38-year-old Wellesley, Mass., native—perhaps best known for his recurring roles as the temperamental jerk Dr. Wyatt Lockhart on "Private Practice" and Teri Hatcher's youthful love interest on "Desperate Housewives." But starring on "Better Off Ted" presents a new set of challenges, not least his 12-hour-a-day, five-day-per-week schedule. "Look, I'm not working as a coal miner or in an auto plant,...

Tim Minear has inked a new two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, solidifying his position as one of the top writer-producers at the studio where he has been based for more than 12 years.

Under the seven-figure pact, which kicks in after the end of Minear's current deal in June, he will join "Terriers," Fox 21's new comedic drama series for FX from creator/executive producer Ted Griffin and executive producer Shawn Ryan. Minear will serve as an executive producer and No. 2 to Ryan in running the buddy Pi show.

Additionally, he will develop new projects.

"Tim has been such a great partner to the studio," 20th TV chairman Gary Newman said. "He is as versatile as any writer we've ever been in business with -- he can do genre, action, relationship, drama -- and he has worked on an incredible number of series for us."

By bringing him onboard "Terriers,...

Chicago – HBO sent over the details on the complete first season of their excellent “True Blood” with Anna Paquin today and included a video preview that we just had to share. Details on the release below the video.

Synopsis:

For the first time ever, HBO Home Entertainment® is simultaneously releasing a DVD and Blu-ray version of an HBO® original series when True Blood: The Complete First Season hits stores on May 19, 2009 – just weeks before the second, highly-anticipated season of the show premieres on the network. True Blood: The Complete First Season on DVD and Blu-ray features 12 episodes on five discs and is the perfect antidote for audiences that want to catch up or catch on to HBO’s highest-rated series of 2008.

The meticulously-crafted and alluring world of True Blood, which will also be available for digital download beginning May 19th, 2009, is created and executive produced by Alan Ball...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer veteran Jane Espenson has inked a two-year overall deal with NBC Universal Television. Under the seven-figure pact, Espenson will join an existing NBC Uni TV series and will develop new projects for the studio. The deal is open to one-hour and half-hour projects given Espenson's diverse experience working on such drama series as Fox's Tru Calling, The Inside and Firefly, dramedy Gilmore Girls and such half-hours as ABC's Jake in Progress and Ellen.

Ballroom dancing, basketball and Brad Pitt proved a winning combination for ABC, which topped the week ending June 12 among adults 18-49. CBS' marathon of Two and a Half Men repeats and reruns of the network's signature crime dramas led the network to a weekly win in total viewers. Meanwhile, it was a rough week all around for launching new series, with Fox's The Inside, ABC's The Scholar and CBS' The Cut opening to weak numbers and only CBS' Fire Me ... Please showing some traction with young viewers. ABC's Dancing With the Stars (15.1 million viewers, 4.8 rating/14 share) was the No. 1 program for the week in total viewers and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research.

NEW YORK -- Following up its place as one of the most-watched programs of last week, ABC's Dancing With the Stars two-stepped its way to the top again in its second airing Wednesday night. Not faring as well were the night's premieres, Fox's drama The Inside (4.8 million, 2.0/6), which had to tango with Dancing at 9 p.m., and NBC's unscripted entry Psychic Detectives (6.3 million, 1.8/6). Dancing, which pairs celebrities and professional dancers in a competition, averaged 15.1 million viewers and a 4.8 rating/14 share in the demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's up from the 13.5 million viewers and a 4.3/12 in 18-49 last week. Also posting gains in its second outing was the WB Network's reality series Beauty and the Geek (3.8 million, 1.8/6), 18% in total viewers, 13% in adults 18-49 and 5% in persons 12-34 from the show's debut. On the strength of Dancing, ABC (9.6 million, 3.3/10) won the night in both total viewers and the demo. NBC (7.9 million, 2.1/7) and CBS (7.5 million, 2.4/7) settled for second place.

Writer-producer Craig Silverstein has inked an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. The two-year, seven-figure pact calls for Silverstein to serve as a co-executive producer on 20th TV's upcoming drama series for Fox The Inside and develop new projects for the studio. Silverstein caught the eye of 20th TV's executives last season when he penned a pilot script for the studio and Fox under director Stephen Hopkins' development deal with 20th TV.

Adam Baldwin has joined the cast of Fox's upcoming drama series The Inside. The Inside, from 20th Century Fox Television and studio-based Imagine Television, centers on a young, ambitious FBI agent (Rachel Nichols) who is assigned to the agency's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Division. Baldwin will play a tough, seasoned FBI agent, a man's man with 25 years on the job.

Adam Baldwin has joined the cast of Fox's upcoming drama series The Inside. The Inside, from 20th Century Fox Television and studio-based Imagine Television, centers on a young, ambitious FBI agent (Rachel Nichols) who is assigned to the agency's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Division. Baldwin will play a tough, seasoned FBI agent, a man's man with 25 years on the job.

Jay Harrington has joined the cast of Fox's upcoming drama series The Inside. Harrington will portray Paul Fattore, an agent working in a unit of the FBI investigating violent crimes. He'll star opposite Rachel Nichols, who was previously cast as a young female undercover agent. Harrington will take the role originally played by Peter Facinelli, who departed the project this month after the role was reconceived (HR 12/3). The Inside, from 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television, is set to premiere in the spring. Harrington most recently appeared on the WB Network's Summerland and also starred in NBC's short-lived Coupling. He also recently appeared on NBC's Las Vegas and CBS' Without a Trace. On the film side, Harrington is starring in the upcoming indie feature Partners opposite Josh Cooke. Harrington is represented by Abe Hoch at A Management, ICM and attorney Dave Feldman at Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal and LaViolette Llp.

Mimi Rogers has been tapped to star in Fox's untitled Will Gluck/Pam Brady comedy pilot. Meanwhile, Peter Facinelli has departed the network's upcoming drama series The Inside. The 20th Century Fox TV single-camera Gluck/Brady pilot, which Betty Thomas is on board to direct, centers on a guy right out of college (Bret Harrison) who becomes the first among his friends to get a real job and straddles the fence between slacker and working man. Rogers will play a vp at the company where the guy works.

There has been a change at the helm of Fox's upcoming drama series The Inside. Creators Todd and Glenn Kessler no longer will be involved creatively in the 20th Century Fox TV/Imagine TV show, and Tim Minear is in negotiations to take over as executive producer/showrunner. Minear is set to redevelop The Inside, writing a new pilot script while keeping the premise about a young female undercover agent. Rachel Nichols and Peter Facinelli, who starred in the original pilot presentation as the undercover agent and her boss, will stay on.