http://tvdramas.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-18T19:11:03Z Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/21/no-summer-tour-for-glee.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/2/y/gleeseason3castsm.jpg" alt="Glee Cast" width="170" height="101" />It looks like the cast of <em>Glee</em> will have a longer vacation than they had planned when the show goes on hiatus this summer...</p> <p>For the last two summers, cast members from Fox's music dramedy <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/glee/p/gleesynopsis.htm"><em>Glee</em></a> have gone on tour across the country, but plans for another tour have been scrapped. All is not lost though as producers of the show are working on putting together a big concert at the Hollywood Bowl this fall, where they hope to raise $10 million for the show's arts education charity 'Give a Note.'</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/21/no-summer-tour-for-glee.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/21/no-summer-tour-for-glee.htm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:35:11 +0000 2012-02-21T19:35:11Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/18/matthew-perry-lawyers-up-on-the-good-wife.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/h/x/mattperrysm.jpg" alt="Matthew Perry" width="112" height="170" />Matthew Perry's days as Chandler Bing may be long gone, but the talented actor is adding another memorable role to his impressive resume...</p> <p>CBS has announced that the former <a href="http://tvcomedies.about.com/od/showsaz/p/friends.htm"><em>Friends</em></a> star has been cast in a recurring role on their hit legal drama <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/goodwifethe/p/goodwifesynops.htm"><em>The Good Wife</em></a>. Perry will play Mike, a very charming lawyer heading up a blue-ribbon panel that is investigating the suspicious shooting of a police officer. Alicia is assigned to the panel as well, and it's not long before she begins questioning the actions Mike is taking as the chairman.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/18/matthew-perry-lawyers-up-on-the-good-wife.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/18/matthew-perry-lawyers-up-on-the-good-wife.htm Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:11:03 +0000 2012-02-18T19:11:03Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/16/paget-brewster-leaving-criminal-minds-again.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/Q/u/pagetbrewstersm.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="right" />Paget Brewster is walking out the door, leaving the pursuit of serial killers to her very capable co-workers...</p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/paget-brewster-criminal-minds-leaving-cbs-drama/">Deadline</a> is reporting that for the second time in the last year, Brewster ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/16/paget-brewster-leaving-criminal-minds-again.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/16/paget-brewster-leaving-criminal-minds-again.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:54:51 +0000 2012-02-16T20:54:51Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/14/an-interview-with-mary-mouser-lacey-body-of-proof.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/g/x/Marymouser.jpg" alt="Mary Mouser" width="113" height="170" />I never understood the saying, "youth is wasted on the young" until I was older and could see with my own eyes how often teens and young adults take life for granted. When we were young, all we wanted to do was grow up, but when we finally live in a world where we have big responsibilities, many of us would love to revert back to those days when the biggest problem we had was what to wear on a date or to school.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/14/an-interview-with-mary-mouser-lacey-body-of-proof.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/14/an-interview-with-mary-mouser-lacey-body-of-proof.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:03:05 +0000 2012-02-14T00:03:05Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/13/fox-readies-for-spring.htm <p><em><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/g/w/touchcastsm.jpg" alt="Touch" width="140" height="123" />Bones</em>... <em>House</em>... <em>Glee</em>... Kiefer Sutherland -- all of our old friends are returning to Fox this spring.</p> <p>The days of a "traditional" television season are long gone and have been replaced with crazy, year-long scheduling that can be confusing at best. While I love that the networks are doing their best to avoid reruns by giving us shorter seasons of new dramas such as <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/ig/Photos-of-the-New-Dramas-for-the-2011-12-TV-Season/Fox----Terra-Nova--Cast.htm"><em>Terra Nova</em></a> and <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/alcatraz/p/Alcatraz-Synopsis-And-Other-Essential-Information.htm"><em>Alcatraz</em></a>, but in the end, it makes it harder to find our old favorites when they are split up into two or even three sections in one season.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/13/fox-readies-for-spring.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/13/fox-readies-for-spring.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:58:42 +0000 2012-02-13T17:58:42Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/11/ryan-phillippe-returns-to-the-small-screen.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/f/x/ryanphillippe.jpg" alt="Ryan Phillippe" width="113" height="170" />He fought in WWII, lost his life at the hands of a serial killer and even traveled back to the '70s to dance at Studio 54, but even after all he has done on the big screen, Ryan Phillippe is going to try his hand at primetime television...</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/11/ryan-phillippe-returns-to-the-small-screen.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/11/ryan-phillippe-returns-to-the-small-screen.htm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:44:45 +0000 2012-02-11T22:44:45Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/08/house-is-coming-to-an-end.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/8/V/drcrabbypants.jpg" alt="House" width="127" height="170" />It looks like Mondays are about to get less entertaining -- <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/house/p/housesynop.htm"><em>House</em></a> will no longer be around to torture his co-workers and patients when this season comes to an end.</p> <p>Usually, the networks make the decision to end a series, but every once in a while the producers will make the choice to end a series that has had a long and successful run. In the case of House, it was the producers (including series star Hugh Laurie) to end the series at the conclusion of this season.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/08/house-is-coming-to-an-end.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/08/house-is-coming-to-an-end.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:42:18 +0000 2012-02-08T22:42:18Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/07/televisions-most-romantic-couples-2.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/S/x/snowprince.jpg" alt="Snow White" width="170" height="113" />What do Eric and Annie Camden (<a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/7thheaven/p/7thheavprofile.htm"><em>7th Heaven</em></a>), Jim and Cindy Walsh (<em>BH 90210</em>) and Clark Kent and Lois Lane (<a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/smallville/p/smallsynopsis.htm"><em>Smallville</em></a>) have in common? They are famous television couples (from a drama series) who managed to stay together despite all of the roadblocks thrown at them over the years.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/07/televisions-most-romantic-couples-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/07/televisions-most-romantic-couples-2.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:25 +0000 2012-02-07T21:44:25Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-firm-out-awake-in-at-nbc.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/t/t/nbc-awakesm.jpg" alt="Awake" width="170" height="113" />Looks like <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://movies.about.com/od/cruisetom/Cruise_Tom.htm">Tom Cruise</a> was the only actor destined to play Mitch McDeere...<a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/ig/Photos-of-the-New-Dramas-for-the-2011-12-TV-Season/NBC----The-Firm-.htm"><em>The Firm</em></a> has lost their spot in the primetime lineup.</p> <p>Effective immediately, <em>The Firm</em> has been <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/a/cancel0506.htm">yanked</a> from their Thursday night spot and banished to the dreaded Saturday night slot where television shows go to die a quick death. The series never clicked with viewers from the very start and continued to steadily go downhill (less than 3 million viewers!) in the four weeks following its two-hour premiere. Starting this Thursday, reruns of <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/grimm/p/Grimm-Synopsis.htm"><em>Grimm</em></a> will take up residency until NBC's promising new drama <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/tvshowsaz/ig/Photos-of-the-New-Dramas-for-the-2011-12-TV-Season/NBC----Awake-.htm"><em>Awake</em></a> arrives on March 1.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-firm-out-awake-in-at-nbc.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/05/the-firm-out-awake-in-at-nbc.htm Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:26:38 +0000 2012-02-05T19:26:38Z http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/02/kevin-bacon-moving-from-the-big-screen-to-the-small-screen.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/tvdramas/1/0/R/x/kevinbacon.jpg" alt="Kevin Bacon" width="116" height="170" />From <em>A Few Good Men</em> and <em>Footloose</em> to <em>Hollow Man</em> and <a href="http://movies.about.com/od/mysticriver/"><em>Mystic River</em></a>, television is about to get a major upgrade when Kevin Bacon comes aboard next season.</p> <p><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/kevin-bacon-to-star-in-kevin-williamsons-serial-killer-fox-pilot/"><em>Deadline</em></a> was first to report that Bacon will star in an untitled Kevin Williamson (<a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/vampirediariesthe/p/vampdiariessyn.htm"><em>The Vampire Diaries</em></a> and <a href="http://tvdramas.about.com/od/secretcircle/p/The-Secret-Circle-Synopsis-And-Other-Essential-Information.htm"><em>Secret Circle</em></a> creator) drama on Fox. Bacon will star as a retired FBI profiler who finds himself in the middle of a harrowing situation in which a serial killer he caught years earlier has somehow found a way to use special technology to create an army of serial killers.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/02/kevin-bacon-moving-from-the-big-screen-to-the-small-screen.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://tvdramas.about.com/b/2012/02/02/kevin-bacon-moving-from-the-big-screen-to-the-small-screen.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:40:22 +0000 2012-02-02T21:40:22Z