Day Break

  In his 30-plus year acting career, Jim Beaver had done everything from "Dallas" to "Matlock" to "NYPD Blue" to features like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "Sister Act." But Beaver went from steadily working jobber to in-demand character actor when he was cast as Whitney Ellsworth in HBO's "Deadwood." That role, as perhaps the moral heart of a marvelously amoral show, opened the door for extended turns on programs including "Day Break," "John From Cincinnati" and, of course, "Supernatural." It also led the producers of CBS' "Harper's Island" to target him for the character of Sheriff Mills. Since I'm writing this story,...
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Variety reports that former Angel, Alias, and Day Break producer Jeffrey Bell has been tapped by Warner Bros. Television as the showrunner for their new series V, based on the ’80s mini-series and short-lived show from Kenneth Johnson. I’ve hinted at it before, but a show like V has come at the perfect time, when the country seems to be throwing a heck of a lot of blind faith in some stranger who has appeared out of nowhere to promise them pretty much everything, in return for nothing short of total obedience and blind faith. Nonbelievers, it would appear, need not apply in this new V universe. In the article, producer Bell seems to think along the same lines as me, though how much follow-up will happen will probably depend on how brave the show is willing to be. Just as the original “V” used the story of an
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Last week, NBC and 16 million viewers said goodbye to the venerable medical drama, ER. This week, the network debuted a new show co-produced by ER's John Wells. So, how did Southland stack up?
Southland is police drama that's billed as a raw and authentic look at Los Angeles as seen through the eyes of the men and women of the Lapd. In the pilot, we meet John Cooper (Standoff's Michael Cudlitz), a seasoned and no-nonsense cop who's assigned to guide a young rookie named Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie from The O.C.). Others in the cast include Regina King (Leap of Faith), Tom Everett Scott (Grace Under Fire), Michael McGrady (Day Break), Kevin Alejandro (Shark), Shawn Hatosy (Felicity), and Arija Bareikis (Crossing Jordan).
NBC certainly needs a hit and hasn't had much luck lately with the likes of Kings and The Chopping Block. It appears however that the peacock
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