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 CA This was only the seventh episode of Southland but it was also the season finale, due to it starting after ER ended its run. I'm still of two minds about this show. While it's obvious it's a "quality" show, I want more Adam-12 and less ensemble cast ...

 CA The Good Wife casts ER vet Julianna as a lawyer who's forced back to the work when her spouse is convicted and sent the prison. There are big name director/producers attached to The Good Wife, brothers Ridley and Tony Scott (Bladerunner and Spy Game, ...

 CA ER managed to do both last night. After the jump, the good and bad about the last episode of ER. - The return of Sherry Stringfield, Laura Innes, and Eriq LaSalle. We saw LaSalle come back a few weeks ago, but it was good to see him their with his son ...

 CA NBC has a new My Name Is Earl at 8. FOX has new episodes of American Idol and Hell's Kitchen. The CW has a new Smallville at 8, followed by a new Supernatural. At 9, NBC has a new Office, then new episodes of 30 Rock and ER. There's a new TNA Impact on ...

 CA Zucker's had more than enough chances and while there was a time when NBC could at least claim victory in demographics and the bottom line, these days the network is just looking sad. I want NBC back. I want the next Seinfeld or Cosby or ER or Heroes ...

 CA I really loved this episode, though I am probably a little biased in that since I really liked the ER years when Clooney was on. And I am so glad I was totally, totally wrong about how I thought this episode would play out beforehand. ...

 CA It's produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, so unlike ER, there won't be one helicopter crashing into the hospital, there will be seven, and all of them will have bombs on board; CBS' The Eastmans is a drama about autism and will star Saffron Burrows and Jesse ...

 CA If they had an hour of outtakes where people just described various gross ways that they met their mate ("She was the head ER nurse the night I accidently caught my scrotum in a wind turbine") with Kelly reacting with a string of excited "awwws", ...

By Isabelle Carreau The season finale will feature a 80-years-old character who is said to have been behind the founding of Country General's ER. He will get into play when he is the victim of a mugging. [Source: The Ausiello Files] Greek McGee will be held hostage by female prisoners. The episode will also give u...

By Brett Love ER executive producer, John Wells, has set up a new show, LAPD, at the network. It's an ensemble show that will follow the lives of police officers in Los Angeles and will be written by Ann Biderman. That's a solid choice as she won an Emmy for her work on NYPD Blue. The network has ordered a pilot a...

By Richard Keller Did you really think that ER would end its fourteenth season with everything all honky-dory at County General? You haven't watched it recently, have you? Fact is, the season-ender for the last few years has been some sort of cliffhanger. Last season the fate of Neela was unknown. The year be...

By Allison Waldman Filed under: ER, Casting, Reality-FreeNBC doctors may have already called the time for ER, setting next season for the end of the enduring medical drama, but the final year will go out with fire and brio. That was made abundantly clear by casting dynamic actress Angela Bassett as a series r...

By Richard Keller I kid, of course (except for the horny part). If you've read any of my reviews over the last two years you'd know that I'm pretty pleased with the way the show has re-energized itself with new characters and a focus back into the happenings of the emergency room. True, there are some things that...

By Isabelle Carreau Filed under: Programming, The Apprentice, ER, Law and Order, Scrubs, Friday Night LightsIt was NBC's turn today to announce what its winter schedule would look like. The press release states that "NBC's first-quarter primetime schedule is slated to deliver significantly more hours o...

By Joel Keller Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, CSI, ER, Daytime, The Office, TV Squad Lists, Weeds, Private PracticeAbout two years ago, I set out to list the hottest women on TV who are over 40, over 50, and over 60. There were a lot candidates to choose from, even in the over 60 category...

By Bob Sassone So far, only Noah Wyle has officially signed to come back to the show. He'll be on for several episodes, and in the ER not Africa (thank God). But producers have also talked to Julianna Marguiles and Gloria Reuben about coming back, and would love to also grab Eriq LaSalle, William H. Macy, and L...

By Bob Sassone I'm not sure if either one of these news items is surprising though. It's a bit of a miracle that ER is still on (it has a revival last year, that's for sure), so if this is the last season it wouldn't be that much of a shock. And if it is the last season, I don't know if Phifer leaving will have that muc...

By Jen Creer Filed under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S13E21) Oh, Rich, I hope Disney World was worth missing the wedding of the week, as you called it last week. Hello, folks, I am pitching in for Rich this week. I noted one of the comments from a story (this post has spoilers, do don't click the link unless y...

By Isabelle Carreau No ER fan will be surprised to hear that Goran Visnjic, who plays Luka Kovac on the show, confirmed to TV Guide that he will soon leave the series since this is rather old news. Visnjic's departure was confirmed in February when TV Guide's Michael Ausiello broke the news.

By Richard Keller S13E18) Now, where were we? I think the last time we visited County General Dr. Carter was just returning to the emergency room after a near-fatal stabbing from a patient, while Carol Hathaway was fighting growing feelings for new doc Luka Kovac. Meanwhile, Dr. Greene was dealing with his fa...

By Bob Sassone He's going to play "a brilliant ICU turned ER chief," in just one of many big changes that are coming to the show. TV Guide wonders if this means that Goran Visnjic will be replaced, since it has been reported that Visnjic might not return next season (though producers are trying to get him to a...

By Richard Keller What surprised me the most about this story line was the reactions of the doctors that treated him. Abby, who has been known to stay the course when making a diagnosis, was trying everything to get her patient to the comedy club. Archie Morris, who you would think would be propping the guy up on...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, Industry, Programming, ER, Celebrities In this roundup of all the latest casting and pilot news, it says that ER star Shane West has been added to the cast of Supreme Courtships, a new FOX comedy that really has to get a new title before it hits the air.

By Joel Keller Filed under: Drama, NBC, ER, Interviews, Celebrities, TCA Press TourAt the NBC party for the TCA press tour earlier this month, there was a small contingent of ER cast members floating around, but two of them happened to be my favorites: Linda Cardellini and Parminder Nagra (what, you th...

By Joel Keller Filed under: Drama, NBC, OpEd, ER, CelebritiesFor those of you who watched last week's ER and thought, "Whoa! Weaver got fired?!", you're not alone. But if you also thought that there might be an opening for Laura Innes' character to stick around, you'd be wrong. Innes tells TVGuide.com tha...

By Richard Keller Laura Innes' character, Doctor Kerry Weaver, wasn't in many episodes over the last few years, but it looked like she was coming back into the normal ER fold. It started late last season when the issues with her degenerative hip condition were resolved, allowing her to walk freely without t...

By Richard Keller Filed under: Drama, NBC, Law & Order Eriq LaSalle, who played Doctor Peter Benton on ER from 1994 to 2001, returns to NBC's prime-time schedule in January. This time, though, he won't be acting. Rather, he will be behind the cameras as he directs an episode of Law & Order: SVU.

By Richard Keller Continued stability on ER: I've been a fan of ER since the very first episode, and I have certainly seen its ups and downs. This has been particularly true over the last few seasons as a number of major characters left. However, with the introduction of John Stamos, the solidification of the c...

By Joel Keller Filed under: Drama, NBC, ER, Interviews, CelebritiesWhen people who have met John Stamos say that he's a nice, charming, down-to-earth guy, they're not kidding. He's so damned charming that twice during my phone conversation with him last week, I told him that since he already had my num...

By Richard Keller Nothing says Christmas like the mention of a dozen (or so) characters that met their maker this past year. Here they are, in no particular order. Ellen Tigh, Battlestar Galactica -- Ellen meant well, of course . . . sleeping with one of the Cylons occupying New Caprica to ensure the safety of her h...

By Richard Keller S13E10) A few weeks ago one of our avid readers (may have been my brother, actually) said I should mention the radical change that Kerry Weaver has gone through this season. She's a kinder, more gentle Kerry that is on the screen now; a radical change from the authoritative, power-hungry do...

By Joel Keller Anyway, Julia was nice enough to take the reviews for Ugly Betty off my hands, but I still have to review yet another dense and intense episode of Grey's Anatomy. But I've been so looking forward to seeing a new Scrubs, it hurts. So how am I going to negotiate my evening? I'll let you know after th...

By Richard Keller I actually thought the Abby scenes were done quite well. From the promos it seemed that this would be an Abby-centric episode. While hers was the primary plot there were other sub-stories going on at County General. I also liked this stronger, more confident Abby. I am very glad that the produc...

By Richard Keller Now that business is out of the way, let's bound ahead with this week's review. I would label this as a standard episode. Nothing earth-shattering occurred, no huge character developments. Just another episode to move the season along. Not to say it wasn't good, because it was. I guess you coul...

By Richard Keller Because, let's face it, Archie has been portrayed as a pretty big prick since he came on board around season 11. He hasn't really showed himself as a competent doctor; he liked the role of administrator and task master more. So, whenever we have seen him he's been an embarrassing joke. Even ear...

By Jen Creer Filed under: Drama, NBC, OpEd, ER(S13E05) So, in the case of Ames vs. Kovac, the jury found in favor of the defendant. Shocker. What, Luka gets to keep his job? What will ER do now? Hi, I'm Jen, and I am reviewing ER this week for Rich Keller, who has a really cool gig tonight. In the interest of full d...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, ABC, NBC, Industry, ProgrammingNot only is NBC not going to pull ER at midseason as originally planned (it's had a rebirth in the ratings), but they are upping the episode order from 22 to 25. That should please longtime fans (and tick off people who think ER shouldn't ha...

By Richard Keller John Carter (Noah Wyle) -- All right, I admit it, I had a "man crush" on Dr. Carter. In the very beginning of the series run I always felt the show was a bit empty when he wasn't around. Carter was the face of how things changed in the emergency room. Plus, he was one of those characters that we could ro...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, ER, CelebritiesPoor Sam. First she breaks up with Luka, then she's kidnapped by her psycho ex-husband and is forced to kill him in cold blood. But things might be looking up for Linda Cardellini's character. TV Guide is reporting that Kip Pardue is being brought on to...

By Richard Keller S13E05) ER tends to get some pretty big names as guest stars. Sally Field has a recurring role as Abby Lockhart's mother, and Danny Glover has appeared has Greg Pratt's Dad. Alan Alda appeared in several episodes, and so did Bob Newhart. Last season, James Woods appeared as a mentor of Abby who...

By Richard Keller It was Greg Pratt's turn to be left alone this time around. I like Pratt, he's tough like Benton was, but he also knows all of his stuff like Greene and Carter did. However, after five years at County General he still can't teach himself out of a paper bag. He just doesn't have the inherent patienc...

By Bob Sassone ER is currently in its 13th season, and NBC's original plan was to interrupt the run of the show for three months in early 2007 and premiere the new drama The Black Donnellys. But ER had to go and be one of the top rated NBC shows (it's always in the top 20 now), so now the plan is to keep ER on the air t...

By Richard Keller S13E03) Okay all of you people out there who said last week's episode of ER was full of dour mopers. We have now moved past the whole Abby 'will the boy live, or will he die' storyline and have returned back to what made the show the long-standing hit it has been . . . the day-to-day workings at County...

By Richard Keller This week we are introduced to John Stamos as intern Tony Gates. Wait, you say, wasn't he a paramedic when he appeared on ER last season? Why, yes he was, but he has been magically enrolled in medical school and will now be working beside Neela and Pratt. Now that doctors like Pratt and Morris se...

By Richard Keller Last season, especially the first half, was an adjustment for the show. Noah Wyle's Doctor John Carter left at the end of the previous season, and Sherry Stringfield's Doctor Susan Lewis left after only a few episodes in the new one. Recurring characters were added (Kristen Johnston as a ty...

By Richard Keller 5. ER (yes, I said ER): I almost gave up on ER last season. With the departure of Noah Wyle's Dr. John Carter, the addition of Kristen Johnston and John Leguizamo as harsh, unlikeable characters, and the shift of the show to more character driven episodes (to compete with Grey's Anatomy perhap...

By Joel Keller Filed under: NBC, Industry, Programming, ER, Las Vegas, Law & Order, Medium, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The OfficeWell, this was bound to happen: NBC has decided to move their highly-anticipated new show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, to Mondays in order to get it away from the dauntin...

By Richard Keller As fans of the long-running ER know, Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) had some of the worst luck and unhappiness in the emergency room staff of County General. First, his wife leaves him, then he gets beaten up in the ER bathroom by a unknown assailant. Both his mother and father die in the same year...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, OpEd, ER(S12E22) I was sort of dreading this season finale. All week I had been seeing the coming attractions, and there was going to be yet another melee in the ER. Shooting, maybe an explosion or something, couldn't tell. This particular emergency room seems to get...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: ProgrammingAt 8, ABC has a repeat American Inventor (because everyone has been asking for repeats), and then the finale. It's followed by a new Primetime.CBS has a repeat CSI, followed by the season finale and then the season finale of Without A Trace.NBC has a Will and Grace ret...

By Richard Keller With cast members Bradley Whitford, Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet (among others), there is bound to be a strong buzz for Sorkin's Studio 60. Fans of Sorkin's past work on shows like the dearly departed The West Wing will tune in to see he still has the stuff, while others may tune just to see Pe...

By Richard Keller Gosh, I miss the good old days when Doctor Ross (George Clooney) would flirt with Nurse Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) or Doctor Carter (Noah Wyle) would bow under Doctor Benton's (Eriq La Salle) stare. Maybe we can have an episode where Dr. Greene returns from the dead and slaps some sense i...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: ProgrammingABC has two new episodes of American Inventor, starting at 8, followed by a new Primetime.CBS has a new Survivor at 8, followed by new eps of CSI and Without A Trace.Over on NBC, there's a new Will and Grace, a repeat Will and Grace, then new eps of My Name Is Earl, The Off...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: ProgrammingSurvivor Panama: Exile Island premieres on CBS at 8pm. It's followed by new eps of CSI and Without A Trace. ABC has a new Dancing With The Stars, followed by a new Crumbs and a new Primetime. NBC is all new tonight, with Will and Grace at 8, followed by Four Kings, My Na...

By Lacy Hall Filed under: Drama, NBC, Talent, ERThe namesake of James Woods High School in Quahog, Rhode Island is going to be guest starring on an upcoming episode of ER, which makes the 40,000th major actor to either join the cast or guest on the show this season. Woods will be appearing on th...

By Karina Longworth Filed under: Drama, Comedy, NBC, FOX, UPN, ERBernie Mac's eponymous FOX sitcom was handed several NAACP Image Awards this weekend, in an event hosted by Chris Tucker and taped for broacast on that network this Friday. The show was named Best Comedy, and acting awards went to Mac and Camill...

By David Thomas Filed under: Drama, Comedy, NBC, Talent, ER, ScrubsJosh Randall, who played Ed's best friend on Ed, will arrive on Scubs this April as Elliot's new boyfriend. Besides annoying J.D., expect to see Ed himself, Tom Cavanaugh, return as J.D.'s brother. Ed fans everywhere will be pining for the epi...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, ERER has a bad history of not knowing how to get rid of characters. Some just slink away in a really unsatisfying manner (Jeanie Boulet, Dr. Benton). Some are killed off for no real reason (Dr. Greene). And some have a helicopter chop their arm off one day, and still anothe...

By Bob Sassone First, to answer your question, yes that was Fred Koehler, Chip from Kate & Allie, as the legal aide trying to make sure the woman who wants to be on a hunger strike is not helped by the emergency room team. A very good actor (he has also guest starred on Taken, Cold Case, Boston Legal a...

By Bob Sassone Is NBC going to keep starting ER earlier and earlier? First it was pulled back to 9:59, and tonight's episode started at 9:55! Why don't they just keep going, and maybe start it at 9:15 and show it in a picture-in-picture during The Apprentice? The episode: Pratt wants to go to a party with ol...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, ERI don't believe that Luka is the type of person who would, in a million years, agree to go to "couples counseling" with his girlfriend. I think it's just a plot device by the writers to get some tension between him and Sam, to get him to (possibly) open up. I just hope...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, ERSometimes ER can be great, sometimes they make these decisions where you say to yourself, "boy, that's stupid." Tonight was a "boy, that's stupid" night. I don't care that Carter has seen 60,000 patients since he last saw Mr. "Ruby" Rubideux (Red Buttons). Ther...

By Keith McDuffee New: The Apprentice: Martha Stuart, Three Wishes, E-Ring, Fathom, Inconceivable, My Name Is Earl, Thick and Thin, Four Kings.Returning: Scrubs, Fear Factor, Las Vegas, The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Joey, Will & Grace, The Apprentice,...

By Bob Sassone Remember Kristen Johnston, the tall blonde who played one of the aliens on the comedy Third Rock From The Sun? She's joining ER this season as a new nurse manager who helps Linda Cardellini's character. ReadPermalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, Talent, ER OK, so John Stamos wasn't available (his ABC show Jake In Progress got a surprising pick-up), but ER found a good replacement. John Leguizamo will join the cast as a doctor for at least 12 episodes this fall.

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By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, Talent, ER For two episodes anyway. He was hired for the show full-time earlier this year, but then had to back out when his ABC show Jake In Progress was picked up for another season. He'll be in two episodes of ER as a paramedic. via TV Tattle]

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By Bob Sassone Talk about a casting change being hidden. I know that Kristen Johnson has been brought on to be in charge of the nurses, but I thought that Susan would still be around as head of the ER and was simply not in the first couple of episodes of the season. But nope, she has left the show! Was this even hin...

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