Archive for the ‘castle’ Category

Yesterday, I read on Variety that Julianna Margulies wears a wig on The Good Wife. The custom wig was written into her contract so that she could look different from the character most TV viewers know her as, ER‘s Nurse Carol Hathaway. Whatever they paid to have the wig made and flown in from London [...]

Updated 9/11/09 with book signing info. There sure are a lot of great Captains on TV. There’s Ryan McPartlin as Captain Awesome on Chuck, whose moniker pretty much says it all. But only Nathan Fillion has the honor of having two Captain titles: Captain Tightpants (from Firefly) and Captain Hammer (from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). [...]

A secret poker club for mystery authors? Looks like Rick Castle, the mystery writer played by Nathan Fillion in ABC’s upcoming “Castle,” gets his storytelling advice from real-life writers James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell over a poker game. Mr. Patterson and TV veteran Mr. Cannell, who created or co-created shows including “The Rockford Files,” [...]

Back in 1998, ABC aired “Cupid,” a romantic drama about a psychologist charged with helping a man who believes he’s Cupid sent down to unite 100 couples before he’s allowed back to Mount Olympus. ABC canceled the Rob Thomas-created show after one season. Starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, “Cupid” was one of many shows [...]