My favorite Oaktown Girl (Hey!) requested info that I happen to have, so I'm sharing it with all of you.
First, the Dirty Sexy Money news ... the remaining eps, per HitFix.com, begin airing on Saturdays beginning July 18. That's when the remaining eps of Eli Stone finish airing which happens in the same time slot that Pushing Daisies is currently airing (as of last night, at 10 pm).
Kings is back sooner, but of course we have more episodes in the can of that than any of the individual ABC run-off dramas. Kings returns June 13 with their sixth of 13 eps.
And, just for those who are itching for it, NBC has Merlin coming in on Sunday June 21 at 8 and The Philanthropist (James Purefoy, Mmmmmm) starts on Wednesday June 24.
Before Kings comes back I'll do a catch-up post for those like me who were put off by the constant schedule changing and the finding out that it wouldn't be more than one season (because it won't be unless all of a sudden it becomes the most popular leisure time pursuit in the nation very quickly).
And I'll have a lot more on The Philanthropist as well, which co-stars Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order) and Neve Campbell. There's a panel at the Paley Center (a reasonably priced panel, btw, $20 for non-members, info at this link) that I might attend the night before the premiere.
And finally, I have clips from The Philanthropist and Merlin after the jump. By the way, the witch in the Merlin clip, under all that makeup is Torchwood star Eve Myles, one of my personal favorites (image right).
Also know that I'm holding my interview with Anthony Head until we get close to the Merlin premiere. I'll put that up the week it debuts.
One more thing ... The Listener premieres on NBC on June 4. More on that show this week. As soon as I find out more about it. For starters, he's a guy with telepathic abilities. Okay, but what else? I'll find out.
Wow, Joe - thanks for the update (and thanks for the love!). I'm so glad to hear that they haven't bailed on showing the remaining eps. of Kings and DSM. Good to know I'll get to have my summertime Blair Underwood (with sexy goatee) and Ian McShane fix, even if it's only temporary.
Quickie bit on Kings: fantastic cast, outstanding acting...except for the young male lead playing David. They just wrote his character (at least so far in the episodes shown) too bland and boring. But the rest of the cast more than makes up for it. Just wanted to give a heads up to everyone so hopefully they'll watch the show and not be put off by David being so bland.
Re: James Purefoy - I've only recently boarded his bandwagon having discovered him while finally getting a chance to see HBO's Rome while it was available via On Demand. I really enjoyed it, sad it was only 2 seasons. Anyway, I'm a fan now, and glad to see from the Philanthropist clip above that they're not making him fake an American accent. How refreshing!
Posted by: Oaktown Girl | May 31, 2009 at 12:39 PM
By the way - thanks for getting the comments glitch fixed so the html italics function works. Much appreciated!
Posted by: Oaktown Girl | May 31, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Yeah, I had nothing to do with that.
Sometimes the people at Typepad just fix stuff.
Which I'm totally digging, btw.
Posted by: Joe B. | May 31, 2009 at 04:24 PM