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Coming Soon! Newsletter Archive Sign up for the MiraclesTV.com newsletter! Enter your e-mail address here:	Ulrich Into The West July 17, 2004 Skeet Ulrich is in negotiations to star in TNT's upcoming 12-hour, $50 million epic series Into The West. The cable channel's limited-run series is being produced by Steven Spielberg and tells the story of the opening of the American West in the 19th century through the eyes of two multigenerational families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans. Also in talks to star alongside Ulrich are Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Matthew Settle (Band of Brothers). The three will lead an ensemble cast, playing three brothers from Virginia who have the same spirit of expansion of the West but follow different paths towards their destiny. Grace's Lost Lands on ABC May 19, 2004 Lost, starring Maggie Grace (Hannah Cottrell in the Miracles episode 'Mother's Daughter'), is one of seven new drama series added to ABC's fall schedule for the 2004-05 season. ABC unveiled its Fall 2004 lineup during a two-hour presentation at New York's New Amsterdam Theater on Tuesday, May 18. In Lost, a new action-adventure series from J.J. Abram's (Alias), a plane tears apart in mid-air and crashes on a Pacific Island, forcing the survivors to cope with the harsh new landscape and to learn how to live with each other. Maggie Grace plays Shannon, an upper-crust stunner, trapped on the island with her fellow plane crash survivors. Check out ABC's new Fall lineup at The Futon Critic.The Futon Critic. Ulrich Finds Magic April 6, 2004 LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Skeet Ulrich will star with Keri Russell (Felicity) and Mare Winningham (Georgia, St. Elmo’s Fire) in the CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm The Magic of Ordinary Days. Based on the Ann Howard Creel novel of the same name, Magic is a love story set in a small Colorado town during World War II. The film centers on an unmarried Denver woman (Russell) who becomes pregnant and is banished by her father to Wiston, Colorado, in an arranged marriage to a farmer (Ulrich) to hide the shame of her pregnancy. Winningham plays the farmer's sister. Production on Magic is scheduled to begin May 3 near Calgary, Alberta. The film will air on CBS during the 2004-05 season. Century City Cancelled April 1, 2004 LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- CBS has pulled the plug on midseason drama Century City after four airings. The series, revolving around a high-end Los Angeles law firm in the year 2030, had little ratings traction in the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot, where it went up against Fox's American Idol. In its final, March 30 screening, it was fourth for the hour with an average of 7.7 million viewers. The ensemble cast included Viola Davis, Nestor Carbonell, Hector Elizondo and Eric Schaeffer. It was created by veteran Law & Order scribe Ed Zuckerman, who executive produced with Oscar-nominated Quiz Show writer Paul Attanasio and Attanasio's wife, Katie Jacobs. CBS will fill the void from next week with The Guardian, which had held down the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot until it was benched to make room for Century City. Visit the official CBS site for Century City Gunn Lives and Dies in D.A. March 29, 2004 Anna Gunn, the actress who played Paul Callan's former girlfriend, Rebecca Webb, in 'You Are My Sunshine,' recently appeared in the pilot episode of The D.A., 'The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky,' on ABC. Gunn's character, Shelly Ward, helps kick the series off as a young prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office who is subsequently murdered along with a protected witness to a complex case involving the Russian mafia. The D.A. is a four-episode limited run series starring Steven Weber. The series is currently airing on Friday nights on ABC at 10:00pm Eastern. The third installment can be seen on Friday, April 2. The D.A. may be picked up for a full season order for the 2004-2005 season. Rescue for Andrea Roth March 23, 2004 From The Hollywood Reporter: Andrea Roth (Debbie Olsen, 'Saint Debbie') has been cast opposite Denis Leary in F/X’s Rescue Me, a drama with comedic elements about the lives of a crew of firefighters in a New York City firehouse. The series, created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan and produced by Sony Picture Television, has received a 13-episode order, and centers on Tommy Gavin (Leary), a fireman trying to conceal his fear of his job post-Sept. 11. According to Leary, Rescue Me will weave humor into the inherent drama that firefighters face every day. "There is a lot of humor in the fire department. Even after 9-11, these guys get by with their sense of humor," Leary said. "I thought it was an interesting dynamic to have to deal with that amount of grief and that [post-Sept. 11] circumstance and at the same time go to work every day and fight fires going in there with the sensibility that it could be your last day at work." The series' subject matter is a personal one for Leary, who lost his first cousin and a childhood friend to a warehouse fire in his hometown of Worcester, Mass. The Rescue Me characters are based on Leary's friends, a crew of firefighters working in a Manhattan firehouse. Leary's Firefighters Foundation, founded in 2000, has distributed more than $1 million to local fire departments and also raised and distributed $1.8 million to the families of firefighters who died Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. Rescue Me is scheduled to begin production next month in New York and is F/X's third drama series, following The Shield and Nip/Tuck. Andrea Roth also appeared in the F/X series Lucky and was most recently seen in the feature film Highwaymen with Jim James Caviezel (The Passion of The Christ). UPDATE: Save Angel Efforts Continue March 21, 2004 SavingAngel.org, along with several other Angel fan sites, is leading an organized campaign to save the show from cancellation. To date, the campaign has raised over $17,530.65 through the generosity of Angel fans around the world. The money has paid for ads in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, a two week Guerrilla Billboards campaign which runs from March 15 to March 26 in Los Angeles, donations to the IRC, and flowers for the cast and crew. WB affiliates are encouraging fans to fight for the show. Several sources claim talks between the WB and ME are going on behind closed doors. With all the publicity and activity that is being generated, fans are keeping the pressure on by sending postcards and writing letters of support to the WB, cast and crew. To find out how you can help please visit SavingAngel.org. Related Links: - SupportAngel.org - CityofAngel.com Maggie Grace Finds Herself Lost March 21, 2004 From The Hollywood Reporter: Maggie Grace (Hannah Cottrell, 'Mother's Daughter') has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams (Alias)' drama pilot Lost for ABC. Lost chronicles the aftermath of a plane crash on a deserted island where the survivors must learn to live together despite their inevitably disparate backgrounds. Grace will play one of the castaways, an upper-crust stunner trapped on an island with her fellow plane crash survivors. Lost is produced by Touchstone Television. Angus Unzipped March 19, 2004 Angus MacFadyen is slated to star in the Philippe Mora-directed film Hamlet Unzipped, a twist on Shakespeare’s classic that finds the young Hamlet in modern day Burbank, London, Denmark and Hollywood, according to information released at the 2004 American Film Market. Film Bridge International, a worldwide distribution and film financing company, struck a three-picture deal with director Mora, whose credits include Brother Can You Spare a Dime and Death of a Soldier. Macfadyen co-stars in the film with Vince Vaughn, Harry Lennix (Commander Lock, The Matrix Revolutions) and Penelope Ann Miller. Further details have not yet been released. Hector Elizondo on Century City March 18, 2004 Described as a cross between L.A. Law, The Jetsons, and The West Wing, the futuristic legal drama Century City premiered Tuesday night, March 16, on CBS, and it turns out it’s a pretty smart show. The series stars Miracles’ own Hector Elizondo, who plays Marty Constable, the elder statesmen law partner for the firm Crane, Constable, McNeil and Montero. Set in 2030, Century City explores social issues that our society is just now beginning to tackle and how these issues affect the law in a future where these issues have become a reality. Advance reviews of Century City have been very good, but will it survive? "The show will be a success if people are disturbed enough (by it) to talk about it around the water cooler," says Elizondo. “It has the smell of success," he says. "But who knows? I'm the guy who said 'Pretty Woman' would never do anything." Century City debuted in second place on Tuesday, facing severe competition from FOX’s Americal Idol, which claimed the No. 1 spot for the hour. And CBS already has viewers guessing with the show's second episode set to air on Saturday, March 20, at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, before returning to its regular Tuesday night timeslot on Tuesday, March 23. So, what does the year 2030 look like? Advances in technology are evident with Century City's paper-thin computer screens and hologram images zapping into rooms for virtual meetings. Other projections, such as demographic changes in California, reveal a world that does not have a white majority. Elizondo suggested to the producers that he and co-star Carbonell speak Spanish in some scenes, with English subtitles, to provider better representation of a 2030 California. But some things never change, “…what people fight over, what they go to court over, and what people want out of life," says Paul Attanasio, show creator and an executive producer. "That hasn't changed since Hammurabi." Visit Zap2It.com for the full story. Visit the official CBS site for Century City. UPDATE: Chris Marquette Promoted to Series Regular on Joan of Arcadia February 29, 2004 As reported by TV Guide Online: "Here's proof that God is a hopeless romantic: Chris Marquette — who recurs as Amber Tamblyn's sometime lab partner/love interest, Adam, on CBS' heavenly drama, Joan of Arcadia — has been promoted to a full-fledged series regular. Word is the man upstairs has big plans for these two. Now, if only he would ditch those lame crime subplots..." Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia. Angel Cancelled February 13, 2004 Sadly, yet another quality television show falls victim to the networks. The WB has announced Friday that this season will be the last for Angel. The critically acclaimed series created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt (Miracles) has entertained fans for five amazing years and will end its run this season. Angel stars David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Amy Acker, Andy Hallett, and James Marsters. In an interview with to Zap2it.com, David Greenwalt states, "It's official enough to know it's real, but I haven't talked to anybody at the network or the studio. I can tell you that it's real, that it makes Mr. Whedon and myself very sad, that we wish it had kept going and we thought it was only getting better." A press release issued by the WB confirmed the worst, "Like some of the great series that are leaving the air this year, including Frasier and Friends, the cast, crew, writers and producers of Angel deserve to be able to wrap up the series in a way befitting a classic television series and that is why we went to Joss to let him know that this would be the last year of the series on The WB." Although the news has not yet to spread fully due to typical slow weekend updates by many news sources, Angel fans are already on the move, having started an online petition to The WB and discussing options for petitioning other networks to pick up the series. Meanwhile, Joss Whedon posted this message to fans at The Bronze Beta (end of page). Read the full story at Zap2it.com It's Over in Five for 'Angel'. Visit the WB's Official Site. Related links: - The online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ai5d0162/petition.html - CityofAngel.com - Whedonesque.com UPDATE: Century City Premiere Date February 4, 2004 CENTURY CITY, a provocative legal drama, which stars Miracles alum Hector Elizondo, will premiere on Tuesday, March 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Nestor Carbonell, Viola Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Kristin Lehman and Eric Schaeffer also star in this futuristic drama, set in the year 2030, where lawyers at the firm of Crane, Constable, McNeil and Montero find that the laws change but that people remain the same. In a time when judges can go before lawyers as holograms, the firm takes on such morally and ethically ambiguous cases as parents suing their doctor for withholding critical results of their unborn child's genetic mapping, and a man accused of robbery when he steals back his identity from his ex-fiancé who has uploaded his presence onto all of her electronics. As this diverse group of attorneys find themselves in uncharted legal territory, their cases provide an eye-opening look into issues confronting society in the not-so-distant future. Watch a preview of the show at CBS.com. Visit the Official Site. Angus MacFadyen Stars in Spartacus and 5 Days to Midnight January 27, 2004 Angus MacFadyen is starring in two television mini-series set to debut this year. The first is Spartacus, a mini-series for the USA Network that also stars Goran Visnjic (ER) and Rhona Mitra (The Practice). MacFadyen takes on the role of Crassus, in the four hour mini-series set to air in April. MacFadyen is also working on another mini-series for Sci-Fi called 5 Days to Midnight, opposite Timothy Hutton, which is currently in pre-production. The movie is being described as mix between D.O.A and 24. Sci-Fi will broadcast the five-hour mini-series in one hour episodes over five consecutive nights, with each hour corresponding to one day's time. 5 Days... is set to premiere in June. Visit the Official site for Spartacus. Visit the Official site for 5 Days to Midnight. Fans Fight to Save Jake 2.0 January 27, 2004 J2.0 Fans, a popular Jake 2.0 fansite, is asking fans not to give up on the show by participating in a letter writing campaign to UPN. Fans can download and print out postcards to send to the network from the site's campaign page, Save Jake 2.0. Last week, Zap2it reported that UPN entertainment chief Dawn Ostroff stated that the show had been put on 'hiatus'. Executive producer, David Greenwalt reacted to the statement, "To say we're on hiatus is about the same as saying that O.J. and Nicole Simpson are having a trial separation." Read the full story, 'Jake' May Be No More. Write to UPN to Save Jake 2.0. Visit the official site for Jake 2.0. Disappointing News for Jake 2.0 Fans January 16, 2004 The Futon Critic is reporting that UPN has cancelled it's freshman drama Jake 2.0. Despite a loyal following, the show suffered low ratings in the highly competitive 9:00/8:00c hour on Wednesday nights. In addition to the twelve episodes that have already aired, four others have been produced but it is not clear as to whether UPN will air these episodes during February sweeps as originally planned. Read the full story http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6368. Visit the official site for Jake 2.0. Jacob Smith in Troy January 9, 2004 Jacob Smith (Tommy Ferguson, "The Ferguson Syndrome") who co-stars with Steve Martin in Cheaper By the Dozen, is now filming Troy opposite Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole, Eric Bana and Brad Pitt. Jacob plays the messenger boy in the film which is set for a May 2004 release. Meanwhile, Cheaper By the Dozen, according to box office figures for the weekend of January 2 - 4th, is in second place behind the final installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King. Visit the official sites for Cheaper By the Dozen and Troy. Matt Newton is Exposed January 9, 2004 Matt Newton (Jimmy, "The Bone Scatterer") has just finished filming Exposed, a film directed by Douglas Keeve. The movie also stars Karen Allen and Michael Lerner. Matt is currently working on another film titled The Shore written and directed by Denis Adam Zervos. Rounding out the cast of the film are Lesley Ann Warren, Ben Gazzara and Izabella Miko. "The Patient" Co-Stars Make Guest Appearances on The WB and FOX Networks. January 9, 2004 Gina Ravera (Raina Bauer, "The Patient") guest starred on the WB's Charmed this season. She played Mary in the episode titled, "My Three Witches". Charmed stars Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs and Rose McGowan. Clarence Williams III (Dr. Bauer, "The Patient") guest starred in two episodes of the short-lived Fox drama Skin as Vincent Quordon. He appeared in the pilot and the episode titled, "Secrets and Lies". Visit the official site for Charmed and the TV Tome Guide for Skin. Ashley Edner Guest Stars on George Lopez January 4, 2004 Ashley Edner (Deanna Thompson, "Friendly Skies") made a guest appearance this season on the ABC hit comedy George Lopez. She played Frances in the episode titled, "The Cuban Missus Crisis". Visit the official site for George Lopez. Ann Cusack in The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire January 4, 2004 Ann Cusack (Karen Lightview, "Friendly Skies") co-starred this season on David E Kelley's new drama for CBS, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire. She portrayed Katie Shaw, the wife of Waylon Shaw played by Christopher Penn. The show also starred Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern and John Carroll Lynch. Visit the official site for The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire. Mr. Friendly on JAG December 21, 2003 Since appearing on Miracles as Sherwood Nichols in the episode "The Patient", Jade Carter has continued in a recurring role on the popular CBS drama JAG as Sergei Zhukov. Visit the official site for JAG. Sam Anderson Stars in ABC Comedy Married to the Kellys December 16, 2003 Before assuming the role of the head of the Kelly family on ABS's new comedy, Married to the Kellys, Sam Anderson was probably best known for his portrayal of Holland Manners on Angel. Following his work on Angel, Anderson made a guest appearance in one Miracles episode, "Mother's Daughter", playing the father of the troubled Lucinda. Visit the official site for Married to the Kellys. "Saint Debbie" Actress Guest Stars on CSI December 16, 2003 Canadian actress, Andrea Roth, who played Debbie Olsen in "Saint Debbie" recently guest starred in an episode of CSI this season. Roth portrays Lyford's sister in the episode titled "Invisible Evidence". For more information visit The Official Site for C.S.I. Cursed Update: Ulrich Dropped From Cast. December 11, 2003 Moviehole.net reports that Skeet Ulrich has been cut from the cast of Wes Craven's Cursed. According to the article, the movie has undergone several rewrites and the introduction of another character, Jake, played by Joshua Jackson has replaced Ulrich's character. All of Ulrich's scenes in the movie have been removed: "Basically, with the film being near entirely rewritten, a few folks have had to go – and “Scream” star Ulrich [as well as Corey Feldman] was one of them. Ulrich got the job based on his previous relationship with Director Craven, who he worked on “Scream” with. The film stars Christina Ricci, Josh Jackson, Mya, Portia De Rossi and Shannon Elizabeth. Hopefully some of these cut actors will make it onto the DVD." Read the article here: http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=2919 Fred Koehler on Joan of Arcadia December 11, 2003 Fred Koehler (Danny Olsen, Saint Debbie) guest stars on the December 12th episode of Joan of Arcadia. The episode is titled, "The Uncertainty Principle", and Koehler plays Steve Ramsay, a school troublemaker, that Joan asks to the Winter Formal. Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia. Miracles Alumni find Tru Calling December 8, 2003 Chris Brancato (Miracles series writer), Zack Estrin (supervising producer, Miracles), and Chris Levinson (supervising producer, Miracles) are now working on the new Fox series Tru Calling. The series which airs Thursday nights, has just been picked up for a full season. Tru Calling stars former Buffy regular, Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies, a college grad that works nights at the morgue. Tru has an eerie connection to the dead and is able to go back in time to prevent the deaths of people that were taken from life before their time. Check out the official site www.fox.com/trucalling. Skeet Ulrich in Cursed 'Cursed' again: Craven film back on 17 November 2003 (The Hollywood Reporter) NEW YORK -- Wes Craven's Cursed will be back up and running this week, with Portia de Rossi added to a cast that includes Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Omar Epps, Shannon Elizabeth and Scott Foley. The actress, who stars in the Fox series Arrested Development from Imagine Television, will appear in the film's opening sequence, the specifics of which are being kept under wraps. The Dimension Films project -- from the Scream team of Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson -- was put on an extended hiatus during the summer so the filmmakers could plan for more special effects than originally anticipated and further develop the ending. Chris Marquette on Joan of Arcadia November 6, 2003 Christopher Marquette (Travis, The Bone Scatterer) has a recurring role on the new CBS hit drama Joan of Arcadia as Adam Rove. Chris also guest starred as Marc Delgado on two episodes of Strong Medicine after appearing on Miracles. Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia. Jake 2.0 Renewed!! November 6, 2003 Great news for David Greenwalt fans! UPN has given Greenwalt’s new show, Jake 2.0 a full-season pickup. The ratings for the critically praised show have been steadily improving after a drop during the baseball postseason. Jake 2.0 is a high-tech, action adventure about a computer expert who gains super powers when he is infected with microscopic computers called nanites. It airs on at 9:00 pm, Wednesdays on UPN. Visit the official site for Jake 2.0 on UPN. Hector Elizondo Stars in New CBS Drama! Hector Elizondo (Father "Poppi" Calero) will be co-starring in Century City a new CBS drama set to premiere in January 2004. The series is described as a legal drama set 50 years in the future - a high-tech L.A Law. The show also stars Nestor Carbonell (Suddenly Susan), Viola Davis (City of Angels), Ioan Gruffudd (Horatio Hornblower), and Kristen Lehman (Judging Amy). Visit the Official Site. Blake Bashoff Guest stars on Judging Amy Blake Bashoff (Chad Goodwell, Hand of God) has been very busy since his guest starring role on Miracles. He appeared on the October 5th episode of Rob Lowe’s new show The Lyon’s Den on NBC and also on the November 7th episode of Boston Public on FOX. Blake will also continue in a recurring role this season on Judging Amy playing Eric Black. Visit his official site BlakeBashoff.com Jacob Smith Co-stars with Steve Martin in New Movie! Jacob Smith (Tommy Ferguson) will be appearing in the new movie called Cheaper by the Dozen, set for a Christmas release. From Yahoo! Movies: When Tom Baker ( Steve Martin) gets a job offer to coach football at Northwestern University in Chicago, he and his wife, Mary (Bonnie Hunt), move to the big city, which is a big change for them and their 12 children, who range from preschool-age twins Kyle and Nigel all the way up to 22-year-old Anne (Piper Perabo) who has already left home. With the recent publication of her long-in-the-works book, Mary feels demands outside the home taking away as much time as Tom's new job does, so the two are forced to try to find new ways of parenting their massive tribe, but they find their parenting styles aren't always completely compatible. Jacob portrays one of the twelve children in the Baker family. Visit the Official Site. Little Miss Lost turns up on Friends Allisyn Ashley Arm (Amelia Wye) recently guest-starred in an episode of Friends ("The One Where Ross is Fine"). She played one of Frank Jr.'s kids - Leslie. In the episode, Frank Jr. pays his sister Phoebe a visit and tries to talk her into taking one of the triplets.

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Ulrich Into The West
July 17, 2004

Skeet Ulrich is in negotiations to star in TNT's upcoming 12-hour, $50 million epic series Into The West. The cable channel's limited-run series is being produced by Steven Spielberg and tells the story of the opening of the American West in the 19th century through the eyes of two multigenerational families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans. Also in talks to star alongside Ulrich are Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Matthew Settle (Band of Brothers). The three will lead an ensemble cast, playing three brothers from Virginia who have the same spirit of expansion of the West but follow different paths towards their destiny.

Grace's Lost Lands on ABC
May 19, 2004

Lost, starring Maggie Grace (Hannah Cottrell in the Miracles episode 'Mother's Daughter'), is one of seven new drama series added to ABC's fall schedule for the 2004-05 season. ABC unveiled its Fall 2004 lineup during a two-hour presentation at New York's New Amsterdam Theater on Tuesday, May 18.

In Lost, a new action-adventure series from J.J. Abram's (Alias), a plane tears apart in mid-air and crashes on a Pacific Island, forcing the survivors to cope with the harsh new landscape and to learn how to live with each other. Maggie Grace plays Shannon, an upper-crust stunner, trapped on the island with her fellow plane crash survivors.

Check out ABC's new Fall lineup at The Futon Critic.The Futon Critic.

Ulrich Finds Magic
April 6, 2004

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Skeet Ulrich will star with Keri Russell (Felicity) and Mare Winningham (Georgia, St. Elmo’s Fire) in the CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm The Magic of Ordinary Days.

Based on the Ann Howard Creel novel of the same name, Magic is a love story set in a small Colorado town during World War II. The film centers on an unmarried Denver woman (Russell) who becomes pregnant and is banished by her father to Wiston, Colorado, in an arranged marriage to a farmer (Ulrich) to hide the shame of her pregnancy. Winningham plays the farmer's sister.

Production on Magic is scheduled to begin May 3 near Calgary, Alberta. The film will air on CBS during the 2004-05 season.

Century City Cancelled
April 1, 2004

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- CBS has pulled the plug on midseason drama Century City after four airings.

The series, revolving around a high-end Los Angeles law firm in the year 2030, had little ratings traction in the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot, where it went up against Fox's American Idol. In its final, March 30 screening, it was fourth for the hour with an average of 7.7 million viewers.

The ensemble cast included Viola Davis, Nestor Carbonell, Hector Elizondo and Eric Schaeffer.

It was created by veteran Law & Order scribe Ed Zuckerman, who executive produced with Oscar-nominated Quiz Show writer Paul Attanasio and Attanasio's wife, Katie Jacobs.

CBS will fill the void from next week with The Guardian, which had held down the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot until it was benched to make room for Century City.

Visit the official CBS site for Century City

Gunn Lives and Dies in D.A.
March 29, 2004

Anna Gunn, the actress who played Paul Callan's former girlfriend, Rebecca Webb, in 'You Are My Sunshine,' recently appeared in the pilot episode of The D.A., 'The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky,' on ABC. Gunn's character, Shelly Ward, helps kick the series off as a young prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office who is subsequently murdered along with a protected witness to a complex case involving the Russian mafia.

The D.A. is a four-episode limited run series starring Steven Weber. The series is currently airing on Friday nights on ABC at 10:00pm Eastern. The third installment can be seen on Friday, April 2. The D.A. may be picked up for a full season order for the 2004-2005 season.

Rescue for Andrea Roth
March 23, 2004

From The Hollywood Reporter: Andrea Roth (Debbie Olsen, 'Saint Debbie') has been cast opposite Denis Leary in F/X’s Rescue Me, a drama with comedic elements about the lives of a crew of firefighters in a New York City firehouse. The series, created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan and produced by Sony Picture Television, has received a 13-episode order, and centers on Tommy Gavin (Leary), a fireman trying to conceal his fear of his job post-Sept. 11.

According to Leary, Rescue Me will weave humor into the inherent drama that firefighters face every day. "There is a lot of humor in the fire department. Even after 9-11, these guys get by with their sense of humor," Leary said. "I thought it was an interesting dynamic to have to deal with that amount of grief and that [post-Sept. 11] circumstance and at the same time go to work every day and fight fires going in there with the sensibility that it could be your last day at work."

The series' subject matter is a personal one for Leary, who lost his first cousin and a childhood friend to a warehouse fire in his hometown of Worcester, Mass. The Rescue Me characters are based on Leary's friends, a crew of firefighters working in a Manhattan firehouse. Leary's Firefighters Foundation, founded in 2000, has distributed more than $1 million to local fire departments and also raised and distributed $1.8 million to the families of firefighters who died Sept. 11, 2001, in New York.

Rescue Me is scheduled to begin production next month in New York and is F/X's third drama series, following The Shield and Nip/Tuck. Andrea Roth also appeared in the F/X series Lucky and was most recently seen in the feature film Highwaymen with Jim James Caviezel (The Passion of The Christ).

UPDATE: Save Angel Efforts Continue
March 21, 2004

SavingAngel.org, along with several other Angel fan sites, is leading an organized campaign to save the show from cancellation.

To date, the campaign has raised over $17,530.65 through the generosity of Angel fans around the world. The money has paid for ads in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, a two week Guerrilla Billboards campaign which runs from March 15 to March 26 in Los Angeles, donations to the IRC, and flowers for the cast and crew.

WB affiliates are encouraging fans to fight for the show. Several sources claim talks between the WB and ME are going on behind closed doors. With all the publicity and activity that is being generated, fans are keeping the pressure on by sending postcards and writing letters of support to the WB, cast and crew. To find out how you can help please visit SavingAngel.org.

Related Links:
- SupportAngel.org
- CityofAngel.com

Maggie Grace Finds Herself Lost
March 21, 2004

From The Hollywood Reporter: Maggie Grace (Hannah Cottrell, 'Mother's Daughter') has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams (Alias)' drama pilot Lost for ABC. Lost chronicles the aftermath of a plane crash on a deserted island where the survivors must learn to live together despite their inevitably disparate backgrounds. Grace will play one of the castaways, an upper-crust stunner trapped on an island with her fellow plane crash survivors. Lost is produced by Touchstone Television.

Angus Unzipped
March 19, 2004

Angus MacFadyen is slated to star in the Philippe Mora-directed film Hamlet Unzipped, a twist on Shakespeare’s classic that finds the young Hamlet in modern day Burbank, London, Denmark and Hollywood, according to information released at the 2004 American Film Market. Film Bridge International, a worldwide distribution and film financing company, struck a three-picture deal with director Mora, whose credits include Brother Can You Spare a Dime and Death of a Soldier. Macfadyen co-stars in the film with Vince Vaughn, Harry Lennix (Commander Lock, The Matrix Revolutions) and Penelope Ann Miller. Further details have not yet been released.

Hector Elizondo on Century City
March 18, 2004

Described as a cross between L.A. Law, The Jetsons, and The West Wing, the futuristic legal drama Century City premiered Tuesday night, March 16, on CBS, and it turns out it’s a pretty smart show. The series stars Miracles’ own Hector Elizondo, who plays Marty Constable, the elder statesmen law partner for the firm Crane, Constable, McNeil and Montero. Set in 2030, Century City explores social issues that our society is just now beginning to tackle and how these issues affect the law in a future where these issues have become a reality.

Advance reviews of Century City have been very good, but will it survive? "The show will be a success if people are disturbed enough (by it) to talk about it around the water cooler," says Elizondo. “It has the smell of success," he says. "But who knows? I'm the guy who said 'Pretty Woman' would never do anything." Century City debuted in second place on Tuesday, facing severe competition from FOX’s Americal Idol, which claimed the No. 1 spot for the hour. And CBS already has viewers guessing with the show's second episode set to air on Saturday, March 20, at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, before returning to its regular Tuesday night timeslot on Tuesday, March 23.

So, what does the year 2030 look like? Advances in technology are evident with Century City's paper-thin computer screens and hologram images zapping into rooms for virtual meetings. Other projections, such as demographic changes in California, reveal a world that does not have a white majority. Elizondo suggested to the producers that he and co-star Carbonell speak Spanish in some scenes, with English subtitles, to provider better representation of a 2030 California. But some things never change, “…what people fight over, what they go to court over, and what people want out of life," says Paul Attanasio, show creator and an executive producer. "That hasn't changed since Hammurabi."

Visit Zap2It.com for the full story.
Visit the official CBS site for Century City.

UPDATE: Chris Marquette Promoted to Series Regular on Joan of Arcadia
February 29, 2004

As reported by TV Guide Online: "Here's proof that God is a hopeless romantic: Chris Marquette — who recurs as Amber Tamblyn's sometime lab partner/love interest, Adam, on CBS' heavenly drama, Joan of Arcadia — has been promoted to a full-fledged series regular. Word is the man upstairs has big plans for these two. Now, if only he would ditch those lame crime subplots..."

Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia.

Angel Cancelled
February 13, 2004

Sadly, yet another quality television show falls victim to the networks. The WB has announced Friday that this season will be the last for Angel. The critically acclaimed series created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt (Miracles) has entertained fans for five amazing years and will end its run this season. Angel stars David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Amy Acker, Andy Hallett, and James Marsters.

In an interview with to Zap2it.com, David Greenwalt states, "It's official enough to know it's real, but I haven't talked to anybody at the network or the studio. I can tell you that it's real, that it makes Mr. Whedon and myself very sad, that we wish it had kept going and we thought it was only getting better."

A press release issued by the WB confirmed the worst, "Like some of the great series that are leaving the air this year, including Frasier and Friends, the cast, crew, writers and producers of Angel deserve to be able to wrap up the series in a way befitting a classic television series and that is why we went to Joss to let him know that this would be the last year of the series on The WB."

Although the news has not yet to spread fully due to typical slow weekend updates by many news sources, Angel fans are already on the move, having started an online petition to The WB and discussing options for petitioning other networks to pick up the series. Meanwhile, Joss Whedon posted this message to fans at The Bronze Beta (end of page).

Read the full story at Zap2it.com It's Over in Five for 'Angel'. Visit the WB's Official Site.

Related links:
- The online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ai5d0162/petition.html
- CityofAngel.com
- Whedonesque.com

UPDATE: Century City Premiere Date
February 4, 2004

CENTURY CITY, a provocative legal drama, which stars Miracles alum Hector Elizondo, will premiere on Tuesday, March 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Nestor Carbonell, Viola Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Kristin Lehman and Eric Schaeffer also star in this futuristic drama, set in the year 2030, where lawyers at the firm of Crane, Constable, McNeil and Montero find that the laws change but that people remain the same.

In a time when judges can go before lawyers as holograms, the firm takes on such morally and ethically ambiguous cases as parents suing their doctor for withholding critical results of their unborn child's genetic mapping, and a man accused of robbery when he steals back his identity from his ex-fiancé who has uploaded his presence onto all of her electronics. As this diverse group of attorneys find themselves in uncharted legal territory, their cases provide an eye-opening look into issues confronting society in the not-so-distant future.

Watch a preview of the show at CBS.com. Visit the Official Site.

Angus MacFadyen Stars in Spartacus and 5 Days to Midnight
January 27, 2004

Angus MacFadyen is starring in two television mini-series set to debut this year. The first is Spartacus, a mini-series for the USA Network that also stars Goran Visnjic (ER) and Rhona Mitra (The Practice). MacFadyen takes on the role of Crassus, in the four hour mini-series set to air in April.

MacFadyen is also working on another mini-series for Sci-Fi called 5 Days to Midnight, opposite Timothy Hutton, which is currently in pre-production. The movie is being described as mix between D.O.A and 24. Sci-Fi will broadcast the five-hour mini-series in one hour episodes over five consecutive nights, with each hour corresponding to one day's time. 5 Days... is set to premiere in June.

Visit the Official site for Spartacus.
Visit the Official site for 5 Days to Midnight.

Fans Fight to Save Jake 2.0
January 27, 2004

J2.0 Fans, a popular Jake 2.0 fansite, is asking fans not to give up on the show by participating in a letter writing campaign to UPN. Fans can download and print out postcards to send to the network from the site's campaign page, Save Jake 2.0.

Last week, Zap2it reported that UPN entertainment chief Dawn Ostroff stated that the show had been put on 'hiatus'. Executive producer, David Greenwalt reacted to the statement,

"To say we're on hiatus is about the same as saying that O.J. and Nicole Simpson are having a trial separation."

Read the full story, 'Jake' May Be No More.

Write to UPN to Save Jake 2.0.
Visit the official site for Jake 2.0.

Disappointing News for Jake 2.0 Fans
January 16, 2004

The Futon Critic is reporting that UPN has cancelled it's freshman drama Jake 2.0. Despite a loyal following, the show suffered low ratings in the highly competitive 9:00/8:00c hour on Wednesday nights. In addition to the twelve episodes that have already aired, four others have been produced but it is not clear as to whether UPN will air these episodes during February sweeps as originally planned.

Read the full story http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=newswire&id=6368.

Visit the official site for Jake 2.0.

Jacob Smith in Troy
January 9, 2004

Jacob Smith (Tommy Ferguson, "The Ferguson Syndrome") who co-stars with Steve Martin in Cheaper By the Dozen, is now filming Troy opposite Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole, Eric Bana and Brad Pitt. Jacob plays the messenger boy in the film which is set for a May 2004 release.

Meanwhile, Cheaper By the Dozen, according to box office figures for the weekend of January 2 - 4th, is in second place behind the final installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King.

Visit the official sites for Cheaper By the Dozen and Troy.

Matt Newton is Exposed
January 9, 2004

Matt Newton (Jimmy, "The Bone Scatterer") has just finished filming Exposed, a film directed by Douglas Keeve. The movie also stars Karen Allen and Michael Lerner.

Matt is currently working on another film titled The Shore written and directed by Denis Adam Zervos. Rounding out the cast of the film are Lesley Ann Warren, Ben Gazzara and Izabella Miko.

"The Patient" Co-Stars Make Guest Appearances on The WB and FOX Networks.
January 9, 2004

Gina Ravera (Raina Bauer, "The Patient") guest starred on the WB's Charmed this season. She played Mary in the episode titled, "My Three Witches". Charmed stars Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs and Rose McGowan.

Clarence Williams III (Dr. Bauer, "The Patient") guest starred in two episodes of the short-lived Fox drama Skin as Vincent Quordon. He appeared in the pilot and the episode titled, "Secrets and Lies".

Visit the official site for Charmed and the TV Tome Guide for Skin.

Ashley Edner Guest Stars on George Lopez
January 4, 2004

Ashley Edner (Deanna Thompson, "Friendly Skies") made a guest appearance this season on the ABC hit comedy George Lopez. She played Frances in the episode titled, "The Cuban Missus Crisis".

Visit the official site for George Lopez.

Ann Cusack in The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
January 4, 2004

Ann Cusack (Karen Lightview, "Friendly Skies") co-starred this season on David E Kelley's new drama for CBS, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire. She portrayed Katie Shaw, the wife of Waylon Shaw played by Christopher Penn. The show also starred Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern and John Carroll Lynch.

Visit the official site for The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire.

Mr. Friendly on JAG
December 21, 2003

Since appearing on Miracles as Sherwood Nichols in the episode "The Patient", Jade Carter has continued in a recurring role on the popular CBS drama JAG as Sergei Zhukov.

Visit the official site for JAG.

Sam Anderson Stars in ABC Comedy Married to the Kellys
December 16, 2003

Before assuming the role of the head of the Kelly family on ABS's new comedy, Married to the Kellys, Sam Anderson was probably best known for his portrayal of Holland Manners on Angel. Following his work on Angel, Anderson made a guest appearance in one Miracles episode, "Mother's Daughter", playing the father of the troubled Lucinda.

Visit the official site for Married to the Kellys.

"Saint Debbie" Actress Guest Stars on CSI
December 16, 2003

Canadian actress, Andrea Roth, who played Debbie Olsen in "Saint Debbie" recently guest starred in an episode of CSI this season. Roth portrays Lyford's sister in the episode titled "Invisible Evidence".

For more information visit The Official Site for C.S.I.

Cursed Update: Ulrich Dropped From Cast.
December 11, 2003

Moviehole.net reports that Skeet Ulrich has been cut from the cast of Wes Craven's Cursed. According to the article, the movie has undergone several rewrites and the introduction of another character, Jake, played by Joshua Jackson has replaced Ulrich's character. All of Ulrich's scenes in the movie have been removed:

"Basically, with the film being near entirely rewritten, a few folks have had to go – and “Scream” star Ulrich [as well as Corey Feldman] was one of them. Ulrich got the job based on his previous relationship with Director Craven, who he worked on “Scream” with. The film stars Christina Ricci, Josh Jackson, Mya, Portia De Rossi and Shannon Elizabeth. Hopefully some of these cut actors will make it onto the DVD."

Read the article here: http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=2919

Fred Koehler on Joan of Arcadia
December 11, 2003

Fred Koehler (Danny Olsen, Saint Debbie) guest stars on the December 12th episode of Joan of Arcadia. The episode is titled, "The Uncertainty Principle", and Koehler plays Steve Ramsay, a school troublemaker, that Joan asks to the Winter Formal.

Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia.

Miracles Alumni find Tru Calling
December 8, 2003

Chris Brancato (Miracles series writer), Zack Estrin (supervising producer, Miracles), and Chris Levinson (supervising producer, Miracles) are now working on the new Fox series Tru Calling. The series which airs Thursday nights, has just been picked up for a full season. Tru Calling stars former Buffy regular, Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies, a college grad that works nights at the morgue. Tru has an eerie connection to the dead and is able to go back in time to prevent the deaths of people that were taken from life before their time.

Check out the official site www.fox.com/trucalling.

Skeet Ulrich in Cursed

'Cursed' again: Craven film back on 17 November 2003
(The Hollywood Reporter) NEW YORK -- Wes Craven's Cursed will be back up and running this week, with Portia de Rossi added to a cast that includes Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Omar Epps, Shannon Elizabeth and Scott Foley. The actress, who stars in the Fox series Arrested Development from Imagine Television, will appear in the film's opening sequence, the specifics of which are being kept under wraps.

The Dimension Films project -- from the Scream team of Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson -- was put on an extended hiatus during the summer so the filmmakers could plan for more special effects than originally anticipated and further develop the ending.

Chris Marquette on Joan of Arcadia
November 6, 2003

Christopher Marquette (Travis, The Bone Scatterer) has a recurring role on the new CBS hit drama Joan of Arcadia as Adam Rove. Chris also guest starred as Marc Delgado on two episodes of Strong Medicine after appearing on Miracles.

Visit the official CBS site for Joan of Arcadia.

Jake 2.0 Renewed!!
November 6, 2003

Great news for David Greenwalt fans!

UPN has given Greenwalt’s new show, Jake 2.0 a full-season pickup. The ratings for the critically praised show have been steadily improving after a drop during the baseball postseason.

Jake 2.0 is a high-tech, action adventure about a computer expert who gains super powers when he is infected with microscopic computers called nanites. It airs on at 9:00 pm, Wednesdays on UPN. Visit the official site for Jake 2.0 on UPN.

Hector Elizondo Stars in New CBS Drama!

Hector Elizondo (Father "Poppi" Calero) will be co-starring
in Century City a new CBS drama set to premiere in January 2004.

The series is described as a legal drama set 50 years in the future - a high-tech L.A Law. The show also stars Nestor Carbonell (Suddenly Susan), Viola Davis (City of Angels), Ioan Gruffudd (Horatio Hornblower), and Kristen Lehman (Judging Amy). Visit the Official Site.

Blake Bashoff Guest stars on Judging Amy

Blake Bashoff (Chad Goodwell, Hand of God) has been very busy since his guest starring role on Miracles.

He appeared on the October 5th episode of Rob Lowe’s new show The Lyon’s Den on NBC and also on the November 7th episode of Boston Public on FOX. Blake will also continue in a recurring role this season on Judging Amy playing Eric Black.
Visit his official site BlakeBashoff.com

Jacob Smith Co-stars with Steve Martin in New Movie!

Jacob Smith (Tommy Ferguson) will be appearing in the new movie called Cheaper by the Dozen, set for a Christmas release.

From Yahoo! Movies: When Tom Baker ( Steve Martin) gets a job offer to coach football at Northwestern University in Chicago, he and his wife, Mary (Bonnie Hunt), move to the big city, which is a big change for them and their 12 children, who range from preschool-age twins Kyle and Nigel all the way up to 22-year-old Anne (Piper Perabo) who has already left home. With the recent publication of her long-in-the-works book, Mary feels demands outside the home taking away as much time as Tom's new job does, so the two are forced to try to find new ways of parenting their massive tribe, but they find their parenting styles aren't always completely compatible.

Jacob portrays one of the twelve children in the Baker family. Visit the Official Site.

Little Miss Lost turns up on Friends

Allisyn Ashley Arm (Amelia Wye) recently guest-starred in an episode of Friends ("The One Where Ross is Fine").

She played one of Frank Jr.'s kids - Leslie. In the episode, Frank Jr. pays his sister Phoebe a visit and tries to talk her into taking one of the triplets.