As costume designer for the CBS period series "Vegas," Kathleen Detoro is a big fan of online marketplace Etsy. It has proved to be a gold mine for one-of-a-kind vintage pieces for leading lady Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays district attorney Katherine O'Connell, and the rest of the cast.
"You can search for anything on Etsy," she tells Zap2it. "I've been purchasing from them and there are different antique vendors all over the world ... It's a good thing for the company and the show. [The vendors] will tell you the story behind it and it's more personal and really a nice thing to help the economy and the show and get these beautiful items that we use. And guess what, they were also all made in America. I also like that very much. I feel good about doing it."
Detoro enjoys having a wide range of characters to dress, from regular people to showgirls and gangsters,...
"You can search for anything on Etsy," she tells Zap2it. "I've been purchasing from them and there are different antique vendors all over the world ... It's a good thing for the company and the show. [The vendors] will tell you the story behind it and it's more personal and really a nice thing to help the economy and the show and get these beautiful items that we use. And guess what, they were also all made in America. I also like that very much. I feel good about doing it."
Detoro enjoys having a wide range of characters to dress, from regular people to showgirls and gangsters,...
- 10/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It's 1960s Las Vegas and the rules are different here. Lawmen roughing up suspects is almost as expected as bodies being found in the desert. And in the Vegas pilot there is no CSI to track down a murderer.
But there is Ralph Lamb, rancher and former MP who reluctantly takes on the job as Sheriff when the mayor asks. Dennis Quaid, meanwhile, takes on his first TV role as the soft spoken Lamb, who carries a big rifle and throws a mean punch.
Lamb's a good guy but he's not unwilling to bend the rules to find his answers. Time will tell how far he's willing to do so in order to solve a case, especially where mobster Vincent Savino is concerned.
Michael Chiklis embodies the role of Savino, Vegas' new top mob boss. He's looking to expand but taking it one day at a time. Today, that means playing nice with Lamb.
But there is Ralph Lamb, rancher and former MP who reluctantly takes on the job as Sheriff when the mayor asks. Dennis Quaid, meanwhile, takes on his first TV role as the soft spoken Lamb, who carries a big rifle and throws a mean punch.
Lamb's a good guy but he's not unwilling to bend the rules to find his answers. Time will tell how far he's willing to do so in order to solve a case, especially where mobster Vincent Savino is concerned.
Michael Chiklis embodies the role of Savino, Vegas' new top mob boss. He's looking to expand but taking it one day at a time. Today, that means playing nice with Lamb.
- 9/26/2012
- by christine@tvfanatic.com (Christine Orlando)
- TVfanatic
"Vegas" is among the more ambitious pilots CBS has put on the air in several years. It re-creates a bygone era with style (and impressive set design), it stars Dennis Quaid in his first-ever series role and it gives nearly equal time to Quaid's good guy and Michael Chiklis' mobster.
If that's the show we're going to get week to week? Great. But CBS' track record with shows outside its procedural wheelhouse in recent years is spotty at best -- "The Good Wife" has been a notable exception, but even it has a sturdy trial-of-the-week structure on which to hang its more serialized elements. The worry here is that the procedural elements -- which come to the fore in the second half of Tuesday's (Sept. 25) series premiere -- will overwhelm the deeply detailed world the first half of the premiere spent creating.
Only more episodes will tell us which side wins,...
If that's the show we're going to get week to week? Great. But CBS' track record with shows outside its procedural wheelhouse in recent years is spotty at best -- "The Good Wife" has been a notable exception, but even it has a sturdy trial-of-the-week structure on which to hang its more serialized elements. The worry here is that the procedural elements -- which come to the fore in the second half of Tuesday's (Sept. 25) series premiere -- will overwhelm the deeply detailed world the first half of the premiere spent creating.
Only more episodes will tell us which side wins,...
- 9/25/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fourth announced. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on CBS.
With CBS leading in viewers by the widest margin of any network in 23 years, the network has little need to refresh its line-up this year - especially with last season's successes like "2 Broke Girls" and "Persons of Interest" adding to a solid run of hits in recent years.
Yet it's not resting on its laurels, ordering six new shows and shifting four existing shows around the schedule to shore up its weak points, in the process teaming its two biggest comedies "Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men" on the one night.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen include cop drama "The Widow Detective", various comedies about twenty...
With CBS leading in viewers by the widest margin of any network in 23 years, the network has little need to refresh its line-up this year - especially with last season's successes like "2 Broke Girls" and "Persons of Interest" adding to a solid run of hits in recent years.
Yet it's not resting on its laurels, ordering six new shows and shifting four existing shows around the schedule to shore up its weak points, in the process teaming its two biggest comedies "Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men" on the one night.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen include cop drama "The Widow Detective", various comedies about twenty...
- 5/18/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The TV upfronts are in full swing, and CBS has announced its upcoming slate of shows for 2012 - 2013. There are 19 current series returning and four new series. Dramas include Elementary, Vegas, and Made in Jersey. The only new comedy is titled Partners.
CBS is moving around a few of their returning shows. 2 Broke Girls will be moving to Monday at 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men moves to Thursday at 8:30 p.m., CSI: NY will open Fridays at 8 p.m. and The Mentalist moves to Sundays at 10 p.m.
Here is the press release from CBS:
CBS announced today its new 2012-2013 primetime schedule, ordering four new series and making four key time period moves to further enhance television’s top-rated schedule. CBS will finish the season as America’s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years, leading in viewers by the widest margin of any network in 23 years.
CBS is moving around a few of their returning shows. 2 Broke Girls will be moving to Monday at 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men moves to Thursday at 8:30 p.m., CSI: NY will open Fridays at 8 p.m. and The Mentalist moves to Sundays at 10 p.m.
Here is the press release from CBS:
CBS announced today its new 2012-2013 primetime schedule, ordering four new series and making four key time period moves to further enhance television’s top-rated schedule. CBS will finish the season as America’s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years, leading in viewers by the widest margin of any network in 23 years.
- 5/16/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Vegas: First Look at CBS' New Period Drama Starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis
Dennis Quaid is coming to television this fall in the new CBS period drama, Vegas.
The gambling capital was just starting to emerge from the dessert back then, but all Lamb wants to do is run his ranch in peace. With corruption coming to the city, the Mayor calls on Lamb – a former military police officer during World War II – and tasks him with investigating the murder of a casino worker. This investigation brings Lamb in direct conflict with Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a Chicago gangster who has big plans for the new city.
Fortunately, Lamb has some help in the form of his two deputies: his brother, Jack (Jason O'Mara) and his nephew Dixon (Taylor Handley). Carrie-Anne Moss plays Assistant District Attorney Katherine O'Connell, who grew up on the ranch next to Lamb’s and helps him in prosecuting cases.
Dennis Quaid is coming to television this fall in the new CBS period drama, Vegas.
The gambling capital was just starting to emerge from the dessert back then, but all Lamb wants to do is run his ranch in peace. With corruption coming to the city, the Mayor calls on Lamb – a former military police officer during World War II – and tasks him with investigating the murder of a casino worker. This investigation brings Lamb in direct conflict with Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a Chicago gangster who has big plans for the new city.
Fortunately, Lamb has some help in the form of his two deputies: his brother, Jack (Jason O'Mara) and his nephew Dixon (Taylor Handley). Carrie-Anne Moss plays Assistant District Attorney Katherine O'Connell, who grew up on the ranch next to Lamb’s and helps him in prosecuting cases.
- 5/16/2012
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
CBS has announced its schedule for the fall 2012-2013 season and it's one that features many returning shows. The eyeball network is enjoying a commanding lead against its competitors, finishing the regular '12 season as the country's most-watched television network for the ninth time in the past 10 years.
However, one long-running show won't be coming back next fall: CSI Miami, the first spinoff from Jerry Bruckheimer's massive crime drama franchise, got its walking papers two weeks back.
Among the new series that CBS is launching this fall are:
Elementary
Jonny Lee Miller (Dark Shadows, Hackers) stars as detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with...
However, one long-running show won't be coming back next fall: CSI Miami, the first spinoff from Jerry Bruckheimer's massive crime drama franchise, got its walking papers two weeks back.
Among the new series that CBS is launching this fall are:
Elementary
Jonny Lee Miller (Dark Shadows, Hackers) stars as detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with...
- 5/16/2012
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
CBS is spreading the love for the 2012-2013 TV season and making some moves.
Next season, "Two And A Half Men" will follow the network's No. 1 comedy "The Big Bang Theory" on Thursday nights and "The Mentalist" is heading to Sundays, airing after "The Good Wife."
CBS picked up six new series for the 2012-2013 TV season: four new dramas -- Sherlock Holmes-centric "Elementary," "Vegas" with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, legal drama "Made in Jersey" and cop drama "Golden Boy" -- and two new comedies -- "Partners," a bromantic comedy, and L.A.-set "Friend Me." CBS added one new show to each weeknight (save Wednesday).
"These new series feature a great range of bold concepts, rich characters, big stars and fresh faces," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “From a new take on Sherlock Holmes to an epic battle for control of 1960s Las...
Next season, "Two And A Half Men" will follow the network's No. 1 comedy "The Big Bang Theory" on Thursday nights and "The Mentalist" is heading to Sundays, airing after "The Good Wife."
CBS picked up six new series for the 2012-2013 TV season: four new dramas -- Sherlock Holmes-centric "Elementary," "Vegas" with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, legal drama "Made in Jersey" and cop drama "Golden Boy" -- and two new comedies -- "Partners," a bromantic comedy, and L.A.-set "Friend Me." CBS added one new show to each weeknight (save Wednesday).
"These new series feature a great range of bold concepts, rich characters, big stars and fresh faces," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “From a new take on Sherlock Holmes to an epic battle for control of 1960s Las...
- 5/16/2012
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
CBS is spreading the love for the 2012-2013 TV season and making some moves.
Next season, "Two And A Half Men" will follow the network's No. 1 comedy "The Big Bang Theory" on Thursday nights and "The Mentalist" is heading to Sundays, airing after "The Good Wife."
CBS picked up six new series for the 2012-2013 TV season: four new dramas -- Sherlock Holmes-centric "Elementary," "Vegas" with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, legal drama "Made in Jersey" and cop drama "Golden Boy" -- and two new comedies -- "Partners," a bromantic comedy, and L.A.-set "Friend Me." CBS added one new show to each weeknight (save Wednesday).
"These new series feature a great range of bold concepts, rich characters, big stars and fresh faces," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “From a new take on Sherlock Holmes to an epic battle for control of 1960s Las...
Next season, "Two And A Half Men" will follow the network's No. 1 comedy "The Big Bang Theory" on Thursday nights and "The Mentalist" is heading to Sundays, airing after "The Good Wife."
CBS picked up six new series for the 2012-2013 TV season: four new dramas -- Sherlock Holmes-centric "Elementary," "Vegas" with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, legal drama "Made in Jersey" and cop drama "Golden Boy" -- and two new comedies -- "Partners," a bromantic comedy, and L.A.-set "Friend Me." CBS added one new show to each weeknight (save Wednesday).
"These new series feature a great range of bold concepts, rich characters, big stars and fresh faces," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “From a new take on Sherlock Holmes to an epic battle for control of 1960s Las...
- 5/16/2012
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Aol TV.
Carrie-Anne Moss has signed up for a role in a CBS pilot. The drama, which has been penned by Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi, is based on the true story of the clash between Las Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb and Chicago mob fixer Johnny Savino. Moss has now signed up to play assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell in the project, Deadline reports. Katherine is the daughter of a local rancher who grew up as a neighbour to the Lambs. (more)...
- 3/7/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
In her first foray onto the small screen, Sigourney Weaver has been cast as the female lead in "Political Animals" for USA. Set in Washington D.C., "Animals" centers on Elaine Barrish (Weaver), the divorced former First Lady and new Secretary of State. James Wolk ("Lone Star," "Happy Endings") plays her son Doug, a politician who serves as her chief of staff. The show is slated to premiere with a six-episode run in summer 2012. [Deadline]
Martin Lawrence's untitled CBS comedy pilot has tapped Fred Savage as its director. Savage, known early on for acting in "The Wonder Years" and "Princess Bride," has become quite the director in recent years, helming episodes of "Happy Endings," "2 Broke Girls" and "Party Down." Savage also currently serves as executive producer for NBC's "Best Friends Forever" comedy. [Hollywood Reporter]
Jimmy Fallon's NBC pilot "DILFs" keeps lining up stars - Jesse Bradford has been announced as the...
Martin Lawrence's untitled CBS comedy pilot has tapped Fred Savage as its director. Savage, known early on for acting in "The Wonder Years" and "Princess Bride," has become quite the director in recent years, helming episodes of "Happy Endings," "2 Broke Girls" and "Party Down." Savage also currently serves as executive producer for NBC's "Best Friends Forever" comedy. [Hollywood Reporter]
Jimmy Fallon's NBC pilot "DILFs" keeps lining up stars - Jesse Bradford has been announced as the...
- 3/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Writer/Producer Michael Green has signed a two-year deal Universal Media Studios where he is showrunning the NBC midseason series Kings.
"There is no more important new show to the network and the studio than that," Ums president Katherine Pope told The Hollywood Reporter. The series, inspired by the Biblical story of King Saul and King David, depicts a fictional monarchy and stars Christopher Egan and Ian McShane. The show is currently anticipated to take over the Thursday at 10 spot which ER has held for the last 14 years.
Pope and NBC’s drama president Katie O'Connell reportedly challenged Green to come up with his most audacious idea. He came back with Kings which excited everyone who read the premise. Everyone, that is, except entertainment president Kevin Reilly. When he left and was replaced by executive vice-president Teri Weinberg, she gave the series the go ahead.
"He is like the Rosetta Stone of writers,...
"There is no more important new show to the network and the studio than that," Ums president Katherine Pope told The Hollywood Reporter. The series, inspired by the Biblical story of King Saul and King David, depicts a fictional monarchy and stars Christopher Egan and Ian McShane. The show is currently anticipated to take over the Thursday at 10 spot which ER has held for the last 14 years.
Pope and NBC’s drama president Katie O'Connell reportedly challenged Green to come up with his most audacious idea. He came back with Kings which excited everyone who read the premise. Everyone, that is, except entertainment president Kevin Reilly. When he left and was replaced by executive vice-president Teri Weinberg, she gave the series the go ahead.
"He is like the Rosetta Stone of writers,...
- 11/4/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Michael Green, creator/executive producer of NBC's midseason drama "Kings," has inked a new two-year overall deal with series producer Universal Media Studios.
Under the pact, said to be in the premium seven-figure range, Green will continue to run "Kings," which is set in a fictional monarchy and centers on David (Christopher Egan), an idealistic soldier who joins the court of King Silas (Ian McShane).
"There is no more important new show to the network and the studio than that," Ums president Katherine Pope said.
"Kings" marks the first series by Green, who landed his first writing job at 25 on the first year of HBO's "Sex and the City."
Green, who also writes DC comic books, then segued to drama and worked on the WB's family drama "Everwood" as well as on two comics-inspired series, the WB's "Smallville" and NBC/Ums' "Heroes," which he left this year to launch "Kings.
Under the pact, said to be in the premium seven-figure range, Green will continue to run "Kings," which is set in a fictional monarchy and centers on David (Christopher Egan), an idealistic soldier who joins the court of King Silas (Ian McShane).
"There is no more important new show to the network and the studio than that," Ums president Katherine Pope said.
"Kings" marks the first series by Green, who landed his first writing job at 25 on the first year of HBO's "Sex and the City."
Green, who also writes DC comic books, then segued to drama and worked on the WB's family drama "Everwood" as well as on two comics-inspired series, the WB's "Smallville" and NBC/Ums' "Heroes," which he left this year to launch "Kings.
- 11/3/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's a double homecoming for Jamila Hunter.
After a two-year stint as a comedy development executive at 20th Century Fox TV, Hunter is returning to her unscripted roots and going back to NBC where she started her career as an assistant a decade ago and then served as a longform and alternative programming exec from 2000-03.
Hunter is expected to join NBC in a newly created position of senior vp programming and development, alternative and digital.
She will report to Craig Plestis, exec vp alternative programming, development and specials; and Vivi Zigler, president of NBC Universal digital entertainment.
NBC has been experimenting with dual responsibilities under programming chief Ben Silverman. Earlier this year, the network merged its development and current series operations under drama and comedy heads Katie O'Connell and Jeff Ingold.
Additionally, the networks have been looking more to integrate their on-air and online programming efforts.
On the digital side, Hunter will oversee development of Web series. In alternative, she will shepherd the development of unscripted projects.
This is Hunter's second stint in NBC's reality department. As director and vp alternative programs from 2001-03, she oversaw such NBC series and specials as "Last Comic Standing," "TV's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments" and "The Cosby Show: A Look Back."
In 2003, Hunter moved to NBC's sibling cable channel Bravo, where she served as vp development and production and was involved in the launch of such hits as "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Project Runway." She shepherded such series as "Project Greenlight," Kathy Griffin's Laugh Factory show "My Life on the D-List" and the improv comedy series "Significant Others."
Hunter made the switch from unscripted to scripted in 2005 when she left Bravo to become vp comedy development for 20th TV, where she worked with such producers as Darren Star, Steve Levitan and Ashton Kutcher.
Following her assistant gig in NBC's movies and miniseries department in the late 1990s, Hunter landed a job as a manager of development at Robert Greenwald Prods. before returning to NBC in 2000 as director and later manager of movies and miniseries.
After a two-year stint as a comedy development executive at 20th Century Fox TV, Hunter is returning to her unscripted roots and going back to NBC where she started her career as an assistant a decade ago and then served as a longform and alternative programming exec from 2000-03.
Hunter is expected to join NBC in a newly created position of senior vp programming and development, alternative and digital.
She will report to Craig Plestis, exec vp alternative programming, development and specials; and Vivi Zigler, president of NBC Universal digital entertainment.
NBC has been experimenting with dual responsibilities under programming chief Ben Silverman. Earlier this year, the network merged its development and current series operations under drama and comedy heads Katie O'Connell and Jeff Ingold.
Additionally, the networks have been looking more to integrate their on-air and online programming efforts.
On the digital side, Hunter will oversee development of Web series. In alternative, she will shepherd the development of unscripted projects.
This is Hunter's second stint in NBC's reality department. As director and vp alternative programs from 2001-03, she oversaw such NBC series and specials as "Last Comic Standing," "TV's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments" and "The Cosby Show: A Look Back."
In 2003, Hunter moved to NBC's sibling cable channel Bravo, where she served as vp development and production and was involved in the launch of such hits as "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Project Runway." She shepherded such series as "Project Greenlight," Kathy Griffin's Laugh Factory show "My Life on the D-List" and the improv comedy series "Significant Others."
Hunter made the switch from unscripted to scripted in 2005 when she left Bravo to become vp comedy development for 20th TV, where she worked with such producers as Darren Star, Steve Levitan and Ashton Kutcher.
Following her assistant gig in NBC's movies and miniseries department in the late 1990s, Hunter landed a job as a manager of development at Robert Greenwald Prods. before returning to NBC in 2000 as director and later manager of movies and miniseries.
- 7/6/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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