Episode 6.06 Bite Me Airdate: October 30, 2009
Press Release: ALLISON’S NIGHTMARES INSERT HER INTO SCENES FROM A CLASSIC HORROR FILM AND PROVIDE CLUES WHICH COULD LEAD HER TO A FUNERAL DIRECTOR’S KILLER, ON A SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EPISODE OF “MEDIUM,” FRIDAY, OCT. 30
The Cast To Be Inserted into Scenes from George Romero’s Horror Classic “Night of the Living Dead” Throughout the Episode
Special Guest Stars Include Horror Icon Elvira as Herself and Aida Turturro(“The Sopranos”) As Bobbi Catalano, Daughter of Missing Funeral Director Carl Catalano
“Bite Me” – Allison has vivid nightmares that insert her into scenes from the classic horror film “Night of the Living Dead,” which leave her with unexplained cuts and bite marks and possible clues that could lead her to a funeral director’s murderer, on a special Halloween episode of MEDIUM, Friday, Oct. 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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GUEST CAST:
WRITTEN BY: Robert Doherty & Craig Sweeny DIRECTED BY: Aaron Lipstadt [Source: CBS]
It’s official, folks, I have another show that I love. I just caught it by chance on USA Network last week and I’m already hooked. The show is entitled White Collar and I’ll be following it now on this site too.
Earlier this week, I got a wonderful chance to be involved in a conference call interview with the costume designer for the show. Her name is Stephanie Maslansky and she’s the one responsible for the sexy, glamorous look of the main characters on the show. Here’s the full discussion:
Q: I’d like to know, how much input do the actors have on the costumes that are created for them? Can you talk about that a little bit?
S. Maslansky: Sure. The wonderful thing about working on something dramatic is that the actors do have quite a bit of input and it’s a real collaboration between myself and the actors to come up with the look and pretty much the back-story, as well, of this particular character. We both have different ways of thinking about the character but in the long run, both the actor and I think about the character’s history, where he comes from. There may be some valid information that the writers have come up with in terms of the actors’ history, but often times, a lot of it has to be made up by the actor and myself.
I come with various ideas, the actor comes with various ideas and the first time we meet, we discuss these and we, sort of, feed off of one another. We actually wind up giving each other great ideas about the history of the particular character. That’s how we start to build or create closets, which would then be believable, based on the history of the character. So yes, the short answer is yes. I love getting input from the actors because I think they have a lot of wise things to say about the characters that they’re about to inhabit.
Q: What made you choose the Frank Sinatra look for Neal in the pilot?
S. Maslansky: Well first of all, I need to be honest with you and tell you that I did not do the pilot. The pilot was designed by another designer named Cat Thomas, and I will have done all of the episodes after that, beginning on Friday of this week. Quite honestly, as far as I know, that designer also didn’t come up with that idea. The writer actually came up with that idea.
The writer, whose name is Jeff Easton, I’m sure you know, had it in mind that he’s not a real clothing person but he did have a sense of that era in the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. He knew about Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. He was aware of that particular look and that’s not an era that’s difficult for, say, people in their forties and fifties to reach back and think about because some of us either recall that particular era, or we have parents who were alive during that era and we have old photos to get information from, and we have movies, and that sort of thing. So, it’s not something that we can necessarily not connect to. He appreciated that time, and he appreciated the music, and he appreciated what he saw of the style, and he wanted to work that into this particular character, Neal Caffrey, who in the story also has a very strong idea about style.
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The Mentalist Episode 2.05 – Red Scare Air Date: October 29, 2009
STORY LINE: When a prominent architect is mysteriously murdered in a crumbling old mansion, there seem to be a number of suspects… [Source: SpoilerTV]
Press Release: THE CBI TEAM INVESTIGATES THE DEATH OF A WEALTHY MAN WHO WITNESSES SAY WAS KILLED BY A GHOST HAUNTING HIS MANSION, ON “THE MENTALIST,” THURSDAY, OCT. 29
“Red Scare” – A ghost and a haunted mansion are at the center of a CBI investigation, on THE MENTALIST, Thursday, Oct. 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
RECURRING CAST:
WRITTEN BY: Ken Woodruff DIRECTED BY: Lesli Linka Glatter [Source: CBS]
Episode 2.05 Grievous Bodily Harm Airdate: October 26, 2009
I’m very sad about this Past Life news. I am very eagerly awaiting the premiere of this series and want it to be a success!. I hope the show is loved enough that they definitely order more episodes…but we have to be allowed to see it first.
Fox has reduced its episode order for midseason crime drama “Past Life” to seven episodes (including the pilot). The network is scaling back its commitment to the Warner Bros. series, which is currently scheduled to have an “American Idol” lead-in next year on Tuesday nights. Sources say the show is not being canceled and that Fox still intends to promote the series. In the drama, a team uses past life regression to solve crimes. [Source: Hollywood Reporter]
Fox has reduced its episode order for midseason crime drama “Past Life” to seven episodes (including the pilot).
The network is scaling back its commitment to the Warner Bros. series, which is currently scheduled to have an “American Idol” lead-in next year on Tuesday nights. Sources say the show is not being canceled and that Fox still intends to promote the series.
In the drama, a team uses past life regression to solve crimes. [Source: Hollywood Reporter]
Three Rivers Episode 1.04 – Alone Together Air Date: October 25, 2009
Press Release ANDY’S WIFE RUSHES HER PARTNER TO THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL AFTER HE COLLAPSES DURING A DRUG BUST, ON “THREE RIVERS,” SUNDAY, OCT. 25
Lennie James (“Jericho”) Guest Stars as Dr. Timothy Maguire, a Cardiologist
“Alone Together” – In order to save his life, Andy tries a risky new procedure on his wife’s partner who suffers from an aortic aneurism, on THREE RIVERS, Sunday, Oct. 18 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Lennie James (“Jericho”) guest stars as Dr. Timothy Maguire, a cardiologist.
WRITTEN BY: Frank Military DIRECTED BY: Duane Clark [Source: CBS]
Episode 6.05 Baby Fever Airdate: October 23, 2009
STORY LINE: Allison becomes obsessed with rescuing BRYCE CALVERT, the 11 month old son of DANA and SCOTT CALVERT, and ultimately becomes so fixated on the child that she kidnaps him; Bridgette starts to study the clarinet, until Marie turns out to be a prodigy…[Source: SpoilerTV]
Press Release: ALLISON INVESTIGATES THE KIDNAPPING OF AN INFANT AND JOE IS CONCERNED WHEN SHE BECOMES TOO ATTACHED TO THE LITTLE BOY, ON THE 100TH EPISODE OF “MEDIUM,” FRIDAY, OCT. 23
“Baby Fever” – When Allison investigates an infant’s kidnapping, Joe worries when she becomes too attached to the little boy. Also, Bridgette and Joe are amazed when Marie plays the clarinet perfectly without one lesson while Bridgette struggles to learn to play, on the 100th episode of MEDIUM, Friday, Oct. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
WRITTEN BY: Jordan Rosenberg DIRECTED BY: Vincent Misiano [Source: CBS]
Medium fans, please join with me in sending birthday wishes to Sofia Vassilieva who plays Ariel Dubois. Today is her 17th birthday and I think he looks beautiful. I hope she has a wonderful day!
Did Alan Ball give any hints about who is going to die next season on True Blood? — Andy MICKEY: Ball, the show’s executive producer, plays a great game of “Not Gonna Tell,” as we learned the hard way. But after consulting the official Mega Buzz Facial Cues Reader, we’re going with Maxine Fortenberry and not Lorena. [Source: TV Guide]
Did Alan Ball give any hints about who is going to die next season on True Blood? — Andy
MICKEY: Ball, the show’s executive producer, plays a great game of “Not Gonna Tell,” as we learned the hard way. But after consulting the official Mega Buzz Facial Cues Reader, we’re going with Maxine Fortenberry and not Lorena. [Source: TV Guide]
