David Tennant will be missed as the Tenth Doctor Who. As you can see in the clips here, he delivers the perfect blend of humor and gravitas in the role.
BBC America announced Friday that Tennant's final two appearances as the Time Lord will air on the network beginning at 8 p.m. Dec. 26 with "Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One." A date for the finale, "Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part Two," has yet to be announced. As I previously reported, the next special, "Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars," premieres ay 8 p.m. Dec. 19
Amanda Tapping adds yet another title to her "Sanctuary" credits with the latest episode of the Syfy thriller: Director.
Tapping, who stars as Dr. Helen Magnus and serves as executive producer with Damian Kindler and Martin Wood, took complete control of the production for "Veritas," which airs at 9 p.m. Nov. 20. And she loved the experience.
"It was great," she told me at the beginning of the season. "I am really proud of it. I'm really proud of the show. I think the performances are amazing, it's a great story by Alan McCullough."
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS: IF YOU WISH TO KNOW NOTHING BEFORE SEEING 'VERITAS," COME BACK AFTER WATCHING.)
An emotional Oprah Winfrey closed her Friday show by announcing the end of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
"After much prayer and months of careful thought, I have decided that next season, Season 25, will be the last season of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,'" she told her studio audience, some of whom gasped.
Winfrey went on to explain her decision, in order to stop speculation about why she is making the decision:
"I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it's time to say good-bye. Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and right in spirit. It's the perfect number; the exact right time."
Winfrey didn't give any details about what she would be doing, or if Harpo Studios would stay in Chicago. She said that her final season would be worth watching.
"We are going to knock your socks off."
Below is the almost complete text of Winfrey's announcement. Way to go, O!
Taylor Lautner appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Thursday, talking about "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," his co-stars and riding a mini-bike with Jimmy. But the highlight of the show was another installment of Jimmy's Robert Pattinson imitations. This time "Robert" is bothered by "New Moon." Enjoy the clips from NBC. And have you played Six Degrees of Taylor and Wolf?
Oprah Winfrey will say goodbye to her syndicated talk show after next year. AP photo
So Oprah Winfrey is closing down her Chicago-filmed talk show in 2011.
It's about time.
On Friday, big-screen hunk James Franco begins his two-month guest stint on ABC's "General Hospital," airing at 2 p.m. on WLS-Ch. 7. His character, named "Franco" and listed as a psychotic artist, will make life miserable for Jason Morgan (Steve Burton).
The networks gave use a double whammy Thursday.
First, ABC announced that the sixth and final season of "Lost" will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 2, with a 7 p.m. recap special followed by the two-hour premiere of the series. "Lost" will return to its regular time period, 8 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 9.
Then NBC made Ryan McPartlin's tease to me official: the marvelous, much-loved spy comedy "Chuck" will be back on the network earlier than expected, beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 with back-to-back episodes. It will then move to its regular time and day at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11. That's three hours of "Chuck" in one week!
Taylor Lautner was destined to play wolfboy Jacob Black in the "Twilight" films. He is, after all, named
Taylor. (Lautner will be on NBC's "Late Night" Thursday, a day after his co-star,
Kristen Stewart, talked with Jimmy.)
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If you've seen Fox's "Fringe," you know The Observer (Michael Cerveris) is always watching the action. On Thursday, more than one Observer watched Chicago commuters.
Fox is promoting the latest episode by positioning "observers" downtown. RedEye's Going Public columnist Tracy Swartz posted the schedule here.
It's all to promote the latest episode, called "August" and airing at 8 p.m. Thursday, which executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman promise will answer at least some fan questions about the hot sauce-swilling, hairless and impeccably dressed aliens. But the producers say the episode is special for a different reason.
In the next "Supernatural," Sam, Dean and Castiel are going after the Devil. Thanks to "Supernatural" expert and The Watcher Mo Ryan, and the CW of course, here are three preview clips of "Abandon All Hope," which airs at 8 p.m. Thursday. "Supernatural" will take a break after this week's episode, returning Jan. 14, 2010.
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