Ally McBeal (tv program)

As Frank Barone used to say, "holy crap." They killed Ana-Lucia. And Libby. And Nadia. And Renze. You know it's May sweeps when characters start dropping faster than Paula Abdul's tears. A look at some of the shocking things that happened last week:...

In movie roles from "Varsity Blues" to "Final Destination," Ali Larter is best known as a blonde, but sitting on the Mexico City set of "Resident Evil: Extinction," she's a redhead. "What do you think? Do you like it?" she laughs. "Do I cut a mythic...

It's a little confusing, this new NBC math that places "30" (as in "30 Rock," the network's new Tina Fey comedy) ahead of "Twenty" (that would be the John Lithgow-Jeffrey Tambor vehicle "Twenty Good Years"). But the network figures swapping the two...

Let me review for you my pony analogy. When I was a little girl, I wanted a pony and every Christmas I truly believed this would be the year I would walk downstairs and see Casey (yes I had named my imaginary pony) calmly hanging out in the living room...

Kal Penn, last seen helping Lex Luthor try to remake the map of the world in "Superman Returns," may be up to some more nefarious deeds this television season. The "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" star has taken a recurring part in the coming season...

We have learned from five seasons of "24" that Jack Bauer was married (until a terrorist killed his wife) and has a daughter (who pretty much doesn't want any part of him now). In the coming season, we'll also find out that Jack has a father. Oscar...

Before I begin, I would like to issue a memo to NBC: it was cute (sort of) the first time you mocked the fact that you have two new series about behind-the-scenes at a "Saturday Night Live" type show. But now enough is enough and you need to stop. Thank...

Let's just get this out of the way: Tina Fey has seen "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." "I watched the first one," Fey says of Aaron Sorkin's backstage-at-a-sketch-comedy-show show. "I think it looks very fancy, and Bradley Whitford is cute." "Studio 60"...

What would happen if you took a group of "Surreal Life"-level stars and gave them guns? CBS aims to find out starting this January when the network premieres the new reality show "Armed & Famous" in the Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET time period. In "Armed &...

A bad day for Jack Bauer is a good thing for Kiefer Sutherland. Keeping its now-traditional pattern, the FOX suspense series "24" has waited until the new year to launch its sixth season. On the added strength of its five recent Emmy wins -- including...

Marti Noxon, a former writer and executive producer of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is setting down stakes at a new home. Noxon, who's currently serving as a consulting producer on FOX's "Prison Break," has signed a two-year deal with Touchstone TV. As...

ABC's "Ugly Betty" continues to load up on the guest stars, signing Lucy Liu and Jerry O'Connell for February sweeps appearances. Liu ("Charlie's Angels," "Kill Bill: Vol. 1") will appear in two episodes of the Golden Globe-winning ABC series,...