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Post by Jennifoofighter on Mar 21, 2011 14:00:39 GMT -5
Dear Lord, Eric looks so unbelievably gorgeous in those pics!! Thanks again to everyone for posting pics, links to other sites etc. I've had a droolfest today!! And that's good news for fans and viewers in Spain. I hope one of our Irish TV channels (or the UK ones that we get here) pick the show up too. That's why he needs to come to Monaco this year to do some promotion. YES!
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Post by Cindy on Mar 22, 2011 12:43:34 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Okay guys... I sooooo couldn't resist posting this. I was going to post it this past weekend, but there was a minor hold up on where this was supposed to go. Anyhoo, to make a long story short... 'CHAOS' has been officially added to the TV Guide site. YAY! But that's not what got me excited... The part that got me excited this past Saturday was to see 'CHAOS' listed as one of Eric's upcoming TV listing on his TV Guide page! Wohoo!!! The wait is almost over, guys!!! Next week.. next Friday!!! ;D And... to countdown the big premiere... I have taken some screenshots so you can see what I'm talking about! LOL! [glow=red,2,300]CHAOS At TV Guide[/glow] 1. TV Guide - Eric CloseHere's a screenshot of 'CHAOS' being listed on Eric's TV Guide page I took this past Saturday, March 19, 2011. Note the word 'NEW'... Now if that doesn't get you excited, then I don't know what will... Hehe! 2. TV Guide - CHAOSNow here's something interesting. It looks like TV Guide keeps changing the layout for this. The page for 'CHAOS' definitely looked different that from Saturday, March 19, 2011 to that of today... Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Take a look for yourself. a. Screenshot - Saturday, March 19, 2011 b. Screenshot - Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Post by Cindy on Mar 25, 2011 9:56:07 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Here's the Hollywood Reporter review of the 'Pilot'. Not exactly the most flattering I have read... but at least the reviewer admits that CBS seem to manage to get any audience to any of their show no matter what with high ratings no matter what. Prime examples he gave out is that William Shattner 'Twitter' show or the Mike & Molly show. I have to say I agree... since I have been following ratings this past season. The ratings for those numbers are pretty high. On another note, at least he calls Eric's character 'the good looking, smart leader Michael Dorset'... Hehe! [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]Chaos: TV Review2:25 AM 3/25/2011 by Tim Goodman Courtesy of CBSThe Bottom LineWhat kind of misguided masochist thinks it's a great idea to throw whimsy on top of a nuts-and-bolts CIA procedural? AirdateFridays, 8 p.m., CBS (premiering April 1) CastFreddy Rodriguez, Tim Blake Nelson, Eric Close, James Murray The CBS show created by Tom Spezialy stars Freddy Rodriguez, Tim Blake Nelson, Eric Close and James Murray. Outside of what they're attempting on Glee, is there a harder genre to juggle appropriately than a dramedy about CIA spies? Seriously, you'd think the writers would do something easier, like perform retinal surgery on themselves with spoons. What kind of misguided masochist thinks it's a great idea to throw whimsy on top of a nuts-and-bolts CIA procedural? Well, the creators of Chaos, clearly. On the one hand they want to be The Unit, while on the other -- How I Met Your Mother. I mention CBS shows here (R.I.P., Unit), because Chaos is on CBS and perhaps people who are not immediately put off by the premise are, inherently, CBS viewers. While I greatly admire CBS for being the best-run broadcast network with the kind of precision that would make Germans engineers lose their breath, I'm even more in awe of something else at CBS: It can get people to watch shows like Mike & Molly and $#*! My Dad Says against all reason and taste. And not just some people -- a lot of people. So that is an essential factor in the fate of Chaos. The series is about "a group of rogue CIA spies in Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services," according to CBS, which to my mind doesn't make a lick of sense -- but neither did the network taking a Twitter sensation and making it a sitcom (and look what happened there). Chaos (who knows where the "h" comes from in the acronym) focuses on Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez), who has trained his whole life to be a CIA agent, but finds out on his first day that the job he got has been eliminated. His obviously nefarious boss, Deputy Director H.J. Higgins (Kurtwood Smith), tells him he can walk out the door a civilian or sign up to be spy -- who spies on his co-workers. They include the good-looking, smart leader, Michael Dorset (Eric Close), the Scottish-born Billy Collins (James Murray) and Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson), the 12-year-CIA veteran who seems slightly off (which should generate humor at some point, one would think, though it wasn't readily evident in the pilot). They figure out Martinez is a mole immediately, put him in a compromising position (that's supposed to be funny) and then use him as a pawn to get back at Higgins while they go rescue a bunch of people in the desert. It's not clear why creator Tom Spezialy (who has executive produced a number of series, from Ed to Reaper to Desperate Housewives) wanted to include the light comedy that's layered over Chaos like sugar on a donut. The show plays more like a drama anyway until it steps sideways into comedy, mostly involving Rodriguez. It's that kind of feint that makes you second-guess the drama, to doubt its intent and not buy in. Or it could be that CBS executives wanted to get some of that blue-sky-styled television so popular on USA and TNT. But if you're at all discerning, it's like getting peanut butter on your steak. You'd rather have that separate. And on different nights. But then again, the whole blue-sky phenomenon of light comedy and grit-less drama laced with witty banter is very popular (much of the witty banter and charm comes from Murray and his Scottish accent). And viewers on CBS are so well targeted by the network that they seem immune from saying no to just about anything, so Chaos is likely to be a hit. Yet it seems like the series could have been more daring had it really opted in for some spy spoofery. Or it could have been yet another procedural that lovingly and effortlessly kills an hour on CBS (and that's a compliment, not snark). If you want a much better spy dramedy, try Chuck on NBC (where Spezialy was briefly a consulting producer). Of course, NBC might kill Chuck, because the ratings are woeful. CBS always seems to have a sure thing, no matter what it is or how good it is.Source: Hollywood ReporterI found another more 'general' press release for the upcoming 'CHAOS' premiere. This isn't much of a review but of a press release. **** “CHAOS” A Satisfactory DiversionPosted by Melissa Hayeron March 25, 2011M at 10:33 am From left, Freddy Rodriguez, Eric Close, James Murray and Tim Blake Nelson star in "CHAOS." - CBS Photo by Sergei Bachlakov On his first day working for the CIA, Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) is assigned to be a mole for the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS) - not exactly where he thought his career was heading – but it’s still the CIA. He then meets fellow CHAOS members: 12-year CIA veteran Casey Malick (Tulsa native Tim Blake Nelson); psychologist-turned-CIA operative Michael Dorset (Eric Close); as well as Scottish-born Billy Collins (James Murray); and they make him an offer he can’t refuse for their first high-risk foreign intelligence mission together. The varying personalities of the group mesh well, the actors have a good rapport, and it’s fun to find out why Malick is known as a “human weapon.” If you’re a fan of shows that serve up a little action and comedy with their drama, you should give “CHAOS” a look. “CHAOS” premieres at 7 p.m. April 1 on CBS. – Melissa Hayer mhayer@opubco.com Source: NewsOK - TV Blog
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Post by Bright Eyes on Mar 25, 2011 18:54:15 GMT -5
So, only one week to go!! It's so exciting to be part of the whole build up for the show. We've been following it's progress for a long time!! While I'm most interested in our Eric of course, I'm looking forward to getting to know the other actors and their characters too. I think Freddy looks so cute (the 'pocket-sized' comment in the preview clip is so appropriate) and he's funny as the fall guy. I'm intrigued by Tim Blake Nelson and the thought of Casey as a 'human weapon' is hilarious! And James Murray is so suave! He's gonna be the heartbreaker! I love his Scottish accent (Ahem!! So much better than EC's in that episode of WAT with Kim, remember??) His Sean Connery impersonation is damn good too!! Iretos already posted the link to the Zap2it article and I like this bit: Quote: "As a veteran of long-running shows, he (Eric) has a good feeling about "Chaos."
"CBS has done so well with a certain style of show for the last decade," Close says, citing the "CSI" and "NCIS" franchises and his own "Without a Trace." "What they are trying to do is find a way to keep the humor in our show and use a formula that does very well for them.""Personally, I'm not taking any notice of the so-called critics reviews. But I do hope people give it a chance. I thought this bit (also from the Zap2it article) describes Eric to a T: Quote: "Vancouver's natural beauty makes this gig that much more attractive, says Close, an outdoorsman. He and Murray fish north of Vancouver, and Close runs through the city daily."Eric has found a fishing buddy in James Murray! Apparently, James is well-known as a fishing fanatic. His wife Sarah Parish is an actress and her bio on her Twitter page is "Actress and fishwife." LOL!! She has a really good sense of humour!! In Ireland and England, 'fishwife' is a none-too-complimentary description of a woman who would probably best be considered 'white trash' in the USA. That's the best way I can think to describe it! James and Sarah met when they starred together on a very popular BBC show called 'Cutting It'. They've had their share of tragedy too. Their first daughter Ella was born with a congenital heart defect and she passed away at only 8 months. Very sad. But they had another daughter in 2009, a little girl named Nell. Sarah and Nell are in Vancouver with James while he's filming 'Chaos' so it's nice they're all together. Whew! Sorry for rambling on!! Can I just say one last thing? That picture of the guys, with the questionable lady in the window behind them? I'm in lust love with Eric in that one....Oh yeah...Droolworthy!!
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Post by Cindy on Mar 25, 2011 20:52:09 GMT -5
Bright Eyes! I was grinning from ear to ear too when I read the Eric bits! I'm glad he found himself a fishing buddy there... Hehe! I can see them just hanging out and go fishing on their day off... And thanks for the little info on James. In all honesty, the only person I'm familiar with is Eric... everyone else is like a blank slate to me... So reading a bit here and there is always interesting. As for the picture of Eric... Just wait until I get the latest screen caps! Major, major droolworthy! Marty Bear in glasses! LOL!
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Post by Cindy on Mar 25, 2011 20:55:24 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Here's the 'updated' article from the Vancouver Sun posted not a few days ago. The article was called 'Pure CHAOS', but now they have changed it. I'm not sure why they keep updating it... but here's the latest addition to it. I love all the bits with Eric in it. [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]Vancouver Goes Undercover In CIA SpoofCity stands in for exotic locales in spy series that combines thrills and laughs By Alex Strachan, Postmedia News March 24, 2011 Eric Close "says. "We're in Vancouver, British Columbia, where it's sunny every day of the year. You can tell from our tans." Close is one of the lead actors in Chaos, a new comedic drama -or "dramedy," as it's known in showbusiness argot -about a rogue group of covert CIA operatives determined to make the world safe for life, liberty and the pursuit of U.S. happiness. Chaos's pilot episode is set partly in the Sahara desert, as directed by X-Men: The Last Stand filmmaker Brett Ratner. So, naturally, the producers decided to base Chaos in Vancouver. "Well, thank God it's not Toronto," Close said. Clearly, he knows how to play to the hometown crowd. In actuality, the Sahara scenes were filmed near Simi Valley, in Los Angeles's Ventura County, and the desert town of Baker, in California's San Bernardino County, near the Nevada border. But why spoil the beauty of a thing with mere details? Fact is, Vancouver was chosen because Chaos stories will move around the world from week-to-week, from Moscow to Vienna, Rome and Amsterdam. "It is beautiful in Vancouver, let's face it," Close said. "I mean, you have the ocean. There's mountains." On those rare days one can see them, that is -but again, why spoil the beauty of a thing with mere details? "Yes, there is a lot of rain," Close continued. "And the random snowstorm comes out of nowhere at times. But it is pretty." Vancouver's setting provides a suitable backdrop for places the CIA does go, added Close's colleague, Tim Blake Nelson, who plays a 12-year veteran of the agency. "If the show continues for a long time," Nelson said, "then we might run out of options, and maybe we would have to move. But for now, for a season or two, it gives us real opportunities. Amsterdam, for example. We've been to the North Korea/China border, all without leaving Vancouver. So far, it's working well." Recent technological advances in computer-generated imagery, or CGI, has helped immeasurably, according to Chaos's co-creator and executive producer Tom Spezialy. "We're able to take bits of Vancouver and make them look like pretty much any part of the world," Spezialy said. So far, Chaos has filmed all over Vancouver, filling in for Hong Kong, Seoul and Pyongyang, among other locales. "The show is, hopefully, selling adventure as much as anything else," Spezialy said. "You don't go to some warehouse in a distant land. You see part of that distant land. So far, we've been able to do that. That's the plan, anyway." Close's character is a psychologist-turned-CIA-operative, a borderline genius who's motivated by "pure paranoia." He's been put in charge of a clandestine unit called the Office of Disruptive Services (ODS). Chaos also stars Manchester, U.K.-born James Murray as a disgraced former MI6 operative forcibly deported from the U.K.; Six Feet Under undertaker Freddy Rodriguez as a neophyte planted in the group as a mole by his supervisors, and veteran character actor Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show) as the CIA's deputy director, a "calculating mastermind" who constantly sees conspiracies. Spezialy got the idea for Chaos while reading a supposed tell-all book about CIA operations, written by a self-proclaimed former covert agent. "On the dust cover it said of the CIA: 'They spent a lot of money, killed a lot of people, accomplished very little,' " Spezialy said. "And I thought, well, that's probably more accurate than most representations of the CIA. "I started doing research and stumbled across the bureaucracy of it all; 17,000 spies, all in one facility -which got me thinking, well, they probably spy on each other a lot. I read that there are something like three million people with top secret clearance in [the U.S.]. That means it's probably more like six million, because of husbands and wives, and nine million, because of hairdressers. So you feel like there are no secrets -just confusion and bureaucracy. "I just combined that with The Four Musketeers, and ended up with this." Ratner, director of Red Dragon and the Rush Hour films, took one look at the spec script and signed on. Chaos appealed to his sense and sensibility, and his own interpretation of "chaos theory," as it applies to international relations, world affairs and what the espionage community refers to as "tradecraft." "It's not a parody," Spezialy insisted. "We're used to seeing field operatives in movies and TV shows as being surrounded by a lot of fancy technology and gizmos and James Bond cars. In reality, they have very little. These are guys who travel the world and function on their wits and ability to adapt and improvise," he said. "The drama of our show is that our guys are constantly thrown into challenging and compromising positions. And, as an audience, we're supposed to enjoy watching them figure out how to get out. There are supposed to be real stakes. Is it funny? I hope it's funny. I hope it's fun, too, like The Four Musketeers." Close said he's having a lot of fun making Chaos. "The bureaucracy, all the confusion over everything that's going on -that motivates our characters to go and act, and deal with the consequences later. We see a threat to our national security and these guys just go for it and deal with the deputy director's wrath later." AT A GLANCE Chaos When: Premieres Friday, April 1 at 8 p.m. Where: CBS and Global © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun Source: The Vancouver Sun
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Post by Cindy on Mar 26, 2011 22:14:08 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Here's Variety's review on the Pilot... which doesn't really read good. Not very flattering if you ask me... but then again, that seems to be the common trend for new shows coming on board. Interestingly enough, the reviewer does mention that this show is better suited on the USA network... I wonder why? On a more spoilerish note... Don't read the next space if you don't want to spoiled... It certainly now explains the scene of Michael wearing a suit with white shirt and no tie at the restaurant/bar scene. Apparently, his ex (who definitely does not look like Sam) was flirting majorly with the rookie... before he and the guys go crashing the party aftewards with his or her place there. The ex is the brunette regular... not the blonde one... who I think they are planning to use her to hook up with the rookie... at least that's the vibe they are giving off in the promos... Plus, it's also 'rumored' she might be a snoop for the director as well. So that's probably one of the reason why she's the ex... considering how paranoid Michael is... The whole brunette and blonde thing... *giggles* is kinda ironic since that's what Muse is planning to do next in her fic! LOL! [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]Posted: Sat., Mar. 26, 2011, 4:00am PT Chaos(Series -- CBS, Fri. April 1, 8 p.m.) By Brian Lowry
Freddy Rodriguez stars as a CIA operative in CBS' 'Chaos.'Filmed in Los Angeles and Vancouver by Rat Entertainment in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Executive producers, Tom Spezialy, Brett Ratner, Martha Haight; co-executive producer, Jack Clements; director, Ratner; writer, Spezialy; With: Freddy Rodriguez, Eric Close, Tim Blake Nelson, James Murray, Carmen Ejogo, Christina Cole, Kurtwood Smith. The Friday timeslot might feel like a preliminary vote of no confidence -- or an April Fool's Day prank -- for "Chaos," a CBS dramedy that looks to cull both humor and a sense of adventure from the spooky doings of the CIA. As viewed by Freddy Rodriguez's wide-eyed newbie at the Clandestine Administrative & Oversight Services (or CAOS), the tone is modern-day "A-Team" with B-level writing, more thematically suited to USA ("Characters welcome!") than CBS. Directed by Brett Ratner, the pilot possesses moments of quirky charm, but assessing the operational logistics, this looks like a suicide mission. Rodriguez's eager young agent Rick Martinez discovers during his first day on the job that his position has been eliminated in budget cuts. Fortunately, the smarmy director (Kurtwood Smith, who can do smarmy in his sleep) says there's a chance to stick around, albeit a distasteful one: Spying for him on three semi-rogue operatives in the "Office of Disruptive Services." Described as the "last of the old-school spooks," said trio includes charismatic leader Michael Dorset (Eric Close), mumbling crank Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson) -- the last guy you'd expect to be billed as a "human weapon" -- and former British agent Billy Collins, (James Murray), who takes full advantage of his Scottish accent, seeking to elicit help from a female co-worker by oozing, "Hello, Miss Moneypenny." It's all mildly amusing, until the quartet secretly embarks on an assignment to extricate a hostage from a band of desert brigands. At that point, other than an unappetizing encounter with a scorpion, "Chaos" covers pretty familiar territory, including Martinez's flirtation with Dorset's ex (Carmen Ejogo), who might also be a snoop on the director's behalf. The internecine skirmishes that go on within a shadowy organization like the CIA do present intriguing possibilities, but pursuing that angle calls for more daring treatment than one normally associates with CBS dramas. The best efforts of a talented cast, meanwhile, are largely flummoxed by indecisiveness about what the show wants to be tonally and for whom it's intended. Created by Tom Spezialy (who sought a similar balance in "Reaper"), "Chaos" will be the beneficiary of promotion reaching inflated numbers of men during CBS' NCAA tournament coverage, but the pilot doesn't really deliver enough action to completely connect on that level either. One of the gags within the show involves a guy who's actually been displaced at the agency but is able to stay there simply by wandering its labyrinthine halls. Alas, the Eye network's stability in primetime won't afford "Chaos" any such luxury. camera, Dante Spinotti; production designer, Robb Wilson King; editors, Mark Helfrich, Julia Wong; music, David Schwartz; casting, Mary Jo Slater, Steve Brooksbank. 60 MIN. Source: Variety
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Post by Cindy on Mar 27, 2011 1:27:37 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Finally... Two positive general reviews for the show! The first reviewer gave it a ' B' while the New York Post put the show in the ' Don't Miss' category for next! Not bad! YAY! Seriously, I was just starting getting tired of reading all the bad reviews and telling the viewers that the show belongs to the USA network. [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]Jeff Korbelik: 'Camelot,' 'Chaos' Worth Checking OutJournalStar.com | Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:00 pm Freddy Rodriguez (pictured left to right), Eric Close, James Murray and Tim Blake Nelson, star in "CHAOS," a comedic drama about a group of rogue CIA spies in the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS), who combat threats to national security amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting. (Sergei Bachlakov/CBS). Three scripted shows premiere this week, two on broadcast TV and another on cable, including an arresting re-imagining of an Arthurian legend. Here's a quick rundown: "Body of Proof," ABC, 9 p.m. Tuesday -- Dana Delany leaves the comfy confines of Wisteria Lane on "Desperate Housewives" to star in her own drama. She plays a feisty neurosurgeon-turned-medical-examiner after a car accident forces her out of the operating room. I was hoping this could be another "Everwood"-like family drama with an emphasis on her rocky relationship with her 12-year-old daughter. But no. It's another procedural, with Delany's character solving crimes before the cops do. Like we haven't seen this before on "Quincy," "Crossing Jordan" and "Bones." Grade: C"CHAOS," CBS, 7 p.m Friday -- This is the "A-Team" meets "The Unit," with a little "Get Smart" mixed in for good measure. Freddy Rodriguez ("Six Feet Under") is the new guy on a CIA team of unorthodox agents led by Eric Close ("Without a Trace"). Kurtwood Smith ("That '70s Show") is the CIA boss who wants to disband the unruly group, but can't because it continues to get results.
The newbie, of course, is the the source of entertainment for the team and the viewer. Rodriguez proves he's quite capable at comedy, with his character's naivete constantly getting the better of him. More than once in the pilot he puts his trust in his co-workers only to have it backfire on him. "CHAOS" shows promise. If anything, it needs more comedy and less drama. Grade: B"Camelot," Starz, 9 p.m. Friday -- Starz is becoming a player in drama, with its recent success of "Spartacus: Blood and Sand." I like this one more. "Spartacus" was a video game come to life, with the story taking a backseat to the special effects. "Camelot" is all about storytelling. Featuring a strong cast of young (and attractive) actors, the new drama gives us a new take on an all-too-familiar tale. The writers come at it through the good and somewhat naive Arthur (Jamie Campbell Bower) and his evil half-sister Morgan (the alluring Evan Green). Arthur becomes king, but Morgan has designs on the throne. In the middle is the sorcerer Merlin (a brooding Joseph Fiennes), who has his own agenda. The dialogue is a little hammy at times, especially many of the lines delivered by Arthur. Quite compelling, though, is Green as Morgan. She can chew up the scenery. It won't be long before she finds her place among some of TV's other great villains. Grade: AAcross the remote* Captain Jack returns July 8. That's when "Torchwood: Miracle Day" makes its U.S. debut on Starz. Great news. "Torchwood," next to the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot, is my favorite sci-fi show. It's a spinoff of "Doctor Who," with John Barrowman ("Desperate Housewives") playing the immortal Capt. Jack Harkness, who leads his earth-bound team against various alien baddies. Series regular Eve Myles (Gwen) returns for season four. Newcomers include Mekhi Phifer ("ER"), Alexa Havins ("All My Children"), Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under") and Bill Pullman as this season's villain. * More news on the "Wonder Woman" front: The NBC pilot has added Nebraska native Justin Bruening ("Knight Rider") to its cast as a potential love interest for the heroine. The David E. Kelley drama features Adrianne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights") in the title role. We should know soon whether NBC greenlights it. Bruening, by the way, grew up on a farm outside St. Helena and graduated from Wynot High School. * FX is not bringing back the boxing drama "Lights Out" for a second season. * NBC is dropping "Perfect Couples" from 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and replacing it with the new "Paul Reiser Show," featuring the former "Mad About You" star. Reiser's comedy debuts April 14. *Fox announced it has renewed the sci-fi drama "Fringe" for a fourth season. Its ratings aren't good -- averaging 6.3 million viewers -- but it's No. 1 on Friday nights with ages 18 to 49, the only demographic advertisers care about. * TV Land has renewed George Segal's sitcom "Retired at 35" for a second season. * "Law & Order" alum Benjamin Bratt will join ABC's "Private Practice" as a series regular, debuting on the season four finale. * HBO found its John McCain. It has cast Ed Harris to play the senator in the original movie "Game Change." He joins the previously announced Julianne Moore, who will portray Sarah Palin. * Will Arnett and Ricky Gervais will appear in "The Office" (NBC) season finale May 19, continuing speculation that Arnett may be in line to replace Steve Carell. Source: Lincoln Journal StarAnd here's the New York Post article, listing the previews for next week. **** Don't MissA preview of the week’s top shows Last Updated: 1:12 AM, March 27, 2011 Posted: 6:31 PM, March 26, 2011 CBS Freddy Rodriguez (center) last starred on “Six Feet Under.”Secret Agents
AFTER his new job at the CIA is cut on day one, Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) is enlisted by the CIA Deputy Director to be a mole in a team of unruly agents in the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS) who combat threats to national security amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting. Rick wants to fire them, but he can’t after he learns the agents have some dirt on him. Co-starring Eric Close and Tim Blake Nelson.
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Friday, 8 p.m., CBSBodice ripper The clothes come off pretty fast in deepest, darkest Britain, circa King Arthur’s roundtable. We’ve had the musical “Camelot,” and various other interpretations of the fascinating story of Merlin, Guinevere, Morgan and the other mythical figures. Now we get the naked version. It’s called — wouldn’t you know? — “Camelot,” but it’s a lot more like “Spartacus” in the wardrobe department. As in minimal. In the story, Arthur and Morgan fight for the crown of Britain and Merlin hopes a bit of sorcery will save the day. With Claire Forlani, Eva Green and Jamie Campbell Bower as the young Arthur. * CAMELOT Friday, 10 p.m., Starz Murder, she wrote HARRY (Kathy Bates, right) defends an old colleague, Lou Drummond (Christopher McDonald), who murdered his business partner during a stand-off in which both lawyers drew guns. Meanwhile, after professing his undying love to Rachel (Jordana Spiro), Adam (Nate Corddry) tries to gently break up with Chunhua (Irene Keng). Elsewhere, Malcolm (Aml Ameen) and Jenna (Brittany Snow) try to find balance in their fledgling romance. Jordan Spiro and Christopher McDonald guest star. * HARRY’S LAW Monday, 10 p.m., NBC Undercover dame KENSI (Daniela Ruah) goes undercover as a thief in the hopes of uncovering the object that a world-class thief intended to steal from a secure facility on a marine base. Starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J (right). * NCIS: LOS ANGELES Tuesday, 9 p.m., CBS Out of ‘Order’ WHEN a young girl is found dead with a doll that is believed to have been left as a totem, detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) team up with Captain Jackson (Jeremy Irons), a psychologist who assisted them with a recent case, to investigate her murder. Jackson joins the detectives as they retrace the girl’s last steps and go to meet with her piano teacher June Frye (Elizabeth Mitchell). Jackson’s skills prove to be invaluable in deciphering the meaning of the totem and ultimately finding her killer. * LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Wednesday, 10 p.m., NBC Source: New York Post
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Post by Cindy on Mar 27, 2011 12:36:04 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Now here's a nice interview with Tim Blake Nelson. I like his candor and openly admitting that because of the bad economy that taken on a TV role is better than a movie role (in his case Indie roles). All because he wants to support his family. I certainly can't blame him there. On another note, they do mention that he's married with 3 boys... his two oldest already excited to see their dad playing this new role! Hehe! [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]Tim Blake Nelson Gives TV A Try As Secret Agent In 'Chaos' James Murray, Tim Blake Nelson, Eric Close and Freddy Rodriguez star in "Chaos," a comedic drama about a group of rogue CIA spies who combat threats to national security "amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting." It premieres at 7 p.m. Friday on CBS, channel 6. MONTY BRINTON / CBS By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor Published: 3/27/2011 2:23 AM Last Modified: 3/27/2011 5:55 AM Tim Blake Nelson does what a brilliant character actor must do - meld into any character, wear any costume, spout any lines with conviction. It's a talent that makes the Tulsa native infinitely believable as, say, a sci-fi super antagonist in "The Hulk," a down-home desperado on the lam in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" or, starting Friday, a human weapon for the CIA in the comedic drama "Chaos." Nelson's Casey Malick is one of four agents in the Office of Disruptive Services, a unit within the Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services. Their job is to "combat threats to national security amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting," all of which begin at the first morning meeting. Actors Eric Close as Michael Dorset, James Murray as Billy Collins and Nelson play a tight-knit, extreme team joined by Freddy Rodriguez as Rick Martinez. Martinez is a wannabe spy who gets hired by the head of CHAOS (Kurtwood Smith) to play mole in the unit and help him rid the agency of the "cancer" the rogue ODS agents represent. CHAOS is a naturally paranoid place where things and people are not what they seem. It's a place where a day at work can mean riding horseback in the desert, eating a live scorpion, or flying commercial and having your good sunscreen confiscated. It's all for one and one for all except ... for newbie Rodriguez. First, he must prove he isn't spying on them. For Nelson - applauded for his writing, directing and producing in addition to the 30 films under his acting belt - agreeing to star in a weekly one-hour TV series has pros and cons. "I have been offered many series in the past," said Nelson in a phone interview from Vancouver, Canada, where the show is in production. "And I didn't think the material was interesting, or I didn't think the part was interesting, or I didn't feel that the piece was going to succeed or maybe some combination of all of the above, and I have always declined. "If you have a healthy feature (film) career, it can be dangerous for your career to do a series. ... But this character felt very different from me." He's someone who is so traditionally straight down the middle that he comes off as eccentric, he said. "So I'm playing a really smart and quite physically adept and agile character who the series creator (Tom Spezialy) assured me was only going to get more interesting in a show that already I felt was very smartly written. ... That's sort of half of it." The other half of committing to the grind of 15-hour days, common on the set of a one-hour network show, was economics, he said. "That half is that the reality now in terms of just the economics of the sustaining a career and supporting a family in a way I want to do is that it's hard playing indie role after indie role with the occasional studio film thrown in to bring in the sort of money that I was used to being able to bring in," said Nelson, who lives in New York City with his wife, Lisa Benavides, and three sons, ages 12, 8 and 6. "That is the sheer reality of what I'll call the film-to-film character actor in the movie industry." Series television pays well, he added, and is less of a "devil's bargain that it used to be." The 46-year-old actor is playing a character with an enviable skill set, which includes a knack for politics, a low emotional quotient (don't look for sensitivity) and training in Krav Maga (Israeli hand-to-hand combat). For the actor, that means fight training and running up to 35 miles a week to stay in shape. It's a great role for a character actor, which is what Nelson said he has "always wanted to be and has been lucky enough to become." "I think those are the most interesting roles. Much more interesting than the leading roles where you end up having to protect an image. "Tom Cruise always has to worry about Tom Cruise and the image of Tom Cruise and what a Tom Cruise movie means," he said. "Character actors don't have to worry about that because they are not really responsible for the movies. They are responsible for the characters they play and how they serve the movies. That is more exciting to me as an actor." And, no, he won't worry about TV ratings. His goal is challenging himself. And, maybe just a little, being a cool TV star in his kids' eyes. "The 6-year-old, as ever, remains aloof from it, but the 12-year-old and 8-year-old are very excited about it," said Nelson, a graduate of Holland Hall and Brown University. "For them, it's great that their dad is playing this guy who beats up people for America." “CHAOS”When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: CBS, channel 6 Original Print Headline: Nelson gives TV a try Source: Tulsa World
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Post by Cindy on Mar 27, 2011 21:30:42 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Here's another article telling viewers to tune in for 'CHAOS'. This one is from TV Squad merged with TV AOL. ;D But the best part of the article is how they say that Eric is 'aging well' and starting to look a lot like Robert Redford! Hehe! I can't hardly complain about that compliment there especially with the way he looked with his reading glasses there! [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]What to Watch: March 28 - April 3by Stephanie Earp, posted Mar 27th 2011 2:30AM Chaos - Friday April 1, 8PM ET/PT, Global/CBS Does Freddy Rodriguez balance out Brett Ratner? I'm hoping so. This new spy comedy (I think its a comedy) stars the erstwhile undertaker from 'Six Feet Under' as a CIA agent who finds himself on black-ops missions that are underfunded, underplanned and patently ridiculous. With Ratner ('Prison Break', 'The X-Men: Last Stand') on board as producer, things blow up good, but what's kind of neat about this take on the old spy game is the focus on red tape and bureaucracy. Imagine working for Michael Scott, but your job is to save the world. The supporting cast includes Eric Close ('Without A Trace') who is starting to look a lot like Robert Redford in his best 'Out of Africa' years. Way to age well, Mr. Close.Also This Week:Nikita - Thursday March 31, 9PM ET, A/CW I'm not a 'Nikita' regular, but I'll tune in for this very special episode in which Melinda Clarke (who will always be Lady Heather of 'CSI' to me) drugs Lyndsy Fonseca and interrogates her. Of course, Nikita gets wind of this and comes to the rescue, but in the meantime, there's bound to be some excellent scenery-chewing from one of my favourite TV veterans. Jersey Shore Season 3 Reunion - Thursday March 31, 10PM ET/PT, MTV There will be fist-pumping galore as the cast gets together to rehash season 3. Mike is confronted for being an instigator and Snooki shares her true feelings for Vinny. Ronnie and Sammi rehash the events of their on-again, off-again relationship, including whether they are together now. The special also includes never-before-seen footage of the girls and their therapist, Dr. Steinberg. Dear lord, that should be its own spin-off show. The Borgias - Sunday April 3, 10PM ET, Bravo! (9PM ET on Showtime in the US) Debuting with a 2-hour premiere, the latest entry into the internationally-co-produced-historical-sex-and-murder genre focuses on the awesome Italian Borgias family. Remembered as masters of intrigue, bribery and poison, I have high hopes they'll prove more interesting than the Tudors did. The show begins as Rodrigo Borgias (Jeremy Irons) becomes Pope Alexander VI -- in other words, the most powerful person in Renaissance Europe. Along for the ride is his mistress (Joanne Whalley), his henchmen and his children. Among the crew, the credit 'The Tudors' comes up too often for my taste (in case you hadn't noticed, I'm not a fan) but other credits listed include 'Six Feet Under', 'The Crying Game', and ' The Pacific.' Source: TV Squad
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Mar 28, 2011 9:19:52 GMT -5
Iretos and Cindy, thanks so much for all the press (good and not-so-good). It's making me sooooo excited for this Friday!
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Post by Cindy on Mar 28, 2011 12:19:01 GMT -5
Hiya everyone! Wohoo!!! We're finally counting down the days... only 5 more days left until the big 'CHAOS' Premiere. Can you tell how excited I am? In the meantime though, more press news. I think the good reviews are finally starting to come in. Makes me wonder if all the reviewes from the big media outlets have gone jaded lately. [glow=red,2,300]Episode 1.01 - 'Pilot'[/glow]'Chaos,' Actually Well-Ordered And Witty New CBS satire smartly balances action and comedyBy Tom Conroy Mar 28, 2011 Action comedies haven’t fared well on TV recently. Witness “Chuck,” “The Good Guys” and “No Ordinary Family.” It’s a question of balance. If the jokes are too funny, the suspense becomes ludicrous. If the violence is too real, the laughter dies. The premiere episode of CBS’s new action comedy “Chaos,” airing this Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m., suggests that the series might get the balance right. Mixing light spy drama with satire on bureaucratic infighting and office politics, the show has enough plot to keep us involved for the hour and enough laughs to make the hour worthwhile. In the premiere, Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) shows up for his first day of work at the CIA only to be told that his job has been eliminated. The director of Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services, or CHAOS, a cautious careerist named H.J. Higgins (Kurtwood Smith), offers Rick a job as a mole in a subdivision he wants to shut down. The head of that subdivision, Michael Dorset (Eric Close), immediately suspects that Rick is up to something, setting off a series of double crosses. Eventually, Michael manages to trick Higgins into approving a rescue mission for a French-American journalist being held in Sudan. As happened less comically on “24,” most of the government agents are portrayed as more interested in covering their own rears than in getting results. Michael and his two associates, Billy Collins (James Murray) and Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson), are like Jack Bauer with a better sense of humor. They all have a nice buddy-comedy rapport. The CIA is otherwise seen as mildly incompetent. After Rick is held at gunpoint at the gate, he’s told that the agency computers accidentally merged the new-hire list with the terrorist-watch list and that he should have been shot on sight. An older worker whose division has been closed wanders the hallways trying to persuade people that he’s still useful. The action sequences largely skip the pointless pyrotechnics endemic in action comedies. No one dies or even gets seriously injured, which is also refreshing. This kind of show has to have a love interest, but Rick’s nascent office romance with Higgins’ attractive right-hand woman, Fay (Carmen Ejogo), is implausible unless we assume that she has ulterior motives. Rodriguez (“Six Feet Under”) is likable and believable as a naïve idealist with what Higgins calls a “veneer of youthful innocence.” Murray’s Scots accent is an odd choice — he explains that he worked for the British secret services until he was deported — but he redeems himself with a funny scene in which he flirts James Bond-style with a receptionist. Airing on Fridays makes success something of an impossible mission for “Chaos.” But it’s worth checking out before the big bad CBS bureaucrats shut it down. Source: Media Life MagazineAnd here's another one from The Salt Lake Tribune. Another positive one! YAY! **** Blake Nelson, from left, James Murray, Freddy Rodriguez and Eric Close star in "Chaos." Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/CBS. Scott D. Pierce: Four Musketeers Meet The CIA And It’s ‘Chaos’ By Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune First published 8 hours ago Updated 7 hours ago Updated Mar 28, 2011 02:05AM Pasadena, Calif. • “Chaos” is an action-comedy about four CIA agents who make like Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d’Artagnan. As weird as that sounds, the premiere of the new CBS series (Friday, 7 p.m., Ch. 2) is great fun. “I’d always been a big fan of the ‘Four Musketeers’ tale and wanted to do an updating of it,” said creator and executive producer Tom Spezialy, whose credits include everything from “Chuck” to “Desperate Housewives” to “Reaper.” He was kicking around the idea of a show about a CIA agent when he came across a book written by an ex-operative. “On the dust cover it said of the CIA, ‘They spent a lot of money, killed a lot of people, accomplished very little,’ ” Spezialy said. “So I started doing research and stumbled into the bureaucracy of it — 17,000 spies, all in one facility. Which also got me thinking, ‘Well, they probably spy on each other a lot.’ And then I just combined that with ‘The Four Musketeers’ and ended up with this.” “This” is an entertaining hour about four guys who work for the CIA, told through the eyes of rookie agent Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez). He explains “how I learned to defend my country by defying intelligence.” When Martinez shows up for work, his lunch — his mother’s home-made soup — is deemed a “suspicious fluid.” He’s quickly surrounded by guards aiming guns at him. Then he learns that the job for which he’s been hired has been eliminated. But Deputy Director Dorset (Kurtwood Smith) offers Martinez a choice — become a spy inside CHAOS (Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services) and help bring down a “rogue” team of operatives. That team includes Michael Dorset (Eric Close), a psychologist-turned-CIA operative and tactical genius; Scottish-born Billy Collins (James Murray), decommissioned from the British Secret Service and deported from the UK; and Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson), a CIA veteran whose nonthreatening appearance hides a “human weapon.” They don’t play by the rules, but they get results. And they quickly turn the tables on Martinez, co-opting him as the junior member of their team — d’Artagnan to their Athos, Porthos and Aramis. “He’s the new guy, and so in the pilot he experiences what I would imagine a lot of new guys would experience on their first day on the job,” said Rodriguez. “But it’s the CIA, so his experiences are probably more heightened than the average person starting a new job.” For starters, most newbies don’t have to eat a live scorpion. “Chaos” is not an indictment of the CIA, it’s just entertainment. “The show’s intended to be relentlessly fun,” Spezialy said. And the first hour is headed in that direction. Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Mar 28, 2011 15:35:32 GMT -5
Mixed reviews. Hey, not all shows score gold with the pilot. I know that People magazine did not care for this show but ultimately, it's the ratings and network budget that decides things.
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