Riggs & Murtaugh. Starsky & Hutch. Turner & Hooch. Who doesn’t love a loveable cop buddy team?
We’ve ordered 13 episodes of a new one-hour action comedy from writer Matt Nix. It’s called Jack and Dan.
Colin Hanks is Jack, an ambitious, by-the-book detective whose habit of undermining himself has resulted in a dead-end position at the Los Angeles Police Department. Worse, he has been partnered with Dan (played by Bradley Whitford), a drunken, lecherous, wild-card cop who hangs onto his job only because of a heroic act years before.
Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders
Homer Simpson: Denver will lose, but the team will be winners if they’re not beaten up by Raider fans on the way home.
Miami Dolphins vs. San Diego Chargers
Homer Simpson: Dolphins versus Shamu. I predict I’ll be eating the loser with a bucket full of slaw.
Indianapolis Colts vs. Arizona Cardinals
Homer Simpson: Two great battleships, two great football teams. Frankly, you should pick the Japanese Navy to beat either one of them.
Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Brown: I go for the Cleveland Browns. That’s my name. Next.
Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions
Cleveland Brown: And as I said every week last year: “They can’t lose again.” I’ll go with the Lions.
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans
Cleveland Brown: Jaguars versus the Texans. When did they start the WNFL? Just kidding. I’ll pick the Lady Jags.
San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings
Cleveland Brown: I never bet against the gun-slinger, the riverboat gambler, the guy who just has fun out there, the Kid, Madden’s favorite player of all time: Shaun Hill. 49ers in a romp.
Tennessee Titans vs. New York Jets
Peter Griffin: This match up sounds more like the plot to “West Side Story” than a football game. I hate musicals, but I love gang movies. Have you ever seen “Captain Ron?” I like that movie. My pick: Titans
Chicago Bears vs. Seattle Seahawks
Stan Smith: People may not know that Dennis Franz is from Chicago. But even fewer people know that Dennis Franz enjoys mild Seattle winters from his lake house – in Chicago. My pick: Bears
You’ve already seen the episodes. But what if you could watch them again while conversing with the cast and writers at the same time? We got you covered with “tweet-peats!”
Tune in to Fringe on Thursday 9/8c and Glee on Friday 9/8c. At the same time, you can tweet the peeps on both shows. Go to each of the actors and writers’ personal pages and talk to them directly (links are below).
Or, if you just feel like lurking, read ‘em online at the dates/times below at @FRINGEonFOX and @GLEEonFOX. You can even just follow along on a scroll at the bottom of the TV screen while both episodes are on air!
It’ll be live during both the East and West Coast times for Glee, live only on east coast for Fringe. They’ll talk about the episode you’re seeing, answer fan questions, reveal behind-the-scenes secrets and offer exclusive insights on the upcoming season.
9pm EST
To tweet them directly at 9pm EST, go to each actor and writer’s personal Twitter page.
Joshua Jackson, “Peter Bishop” - @PeterBishop2
John Noble, “Walter Bishop” - @labdad1
Executive Producer Jeff Pinkner - @jpfringe
Executive Prodcuer J.H. Wyman - @jwfringe
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th GLEE
Rebroadcast of the pilot episode
To follow along and read only at both 9pm EST and 9pm PST: @GLEEonFOX
9pm EST
To tweet them directly at 9pm EST, go to each actor’s personal Twitter page.
Lea Michele, “Rachel Berry” - @msleamichele
Kevin McHale, “Artie Abrams” - @druidDUDE
Mark Salling, “Puck” - @mark_salling
9pm PST
To tweet them directly at 9pm PST, go to each actor’s personal Twitter page.
Cory Monteith, “Finn Hudson” - @frankenteen
Amber Riley, “Mercedes” - @msamberriley
Chris Colfer, “Kurt Hummel - @chriscolfer
*Updated with complete Twitter account links and times!
Joss knows his audience, and recruited some fan favorites for the new episodes of Dollhouse.
Here’s the press release for all the casting details and some scoop on Season Two:
Summer Glau (”Firefly,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) reunites with Joss Whedon when the actress joins the cast of DOLLHOUSE this fall in a recurring role as BENNETT, a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with ECHO.
Additional guest stars appearing throughout the upcoming second season include Alexis Denisof (”Angel”), Jamie Bamber (”Battlestar Galactica”), Michael Hogan (”Battlestar Galactica”) and Keith Carradine (”Dexter”).
DANIEL PERRIN (Denisof) is a U.S. senator leading a witch hunt to track down the underground organization. Mysterious, charismatic businessman MARTIN KLAR (Bamber) is Echo’s new husband. BRADLEY KARRENS (Hogan) comes to the Dollhouse hoping to stop a psychotic family member’s killing spree, while MATTHEW HARDING (Carradine), a nemesis of Dollhouse leader ADELLE DEWITT (Olivia Williams), stirs up trouble. Additionally, DR. CLAIRE SAUNDERS/WHISKEY (Amy Acker) and MADELINE/NOVEMBER (Miracle Laurie) return this season in multiple-episode arcs.
Do you find yourself talking about Glee more than you should? Don’t feel bad about it -– just compete!
Sign up at fox.com/gleek and link your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts. The more you post about Glee on your accounts, the more points you earn. ActiviGLEEs are valued at a certain number of points, and totals will be tracked on the GLEEderboard. GLEEks will move up the ranks from “Sectionals” to “Regionals,” and top point-earners will make it all the way to “Nationals.”
You can also enter the “GLEEk Sweepstakes” for a chance to win GLEE t-shirts, hats and autographed photos. One grand prize winner will win a trip for four to Los Angeles to meet and have dinner with the Glee cast! Enter now!
Jane Lynch, who plays the glee club’s nemesis, cheerleading coach Sue, revealed she hasn’t gotten to sing in an episode yet but said if she could, she would like to do “Rose’s Turn” from “Gypsy.”
On how the songs are chosen:
(executive producer Dante) Di Loreto: “The songs are always related to the theme. The songs always comes from the writer’s room.”
10:00 a.m. Reilly jokes that the “Save ‘Dollhouse’” campaign began before the show ever premiered. He adds that although he wasn’t scared of the fans, the devotion of fans impacted the decision to bring the show back.
Reilly said that the Save Dollhouse campaign (”you mean the one that started before we made any of the show?”) “factored in from a more positive place… They nurtured the show and stuck with it. They are there with Joss and that’s what gave us such a positive cumulative rating…
“Joss is an incredible creator of TV shows,” countered Rice, “and the show got better and better as the season went on.”
As for what fans should expect from Season Two of Dollhouse this fall, Rice and Reilly were candid about the fact that things had greatly improved and that the series would just get better and better.
“Keep doing what he’s doing,” said Rice of what Whedon would do for Dollhouse’s sophomore season. “That is really the gift of Joss… he was open about those hiccups. In the second half, he really found the show and started having fun with it… It’s going to be much smoother sailing this year.”