It’s been five long years since Buffy staked her last vamp on TV - but, at last, Sarah Michelle Gellar is gearing up for her return to the small screen. Word reaches TV Spy towers that Sarah is soon to start filming The Wonderful Maladys - a dark comedy drama series for top cable channel HBO.
Focusing on a trio of adult siblings who’ve never fully dealt with being orphaned at a young age, the pilot episode is to be shot early next year and is being fast-tracked by the channel. Sarah’s character is described as having “a kind of zealous immaturity - like a drug addict with a to-do list.” As Buffy was always at its best when the title character was out of control, we reckon this is the perfect vehicle for Miss Gellar’s TV return.
If you’ve had enough of poking around the real estate dream world of Darling Towers, here are some more teasers to whet your appetite for season two of Dirty Sexy Money, the glossy drama starring Donald Sutherland as Tripp Darling, patriarch of a seriously dysfunctional dynasty.
The first clip sheds a little more light on what exactly Lucy Liu will be getting up to (and down to!) while the second clip features interviews with the main cast members. Please, Channel 4, hurry up and schedule it for us impoverished UK viewers!
You may decide 2008 is the year you start celebrating the American tradition of Thanksgiving, since that’s when the one-off 24: Redemption episode will be airing in the States, with the promise of Sky1 airing it not long after here in the UK… Here’s a new, very short trailer, complete with plenty of drums, drama and explosions. Let the countdown begin! By the way, if you fancy yourself as a bit of a Jack Bauer type, why not go the whole hog and get the costume? Not sure if the facial scars come with it, or if they’re model’s own…
It’s time to start getting excited… Only 5 days to go until the thrilling third series of Heroes hits our screens.
After a bit of a disappointing second series we here at TV Spy are really looking forward to feasting our eyes on some of the awesome new super-powers that will be on display in series 3 - Villains. With Super-strength, Super-Speed, a couple of fortune tellers and plenty of fire throwers in the mix it promises to be a very exciting season indeed.
If thats not enough to get you interested, it looks like we will be finding out the identity of Mama Petrelii’s third child very early on in the series. But that is only one of the many questions being posed by the latest series. With probably the most important questions being who will turn out to be good? Who will turn out to be evil? Why does Matt talk to a turtle? and will Mohinder finally get interesting?
We’ve put together a gallery of all the biggies from the series. Click on the pictures for a close-up.
And if all that wasn’t enought, here’s Masi Oki on set in “Africa” talking about the new series to further whet your appetite.
Fri, 9pm, Heroes Countdown, BBC3 NEW The new series starts next week, and this little treat will help to get you all psyched up for it, with sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes footage and an introduction to new characters. Plus, interviews with stars of the show and celebrity fans attending the premiere party. Does this officially count as hero worship?
Fri, 9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
Logan and Wheeler investigate a case which is best described as a thinly veiled copy of the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith and her son, with a lot of artistic licence regarding both characters’ deaths.
Sun, 10pm, Desperate Housewives, E4
Susan gets a visit from Mike’s Southern Belle mum, who sets to work right away doing what every good mother-in-law does best, irritating Susan. Meanwhile Edie finds out the truth about Benjamin and tries to use it to blackmail Bree into providing a bottomless supply of muffins.
Sun, 10pm, Breaking Bad, FX NEW SERIES This show has been on our radar for a few months now so we’re very excited it has finally reached UK screens. Malcolm in the Middle star Bryan Cranston stars as a chemistry teacher who discovers he has terminal cancer and hatches a plan to secure his family’s financial future by putting his scientific knowledge to use making crystal meth. Imagine Weeds if it was directed by Quentin Tarantino and you might get some sense of how dark the show is… As with all good shows, it has decent virals accompanying it, including this clip which you can personalise and send to all your couch-potato mates at waltswisdom.com…
3. The next series of The Simpsons will see Comic Book Guy becoming a movie producer, Maggie become involved in a Da Vinci Code parody, and will feature guest spots from Jodie Foster, Ellen Page and Anne Hathaway.
5. It seems that the final five Cylons came from Earth and the Battlestar fleet might be surprised by what they find when they start digging on the desolate planet…
We just love Ugly Betty’s geek chic. The PA’s wardrobe just gets more outrageous each week. We’ve picked out six of our favourite Betty outfits from this series – check out the clashing prints, reds mixed with purples and the girl has more granny knits than an old folk’s home. This woman’s no shrinking violet when it comes to fashion!
Oh and by the way, if anyone knows where I can buy the red dogs-in-spotty-jackets skirt, (pic 1) let me know!
Great news for fashionistas, Patricia Field is taking over the Ugly Betty wardrobe in series three (she dressed Carrie and co on Sex and the City) so we’ll see even more designer names clamouring to be worn by TV’s boldest clothes horse. Take a peak at some of the couture she handled on the Sex and the City movie… They’re in for a treat at Mode…
10pm, Bones, Sky1 NEW SERIES The start of the new series and it’s set in England!!! Well London mainly, as FBI special agent Seeley Booth and Dr Temperance Brennan find themselves involved in a murder case when the body of an American heiress is pulled from the Thames. What are the chances?
9pm, Ugly Betty, E4
Poor Betty, she has loads of plans to celebrate her birthday with Henry but when his pregnant ex, Charlie, turns up out of the blue all of her plans are thrown out of the window. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina plots against Daniel’s relationship with Renee by planting seeds of doubt about her sister’s past.
10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Izzie, always one to put her foot in it, is stunned when the guy who has been in a long coma who she nicknamed “really old guy” wakes up and reveals that when he was in his slumber he could hear everything that she was saying. Meanwhile, Alex is shocked by the age of the new intern.
