Damages News

Where to be and what to watch... By Stephanie Robbins -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/6/2009 6:34:37 PM Monday, Nov.

If you are looking for a new show on Sunday night, look no further than HBO's Bored to Death.

For those who missed it Sunday night, the 2009 Emmy Awards televised some of the best and worst features of American television.

FX Damages, the award willing legal thriller on FX has summoned new cast members for its third season.

For years, FX had been focused on becoming "the HBO of basic cable," as its execs have often stated.

Lies! Blackmail! Manipulation! From "Ugly Betty's" Wilhelmina Slater to "Gossip Girl's" Blair Waldorf, these television characters will stop at nothing to get exactly what they want.

Ted Danson strolled along Santa Monica Beach, a bit overdressed among the sneaker-and-sandal crowd in his crisp button-down and dark blazer draped elegantly over one shoulder.

Linney and Condon reunite for 'C Word' Her bitchy turns in "Mystic River" and "The Nanny Diaries" notwithstanding, Laura Linney usually plays nice, or at least pleasant, people.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is second in line to succeed the president, after Joe Biden.

Emmy voters are mad for Mad Men. The freshman ensemble drama about the glamour, mundaneness and ugliness of the golden age of advertising in the early 1960s landed 16 Emmy nominations Thursday from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, second only to 30 Rocka s series-leading 17 nods.

FX continues its unprecedented ramp up of original programming with the network today placing series orders of two new dramas, Terriers and Lights Out , announced FX President and General Manager John Landgraf.

In Section: ON SCREEN >> Posted By: Mark Peikert Well, now we know where all the money is going that NBC is saving by airing The Jay Leno Show every night at 10pm - towards the massive special effects in Trauma .

Judging from Anastasia Griffith's riveting performance as a drug-using minx-cum-restaurateur on FX's Emmy-winning drama Damages , it's only a matter of time before the Paris-born actress starts raking in the award nominations.

John Travolta said Wednesday he tried desperately to save his seizure-prone son as he testified against two people accused of trying to blackmail him with private information about the rescue effort.

New TV series have only the smallest window to grab the attention of channel-surfing viewers.

ROSE Byrne is taking her Emmy nomination seriously with the Australian star on the red carpet campaign trail in the lead-up to the prestigious awards today.

Is FX's "Damages" surpassing "Law & Order" as the new must-have TV credit for stage stars? The series starring Tony Award winner Glenn Close just announced more theatre veterans to appear in its forthcoming third season.

This week, the Pop Culture Club took on Bored to Death , HBOa TMs new comedy about a novelist who tries to break out of his post-breakup stasis by becoming a private investigator.

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: I would like to know if the Glenn Close series, ''Damages,'' is going to return for a third season and if so, when.

FX's legal thriller Damages is bolstering its cast with Campbell Scott and Martin Short signing on as series regulars, while Lily Tomlin and Keith Carradine are slated to guest-star for the upcoming season, premiering in January.